SiteApex Changelog
POSTED | September 30, 2013
Changelog version 6.7.11
- Ad Rotator
- Added support for an "elevator door" transition between ads, with styleable doors.
- Changed the admin to list names, if available, when choosing ads for a campaign.
- Change to resolve plug-in save settings.
- BBS
- New feature to organize forums using categories.
- New features to manage forum categories.
- New template based front end interface.
- New css layouts and styles that can be customized to match the site.
- New integrated Join/Login/Logout functionality.
- New ability for users to edit or delete their own posts.
- New ability for users to manage their profile information.
- Added support for a personal avatar.
- User profiles show additional information, including most recent posts (topic and reply).
- Change to View Stats to correct counting issue.
- BLOG
- Change to solve pagination issue when viewing posts in the admin.
- Calendar
- Major enhancement to recurring events to allow one single instance within the recurring series to be separately edited or deleted.
- Directory
- Change to resolve issue when changing to or adding a new directory page type.
- ED Tools Data Generator
- Change to resolve issue with string values in Excel numerical fields.
- Form Builder
- Added support for custom layouts when "display processed" is active on a Form. This is most useful for guestbooks.
- Added thumbnails for uploaded image when displaying "display processed" is active on a form.
- Improved accessibility (WCAG 2.0) for the forms plugin.
- Major Development: New field added: Recurring Payment for use with Moneris API.
- Added support for credit card logos on the payment page.
- Added support for "secured by ssl" logo on the payment page.
- Change to resolve issue with Paypal IPN post back handling when quotes are present in response data.
- Indexed Articles
- Change to handle adding first article when no categories are available.
- Lead Manager
- New trigger based on most recent BBS activity which gives the ability to send newsletters to encourage BBS users to get involved who haven't contributed within a certain amount time.
- New trigger based off of new field: User Expiry Date, which provides ability to send newsletter renewal reminders.
- Login/Logout Plugin
- New plugin which supports login/logout to appear dynamically on any published page.
- Added optional "failed login" text that can appear as a javascript popup.
- Media & Resource Library
- Changed the pagination for classic media library folders to display twelve files per page.
- Photo Album
- Added $nameFirst flag to standard/table view, to display the photo name/description above the image instead of below.
- Added support for removing empty vertical space in thumbnail view.
- Major Change: with multiple galleries selected on a single page, a thumbnail of the first photo in each gallery is now used.
- Improved accessibility to WCAG 2.0 by replacing some javascript and ensuring title and alt text is displayed if at all possible.
- SiteApex Core
- Added a new menu type, allowing for all categories under all sections to open and close together with slide animation.
- Change to category filename processing to avoid publishing files ending in c99 or c100 to be compatible with newer server security rules.
- Change to resolve an issue where by a category/page would inherit redirection directives from a secured parent page causing undesired redirects.
- New field on Group: "Use Expiry Dates: Y/N" option to enable the expiry date field for users in group.
- New field on User: "Expiry Date" to be used with new security features.
- SiteApex Mobile
- Change to resolve ordering issue when choosing the "Last" placement option causing missing pages on mobile site map.
- Added a check to prevent errors from occurring when publishing a new mobile site before a mobile template is selected.
- Security
- Streamlined the admin login process. No more redirect, wait 5 seconds.
- Change: security session handling to use new PHP coding standards.
- Change: enforce case sensitivity for usernames and passwords.
- Divided login interfaces on front and back-end admin allowing for future customizations to each separately.
- Login interface design Change with module language support and support for custom styling.
- New: new proprietary password encryption technology greatly enhances your security protection through the storage of encrypted passwords in the database. This feature is not optional and has been deployed automatically for your protection.
- New: temporary password storage has been removed from session data and therefore can no longer be viewed by someone on your computer.
- New "Security Options" area to manage new administrator configurable security features.
- New: new brute force protection feature when enabled will lock out user accounts for a certain length of time if number of failed logins crosses the specified threshold.
- New: new force password reset option when enabled will force users to change their password when it hasn’t been Changed in a defined amount of time.
- New admin function on List Users to "Email Password" to User.
- New admin function in Security Options to manage "Email Password" email message to site users.
- New option on List Users to "Restore from Lock-out" providing a way for administrators to restore access to locked out user accounts due to failed login attempts.
- New option on List Users to "View all Form Responses" allowing admin to quickly see current user form submissions.
- New admin function in Security for "User Reports". First report added: "View Security Logs" which includes: failed logins, brute force violations, lifting brute force lockouts, force password resets, and using the "Email Password" feature.
- Upgraded all functions handling User Password to be compatible with new encryption standard, these areas include:
- Job postings manage account now has minimum password strength requirements.
- Change My Profile now has minimum password strength requirements.
- BLOG Change Profile now has minimum password strength requirements.
- Listings profile now has minimum password strength requirements.
- Listings Add Agent now creates basic username and password by default.
- BBS now has minimum password strength requirements.
- Shopping Cart
- Change to improve PayPal IPN gateway post back handling.
- Changed menu system to remove default domain from the path, allowing better control for micro-sites and portals.
- Major Enhancement: Added new multi-select field for "Product Associations". This new feature allows products to be grouped into kits, brands, or other arbitrary collections in addition to the primary category.
- Major Enhancement: Added new functionality at the page level to select which Product Categories and Product Associations should display on that shopcart page.
- Added an export wizard to create a csv file containing important product information.
- Site Search
- Added Calendar and Blog modules to list of searchable content.
- Change to resolve issue where site search was displaying delete pages in results.
- Change to now support the search through secure pages that are accessible by that logged in user.
