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Tasks Pro™
A powerful web-based task manager to help you manage your projects effectively. You have numerous tasks, projects with sub-tasks, related notes and files, billable tasks, and ideas that you want to publish to your blog. Access your tasks from various computers, PDAs, or web-enabled phones from anywhere.
Easy Team Collaboration
Group controls allow projects to be set up only for people who need to see them. Set due dates and priorities, get automatic e-mail notifications, leave each other notes, and even publish calendars!
Tagging
Use tags for ad-hoc organization, your favorite Getting Things Done (GTD) labels or to pull together a group of tasks across hierarchies. Never worry about typos with built-in tag auto-complete.
There are even iCalendars and RSS feeds for your tags
Work From Anywhere
Best of all, Tasks Pro™ is a web-based application that runs with any browser and can be used in any operating system environment (Mac, Windows, Linux or mixed!). The easy browser based interface lets everyone in your groups work together easily and efficiently.
Cross-Platform
The Tasks Pro™ server component and requirements are cross-platform compatible and can be installed on any Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computer running PHP and MySQL.
— Douglas AndersonWhen faced with managing a project that involved four teams in three different countries I was very worried about how to keep things running smoothly. Originally I managed all action items by e-mail. It did not take long to determine that this was inefficient and prone to problems. As the weeks went by and the ‘Action Item’ e-mail grew longer and more unmanageable, I knew that it was time to look for an alternate solution.
Originally I started using Tasks. While Tasks offered order in an otherwise chaotic environment, it lacked one key element: a Multi-User interface. Enter Tasks Pro™.
When Alex posted that Tasks Pro™ was to be released I was excited to give it a try. First I signed up for an trial account and used it for a few weeks to make sure that it would do what I needed. After the trial period I purchased Tasks Pro™ and have not looked back.
Tasks Pro™ has brought order where there was confusion. I highly recommend Tasks Pro™.
Use the handy comparison chart to see which features are included in Tasks™, Tasks Pro™, and Tasks Jr.
Rich, powerful interface
Tasks Pro™ is built from the user’s perspective with a responsive and innovative user interface that makes it a real joy to use. This is software designed to stay out of your way and help you get things done.Task Templates
Have a repetative task? Create a template for it! The template can be an entire task hierarchy and you can even create templates from existing tasks.Peer-to-peer collaboration
Team members communicate directly with each other. You can assign tasks to anyone in your group, making this a great way to manage the day to day details that are so crucial to a business’ success.Cross-platform collaboration
Users on different platforms can work together seamlessly. Even the server part of Tasks Pro™ works great on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.Centralized data
Your data is stored in a MySQL database on the server. You can easily back up the tasks for all of your users from one place.Manage your work & responsibilities
There’s no need for a separate to-do list manager for tasks only you need to know about. Just click the ‘Private’ check box for any task, and nobody else will ever see that you need to buy milk on the way home!Daily e-mail reminders
Each user can receive a daily e-mail reminders of their overdue, upcoming and high-priority tasks.RSS feeds of your tasks
Subscribe to the RSS feed for your tasks or your group(s)’s tasks and keep up with what your group members are working on.Favorites
Mark a task as a Favorite to always have quick access to it from the Favorites list. It’s a great way to quickly get to a task that might otherwise be buried several levels deep in the hierarchy.Full localization support
Tasks Pro™ is fully localized. As they become available, new language packs will be available for download from the Support page.Auto-check for updates
Tasks Pro™ now has an option to check for updated releases every 7 days. You can choose to have it check for full releases and for pre-release versions as well.Hierarchical organization of tasks
The heart of Tasks Pro™ is the hierarchical task structure. Tasks and notes are organized and categorized through these relationships. Put your high-level projects at the top and fill out the details as you go.Create tasks from e-mails
Tell Tasks Pro™ to check a mailbox and Tasks Pro™ will create tasks from any e-mails sent to that mailbox. You can even set the task owner, priority, date due, etc.Powerful work group controls
