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New Version Out Now, v4.4!

Posted by admin on July 22, 2010 in Announcements 2 Comments
We’ve just dropped v4.3.3, which includes a of new tweaks and a new features. In fact, since our last email, here are the things which have been added to Copper in a few short months, and more is on the way!
- Great new Budgets tab in Projects, with handy chart showing project budget progress, and timeline of invoicing. Plus! CSV export for import into Quickbooks/MYOB
- Billing is now ready for integration with Xero and Freshbooks.
- Great new task drag and drop in project breakdown view makes it super easy to reorder, and create subtasks.
- Refinements to Time and Comment Entries (via 3 ways, in stopwatch timer, in task view, and in the To Do view)
- Improved embedded URLs across Copper allowing easy linking to external assets and other web apps.
- Improvements to special character rendering for multiple languages (Copper is now available in 5 languages, and is ready for easy translation).
- Added ability to turn off Relative Dates,
- Fixed bugs that annoyed Ben and the rest of the Copper Family.
- Added our fantastic new Copper Logo and Favourite Icon.
- Added Help Links to the menu, and debug code for better diagnosis and Support
Want to see more? Great! Provide your feedback here in the community.
If you’re a customer and would like to be a beta tester for new features, please let us know via info@copperproject.com

We’ve just dropped v4.4 which contains a number of key changes under the hood, and some handy new features and fixes. Hosted customers will already see this build as current, and self-hosted license customers will receive notification when this build is ready to download.

So, we’re almost at the point where we have Copper ready for some key changes to make everyone’s lives easier! On the slate is an overhaul of Resourcing, the Gantt Timeline, File uploads, Rates management, and integration with Xero and Freshbooks. Its a great time to get on board and help our bank balance achieve these things!

Please keep your comments and kind words coming via the Community and we’ll keep bringing the goodness! New this version:

- New Alerts system, allowing use to keep you informed of new features and upcoming events.
- New Auto db update system, now we can roll db updates that Copper recognizes and executes automatically.
- New Recent Items in Clients, Reports, ToDos, makes it easier to go back to something you were working on in that area.
- Improvements to MS Project Import, now imports dependencies!
- Improvements to Reports layout and saving.
- Improvements to Budgets tab, to allow for addition of Purchase Items you can add to your invoices/quotes
- Centralized uploaded logo, header, home, invoice, quote assets.
- Improvements to Work Analysis (Timesheets) and Project Analysis reports
- Improvements to file/folder drag and drop (beta, keep us posted on this one)
- Improvements to MYOB export in Reports
- Bug fixes for reports, IE users, Mini Calendar Selector

If you’re a customer and would like to be a beta tester for new features as they first become available, please let us know via info@copperproject.com

A customers view: 5pm, Basecamp.. Hold the Phone! What’s this Copper Project all about!?

Posted by Dan Hunter on July 14, 2010 in Project Management Software, Testimonials Leave a comment

Thanks for the Praise Mike:

“I considered using 5pm and Basecamp when I started looking into project management software because I had already been using both on various projects. Damn, am i glad I chose Copper – having used the alternatives, I can say I absolutely LOVE Copper and it keeps getting better and better. To top things off, the Copper team is always quick to respond and always helpful when I have questions or issues with anything.
The user interface rocks, unlimited clients and projects makes me sing, and the functionality is solid. Great work, guys!”

Enough said!

The Team at Copper Project

Feedback from a new Copper Customer

Posted by Dan Hunter on July 12, 2010 in Testimonials Leave a comment

We’re always pleased to hear from our customers, new and old and having recently launched the new Copper Project website http://www.copperproject.com, it is great to hear our efforts are paying off!

“I just went through the new tour and it’s a job very well done. We’ve been using Copper for about 4 months now and although I’ve had some issues getting people to actually using, it’s personally my favorite so far. The help section is going to be very useful indeed.

Thanks a lot for making our projects manageable!”

Fouad Sadler – Fuji Communications.

Thanks to Fouad and the team over at Fuji Communications, we welcome all feedback!

The Team at Copper Project.

New version out now, 4.3.3!

Posted by admin on July 7, 2010 in Announcements, Project Management Software 1 Comment
We’ve just dropped v4.3.3, which includes a of new tweaks and a new features. In fact, since our last email, here are the things which have been added to Copper in a few short months, and more is on the way!
- Great new Budgets tab in Projects, with handy chart showing project budget progress, and timeline of invoicing. Plus! CSV export for import into Quickbooks/MYOB
- Billing is now ready for integration with Xero and Freshbooks.
- Great new task drag and drop in project breakdown view makes it super easy to reorder, and create subtasks.
- Refinements to Time and Comment Entries (via 3 ways, in stopwatch timer, in task view, and in the To Do view)
- Improved embedded URLs across Copper allowing easy linking to external assets and other web apps.
- Improvements to special character rendering for multiple languages (Copper is now available in 5 languages, and is ready for easy translation).
- Added ability to turn off Relative Dates,
- Fixed bugs that annoyed Ben and the rest of the Copper Family.
- Added our fantastic new Copper Logo and Favourite Icon.
- Added Help Links to the menu, and debug code for better diagnosis and Support
Want to see more? Great! Provide your feedback here in the community.
If you’re a customer and would like to be a beta tester for new features, please let us know via info@copperproject.com

We’ve just dropped v4.3.3, which includes a of new tweaks and a new features. In fact, since our last email, here are the things which have been added to Copper in a few short months, and more is on the way!

