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Release announcements, version previews, security advisories, and the occasional detour — written by the team building Blesta.
Blesta 3.0 Loginless Payments let customers pay an invoice straight from a link in their email, reminders, and late notices, no client area login required.
A Blesta 3.0 developer commentary on building a non-merchant gateway like PayPal, covering the buildProcess() payment form and validate() notification logic.
Blesta 3.0 ships with a Download Manager plugin, adding a downloads section to the client area where other plugins can register their own links too.
A video tour of the Blesta 3.0 dashboard: drag-and-drop widget plugins that minimize and customize per staff account, ACL integration, GeoIP, and themes.
A Blesta 3.0 developer commentary walking through how to build a merchant gateway that processes credit card payments, using a demo gateway to speed it up.
A video tour of the Blesta 3.0 client area: a clean, usable design with staff login-as-client, prominent payment reminders, tooltips, and helpful notices.
Blesta 3.0 automates paper invoices through Postal Methods, printing, stuffing, and mailing invoices for clients who prefer postal mail over email or fax.
Blesta 3.0 developer resources include a detailed manual and Doctorate, a minPHP plugin that auto-documents the source and API using PHP Reflection.
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