Blesta 5.9 Released
Blesta 5.9 is now available! Registering domains as an admin has been improved as well as other updates to domains, including a new OpenProvider registrar module. We added an option to ban IPs (CIDR) and Emails (Wildcard), the ability to regenerate and send welcome emails, split invoices, require manual service activation for services that are not automatically provisioned, and more!
Download 5.9SHA256 Sum
835da2d20ce9f603559be3bd36a2707a0bce65624af8ceba055f2e5a2e80d130
If upgrading from a release prior to 5.0, please review the version 5.0 announcement prior to upgrading. 5.0 was a major release and increased system requirements. ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES + DATABASE PRIOR TO UPGRADING.
See the documentation for details on how to install or upgrade.
What’s new in 5.9?
- Added a new section for searching and registering or transfering domains for a client as an admin.
- Added the ability to ban IP addresses (CIDR), and email addresses (wildcard), for login, orders, and support.
- Added a bulk option to re-generate and send welcome emails to clients.
- Added a Package option to disable automatic provisioning of paid pending services to allow staff to manually provision services that require it.
- Added new settings to space out module renewal attempts should they fail.
- Added a new payment gateway for Indonesia called Duitku.
- Added a new domain registrar module for Openprovider.
- Added an option to split invoices. Selected line items can be split to a new invoice on edit.
- Added an option for clients to add a recovery email address that receives password reset emails.
- Added a bulk delete option for configurable options and configurable option groups.
- Added additional info logging for new and updated contacts and managers.
- Updated the OpenSRS registrar module to add support for TLD import and price sync.
- Updated contact and manager permissions to add a permission for Quotations.
- Updated the PayUMoney payment gateway to add support for webhooks.
- Updated the Universal Module to allow customization of the expand area for client and staff.
- Updated the Domain Manager to include a bulk “Unparent” option within the domains widget.
- Updated the payment gateway Stripe Payments to make several improvements.
- Added support for PHP 8.2 with Ioncube.
See our beta announcement for more and the release notes for everything.
Developers
- Reminder: If you are a developer, we recommend updating your extensions to support PHP 8, including PHP 8.2 if they don’t already.
Sponsored Development
A big shout out to the following companies for sponsoring development for one or more items in this release. Show them some love.
Sponsored development is a good way to support Blesta and get a shout out for your company! Interested? Reach out and say hello.
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Blesta 5.8.2 Patch Released
We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.8.2, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.8 branch. A big thanks to everyone who participated in helping to make Blesta better by reporting and confirming bugs on our forums and discord chat, we appreciate your help!
The release notes are available at https://docs.blesta.com/display/support/5.8.2.
Always run /admin/upgrade in your browser or via CLI after updating the files for your installation. Patch releases may only be applied to the minor release to which it belongs. Only apply this patch if you are running 5.8.0 or 5.8.1. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.
Download 5.8.2 Patch Download 5.8.2 Full
SHA256 Sum
% blesta-5.8.2.zip
573b33ad6388aa76b2980a8f1ddff026877bfbb12deeb037584e3391fd5adee9
% blesta-5.8.0-5.8.2.zip
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To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.
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Blesta 5.8.1 Patch Released
We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.8.1, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.8 branch. A big thanks to everyone who participated in helping to make Blesta better by reporting and confirming bugs on our forums and discord chat, we appreciate your help!
The release notes are available at https://docs.blesta.com/display/support/5.8.1.
Always run /admin/upgrade in your browser or via CLI after updating the files for your installation. Patch releases may only be applied to the minor release to which it belongs. Only apply this patch if you are running 5.8.0. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.
Download 5.8.1 Patch Download 5.8.1 Full
SHA256 Sum
% blesta-5.8.1.zip
ea9b0fd46a5bd90201bd08f7f2c63da95bf6c2a53343804cc33889ee6df71a95
% blesta-5.8.0-5.8.1.zip
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To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.
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Blesta 5.8 Released
Blesta 5.8 is now available! We added the option to include a free domain with qualifying hosting plan. We added a new Managed Accounts feature allows clients to invite other clients to manage their account with permissions. A new PayPal Checkout payment gateway was added, and we updated the importer to allow imports via CLI to avoid timeouts, and more!
Download 5.8SHA256 Sum
9e105f06ca1d4903b6a8e66c1b221637da606bf64aeafc835a67396ff27833f4
If upgrading from a release prior to 5.0, please review the version 5.0 announcement prior to upgrading. 5.0 was a major release and increased system requirements. ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES + DATABASE PRIOR TO UPGRADING.
See the documentation for details on how to install or upgrade.
What’s new in 5.8?
- Added a Managed Accounts feature. Clients can invite other clients to manage their account.
- Added an option to offer a free domain with qualifying hosting package.
- Added a 1 minute interval to some automation tasks, including Process Service Changes, Process Renewals, Provision Paid Pending Services, and Unsuspend Services.
- Added an option to Packages to allow clients to select module group during checkout (Useful for location).
- Added an option to Custom Client Fields to include a link within the field name.
- Added a new PayPal Checkout non-merchant gateway.
- Added an option to preview client themes and templates by appending ?bltheme=THEME-ID, and/or ?bltemplate=TEMPLATENAME to the URL.
- Added a read-only option to Required Client Fields to prevent clients from changing those fields later.
- Updated the affiliate system to allow hidden packages (domain names) to be excluded from commissions.
- Updated the order system to observe custom order links when using the Domain and Other Order type.
- Updated the order system to reduce the number of steps during checkout when using only 1 non-merchant gateway.
- Updated the import manager to allow importing via CLI, improving reliability of large data sets.
- Updated the Two-Factor Authentication page for clients to show both Hex and Base32 keys in addition to the QR code.
- Updated the PHPIDS plugin to make it compatible with PHP 8.
See our beta announcement for more and the release notes for everything.
Developers
- Reminder: If you are a developer, we recommend updating your extensions to support PHP 8 if they don’t already. PHP 7.4 has been EOL since November 28th!
Sponsored Development
A big shout out to the following companies for sponsoring development for one or more items in this release.
Sponsored development is a good way to support Blesta and get a shout out for your company! Interested? Reach out and say hello.
Stay Connected!
Like our Facebook page, join our Facebook group and Subreddit, follow us on Twitter, and join us in Discord.
Related Tags:
Blesta 5.7.1 Patch Released
We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.7.1, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.7 branch. A big thanks to everyone who participated in helping to make Blesta better by reporting and confirming bugs on our forums and discord chat, we appreciate your help!
The release notes are available at https://docs.blesta.com/display/support/5.7.1.
Always run /admin/upgrade in your browser or via CLI after updating the files for your installation. Patch releases may only be applied to the minor release to which it belongs. Only apply this patch if you are running 5.7.0. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.
Download 5.7.1 Patch Download 5.7.1 Full
SHA256 Sum
% blesta-5.7.1.zip
5d470a35a577955ebf885ee2b6593b9adaefa20c9037e88d522e775da1981d9c
% blesta-5.7.0-5.7.1.zip
077d999496253ab6ad908de9f9c0992fbd0e2055781a84093d2ed87f460a93f3
To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.