RSMediaGallery! Changelog

05 Feb 2024
Version 2.1.0
  • Added - Joomla! 5 native compatibility - no longer needs the 'Behaviour - Backward Compatibility' plugin.
18 Oct 2023
Version 2.0.15
  • Updated - Joomla! 5.0 compatibility improvements.
15 Sep 2023
Version 2.0.14
  • Updated - PHP 8.2 compatibility improvements.
06 Sep 2023
Version 2.0.13
  • Updated - Google API Key field was added to configuration.
27 Dec 2022
Version 2.0.12
  • Fixed - Menu item details options were ignored on RSMediaGallery! items that were loaded using 'Load More' button.
27 Dec 2022
Version 2.0.11
  • Fixed - Thumb generator caused compatibility issues on older PHP versions than PHP 8.1.
22 Dec 2022
Version 2.0.10
  • Fixed - PHP warnings were thrown when using PHP 8.1.
06 Sep 2022
Version 2.0.9
  • Fixed - Items could no longer be edited, deleted or previewed after using any type of filtering other than default.
30 Aug 2022
Version 2.0.8
  • Fixed - Gallery LightBox did not work properly when 'Use Original Image' menu item option was disabled.
25 Aug 2022
Version 2.0.7
  • Fixed - 'Full Size' LightBox restrictions were ignored when 'Use Original Image' menu item option was enabled.
24 Aug 2022
Version 2.0.6
  • Fixed - Image cropper caused problems when trying to edit images with unusual sizes.
14 Jan 2022
Version 2.0.5
  • Updated - "Crop Image in LightBox" option was added to Gallery and Albums layouts.
03 Jan 2022
Version 2.0.4
  • Fixed - "alt" HTML attribute was missing from the images in Albums layout.
18 Oct 2021
Version 2.0.3
  • Fixed - Items could no longer be edited, deleted or previewed after using any type of filtering other than default.
  • Fixed - Item heading was not visible inside back-end details modal on Joomla! 4.
14 May 2021
Version 2.0.2
  • Fixed - Web server configuration could cause extension malfunctioning in some cases.
28 Apr 2021
Version 2.0.1
  • Fixed - Items' grid did not fit properly inside its container in some cases.
  • Fixed - Users with a large number of items could experience difficulties while updating from RSMediaGallery! v1.
26 Apr 2021
Version 2.0.0
  • Added - Joomla! 4 compatibility.
  • Added - 'Filter Galleries by Search' option was added to component configuration panel.
  • Updated - Cleaner, more modern and more intuitive dashboard design.
  • Updated - Native responsive frontend design so that galleries and albums look better on all devices.
  • Updated - Smoothness of filtering animation was revised.
  • Updated - The feature of displaying all published items (regardless of the associated tags) by leaving 'Tags' field empty was added.
  • Updated - 'Tags' field has been improved with the option of allowing searching or selecting the desired tag from a dropdown list.
  • Updated - Certain areas of the component, modules and plugins were updated for a more consistent display both on Joomla! 3 and Joomla! 4.
  • Updated - Source code has been cleaned.
26 May 2020
Version 1.9.36
  • Fixed - In some cases, albums URLs were encoded incorrectly.
15 Jan 2020
Version 1.9.35
  • Updated - Added the title and description to the listings thumbs for third party integrations.
10 Jun 2019
Version 1.9.34
  • Fixed - Individual image pages were showing as duplicates due to inheriting the Page Title from the menu item.
15 Oct 2018
Version 1.9.33
  • Added - Menu option to disable height resize in the lightbox.
24 May 2018
Version 1.9.32
  • Fixed - Accessing a direct URL without a menu item ID would show an SQL error.
07 Mar 2018
Version 1.9.31
  • Fixed - The tags for the Gallery Layout menu item could not be selected properly.
08 Dec 2017
Version 1.9.30
  • Fixed - Images were still incorrectly added to the database even if the import failed.
26 Sep 2017
Version 1.9.29
  • Fixed - Improved the import images functionality when dealing with large files.
