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jReviews 2.0 Changelog

jReviews 2.0.7.31 - released October 15, 2008

#Fixed Added additional parameter to "click to continue" post-install url to force the install process in jReviews since it's not running in some cases.

jReviews 2.0.7.30 - released October 13, 2008

+New: Added graphical rating selector as an alternative to the dropdown lists. Setting is in configuration/general tab. The following them files were modified to add the javascript libraries and html code: listings/detail.thtml,/listings/create.thtml/,/listings/create_form.thtml,/reviews/create.thtml
+New: Basque, Hebew language files. Thank you to the contributors!
+New: Everywhere Addon: added integration files for Eventlist, for both venues and events.
+New: Everywhere Addon: added integration files for Bookmarks.
!Changed: Deleting a field group now requires deleting all associated fields first to prevent accidental loss of field data.
#Fixed: unpublished review indicator count not working for everywhere components in Review Moderation.
#Fixed: SEO title and description enable/disable settings in SEO manager are inverted.
#Fixed: 404 errors in section and category links when using single core section/category menus for more than one section/category in J1.0 and Mambo
#Fixed: Improvements for XHTML compliance.
#Fixed: Setting "Allow searches on more than one option for single select and radiobutton fields?" was not working in main adv. search page or in adv search module for checkboxes.
#Fixed: Using images in field options always shown as not found in admin screen even if the image is there.
#Fixed: A few typos here in there...
#Fixed: Cancel buttons in advanced search page not working.
#Fixed: Wrong message post-installation saying images folders could not be created.
#Fixed: Report moderation not showing the reports.
#Fixed: Newsflash module running the jReviews mambot in J1.0.x resulting in 404 error.
#Fixed: RSS links not working.
#Fixed: Notifications not sent.
#Fixed: Advanced search module not filtering results based on directory id when a categtory isn't selected.
#Fixed: tooltip image shown for first criteria in submit listing form, even when no tooltips are defined.
#Fixed: PNG images with transparent backgrounds are now thumbnailed with a transparent background instead of black.
#Fixed: In list pages the "read review" and "write review" links are shown for listings where reviews have been disabled (in the criteria manager).
#Fixed: Language files not automatically recognized.
#Fixed: Average Rating info not shown on core frontpage or blog pages in J1.0.x.
#Fixed: First image not shown in gallery when introimage is disabled. Change required in gallery block in detail.thtml
#Fixed: Everywhere Addon: review usefulness votes not updated.
#Fixed: Advanced search module: selected less/greater than operators for numeric/date fields not retained after a search.
#Fixed: Listings module - custom fields were not available in the module $listings array.
#Fixed: Range module - menu ids not retained in links with sh404sef so module position assignments are lost.
#Fixed: Range module - auto detect doesn't work.

jReviews 2.0.6.22 - released September 26, 2008
!Changed: Language locale folders now use the language locale instead of three letter abbreviation to allow for many localizations of the same language.
#Fixed: Guest name and emails are not preserved when editing a listing in listing moderation.
#Fixed: Some jReviews urls, including listing edit, are missing the index.php/ segment when using J1.5 sef without sef rewrite.
#Fixed: Images thumbnails not properly sized the first time they are displayed.
#Fixed: When reviews are disabled for a criteria, the review form still appears in the listing submit form.
#Fixed: Datepicker css bug shows a box on the bottom-left of the template.
#Fixed: New listing menu not filtering sections based on directory id or section ids in menu parameters.
#Fixed: When a menu link is created for a directory,section or category the urls to these in breadcrumbs and other parts of jReviews are different, creating duplicate urls to the same page.
#Fixed: Review feeds showing article owner instead of reviewer in feed author property.
#Fixed: SEF Advance issue with menu ids with zeroes in them.
#Fixed: If using a SEF component with Joomla installed in a folder the folder name is repeated twice for non-com_jreviews urls.
#Fixed: CB Favorite Plugin: remove template selection which is not used because the plugin has a dedicated theme file.
#Fixed: Advanced Search Module: custom field tags not working in suffixed module theme files.
#Fixed: Reviews Module: Category auto-detect doesn't work.
#Fixed: Everywhere addon: Review count is wrong in everywhere listings and other everywhere related pages.

