v0.8 is released

[Andrew]

v0.8 has been released: this link is a direct download of the zipfile, and alternately, the wiki download page is here.

Please do read the installation instructions, and if you're upgrading from 0.7, please do checkout this youtube screencast of the upgrade process.

There's a bunch of tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/gtdphp , including a quick overview of some of the new features, and an index of all the screencasts is on the wiki

If you find any bugs, please select Help from the gtd-php menu, and "Report a Bug" - that will allow you to create a bug in our trac bug-tracking database.

edit - direct link now goes to v0.8.0.1, which has small mods to documentation only

[aniruddha]

Great! I am checking it out right now 

And here's my response (I think the title says it all  ):

http://toae.org/boards/index.php?topic=255.0

[Andrew]

I'll use the rest of this thread to document some of the new features in v0.8, prompted by a recent thread elsewhere on this board.  I do hope that the other developers and our users will contribute to this, too.  This supplements the information in the youtube screencastts

Sorting
In most tables you can just click on a column header to sort by that column.  First click will sort ascending, second click will sort descending.  You can even sort the columns containing checkboxes, which will group all of the checked boxes together at the top, and all of the unchecked boxes will be put together at the bottom.  And you can sort by the column containing the flags for projects which have no next action (flagged with '!') and for items which have no children at all (flagged with '!!').  When you sort by that column, it groups together all those items with no children; and then groups together all of the items with children, but with no next actions.


Cunning filtering
Let's say you want to search for actions where you haven't yet assigned a time context.  Go to Process -> Actions.  Tick the 'NOT' box that's just to the right of the Time drop-down box on the top row of the form.  Leave the drop-down on '(any)'.  And press the 'filter' button: and it will show you all the actions that have no time context assigned!


Sub-projects
You can now set sub-projects, if you're using javascript enhancements (turned on by default -you should have $config['useLiveEnhancements']=true; in your config.php file, and also have those switched on in the configure menu, under User Preferences.
When you're creating or editing a project, and you click on the funky new 'Select Parent(s)' link, you can change the type of parent you're setting, from the default 'goal', to 'project' - and now you can choose from your list of existing projects.  So you can make one project the parent of another!


Dynamic searching
And, while you're looking for parents, in that 'Select Parent(s)' dialog box, you can start typing in text that might appear in the title of the parent you're after, and the list of available parents will dynamically change to show only those titles featuring that text -  a bit like Google Suggest operates.

[Andrew]

Quick Find
I'm always forgetting where I put stuff.  Which is part of the reason I use gtd-php.  But then I forget where I've put things in gtd-php: "there was something about badgers - was it a goal? a reference? where is it?".

v0.8 has the solution!  From the process menu, select Quick find (shortcut key F), type the string you're searching for, and press <enter>; gtd-php will list all of the items containing that string in their title, description, or desired outcome, regardless of the item's type, completion status, whether it's in the tickler file or not - it will find it.

[Andrew]

other new features:
    - table prefixes, allowing more than one installation in a specific MySQL database
    - an 'inbox' where items can be quickly created, for incorporation into actions and projects at a later time
    - cleaned up xhtml and css: all pages now validate
    - hierarchy of levels: values, visions, roles, goals, projects and actions
    - improved security against MySQL injection
    - API for external add-ons
    - printable keyboard shortcuts list