WHMCS CEO Matt Posted March 20, 2015 WHMCS CEO Share Posted March 20, 2015 Version 6.0 - An In Depth Look at the New Client Area One of the biggest new features of Version 6.0 is the brand new client area. This has been completely redesigned and re-written to give you, and your customers, the best possible experience. You may have already had a sneak peek of it if you have visited our booth at one of the recent Web Hosting conferences, if not then read on for details of how it will benefit you... Optimized for Mobile The new client area is designed to be responsive. Responsive web design is all about providing an optimal viewing experience - meaning easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling - across a wide range of devices. With that in mind we've developed it using desktop computer monitors, iPads, iPhones and a range of Android devices. Even little things such as having numeric keyboards popup for numeric input fields all helps improve the mobile user experience. Contextual Sidebars One of the most noticeable new additions is the sidebars. These adapt and change depending upon the page you are viewing. When viewing announcements you will be presented with a month by month list to browse through, when searching the knowledgebase you get a tag cloud allowing you to jump to articles relating to a specific keyword, when opening a ticket, you get a list of your recent tickets... Notifications for Clients Accessible from every page, a new Client Notifications feature will alert your customers to items that need their attention. For example Credit Card Expiring Soon, Unpaid or Overdue Invoices, Domains Expiring within the next 30 Days, Available Credit Balances and more... Accessible to developers too, modules you use can register and display additional notifications to your users. Maximum Usability We've completely re-imagined the way the client homepage is used. Gone are the boring lists of open tickets and unpaid invoices. And in comes a fresh new approach, designed to deliver content in a way that both looks aesthetically pleasing, as well as working effectively on all types of device, providing a high level overview and direct access to as many different areas of the client portal as possible. What's more, the items which are displayed are dynamic, and as with notifications, modules can register their own, as well as manipulate the default ones. Conditional too so a user only sees the notices that are relevant to them. In addition to the obvious things like unpaid invoices, expiring domains and support tickets, we've also included panels that provide quick access to all of a users active products/services, file attachments, affiliate program status and more. Dynamic Searching, Pagination and More... Another goal was to make it quicker and easier for end users to accomplish what they set out to. The sidebars which I mentioned earlier play a big part in this, but it doesn't stop there. New dynamic interactive tables are used throughout the client area for all table based lists. What this means is immediate page navigation without page reloads, instant filtering and searching as you type, plus we've also added quick filters that allow the end user to filter lists by any given status, Active, Open, Unpaid, etc... Localisation - Bonjour, Ciao, Hola... Gone is the old dropdown menu of languages by their English name, and in comes a new localised language dropdown chooser, with each language name displayed in its local native form. Designed to make your international visitors feel that little bit more at home. I know many of you are keen to get your hands on the beta, and believe me we want to get it in your hands as soon as we can. We're working hard to make it available as soon as possible, but in the meantime, some of our team, including myself, are heading to WHD.global 2015 so we look forward to meeting you in Germany next week, and we'll have hands-on demos there for you to give a try, so be sure to stop by booth F18 and say hello! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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