TracDown 1.2.0 Released!

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I'm pleased to announce the release of the next major version of TracDown, 1.2.0!

 

After carefully listening and taking on board a lot of feedback from TracDown customers, I've jam packed a lot of new features into this release, along with the usual sprinkling of Bug Fixes.

 

 

 

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TracDown 1.2.0

 

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TracDown is a fully featured Bug Tracker. Helping you to Track Down your bugs.

 

TracDown makes bug tracking very easy, and was designed with the user in mind. You can perform otherwise complex tasks with only a few clicks.

 

What's New in TracDown 1.2.0?

 

New Moderation Menu

In TracDown 1.2 I've added quite a few new moderation features, such as "Hide", "Delete" and "Lock" issue. In 1.1 I had the issue tools in the issue itself. This felt cramped with so many options, and so I have created the new Moderation Tools Menu.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-moderate-menu.png

 

Similar to the Forums Moderation Tools menu, this should help you with moderating issues.

 

Assign Issue to Staff Member

A common thing to do in Software Development is to Assign a particular issue to a member of staff. here at IPS they have a new severity for this, "Confirmed - FAO Matt". I thought this was a little wasteful (and it also gives Matt more work http://content.community.invisionpower.com/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.png), and came up with this feature.

 

You have the option to Assign an issue to a Staff Member (controlled in the usergroup settings), when creating or editting an issue.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-issue-assign.png

 

You can also re-assign and unassign an issue from the issue itself

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-issue-assign-changer.png

 

The Staff Member will recieve a notification saying that they've been assigned that issue, and will also be able to view all of their assigned issues from a new page.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-issue-assign-notification.png

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-assigned-to-me.png

 

New Overview Page

Since it's inception, TracDown has had two tabs which do exactly the same. Overview and Unconfirmed. These tabs both listed all of the unconfirmed issues, and occasionally caused an indirect issue where the Unconfirmed Severity had been removed.

 

TracDown 1.2.0 rectifies this with the introduction of a brand new Overview tab. I believe that an Overview should be exacltly that. An "at a glance" overview of what is happening in that category.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-overview.png

 

Each Category has it's own Overview, complete with the latest activity on issues, the latest issues and a graph which charts the number of issues which have been fixed in that version.

 

Issue Management from the AdminCP

An oft requested feature for TracDown has been a page which lists 'All Issues' where you can manage everything at once, regardless of category, version, severity, etc. While I'd wanted to implement something akin to this for quite a while, it simply wasn't feasible on the front end, where people had requested this.

 

Enter the Issue Manager. Where better to manage all of your issues in one place, than in the AdminCP? The new page lists the version, severity, category of the issue, and allows you to edit the issue and delete it if needed.

 

Timeline Management

Again listening to user feedback, I've added a timeline management module to the AdminCP. This is handy in case you accidentally mark something as "Fixed" when it is not, and you do not wish to clutter up your Issue Timeline with rectifying that mistake.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-timeline-manager.png

 

Simply input the ID of the Issue timeline you wish to manage, and you'll be taken to a screen where you can remove the offending entries.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-timeline-management.png

 

 

Automatically Post Issues to a Forum

Another requested feature was that all issues be posted to a forum on creation, and I've added this in TracDown 1.2.0.

 

This is a feature which could be useful for an 'Archive' forum, where you can put all issues, or a staff forum where you can discuss the issue in private amongst staff.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-post-to-forum.png

 

It is of course enabled by a setting, as with most things in TracDown, if you do not wish to use it, simply keep it disabled. http://content.community.invisionpower.com/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png

 

Generate List of "Fixed In This Version"

A feature which I noticed a lot of members missed when IPS migrated from Tracker to IP.Content was this feature, the "Generate Report of Fixed Issues in this version". I see the merit in such a feature in a bug tracker, and have incorporated this as a feature in TracDown 1.2.0.

 

To generate a new issue, simply select the new tab which is added below the Severities Tabs on the Categories, and choose your version.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-generate-list-fixedin.png

 

This will then generate a list of fixed issues, complete with links to the issues and titles of the issues. There is an optional setting on this page to "Toggle Links", so as to only post a list of fixed issues without links to those issues. This is useful for private bug trackers for public projects.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-fixedin-report.png

 

Versions AdminCP Area Redesigned!

