PluginCustomer » History » Revision 2
Revision 1 (Eric Davis, 2008-05-23 00:46) → Revision 2/5 (Eric Davis, 2008-05-23 00:49)
h1. Customer Plugin
This is a plugin for Redmine that can be used to track basic customer information for each project. It was created so I could track which project belonged to which customer.
h2. Features
For this first release, I implemented the most basic features.
* Store Customer data
* Associate a Customer for each project
* Permissions to control user access to data
h2. Screenshot
!customer-screenshot_thumb.png!:/attachments/download/558
h2. Install
# Download the "archive file":https://projects.littlestreamsoftware.com/projects/list_files/redmine-customers and extract it to your @vendor/plugins@ folder. You can also download directly from "GitHub":http://github.com/edavis10/redmine-customer-plugin/tree/master using git:
<pre>git clone git://github.com/edavis10/redmine-customer-plugin.git vendor/plugins/customer_plugin</pre>
# Follow the Redmine [plugin installation][4] steps. Make sure to install Engines 2 if you use Rails 2.0.
# Setup the database using the migrations.
<pre>rake db:migrate_plugins</pre>
# Login to your Redmine install as an Administrator
# Setup the permissions for your roles
# Add the "Customer module" to the enabled modules for your project
# The link to the plugin should appear on that project's navigation as Customer
h2. Usage
# Use the "New" link to create a Customer.
# Once you have created a customer, use the "Assign" link to assign a customer to a Project.
# Continue doing steps 1 and 2 until you have assigned customers to all your projects you need.
h2. Upgrade
h3. Zip file
# Download the latest zip file from https://projects.littlestreamsoftware.com/projects/list_files/redmine-customers
# Unzip the file to your Redmine into vendor/plugins
# Restart your Redmine
h3. Git
# Open a shell to your Redmine's vendor/plugins/customer_plugin folder
# Update your git copy with `git pull`
# Restart your Redmine
h2. License
This plugin is licensed under the GNU GPL v2. See LICENSE.txt and GPL.txt for details.
If you would like to report a bug or request a new feature the bug tracker is located at https://projects.littlestreamsoftware.com
h2. News
"0.1.0 Release announcement":http://theadmin.org/articles/2008/5/22/redmine-customer-plugin (2008-05-22)