RSBlog! Changelog

23 Nov 2023
Version 1.14.2
  • Added - Native support for Joomla! 5.
21 Sep 2023
Version 1.14.1
  • Fixed - The ajax pagination was not working correctly.
25 Aug 2022
Version 1.14.0
  • Added - Set custom canonical URL on blog posts.
  • Added - Create posts for a specific language.
  • Added - Set multiple authors for posts.
  • Added - Add a reading progress bar for posts.
28 Feb 2022
Version 1.13.25
  • Fixed - Updated the XMLRPC library.
21 Sep 2020
Version 1.13.24
  • Added - Joomla! 4 compatibility.
  • Fixed - Miscellaneous code improvements.
18 Aug 2020
Version 1.13.23
  • Fixed - Facebook permissions were updated.
05 May 2020
Version 1.13.22
  • Added - Choose the heading type for titles in the blog listing layout.
  • Added - Structured data on blog listing.
  • Fixed - Articles were imported multiple times.
  • Upgraded - All database tables are now utf8mb4.
  • Upgraded - The PDF library was updated.
30 Dec 2019
Version 1.13.21
  • Fixed - Code improvements for the remote publishing process.
05 Aug 2019
Version 1.13.20
  • Added - Select local attachments.
  • Added - Random tag cloud.
  • Added - Ajax pagination.
  • Added - New menu item that lists blog authors.
  • Added - New blog post options for the post in frontend.
12 Jul 2019
Version 1.13.19
  • Fixed - When using the remote publishing option, some email subjects were trimmed.
31 May 2019
Version 1.13.18
  • Fixed - Browsers were autofilling the password field when creating a new blog post.
17 Apr 2019
Version 1.13.17
  • Added - 'Enable comments' option in the remote publishing area.
  • Fixed - Attachments were not uploaded correctly when using remote publishing.
  • Fixed - Twitter integration fixes.
20 Feb 2019
Version 1.13.16
  • Added - Select the default frontend modal.
  • Added - Error handling.
26 Jun 2018
Version 1.13.15
  • Fixed - An error was thrown when SEF was off when accessing the Blog layout.
12 Jul 2018
Version 1.13.14
  • Added - Integrate your own Facebook Application.
24 May 2018
Version 1.13.13
  • Added - Store IP option.
  • Added - Require consent for submitting forms.
15 May 2018
Version 1.13.12
  • Fixed - When copying a post an error was thrown.
13 Feb 2018
Version 1.13.11
  • Added - FontAwesome library.
  • Added - Remove IDs from SEF URLs.
  • Update - Moved scripts and styles to the media folder.
  • Update - Refactored code.
16 Jan 2018
Version 1.13.10
  • Fixed - Some SEF URL's were throwing a 404 error.
4 Dec 2017
Version 1.13.9
  • Fixed - The Calendar module did not take into consideration the site's timezone.
30 Aug 2017
Version 1.13.8
  • Fixed - All MooTools modals were converted to the Bootstrap modal.
  • Update - Now you can choose your Facebook administrated pages, in the Facebook integration.
12 Jun 2017
Version 1.13.7
  • Fixed - On some servers the Facebook integration was not working.
21 Apr 2017
Version 1.13.6
  • Update - Schema.org microdata.
9 Mar 2017
Version 1.13.5
  • Update - Updated the XMLRPC library.
19 Dec 2016
Version 1.13.4
  • Fixed - Remote publishing : parsing inline images when no email Body was found.
14 Nov 2016
Version 1.13.3
  • Fixed - Disable "Social integration" when post moderation was enabled.
11 Nov 2016
Version 1.13.2
  • Fixed - The attachments table was missing the AUTO_INCREMENT property.
5 Sep 2016
Version 1.13.1
  • Fixed - Moderation message was missing when saving a post.
18 Aug 2016
Version 1.13.0
  • Added - Upload attachments to the blog post.
  • Added - Remote publishing now parse email attachments.
  • Added - Time to read the blog post.
  • Added - EasyBlog import plugin.
22 Jun 2016
Version 1.12.27
  • Upgraded - Updated the Facebook API to v2.6.
22 Jun 2016
Version 1.12.26
  • Fixed - Selecting users in the group section was not working.
21 Jun 2016
Version 1.12.25
  • Fixed - When no image was selected, some errors would appear when saving a blog post.
14 Jun 2016
Version 1.12.24
  • Upgraded - Images uploaded from mobile phones were not oriented correctly.
08 Jan 2016
Version 1.12.23
  • Fixed - Category permissions were not taken into consideration.
06 Jan 2016
Version 1.12.22
  • Added - reCAPTCHA v2.
  • Fixed - The built-in captcha was not working anymore.
15 Dec 2015
Version 1.12.21
  • Fixed - Users could not upload or remove their avatar from the RSBlog! profile menu.
11 Dec 2015
Version 1.12.20
  • Added - New timeline theme.
  • Added - Select blog cover from your images folder.
  • Updated - Social interaction on remote publishing.
  • Updated - SEO improvements to the blog.
03 Dec 2015
Version 1.12.19
  • Added - Joomla! updates integration.