After much deliberation and again, taking user feedback on board, I've given some much needed attention to the Versions area of the AdminCP.

 

In previous versions of TracDown, the Versions page could get quite long and unwieldy. I have addressed this by separating versions by their categories in a tabbed layout.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-versions-acp.png

 

Issue Previews

Another thing which was requested was Issue Previews, similar to those of the Forums own "Topic Previews". I have added this to TracDown 1.2.0, making it easier to see more information about the issue 'at a glance'.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-issue-preview.png

 

Of course, this feature can be enabled and disabled via a setting in the AdminCP.

 

UserCP Integration

In keeping with TracDown's close integration to IP.Board, I've now implemented UserCP settings. Right now there is only the one setting: Whether to Auto-Follow an issue when posting it, but I hope to add more settings based on user feedback in future.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-usercp.png

 

Child Categories Update

Since 1.1.0 TracDown has had Child Categories. In 1.1.0 you could access those via a dropdown menu. While this saved space, I did not believe this is practical, so for 1.2, I have changed it so that Child Categories now display on a secondary filter bar, similar to the main categories.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-child-cats.png

 

Create Issues on behalf of members

Again listening to user feedback, I've added a type-ahead field on the Add Issue form, where Staff Members can create an issue on behalf of another user.

 

http://mikey.junkput.com/trac-1.2-create-issue-on-behalf-of-users.png

 

Tracker Importer Update & URL Redirection

Now included with TracDown is a Tools directory. Within this Tools directory is a htaccess.txt file which contains the RewriteRules for a Tracker to TracDown conversion, so that your old URL's will not be lost.

 

Also, with 1.2.0 the Tracker Importer got an update so that it now supports the severities from Tracker, and imported TracDown issues should retain the severities which the Tracker Issue had.

 

Other, Miscellaneous Issues & Bug Fixes

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TracDown Suggestions - Issues fixed in version 1.2.0

• #44 - Issues list view - issue description re-design
  
• #47 - Assign To [group] or [user]
  
• #48 - Recent Issues title display length
  
• #58 - Recent Issues Block permission
  
• #63 - Issue deletion
  

TracDown Bugs - Issues fixed in version 1.2.0

• #45 - Manage Issues from ACP.
  
• #91 - Assign Issues to Members of Staff
  
• #96 - Substantiate some differences between overview and unconfirmed.
  
• #106 - Lock Issue
  
• #331 - Support Forum & Post to Forum
  
• #349 - Check if Tracker Versions exist
  
• #350 - TracDown > Tracker Severities woes.
  
• #355 - Charts
  
• #356 - Follow Category
  
• #363 - Add a setting for auto-checked follow issue
  
• #367 - Child Cats Filter Bar
  
• #369 - Generate Fixed In This Version Report
  
• #408 - Delete Issue
  
• #409 - Create Issues on Behalf of Users
  
• #410 - "Hide Issues"
  
• #411 - Timeline management module (ACP)
  
• #413 - Issue Description when Adding Issue
  
• #415 - Editing full description doesn't update the small description
  
• #416 - Versions page in ACP
  
• #418 - Timeline - if version is blanked, change phrase
  
• #421 - Full edit versions.
  
• #437 - quotes in title cause title to be blanked
  
• #439 - Quick edit blanks issue_staff_assigned
  
• #440 - My Issues showing to Guests
  
• #443 - Overview Tab - restrict to per category
  
• #444 - Issues Assigned to Me
  

That wraps up all new features in TracDown 1.2.0

I really hope you enjoy all the updated features in TracDown 1.2.0! As always feature requests and suggestions are very welcomed.

 

Please note, while I've worked tirelessly to ensure there are little to no bugs in 1.2.0, some may have slipped through. So if you notice any, please either PM me, reply to the support topic, or lodge a bug on my own TracDown.

 

Thank you for reading, and you can purchase / download TracDown from the IPS Marketplace, here, or simply click the big link at the top of this blog entry. http://content.community.invisionpower.com/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png

 

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