Tasks Pro™ allows you to set up unlimited groups and freely assign users to them. Access to task information can also be limited across groups. Users in the sales department, for example, can be kept away from information intended for the engineering team, but you can see and manage it all. Individual users can be assigned to multiple groups, and each user’s access level to the data (view, edit, create) can be individually customized.Unofficial Support for PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server
Tasks Pro™ 1.6 adds unofficial support for both the PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases.File Attachments
Upload and attach files to tasks and notes. Tasks Pro™ works as a central storage spot for your files so you can access them from anywhere.Intelligent e-mail notifications
When a task is assigned, an e-mail notification is sent to the new owner with both a link to the task and the details right in the email itself. When a task is updated by someone who isn’t the task’s owner (another group member with permission), the owner is notified that it has been modified. If you assign a task to someone, you will receive an e-mail notification when it has been completed (unless you are the one who marks it complete).Theme Support
Choose from the suppiled color themes or create your own with custom colors and your own logo.iCalendars and RSS feeds for each task
View upcoming dates for a specfic project or use RSS to keep track the project’s progress.Remember Expanded Tasks
Now Tasks remembers exactly how you like your view set up and keeps it that way for you.Upgrade from Tasks or Tasks Jr.
The Tasks Pro™ install script includes an option to upgrade your Tasks or Tasks Jr. data to Tasks Pro™.Recurring Tasks
Set up recurring tasks for those daily, weekly, monthly, annual, bi-annual, etc. tasks you need to take care of.Complete managerial control
Tasks Pro™ lets you assign tasks to members of your groups, and can even automatically send them e-mail to notify them of their new task. They can edit the task and update it’s progress, and you can monitor its status. Comment fields and notes can also be used for workers and supervisors to stay in touch with what’s happening.Familiar browser based interface
If you can use a web browser, you can use Tasks Pro™. Many people even make it their home page so their to-do list is always in front of them.Zero-install for your users
Your users need only a web browser to use Tasks Pro™; and they can access their tasks from any computer.Set due dates and priorities
Besides the interactive tree view, Tasks Pro™ provides both a sortable view and a view that shows upcoming and overdue tasks for both you and your groups(s). Use the view that works best for you.Ad-hoc E-mail Notifications
Send an e-mail notification to anyone (or everyone) on your team when you create, complete or update a task. The details of the task will be sent via e-mail to the people you choose.iCalendar of your tasks
Subscribe to your iCalendar or the iCalendar for your group(s) to view your tasks right in your iCalendar compatible Calendar software.Mobile/PDA interface for access on the go
Tasks Pro™ has a lightweight interface designed for your PDA or smart phone (requires an HTML capable browser). You’ll even be automatically redirected to the mobile interface when you log in from your mobile device.Use Notes to store relevant information
When you need to keep track of relevant information for a project but it isn’t really a task, use a note instead. You can convert a task to a note and back to a task, right on the fly.Auto-check for updated documentation
When you view the included documentation, each page will check to see if there is an updated version of the page available online; and will let you know if there is.Server Requirements
Tasks Pro™ is web-based software that must be installed into a web server environment. However, this doesn't mean that Tasks Pro™ can only be installed onto a web server. Most modern computers are very capable of running a web server and a database. Tasks Pro™ can be installed onto any computer that has:- A web server (usually Apache or IIS) compatible with PHP.
- The PHP engine (version 4.1 or later, including PHP 5) installed and configured with the web server.
- Access to a MySQL database (4.x or later, normally installed locally).
Browser Requirements
Tasks Pro™ requires a modern browser with JavaScript enabled. It has been tested successfully in the following browsers:- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x (Windows)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x (Windows)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (Windows)
- Firefox (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix/Linux)
- Mozilla 1.2+ (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix/Linux)
- Netscape 7.x (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix/Linux)
- Camino (Mac OS X)
- Safari (Mac OS X)
- Opera (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix/Linux)*