Software update: OpenX 2.8.1

OpenX, the continuation of phpAdsNew, has been released a while ago with a new release with 2.8.1 as the version number. This program is a completely open source banner system with many features, such as supporting different formats of ads, targeting options that show certain ads only on certain pages or to certain visitor regions, and extensive statistics, which can be provided in different formats. OpenX can be linked to the OpenX Market, a platform to bring supply and demand together. An environment with php and a MySQL or PostgreSQL database is required to use OpenX. The included list of changes for this release is as follows:

What’s New in OpenX 2.8.1

Bug Fixes:

• Zone probabilities are distributed amongst campaigns, independent of the number of banners. OX-3095
• Fixed delivery of exclusive campaigns when banners have delivery limitations. OX-5450
• Inventory lists now react to last visited parent. OX-4788
• Displaying entity IDs in the UI is now optional. OX-5341
• Fixed function declarations for various _adRenderX functions. OX-5355
• For more information, please see here.

OpenX Market Integration:

• Market campaign management tools, which allow you to set floors for multiple campaigns at the same time.
• Ad quality tools, which allow you to review ads that have run on your sites and block advertiser campaigns.
• Ability to re-associate your OpenX.org account to OpenX Market even if you had to switch instances of your OpenX Ad Server (ie, due to a reinstall or server change).
• For more information, please see here.

Major security fix:

• Removed vulnerability that allowed anyone to log in as an admin user. see here.