Version 6.0 Release Notes - Revision history

SarahK at 20:59, 14 October 2021

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‎Client Area Templates

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2015-10-20T20:58:53Z

2015-09-22T13:49:09Z

Reverted edits by Matt (talk) to last revision by John

2015-09-22T13:47:26Z

Replaced content with "{{:Version_6.1.0_Release Notes}}"

2015-07-09T06:50:48Z

‎Upgrade to Smarty 3

2015-07-08T14:39:17Z

‎Thanks

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 By default Smarty 3 disallows the use of Smarty php tags in template files.  However, we know a lot of custom templates and modules rely on this functionality and so we have introduced a backwards compatibility setting in Setup > General Settings > Security named '''"Allow Smarty PHP Tags"'''.  This setting is disabled by default (which is recommended), but if your custom templates or installed third party addons/modules require it, you can turn it on here.
-<div class="docs-alert-info">We strongly encourage all users and module developers to use the Page Hooks to execute required PHP code required to generate template content and make it available to templates via the defined methods.  A number of [[Hooks:Index#Client_Area_Interface|Client Area Interface Hooks]] and [[Hooks:Index#Output|Admin Area Interface Hooks]] exist exactly for this purpose.</div>
+<div class="docs-alert-info">We strongly encourage all users and module developers to use the Page Hooks to execute required PHP code required to generate template content and make it available to templates via the defined methods.  A number of Client Area Interface Hooks and Admin Area Interface Hooks exist exactly for this purpose.</div>
 ==Removal of Dbconnect.php==

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 =Download=
-To download the latest version of WHMCS, simply visit http://download.whmcs.com/
+To download the latest version of WHMCS, [http://download.whmcs.com/ click here].
-Please be aware you will need to hold a direct license with us to be able to download the WHMCS software from our website. If you obtain your license through a reseller partner, you will need to obtain the download via them.
+You must hold a direct license with us in order to download the WHMCS software from our website. If you obtain your license through a reseller partner, download WHMCS through them.
-As this is a major version update, only a '''full version''' is being made available.  There is no incremental upgrade for users of the latest 5.3 release.
+As this is a major version update, only a '''full version''' is being made available. There is no incremental upgrade for users of the latest 5.3 release.
 =Documentation=
-Documentation can be viewed in the [[Version 6.0|Version 6.0 Documentation Portal]]
+Documentation can be viewed in the [[Version 6.0|Version 6.0 Documentation Portal]].
 =Release Notes=

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 We strongly recommend that all new custom themes and templates are built based off the latest current client area template theme '''six''' in order to take full advantage of the latest improvements and new functionality.
-Detailed information on working with the new theme is available in [[Customising the Six Theme]].
+Detailed information on working with the new theme is available in [https://developers.whmcs.com/themes/ Customising the Six Theme].
 ==Order Form Templates==

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 * [[Changelog:WHMCS V6.0.0 RC 3|V6.0.0 RC 3 Changelog]]
 * [[Changelog:WHMCS V6.0.0 GA|V6.0.0 General Availability Changelog]]
 =Thanks=

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 *Release Type: Maintenance
 *Release Date: 20th October 2015
 =Download=

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 All existing templates '''should''' for the mostpart continue to work unaffected.
-There are however some key API changes that Smarty have made and we have a handy [Version 6 Template Migration Guide] which provides details of many of the key changes.
+There are however some key API changes that Smarty have made and we have a handy [[Version 6 Template Migration Guide]] which provides details of many of the key changes.
 By default Smarty 3 disallows the use of Smarty php tags in template files.  However, we know a lot of custom templates and modules rely on this functionality and so we have introduced a backwards compatibility setting in Setup > General Settings > Security named '''"Allow Smarty PHP Tags"'''.  This setting is disabled by default (which is recommended), but if your custom templates or installed third party addons/modules require it, you can turn it on here.

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 =Thanks=
 * Turkish translation provided by BurtiNET Internet Services / burtinet.com
 * A massive thanks to everyone who took part in, and contributed to the beta program. Your dedication and attention to detail helped make WHMCS 6.0 the best release it could possibly be. Thanks from everyone here at WHMCS