Release Notes

Hosting Controller Service Pack 5 for v.2002 Build 3 (Primary Installer) – April 14, 2003

The main feature of Hosting Controller Service Pack 5 is completely redone Plan Manager. This service pack offers lots of bug fixes, improved version of plan manager, and support for MailMax 5x. In addition to this, certain interfaces are also changed, which we will explain later.

New Features With This Service Pack

• Most Advanced & Easy Plan Manager - Service Pack 5 will install a superior plan manager which will offer easy interface and great functionality. This is one of the most advanced plan manager offered in any Windows hosting control panel today.
  
  Changes to existing plan manager:
  
  1. The overall interface is simplified. Options are moved to more appropriate places.
  
  

  Options New Location     Host Admin   List My Plans renamed: My Plans Add Plan My Plans -> Add Sold Plan Instances renamed: Sold Plans Sell Plan Instance My Plans -> Sell Add Resources Add-Ons -> Add Resources List Resources Add-Ons -> List Resources Credit Limit User Manager ->List User -> Edit     Reseller Admin     List My Plans renamed: My Plans Add Plan My Plans -> Add Purchased Plan Instances renamed: Purchased Plans Sold Plan Instances renamed: Sold Plans Sell Plan Instance My Plans -> Sell Purchase Plan Host Plans -> Buy Now Import Host Plans Host Plans -> Import Add Resources Add-Ons -> Add Resources List Resources Add-Ons -> List Resources Sell Add-On Add-Ons -> Sell Add-On Sold Add-On Add-Ons -> Sold Add-On Credit Limit User Manager -> List User -> Edit

  
  2. Plan Comparison feature is provided. You may compare own/sold/purchase plans and take print out also.
  
  3. Plan allocation failure report is improved. Added a bit of intelligence to this, so if you try to sell a plan and allocation fails due to resource shortage then you will get a very concise Quota status report with a purchase link. Behind that link, HC calculates current statistics and recommends a solution itself. So, with a single click, you can get rid of error, and if not willing to take HC's suggested solution then click on 'Let me Decide' link to decide yourself.
  
  4. New version 1.4 style quota report available. Customers since version 1.4 days will be happy to see it again! This report tells in a glance about the purchase, consumed, and left quota. See these reports under new Report->Hosting Quota menu.
  
  5. Credit limit is now like liquid cash. If you have given $150 limit then only plans/add-on up to worth $150 can be purchased by the holder.
  
  6. Host may take back sold plan as long as plan is not utilized.
  
  7. If you wish to suspend a reseller, you may suspend his account from User Manager->List Users. This will disable all website and accounts under that reseller.
  
  8. Reports are shown in logical manner, plans are grouped by plan owners. Visual aid, like the one under HostAdmin->User Manager->User Stats, is provided.
  
  9. Billing and Plan Manager are tightly integrated. Assigned different status to sold plans, like Paid, Partially Paid, Unpaid, Suspended, etc. VERY improved interface in terms of plan manager & billing.
  
  10. Fixed plan switching issues. Please note that plan switching will work best when billing is ON.
  
  11. Fixed 30+ bugs in plan manager.
  
  12. Comprehensive Reports, On-screen Summaries, Visual Aids, Easy Navigation, Better Integration, and MANY more features make plan manager very robust and easy to use!

• IMail External Database Support - IMail, the most popular mail server, is now supported on external database configuration also. Find the new options under HostAdmin->Mail Settings->IMail.

• MailMax 5 Mail Server Support - Hosting Controller now supports MailMax 5.x version also.

Important Change

• Almost all the options under Plan Manager menu have either renamed or moved to more appropriate location. See above for the description of what has changed. These changes will not confuse the customer but will enhance the usability.

• A new 'Reports' option is added to left menu and the 'Bandwidth' and 'Disk Usage' menu option have moved under Reports.

• eNom and Names4Ever setup is fixed. You may now configure either Names4Ever, or eNom, or both a time. If for example, only Names4Ever is enabled then your customer will see only Names4Ever in their control panel.

• On much insistence, we have provided back the option to select an IP of your choice at the time of site creation.

• Host/Resellers are now able to edit their customer profile from User Manager->List Users->User Profile.

• Disk Quota service logs are improved. Comprehensive system logs are in 'Admin/Logs' folder.

Bug Fixes In This Service Pack

• Hosting Controller Service Manager application is fixed. Previously it was not handling services properly.

• Previously host currency was not inherited to his customers. This bug is fixed.

• Solved a bug in domain creation where lengthy user name resulted in an error.

• Solved a bug in MailEnable domain display where IP was shown against virtual domains.

• Xmail change password option was throwing exception, this error is fixed.

• Solved a bug where editing DNS zone was not updating the secondary DNS.

• The infamous "Error in Editing Account" bug is fixed.

• Fixed a bug in Invoice Email where hyperlink was bad.

• In MS-SQL based HC setup, all gateways were initially shown 'Configured'. This bug is fixed.

• Solved MailEnable bug where maximum number of mailboxes were not getting set.

• Fixed a bug in user creation on domain setup step 2 where if user already existed then page goes blank.

• Fixed a bug which allowed WebAdmins to change the control panel logo set by the reseller.

• Fixed a bug where when HC is expired the customer gets only a red cross upon login.

• Re-login bug fixed. Previously re-login was not working for those who access control panel as http://domain.com/admin.

• Fixed change password bug. Now if user enters incorrect old password then he will receive appropriate message.

• Domain search on List Domains is fixed.

• Fixed temporary virtual directory setup problem. Previously HC was setting virtual directory as http://Host.com/Domain.com which causes problem when running scripts. Now, the virtual directory will be setup as http://Host.com/Domain-com.

• Accounts/Domains/Plans listings are sorted.

• Hosting Controller now assigns the Primary DNS IP to Delivery Service for mail delivery. This makes sure that even if you change the DNS, mail delivery remain synchronized.

• Hosting Controller stores SQL password in encrypted form. The encryption algo (MD5) sometimes inserts null characters therefore making HC unable to manage MS SQL and as a result HC throws error "unable to connect to database". This bug is fixed.

• The tab order on Update User page is fixed.

• When user select a website and clicks on the "Sub Domain" button, the selected site in the combo box will be the site selected by the user on the previous screen.

• Fixed few minor html related issues in OpenAPI.

• Fixed the bug where reseller was also able to set Bandwidth Calculation Interval. This option is supposed to be for Host only.

• Fixed various Names4Ever problems. These problems were in their PIRIN API.

• Fixed a site import problem where HC was not setting proper anonymous and NTFS permissions on imported sites.

• Fixed forum setup bug where users were able to setup forum even when it was not available in their plan.
  

IMPORTANT

Make sure you have Internet Explorer Service Pack 1 on the server otherwise unexpected Hosting Controller behavior is expected. You may download this from http://microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.asp.

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