Projectfork 
Version
3.0.9 Stable (last update on Oct 11, 2011)
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License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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Date Added
20 November 2006
Projectfork features:
* Project manager
* Task manager
* File repository
* Calendar
* Forum
* Time tracking
* Advanced user access system
* Extensible and flexible framework
* And much more!
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I was looking for an extension that was close to DotProject in spirit, but simpler and well structured, and of course integrated to Joomla.
Project Fork matches exactly my needs, its interface is clear and intuitive, despite a few little bugs that will need to be fixed (however they do not prevent the system to work).
Project Fork matches exactly my needs, its interface is clear and intuitive, despite a few little bugs that will need to be fixed (however they do not prevent the system to work).
Our business involves people from all over the US in different offices. We were looking for an easy method to keep track of the various projects, tasks, milestones, progress and calendar. Project Fork is it! :-)
An unexpected bonus is the Document Management ability that allows us to link current documentation with specific tasks. What a great feature.
The installation was a breeze, and everything is working perfectly. I would recommend this handy tool to anyone using Joomla who wants their team to be more organized.
Woo-hoo!
An unexpected bonus is the Document Management ability that allows us to link current documentation with specific tasks. What a great feature.
The installation was a breeze, and everything is working perfectly. I would recommend this handy tool to anyone using Joomla who wants their team to be more organized.
Woo-hoo!
nice but too much features into one extension... try ed to turn if off so that my users cant see it, but it's impossible...
if you have a website with less then 500px width, then you have a big problem.... hydra is wider...
I need a system where my clients can easy report a bug or a task for there project, this way with all the extra features it makes to difficult for them to easy report something...
pls change it, maybe I will try it then again, until then still flyspray will do the job for me..
if you have a website with less then 500px width, then you have a big problem.... hydra is wider...
I need a system where my clients can easy report a bug or a task for there project, this way with all the extra features it makes to difficult for them to easy report something...
pls change it, maybe I will try it then again, until then still flyspray will do the job for me..
This Hydra project manager looks very promising. They have put some very nice work into it. However, theres a couple of issues that I noticed.
No frontend access. This means you require all users to log into to joomla's backup. Not good idea
Whats the point in having the calendar if your tasks are not tied to it? Who wants to create tasks then turn around and post events for those tasks?
No frontend access. This means you require all users to log into to joomla's backup. Not good idea
Whats the point in having the calendar if your tasks are not tied to it? Who wants to create tasks then turn around and post events for those tasks?
Owner's reply
hi kipper!
You're right with the calendar..pretty useless at the moment :D
Hydra is a huge thing and I can impossibiliy work on everything at a time.
On the roadmap you see that I've promised the task/calendar integration in 0.6.5.
It's not there I know but I'm working on it.
As a not-for-profit agency, we rely heavily on inexpensive resources to accomplish our mission. We continually seek out parnerships with reliable software developers and are huge supporters of the Open Source Initiative.
To this end, we are very impressed with Tobias Kuhn's Hydra Manager ! This software seamlessly integrates into our website and allows our board members to share tasks, documents and calendar events, even though they are scattered across two states! Tobias is friendly, responsive, and open to the needs of his user base. Although still in development (v0.6.1 is installed at the time of this writing), Hydra Manager promises a simple solution to our collaboration requirements. Thanks, Tobias!
Dave Simpson
CEO, First American Military, Inc.
To this end, we are very impressed with Tobias Kuhn's Hydra Manager ! This software seamlessly integrates into our website and allows our board members to share tasks, documents and calendar events, even though they are scattered across two states! Tobias is friendly, responsive, and open to the needs of his user base. Although still in development (v0.6.1 is installed at the time of this writing), Hydra Manager promises a simple solution to our collaboration requirements. Thanks, Tobias!
Dave Simpson
CEO, First American Military, Inc.
I have been using FlySpray as a project manager. I didn't have any problems with it but it seemed a bit quirky at times and didn't have that fully integrated look and feel.
Hydra goes beyond all my expectations. It is very comprehensive and it looks very slick indeed.
Congrats to the Hydra team, you have done a great job for the community!