  • Fixed - Importing images with uppercase extension.
27 Jun 2017
Version 1.9.28
  • Fixed - The "Options" button was not displayed properly in Joomla 3.7.2.
  • Fixed - Small fix regarding the display of the images per row
06 Mar 2017
Version 1.9.27
  • Fixed - "Load more" button did not work properly when "Show Title" option was set on "No".
09 Dec 2016
Version 1.9.26
  • Fixed - Tags that contained unicode strings produced a Javascript error when using filtering.
04 May 2016
Version 1.9.25
  • Fixed - Updated Facebook sharing format.
08 Apr 2016
Version 1.9.24
  • Fixed - Facebook sharing when using detailed images in original format.
01 Apr 2016
Version 1.9.23
  • Fixed - Some compatibility issues with PHP 7.
10 Mar 2016
Version 1.9.22
  • Fixed - Some errors that occurred when editing images with no filters assigned to them.
26 Feb 2016
Version 1.9.21
  • Fixed - Problems with the special characters in the tags.
19 Feb 2016
Version 1.9.20
  • Fixed - Problems loading the images in the administrator view.
18 Feb 2016
Version 1.9.19
  • Fixed - Problems when uploading images with their extensions manually modified.
15 Dec 2015
Version 1.9.18
  • Fixed - Responsive layout was not working correctly in Albums view.
14 Dec 2015
Version 1.9.17
  • Fixed - In some cases, landscape images were not cropped correctly when using Free Aspect Ratio.
  • Fixed - Album tags were not escaped correctly.
22 Sep 2015
Version 1.9.16
  • Fixed - Alignment display issues when the albums were centered and displayed on multiple rows.
22 Sep 2015
Version 1.9.15
  • Fixed - The filtering option didn't work well with some special characters.
10 Sep 2015
Version 1.9.14
  • Fixed - Saving the order of the images did not work.
26 Aug 2015
Version 1.9.13
  • Updated - MyISAM is no longer set as the default database engine.
  • Updated - Added indexes to #__rsmediagallery_thumbs and #__rsmediagallery_effects columns.
  • Updated - Removed some deprecated code and other code improvements.
  • Fixed - Resolved some issues that caused #__rsmediagallery_thumbs and #__rsmediagallery_effects to fill up.
12 Aug 2015
Version 1.9.12
  • Fixed - Worked around Joomla! route bug that caused SEF links for albums not to be urlencoded() correctly.
21 Jul 2015
Version 1.9.11
  • Fixed - The filtering was not working correctly when using UTF-8 tags.
14 Jul 2015
Version 1.9.10
  • Added - Updates will now show up in the Joomla! Update section.
  • Fixed - Layout issue regarding the alignment of the albums.
28 May 2015
Version 1.9.9
  • Fixed - Some layout issues were caused due to a CSS definition.
15 May 2015
Version 1.9.8
  • Fixed - The tooltips for the Social Sharing Icons on Joomla 2.5.x did not display correctly.
  • Fixed - MooTools was incorrectly being loaded on Joomla! 3.x
23 Apr 2015
Version 1.9.7
  • Fixed - When filtering was enabled, the gallery did not align properly in non responsive view.
20 Apr 2015
Version 1.9.6
  • Updated - Choose where to enable social sharing: thumbs and/or details.
  • Fixed - Sharing on 'Pinterest' didn't work when 'Use Original Image' was enabled.
16 Apr 2015
Version 1.9.5
  • Fixed - Share on Pinterest was not working if the image was not already generated.
  • Fixed - In some cases integration was not working when using RSMediaGalleryHelper.
03 Apr 2015
Version 1.9.4
  • Fixed - CSS Fix for the thumbnails display on mobile devices.
31 Mar 2015
Version 1.9.3
  • Fixed - Thumbnails in the administration section are no longer cached.
27 Mar 2015
Version 1.9.2
  • Fixed - Hover animation is now done using CSS.
