Hi All,<div><br></div><div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
We are glad to release 5.4 RC version of vtiger CRM open source product today. This version includes many usability improvements, features enhancements, and 100+ bug fixes. These changes have been previously deployed to our On Demand customers in the past 6 months.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">Usability Enhancements in 5.4.0</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial"></strong>1. Simpler Top level menu, which can be configured using MenuEditor<br>
2. Simpler UI for creating custom filters<br>3. Convert Lead UI has been redesigned to offer flexibility to users<br>4. Import Feature has been enhanced to make it robust<br>5. Ability to select records across pages, for Mass Edit or Bulk Email<br>
6. Account has been renamed to Organization, and Potential to Opportunity<br>7. Easy access to hidden default widgets on home page.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial"><strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">Following are some notable features in 5.4.0 RC release</strong></strong></p>
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1. Workflow module has been enhanced to allow you to create records automatically<br>2. Track who changed what with ‘View History’ for each record in the CRM<br>3. Webforms module to easily integration forms on your website with vtiger CRM<br>
4. Create custom charts and add to Home page<br>5. Customer Portal enhanced for creating better customized settings<br>6. vcard Import for Contacts and Leads<br>7. Include Comments in Leads and Contacts Reports</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Please try out this version and email us your feedback to <a href="mailto:support@vtiger.com">support@vtiger.com</a>. We expect to release the 5.4 GA version before the end of April.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">vtiger CRM 5.4.0 RC downloads :</strong></p>
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vtiger CRM Source<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial"> : </strong><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtigercrm/files/vtiger%20CRM%205.4.0/Core%20Product/vtigercrm-5.4.0-RC.tar.gz/download" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)">vtiger CRM 5.4.0 – RC. tar.gz<br>
</a>Customer portal<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial"> : </strong><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtigercrm/files/vtiger%20CRM%205.4.0/Add-ons/vtigercrm-customerportal-5.4.0-RC.zip/download" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)">Customer Portal Plugin<br>
</a>Firefox Extension<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial"> : </strong><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtigercrm/files/vtiger%20CRM%205.4.0/Add-ons/vtigercrm-firefox-plugin-5.4.0-RC.xpi/download" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)">vtiger CRM Firefox Plugin</a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">Documentation </strong>: <a href="http://wiki.vtiger.com/" target="_blank" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)">http://wiki.vtiger.com</a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">Release Notes :</strong> <a href="https://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Release_Notes_540" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)">vtiger CRM 5.4.0 RC release notes</a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">Demo Links</strong> :<br>
<a href="http://demo.vtiger.com/" target="_blank" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)">http://demo.vtiger.com<br>
</a><a href="http://demo.vtiger.com/portal" target="_blank" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)">http://demo.vtiger.com/portal</a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">Customer portal login credentials:<br>
</strong>User name : <a href="http://www.vtiger.com/blogs/test@vtiger.com" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)"> test@vtiger.com<br>
</a>Password : test</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">To Report Issues:</strong> Please send email to <a href="mailto:support@vtiger.com">support@vtiger.com</a> or report on <a href="http://trac.vtiger.com/" target="_blank" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(34,122,209)">trac</a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial">Note</strong> : This is release candidate and not encouraged to be used on production server.</p>
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