Open Classifieds 2.8.0.

Hello!

Big new release for Open Classifieds! we’ve been working many months to make this super nice release for all of you! It’s been tough but we finally have it :D

What’s new in 2.8.0.

• New admin panel! read more about it here.
• New free theme Basecamp free! read more here, or preview it here.
• Private site option. Invite only.
• Improved membership plans.
• New payment gateway securepay (for AUS).
• Currency converter.
• AMP HTML pages.
• 2 Step authentication.
• Improved RSS.
• Mark ads as sold.
• API for Orders.
• Google Maps private keys.
• Fixed memcached cache.
• Fixed MySQL 5.7 incompatibility
• Updated many external libraries. Chart.js, hybridauth, fraudlabs, jquery,
• New required version PHP 5.6 (since 5.5 will be no longer updated in 10/07/2016).
• And plenty of other small fixes, see all issues here difference of code here.

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.

If you have a custom theme DO NOT update, we have modified the API for 2.8.0 and your theme will not work, please contact us before updating.

Since 2.8.0 we are requiring PHP 5.6.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 5.6. 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 2.7.2

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

• Make a backup of all your files and DB
• Log in to your OC admin panel
• go to tools > update and click Update
• 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
2. Log in at your OC panel
3. Activate the default theme if you had a premium theme
4. Download latest 2.8.0 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 (here put your current version)
10. If you have premium theme, download it from the market and reupload it from there.
11. CONGRATULATIONS !!!! 2.8.0 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 ;)