====== Simple Invoice 2007 10 02 release! ======

!!October 01 2007!!

Hi All,

I'm pleased to announce that Simple Invoices 2007 10 02 has now been released!
- Note: This release has been delayed for the last few days as I've been celebrating Geelongs victory over Port in the AFL Grand Final - refer below for photos and details
-- Go CATS!!

This is our first major release is just over 4 months and alot of 'under the hood' work has gone into this release

Main changes:
  * Updated UI and menu system
  * More preferences moved from config/config.php into the System Preferences page
  * Add more items into an itemised ot consulting invoice via the edit page
  * PHP5 5 and above only
  * How PDFs are generated has been updated - no need for $install_path in config.php

Full ChangeLog

  * PHP5 and above only - Simple Invoices will no longer work on PHP4 servers
  * Invoices now can be deleted- This is can be enabled via the System Preferences page
  * Adding more items to an existing invoice via the edit page it now possible
  * New javascript menu included - now works in IEs,FF and Opera
  * New language select system - system language can now be changed via the System Preferences page
  * All pages move to the smarty templating system
  * Updated UI - were slowly moving away from our 37signals style UI to a more unqiue UI
  * PDF system modified - $installation_path no longer required
  * Authentication sql table added to the default install - so you now longer have to manually run the login sql to get authentication working
  * How total invoices are stored in the DB has changed - now a total invoices gets stored as a product in the products table but set to not visible via the Manage Products page
  * System Defautls renamed to System Preferences
  * Authentication can now be set via the config.php file - no need to adjust include_auth.php anymore
  * Customer add template fixed for if no name entered
  * Issue 106 Edit tax rates bug fixed
  * Report: Debtors owing by customer sql fixed
  * SQL patch to alter tax rate to 3 decimal places

Changes since the beta
  * PDF and emailing a PDF now work correctly

You can grab a copy of the release from our sourceforge site:
Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=164303
Demo: http://www.simpleinvoices.org/demo

The Cats Grand Final victory over Port (aka the reason why this release wasn't done for the last few days)
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/30/sports/30afl.php

{{:blog:afl_2007.jpg|Cats 2007 AFL Grand Final win}}

{{:blog:afl_2007_2.jpg|Cats 7002 AFL Grand Final win}}

Cheers

Justin




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