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Basecamp Features & Updates

Basecamp just keeps getting better.

Here are the very latest features and updates.

New in Basecamp: Text Documents 2.0

Posted by 37signals on June 13, 2013

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Today we're excited to announce a big update to Text Documents in Basecamp. We've improved the entire workflow and made the version history a lot more useful. Oh, and did I mention you can now create and edit Text Documents on iPad, Basecamp for iPhone and with mobile browsers? 

Here's a peek at what's new:

Document Previews
Now when you browse all the Text Docs on your project you'll see small thumbnail previews of every document. They're perfectly readable and you can even click links without opening the document at all. 


Edit when you mean to, save only when you decide to
Now you can open a Text Document to select text, copy text and click links without changing anything. You have full control to only make changes when you really want to. When you're editing, you decide when to save a new version. 


Review changes
Basecamp keeps track of every change to your document, too. You can see when it was saved, who changed it and what they did. Every addition and deletion is highlighted. This is especially great when collaborating with other writers.


Works great on mobile
Write a new document on your iPad, make some edits on your phone, review changes in Basecamp for iPhone – text Documents now work great on mobile. The new Text Docs are ideal for taking notes in a meeting or when you want to get away from your laptop to focus.


The new Text Docs are available now for everyone – even your existing documents will take advantage of these new features automatically. Take them for a spin in your projects today.

We hope you love it!

Jason Zimdars
Designer at 37signals (We're the people behind Basecamp)

Basecamp just got bigger and better. Introducing the Annual Plan featuring pay by check option.

Posted by 37signals on April 29, 2013

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Basecamp has a subscription plan for every need, every company, and every budget. And as you grow, we grow with you. That’s why we’re excited to offer you our biggest, best plan yet: the Basecamp Annual Plan. More storage and added convenience!

The Basecamp Annual Plan is the only package that offers:
  • Once a year billing
  • 500 GB of file storage
  • The option to pay by paper check for US customers

You'll also get:
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited projects
  • Priority support which lets you skip to the front of the line
  • Our never-ending commitment to making Basecamp even better every day

It's our Cadillac subscription plan. Our court-side access to the best of Basecamp. Available today, you can upgrade to the Basecamp Annual Plan for $3,000 a year.

How to upgrade to the Annual Plan:



If you're the Account Owner or Billing Liaison, head on over to the Account section. You’ll find the link to take you to the Plans page, where you can see all available plans to upgrade to. (If you're not an Account Owner, you should send them a note telling them you want to upgrade your Basecamp account!)



On the Plans screen, you'll find the Annual Plan waiting for you right at the bottom. Go ahead, click and upgrade!



For all of our customers needing to pay by check, we've heard you. So now, only on the Annual Plan, you can choose to pay by mailing in a paper check. Of course, paying by credit card is there for you, too. Fill out your billing information, and you'll be instantly upgraded to the Annual Plan. That's it!

Got questions about the Annual plan, and paying by check?
We already have you covered. Easy steps on how to pay by check are all over here. http://basecamp.com/help/guides/account/basecamp-annual

Thanks to our incredible customers like you, 2013 is our 14th year in business.
Thanks again for using Basecamp. Now, you'll have a full year worry-free to keep track of all of your stuff, and manage your projects better than ever before. We couldn't be any more excited to keep growing with you.

Mig Reyes
Designer at 37signals (we’re the people behind Basecamp)

New in Basecamp: Copying stuff between projects (or even in the same project)

Posted by 37signals on April 23, 2013

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We're excited to announce a new feature that makes it easier to reuse content without having to retype it completely.

Now you can copy messages, to-do lists, text documents, events, and forwarded emails between projects. This is great for welcome messages, launch checklists, or other posts you want to include over and over again. Here's how it works:

Making a copy
Below the Move link on the right side of any message, to-do list, document, event, or forwarded email, you'll see a new option called Copy. Click that link to activate the copy feature. Admins can copy anything — everyone else can only copy the items they've created.



Choose a destination
From here, you can decide where the copy should go. Just like Move, you can copy items to an existing project or to a brand new project.



Copy to your current project
Want to make a copy inside your current project? That's just as easy. Just pick "This project" from the menu and we'll add a copy to the project you're working on.



