HMSPANEL v3.5.3 Release February 17, 2010

This release focuses on installation processes, bug fixes, front-end changes, template work, and added tool-tip help icons across numerous control panel pages.
With many bug fixes and improvements HMSPANEL becomes more stable and improved. We recommend the upgrade to v3.5.3 to everyone.
Version: v3.5.3 Stable
Upgrade Rating: For all customers:Recommended
All installers have been updated and are available for license holders from our software repository.

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Important Notes
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NOTE 1: If you currently run v3.5.2 or earlier you will need to contact us directly for specific instructions in upgrading your system.
NOTE 2: For new installations the process is not different. The installers have already been updated and have the most recent changes applied to them.
NOTE 3: Detail instructions can be sent to license holders that will make upgrades to v3.5.3 very simple. If you wish for us to perform the upgrade please visit: http://support.hmspanel.com/index.php?action=ticket_submit to submit to provide us your server login information.
CHANGELOG v3.5.3 Stable

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* New Features
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1. Updated the plan editor/creator. This Ajax pop-up was a large window that would appear when adding or updating hosting plans that took most of the screen when displayed. This has now been converted to a full .css based template where fields have been organized accordingly so that they appear in their proper places when editing or adding plans.
2. New PHP installers have been created for all supported Linux distributions. Overall aesthetics have been updated. More specifically when the installer asks questions, they now show the answers to confirm the entered information and the closing portion of the installers will be more clear. Installers have been divided into more visible areas which will help with the overall HMSPANEL installation experience.
3. PHP installers were also updated for the secondary server installers to match the master server installers. They also now show the answers to confirm the entered information and the closing portion of the installers will be more ””clear””.
4. phpMyAdmin was also updated to the latest version on the secondary servers.
5. Fixed bug with the WordPress software installer:
Explanation: When WordPress was installed in root of /htdocs, the installer would reset permissions on /htdocs to root:root so the general FTP user could not write/overwrite/upload to /htdocs. We have fixed this issue. Additionally, the /htdocs/.htaccess or /htdocs/{dir}/.htaccess for WordPress (Permalinks), was not writable before and it is now so users can set that up properly.

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* Improvements
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1. Updated installers to present the users with more intuitive and descriptive questions to help provide more accurate information when installing HMSPANEL.
2. Numerous Ajax pop-ups have been replaced with full view .css enriched pages where fields can be seen easily.
3. Ajax pop-ups that controlled E-Mail templates and front-end template code that appeared to be too big have been replaced with .css based template pages. These have been organized accordingly so fields are in the proper places when editing or adding.
4. The webmail page has been modified and cleaned up overall to blend in with the color scheme of the control panel.
5. Tool-Tips have been added across the control panel pages to help answer any questions for a given control panel function/tool.
6. Updated the phpMyAdmin version to the most stable release.
7. phpMyAdmin was also updated to the latest version on the secondary servers.

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* Bug Fixes
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1. Added some critical start/finish tags to the front-end pages that were not present before. This was causing the title><?=getSetting(””page_title_main””);?></title> and <form action=””http://<?=getSetting(‘’site_name””);?>/loginorder.php”” method=””POST””> functions to not associate the correct website names or IP addresses.
2. Corrected the function links for ””Deleting Website”” and ””Test Site”” icons.

Like always, HMSPANEL will be available to perform upgrades at no charge for any customer that requires one.

Best Regards,
HMSPANEL Software Corporation.