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Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions

By Jelena Slatinac • • 2 min read
Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions

Hi everyone,

Welcome to another edition of ActiveCollab's monthly recaps! In our previous post, we talked about the project page header and the mobile app's progress. This month, we have an interesting topic: templates! Also, we'll talk about the mobile app and our uptime during February.

Apply a template

However exciting and diverse our modern jobs are, there are always some elements that repeat themselves in every process. We understand our users need different types of templates on each project, and now we've enabled a more flexible use of project templates.

You'll find the new option "Apply template" under the three-dot menu in a project. Choose a previously created template, and its tasks will be added after existing task lists.


Here's how we see it: you could have one template for daily tasks, another for weekly, and one specific for project managers, for example. Project A could incorporate Templates 2&3, while Project B needs Templates 1&2. This way, you could automate your processes significantly, using templates as pieces of a puzzle and assembling them as needed.

Mobile app

We hope you find the in-app Chat on the mobile app useful! Since last month, we've made some improvements to that feature and some more:

  • G-Drive and Dropbox attachments preview support
  • Improved iPad support
  • Managing participants in group chats improved
  • Quick Chat reactions: double-tap for thumbs up
  • Long press reactions to view who reacted to messages and comments
  • Quick switch between accounts


Uptime

ActiveCollab's uptime in February was 99.99%. If you ever spot non-optimal app performance, feel free to contact our lovely Support Team via email or Twitter. Also, give us a shoutout if you're happy with our tool, we love hearing our users' feedback!


Coming up

We're looking forward to rolling out the new header on the Project page. The new design will be neater and hopefully improve your experience. The mobile app will be enhanced with the option to schedule notifications. For example, if you'd like to receive notifications only from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 4 pm, you'll be able to customize your preferences. The Stopwatch is also already under work and will be released soon so that you can track your time on any device!

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Other posts in the series on ActiveCollab Monthly Updates

  1. ActiveCollab Annual Updates: 2021
  2. Task Filters, Batch Editing, Project Progress Bar, Overview of Completed Tasks
  3. New My Work Launched, Red Dot Browser Notification
  4. Default Billable Status, New Project Budgeting Types, Duplicate Task Lists
  5. New Time Reports, Sidebar Collapse, Timesheet, Internal Hourly Rates
  6. Intuitive Task List Reorder, New Task Filters, Magic Link Login
  7. Template Start Date, New Project Header, Mobile App Stopwatch, Notification Scheduling
  8. Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions
  9. New Project Icons, Increased Mobile App Speed
  10. Completed Projects Tab, Clickable Timesheet, Mobile App Reminders
  11. New Projects Page, Convert Chat Message to Task, Webhooks Improvements
  12. New Projects Page Header, Chat Reactions, Company Days Off
  13. New Mobile App Launched, In-app Chat Custom Groups
  14. Default Tax Rates, Invoice Taxes, Comment Time&Date
  15. List View and Task Filtering
  16. Improved Search Bar, ActiveCollab 8.0: List View
  17. Refurbished My Work, Notification Bell EAP, Invoice QR Code
  18. Target Project Budget, New Column View EAP
  19. Past Workload, Attachment UI Improvements, In-app Chat EAP
  20. Personal Timesheet, Time Report Custom Date Range
  21. Storage Info, ActiveCollab 8.0: Time Indicators
  22. ActiveCollab 8.0: Improved Search and Task Navigation
  23. ActiveCollab 8.0: Upcoming Early Access Program
  24. Group Tasks by Start Date, ActiveCollab 8.0: List View
  25. In-app Chat Introduction, Default Client Visibility, Stopwatch Project Name
  26. Browser Notifications, Task Dependencies Improvements, In-app Chat EAP
  27. Upgraded Editor, Activity Grouping
  28. ActiveCollab Annual Updates: 2020
  29. My Work EAP, Storage Add-on, Self-hosted ActiveCollab 7.0
  30. Default Budget Alert Percentage, Task Improvements
  31. Column View Improvements, Budget Alerts, Availability-based Date Picker
  32. Refreshed Column View, Project Stopwatch, Get Paid Free Tryout
  33. 90-Day Trial, Time Tracking Enhancements, Uptime
  34. ActiveCollab Monthly Updates: December 2019
  35. Timeline View Improvements, Future Workload Planning, Project to Template
  36. Self-Hosted Upgrade, ActiveCollab 8.0: Enhanced Search Page and Subscribers List
  37. ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions
  38. Managing Recurring Tasks and Notes
  39. Budget Intervals, ActiveCollab 8.0: Navigate Discussions, Edit Labels, Move Task Lists
  40. Recurring Tasks on Workload and Custom Availability
  41. Custom Availability and Time Tracking Limits
  42. Project Timesheet and Stopwatch
  43. New Comment Options and Time Estimates’ Visibility
  44. ActiveCollab 8.0: Batch Edit Time Records, Early Access Program
  45. Subtask’s Due Date, People Page Improvements, Comment to Task, and Duplicate Notes
  46. New Mention Types, New Task Menu
  47. In-app Chat Improvements, In-app Reminder Notification, Mobile App Beta Testing
  48. In-app Chat Launched, Mobile App People Page
  49. Improved Invitations and Expense Tab
  50. ActiveCollab 8.0: Subtask Due Date and Batch Edit
  51. ActiveCollab 8.0: People Page and Subtasks
  52. Two-factor Authentication and Time Tab Improvements
  53. ActiveCollab 8.0: Assignments Dashboard, Estimates, User Profile, Teams, and Trash
  54. ActiveCollab 8.0: My Work and Estimates
  55. ActiveCollab 8.0: Virtual Users and User History
  56. November Recap: ActiveCollab 8 Rollout, Calendar, Task Reports, and Invoices

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