I'm going to be using basecamp for the first time on new project. Does anyone have any good tips / pitfalls for using basecamp. For example, can you end up spending more time playing with the to-do lists than actually getting on with the project? ...
What features might our team find lacking if we adopted Basecamp for bug tracking, task tracking, external documentation, collaboration, and project management? I've used the free version before and think that 37Signals makes excellent products - but I wanted to hear from you what the drawbacks might be. ...
I'm trying to choose a project management and collaboration software for our next project and would like to know your opinion on "enterprisey" SharePoint vs. "lightweight" alternatives like BaseCamp or activeCollab (from the two, I would prefer the latter). Features that are important to us: document sharing (specifications, manuals e...
I just started freelancing after being employed. At my previous job we used basecamp to manage time and what to do on projects. I like basecamp a lot but I'm trying to cut costs as much as possible now when I'm starting of. So my question is simple; What are the free alternatives to basecamp for managing projects? ...
I've set up a new Rails 2.3.2 app and added the Basecamp API ruby wrapper to my /lib directory from here: http://developer.37signals.com/basecamp/basecamp.rb In my application_controller.rb I have created the following method to enable calls to Basecamp: def basecamp_connect Basecamp.establish_connection!('xxxxxx', 'xxxxxx', 'xxxxx...
Hi Djangonauts, I am almost done developing a Django project (with a few pluggable apps). I want to offer this project as a SaaS (something like basecamp). i.e: project1.mysaas.com , project2.mysaas.com etc I seek your expertise in showing me the path. Ways I have thought of are: 1 use Sites to define site specific settings.py 2 a...
Hi there, I'm trying to make a post request via ajax using jQuery (for the BaseCamp API), and I can't seem to get it to work. I can get it to work using curl just fine, so I know it's something I'm doing wrong with jQuery. Here's the curl command which works: curl -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -u my....
Hello, I am trying to create a basecamp like login where users can login to see their companies projects using the url: http://abc.com/companyname/ I dont know how to create a 2 level auth... (one at the company level and another at the user level) I am new to cakePHP and I dont know how to modify the in built Auth component for my requ...
I've been looking around for a long time how to get files from Basecamp and so far it seems like a 'mission impossible', but I wanted to ask here as well: Is there any way to get files from Basecamp projects and, if there is one, how? Thanks in advance. Edited: I mean how to get the uploaded files. You can export all project data exce...
I have developed a fully functional ruby-on-rails application which utilizes numerous mysql tables. I would like to turn this into a subscription based service but I have some general, probably basic, conceptual questions: In a setup such as Basecamp does each user have access to her/his own (as in unique) db tables or are the tables s...
Is there a Opensource based basecamp alternative? Or even a free hosted version of it? ...
Are there any recommended Basecamp plugins/stand alone apps for XCode/OSX to manage milestones & to-do's etc? ...
Using the Basecamp API, is it possible to create a new project? It seems like a simple task, so either I'm missing something or this functionality is not available via the API. ...
Hi Everyone, I was wondering if someone could do me massive favour.. I really don't understand how to make use of APIs - so I was wondering if, using Basecamp as an example, someone could talk me though the basics. So far I have an application with a dashboard controller/view, I have put basecamp.rb into my /lib directory, added the ...
I'm working on a script to automatically sign you in to basecamp for a project... so far i have come up with the following as something simple just a form you submit which posts to an iframe: <html> <head> <style> #bc1{ width: 100%; height: 350px; } </style> </head> <body> <iframe id="bc1" name="_bc1"></iframe> <form method="post" i...
Are there any open source applications (or open source code) to implement realtime chat on a webpage like basecamp does? ...
Is there a way to return only active projects using Basecamp's API? No matter what I try I always get back my entire list of projects, and it's HUGE. Here's what I think should work: Basecamp.establish_connection!('myhost.basecamphq.com', 'my_user', 'my_pass') @projects = Basecamp::Project.find(:all, params => { :status => 'active' } )...
Can any one explain me how the basecamp api works.What is the meaning of POST /#{resource}/#{resource_id}/comments.xml and how to accomplish this using asp.net. http://developer.37signals.com/basecamp/comments.shtml Thanks. ...
I am currently using Sirprize's Basecamp API wrapper, as well as some of my own code, to access Basecamp. However, I am finding it really slow. Are there any methods for speeding this up? I am using PHP 5.3 and my own code is taking advantage of CURL. I am getting projects, todo lists and todos from Basecamp and writing comments on to ...
Currently we are using Trac. Tickets are good for tracking tasks and related discussions. However, I think it has the following disadvantages or limitations Tickets creation is too complex for team members with non-tech background. Every little modification of a ticket generates a mail to everyone in the cc list, which is rather anno...