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If you are an active trackmypeople user you will notice we change alot of things, on a daily base. For those of you who did not notice those changes, a brief summary :

• User Profile : Edit / Information : We totally reworked this functionality. You can now easily update your (and your employees/contractors) profile with some advanced validation/error correction
• Tracker Edit / Information : Editing trackers (can be companies/departements/tasks or projects) never was this easy. Use one of the information tabs to get more information about a tracker
• Set your project (tracker) color. Each use can now assign his own color. These colors will be used when browsing through the calendar interface
• Create a user : Easily create users/employees and assign him/her to the trackers you want. This page will automatically send an email to the "created" user
• Calendar Tabs. We changed the calendar interface to support 'tabs'. From now on you can switch between day/week/month view without having to change page
• Updated the "MyTrackers" page
• Fixed various layout issues
  
• Timezone & Culture detection (when editing profileà
  
• Persistent User Login : Login once, check the "remember me" checkbox and stay logged in for the next 30 days (only on the same computer)
  
• ...

Login to your account and try all those new features, or join us now, while trackmypeople still entirely free !

We’re performing infrastructural changes this coming Thursday at 5PM  Brussels time (what time is that for you?).  TrackMyPeople will be unavailable for approximately 1 hour while we make some upgrades to our service infrastructure as well as update the system.

As our service userbase is constantly growing, the architecture of the trackmypeople system quickly showed us some features were really hard to implement. To make sure we can develop/create new functionality faster, we decided to refactor, to make the system more flexible.

Some of the features you can expect in the new version (online after tomorrows update)

• Custom Organisation Structure (departements, multiple projects...)
• Multiple Projects per User
• Custom Permissions & Roles
• Seperate secured backend
  

See you tomorrow.

We advice everyone to use one of our widgets to track your time right from your desktop. Next to that we have a "time entry" page where you can easily update your timesheet for the day or week. This could happen if you are visiting customers, forgot to use your widget or just need an easy way to add your data all at once.

Meet the "Time Entry" page. This interface is split up in a daily & weekly view.

On the daily view you can add descriptions for timeblocks

Use the weekly view to easily register all the work done for a certain (or multiple) projects. When you're done just press save, and the "time entry" system will create the according 'free blocks ' for you.

After a few days of testing we got plenty of feedback resulting in a big update. Use our new & improved time widget to track your time from your desktop (download here ).

What's new ?

New features :

• added option "open urls": this option will allow us to open an url from your widget. In the future we will use this to inform you about widget updates, conflicting time blocks or other urgent issues that need your immediate attention.
• added option : "automatic attendance tracking" : when this option is enabled, the widget will automatically start tracking your attendance as soon as the widget is loaded (or when you start your computer)
• added option : "stop on close" : this option will automatically stop your time tracking session as soon as the widget (or your computer) is closed.
• added option : "choose your display" : choose wether you want to use the widget in small / large view (see screenshots)
• new feature : timeblock comments : when closing a time block (after you have worked on a single project) you can enter a description. This description will be stored together with the timeblock details for future reference.
• bugfix : parsing errors when pressing stop multiple times
• bugfix : parsing errors when there is no internet connection

You don't believe we did all that in a few days ? Check out some screenshots below.

Widget preferences

Right click your widget and select "widget preferences" to set these options.

Display Options

How does it look ?

I present you : the "light" layout. You can set this widget as 'always on top' to check your current working time from every application, all day long...

Normal Layout

Don't forget to keep sending your feedback & suggestions : support@trackmypeople.com

We are proud to announce the release of the first version of a new time tracking widget. This tool is based on the "yahoo widgets " platform, that also means you can use it on MacOS aswell as on windows (vista & XP). For more information try the "get started " manual. When you are set, you can get the widget over here .

You can use this widget to punch in & out. Allowing you to communicate with the TrackMyPeople systems without even opening your browser. 

TrackMyPeople wants to be the best. And to become that nr 1 time tracking solution, we are fully aware we need to constantly improve our services to walk that 'extra mile'. For that same reason we are very proud to announce a new feature : custom user & project reports. For now we added the most important charts, if you have any specific reports in mind that will help you run your business easier, please let us know , we might add it...

