We are glad to announce the availability of 5.1.0 RC today.

This release covers several new features, enhancements and bug fixes.

RC Release Notes is available here.

Download links are given below:

• Exe Installer - Bundled with MySQL, Apache, PHP and vtiger CRM Source
• Bin Installer - Bundled with MySQL, Apache, PHP and vtiger CRM Source
• Source .tar.gz - vtiger CRM Source
• 5.0.x to 5.1.0 Patch
• Firefox plugin
• Outlook plugin
• Thunderbird plugin
• Customer Portal

Online Demo: http://en.vtiger.com/wip

Following are some of the videos to help you start with vtiger:

• 5.1.0RC Exe Installation Video
• 5.1.0RC Source Installation Video
• Migrating to 5.1.0RC - by pointing to previous installation source video

Please evaluate it and share your feedback.

Report any issues you notice at http://trac.vtiger.com with version set to 5.1.0 RC. Make sure to provide complete details of the issue.

PS: Did you get a chance to Vote for vtiger CRM ( Sourceforge CCA09 )

Thank you for nominating us for Community choice award. With your support, vtiger CRM has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Best Project for Enterprise‘ category. You can vote for vtiger by clicking the link below.

We also have a small video that shows: How to cast vote?

Its been several weeks without updates on 5.1.0 development, we apologize for it.

What was achieved?

Post validation build2 of 5.1.0, our major focus was on improving performance of vtiger CRM.

We have now rolled in performance changes on our SVN (which will be available in next build).

What is happening now?

* Internal validation of the product is carried out to get ready for the next build.

* Migration wizard enhancements to make the migration process better.

We are aiming at freezing the changes this week (or early next week), so that we can firm up date for RC release.

Kindly bear with us till next update.

Regards,
Prasad
vtiger Team

Dear vtigers!

Sourceforge.net has opened up the nominations process for this year’s community choice awards. Please click the link below to show your support and nominate the vtiger CRM for ‘Best Project for Enterprise’ category.

thank you,

vtiger Team

We are happy to share 5.1.0 validation build2 with community.

This build is intended for seeking feedback from community members to identify any issues that needs to be addressed before RC/Final release.

Please do not use the 5.1 validation build on your production server.

Open issues with 5.1.0 are accessible at http://trac.vtiger.com

Reporting Issues:

1. Login to trac.vtiger.com (To get access to trac.vtiger.com, email to info@vtiger.com)
2. Set Milestone 5.1.0. Version to 5.1.0-val2
3. Set appropriate Priority
4. Provide clear description on the issue.

Download links for build:

http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val2/vtigercrm-5.1.0-val2.exe
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val2/vtigercrm-5.1.0-val2.bin
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val2/vtigercrm-5.1.0-val2-Source.zip
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val2/vtigercrm-customerportal-5.1.0-val2.zip

http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val2/vtigercrm-firefox-plugin-5.1.0-val2.xpi
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val2/vtigercrm-thunderbird-plugin-5.1.0-val2.xpi

List of Features and Documentation available at:
http://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Vtiger_CRM_5.1.0_Features_List

Demo Links:
http://en.vtiger.com/wip
http://en.vtiger.com/wip/customerportal

Note: To login to customer portal
1. Create a contact by providing email address and enable Portal user checkbox (in ‘more information’ tab).
2. Login details will be send through mail to the email address used.

I’m happy to make the availability vtwsclib - version 1.2

Download URL: http://forge.vtiger.com/frs/?group_id=181&release_id=503

Thanks to community for providing support & feedback on the earlier version of the library.

Highlights of this release:

* Fixed bug that was happening during Login and Describe operation.

* doListTypes API return data-structure was changed to Map instead of List.

* New API lastError was added to get error information sent for the unsuccessful operation.

* Sample Applications (vtclient - using PHP wrapper classes and vtoffline - using Javascript wrapper classes) were updated.

Please refer the documentation for more information and share your feedback.

What vtwsclib?

vtwsclib (vtiger CRM Web Services Client Library) provides wrapper classes for PHP, Javascript, and Python, to use vtiger CRM web services. Using this library you can write new applications that integrate with vtiger CRM.

Project URL: http://forge.vtiger.com/projects/vtwsclib/

For the last couple of weeks we have collected the FAQ addressed to our vtiger related support in a new Journal. The collection is based on average users questions with less or non technical background and suppose to provide simple hints and tricks for a better CRM experience.
This is growing now and I thought it is a good idea to make this available to the vtiger community.

You may access the German version at: http://blog.crm-now.de/

most of the articles are also available in English at: http://blog.crm-now.de/en/

Have a look and let me know what you think.

Today, we are announcing the release of the first validation build forthe 5.1 release.This build is intended for seeking feedback from community members and to identify and fix issues before the final release. Developers intending to develop on 5.1 can start developing on the validation build and make use of the Web Service APIs and the vtlib module creation libraries and report issues.

Please do not use the 5.1 validation build on your production servers

Open issues with 5.1.0 are accessible at http://trac.vtiger.com

Reporting Issues:

1. Login to trac.vtiger.com (To get access to trac.vtiger.com, please email info@vtiger.com.)
2. Set Milestone to 5.1.0, Version to 5.1.0-val1.
3. Set appropriate Priority.

4. Provide a clear description of the issue.

Steps to the 5.1 Release

We will release another validation build (VB2) after fixing some of the issues reported during the first validation cycle. Based on the feedback on VB2, we may need another validation build or go directly to Release candidate. The final release can be expected a few weeks after Release candidate.

Download links for build:-
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val1/vtigercrm-5.1.0-val1.exe
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val1/vtigercrm-5.1.0-val1.bin
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val1/vtigercrm-5.1.0-val1-Source.zip
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val1/vtigercrm-customerportal-5.1.0-val1.zip

http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val1/vtigercrm-firefox-plugin-5.1.0-val1.xpi
http://www.vtiger.com/products/crm/510-val1/vtigercrm-thunderbird-plugin-5.1.0-val1.xpi

List of Features and Documentation available at:-
http://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Vtiger_CRM_5.1.0_Features_List

Update:-

http://en.vtiger.com/wip/ is update with the Validation Build 1.

Note:
Customer portal is deployed at http://en.vtiger.com/wip/customerportal/
To login to customer portal, create a contact, and in ‘more information’ tab of the create form, check Portal user. Login details will be send through mail to that contact’s email id.