Announcements

Hi,
Is it possible to recieve an email when any important anouncements are made.
The Dompdf file problem is a prime example.
Lashman

A mailing list is a very good idea and I don't think I have seen one anywhere on the site.

I second (or third?) the idea of a mailing list. It's essential for people who don't check the forums regularly when announcing new security/important fixes.

I attempted to send a mass email via the admin section about this. The server timed out after about 3 mins

+1 for mailing list idea

Or how about a feed in the Opencart admin area, as suggested by peteVA.

peteVA wrote:...........
The version notice, user alert, whatever it turns out to be does not have to be overwhelming. Some carts just have a line saying "Latest version is xx.xx.xx, you are running xx.xx.yy. My 3 year old CubeCart just has a little red box up near the top that says Updates Available.
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Something you could turn off when you have read it - with a 'whitelabel' developer version, which could just say 'Alert, please contact your developer XYZ for an important update'.

Otherwise...maybe an opt-in newsletter thing would work, just for bulletins.
Regardless, I do think an off-forum alert an extremely good idea.