2014-05-21, 19:00:20
Version 3.2.0 has just been released on Extend. This version is a major update that contains a number of improvements, changes, and fixes with the most focus put onto the RSS Auto-Importer and the Admin areas. I have done my best to eliminate all stupid syntax errors this time, with significant testing across my 2 testing environments.
What's New in Version 3.2.0
Back End (Admin) UI Improvements:
A security update (version 3.2.1) will follow in the next couple of days or so that will include fixes to file security and some minor visual changes in Admin.
A feature update (Version 3.2.2) will follow about a week later which will include a new feature of the RSS Auto-Importer. Thumbnail support will be added to the RSS Auto-Importer so that when posts are imported, a thumbnail will be downloaded (based on the first <img> tag of the content) then attached to the post.
What's New in Version 3.2.0
Back End (Admin) UI Improvements:
- Split 'Blog Settings' page into 4 sections : Main, Customisation, Advertisement, Social.
- Moved 'Create Post' link from side-bar to 'Manage Posts' page.
- Moved 'Custom Fields' link from side-bar to 'Manage Posts' page.
- Renamed 'RSS Feeds' to 'RSS Auto-Importer'.
- Added 'Settings' button to 'RSS Auto-Importer' page.
- 'RSS Auto-Importer' related settings are now on their own page.
- HTML Layouts changed to match the GS Admin default layout.
- Plugin is now compatible with the awesome 'Modern Admin' backend theme. Seriously, try it!
- Added setting to RSS Auto-Importer to choose between getting content if available or description with link back to original article.
- Added setting to Settings page to show/hide Post Author.
- Added setting to Settings page for Default Post Author if none is defined. Enter 'hidden' to hide if not defined.
- Added setting to Settings page to show/hide Category.
- Added ability to show Author's name. A default will be shown / or hidden if author not defined. These can be setup in settings.
- Added ability to show the category the post has been saved in. Hidden if not defined.
- VersionCheck now gets it's "What's New" messages encoded and will decode them for display.
- Download link updated in VersionCheck.
- adminController.php has been merged into adminFunctions.php
- displayPosts.php merged into frontEndFunctions.php
- pageTitle.php merged into frontEndFunctions.php
- Original 'Settings' button idea ditched along with settingsButton.php
- Fixed yet another URL problem in ckeditor.php
- Added new strings for 'Settings' and Sidebar buttons to en_US language file. Really need some translators here, please help?
- RSS Auto-Importer now has the ability to search for a <content:encoded> tag in rss files, and if it exists, will fill the post with that rather than the description.
- Fixed date localization on Windows based systems.
A security update (version 3.2.1) will follow in the next couple of days or so that will include fixes to file security and some minor visual changes in Admin.
A feature update (Version 3.2.2) will follow about a week later which will include a new feature of the RSS Auto-Importer. Thumbnail support will be added to the RSS Auto-Importer so that when posts are imported, a thumbnail will be downloaded (based on the first <img> tag of the content) then attached to the post.
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