Install Locomotive: that will install Ruby, Rails, the required gems and MySQL for you, so all you need to do is configure Tracks. Jacken has a very clear tutorial on how to install Tracks using Locomotive. Ensure you read the comments for troubleshooting information.
Apache is already installed, so there’s very little to do to activate it. Simply fire up System Preferences > Sharing and click the checkbox beside ‘Personal web sharing’. This will start up Apache for you, and you can stop it again by pressing the Stop button on that page.
Marc Liyanage has a very easy to install package for MySQL and very clear instructions to get it up and running. I would also recommend using CocoaMySQL to administer your databases. It provides a friendly GUI face for the database.
Rather than duplicating excellent work, I’ll just point you in the direction of Hivelogic which has an excellent guide for building Ruby 1.8.6, Rails, FCGI and so on. There are also instructions there for configuring Apache to use FCGI and to use Virtual Hosts.
Tiger
If you have Tiger, you’ll find that Ruby 1.8.2 and SQLite3 is already installed. However, there’s a small problem with installing gems, which you can fix by following the instructions here. I really recommend using SQLite3 as the database on Tiger. It’s much simpler than having to install MySQL, and perfectly adequate for a personal tool.
If you want to start up Tracks when you login or boot the computer, take a look at the instructions and files here.
]]>Outlook 2003 (tested).
Outlook 2007 (tested).
Due By/Show From
Greg Jarman.
I’m not a VBA coder – No guarantees on this software. I hope it works for you.
1. Download the file: TodoForm10.zip. Unzip the contents to a temporary directory – which can be removed after the import in the next step.
2. Open Outlook. Go to the Tools menu, select Macro->Visual Basic Editor.
3. The Virtual Basic Editor will open.
4. Select File->Import…
5. Import the TodoForm.frm file.
6. Verify that you have a new item created under the Forms folder in your Project window.
7. From the Project box, expand Forms.
8. Right-click TodoForm and select View Code.
9. Edit the file and set appropriate values for the following things:
10. Still in Visual Basic: From the Project box, expand “Microsoft Office Outlook” to find “ThisOutlookSession”.
11. Right-click ThisOutlookSession and select “View Code”.
12. If you have anything existing in there called ‘Private Sub Application_Startup()’ STOP NOW and seek expert advice. Continuing may interrupt access to pre-existing customisations already present in your Oulook configuration.
13. Otherwise, copy and paste the following into the Window:
' greg jarman 20080821 v1.0 initial version
'
'
Option Explicit
Private WithEvents explorer As Outlook.explorer
Private WithEvents mailItem As Outlook.mailItem
Const MENUITEM_TEXT = "Add To Tracks..."
Private Sub Application_Startup()
' CheckLibrary
Set explorer = Application.ActiveExplorer
Application.ActiveExplorer
End Sub
Public Sub mailItem_CustomAction(ByVal Action As Object, _
ByVal Response As Object, ByRef Cancel As Boolean)
Select Case Action.Name
Case MENUITEM_TEXT
TodoForm.DescriptionTextBox.Text = mailItem.Subject
TodoForm.NotesTextBox.Text = mailItem.Body
TodoForm.Show
Cancel = True
Case Else
End Select
End Sub
Private Sub explorer_SelectionChange()
Dim selectedItem As Object
For Each selectedItem In explorer.Selection
If selectedItem.Class = olMail Then
Dim newAction As Outlook.Action
Set mailItem = selectedItem
Set newAction = mailItem.Actions.Item(MENUITEM_TEXT)
If newAction Is Nothing Then
Set newAction = mailItem.Actions.Add
newAction.Name = MENUITEM_TEXT
newAction.ShowOn = Outlook.OlActionShowOn.olMenu
newAction.Enabled = True
mailItem.Save
End If
End If
Next
End Sub
14. Close the Visual Basic editor window.
15. From the main Outlook menu, select Tools->Macro->Security. Ensure the Security Level setting is on Medium. You’ll be prompted when a macro wishes to run, see below for an optional change to remove this warning.
