Tasks Jr. is an easy to use, yet robust task and project management tool created by King Management. Tasks Jr. is not quite as robust as Microsoft Project, but for smaller companies (or individuals) with big projects, it is an excellent free alternative. Tasks Jr. supports timelining, task trees (tasks with sub-task dependencies), and iCalendar so you can export all your data and integrate with your calendar. King Management has set up a test Web site where you can try Tasks Jr. online before downloading and installing it yourself.
Tasks Jr. is platform independent and works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. I installed Tasks Jr. over the weekend and have been loving it. If you have any installation questions feel free to pose them in the comments and we’ll address them.
Note: The download link is on the bottom right of the page (you don’t need to register to download)
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I downloaded and extracted the zip file. Now what do I do?
@Faith: Tasks Jr. requires a server to run. If you are running Windows you can download WAMP here first: http://www.en.wampserver.com/download.php.
After you install WAMP, create a table in MySQL and edit the database.php file in the tasks-jr folder to point to your database.
The install is a bit complicated if you’re not used to working on a server. If you’re going to give it a shot and have questions, please feel free to pose them here and I will help.
KylePott –
I’d appreciate any help you’re able to give me. I installed WAMP, and was trying to figure out how to create the MySQL table. I was told that the connection could not be made, and to go to/create config.inc.php. Can you provide any assistance? Thanks so much in advance!
@Victoria:
You need to create a blank database in MySQL and name it whatever you like. I just named mine “tasks.” You will be able to do this through PHPMyAdmin. Please let me know if you are unable to create your database.
The next step is to edit the database.php file inside the tasks-jr folder. The following is my database.php file:
< ?php
$database = new database_connection;
$database->server = “localhost”;
$database->database_name = “tasks_jr”;
$database->table_name = “tasks”;
$database->username = “root”;
$database->password = “password”;
$database->connect();
?>
After you’ve updated all your info. Go to http://localhost/tasks-jr/install and it should walk you through the rest of the install process.
Let me know if you have any more questions and I’ll address them.
Hi,
Installation was not successful, please check your settings in database.php and make sure you have already created the database specified there. Also make sure that your database user has permission to create tables
I am getting The above error.. DB info have no problem with the same i have installed many scrips before..
what else can be a problem..