FogBugz 7.1 Online Documentation

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What's New in FogBugz 7 Powerful new features, the Plugin platform, and more...
FogBugz in Two Minutes A whirlwind tour of FogBugz
Outlining a Project in the FogBugz Case List
The Basics of Bug Tracking
Ten Tips for Bug Tracking Ideas for successful bug tracking
Filters Finding the Cases You Care About
Saved Filters
Searching in FogBugz
Projects and Areas How to organize cases
Subcases Break down your work into manageable parts
Custom Fields Add a new case field in minutes
Tags Assign searchable keywords to cases and wiki pages
Capture Screenshots The easiest way to report a bug
Release Notes Produce lists of new features and fixed bugs for your customers
Versions Track the version where a bug was found
Linking cases
Working Through a List of Cases
Finding Out About Changes Email notification, subscribing to a case, link colors, and searching for changed cases
Bulk Operations Do things to several cases at once
Keyboard Shortcuts FogBugz is designed to work well without touching the mouse

Introduction to Wikis Create and maintain project documentation
Managing a Community Wiki Open up your wiki to a wide audience
Wiki Table of Contents Insert a dynamically-updating table of contents into wiki pages

Handling Incoming Customer Email Sending, receiving, tracking, and responding to customer email
Allowing Customers to Enter Cases Allow customers to enter cases without logging on
Web-Based Discussion Groups Create a community where customers can ask questions, discuss your product, help each other out, and get help from your staff
BugzScout Getting bug reports from the field

Keeping on Schedule Sophisticated scheduling features keep your projects on track
Evidence-Based Scheduling The EBS algorithm provides radically better schedules than any other method
Project Backlog Use FogBugz in a Agile/Scrum development environment
Milestones Each project can have releases indicating important milestones (alpha, beta, etc.)
Priorities Assign priorities 1 through 7
How to Estimate Software Tasks The art of coming up with accurate estimates
Entering Estimates in FogBugz
Telling FogBugz what You're Working On
Using the Estimate History Report See how good a given developer is at estimating features
Project Reports Shows the probability that you will be finished with all the features for a given release by any given date
Working Schedules Tell FogBugz when you're going to be at work
Setting Due Dates

An Introduction to Plugins Customize the functionality of your FogBugz site
The FogBugz Plugin Gallery Browse plugins made by the FogBugz development community
Installing Plugins
Writing Your Own Plugin Join the FogBugz development community
Plugins by Fog Creek Software
- Custom Workflow Customize case categories, statuses and assignment
- Project Backlog Use FogBugz in a Agile/Scrum development environment
- URL Trigger Send custom HTTP requests triggered by FogBugz events
- Custom Fields Add a new case field in minutes
- Table of Contents (Wiki) Insert a dynamically-updating table of contents into wiki pages

RSS Feeds
Source Control Integration
Types of FogBugz Users The difference between normal, administrator, virtual, and community users
Community Users
Groups Easily organize FogBugz users
Permissions Restrict users' access to certain parts of FogBugz
Site Settings Global FogBugz options
Custom Workflow Customize case categories, statuses and assignment
Copying FogBugz Users Quickly add many users of a particular type
The Admin Dashboard Get a complete view of your FogBugz site
XML API Interact with FogBugz programatically via HTTP requests
Plugins Add to or change the functionality of your FogBugz site
URLTrigger Send custom HTTP requests triggered by FogBugz events

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