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31
2011
Upcoming Changes: Removal of Personal Folders and Addition of Items Created Via Email Page
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We want to alert you to an upcoming change that we are making to
TeamWork Live: we will be getting rid of personal folders and
adding an items created via email page.
Personal Folders
Your personal folders can be viewed by clicking on the "My Folders" link from your dashboard. They were originally intended for you to use to organize your personal files and are separate from the "Folders" section of a project workspace. While useful, personal folders have caused a lot of confusions for many TeamWork Live users. Team members frequently put project documents in their personal folders accidentally and are then confused when their team members and clients can't find them.
After careful consideration, we have decided to get rid of personal folders as we believe that they cause more problems than they provide benefits. Don't worry, if you are currently using personal folders, you will not lose them: we will be moving all your personal folders into a project workspace called "Personal" that can be accessed from your "Project Workspaces" menu. This change will also make all the other dashboard sections consistent: they will now all show your items across all your projects (i.e., your "My Calendar" will show all your events across all your projects, your "My Milestones" will show all your milestones across all of your projects, and so on).
Items Created Via Email
One of the reasons that we have retained personal folders for so long was because the items that you create via email gets placed in your personal folders. We are adding a new section called "Items Created Via Email" that will now serve that purpose. The Items Created Via Email page will show you all the items that you have created via email and allow you to quickly move them to a project and put them in one of your project folders. You can also turn an item into a task and assign it to a team member from the page. The page will also have a wizard that will make it super easy for you to define new email addresses that you can forward your emails to in order to create customized items. For example, it will generate an email address that you can use to create an item in a specific project and assign it to a specific user.
The changes will be made this coming weekend on November 12th. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the upcoming changes.
Personal Folders
Your personal folders can be viewed by clicking on the "My Folders" link from your dashboard. They were originally intended for you to use to organize your personal files and are separate from the "Folders" section of a project workspace. While useful, personal folders have caused a lot of confusions for many TeamWork Live users. Team members frequently put project documents in their personal folders accidentally and are then confused when their team members and clients can't find them.
After careful consideration, we have decided to get rid of personal folders as we believe that they cause more problems than they provide benefits. Don't worry, if you are currently using personal folders, you will not lose them: we will be moving all your personal folders into a project workspace called "Personal" that can be accessed from your "Project Workspaces" menu. This change will also make all the other dashboard sections consistent: they will now all show your items across all your projects (i.e., your "My Calendar" will show all your events across all your projects, your "My Milestones" will show all your milestones across all of your projects, and so on).
Items Created Via Email
One of the reasons that we have retained personal folders for so long was because the items that you create via email gets placed in your personal folders. We are adding a new section called "Items Created Via Email" that will now serve that purpose. The Items Created Via Email page will show you all the items that you have created via email and allow you to quickly move them to a project and put them in one of your project folders. You can also turn an item into a task and assign it to a team member from the page. The page will also have a wizard that will make it super easy for you to define new email addresses that you can forward your emails to in order to create customized items. For example, it will generate an email address that you can use to create an item in a specific project and assign it to a specific user.
The changes will be made this coming weekend on November 12th. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the upcoming changes.
Oct
25
2011
Preview Release: Project Chat
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After many years of work, we are finally ready to put the "Live" in
TeamWork Live. We are happy to announce the preview release of the
project chat feature. This feature will allow you to chat and share
files with your team members and clients in real-time. There is no
need to coordinate which instant messaging tool everyone will use
in order to chat with each other. You and your project members
simply need to go the chat section of your project
workspace.
To enable the project chat feature, simply create a new project or edit an existing project and check the "Chat" box to enable the chat feature for the project. The chat feature is currently an in beta and there are likely to be some bugs. Please let us know if you run into any problems by emailing us at support@collectivesoft.com.
We are working on many other exciting real-time features which should be trickling in over the next few months. Thank you for your continued support as we continue to make TeamWork Live the best online project software available.
To enable the project chat feature, simply create a new project or edit an existing project and check the "Chat" box to enable the chat feature for the project. The chat feature is currently an in beta and there are likely to be some bugs. Please let us know if you run into any problems by emailing us at support@collectivesoft.com.
We are working on many other exciting real-time features which should be trickling in over the next few months. Thank you for your continued support as we continue to make TeamWork Live the best online project software available.