jReviews 2.0.5.20 - released September 8, 2008

+New: Added setting to prevent listing owners from reviewing their own listings, except for jReviews editors.
+New: Added query and view caching
+New: Added JS/CSS combine/compress/caching
+New: Added locale language file with date and number format strings for better localization.
+New: Arabic, Slovak, French, Russian, Turkish language files. Thank you to the contributors!
+New: Modules - Added jReviewsEverywhere capability to the listings module so it is now a Universal Listings Module for all Everywhere extensions.
+New: Modules - Added jReviewsEverywhere capability to the reviews module so it is now a Universal Reviews Module for all Everywhere extensions.
!Changed: Updated xajax library to RC1 version.
!Changed: Renamed stripslashes_deep function to something else because it was conflicting with other extension using the same function.
!Changed: Date field output format now uses strftime instead of date. Required for new localization functionality.
!Changed: Incorporated use of aliases (J1.5) and names (J1.0.x and Mambo) for category and sections appearing in urls.
#Fixed: ordering options not working correcly in alphaindex page.
#Fixed: Special characters appear garbled in form tooltips.
#Fixed: Listing and review dates now use GMT and are adjusted using the CMS's locale offset setting.
#Fixed: Alphaindex searches not filtering by directory when more than one directory is used.
#Fixed: Broken images in feeds. Also re-wrote the feed generation code from the ground up, eliminating feedcreator and adding a theme file for it so it can be easily customized.
#Fixed: Reviews showing old name/username of reviewer, even if it changes.
#Fixed: Modified jReviews table indices for improved performance on list pages with large number of reviews.
#Fixed: Changing the number of listings per page in a jReviews menu page doesn't respond and instead 10 listings are shown all the time.
#Fixed: Review fields not saved when review submitted together with new listing.
#Fixed: Removed thumbnailing code from the listing edit form (create_form.thtml) because it was not required and was creating a few problems with image writing permissions and main image sizing.
#Fixed: When using custom placement of field groups in themes, if the specified group fields are empty, then all groups are shown.
#Fixed: Double br tag appearing between summary and description in the detail page in J1.5. This was fixed when the wysiwyg editor is used.
#Fixed: Click2search for numeric fields returning listings with fields containing number as substring (i.e. 50 returning 150, 1500, etc.)
#Fixed: Reviewer info in myreviews page is being replaced with the listing owner info and title links result in 404 page.
#Fixed: mysql_real_escape_string warning in certain pages. Added missing db resource in 2nd parameter.
#Fixed: Date picker js error hanging form on new listing submission.
#Fixed: Wrong default image path written in the field options admin screen.
#Fixed: Listing author name for guests submissions appears as Adminisrator and linked to admin profile (if CB is installed)
#Fixed: Title alias left empty when submitting a listing in Joomla 1.5.x Had fixed it in build 12 for Joomla 1.0.x
#Fixed: Modules - reviews, random mode not working.
#Fixed: Modules - listings, reviews and favorites fixes for Joomla 1.0.x and Mambo.

jReviews 2.0.5 RC4 build 15
#Fixed: Image manager not shown on listing edit when total number of images is reached and image limit enforcement is enabled.
#Fixed: Featured value is lost on listing edit.
#Fixed: New default -nicer looking- no thumbnail images for used for Community Builder avatars.
#Fixed: Review moderation most recent (default) filter option doesn't include unpublished reviews.

jReviews 2.0.5 RC4 build 14
#Fixed: Listings submit form hangs in front-end if notification is enabled and/or if the review form is set to appear in the new listing submission page.

jReviews 2.0.4 RC3 build 13
#Fixed: Zend version included old module controllers instead of the new ones.
#Fixed: Edit form hangs on submit in listing moderation in the administration.
#Fixed: Modules - directory module links missing the menu id when core article menus have not been created.

jReviews 2.0.4 RC3 build 12

+New: Added listing owner dropdown in the admin listing edit form to allow changing a listing's owner.
+New: Added new "form" tab setting for new listing title duplicates. Now it's easy to enable or disable this functionality.
+New: Added new "form" tab setting to enable review form in listing submissions for "everyone except editors".
+New: Portuguese, German, Swedish language files. Thank you to the contributors!
+New: Added url transliteration with setting in configuration, general tab.
!Changed: Optimized loading of javascript libraries in listing detail page (datepicker,tooltips).
!Changed: Reduced file size by over 50% of several javascript libraries through jsmin compression (xajax, datepicker, thickbox).
!Changed: Made all listing thumbnails linked to detail page in lists and modules.
!Changed: To overcome issue where listings are restricted from view even though published and public, the jReviews menu ids are used if core menu ids are not found.
!Changed: Made core non-sef content urls generated by jReviews the same as those generated by Joomla 1.5 (only when running in J1.5).
#Fixed: Removed remaining instances of php short tags causing problems with servers that have short tags disabled.
#Fixed: Javascript errors when submitting listing and wysiwyg is disabled. Added better checks for wysiwyg script loading functionality.
#Fixed: Review info missing from core content blog category and section views.
#Fixed: Plugin/mambot tags removed from summary in jReviews list pages.
#Fixed: Click2Search link format in advanced field options is being ignored.
#Fixed: Pagination page link error with more than 6 pages. Only last page and next links appear.
#Fixed: CB gallery avatars not showing up in reviews or reviewer list. Uploaded ones work fine.
#Fixed: Missing informative message when user goes to his favorites page and doesn't have any favorites.
#Fixed: Missing informative message when user goes to his reviews page and has not written any reviews.
#Fixed: Title alias left empty when submitting a listing.
#Fixed: SEF Advance revert function not finding the Itemids for certain links.
#Fixed: Date field output format changes not remembered when editing field.
#Fixed: Main listing image css width attribute moved to /listings/details.css so it's dynamic and image always shows at correct size.
#Fixed: No-image thumbnails recreated on every page load.
#Fixed: Disable no-image setting in lists not working.
#Fixed: Translation of listing submit form instructions not working. Changed create.thtml view file.
#Fixed: Improved the click2search routing regex.
#Fixed: Modules - Category autodetect not working properly in all modules that have this setting.
#Fixed: Modules - Javascript error when jReviews modules are in non-jReviews pages and ajax pagination in module is disabled.
#Fixed: Modules - Rating stars not appearing in reviews module.
#Fixed: Modules - Popular mode in listings module shown fewer hits first.#Fixed: Unnecessary columns created in jreviews_content table during installation.

