Key4ce osTicket Bridge

1. 

   Shows the Client ticket list.

2. 

   Shows how the client views the ticket.

3. 

   Shows how the WordPress admin views the ticket list.

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   Shows how the WordPress admin views the

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   Shows the [addoscontact] shortcode forms

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   HTML Email template example (with signature).

Installation Instructions

Prerequisites:

• Make sure that osTicket is installed
• Make sure that your osTicket version is 1.9.3 to 1.9.14, and v1.10 (all subversions should work).
• osTicket can be downloaded from http://osticket.com/download
• For Attachments to work with the Key4ce osTicket Bridge plugin, please download and configure the osTicket plugin: Storage :: Attachments on the Filesystem.
• osTicket Storage :: Attachments on the Filesystem plugin can be downloaded here: http://osticket.com/download/go?dl=plugin%2Fstorage-fs.phar
• Our plugin will make use of Department, help topic alert & Email settings. Please set them carefully in osTicket settings.
• Create a Contact Ticket Page. This is the page the plugin will modify and AUTOMATICALLY insert the [addoscontact] shortcode which will display a contact form which allows guests to submit tickets.
• Create a Thank You Page for all ticket submissions.
• Make sure the email template subject matches your osticket email subjects.
• Fill in google’s re-captcha code for contact page.

Shortcodes:

[addosticket] Ticket listing and creation of tickets for logged in customers/clients (see Screenshots tab).
[addoscontact] Guest ticket submission form with CAPTCHA (a WordPress user login is not required to submit a ticket – see Screenshots tab).
[addosopenticketcount] Display the amount of open tickets for the logged in user anywhere in wordpress.

Install Instructions:

1. Install key4ce-osticket-bridge folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
3. osTicket Bridge plugin settings are located in Dashboard–> Tickets –> osT-Config (DO NOT name your “Landing Page Name” the same name as the folder you have osTicket installed).
4. osTicket DB configuration settings are located in Dashboard–> Tickets –> Settings
5. Email template settings are located in Dashboard–> Tickets–> Email Templates
6. Add a contact page and a thank you page for [addoscontact]
7. Set the landing page (ticket list + create ticket page)
8. Set the contact page and Contact thank you page
9. Set googles re-captcha keys for the contact page (can be found at: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin#list)

IMPORTANT NOTE:

You CANNOT use the shortcode: [addosticket] and [addoscontact] on more than one page. Please make sure you select the corresponding pages you applied the shortcodes to in the osTicket Bridge plugin settings (located in Dashboard–> Tickets –> osT-Config).

Where does the osTicket need to be Installed?

Can be anywhere, just make sure you know it’s Database settings and fill them in accordingly in osT-Config page.

What version of osTicket can i use?

osTicket v1.9.3 to v1.10 (all subversions are generally supported).

Where can I download the tested osTicket versions?

http://osticket.com/download

1.4.0

• Added admin internal notes
• Added canned responses to admin
• Added responsive design to admin section
• Added responsive design to client section
• Added WordPress avatars
• Re-designed contact page, ticket page, and more.
• Added v1.10+ support

Added to professional version:
– osTicket knowledgebase sync with wordpress custom taxonomy
– Select departments per wordpress site
– more to come soon…

1.3.3

• Fixed jquery issue.
• Fixed help topic blank config issue.
• Added loader based up on department selection.
• Fixed Attchment issue with multi language OSTicket.
• Cleaned up codes.

1.3.2

• Admin reply fix.
• plugin update database changes fix.
• Email template fix.
• Contact form validation fix.
• Language captcha fix.
• Added additional language strings to translation files.

1.3.1

• Added help topic based up on department.
• Contact form attachments, department and help topic selection options added.
• osticket 1.9.12 compatability added.
• Fixed: some styling issues.
• Fixed: Full name field properly adds full name.
• Fixed: Google re-captcha fields in the right order.

1.3.0

• Help topics added
• Time synced from osticket
• osticket 1.9.11 compatible
• Email template subjects added to email templates
• Google re-captcha added to contact form.

1.2.9

• Added additional File attachment functionality to ignore empty extensions
• Fixed up queries for shortcode/ forum contact page

1.2.8

• Added support for 1.9.5.1 and 1.9.6
• fixed Attachment support for higher versions

1.2.7

• Functions all have prefixes to avoid conflicts with other plugins
• Multi language support added

1.2.6

• Fixes for 1.9.4 fresh installation
• Email customer reply fix

1.2.5

• osticket 1.9.4 support added
• added osticket version selection

1.2.4

• Open ticket count fixed
• Option to enable ticket close for client
• Client layout fixed
• Client main page fixed
• Small other changes in code.

1.2.3

• Admin can create tickets with auto search in WP Database.
• Mass close tickets on client ticket listing.
• Shortcode for viewing open tickets
• File attachment error in Admin fixed.
• Bugged users will now be automatically updated and fixed.
• contact form bug fixed.

1.2.2

• Multiple file attachments
• File attachment location from osTicket
• mysql query fix- contact form sender name and email fix.
• minor issues fixed.- updated installations (Contributed by: DivaVocals)

1.2.1

• Fixed infected javascript files.

1.2.0

• Single file Attachments
• File Attachement configuration based on OSticket(Filesize,File Type,File Attachement enable/disable)
• Corrected Admin ticket counting (Open,Closed,Answered,All)
• HTML Email Template
• Admin and Department Signature in Email template (based up on osTicket signature)
• Mass delete/ Close tickets from Admin ticket listing
• Fixed names in ticket thread
• Fixed time equal to osTicket settings.
• Tested with WordPress 4.0

1.1.5

• Shortcode for Contact style form with captcha
• Shortcode placement fix for ticket list and ticket create
• CSS/ JS inclusion fix ** Submitted by Steffen Andre Langnes **
• Login Redirect ** Submitted by Steffen Andre Langnes **

1.1.4

• Prefix fix for existing plugin users
• mysql DB errors fixed- RevSlider conflict fixed
• Activate / Deactivate warning messages fixed.
• If wrong database info blank page issue fixed.

1.1.3

• Added database keyost_prefix field
• Fixed mysql bugs
• Fixed first time user issue.
• Headers already sent fixed.
• Creating multiple ticket pages on save has been resolved.

1.1.2

• Shows name in ticket threads.
• SMTP save field fix- Offline / Offline mode fix
• Cleaned up legacy code

1.1.1

• Shortcode redirect fix
• Login fields added
• Register link with redirect added
• Premalink related issues fixed
• Adding new users to OSticket fixed
• Form validation fixed

1.1

• Shortcode implementation
• Cleaned up code issues
• Admin Alert Email now looks into group members aswell
• implemented Reply Separator Tag- Fixed: Email From name
• Fixed: Many code warnings and errors in Debug mode- And much more..

1.0

• New design for both Admin and Client end
• Uses OSTicket email address and name based up on the department
• Full HTML capable with rich text editor for both client and admin
• Admin side menu displays the amount of open tickets
• Displays “Open tickets” in the top admin menu when open tickets are available Displays “Support tickets” when no open ticket is available.
• Added Answered status to both admin and client side
• Security Fix: Client no longer able to see everyones ticket by entering the ticket id in the url.
• Fix: User/ priority/ status fields compatible with OSTicket 1.9
• Fix: Using department instead of Topic
• Fix: If not logged in to WordPress it will redirect you to the WordPress login (works with Theme my login plugin)