On the "manage users" & "manage projects" pages you can now see a little icon in front. Use this icon to go to the reporting page. You should see something like this :

If you are listed as a project/company manager, you should be able to switch to other users or projects.

You can now create custom reports using the dateslider 

If you play with these sliders (available on day/week/month page) you should be able to create reports like :

  These reports will give you a better overview of a certain users time punching behaviour or general projects activity

Pretty impressive for a free time tracking solution, isn't it ?
Please let us know what you think about it, we'll be adding more reports pretty soon.

Because we want you to access your (and your employees) timesheet we just made it easier for you. From now on you don't need to enter your password everytime you enter our timetracking solution. 

Next time you login make sure to check the "remember me" box on the login page . From then on simply point your browser to www.trackmypeople.com and you will automatically logged in.

It has been silent for a while. As we are working on alot of projects at the same time, we must sometimes make priorities.Today we realized some long awaited changes.

Online Timesheet Calendar

We improved the general "Look & Feel" of your personal timesheet as well as the employee timesheets (day, week & month view). You can now click timeblocks to get the time punch details (start date, stop date, description, project, ...)

Personal Profile

Personal profile is now divided in different "sections". As the list of options/configuration is rapidly growing, we decided to split up the personal profile in different parts.

Our TODO list 

• Make auto attendance switch configureable (at client side)
• Improve API authentication
• Better integration for free timeblocks
• Enhanced time reporting
• Better documentation
• New movies/screencasts
• More FAQ & Bigger Knowledge Base

 We've updated our timeblock system. You now have the option to add Free Blocks to your TimeSheet.

Free blocks vs Fixed blocks

Free blocks are basically timeblocks without a stop or start moment. This allows you to easily add new blocks with a total value. Another advantage is that you can add 'negative' blocks. (e.g. for a discount.)

Screenshot with free (green clock icon) and fixed (red clock icon) blocks:

Update: We've also updated our visual timesheet layout. Blocks that span multiple days will be split into blocks spread over several days. This will only occur in the calendar timesheet itself, don't worry we won't be splitting up your timeblocks, we implemented these changes to make sure you can clearly see that a block is spanning multiple days..

We are proud to announce the 'export to excel' feature. From now on you can analyse your employees timesheets offline, just use the 'export to excel' button below the timesheet listing to receive an excel of your records.

Keep in mind that this features keeps the current filtering in account, that means if you are looking at data of employee "John Doe" you will receive an excel time sheet with records of this user only. 

Please note the generated excel files are in open office format, that means you need Microsoft Office 2007+. I know i know, alot of you are using older versions of the office suite, that's why we will be adding support for older excel versions. But if you already want to open the current spreadsheets use a decent an office suite like openoffice, star office or Google Docs. It's totally free (unlike other office suites).

We'll be adding support for multiple cultures (format the date/time just you want it), adding formulas for totals and improve the layout in the upcoming days

We just rolled-out a new version that contains filtering options for your personal timesheet as well as the manager timesheet for one or multiple employees. Just below the tabular listing you will find the 'total'.

If you use the filters properly you should be able to pull the following reports :

• Hours by Project by User by Custom Time Period 
• Hours by Project for all Users by Custom Time Period
• Total Hours by User by Custom Time Period
• Total Hours by Project by Custom Time Period
• Total Hours non billable
• Total Hours billable

We are currently working on alot of user suggested features like excel exporting, custom charts/graphs and alot more. Keep an eye on this blog for more info...

From today on, you can visit trackmypeople in your favourite browser. We now support Internet Explorer (6.0 -> 7.0), Mozilla Firefox (1.x -> 3.x) and Opera.

Make sure to tell us if the website suddenly looks strange, don't forget to mention your browser & operating system.

A web based timesheet used everywhere in the world

Because trackmypeople is a web based timesheet application we get signups from all around the globe. Recently alot of our users suggested us to improve the localised support. For example the calendar timesheet overview should show time in the preferred format, based on the user's culture.

That's why we improved the support for different cultures/languages & timezones. Go to your personal profile to update/correct your timezone & culture settings.