- Great new Budgets tab in Projects, with handy chart showing project budget progress, and timeline of invoicing. Plus! CSV export for import into Quickbooks/MYOB
- Billing is now ready for integration with Xero and Freshbooks.
- Great new task drag and drop in project breakdown view makes it super easy to reorder, and create subtasks.
- Refinements to Time and Comment Entries (via 3 ways, in stopwatch timer, in task view, and in the To Do view)
- Improved embedded URLs across Copper allowing easy linking to external assets and other web apps.
- Improvements to special character rendering for multiple languages (Copper is now available in 5 languages, and is ready for easy translation).
- Added ability to turn off Relative Dates,
- Fixed bugs that annoyed Ben and the rest of the Copper Family.
- Added our fantastic new Copper Logo and Favourite Icon.
- Added Help Links to the menu, and debug code for better diagnosis and Support

Want to see more? Great! Provide your feedback here in the community.

If you’re a customer and would like to be a beta tester for new features, please let us know via info@copperproject.com

New Copper Project Site. At last!

Posted by admin on June 8, 2010 in News 3 Comments

So, here you have it, the new Copper website. You don’t need to know much about it, other than it was created with much love, care, and tenderness, and took about six months longer than it should have! And if I’m being honest, will be subjected to another six months of tweaking, to make sure that prospective copper-ites can find information on what Copper is about, and existing copper-ites can get tooled up on using Copper to its full potential.

So whats’s new? Well firstly we’ve finally created a series of tour videos that give a great rundown of what Copper can do for you, so make sure you watch all of those. We’ve also separated out the more detailed tutorials into a new Help section that will definitely be refined and shaped as we find out how people are using it and what they’re missing. We’ve tweaked our Free Trial and Buy pages, and everything else has had a clean up.

Noticed the new logo? As simple as it looks weagonizedfor weeks, and I’m sure the very talented Lee Wong could give you her detailed notes on how the new Copper logo represents the very best web-based Project Management Tool if you asked her.

Wow it doesn’t really feel like we did that much at all, but behind the scenes theres quite a bit happening to ensure that our customer information is tracked and managed more efficiently, so whether you’re just wanting to kick a few tyres, or you’re a died-in-the-wool Copper champion, we’re ready to help you as best we can.

But please, go forth, use the site, break it, romanticize about little changes, tell us about said changes, explore, grow, regale your friends with merriment. Because if we’re not growing, we’re dying.Deep, exponential ponderings, yes. But true all the same.

Love, Team Copper.

A message from a long-term customer

Posted by admin on June 5, 2010 in Project Management Software, Testimonials Leave a comment

This is why we love building and refining Copper. What other job would offer the honour of being privvy to hundreds of different business models across the globe, all with a single purpose, to better manage their businesses and add value to their customers in turn.

This is from W. Ross Wells, from ZenFilm in Texas.

We started our company in September of 2005 in the living room of our house… after years of operating much larger production facilities… the paradigm for production was changing and we saw that smaller, lower overhead, aggressive little shops might have the staying power in the changing media climate.

4 years later… we have 9 employees and we have experienced exponential client and revenue growth.. Copper has been with us ever since we added our first employee… it has grown with us and honestly it is part of the family.

You made an extremely high end management system available to us when we had no cash to spend… and now that things are better… we have a really high performance platform to run our company with.
It means a lot that you are doing well… sometimes we dont stop to think how far we’ve come… we have come a long way and you have helped us do it.

Sincere thanks and best wishes for many more years of partnership.

Thanks Ross, as discussed we’ll beer it up next time I’m State-side.

Copper Project Management Software and PRINCE2

Posted by admin on June 5, 2010 in Project Management Software Leave a comment

Fresh from our Community, a question about Copper and Prince2. We’re much obliged to answer!

March Special Offer & News

Posted by admin on June 5, 2010 in Newsletters, Project Management Software Leave a comment

Our latest newsletter is jam packed full of nerve endings!

Click here to catch up on the latest and greatest news.

Geek Squad, Great Branding.

Posted by admin on February 25, 2010 in Off Beat Leave a comment

Robert Stephens of Geek Squad,talks about being Remarkable, hiring smart and branding via the weird. Great stuff! be bold, and inspire your staff.

http://getsatisfaction.tv/2009/10/marketing-is-a-tax-you-pay-for-being-unremarkable/

The New Copper Community – Get Involved!

Posted by admin on February 3, 2010 in News Leave a comment

Introducing our new Copper Community. THE place to add your requests, suggestions, issues, and praise for the web’s best project management software. Help make it better! Spread the word.

http://community.copperproject.com

– Ben Prendergast