I noticed today that if the Project Details section was open at the same time as either the Task Add, or Misc Time Add/Edit sections, the Deadline details of the latter were being entered into the Project Details Deadline box, with nothing being entered into the correct location.

This has been fixed.

If the current round of updates are finished today, they will be uploaded this weekend. This will involve shutting the service down for a short period of time.

This update  was long overdue. A much more intuitive, quicker to use date picker has been uploaded, taking the place of the old, clunky drop down date selector.

Javascript date pickers are generally much of a muchness, but some have more muchness than others. Many of the fancier implementations are developed on the back of javascript libraries ( jQuery, MooTools  etc ). This is all very well if you develop applications using these libraries, but if not, having to download the library for such a small tool is pointless.

The date time picker I finally settled on is developed by Rainforest Software. It is a beautifully simple implementation, does exactly what it’s supposed to, and consists of a single, easily editable file.

A simple keyword search facility has been added to the Task List and Project List pages. On the open tasks and projects pages, clicking the the blue ’search’ link, top right above the action links, reveals the search form.

When searching for tasks, the keyword is matched against title, description, project title and client name.

When searching for projects, the keyword is matched against title, description and client name.

With thanks to Insignia Creative, Devon, for the suggestion.

It is now possible to record a deadline for individual tasks as well as projects. Task deadlines are presented on the Task List page, and on the Project Edit ( Tasks ) page. Both lists are sortable, as you would expect, by deadline; overdue tasks are highlighted in red, as with overdue projects.

With thanks to Spyder Marketing for the suggestion.

Previously, when adding a Task via ‘tasks’ > ‘add a task’, and you chose a Client that had no live projects assigned, you were presented with the following :

mmm … informative, but not particularly helpful.

Now, a link to assign a project to that client  is provided, and the chosen client is automatically pre-selected on the ‘Add a Project’ form.

At last, after way, way too long, I have finally hooked up adderuppa’s payment processing system, and the subscription service is now live. Account holders have been given an extra 30 days free use; your subscription renewal date has been set to September 13th.

Two new options have been added under the ‘account’ navigation tab - ’subscription details’ and ’subscription history’, both simple and self-explanatory.

The details page allows you to amend your monthly contribution; if your subscription lapses, you will be presented with this page automatically, and will not be able to use the service.

The history page lists every contribution you have made, with a link allowing you to print off an invoice for each.

I encountered a couple of hiccups when trying to switch on the subscription process last night.

Watch this space, it will be here very soon …

Access to adderuppa will be temporarily suspended from 6pm GMT Tuesday, 11th August. This is necessary to enable me to set the subscription process live.  The work should not take long, as mentioned in the previous post.

All accounts will receive 30 days free use from this date.

I have finally managed to find time to hook up a subscription facility for adderuppa, and am in the final stages of testing. The intention is to set it live early next week.

During the switchover, I will need to prevent access to adderuppa for a short period to double check it before throwing the final switch. This should not take long, an hour or so maybe, and I will carry out the work at a time that will hopefully cause the least disruption. Full notice will be given shortly before this takes place.

Details of the proposed subscription structure can be read here. More details, about card security, trial periods, etc, will be posted shortly.