I know - you are tired of betas. I am also, but, no matter how much I wish activeCollab 1.1 to be launched, we need just one more. Because of API we made some important changes to the system and code is still not release quality (although really close).

About API - it's XML or JSON over HTTP. You make regular HTTP requests to regular activeCollab pages and get response that can be easily interpreted in your application. For instance, by pinging http://activecollab.dev/projects and requesting output format to be XML you get list of all active projects in XML format. More about that in API documentation.

We would really like to hear your comments about API and what you plan to do with it. It will help us better understand your needs and develop system in the future to better serve you. More information on other methods you can use to extend activeCollab will be provided soon.

Also, this release should cover problems with public submit and CAPTCHA many of you experienced. If you don't see your CAPTCHA images don't forget to update your .htaccess file with rules from this article.

In the initial beta announcement post you can find all the necessary instructions - installation, upgrade, how to provide feedback and what's new.

If you are upgrading from beta 4 to beta 5 upload:

/activecollab
/config/defaults.php
/public/assets
/public/captcha.php
/public/index.php
/public/restore.php
/public/thumb.php
/index.php

Clear cch_ files from /cache folder and all the files with weird names from /compile folder. This is STRONGLY recommended because you may end up with weird problems due to old cache or old compiled templates.

I have been holding out, but really needed the time billing improvements.

I installed this beta today, but just noticed the reporting for time billing has gone? This is something we use loads, in particular the CSV export function. Is it gone permanently or is it a beta thing?

Also for the public submit forms, the Name and Email fields fail validation for me every time even though they are correct?

^ No, it does not. We focused only on the API with this build.

Thanks Ilija,

That fixed up the problem with the reports. I guess that could be considered a bug as that permission was lost during the upgrade, I could run that report fine before.

I will log a ticket with a link to the public submit for later, as I'm going to do a lot of testing over the next day so will log any issues I find in one go.

Also a major annoyance for me is not being able to log time in minutes hours, in decimal does not really work for us as we regularly log say 10 minutes which in decimal is pretty nasty.

Is this something that's likely to change in the future?

Hi There Ilija,

I've upgraded my 1.1 to beta 5, and checked out the API, but i can't switch the API on. It keeps saying "API status: Disabled".
Is there a way to enable the API, some sort of setting in the admin?

Thanx in advance

Grtz