Release 3.1.0-B1

[Cody]

Version 3.1.0-b1 is now available. You can download it in the Client Area.

This is a BETA feature release. This release is not considered stable enough for production use. Please report any bugs in the 3.1 beta bug forum.

Upgrading Blesta

See Upgrading Blesta in the User Manual for instructions.

Release Notes - Blesta Core - Version 3.1.0-b1

## Version 3.1.0-b1
2013-12-20

### Bug
* [CORE-753] - Service Suspension Error email template is never used
* [CORE-754] - Service Unsuspension Error email template is never used
* [CORE-756] - A/R Report email template is never used
* [CORE-757] - Invoice Creation Report email template is never used
* [CORE-759] - Service Cancel Error email template is never used
* [CORE-773] - Support Manager: Simplify email pipe script for use in various control panels
* [CORE-945] - Module::getServiceName() expects invalid service_name config.json attribute

### Improvement
* [CORE-156] - Create note on failed auto-debit, payment account removal
* [CORE-247] - cPanel: Auto-generate username/password fields
* [CORE-286] - Package welcome emails do not show currency code
* [CORE-382] - Universal Module: Add tooltips
* [CORE-392] - Add view/edit invoice links in transactions listing
* [CORE-437] - Use Password field when manually adding client account
* [CORE-503] - Module: cPanel - when creating new accounts include an email address
* [CORE-541] - Add the ability to delete addon companies.
* [CORE-570] - Group and designate addons as such on invoices
* [CORE-589] - Add ability to disable attachments for email invoice delivery
* [CORE-591] - Add option to clear cron task locks
* [CORE-593] - Remove append to invoice option when creating new service if no invoices exist
* [CORE-596] - Support Manager: Use schemeless URLs for gravatar images
* [CORE-601] - Add client id to client area
* [CORE-608] - When recording payment, allow installed gateways to be selected for payment type
* [CORE-670] - Add option to internally switch between module rows in the same package module group when managing a service
* [CORE-673] - Add additional staff group permissions
* [CORE-674] - Support Manager: Open ticket set placeholder for client search
* [CORE-677] - cPanel Module: Round disk/bandwidth usage to hundredths
* [CORE-695] - Add force HTTPS to htaccess (disabled by default)
* [CORE-700] - Link Emails setting to Email Templates by default
* [CORE-703] - Update SDK and manual to cover missing auth in cgi/fastCGI
* [CORE-705] - Import Manager: WHMCS Migrator
* [CORE-706] - 2Checkout: phone number and email address are not sent to the gateway when processing payment
* [CORE-732] - Billing at a Glance Plugin: Add Revenue this Year
* [CORE-750] - Service Creation email should set formatting on package pricing price values
* [CORE-751] - Add currency format filter to h2o email template parsing
* [CORE-791] - Increase the size of the text field containing the cron command
* [CORE-792] - CMS: Add support for port number in CMS URLs
* [CORE-810] - Support Manager: Allow departments to override email template from address
* [CORE-814] - Installer: improve temp directory detection
* [CORE-816] - Add support for automated CLI installation
* [CORE-821] - Update instances of "-- Please Select --" to use global language
* [CORE-822] - Simplify modules with use of configuration file
* [CORE-826] - Update About Blesta Credits
* [CORE-832] - SolusVM Module: Allow provisioning by node groups
* [CORE-835] - Redirect nonmerchant gateway notifications to the client interface
* [CORE-843] - SolusVM: Remove password support of special characters
* [CORE-848] - CLI Installer: Add ability to specify hostname
* [CORE-849] - API: Add commands to return version information
* [CORE-850] - Languages need to distinguish between right-to-left and left-to-right
* [CORE-857] - Manually emailing a closed invoice does not update it's status from unsent to sent.
* [CORE-876] - Invoices: Add client tax ID to invoice if set
* [CORE-889] - Order Plugin: Update order received email templates on install
* [CORE-891] - Simplify gateways with use of configuration file
* [CORE-892] - Simplify plugins with use of configuration file
* [CORE-896] - Add custom PDF Invoice fonts defined per language
* [CORE-898] - Service notice emails should use the given company ID rather than the configured company
* [CORE-913] - Support Manager: Remove redundant tooltips from add/edit staff schedules
* [CORE-917] - Integrate VAR Customizations configuration
* [CORE-918] - Upgrade to jquery 1.8.3, resolve compatibility issues
* [CORE-922] - Cron should handle exceptions when running all tasks
* [CORE-925] - Support Manager: Update instances of "-- Please Select --" to use global language
* [CORE-926] - Order plugin: Update instances of "-- Please Select --" to use global language
* [CORE-929] - License Manager: Set wildcard for domain, ip, path if license module configured not to validate
* [CORE-936] - PHPIDS: Update filters
* [CORE-942] - Add strict adherence to semantic versioning with pre-releases
* [CORE-943] - Import Manager: Add Blesta 3.1 support for Blesta 2.5 migrator

