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Public facing project management software?
Written By qwik3r on Jun. 26, 2007.
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I'm searching around for some public facing project management solutions. Example would be like sourceforge or maybe a wiki or something. I know you may be thinking why not just use a blogging platform like wordpress, well I figure with all of the web apps out there, i'm sure there is something catered to such a task.
It would primarily be for template design projects, something I can use to direct people interested in a template I made, version history, updates etc.
Any suggestions? Thanks
nubeen
Written Jun. 26, 2007 / Report /
Subversion is a good one, it's proven to do well with project management for others.
Oli
Written Jun. 26, 2007 / Report /
Subversion + Trac is a better solution, I think. More accessible provides a better top-down view onto a project.
qwik3r
Written Jun. 26, 2007 / Report /
Subversion + Trac? Aren't they really like the same thing? I mean i'm sure their really 2 different apps but they are both project management apps correct? CAn you go into further detail on how they work together?
Oli
Written Jun. 26, 2007 / Report /
Subversion is just a version control server.
Trac reports all the data from Subversion and allows you to do things like milestones, wikis and bug reporting... things that Subversion on its own would never consider doing for you. Trac also provides an interface. The only (real) interface you get from Subversion is purely through a subversion client -- not something you can just ask people to hop into unless they develop software for a living.
I'll warn you, it can be a cock to set up
jwynia
Written Jun. 26, 2007 / Report /
Take a look at ActiveCollab. It was originally a clone of Basecamp and provides many of the tools you need to keep track of what's going on in a project.
qwik3r
Written Jun. 26, 2007 / Report /
I am not looking for something overly complicated, I may just got with a wordpress blog but I just thought that I had seen some things along the lines of what i'm talking about, something automated or a bit easier to setup.
I am using activecollab now, i'm testing it out, seems pretty much on par with basecamp and would save me $12/m. However it is not public facing and that is what I am looking for.
Again I am primarily looking for something that I can use to manage projects that people see, not clients. Say for instance I make a template for wordpress, or for activecollab.
I know that goplan has a public facing blog but I think its only available through RSS, not sure.
A wiki might be an idea but I don't really want other people changing it, so maybe not - wondering if Trac + Subversion is too complicated for what I need.