15 Jan 2015
Version 1.9.1
  • Fixed - jQuery Migrate was not being loaded on Joomla! 3
  • Fixed - Empty tags no longer appear in the 'Tags used' screen.
  • Fixed - Minified scripts were missing the ending semicolon, causing issues when using a Joomla! Javascript compressor plugin.
  • Fixed - When configuring the menu item, the tag suggestions were incorrecting appearing behind the buttons below.
15 Jan 2015
Version 1.9.0
  • Added - A loading bar shows up when clicking on 'Load more' or when opening an image.
  • Added - Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest social sharing on images.
  • Added - 'View all tags' button when editing an image, allowing you to select / deselect from all tags currently in use.
  • Added - 'View all tags' button in the backend showing a list of all tags used.
  • Added - Image 'Title' and 'Description' can be displayed on the thumbnail on both the Content and System Plugins.
  • Added - 'Responsive Slideshow Module' can now display bullets for browsing between slides.
  • Updated - Opening an image now scales with the browser's window size.
  • Fixed - Menu 'Page Display' > 'Page Class' parameter was not being used.
  • Fixed - Some layout alignment issues have been fixed for the Content and System Plugins.
11 Dec 2014
Version 1.8.13
  • Fixed - If there was no limit set for displaying the images the 'Load more' button was still shown.
04 Dec 2014
Version 1.8.12
  • Fixed - In some cases effects could not be applied (because of a wrong memory calculation).
08 Oct 2014
Version 1.8.11
  • Fixed - A warning would appear when 'Make Gallery Responsive' was set to 'Yes' on the 'Albums' menu item.
02 Oct 2014
Version 1.8.10
  • Updated - Error messages are now shown when thumbnail generation fails.
  • Fixed - Changed some jQuery functions due to incompatibilities with jQuery 1.11.1 on Joomla 2.5
30 Sep 2014
Version 1.8.9
  • Updated - jQuery updated to v1.11.1
  • Fixed - jQuery "Smart load" wasn't working when website URL had uncommon characters.
11 Sep 2014
Version 1.8.8
  • Fixed - "Load more" button was displaying an incorrect number of remaining items.
08 Sep 2014
Version 1.8.7
  • Fixed - There was an error when displaying the RSMediaGallery! albums.
12 Aug 2014
Version 1.8.6
  • Fixed - A bug was introduced in 1.8.5 that prevented navigating correctly through the images.
  • Fixed - Small fix regarding the display of the album view on responsive layout.
08 Aug 2014
Version 1.8.5
  • Updated - Cropping images are now mobile/tablet friendly.
  • Fixed - The back-end filter options were not displayed properly.
  • Fixed - The fix from Version 1.8.4 was also applied to the load more items.
  • Fixed - The fix from Version 1.8.3 was also applied to the load more items.
07 Aug 2014
Version 1.8.4
  • Fixed - Proper display of images when displayed as gallery layout in responsive view with no filtering tags.
04 Aug 2014
Version 1.8.3
  • Fixed - Clicking the title of a slide, opened the image in a new window rather then in the slideshow view.
18 Jul 2014
Version 1.8.2
  • Updated - "Free Aspect Ratio" can now be enabled by default when adding images.
  • Fixed - Some bugs were resolved that were occuring when navigating through folders in the "Import" section.
03 Jul 2014
Version 1.8.1
  • Fixed - In some cases where open_basedir was used, images couldn't get rendered.
  • Fixed - Album thumbnails were generated incorrectly.
17 Jun 2014
Version 1.8.0
  • Updated - Thumbnails (shown on the Album Cover) are now ordered based on menu params.
  • Fixed - Height wasn't calculated correctly in some cases due to a CSS declaration.
04 Jun 2014
Version 1.7.9
  • Fixed - Gallery was throwing a Javascript error in IE8.
15 Apr 2014
Version 1.7.8
  • Fixed - Small issue with the album view on IE8.
04 Apr 2014
Version 1.7.7
  • Fixed - Small issue on the responsive gallery layout on small resolutions.
