ProtoTasq aims to be the Next Level in Project Task Management for WordPress. Collaboration on every aspect of a project can be managed through a fast, super-efficient, friendly and intuitive user interface experience. This helps maximize any team's creativity via prioritized and streamlined time organization and communication.
By creating a hierarchical, filterable, and sortable Task Interface, ProtoTasq allows for a quick-loading overview of any combination of tasks and their relevant information. Everything loads dynamically within the one page interface, saving wasted pageload time. Task values can be edited directly in the interface or via a popup edit form. An in-built task comment system keeps all communications in context, saving further time on lengthy back-and-forth emails.
The Idea
ProtoTasq is built on the Colony concept of a hierarchy of “domains”: Colonies -> Projects -> Tasks. So for example, a Colony might be a business, with any number of online and offline Projects, and any number of Tasks for each Project. Tasks can further be grouped by the project Sector (ie. context), project Division (ie. department) and/or project Stage (ie. phase). Ultimately this means it provides the flexibility to easily access and manage any project, from the simple to the complex.
Record Features
- Popup Record Form – to quickly create or edit any kind of record.
- Task Meta – Status, Priority, Sectors, Divisions, Stages and more..!
- Role Assignments – to assign Colony, Project and Task roles.
- In-Built Commenting System – to create a powerful in-context Task Chat.
- Notes Editor – full visual WYSIWYG Notes Editor for every record.
Interface Features
- Dynamic Record Selection – selectable and filterable hierarchical record loading
- Task Interface Table – a dynamically loading visual overview of all selected tasks
- Task Views – instantly switch to a predefined View of grouped task information.
- Toggle and Shift Columns – toggle or shift the display order of any task column.
Cool Geeky Stuff
- Easy to Install – as a WordPress plugin, but can also be installed standalone also.
- Open Source – free project available for everyone to use free of charge.
- Well Structured Code – with all sections commented for easy developer contribution.
- Parallel HTML and JS – synced code for both instant and dynamic loading.
- Fully Customizable – filterable values and defaults for all functions and data sets.
Feature Roadmap
- Comment and Message Notifications
- Role Assignment Selection Filters
- Time and Money Fields
- Link Posts to Record
- Add Media to Records
- Task Checklists (Subtasks)
- Task Search Form
- Record Revisions
True “Multitasking”
While the primary purpose of ProtoTasq is for managing a WordPress site project, and installs as a WordPress plugin, it can be also be used for a variety traditional and collaborative business contexts. Because all tasks can be easily accessed in the one place, this helps team members and other collaborators manage multiple projects all at once – whether offline or online – by allowing for synchronization of priorities across all levels. This is the future or ProtoTasq!
Project History
ProtoTasq was originally written as a proof of concept for the Colony Hackathon developer challenge. The intention was to bundle ColonyJS client-side for use in browsers to avoid complex server setup, and thus help bridge the gap between the mainnet and the blockchain. Due to the time constraints of the challenge, this aim was not achieved at the time (if it was even possible), but given the structure of the working program was built around the Colony concept, this will remain a future aim of the project once the other main features have been developed to satisfaction.
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