23 Nov 2015
Version 1.12.18
  • Fixed - Dashboard tags query was not running and causing issues with MySQL (PDO) adapter.
6 Oct 2015
Version 1.12.17
  • Updated - The HTML truncation is now using DOMDocument.
19 Jun 2015
Version 1.12.16
  • Fixed - The unsubscribe link from the "Subscribers email" was pointing to the administration area when sent from the backend.
18 Jun 2015
Version 1.12.15
  • Fixed - The "Rating" text was still visible even if the option was disabled.
15 Jun 2015
Version 1.12.14
  • Fixed - Improved the way RSBlog! was posting to Facebook.
12 Jun 2015
Version 1.12.13
  • Fixed - Auto-posting to Facebook was improved.
11 Jun 2015
Version 1.12.12
  • Fixed - The title of the blog post using the Remote publishing option was incorrectly saved.
25 May 2015
Version 1.12.11
  • Added - Added Meta Title option to categories and tags.
15 May 2015
Version 1.12.10
  • Updated - The Facebook permissions were updated.
06 May 2015
Version 1.12.9
  • Fixed - Archived posts were not displayed correctly in the frontend.
05 May 2015
Version 1.12.8
  • Fixed - There was a problem with the filtering of archived posts in the backend.
03 Mar 2015
Version 1.12.7
  • Added - Show/Hide the Blog header.
  • Added - RSBlog! search module.
  • Added - RSBlog! subscribe module.
  • Fixed - When "Enable sharing" was turned off, a blank space was showing in the blog post view.
18 Dec 2014
Version 1.12.6
  • Fixed - The blog title was not set correctly when using the remote publishing option.
17 Dec 2014
Version 1.12.5
  • Fixed - Facebook comments were not loading on https.
3 Dec 2014
Version 1.12.4
  • Fixed - Some minor warnings were shown when the remote publishing option was enabled.
17 Oct 2014
Version 1.12.3
  • Fixed - An error was thrown when you were trying to save a post and the Multibyte module was disabled.
15 Oct 2014
Version 1.12.2
  • Fixed - A fatal error was thrown when accessing the RSS Feed and the "Google Publisher Profile URL" was not empty.
29 Sep 2014
Version 1.12.1
  • Updated - The icon class was changed.
09 Sep 2014
Version 1.12.0
  • Added - Auto-drafts. (Save post content automatically)
  • Added - Blog post image.
  • Added - Brand new 7 themes for the blog layout.
  • Added - Ping update services when creating a new post.
  • Added - Rich snippets.
  • Added - Report posts.
  • Added - Set metadata robots on blog posts.
  • Added - Google publisher URL.
  • Added - Set Google author profile URL on blog posts.
  • Added - Filter bad words.
  • Added - Minimum characters number.
  • Added - {title}, {categories}, {tags} placeholders in the subscriber email.
  • Added - The use of [readmore] and [end] placeholders when using the remote publishing method.
  • Added - Smart search plugin.
  • Updated - The use of Bootstrap on all RSBlog! views.
  • Updated - All javascript scripts were switched to jQuery.
  • Fixed - Tooltip problem with Joomla! 3.3
27 Aug 2014
Version 1.11.14
  • Fixed - There was a missing filter on Joomla! 2.5 on the subscriptions view.
22 Aug 2014
Version 1.11.13
  • Fixed - Fixed a problem when using JComments as the default commenting system.
21 Aug 2014
Version 1.11.12
  • Update - The send subscription method was updated.
19 Aug 2014
Version 1.11.11
  • Update - The send subscription method was updated.
25 Jun 2014
Version 1.11.10
  • Fixed - The Gravatar was not showing correctly when using a camel-case email address.
29 Mar 2014
Version 1.11.9
  • Update - Added a new menu item option (Show category description).
25 Mar 2014
Version 1.11.8
  • Fixed - Changed the "modal" class to "rsmodal".
11 Mar 2014
Version 1.11.7
  • Fixed - Category permissions when adding a new post.
  • Fixed - Remote publishing - no category was found when using this syntax {category: Category}.
10 Mar 2014
Version 1.11.6
  • Fixed - Deleting filters in the backed was causing a javascript error.
  • Added - Rebuild categories button.
30 Jan 2014
Rev 11 - Joomla! 2.5 and 3.x
  • Added - Subscribe to multiple categories: users can choose which particular categories they wish to subscribe.
  • Added - RSBlog! author profile: each author can now have a publicly accessible profile page.
  • Added - Multi-language emails: emails can be setup differently for each of your website language.
  • Added - Allow users to unsubscribe from the frontend area of your website.
  • Added - Xmap plugin for RSBlog!: sitemaps made with Xmap will also index RSBlog! pages.
  • Added - JomSocial user points rule for when users create a new post in RSBlog!.
25 Oct 2012
Rev 10 - Joomla! 2.5 and 3.x
  • Added - Joomla! 3.0 compatibility.
  • Added - Nested categories.
  • Added - New frontend ordering options.
  • Added - Added the post text into the subscriptions email message.
  • Updated - Code re-written for Joomla! 2.5 - 3.0 MVC.
