Electronic Program Updates

As a user of our software you are probably entitled to update it to the latest version at any time, the only proviso being that the software is covered by current software maintenance. To have current maintenance, the software should be within it’s original cover period from sale (usually a year), under maintenance contract or under a rental agreement.

  • We are continually refining and developing our software. Updates can be done on as much as a daily basis. We don't 'hold back' software for specific release dates - our software is released as and when it has been written and tested.

Click here for instructions on how to install your program update.

  • Keep up to date with the latest software changes with our news.

We announced in 2014 that all download feeds and uploads should now be sent to our server at https://www.catalyst-data.co.uk.

We then announced earlier this year that the download.php and upload.php scripts on our server at https://www.catalyst-findit.co.uk would be retired and taken offline in September.

This is now complete.

Any requests to download.php or upload.php on https://www.catalyst-findit.co.uk will now be responding with a 404 Not Found. If this is affecting your website then:

  • Update the domain from which you take datafeeds (download.php) from https://www.catalyst-findit.co.uk to https://www.catalyst-data.co.uk
  • Check the request version number (version="..." in the <download> element). If you have not specified it then it will be version 3.
  • Note that the old domain supported versions 3 to 8 only, so if you were requesting a newer version you were in fact only getting version 8, and so that is the version you should request if you want to keep the same response format.
  • Note that the new domain supports versions 6 and above only, so if you were requesting an older version then you will no longer be able to get the same format and will need to check for any breaking changes in the datafeed documentation (see link below).
  • Update the domain to which you submit updates (upload.php) from https://www.catalyst-findit.co.uk to https://www.catalyst-data.co.uk
  • Note that we are only talking about the URL you are connecting to. The XML namespace in the request is unchanged.
  • Finally just to clarify: any "real-time" requests you send directly to the client are unchanged.

The latest datafeed documentation can always be found at https://www.catalyst-uk.com/dev/CMS Datafeed.pdf using the login credentials originally given to you.

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