Why would you need my timezone ?

To make sure all your "clock punching" actions are stored correctly (based on your timezone) we need to know your timezone. Based on the timezone setting we convert all your start/stop dates to a central unified format. So if your blocks have a strange offset (they start/stop one or multiple hours different from your computers time) make sure to check your timezone settings (in your personal profile).

Once you have correctly stored your personal timezone you should never have to update this again.

A quick list of most important changes to make our "timetracking application" a little better.

Online Time Applet

• Fixed redirection after starting/stopping a time block
• Switch project now works like it should (switch project = change task)
• Start Tracking : punch clock principle : when pressing the 'start' button the clock starts ticking automatically

Various Other

• Redirection when logging in : if you try to access a certain tracking or reporting feature without being logged in, the site will automatically redirect you to the page you initially requested
• 'Switch to dashboard' / 'Switch to public website' quicklink updated

As always, suggestions welcome.

I know, i know. It's been awhile....But in the background we are working on new features/bugfixes/improvements.

That's why i present you today

Timesheet : Month View

Using the online timesheet you can instantly get a clear overview of the time your employees (or yourself) are spending on a project.

Enjoy, and remember to send us your feedback ! (info@trackmypeople.com)

New functions listed below.

Goto a User Calendar (requested feature)

See those 2 buttons at the start of each user line ? Use these buttons to instantly go to that user's calendar. Note that this functionality is only for managers/company owners, so if you are using trackmypeople as a freelancer (single user), you won't see these buttons.

Improved distinction "My Timesheet" and "Reports"

The "My Timesheet" section only holds personal data. If you are company owner or project manager you will have a "Report" section where you can get an overview of all your assigned user timeblocks.

Just on top of the day or week calendar on the report page you have a dropdown of related users/employees. Use this to switch the view to the users view.

Switch to "Today" (requested feature)

We added a small button just between the go forward / backward buttons. Using this button your calendar will switch to today.

More features coming soon...

You may have noticed we haven't been updating trackmypeople.com that much the last 2 days. In the background we were working on a much requested 'calendar' integration.

Log-in to your account and find out what we are talking about. In the 'my timesheet' section you will find two new buttons : Day View & Week View, these pages will give you a visual overview of the registered timeblocks for that period. Use the controls on top to navigate to previous weeks/days.

You can use the 'edit project' page to set a color for your project, this way all timeblocks for that project will be colored as specified. We will be adding a month calendar overview page soon

Other bugfixes / Improvements :

• Better support for different Cultures (i18n)
• Improved API response times
• Enhanced FAQ styling
• Seperate Support/Help page
• Added colorpicker on project preferences
• Added company-invite for users with no account
• Ticket / Bugtracker : reply notification (user will now get a message when ticket was updated).

Keep en eye on this blog for more news.

Below a small list of things we have updates / improved

• new features page (clearer & better looking) 
• automatic log-in (tnx oscar.st) : make sure to check the 'remember me' box when logging in
• fixed redirection after certain actions (punch time, edit personal profile)
• better & clearer navigation (managing functions are now joined under the 'manage' tab)
• invite-friend / invite-to-company functionality fixed
• new windows applet
• new gnome applet

More bugfixes/improvements soon, all suggestions are welcome at support@trackmypeople.com

To give you an idea where we are heading with this project a small list of things we will be working on.

• Enhanced Reporting (better, faster, more detailed...)
• Exporting Capabilities (pdf, excel...)
• Calendar Integration : edit your timeblocks using a simple calendar
• Better Management Tools (edit/update clients & projects)
• Better / Faster widgets/applets (faster, more features...)

Keep an eye on this blog and stay informed...

When registering a new company, there was only a limited list of countries.This is fixed now.

We added a big list of available countries together with their ISO 3166-1 country code.

Note that it's not exactly clear what constitutes a country. Read David Madore's article How many countries are there in the world? to get an overview of ways to answer the question.

We just added a blog on this website to inform you about updates / new features or bugfixes (are there any bugs ??).

Keep an eye on this blog and stay informed !

We appreciate your feedback so feel free to drop us a mail over at support@trackmypeople.com