What about comments, due dates, and to-do assignments?
If the original content has comments, you can also include those with your copy. When copying to-do lists, you can even preserve due dates and assignments. Changing due dates or assignments in the copy won't affect the original.


Got questions?

Take it for a spin today! We think the new copy feature will save you loads of time on your next Basecamp project.

— Scott Upton
Designer at 37signals (we're the people behind Basecamp)

Have you used Basecamp mobile lately?

Posted by 37signals on March 15, 2013

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With all the excitement surrounding the release of Basecamp for iPhone last month we forgot to mention all the improvements to the mobile web version.



Even if you don't have the iPhone app, you can still use Basecamp with the web browser on many mobile phones and tablets running Android, Windows Phone, and of course, iOS. It launched back in September            
but has gotten a lot better since then.  

Here's what's new:

  • Post, edit, and delete messages.
  • Choose who to notify via email when posting messages and comments.
  • Attach images from your mobile camera to messages and comments.
  • Make new to-do lists.
  • Add, edit, and delete to-dos (you can also complete to-dos, assign them to other people, and set due dates).
  • Start new projects.
  • Invite people to new and existing projects.
  • Update and publish projects created from templates.
  • See every date across all projects.
  • View agenda-style dates for calendars.
  • Add new calendar events.
  • Infinite scroll! Just keep swiping to load more content on many screens (Progress, All Files, All Discussions, etc.).
  • New project navigation menu.
  • New Latest project updates screen (think of it as Progress for just one project at a time).
  • New Completed to-dos screen in every project (page through days to see just what was completed).
  • Numerous fixes, tweaks, optimizations and polish. 

Whew! 

(Don't tell, but many of these features aren't even available in the iPhone app!)



If you haven't tried Basecamp on mobile – or haven't used it lately – you might be surprised by just how much you can do on the go. Sign-in to your Basecamp account with the web browser your mobile phone or tablet and you’ll see Basecamp mobile automatically. There's nothing to setup, it just works. 

Take it for a spin tonight. Thanks again for using Basecamp!

— Jason Zimdars
Designer at 37signals (we're the people behind Basecamp)

New in Basecamp: Latest project updates

Posted by 37signals on March 7, 2013

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We’ve just updated Basecamp to made it even easier to see what's happening in your projects. Here’s what's new:

When you sign-in to Basecamp, each project cards now displays the last time something happened in that project. You’ll always know which projects have something new to see.


We’ve also added a new section to the top of every project called “Latest project updates”. It shows the last few things that happened in the project, when they happened and who did them. 


Click “See all updates” to pop a new project sheet with every single update in the project, listed by date. You can scroll back through the entire history of the project. Think of it like Basecamp’s Progress timeline but just for a single project.


Along with these improvements you’ll notice something else: blue, underlined links. Modern browsers and technologies let us make web apps look any way we can imagine but you can’t beat the  obviousness of the venerable blue, underlined link. So we combed through Basecamp and made things that are links more visible. We think you’ll find it’s more clear what you can click and you may even notice some things you didn’t even know you could click before!

These updates are available for everyone today. We hope they help make working in your projects more effective and more enjoyable. 

Thanks so much for using Basecamp!

Jason Zimdars
Designer at 37signals (We’re the people behind Basecamp)

New: The official Basecamp app for iPhone

Posted by 37signals on February 13, 2013

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We are proud to announce the first iOS app developed completely in-house at 37signals: the official Basecamp app for iPhone.

Get it now for free on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id599139477

Here’s what you can do with it:

  • Check in on your projects from anywhere. Basecamp for iPhone shows you the latest news on each project.
  • Jump in on a discussion and post your thoughts.
  • View progress as team members complete to-dos and upload files.
  • Look up anything in a project. Refer to a document or make a decision no matter where you are.

We discovered it’s very important on the phone to make sharp priorities early in the design.

Our top priority was fast access to news. You’ll find the app makes it addictive to check in and feel the pulse of your projects throughout the day. You can quickly bounce in and out of projects. Project screens on the phone show the latest news first rather than static project contents.