### New Feature
* [CORE-77] - Module: Proxmox
* [CORE-384] - Module: VPS.NET
* [CORE-386] - Module: Enom
* [CORE-466] - Module: GoGetSSL
* [CORE-512] - Add cancel at end of term package option
* [CORE-606] - Support Manager: Add staff signatures
* [CORE-628] - Add ability to sort packages within package groups
* [CORE-676] - Add total credits to client area
* [CORE-701] - Allow attachments to be disabled on a per email template basis.
* [CORE-708] - Support Plugin: Allow clients to re-open closed tickets
* [CORE-721] - Add manually definable configurable options to packages
* [CORE-736] - Gateway: CCAvenue
* [CORE-743] - Billing at a Glance Plugin: Add year to date revenue graph
* [CORE-884] - Shared Login Plugin
* [CORE-909] - Add optional X-Frame-Options header to .htaccess
* [CORE-941] - Module: TheSSLStore

### Task
* [CORE-43] - Complete Event System
* [CORE-51] - Make All Email Templates Work
* [CORE-70] - Remove Exponential Backup for Auto Debit
* [CORE-431] - Add README to install/upgrade zips
* [CORE-619] - Allow tax rules to be deleted
* [CORE-742] - PayPal Payments Standard: Add additional currency codes
* [CORE-755] - Service Unsuspension email should be sent when a service is unsuspended
* [CORE-760] - Add Staff Email Subscription Notices
* [CORE-885] - Remove Foxrate exchange rate processor
* [CORE-900] - Add a service provisioning error email template
* [CORE-911] - Support Manager: Add staff titles

### Sub-task
* [CORE-902] - Add selected values to options on review checkout page
* [CORE-903] - Add selected values to options in cart
* [CORE-904] - Quantity options do not observe min, max, and step settings
* [CORE-905] - Implement jquery UI slider for quantities

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[Ercan DAĞ]

This is good news. Thank you for work

[Alexander Orlov]

just installed it but will be testing it out later tonight or tomorrow morning.

[Michael]

Yum upgrading now.

[nirays]

Great news

[Ercan DAĞ]

Dear Cody and other guys;

configurable options is free or additional charges necessary ?

[Paul]

Dear Cody and other guys;

configurable options is free or additional charges necessary ?

 

The configurable options feature is free, and included in Blesta 3.1 assuming you have support & updates (Everyone on v3 does until at least Aug 14, 2014). With configurable options however, you can charge your customers more for certain options.

 

For example, if you're selling dedicated servers you can have a drop down for the number of IP addresses..

 

Extra IPs

-None-

2 - $3

3 - $5

4 - $6

 

Etc.. 

[MemoryX2]

3.1 looks awesome so far! I haven't done any testing yet, but I just installed via gui with no problem! Thanks!

[MemoryX2]

Are bug fixes in 3.0.7 and the coming 3.0.8 automatically implemented into 3.1?

 

For example 3.0.8 isn't released yet, but I saw a post from Tyson about some bug where he said fixed core xxx 3.0.8. So will 3.1.0 b2 have that fix rolled in as well?

[Michael]

Yeah I would think so mate, their fixes will be 3.0.8 and ours will be in b2.

