2.3.0 released! Add an Interactive Map, reCAPTCHA and more

Remember that it is essential to read our update instructions really carefully

So we’ve been working hard for this release and I don’t want to spoil the joy of experiencing the new features with this release but I’m really excited for the interactive map which you can now add to your site homepage yourself without any coding! the countries and regions are already preset so you just need to add the area you want your site to cover. This is only available for Open Classifieds premium users but we also added two new skins to choose from in our default ocean theme that comes with the free version and to Ocean premium.

Since Google spread the news about its new No captcha reCAPTCHA we had a user (Andy) who requested this feature to be added to the software and funded its development, and thanks to him and our development team right now we all have it integrated into our websites and can activate it with 2.3.0

What’s new with 2.3.0?

• Google reCAPTCHA
• Custom CSS
• Allow images upload to Amazon S3
• Homepage map
• Block upload of nudity
• Images in RSS feed
• Preview content before publishing
• User tour after first login
• Favicon uploader
• Spanish translation updated
• Added HTML in head field for validation metadata

And many more, you can find the full list of updates at our github repository

How to update?

Really important that you do not execute the automatic update from your oc-panel since it won’t work unless if you have 2.2.1! read these instructions carefully.

If you can’t update your site we offer the update service for $50 if you have a 2.x, if you have an older version contact us first please.

Website is running on Open Classifieds 2.2.1:

By following this way you will just need to follow the normal automatic update steps:

• Make a backup of all your files and DB (recommended)
• Log in to your OC admin panel
• go to tools > update and click Update

Website is running on Open Classifieds with version lower than 2.2.1

Here is a video explaining the update process step by step prepared by Chema.

• Make a backup of all your files and DB (recommended)
• Enable maintenance mode
• Download the update file (right click and save as)
• Open your file manager or FTP software
• Navigate to public_html (the main directory)
• Upload the update file there
• Execute the update file by running in your browser: http://yourdomain.com/update230.php

Make sure you wait until the file is done executing everything as it could take a couple of minutes. Do not close the window.

Manual update for advanced users only

Please follow the instructions carefully to prevent from getting into any errors.

1. Make a backup of all your files and DB (recommended)
2. Log in at your OC panel
3. Activate the default theme if you had a premium theme
4. Download latest 2.3.0 and extract the files in its folder
5. Enable maintenance mode
6. Open your FTP or your website file manager
7. Delete all files in your website folder except for the following:
   1. robots.txt
   2. /oc/config/auth.php
   3. /oc/config/database.php
   4. .htaccess
   5. /images/
   6. and /themes/ if you had a custom theme.
8. Now upload to your folder all files we extracted earlier except for the files we mentioned in the previous step and the “/install” folder
9. Run in your browser http://yourdomain.com/oc-panel/update/database?from_version=2.0.3
10. Ready!

Troubleshooting

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If you are running a version of OC older than 2.1.4 you will get this message after updating:

Fatal error: Class ‘Database_Mysql’ not found , to fix it follow this short guide.

Then execute at your browser again: http://yourdomain.com/oc-panel/update/database?from_version=2.0.3

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If you are running version lower than any 2.x, that means any 1.x version follow first this guide.

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If you accidentally have clicked on update, please follow the manual update instructions.