This is a bug fix release, so we highly recomend you to upgrade your current activeCollab setup. You will find upgrade instructions in this article.

Besides fixing a few known issues, we have also add some enhancements in this release. Some of them are better trash management, Status module improvements, and more. You can check the release notes for more details.

We're available on support@activeCollab.com, so feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions, or need our assistance.

We're here for you!

If you have been bussy these days, and have already upgraded on activeCollab 2.3.4, there's no need to do the whole upgrade process all over again.. A simple fix (explained here) will do the trick. In case you have an older release than activeCollab 2.3.4 you should do a full upgrade. And instructions in this article will help you to do that.

You can find the full release notes here.

If you have any questions, or difficulties during the upgrade process feel free to contact us.

You can try activeCollab and explore all of its features for a month, and see if it fits your business needs. After this period expires, there is no option to extend it, because we no longer offer paid extension. If you really need more time to test activeCollab, contact us, and we'll see if there is something that we can do to help.

If you haven't created your activeCollab trial account yet, feel free to do it now. All you have to do is to visit our Trial page and fill out the simple form placed there, and you can start using your activeCollab demo in a few minutes.

1. Microsoft Project Importer

By using this module you will be able to import your projects started in Microsoft Project and work on them in activeCollab. Module is available for download and testing, and you can find it here. 

This is how data upload looks like:

More details on the Microsoft Project Importer is available in our User's Guide.

2. WebDAV

WebDAV module is designed to make file managemnet easier. By using any WebDAV client (OSX Finder, Windows Explorer, Transmit...) you will be able to access activeCollab just like any other folder on your computer. Here you will see list of your projects and file categories as subfolders where you can manipulate with all files.

You can learn more about the usage of WebDAV in this article.

Feel free to download and test our new modules. Your feedback and suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

If you have some questions, or need our assistance, feel free to contact us on support@a51dev.com.

activeCollab 2.3.2 is available for download from your activeCollab.com profile:

Installation and upgrade instructions are available in documentation section of the website. If you have any questions, or need our assistance, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

Thank you for your continuous support!

Highlighted features:

• Track time in multiple activeCollab installations
• Support for multiple timers (only one can be active at a time)
• Submit time for a project, a ticket or a task
• Complete a ticket or a task with time submission
• Idle time detection
• Minimal interval and rounding 

While still in beta and still Windows only, with new activeCollab Timer 1.0.2 release we have covered the following issues: 

• fixed problem with UTF8 characters
• fixed HTTPS server connection 
• storage location OS dependent 
• fixed submitting time entry attached to project
• fixed communication with server which has mod_security enabled
• only one instance of the application can be running at the time

Application is available for download on the activeCollab Timer page in the Download section. Try it out and tell us what do you think!

activeCollab 2.3.1 is available for download from your activeCollab.com profile:

Installation and upgrade instructions are available in documentation section of the website. If you have any questions, or need our assistance, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

Thank you for your continuous support!

Here is what'll change:

• No more support for PHP4. Minimal PHP version will be PHP5, where PHP 5.0.x is considered deprecated and we recommend that you use PHP 5.1 or later. Moving to PHP5 will help us get rid of all the unnecessary code that was required for activeCollab to work well on PHP4 and pay back some of our technical debt. Also, with language enhancements that PHP5 has, it's finally possible to implement some of the ideas that we wanted to introduce, but had to put aside because of PHP4 compatibility. This will make system more stable and future development much easier.
• Minimal MySQL version will be MySQL 4.1 because we rely on Unicode and want to take advantage of some of the features that are pretty common and frequently used, but not available in MySQL 3.23.x (like subqueries, for example).
• Support for Internet Explorer 6 will no longer be maintained, as previously discussed. If something works in IE6, than great, but we will not spend any more time testing for this browser.

Our decision to support some older versions of software that activeCollab runs on made a perfect sense back in 2007, but it's 2010. now, some things have changed considerably and we feel that it's time to move on.

However, most of you'll want to know when activeCollab 3 will be available... Be aware that we can't promise any specific date (not even a month), and that we are talking months here, not weeks or days. This should give you enough time to get ready for the new release.