[FoxDenHosting]

For those of us who have licenses from 3rd parties and not Blesta how can we access this.

[Michael]

For those of us who have licenses from 3rd parties and not Blesta how can we access this.

 

It depends on your provider, I've asked Paul on behalf of a customer and was given permission to give it my customer. But again it all depends on the provider.

[FoxDenHosting]

I got my license from Site5.com

[locthb]

I can not transfer data from WHMCS 5.2 to blesta 3.1 beta.

- Domain name services.

Please help.

[Cody]

I can not transfer data from WHMCS 5.2 to blesta 3.1 beta.

- Domain name services.

Please help.

 

Start a new thread in the Support forum.

[Cody]

Are bug fixes in 3.0.7 and the coming 3.0.8 automatically implemented into 3.1?

 

For example 3.0.8 isn't released yet, but I saw a post from Tyson about some bug where he said fixed core xxx 3.0.8. So will 3.1.0 b2 have that fix rolled in as well?

 

3.0 and 3.1 are separate branches, but any bugs in 3.0 that affect 3.1 are merged into 3.1.

[interfasys]

Is there an upgrade path from b1 to b2,.....rc,... gold release?

Since 3.1 is the first version with an importer from competing solutions, I was thinking of starting with that and launching on 3.1 final.

[Michael]

Is there an upgrade path from b1 to b2,.....rc,... gold release?

Since 3.1 is the first version with an importer from competing solutions, I was thinking of starting with that and launching on 3.1 final.

 

There will be a upgrade path as you just run /upgrade and it will upgrade the files if needed as I'm aware. So you can upgrade from 3.0.8 or 3.1.0-b1.

 

3.1 only has the importer from 2.5 / whm** at the moment same as 3.0.7.

[Paul]

Mike is right, you can upgrade.. however, couple things to note..

 

1. If you upgrade from 3.0.x to 3.1.0-b1, you MUST run the upgrader via CLI, ie php ./index.php admin/upgrade

2. If you do a fresh install of 3.1.0-b1, you should be able to upgrade to 3.1.0-b2, and 3.1.0 final via GUI or CLI methods.

 

This is due to a bug in 3.1.0-b1 that breaks the CLI upgrader.

[interfasys]

Thank you both. I think I'll wait for b2.

 

Does the WHMCS importer work with V4 data?

[Paul]

Thank you both. I think I'll wait for b2.

 

Does the WHMCS importer work with V4 data?

 

Only one way to find out, my guess is, probably. They haven't changed much with their database schema I don't believe.

 

However, it's probably better to copy your install, upgrade the copied version, and then import from that database.

[interfasys]

Yeah, I'll try that on b1 if you don't release b2 by the end of the week and will report back in the beta forum.

[Michael]

Thank you both. I think I'll wait for b2.

 

Does the WHMCS importer work with V4 data?

 

It should do, it's all got the same mysql tables mate.

[Cody]

Thank you both. I think I'll wait for b2.

 

Does the WHMCS importer work with V4 data?

 

I am highly doubtful the migrator, which is designed for 5.2+, will work for version 4.x. WHMCS made a number of structural changes in 5.1 and 5.2, which will no doubt result in invalid queries on a version 4.x database. So while you might get some data out of it, it won't completely work without some changes.

 

I don't know if WHMCS does a license validation check before upgrading, but you might be able to get away with it if you:

 

1. Backup your WHMCS database
2. Copy your WHMCS files to a new location
3. Import your WHMCS database backup to a new database
4. Update your WHMCS copy config to point to the new database
5. Overwrite your WHMCS copy v4 files with the latest version of WHMCS
6. Run the upgrade on your WHMCS copy
7. Migrate from this (newly upgraded) database to Blesta

 

You won't actually need to login to WHMCS backup copy you made, Blesta will simply import from this upgraded database.

[interfasys]

Thank you very much Cody. Unfortunately, in order to get the files, you do need a license, so I'm left with waiting for your HostBill migrator or getting a monthly license of WHMCS. I suspect I'll go with the latter if I want to get something done in Q1.