New HostBill release has just been a couple of hours ago, as usual we’re bringing new improvements to your billing platform. To make HostBill everyday usage easier we’ve re-designed Smart Search and narrowed its results to the most useful ones. Clean design + additional nice touch of highlighted search results – check screenshot below!
Within the last few hours we’ve been notified by external auditor about SQL Injection vulnerability found in current HostBill releases.
As 4.0 version is ready it also includes patch for this problem. Please update at your earliest convenience, before vulnerability details become widely known. We recommend using auto-upgrade plugin, to make sure you’re always up-to-date with recent updates/patches.
So whats new in HostBill 4.0.0 ?
Reports in HostBill
HostBill always had nice-looking and insightful graphical statistics, but we realize that sometimes numbers looks better printed, or are even required in this representation. Make sure to check flexible new reports, allowing for drag & drop output adjustments, multiple output formats (HTML, CSV, PDF, TXT & more) & easy report criteria modification in HostBill 4.0
Learn more at http://blog.hostbillapp.com/
New Orderpage: Smart Wizard
Created to sell more with each well-designed step this orderpage is another amazing item on our rich collection
Check this, and another available orderpages at http://hostbillapp.com/features/order-pages.php
Full changelog available at: http://hostbillapp.com/changelog/
Soon (on 2012-10-19) HostBill will reach its 4.0.0 milestone. It took us approx. 1 year and over 28 (!) public releases to get here (you can track last year’s progress at http://hostbillapp.com/changelog).
In this blog post we’d like to show you feature that is scheduled for 4.0 release: Reports.
HostBill had (and still has) built-in statistics as graphical representation, but we realize some data look better (and sometimes has to be) presented in numbers and on paper. 4.0 comes with over 20 useful and insightful reports, such as Sales tax liability, support ticket ratings reports, transactions per gateway etc.
Best part is – reports are customizable with drag & drop, and each result set can be limited with custom criteria, to get exactly what you need in fast and easy way!
We’re not slowing down! HostBill 3.9.9 has just been released.
What’s new?
Google Analytics + Ecommerce tracking module
HostBill has always been the core ingredient in from 0 to working hosting company in under 1hour – now it’s even faster. Using our Google Analytics module you don’t need to worry about file edits, smarty syntax etc to place your tracking code – just enable Google Analytics plugin.
Learn more at https://hostbill.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOCS/pages/492085/Google+Analytics+Integration
BCrypt for Admin & Client passwords
HostBill now creates password using BCrypt. For non-geek readers: BCrypt is hashing algorithm based on Blowfish. How’s that different from older (considered as broken) hashing mechanisms? BCrypt keeps up with Moore Law which in short words means that even in the future with faster machines it will take roughly the same amount of time (in years) to crack single password.
Q: Would my/client’s old password work?
A: Sure, once you will login after upgrade HostBill will automatically rehash your password with the new method.
Full changelog available at: http://hostbillapp.com/changelog/
New updates from HostBill team – version 3.9.8 is now available to download. What’s new?
Free Plugin: HostBill Content Slider
Build rich feature pages, custom orderpages, wordpress sliders & much much more. With 10 transition effects, custom styles, and powerful admin area allowing for direct slides upload!
Another week, another exciting update from HostBill team! HostBill 3.9.6 is now available to download. What’s new?
New Orderpage:
Our orderpage collection is getting bigger – a new customizable orderpage with plan comparison table is now available.
Client-Configurable bandwidth billing
Using HostBill to sell colocation? If not – you should! Your clients will be able to configure their bandwidth requirements during order – measurement method & limit – HostBill will do the maths!
Learn more at blog.hostbillapp.com
Full changelog available at: http://hostbillapp.com/changelog/
You may already know that HostBill works great with Colocation/Dedicated servers offering, allowing to measure and bill for bandwidth usage – more details can be found here: http://hostbillapp.com/features/colocation.php
With 3.9.6 we’re introducing new possibility – your clients will be able to choose their bandwidth billing method, and limits directly from cart! One mouse click in product configuration, and you can set smart product configuration.
Using this method overage rate is calculated automatically, based on pricing client selected during order.
It also allows client to upgrade to higher bandwidth limit anytime during billing cycle!
Your clients will love improvement scheduled for 3.9.6 release (2012-09-28) – dynamic attachment uploads for support tickets. Just drag & drop files into upload area or choose them manually and you’re there – no more hours of waiting after ticket submit for attachments to upload. Let them load once message is being composed!
It’s been a busy week, so time for another great HostBill update! What’s new in HostBill 3.9.4?
freeRadius module for HostBill
3.9.4 comes with integrated freeRADIUS module – based on MySQL backend. Thinking of adding VPN hosting to your offer? RADIUS server offers countless integration options, now you can automate this part of your business with HostBill!
Learn more at: http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/freeradius.html
ManualSSL module
You like our great SSL Orderpages, but your SSL reseller does not provide module for HostBill? Not a problem, now you can receive emails for certificates that require manual setup.
Free OpenSRS reseller accounts for HostBill customers!
Thanks to our partnership with OpenSRS, HostBill Owned license users are entitled to apply for a low cost OpenSRS reseller account.
With no setup fees and domain pricing as low as $9.53 for .com it’s a great opportunity to jump into domain/ssl market – with all tools already included in HostBill:
OpenSRS Domain registration module
OpenSRS SSL Module
To register for your reseller account visit Partners section in our client area (after logging in).
Full changelog available at: http://hostbillapp.com/changelog/
Time for the new update from HostBill team: HostBill 3.9.2 has just been released. What’s new?
New orderpage: Premade plans slider
Another great slider to our collection – this one lets you define custom “stacks” in orderpage settings.
Example stack A: WordPress, Stack B: Drupal, Stack C: Virtuemart etc.
Stacks appear on the orderpage below slider, once clicked it sets slider to the predefined position.
Limit support questions: How much ram would my WordPress install need?
Full changelog available at: http://hostbillapp.com/changelog/
