FAQ Slider changelog

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 July 2010 15:56

+ Addition      ^ Change       # Bugfix      - Removed

v 0.9beta8

Intended to be the final 0.9 beta (a third time!)

^ Changed the article layout to not insert a blank content table at the top of articles when not showing the title
^ Changed articles to show created date when there is no modified date and set to display modified date

v 0.9beta7

Intended to be the final 0.9 beta (a second time!)

# Fixed broken article view parameters (thank you for this bug report) - you will need to re-save parameters if you have changed the default setting for article view parameters.

v 0.9beta6

Intended to be the final 0.9 beta

# Fixed broken simple options e.g. {faq tabs}....{/faq}
# Fixed some backward compatibility issues when improper syntax used

v 0.9beta5

Major syntax change - you are advised to save the parameters in the backend after upgrading to avoid unexpected results

^ To reflect the new ability to create tabs/sliders of unrelated articles (by id and title), the category syntax has now been separated. From now on {faq art/tabs}1,2,3{/faq} will create tabs from articles with IDs 1,2,3 and {faq cat/tabs}cat title{/faq} will generate tabs from category titled "cat title". This will not affect you if you simply used the default settings. If you are using the syntax like {faq art}cat title{/faq} or {faq art/sliders}cat title{/faq} or {faq art/tabs}cat title{/faq} already you will find that the plugin output is broken or changed by this update. Please post in the forum for support.
^ Minor addition of short syntax for section {faq sec}section title{/faq}
^ Further debugging improvements
^ Updated language file
# Bug in 0.9beta4 that caused basic syntax {faq}title{/faq} to fail
- Removed basic jQuery no-conflict option which did not work well

v 0.9beta4

# Fixed indent in tabs in IE
^ Further code optimisations - please test carefully as FAQ Slider may not behave exactly as before

v 0.9beta3

FOR THIS UPDATE YOU ARE ADVISED TO UNINSTALL THE PREVIOUS VERSION
upgrading will perform without problems but it is advised for the purposes of file cleanup to uninstall prior to upgrading

+ Added ability to specify ID's for section/category/article/module. FAQ Slider will work out if you are using ID's or titles... (request from forum)
+ Added ability to specify a series of article or modules to insert in tabs/sliders or as is. Comma separated list where title would have been. Minor addition to syntax to achieve this. Can be used as follows: {faq art/insert/sliders}1,2,3{/faq} or {faq mod/insert/tabs}latest news,login{/faq}. You can't mix modules and articles yet though...
+ Added ability to show article text without slider when there is only one article in a category when in section mode (request from forum)
^ Massive improvement in speed and made much more lightweight
^ Cleaning up of article processing - now supports article layout for output without content plugins
^ Further debugging improvements
# 3rd party SEF component friendly (sh404SEF, JoomSEF tested)
- Com_content dependencies for generating articles

v 0.8beta

+ New shorthand for using plugin {faq}category name{/faq} - don't worry - all your old syntax will still work!
+ New option to process content plugins - this can be used on the fly with inline content too. For normal use set in the admin backend. For inline use {faq inline/tabs/plugins}content{/faq}
^ Much improved handling of read more links - can now be used in plain text mode.
^ Improved SEF url generation for read more links.
^ Lots of code refactoring.

Lots more changes and a few bugfixes I can't remember.

v 0.7.1

+ Added parameters to control category ordering when using the section mode
# CSS error fix

v. 0.7

+ Insert an entire section showing articles as sliders in category tabs (validated XHTML)
+ Ability to display category description when using section mode
+ Insert individual or sets of articles or modules by title
+ Ability to override chrome for individual modules
+ Ability to dynamically set which tab is in view on loading a page
^ Huge improvements in code efficiency and recoded some sections
^ Now all output from language file - ready for translations
^ Completed parameters including chrome for modules
^ Improved error reporting and added developer mode
^ CSS only for faqslider to improve performance across browsers, cannot directly inherit from template any more

v. 0.6.2

+ Ability to set parameters for the articles inserted into tabs/sliders such as "Show Title", "Show Author", "Show last modified" etc. Defaults to all hidden except last modified.
+ Ability to limit length of article in tabs/sliders and publish a Read More link
+ CSS styling for tab title and Read More link
^ Default is now to include article text only, not to process content plugins. This will reduce errors for basic users.
^ CSS optimised to make plugin more lightweight
^ Code optimisations for speed and efficiency
# Fixed problem with FAQ Slider parameters bleeding over to the article containing the tabs/sliders - particularly noticed with headings that in certain circumstances could be reset to the value of the final article inserted into tabs/sliders

v.0.6.1.1

# Fix for expand syntax error

v 0.6.1

+ Added "nested" option to avoid server errors in some setups
^ Improved code and efficiency

v. 0.6

^ Changed syntax for inline usage to be easier and more reusable
^ Removed increment to hit count when displaying an article
^ Improved debugging facilities further
^ Improved readability plugin parameters
# Stopped plugin from loading if article was in the category specified - stops server errors
# Fixed odd behaviour with inline usage