Bugfixes
- GST Report, would misreport year model. Now fixed
- Export OPEA order: was not memorising export options for 'Alt' export method properly.
Bugfixes
Recently added ability to pop reminders in c9 can be constrained based on the login user you login as.
You login as sales:
For a given customer reminder, you can make sure only people logged in as sales, get that reminder, instead of all users, so spares and workshop users are not bothered by reminders relevant to sales side of the business only
To add new login user, Setup -> Other Settings -> Login Users.
For those who need more nagging in their lives, c9 can now nag you relentlessly about things it thinks require doing. Such as:
For suggestions on more things to add into c9 to monitor/remind please contact us and we will look at adding them into c9
To enable these: goto Setup -> Other Settings -> Notifications/Monitors.
Click on Insert to add a new notification, the system will ask you what type of notification to add. You can then tune things relevant to that type of notification.
Once added, the nag will appear in notification section in top right of c9:
Includes database changes. You will need to log all terminals out after upgrading
Unless you've been living under a rock avoiding the news, you've probably heard about shellshock by now.
The shellshock threat did impact c9 servers, they have now been patched.
The threat to c9 servers and websites hosted on c9 is virtually non-existent though. It is difficult for me to explain the nature of shellshock to a non technical audience, but I'll try to explain the risks by analogy.
The analogy is this: with a bank. You have the main doors, guards, alarms, security cameras and the vault. Now someone has figured out how to easily pick the lock on the vault : this is shellshock. But as long as you have systems in place to ensure no-one gets near the vault you are okay. The risk though is that people forget about the vault, assume it is rock solid, so they design their bank such that they don't mind people walking past it. Suddenly, it is now a problem.
To the best that I can tell, and the best of my knowledge, shellshock could not be exploited with the systems and services c9 has setup; but there is still a risk that something deep in our website design would do something that would potentially open up a path to shellshock. So to be sure I've updated our systems anyway, because I'd rather have a solid vault than a vault that can be easily picked, even if it is cordoned off.
The wider implications of this for the IT industry will be interesting to see as it develops. Shellshock is not straightforward to exploit : you don't just download a magic hacker tool, point it at a heap of websites and hope for the tool to discover an opening. It requires skill, patience and care for a hacker to discover a vulnerability that allows them to get 'close enough to the vault', so to speak. We may hear over the next few weeks or months news of high profile IT companies and websites being exploited, or maybe the whole thing will blow over and nothing at all happens.
Update: since writing this post, I've been thinking about this more. I generally don't go for sensationalist news stuff, but Shellshock is indeed a very serious security problem and it is actually fairly straightforward for hackers to search for and find systems that are compromised by it. C9's systems should be secure though, and I am fairly confident that during the time c9 wasn't patched, our systems weren't actually vulnerable anyway.
C9 allows you to record comments against customers.
In view customer, you can click comments and add comments. These comments can be dated with a reminder. Example:
Now when the reminder date rolls around, you will see in the top right of c9 a reminder notification.
You can review/modify and clear reminders here:
Bugfix with version 4.453 : complete job window had the new 'set ok' checklist toggle button on all tabs, not just checklist tab, so it covered over the total field in costs/tallys tab.
Now fixed, also tidied up tab order a bit in checklist tabs on key windows. (modify/complete/pickup).
C9 now allows you to print statements that contain discounts if bills are paid on time or penalties for non payment on time. The discount/penalty is applied automatically by c9.
An example bill with this on it:
Requires database changes. You need to log all terminals out during upgrade