Post originally published on 26/07/2012.

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Hello,

Last 2 weeks I’ve been really busy working on Open Classifieds, since I didn’t get all the help needed for 2.0. what I decided is to improve current version and do a huge code refactoring so everything works better.

What includes:

  • Moderation of posts available (unspam, and activate posts from the admin).
  • New Admin face lift, using twitter bootstrap.
  • New instalation system, just 1 step.
  • New autolad for classes.
  • New site statistics with charts.
  • New template for full header.
  • New log/profiler system if debug active in the footer.
  • filecache selected by default on install.
  • Upgraded phpmailer, cache system, database class.
  • Improved spam detector.
  • Moved all the templates to /content/.
  • Cache disabled if you are loged in as admin.
  • Code refactoring.

To release this version I really need the help from all of you! We NEED Testers!

This version is already live at aderous.com, I used 3 different servers and seems to be working fine. Your themes modifications should work just fine.

Be aware this is a beta, so don’t use it in production sites.

How to install:

  • Download
  • Unpack
  • Run the installation in http://yourdomain.com/install/
  • Follow the steps
  • Working!

How to upgrade from any 1.7.x version to 1.8

  • Create a backup of your files and DB
  • Download new version
  • Uncompress
  • Run the installation at http://yourdomain.com/install/
  • Follow the steps
  • Run at your browser :
  • http://yourdomain.com/install/upgrade175.php (if your installation was older than 1.7.5)
  • http://yourdomain.com/install/upgrade18.php  (to speed up the DB)
  • Delete /install/
  • Enjoy ;)

I hope you appreciate the hard work we did, also we will release a new premium theme, HTML5, responsive (optimized for phones and tablets), and with great improvements!

Screenshots of this new version:

Special thanks to Roberto Stringa for the responsive theme and to bootswatch.com for the amazing twitter bootstrap styles.

Please any comment or suggestion do it here.

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16 Comments » for Open Classifieds 1.8 Beta
  1. Johan says:

    Hi Chema,

    I will test it for you at http://www.erfrontline.co.za – tx for the hard work.

  2. slavi says:

    Looking awsome. I’ll test it as soon as i can.

  3. Jose says:

    I can provide my hosting to test the new version. About new features is in the forums? or we can post here?

  4. Hello,

    Please test it and any issues in the forum.

    thanks!

  5. Perhaps it’s a good idea to use php gettext so it’s not mandatory to have gettext compiled.

  6. Hello! Thanks ;)

    We already use it since long time a go, but still we put it as nice to have, since works faster if you have it.

    Regards!

  7. Eddie says:

    I cannit install it says cannot check it mod-rewrite is installed
    I know it is.
    I also have php 5.2.17 but it says no.

  8. Michael says:

    Hello all. A question. How can I put link in google and msn sitemap, because I see that version has no button in admin panel, where you can copy the link to sitemap. Older versions 1.76 we saw that is. BETA Version 1.8 does not. Please fix the problem. Thank you.

  9. Eddi and Micheal please use the forum as I said.

    Eddie: i will check about the 5.2.17 let’s see. Mod rewrite if it’s used with fastcgi is not possible to be checked.

    Michael, at admin->tools you have it.

  10. Michael says:

    I found a bug in version 1.8. When you open the site to google chrome, and want to upload a picture to see a very ugly buttons. Please fix the problem

  11. Michael use the forum, also an ugly button…bug? ok…

  12. Jobs says:

    Michael can you please be more specific when you are describing….what is “very ugly buttons”?

  13. how to install it in a wamp??

  14. marwan says:

    big problem please
    images canot uploaded

  15. benlhe says:

    mod_rewrite Not found, Cannot check if installed

  16. Chema says:

    Please use the forum, not the blog. We can help you there.

    regards

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