Overlord Management System
by John Colgrove · in Site Feedback · 02/14/2012 (10:51 pm) · 10 replies
What happened to this product? I can't find it anywhere on the website? Is it even being supported anymore?
#2
02/15/2012 (11:44 am)
Yeah I found that out just as I found this reply. thanks
#3
02/15/2012 (12:44 pm)
We are still using overlord here and after you fix a couple of bugs it works pretty damn good still but... there are much newer options out there with many more features.
#4
02/15/2012 (1:49 pm)
While not the same product, you should look into Fellowstream. It is a product created by the original Overlord developer (Jacob Fike). I use it for my own personal work and love it. Additionally, former Torque product manager Deborah Fike helps oversee the product. Worth checking out.
#5
02/15/2012 (3:03 pm)
Fellowstream definitely looks great. I think I'll probably switch to that. 
#6
02/15/2012 (5:38 pm)
Yeah. Fellowstream is very cool. I'd also recommend subscribing to the Fellowstream RSS feed. Deb has a ton of great posts! 
#7
04/19/2012 (4:20 pm)
I purchased overlord when it was 2.2.1 from here. But I see on my products page that it will download 2.2.2. I haven't been able to find whats in this new version. Does anybody know?
#8
04/19/2012 (7:16 pm)
Most likely some bug fixes or an updated EULA. 
#9
05/01/2012 (7:03 pm)
There's a free version of this that works pretty well. https://www.zoho.com/projects/ 
#10
Clicking the calendar link brings up a 12 month calendar with yearly navigation links to look both forward and backward by year. Each day of the year is clickable and days that have deadlines for any event (task, milestone, checklist, bug) are highlighted. Clicking on any day of the month with zoom you in to that month.
The monthly calendar has monthly navigation links to look forward and backward by month. Each day is clickable and days that have deadlines are highlighted just as in the yearly view, except the highlighted events show what type of event it is (task, milestone, checklist, and bug), the name of the event (the name you gave it), and the status of the event (percentage complete for tasks, milestones, and checklists; status setting for bugs).
The calendars all get thier info from the database tables so any time an event is altered, it automatically updates in the calendar views.
I'm looking to add time tracking next...along with some other features I've been thinking about. With a little more development, Overlord will be the only project management solution I should need. ;0)
05/22/2012 (7:09 pm)
I coded the Calendar link and tweaked the Overview section of my copy of Overlord. In the Overview of a project, instead of Upcoming Milestones, it's now Upcoming Events, and always shows the next 14 days (even if there isn't anything upcoming) and provides clickable links to Milestones, Tasks, Checklists, and Bugs, along with the name and current status of each.Clicking the calendar link brings up a 12 month calendar with yearly navigation links to look both forward and backward by year. Each day of the year is clickable and days that have deadlines for any event (task, milestone, checklist, bug) are highlighted. Clicking on any day of the month with zoom you in to that month.
The monthly calendar has monthly navigation links to look forward and backward by month. Each day is clickable and days that have deadlines are highlighted just as in the yearly view, except the highlighted events show what type of event it is (task, milestone, checklist, and bug), the name of the event (the name you gave it), and the status of the event (percentage complete for tasks, milestones, and checklists; status setting for bugs).
The calendars all get thier info from the database tables so any time an event is altered, it automatically updates in the calendar views.
I'm looking to add time tracking next...along with some other features I've been thinking about. With a little more development, Overlord will be the only project management solution I should need. ;0)
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