Table of Contents

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Basic Functionality

• What's New in Version 7.0 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

Creating and Maintaining Documentation

• 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

Working with Customers

• 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

Project Management and Schedules

• 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

FogBugz Plugins

• 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

Getting the Most Out of FogBugz

• 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

Setting up FogBugz on Your Own Server

Learn about setting up the FogBugz server on:

• Windows
• Unix/Linux (7.1 Beta)
• Macintosh OS X (7.1 Beta)

Some other setup tasks you might want to do:

• Importing Cases from Another Bug Tracker
• Enabling HTTP Compression

The latest documentation on FogBugz setup is always maintained at the Fog Creek Website, where you will also find an extensive knowledge base and an online discussion forum.