Considering Forking Timesheet.php. Help Wanted!
I have been using an open source project called Timesheet.php for a number of months now and am finding it very useful for tracking the time I work on projects - and as a result helping me get more organised.
From the Freshmeat project page:
Timesheet.php is a Web-based application designed to keep track of the hours worked by multiple people on multiple projects. It allows users to log in and manage the times that they are clocked on or clocked off. It has many features, including user, client, project, and task management; a calendar view of work, grouped by project or all projects; monthly, weekly, or daily views of work; work periods spanning multiple days; automatic calculation of invoices; manual clock-on/clock-off maintenance; administrator views and reporting; timezone adjustment; a simple weekly timesheet entry mode; and LDAP support.
However, I’ve had a good look on the internet to see if this project is still being maintained, but it appears development has ground to a halt.
- http://www.timesheetphp.com/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/tsheet/
- http://code.google.com/p/timesheetphp/
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/timesheet.php/
- http://www.advancen.com/products/timesheet.html
- http://www.ohloh.net/projects/5548
As said, I’m finding it a pretty useful app and would really like to see development continue. I’ve been trying to contact the admins of the project to see how to get involved, but as yet with no luck. Following some conversations with existing users of the project, I have decided to fork Timesheet.php and actively develop it. I have chosen to fork the project instead of taking it over as time won’t have to be wasted trying to chasing all the instances of this project on different sites (e.g. code.google, Ohloh etc).
So now a little help is needed. The first thing needed if this project is going to be forked is a new name. My suggestion of “Timesheet.php 2″ is a bit rubbish, so if anyone can come up with a better name, please post a comment on this blog, or reply to to the thread I’ve started at Sourceforge. Also, if you want to get involved with the fork, please drop me a line - message me through Sourceforge, comment on this post, or post a reply at Sourceforge.
Due to work commitments at my end, I can’t see anything major happening until early next year, but hopefully by then, the new project will have a name!
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Can I just say a big thanks to Gergor K of Phex for helping me out and offering his thoughts and advice. Thanks Gregor
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November 24th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
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