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HostBill 3.9.6 Preview: Dynamic attachment uploads

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!

HostBill 3.9.4 Release

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.

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HostBill 3.9.2 Release

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?

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HostBill 3.9.0 Release

HostBill 3.9.0 has just been released – make sure to check what’s new:

Updated SolusVM module
An All-In-One powerful integration, allowing you to sell your SolusVM resources as :
- single VPS machines
- virtual datacenters – give resources to clients and let them create VM’s on their own
- reseller accounts
- DIY flexible packages – where your client chooses what resources he will need during signup
Learn more at http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/solusvm.html
vm1-usage

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HostBill 3.9 Preview: New Client area variation: "NextGen Clean"

Our NextGen theme released few months ago changed industry outlook on client section of service provider websites. It’s time to make it even better!
With HostBill 3.9 we’re introducing new variation of this popular theme, called “Nextgen Clean” – we’ve made it nicer to eye with pixel-perfect attention to details, take a look on some screenshots or watch short style walk-trough:

https://vimeo.com/84670020

A few screenshots:


p_invoice

p_client

p_login

Coming up with 3.9: HostBill AutoUpgrade & AutoPatch

HostBill is well known of its outstanding pace of development and rapid new releases. We’ve decided to make process of upgrade easier to HostBill users, that’s why with release of HostBill 3.9 (2012-09-07) we’re introducing HostBill AutoUpgrade & AutoPatch

This Plugin (enabled by default) periodically checks for new HostBill versions & patches – if a new version is available, administrators will see following notification:


new_v_available

Upgrading to latest HostBill version is simple as clicking one button:

https://vimeo.com/85334797

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HostBill Security Patch

Within last few hours we’ve been notified about potential LFD security threat that affects HostBill installations, caused by one of used libraries.
Although its severity really depends on server configuration we cannot leave our users at risk – we take security very seriously.

Download patch from here: http://hostbillapp.com/clientarea/patches/hostbill_patch3.8.0_3426.zip (for version 3.8).

Patching process is simple – extract archive contents in main HostBill directory, no db updates/install is required.

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HostBill 3.8.0 Release

HostBill 3.8.0 has just been released, make sure to check what’s new:

OnApp & OnApp CDN: Pre-Paid Metered billing
Let your customers pay upfront for resources. Invoices can be generated after account credit will reach your threshold.

New module: Observium
Now you can add bandwidth billing through Observium, an alternative to previously released Cacti integration. Allow clients to browse graphs, estimate & bill for overages. Learn more at https://hostbillapp.com/products-services/observium/

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HostBill 3.7.0 Release

HostBill 3.7.0 is now available for download. What’s new in the latest HostBill?

Major ticket improvements:

  • Ticket macros – now you can add predefined response to tickets & automatically perform actions like status change, priority change, staff assignment & more.
  • Bulk actions – select multiple tickets in details screen to apply bulk action – using ticket macros and custom criteria you can update similar tickets at once!
  • Advanced ticket filters – create pre-import filters to determine tickets that should be rejected and post-import to apply automated actions after ticket creation based on your custom rules.
  • SLA/Escalations – HostBill now can automatically escalate & overdue tickets based on SLA set per department

Learn more about ticketing system in HostBill at http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/support-system.html

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HostBill 3.6.0 release

HostBill 3.6.0 is now available for download. Take a 5 min tour and learn what’s new in HostBill:

Bandwidth & Overage Billing
You can now measure bandwidth utilization for your Colocation/Dedicated customers, display graphs from Cacti, bill for overages using Total Transfer or 95th Percentile method.
Learn more at: http://hostbillapp.com/features/colocation.php

Remote Reboots trough PDU
Allow your clients to reboot their Dedicated servers directly from your client area! Staff members can assign PDU ports with SNMP support, turn them off/on directly from HostBill interface.
Learn more at: http://hostbillapp.com/features/colocation.php

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