Frequently asked questions about managing projects
Use this background information to help support the work of project members.
- Who can access source code?
Project administrators can give project members specific kinds of access to a whole Subversion repository or any path within that repository.
- How do user roles work?
Project administrators can define specific access permissions for individual project members. They do this by creating roles and assigning the roles to project members.
- How is a project template structured?
When you create a template that includes project content, each tool brings in its own kind of structure, depending on the type of content it manages.
- Frequently asked questions about managing projects
Use this background information to help support the work of project members.
- What is a documents component?
A documents component allows team members to work with documents directly from a project page.
- What is a linked application?
A linked application is an external application or site that users can get to from inside a CollabNet TeamForge project.
- What is a project statistics component?
A project statistics component gives users a graphical view of recent statistics for tasks, trackers, documents, and file releases from the project page.
- What is a news component?
A news component is a way to get developing information to project members via a project page.
- What is a project?
A project is a workspace where people can use the CollabNet TeamForge applications to collaborate and to create, store, and share data. All the work you do with CollabNet TeamForge is organized into projects.
- What is a project page?
A CollabNet project page is a place where users can see and add information about the project, such as messages from the project manager, open issues or documents you want people to read.
- What is a project page component for?
Project page components add functionality to a project page. You can use components to communicate with users or project members, or to invite them to contribute information or resources to the project.
- What is a project template?
Project templates allow you to create and configure new projects quickly, enforce organizational standards, and facilitate process improvement.
- What is a Tracker Search Results component?
A Tracker Search Results component provides quick access to Tracker information from a project page.
- What is in a project template?
When you create a template from an existing project, each project tool contributes its own structure to the template, and its content if you want it.
- Who can access an application?
Application permissions help you minimize the need to create and assign many similar roles for individual users. You can permit or restrict access to individual applications within the project for whole classes of users.
- Who can access a project?
You control access to your CollabNet TeamForge project by a combination of project settings, membership rules and user restrictions.
- Who can access source code?
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- Who can see a project page?
A user can see a given project page if the page is not hidden and the user's role includes permission to see the page.
- Who can see a project page component?
To see a given project page component, you must have permission to see both the project page where the component is and the tool that the component represents.
- Who should I allow into my project?
To decide how to control access to your project, think about what the project is for and who will be using it.
- Which arbitrary HTML elements can I customize?
CollabNet TeamForge “Snippets” are customizable HTML text fragments that can be inserted in predefined locations in CollabNet TeamForge pages.
- Can I customize my site's email notifications?
The default text for CollabNet TeamForge email notifications can be customized.
- Can I substitute my own images for the default TeamForge images?
Every image in CollabNet TeamForge can be edited or replaced by a new image file.
- How does TeamForge use stylesheets?
- What is a user group?
To manage multiple users at once, create a group to represent them.
- Why do I get 'Name is Invalid' error when trying to create a project using createProject() method via the SOAP API?
The default parameters that can be passed to createProject() method are described below.