Our second priority was to offer the full depth of Basecamp. After you dip into a project, you can go deeper and browse its contents. A menu offers all the project sections like Discussions, To-dos, Files, and Documents.

We've been using the app constantly since we first had a prototype in our hands. We're thrilled to share it with you today. It’s available now for free in the App Store.


New in Basecamp: Recurring events

Posted by 37signals on February 6, 2013

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We're excited to announce a much-requested new feature in Basecamp: now you can create recurring events on the calendar and in your projects.

This feature makes it easy to add events that happen more than once, such as daily or weekly meetings, classes, appointments, or birthdays. Here's how it works.

Adding a recurring event

Click any day in the calendar to add a new event. A balloon will pop up where you can enter your event's details. Toward the bottom, you'll see a menu labeled Repeats?



Click the menu to select how often you'd like the event to repeat. You can set it to repeat every day, every week, every month, or every year.



You can also choose when the event stops repeating. By default, it will repeat forever, but you can stop it after a number of occurrences or on a specific date.



Save your event, and you'll see it on the calendar.



If the event is part of a project, you'll see it on the project's Dates page.



And you can add recurring events in Basecamp for mobile too!



Recurring events are ready to use right now

Head on over to the calendar and check it out — we hope this update makes planning your schedule even easier.

Thanks again for using Basecamp!

Jonas Downey
Designer at 37signals

Introducing Basecamp Personal: The Basecamp for all your projects outside of work.

Posted by 37signals on January 22, 2013

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Since the beginning, Basecamp has been marketed as a collaboration tool for small businesses (or small groups inside larger businesses). Since you're using it right now, you know how well it works for business.

However, over the years we've also heard from thousands of people who use Basecamp outside of work. They've turned to Basecamp to help them manage home improvement projects, hobby projects, volunteer projects, school projects, etc.

But one complaint we've heard is... Basecamp is priced for businesses, not for personal side projects. So today we're going to make it easier for people to use Basecamp for their non-work projects.

Today we launch Basecamp Personal

http://basecamp.com/personal

Basecamp Personal is priced for personal projects. Instead of paying a monthly subscription fee, you can buy a Basecamp Personal project for $25. That's a one-time-fee. Just $25, and it's yours. Need another project down the road? Buy another one for $25. Buy one, buy many - buy just what you need, as you need it, and never have to worry about paying a monthly subscription.

How else is Basecamp Personal different from Basecamp?

Available exclusively for current Basecamp users

For the next few months, Basecamp Personal is available exclusively for current Basecamp users (that's you!).

Down the road we plan on opening up Basecamp Personal to anyone. But for now, it's just for people who already use Basecamp.

Start a project today

So if you have a personal project that could use some Basecamp-style organization, hop on over and get yourself a Basecamp Personal project today!

http://basecamp.com/personal

Basecamp lump sum billing

Posted by 37signals on December 8, 2012

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Lump sum payments are a useful but not well known option for Basecamp billing. You can pre-pay for multiple months of service, then each month we'll just make a deduction from your available balance. This can be a great way to simplify bookkeeping if, for example, you're required to submit expense reports every time you use your credit card.

Checkout this video from our resident animator Shaun (with narration from Merissa) to learn more about how this works!



Michael Berger
37signals Support

A new message writing experience in Basecamp

Posted by 37signals on November 29, 2012

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Today we're excited to share a new way of writing messages in your Basecamp projects. Now when you post a new message, the editor opens on a clean sheet all its own. You'll have the full length and width of the sheet for writing with nothing squeezed-in. The text is larger and there is plenty of white space to make everything easier to read. When you finally post your message, you'll immediately see the full published piece. The result is an opportunity to pause and focus on your writing.



Simpler notification options
We've also re-thought the way you choose who to notify by email when your message is posted. Instead of dominating the screen with a sea of checkboxes, today you'll see just three options: Notify everyone on the project (the default), don't notify anyone, or choose individuals to notify. Selecting the latter option reveals the notification checkboxes you're already used to. 



Communication is essential to the success of every project. We want Basecamp to help you discuss your projects both quickly and clearly. We hope this update improves your project communication and makes writing more enjoyable. 

Thanks so much for using Basecamp!

Jason Zimdars
Designer at 37signals (We're the people behind Basecamp)