Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool developed by Basecamp (formerly known as 37signals).
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What is the markup language used in Basecamp?
You can enter text into Basecamp discussions, to-dos, and text documents. And you can use basic formatting like bold, italics, lists, and quotes.
However, I once copy/pasted text from another program and saw an inline hyperlink appear ("some text"…
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How to manage project status in Basecamp?
Can anyone recommend a way to monitor project status in Basecamp (New Basecamp)?
I have a list of 25 projects, and I'd love to be able to label them action needed, on hold, waiting for client. I spoke to support and the only way they know of is to…
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How to prevent Writeboard from showing two hyphens as an em dash?
In Writeboard, if you enter -- (two normal dashes/hyphens), it gets displayed as — (one em-dash).
That's probably fine and cool in most cases, but gets annoying if you'd want to document e.g. Unix commands—like wget —auth-no-challenge—for…
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Getting someone's attention in Campfire
According to this help page, you can get someone's attention by starting a message with @. But I don't see what it does. What I want is similar to IRC - normal messages don't make a sound effect, but messages with someone's name do. Is that possible…
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How do I nest lists?
Is there a way to
nest lists
in Basecamp
like this?
I sometimes get it to work by copy-pasting, but that makes it really hard to modify. Or is that purely a bug and it doesn't "work" at all?
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How to synchronize Basecamp and Google Docs automatically?
Is there a way to synchronize Basecamp attachments with Google Docs? Are there any products on market doing this?
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How to permanently delete a 37signals ID
I know how to delete/cancel individual Highrise or Basecamp accounts, but I’m interested in deleting the global 37signals ID (the one used for the Launchpad) and so far I haven’t found a way to do it.
So, how can I completely delete a 37signals ID?
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How do I exit a comment in Basecamp?
The following occurs fairly often: I start writing a comment in (the new) Basecamp and then decide not to submit it. How do I exit from the comment text box?
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How can I start a new Basecamp Classic account?
With the new Basecamp (since Jan 2012) the old Basecamp is labelled 'Basecamp Classic'. For a new project starting now I would like to use some functionality available only in Basecamp Classic and not (yet) in the new one.
Is there a way I can still…
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How to integrate Basecamp with Dropbox?
How do integrate project attachments and messages and between Basecamp and Dropbox?
Is there an application which can integrate Dropbox with Basecamp in such way so that I have all Basecamp attachments and messages inside my Dropbox? I.e., if just…
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Add existing to-do item to new milestone in Basecamp
How do you add a to-do item in Basecamp to a newly created milestone?
When you create a new to-do list item, there is an option that asks, "Does this list relate to a milestone?"
However, if you edit an existing to-do item, this option is missing.…
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Is there something like private items in Basecamp?
While in Basecamp classic you were able to mark todo-lists or messages as private (only visible by your company), it seems that there's no such feature in the "all-new" version of Basecamp.
I know that you can set permissions for whole projects in…
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Is there a way to completely clear the unread items on the Hey list?
It sometimes becomes too cumbersome to open each unread item on the "Hey" list to turn their status into "Read". Do you know of a practical way to get rid of the unread items on "Hey" list?
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Email replies from Exchange email accounts are not posted to Basecamp site
We are using Basecamp for project management and Exchange for our email. The problem we are having is when we get an email from Basecamp and a user replies to it, it isn't posted to Basecamp. Basecamp requires plain text email, however most email…
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What web-based software combines bug tracking, agile project management and client collaboration?
Possible Duplicate:
What are project managing, task/issue/time tracking web apps are available for free or at least cheap enough?
I'm aware of really good packages that handle each one individually:
1. Bug tracking: Trac, Mantis, JIRA, FogBugz
2.…
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