Hydra goes beyond all my expectations. It is very comprehensive and it looks very slick indeed.
Congrats to the Hydra team, you have done a great job for the community!
This is perhaps one of the most beautiful components to ever look at, the design is simply perfect everything is at hand. Install was a breeze and the entire look of the component oozes class, i hear this is no where near finished but i couldnt give it anymore props truely wonderful hats off to the devs behind this.
Brilliant. I'm a part time freelancer and this extension provides me with a structured environment in which to post my daily tasks as well as a place to direct my logged in clients. Once logged in each user is directed to their own personal project page where they can track my progress.
I love this! It is easy to use, easy to understand and Tobias provided immediate help with my one issue. Pixelpraise did a great job of providing him with a clean site design that made it easy to navigate and find how to install and configure the extension. I wish all extensions worked this well!
This component is fantastic! Not only is this a great tool for project management, but it also works as a calendar and file manager. READ - With this one component, you no longer need tools like DOCMAN and separate calendar components.
So far this application is very well designed for being so young. I am very excited to see where it heads.
THANKS!!!
So far this application is very well designed for being so young. I am very excited to see where it heads.
THANKS!!!
I was looking for a component like this, and I've tested some
other stand-alone Project Managers (dotProject,phpGroupWare..) before I found this Component here.
And I can say that this Component has more potential than most other Groupware Tools!
The whole System is easy to understand, no useless Gimmicks or
Information overkill.
Especially for people who
- are new to Project Management
- don't want to read a big manual first
- setup a workstation on the fly
this component is just perfect. But I can not recommend it for bigger and complex Projects. The component is just not ready for this yet. But I'm sure it will be greatly improved in the future.
Thanks for this component, great job!
Brian Menaso
other stand-alone Project Managers (dotProject,phpGroupWare..) before I found this Component here.
And I can say that this Component has more potential than most other Groupware Tools!
The whole System is easy to understand, no useless Gimmicks or
Information overkill.
Especially for people who
- are new to Project Management
- don't want to read a big manual first
- setup a workstation on the fly
this component is just perfect. But I can not recommend it for bigger and complex Projects. The component is just not ready for this yet. But I'm sure it will be greatly improved in the future.
Thanks for this component, great job!
Brian Menaso
This certainly looks very promising. As the author as pointed out, there are bugs in 0.6.0 particularly with SEO turned on in the back end of Joomla. I've implemented the hotfixes and it works to an extent now but there are still a few issues.
Also it would be nice if the component accommodated templates with not too much width to play with. The site I'm trying to introduct Hydra too is quite a narrow design so I tried disabling some of the Settings options but even with them turned off the heading 'Settings' is still displayed anyway so the width is still taken up.
Nevertheless, I'll be keeping an eye on the progress of Hydra and will be installing further updates as they are released.
Also it would be nice if the component accommodated templates with not too much width to play with. The site I'm trying to introduct Hydra too is quite a narrow design so I tried disabling some of the Settings options but even with them turned off the heading 'Settings' is still displayed anyway so the width is still taken up.
Nevertheless, I'll be keeping an eye on the progress of Hydra and will be installing further updates as they are released.
I have been looking for a component with these capabilities for the better part of two months.
I am planning to use Hydra as a basic project tracker that allows employees to check on the status of certain projects, and to clearly define what tasks and resources will be necessary to complete that project. Ultimately, I also want to publish this information for the general public in a read-only fashion.
There are a few bugs yet in the program, but I am *really* impressed with what I have used so far. I don't think Hydra is intended to replace the functionality of MS Project or dotProject, but it is a very nice, straight-forward, easy to understand component for doing basic project tracking, which is exactly what I was looking for.
I am planning to use Hydra as a basic project tracker that allows employees to check on the status of certain projects, and to clearly define what tasks and resources will be necessary to complete that project. Ultimately, I also want to publish this information for the general public in a read-only fashion.
There are a few bugs yet in the program, but I am *really* impressed with what I have used so far. I don't think Hydra is intended to replace the functionality of MS Project or dotProject, but it is a very nice, straight-forward, easy to understand component for doing basic project tracking, which is exactly what I was looking for.
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