jReviews 2.0.3 RC2

+New: Tradicional Chinese and Hungarian language files. Thank you to the users who contributed the translations!
#Fixed: Config setting display type in Search tab not remembering tableview value.
#Fixed: SEO Manager settings not getting saved.
#Fixed: Installation error in certain server environments.
#Fixed: Category ordering setting in Directory tab not working in category box in list pages.
#Fixed: Config setting hide listings in section list pages not working.
#Fixed: Config setting hide add new listing on top of list pages not working.
#Fixed: Config setting hide category box in section list page not working.
#Fixed: Most recent listings ordering actually showing oldest first.
#Fixed: Prolems with installation of listings/reviews modules in J1.0.x
#Fixed: New listing link from category list pages not automatically loading the form.
#Fixed: New listing form hanging on submit.
#Fixed: xajax_core.js loading twice in certain configurations.
#Fixed: Modules - IE ClearType bug which appears in fade effect in module ajax pagination.
#Fixed: Modules - Ajax pagination in modules not working in J1.0.x
#Fixed: Modules - Field and Reviews module not installable on J1.0.x
#Fixed: Can't submit license number.
#Fixed: Default image thumbnail quality setting of 90 not being used for scaled images in list pages.

jReviews 2.0.2 RC1

#Fixed: Several issues when using jReviews wysiwyg editor which resulted in different html output than when using core article manager.
#Fixed: Editor review submit form not shown on existing listings when user reviews are disabled.
#Fixed: Relative urls converted to full urls when using wysiwyg editor.
#Fixed: Ajax actions not working with BlueFlame xajax mambot.
#Fixed: Search tab setting to keep current page Itemid in search results not working.
#Fixed: Translated language files not being loaded.
#Fixed: Advanced search module not displaying category list in certain server environments.
#Fixed: Images block not hidden in listing submit form when images set to zero in config. settings.
#Fixed: Ajax admin pagination doesn't work with lists over 10 pages long.
#Fixed: Advanced search not returning correct values when "all" option is selected.
#Fixed: Embedded styles stripped from listing summary/description when using wysiwyg editor.
#Fixed: Disabling listing author setting didn't hide the CB avatar.
#Fixed: Broken image link in IE with default CB avatar.
#Fixed: Global list page Display Type setting reverting to blogview when configuration is loaded.
#Fixed: theme.css errors in default02 theme.

jReviews 2.0.1

!Changed: Introduced gettext for multilingual translation of views. only english is included so far.
!Changed: Click2search links to a new format url=tag/{field_name}/{field_value}...
!Changed: Remove non-alphanumeric characters from field option values when adding options on the fly in the submission form.
#Fixed: Error with directory pathway link when a directory menu doesn't exist.
#Fixed: Menu parameter to hide title not working for section/category menus.
#Fixed: Image tags stripped from listing summary/description when using wysiwyg editor.
#Fixed: Wrong number of columns shown in listings and reviews modules. Css issue.
#Fixed: Field new/edit access group setting not functional.
#Fixed: 404 error shown on core category/section pages in J1.5
#Fixed: Different modes of listings module not sorting correctly.
#Fixed: Field option images not shown.
#Fixed: Line breaks not preserved in textareas. Added nl2br in view files.
#Fixed: Code enabled textarea field not saving correctly.
#Fixed: Empty list shown after adding new field in fields manager.
#Fixed: Admin ordering not working in J1.0.x
#Fixed: Theme suffix not working in listing detail page.
#Fixed: Duplicate meta description tag in section/category list pages in J1.5.
#Fixed: Links not working in J1.0.x with core sef. A custom sef component was developed to overcome this.
#Fixed: Javascript error in detail page in IE7.
#Fixed: Plugins not running in listing page.
#Fixed: Blogfull layout page doesn't load in J1.5.
#Fixed: Click2search for date field not returning correct results.