17 Jul 2012
Version Rev 9 - Joomla! 1.5
  • Added - Disqus commenting system.
  • Added - Linkedin sharing.
  • Added - Add class="rsb_fb" to the image you want to show up on facebook when sharing.
  • Added - Custom Itemid to all modules.
  • Added - Navigation buttons (Next and Previous).
  • Added - Customize the maximum and minimum font size for tags in the tags module and tags view.
  • Added - New blog templates.
  • Fixed - Moderation email was sent even if the user edited his post.
  • Fixed - New post notification email was sent even if the user edited his post.
  • Updated - Remote publishing will import images.
  • Updated - Moderation email.
  • Updated - Convert multiple posts to articles.
09 Apr 2012
Rev 8
  • Added - You can add new categories directly when editing a blog post.
  • Added - You can archive the post from the edit screen.
  • Added - Auto-suggest tags. Suggestions come up when you type the tags in a blog post.
  • Improved - Back-end filtering. You can quickly find blog posts using the Ajax filter with multiple conditions.
  • Improved - Back-End blog listing.
  • Improved - Tags listing. You can now see the last articles where the tag was used.
  • Improved - Front end templates.
  • Fixed - Front-end designs for Joomla! 2.5
18 Aug 2011
Rev 7
  • Added - Google+ button. You can now share blog posts on Google+.
  • Added - You can select if you want to publish your blog posts on your configured Facebook wall.
  • Added - Facebook comments. You can now comment to a blog post using the Facebook commenting feature.
  • Added - Content plugins. Content plugins (designed to work in standard Joomla! articles) will now work inside RSBlog! posts.
  • Added - Category posting restrictions in front-end. You can now restrict in what categories users can create blog posts.
  • Added - Popular posts module - simple module that lists the most visited posts.
  • Fixed - Users can now see their unpublished posts and edit them if they have the "Edit own posts" option enabled in the group.
25 May 2011
Rev 6
  • Added - new layout template
  • Improved JomSocial functionality - if JomSocial is installed, RSBlog! will automatically update the JomSocial Activity Stream with new or updated user entries.
  • Added - group permission: you can now allow users to view unpublished blog posts in the front-end
01 Apr 2011
Rev 5
  • Added - You can select whether to show or not the "No comments" link
  • Added - Ordering in archive module
  • Added - Joomla! Search plugin
  • Added - Rating system
  • Added - Allow guests to subscribe
  • Added - Subscribe to specific categories
  • Added - New post notification
  • Added - New subscriber notification
  • Updated - New post layout
  • Fixed - Months in archive module are now translated
  • Fixed - rev 4 bugs
28 Feb 2011
Rev 4
  • Updated - Joomla! 1.6 Compatibility
  • Added - Avatar support
  • Added - Link avatar to profile (CB & JomSocial)
  • Added - Automatic blog truncation
09 Dec 2010
Rev 3
  • Added - Translation for the "Uncategorized" category
  • Added - Translation for the "Guests" group
  • Added - Module Class Suffix to the calendar
  • Added - Error message when subscribing with incorrect details
  • Added - Subscription date
  • Added - Subscribers must confirm their e-mail address before they start receiving e-mails
  • Added - Unsubscribe link
  • Added - Check interval (buffer time) for the e-mail parser
  • Added - Check interval (buffer time) for auto archiving posts
  • Added - Add/Edit subscribers in backend
  • Added - Captcha for subscribing
  • Added - Select multiple tags and categories in blog menu item
  • Added - Twitter and Facebook auto-publishing
  • Added - Readmore link class
  • Added - Send pingbacks,trackbacks,post to twitter,post on facebook also added in quickpost and in frontend
  • Added - Convert posts to Joomla articles
  • Added - Archive module - select categories.
  • Added - Jomsocial plugin
  • Added - Translation of date
  • Added - Remote publishing: In the e-mail subject you can specify the category and tags you wish to assign to the post. Expl: {category:Uncategorized} {tags:tag1,tag2} This is a new post.
  • Fixed - Tags are now by default published when you create them
  • Fixed - Showing unpublished items in the frontend
  • Fixed - Rewrote several SQL queries to increase performance
  • Fixed - Joomla! phpxmlrpc class throwing errors on PHP 5.3 - we are now loading it only when we need to send pingbacks, until a Joomla! update fixes this
  • Fixed - The JTable RSBlog_Posts class was being loaded from two places instead of just one
  • Fixed - Subscription e-mails were not validated
  • Fixed - Permissions were not used correctly in some cases
  • Fixed - E-mail parser was not being triggered in the backend
  • Fixed - Optimized routing to select the appropiate menu item
  • Fixed - Showing "Modified on: Never" when creating a new post instead of the current date
  • Fixed - E-mails were getting sent to subscribers every time the post was being edited and published
12 Nov 2010
Rev 2
  • Added - Import articles form Joomla! content , K2 articles , MyBlog posts
  • Added - Ability to transform tags into categories
  • Added - New option in configuration to show or hide the Blog header
  • Added - Subscribe to blog
  • Added - Joom!Fish content elements
  • Fixed - minor bugs

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