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OpenX 2.6 has arrived with some exciting new features

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by Oliver George on July 21st, 2008

We’re excited to announce that the new version of the OpenX ad server has arrived.

OpenX 2.6 builds on our existing open source ad server to offer some great new features to help you take control of the advertising on your websites and make more money online, including:

  • OpenX API - Save time by automating common tasks and linking OpenX with other systems.
  • Faster ad tag - Deliver ads faster and reduce your server load using the single page call.
  • User management tools - Control users permissions and log all trafficking activity.

And that’s just the start! You’ll also find new ad targeting options, UI improvements and much, much more.

The new release has already been fully translated into 11 languages by OpenX community, including Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian and Spanish, with more translations on the way.

To help everyone take advantage of these new features, we’ve also created a new step-by-step guide to upgrading your ad server.

This has been a huge community effort and we’re thrilled to have your support to make this possible. Our thanks go out to the hundreds of community members who helped develop new features, resolve bugs and get this release ready for launch today.

Download OpenX 2.6 and get started today!


Related links:
Download OpenX 2.6
OpenX 2.6 release notes

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13 Comments »

Comment by triom
2008-07-21 16:38:55

Congratulations! I’m looking forward to putting this into production.

 
2008-07-21 17:24:29

OpenX version 2.6 released today…

Today marks an important day in the history of OpenX, and perhaps looking back on it in a few years, even the internet advertising industry. The OpenX team today launched version 2.6 of their flagship product. It’s been a long development process…

 
Comment by Jonathan Dingman
2008-07-21 17:35:30

I upgraded my install and everything looks great! This is a release I have truly been excited about.

Primarily for the SPC and the API, those are two huge features which I wanted.

Thanks guys!! (and gals)

 
Comment by Glen Lumanau
2008-07-22 05:47:33

How can I upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6?

Comment by Oliver George
2008-07-22 06:27:31

Hi Glen

Try our new upgrade guide: How to upgrade OpenX 2.4 to OpenX 2.6

cheers, Oliver

 
 
Comment by Francisco Mesa
2008-07-22 10:36:33

¿2.6 or 2.4.8?

Comment by Oliver George
2008-07-22 10:52:33

Hi Francisco

OpenX 2.6 is the new stable release but we’ll be providing patch releases for 2.4 like the security patch (v2.4.8) released on Monday.

We’re encouraging people to upgrade to the new version since it has better performance and new features. I think you’ll find it easy to upgrade if you decide to.

cheers, Oliver

Comment by Francisco Mesa
2008-07-22 19:58:28

Thanks Oliver!

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2008-07-22 14:13:18

[...] recent post in the official OpenX blog (http://blog.openx.org/07/openx-26-has-arrived-with-some-exciting-new-features/) announced yesterday that OpenX 2.6 is now available and includes some much needed features [...]

 
Comment by John
2008-07-22 16:20:24

How, if at all, does this affect the OpenX hosted version?

Comment by Oliver George
2008-07-22 18:02:53

Hi John

OpenX 2.6 is our open source product. We use the same code base for hosted version of OpenX but we release things on different schedules.

cheers, Oliver

 
 
Comment by andylenz
2008-07-22 18:43:42

Hey OpenX Developers?

Is the “Block adclicks for x seconds after click” form version 2.0 availible again in version 2.6? This one is essential for Pay per Click deals.

https://developer.openx.org/jira/browse/OX-3531

greetings,
andy

Comment by Oliver George
2008-07-22 20:07:29

Hi Andy

We’re planning to add that feature but it’s not there yet unfortunately.

cheers, Oliver

 
 
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