16. Close Outlook and reopen it.
17. Select Enable Macro to allow the Tracks macro to start up.
18. Right click a mail message and select ‘Add To Tracks…’
19. Edit the fields, and hit ‘Add Todo’
20. Verify the new item is visible in your Tracks browser interface.
It is possible to sign the VBA code in order to prevent the Macro Security warning popups whenever you start Outlook. This section is optional – the functionality of the addon is not otherwise enhanced by this change.
This wiki is a repository for information about Tracks, partially provided by users. If you’d like to contribute, just register for an account and login. If you’re already registered at the forum, you can use the same username and password here.
Tracks is a web application that is specifically designed to implement the Getting Things Done (GTD) methods. That doesn’t mean that you can’t use it for other kinds of todo tracking. Data is stored in a database (either MySQL, Postgresql or SQLite), and viewed in a web browser via a web server (Apache, Lighttpd or WEBrick among others). This makes it cross-platform as well as being accessible from anywhere that you have web access.
Using the GTD method as a model, there are three main components to Tracks: Next actions, Contexts and Projects.
Find out more:
]]>My FreeBSD installation in quite old, and have a lot of old cruft installed. I might have had a requirement for Tracks allready installed without know it it. But the only Ruby program I can think of on my computer is portinstall, so these ports should be enough.
host# portinstall -r rubygem-rails
host# portinstall -r rubygem-redcloth
host# portinstall -r databases/ruby-sqlite3
host# portinstall -r rubygem-sqlite3
From here, you just follow the instructions in installation.html.
Now, Get Things Done!
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svn co --username=guest http://www.rousette.org.uk/svn/tracks-repos/tags/tracks-1.5rc1/tracks tracks1.5rc1
There’s an installation manual included in the /doc directory of both the zipped and subversion versions, but if you want to sneak a peek at the manual without downloading the whole package, it’s here .
A few screenshots:
]]>Tracks runs notes through Textile, allowing for humanely marked-up links, titles, notes, images, and more.
For example:
| textile | to | html |
|---|---|---|
| a phrase | -> | a phrase |
| a phrase | -> | a phrase |
| a phrase | -> | a phrase |
| -> |
See The more-than-complete reference to Textile
| Home (Tracks) | Alt+T |
| Projects | Alt+P |
| Completed (Done) | Alt+D |
| Notes | Alt+O |
| Preferences | Alt+U |
| Show notes | Alt+S |
| Hide notes | Alt+H |
| New item (depending on view) | Alt+N |
GTD Tracks: GTDTracks.com provides importing from existing Tracks installations, daily backups and personalized service.
tracks tra.in: tracks tra.in is a hosted version of Tracks offered free by tra.in to help you manage your time!
Personal Tracks: Free Tracks hosting.
]]>The most up-to-date instructions can be found within each distribution in the doc/README_FOR_APP file. You can run Tracks on your own (local) computer (MacOS X, Windows and Linux are all supported), or on your web host’s server, in which case you will have access to Tracks from any internet connected computer. Specific installation instructions apply to the different platforms, but you need the following basic components:
I’ve you use one of the ‘all-in-one’ packages above, this step isn’t necessary. Otherwise, you’ll need to get “SQLite3”http://www.sqlite.org/ and the sqlite3-ruby bindings if you want to use SQLite3. To install the bindings, install RubyGems then issue the command:
sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby
and select the correct version depending on your platform.
If you want to install MySQL, follow the link to the MySQL website above to find out how to download and install it.
Specific instructions for various platforms:
]]>This is based on opensuse 10.2, up to date. The standard repo or the FACTORY repository both work. Please find a list of repository here.
This describes installation steps for tracks 1.043, with sqlite3 and WEBrick (part of ruby package). Make sure you have sqlite3 installed.
> rug in ruby rubygem-sqlite3 rubygems rubygem-rake
Here is the list of ruby packages I have installed.
> rpm -aq |grep ruby
rubygem-sqlite3-1.1.0-30
rubygems-0.9.0-29
ruby-devel-1.8.5-18
ruby-1.8.5-18
rubygem-rake-0.7.1-27
> wget http://www.rousette.org.uk/projects/files/tracks-1.043.zip
> unzip tracks-1.043.zip
> cd tracks-1.043.zip
Since the tracks package already includes the config files setup for sqlite and webrick, we can start right away!
> ruby script/server -e production &
> disown
http://127.0.0.1:3000/signup
That’s all :)
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