Added User Group feature and more

Today Project Hours has been updated with some new features:

• User groups. It is now possible to define user groups and add users to specific groups. When downloading a report, user groups can be specified. In this way reports per user group, i.e. company department, are possible. 
• Administrators can now update the organisation name.
• Administrators can set users to inactive. This is useful, for instance when users leave the organisation. 
• When logging in in Demo mode, you are logged in with admin rights. In this way all features except for user management are available in demo mode.
• The Report Download page has been redesigned and now has a responsive layout.

That's is for now!

Bert-Jan

New Trial Period Registration Page added to Project Hours

Today the new registration page for Project Hours went live. On this page you can sign-up for a two-month trial for your organisation or just for yourself.

Previously new users had to send a request via email and I would create an account to start with. This is now automated with the new form:

It was fun to build, notice the Google reCaptcha checkbox that makes sure the page will not be abused by automated scripts.

Bert-Jan

ProjectHours iPhone app available!

From today the Project Hours Time Registration iPhone app is available for download! I tried it out on an iPhone 5, the only thing I don't like is splash screen that is displayed when the app starts up, something to fix in the next update.  Also, iOS 10.1 is required.. Users can update their phones, I wonder how many users already have iOS 10.1 installed..



Next is to update the ProjectHours website with links to the new mobile phone apps..

Bert-Jan

Added Demo Login to Mobile Apps

I updated the  mobile apps for  Android and  Windows 10 with a link to login with a demo account. Now everybody can try out the apps!  ProjectHours Demo Video:

 

I also signed up for the Apple Developer Program. As soon as enrollment is completed I will be able to publish the iPhone app for ProjectHours!

Bert-Jan

Project Hours Windows 10 app published!

Today the Project Hours Windows 10 app went live.. Available on PC and Win 10 mobile, this Universal Windows Platform app allows for easy time tracking with the Project Hours system. iPhone app is next..

ProjectHours Android App published!

Today I published the ProjectHours Android App to the Android Play store! I developed the app in Visual Studio using the Xamarin cross-platform dev environment. This environment allows for developing one code base in C# that can be published to Android phones, Iphones and Windows laptops, pc's and phones. This works especially good for relatively simple productivity apps such as the projecthours app. If it gets more complicated it is more difficult to write  code that works on all platforms, because each platform has its own specifics (specific UI elements for instance).
To find out more about Project Hours time registration, visit our web site: https://projecthours.net

KnockOutJS makes for a smooth UI experience

On a lazy sunday afternoon I finished updating the site http://nksbieb.cloudapp.net/ This site is used by the Dutch Castle Society to search their library and archives for books on castles.

I used the KnockOutJS client side scripting library to give this little website  a smooth feel without post-backs that refresh the entire page.

That's it for now!
Bert-Jan