02 Apr 2014
Version 1.7.6
  • Fixed - Images inside albums weren't being found if tags contained spaces.
28 Mar 2014
Version 1.7.5
  • Fixed - Number of items per row for the responsive layouts (for better integration with bootstrap).
19 Feb 2014
Version 1.7.4
  • Fixed - Javascript error preventing interface to work in PHP 5.2.
  • Fixed - Filters are not working in PHP 5.2, added explanation.
  • Fixed - Responsive layout CSS adjustments.
  • Fixed - Thumb generation resulting in black image.
19 Feb 2014
Switched to new version mode.
05 Feb 2014
Rev 7
  • Added - Import your local images (eg. images already uploaded on your website).
  • Added - 21 Predefined Effects - apply effects to your images inside RSMediaGallery!
  • Added - Control brightness, contrast, turn images into greyscale and more.
  • Added - Responsive layout for the gallery items (based on Bootstrap).
  • Added - Ability to center the gallery.
  • Added - Responsive Slideshow Module improvements: multiple items on the same slide, fade effect and center images.
30 Oct 2013
Rev 6
  • Added - New "Albums" Menu Item
  • Added - Visitors can filter images by tags
  • Fixed - In some cases, when the thumbnail was created, it wasn't displayed.
  • Fixed - PNG thumbnails did not keep transparency after resize
  • Fixed - Menu Meta Data was not being used
07 May 2013
Rev 5
  • Updated - Joomla! 3.0 compatibility
  • Updated - jQuery updated to 1.8.1
  • Added - New "Advanced Slideshow" Module
  • Added - Auto rotation of JPEG images through EXIF information
  • Added - Preview tags in back-end image listing
  • Added - Show Selection Ration in Image Detail
  • Fixed - Hide Listing Filters in Edit image mode
  • Fixed - Slideshow Module wouldn't show when the Content or the System Plugin were enabled on the page
  • Fixed - Images were not resized correctly due to some css declarations in the template
23 Jul 2012
Rev 4
  • Added - API for developers to integrate RSMediaGallery! - More info
16 May 2012
Rev 3
  • Updated - When uploading an image, the title is grabbed from the filename, but the extension is removed now
  • Updated - Installer now checks for write permissions on gallery folders
  • Updated - Improved Content Plugin lightbox usability & reduced code size
  • Added - System Plugin that allows you to place galleries anywhere on your website
  • Added - Free aspect ratio for portrait / landscape images
  • Added - Admin preview gets scrolled along with the window when editing a thumbnail
  • Added - Ability to automatically upload the images as published
  • Added - Configuration options: Set folder and file permissions
  • Added - Ability to show a single image with the Content & System Plugins
  • Added - "Show Description" parameter for the Content & System Plugins
  • Added - Images can now be ordered randomly in the Slideshow Module
  • Fixed - Removed some redundant code
  • Fixed - CSS issue: longer thumbnail titles were not showing up correctly inside their container
  • Fixed - CSS issue: Slideshow Module title was not displayed on a separate line
  • Fixed - CSS issues with IE7 in the administrator section (still not recommended, use IE9 instead)
  • Fixed - Slideshow Module was loading an incorrect language file when throwing an error
  • Fixed - Some conflicts with MooTools
  • Fixed - Some images would result in a black thumbnail
  • Fixed - Deleting images in the backend would show an incorrect total number of images
11 Apr 2012
Rev 2
  • Updated - New lightbox with automatic image resize, automatic scroll, keyboard navigation, faster loading times, better compatibility
  • Updated - Installer now checks for latest versions of module & plugin
  • Updated - Refactored some JavaScript code
  • Added - Configuration options: jQuery and Contrast
  • Added - Contrasts work for the module and plugin as well
  • Added - Ability to open images in a new tab from the Menu Item
  • Added - Ability to open images in a new tab from the Slideshow Module
  • Fixed - Bug when loading images on the second page
08 Feb 2012
Rev 1
  • Initial release

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