Vtiger CRM 5.0 RC - Release Notes
From vtiger.com
Date: Aug 14, 2006
vtiger CRM 5.0 RC1, is ready for the last-round of validation before GA release!
Last few days, we have worked hard to make vtiger CRM more user friendly, bug free, and ready for real-time deployment. We thank our community members who spent their valuable time & energy with us and making the RC release successful.
We have few bugs remained in our basket and there are some formalities need to be completed before announcing the public release for the real time deployments. In the meantime, kindly help us by reporting bugs that you might have encountered in RC release version. Your suggestions and feedback will definitely help us providing a smooth transition from v4.2.x to next the generation vtiger CRM.
Major changes in the current update are new "woodspice" theme, calendar enhancements, fully customizable tax calculations, and re-desigend post-installation configuration wizard. We have also fixed about 350 bugs after version 5 Beta 2 release.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
We strongly recommend CRM community NOT to USE vtiger CRM 5 RC1 for any deployments. In case you are looking for an immediate CRM solution for your business, please consider using the vtiger CRM 4.2.3 (latest stable version), which can be downloaded from vtiger.com. Database migration script is provided for migrating data from v4.2.3 to v5 RC1 only for testing purpose. Hence users are strongly recommended to take a backup of the the v4.2.3 data before testing the migration scripts. Database migration script is not provided for migrating data from v 5 Beta releases to v5 RC1. Hence users are strongly recommended to take a backup of the the v 5 Beta data before testing the migration script. Appeal to Developers, Testers, Analysts, Writers, and real end users!
Jump-start to the vtiger Public Discussions and post your valuable suggestions & comments to help us deliver a world class open source CRM for you in another few weeks time. It is very simple to start working with vtiger CRM 5 RC1,
What is New in vtiger CRM 5.0 RC ?
- New theme - woodspice
- Shared/Group Calendar with multiple users
- Customization of Tax calculations
- Manage frequently visited sites in mySites module
- Integrated AJAX based third-party Chat application
- Slide show of the users' photos in Users List View
- Enhanced pre-defined dashboards
- Intuitive System Administration
- Integration of Web services to update all your public listed customer/company profiles
- View multidimensional models for product catalog
- Latest news on company updates
- Redesigned Customer Self-service portal
- Support for PHP5 and MySQL 5 and database system
Download
- Platform Independent (Size: 5.6 MB)
- Windows (Size: 26 MB)
- Linux (Size: 40 MB)
NOTE: We strongly recommend CRM community NOT to USE vtiger CRM 5 RC for real-time deployment. In case you are looking for an immediate CRM solution for your businesses, please consider using the vtiger CRM 4.2.3 (latest stable version), which can be downloaded from vtiger.com.
System Requirements
- Apache - Any version
- MySQL - v 4.1.x through 5.1.x
- PHP - 5.0.x through 5.1.x
Appeal to Developers, Testers, Analysts, Writers, and end users!
Jump-start to vtiger Public Discussions and post your valuable suggestions & comments to help us deliver a world class open source CRM for you in another few weeks time. It is very simple,
Step 1: Browse through Live Demo
Step 2: Ready with LAMP/WAMP, Download product
Step 3: Post your suggestions & comments at vtiger Discussions under : vtiger CRM 5.x category