Open Classifieds 2.7.1. minor release

Hello OC friends!

Today we have a minor release that fixes 2 issues not produced by us but by 3rd party. Normally is us who messes up, but this time luckily is not.

It is really important to update specially for issue #1.

1 – Images not showing and other issues loading
PHP changed the behaviour of mysqli_fetch_object, the bug is reported here they have fixed it and will be in next version of PHP. Versions affected are PHP 5.6.21 and PHP 7.0.6. So if your hosting uses latest version of PHP you may be affected.

We have introduce a small hack in the code that even if you have any of this faulty versions of PHP , Open Classifieds will work fine.

2 – reCaptcha not working

Google changed the way you can communicate with recaptcha allowing only post to their API. We have changed this and now your reCaptcha will work

We are working hardly on 2.8.0 which will introduce many nice features… we will keep you in the loop.

Thanks! The OC-team

How to update?

Please read these instructions carefully. If you can’t update your site we offer the update service for $55 if you have a 2.x, Please before get the update service, contact us.

In this new version the themes API has changed slightly and your custom theme will not work on the publish new page. If we did the custom theme we will be contacting you really soon with instructions.

Since 2.4.0 we are requiring PHP 5.5.x as minimal version. We do this since we need to assure you have a decent updated version of PHP installed at your hosting. So before you update be sure you have 5.5. you can ask your hosting for this.

We can not be responsible for fail updates during the update process and we won’t fix those issues for you. If you are not sure, how to do it, please buy our professional update here.

Website is running on Open Classifieds 2.2.1 or higher:

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
• If you have a newer version, click on check for updates and then go to http://yoursite.com/oc-panel/update/latest
• If you have premium theme, download it from the market and reupload it from there.
• Done! ;)

Manual update for lower versions and advanced users only:

Please follow the instructions 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 2.7.1 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 (here put your current version)
10. If you have premium theme, download it from the market and reupload it from there.
11. CONGRATULATIONS !!!! 2.7.1 is Ready!

Please for any problems or questions use our forum for this release or open a support ticket if you have support. You can buy a support package now, and we will update your site to the latest version!

Feel free to give us any feedback or kudos we are happy to hear and help you!

thanks ;)