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ned's picture

haxTuple - Hack open source ERP, win an iPad!

Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 16:58 by ned

xTuple, creators of the leading open source ERP, accounting, and CRM system, is looking for a few good hackers.  By "hackers," of course, we mean developers willing to get involved in source code.  The classical use of the term. Read more »

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haxTuple (bug derby) details

Posted Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:16 by jrogelstad

 xTuple is proud to announce haxTuple - our second annual "bug derby."

From Febrary 15th to March 8th, we will be obsessively fixated on resolving as many bugs as possible for the 3.5 release and we are inviting the greater xTuple community to join in. 

 

There will be prizes for participating contributors.  Anyone who submits code to resolve 3 or more bugs will receive a haxTuple T-Shirt, sure to be a collector's item.  The highest contributor outside xTuple that submits code to resolve 10 or more bugs will win an Apple iPad.  All participants will be publicly credited for their contributions.

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Step on the Accelerator

Posted Fri, 01/29/2010 - 09:59 by jrogelstad

It's clear from the responses to my U and I Need to Talk post a couple months ago that the number one complaint of the community is keyboard navigation issues.  This is actually a surprising revelation because having started out on character based systems myself I understand the benefits of keyboard navigation and spent years trying to convince windows users to work that way.  All those efforts were for naught.  No one ever took that advice and a couple years ago I threw my hands up on that cause. Now here I am getting an avalanche of feedback that users want better keyboard navigation on our application!

I'd like to make some progress on this issue, but we need your help.  Here's how: Read more »

ptyler's picture

Integrated support ticketing system

Posted Sat, 01/23/2010 - 08:29 by ptyler

Beginning the first of next month, everyone having a support contract with xTuple will begin using our new web-based support ticketing system. This new support front-end is built using Drupal (like the rest of our website), and it will present our customers and partners with an easy-to-use web interface for reporting and managing their support needs. Best of all, the web support portal is fully integrated in the back-end with our production xTuple ERP database. Read more »

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Got iTuple?

Posted Tue, 01/19/2010 - 18:50 by mhinze

Remember iTuple? The mobile xTuple CRM that syncs your iPhone or iPod Touch with your xTuple ERP database -- the "Perfect Use for that iTunes Gift Card"? 

iTuple now has a forum and a issue-tracking project available for iTuple users and non-users alike! Read more »

ned's picture

More electronic payments!

Posted Fri, 01/15/2010 - 10:44 by ned

If you're like us, you're probably getting more and more accustomed to sending and receiving money online.  Credit cards, as much as we hate paying those merchant fees, are a necessary cost of doing business for most companies.  If you're working internationally, then the venerable interbank wires - and all their costs - are probably a big part of your life as well.  Most compellingly, there are no-fee electronic debits and credits such as ACH transactions in the U.S. Read more »

ptyler's picture

Maintaining your custom reports

Posted Thu, 01/14/2010 - 07:32 by ptyler

If you've been working with (or evaluating) xTuple ERP for any length of time at all, you already know about our embedded report writer OpenRPT--and the ways it can be used to customize standard reports. Changes might range from adding the company logo to modifying query logic to suit your business needs. In either case, you perform your edits and then save the file back to the database with a grade higher than "0". Any report having a grade higher than 0 is considered a custom report--and the system will use the report having the highest grade first.

You also probably know that, in some cases, custom reports may need to be updated from release-to-release. What you may not realize is that detailed information exists to help simplify the report maintenance process.... Read more »

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Power users, power tax credits!

Posted Wed, 01/13/2010 - 09:22 by carolyn

Tax credits for attending xTuple training?  It happens. Several customers have mentioned that they have received either a tax credit or a partial refund from their state for continuing education, and xTuple ERP Training classes may qualify. (For more information, please check with your local tax advisor.)

The next upcoming class is our popular 3-day Power User class - which covers the new Scripting and Packaging tools, as well as a deep dive on custom reporting with SQL, and good background on the PostgreSQL database and Qt development environment. Read more »

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It's that time of year again, get 50% off new tax forms now through January 29

Posted Mon, 01/11/2010 - 16:21 by danielle

Get ready for tax time with pre-printed Checks and 1099s. Visit www.xtupleforms.com to order:

  • Pre-printed 1099s for printing vendor 1099 forms directly from xTuple ERP.
  • Personalized Checks personalized with your company's logo and information, pre-printed for use with xTuple.
  • Enter promo code P119C-182 at check out to receive 50% off tax form purchases.

To use the custom checks and 1099s, you'll need to get these new free report definitions from the xChange:

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xTuple/Postbooks+MSVC is as easy as 1,2,3

Posted Tue, 01/05/2010 - 17:10 by cryan

No jelly beansHave you ever considered compiling xTuple/PostBooks on Windows? Perhaps you tried to set up an environment for our last Bug Derby and ran into problems. Sometimes getting things to work correctly requires arcane rituals or absurdly ridiculous actions. Please don't ask me why I have a jellybean stuck to my forehead. It doesn't have to be that way, and I'm here to share my latest experiences with you. When you're done following the instructions below, you'll have a development environment you can use for our up-coming Bug Derby.

Before we get started, let me set your mind at ease. This is not a technical document with a lot of boring, hard to understand commands. Setting up the environment for compiling is literally as easy as 1, 2, 3. Once we have the environment set up we can then get the source code to compile. That is also as easy as 1, 2, 3. Ok I cheated a little on my counting to get the 1, 2, 3; I think it may be the jelly bean. Nothing fancy. No magic.

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