Basecamp: Tips and tricks

Add a Basecamp login box to your own site - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

A customer asks: "Can I add a Basecamp login box to my own website?" Answer: Yes. Plug this code into your HTML (note the customizing required).

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How Erskine Design uses Basecamp’s To-Do lists to create “The Project Backlog” - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Let's flashback to an '09 post by Erskine Design's Jamie Pittock: Project management is easy. In it, he offers some good tips for getting the most out of Basecamp To-Do lists. The obvious answer to avoiding forgetting things is to...

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Paying in advance - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

If you’d prefer to simplify your billing, you can pay for 37signals products in one lump sum. We’ll then pull from that credit instead of charging your card every month. We’ll email you when your balance runs low so you...

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New in Basecamp: Share files with your Free plan - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

By popular demand we’ve added 10 MB of file storage to every Free Basecamp account! Now you can share files, documents, images, and designs with your clients or team. All your project files in one place. Basecamp supports popular file...

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How a UK-based web design firm uses git for version control and hooks it up to Basecamp for time tracking - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Dan Griffiths (shown below) is Managing Director of Buffalo, a UK-based web design, development, and e-commerce shop. The company uses git for version control and has recently hooked it up to Basecamp in order to log time there. Below, Griffiths...

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A tutorial on using Basecamp to manage IT or software development projects - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Abhishek Desai (right) is co-founder of Digicorp, an IT service company based in India that uses Basecamp as its primary project management tool. Desai wrote up a basic tutorial on how to do project management using Basecamp, especially in an...

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How to change time zones in Basecamp - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Here's how to make sure your time stamps show up accurately in Basecamp: Go to the Dashboard and click the “All People” tab. Find the company/client you want to set the time zone for and click on the “Edit” link...

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Lab.SixtyFive offers smart tips for small companies getting started with Basecamp - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Lab.SixtyFive is Gregor McKelvie's blog "inspired by smart business, good design and people who can get things done." Recently it offered up some thoughtful tips on how a small company can get more out of Basecamp. One thing he advises...

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Tip: Set an Overview page announcement in Basecamp - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

You can create an announcement that appears at the top of a project's Overview page. The announcement can describe the project, give a special announcement, or say anything else you want people to see. To set yours, click the Project...

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An in-depth introduction to Basecamp from Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Flash & Flex Developer's Magazine has a new issue out on Project Management. On p. 20-29, there is an in-depth look at how to get started using Basecamp. It's a good, no-nonsense primer for anyone who wants to learn the...

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Tip: Get the Basecamp Mobile interface in your menu bar with Fluid - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Here's a neat trick: You can use the new Basecamp Mobile UI as a Fluid menu bar app on your computer. That way you can get a quick view of your Basecamp projects straight from your menu bar. To set...

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Webucator offers Basecamp training class - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Online training provider Webucator is offering a Basecamp training class. The price of each class is $790 and the next one is Jan 27-28, 2011. Class Goals Learn to customize your Basecamp workspace. Learn to efficiently manage people, companies, and...

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Stylish Basecamp printouts - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Have you tried printing in Basecamp? We style the pages to produce clean print layouts that look great on paper as well as onscreen. Give it a try.

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Customizing your logo and icons in Basecamp - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

In Basecamp, you can go to the Settings tab in the upper right of the Dashboard screen to upload a custom logo and icons. Your logo You can upload a company logo that appears on the sign in screen, the...

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Embedding Google docs in Basecamp messages - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

At Basecamp Answers, Jeremy Johnson wants to know how to share Google Docs at a Basecamp project. Here's how: In Google Docs, under the "Share" menu, choose the "Publish to the web" option. Click the "Start publishing" button. Then copy...

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Basecamp tip: Drag and drop to-do items - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Go to a to-do list and move your mouse over the item you want to move up or down. To the left, you’ll see the reorder icon. Click it and drag the item up or down to the location you...

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New page collects 20+ quick tips and tricks for Basecamp - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Basecamphq.com/tips offers over 20 quick tips to help you be more productive in Basecamp.

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Basecamp Tip: Subscribe to your global feeds - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Go to your Dashboard to subscribe. Whenever something new is posted, your RSS feed will be updated. If you use a desktop or web calendar, you can subscribe to iCalendar feeds and view Basecamp milestones with your other calendar items....

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Using Basecamp to manage an apartment building - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

Basecamp is a great tool for condo or co-op apartment boards that need to manage building affairs. Use Basecamp and messy email threads between board members become a thing of the past. Plus, everything gets documented. So when the board...

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S2 Form Processor takes data from any HTML form and inserts it as a new contact in your Highrise account - Story From: 37signals Product Blog

The S2 Form Processor for Highrise is a third-party extra that takes data from any HTML form and inserts it as a new contact in your Highrise account. Using configurable tags you can assign fields on your existing web forms...

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