{"id":2378,"date":"2012-03-29T14:51:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T18:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/03\/29\/301-magento-170-rc-1-is-now-available\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:51:52","slug":"magento-170-rc-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/magento-170-rc-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Magento 1.7.0 RC-1 Is Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Magento Community Edition has released its next version, <strong>Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-RC-1<\/strong>. This new version has recently been moved from Beta and is on a fast track to a full release at a later date. Magento recommends not using this version on a production or &#8220;live&#8221; site since it&#8217;s unlikely to be stable at this time. 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