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Changelog for Hotspots - Google Maps for Joomla!

Hotspots 5.4.6 - Released 10-Feb-2019

  • Difffixing the google maps version of the api to 3.34 as 3.35 introduced some incompatibilities
  • Diffbetter handling of aliases when creating hotspots
  • Fixwrong category description in the CB plugin
  • Fixzip was not copied over from the CB plugin
  • Fixgeocoding requests in CB, k2 plugins were failing because of a missing API key for the google APIs

Hotspots 5.4.5 - Released 6-Jan-2019

  • Newadded a css class to the div that holds the language in the frontend form
  • Newadded an option to specify a default category for the hotspots submit form in the frontend

Hotspots 5.4.4 - Released 13-Sep-2018

  • FixThe frontend submit form no longer uses the mootools js framework

Hotspots 5.4.3 - Released 21-Aug-2018

  • Diffsmall UI improvements to match the new google maps css
  • Newadded an option to show/hide the google maps fullScreen control

Hotspots 5.4.2 - Released 17-Aug-2018

  • Newchanging the map control’s css to match the new big google maps style
  • Fixcrash when captcha and contact hotspots owner was on, but no config was set in Hotspots
  • Newimprovements to the url custom field

Hotspots 5.4.1 - Released 10-Feb-2018

  • Fixsearch was not looking in the state field

Hotspots 5.4.0 - Released 4-Feb-2018

  • DiffAdded a new format_address configuration option. Use this to have the proper format for your country
  • NewAPI to load all categories, hotspots or a single hotspot
  • Newadded onAfterHotspotDelete event
  • Newadded an option to sort the user's hotspots in the usershotspots view

Hotspots 5.3.11 - Released 23-October-2017

  • Fixthe bootstrap emulation css was missing, causing some installations to behave inproperly (could not hide filters)
  • Fixpostal codes for Portugal were not always correct

Hotspots 5.3.10 - Released 7-October-2017

  • Fixfixed SQL error when zoomed out

Hotspots 5.3.9 - Released 24-September-2017

  • Newadd GestureHandling. The behavior of google maps has changed - now per default it decides whether the scorllwheel should zoom in the map or not. Use this option to manually controll this
  • Fixthe URL in the K2 form didn't add the API key
  • Fixsearch query was not returning the correct results: https://compojoom.com/forum/post/no-hotspot-find
  • FixWeather layer was not working as the data coming from openweather had renamed properties
  • Newdisplay the hotspot's address in the latest hotspots module

Hotspots 5.3.8 - Released 06-June-2017

  • Fixthe CB plugin was missing the language file
  • NewDisplaying description and image in the hotspots list module
  • Fixthe tiles js files were missing in the PRO package
  • Newadding sorting Hotspots by id - thanks to Laurant Collongues
  • Fixsome missing translations in the send map view - thanks to Laurant Collongues for pointing it out
  • Fixa js error was thrown when the google streetview API was retuning OK, but for some reason didn't have any imagery

Hotspots 5.3.7 - Released 30-May-2017

  • Fixfixed [] operator not supported for strings in kml request on php 7.1
  • Fixfixed bug with kml import
  • Fixreadmore button was not shown when it was set to show in the Hotspot params, but forbidden in the global settings
  • Diffno longer saving an asset for each hotspot (saving only when necessary)

Hotspots 5.3.6 - Released 2-May-2017

  • Fixthe plg_content_hotspotscategory was missing from the core release
  • Newadded the id of the hotspot to the div that holds the hotspot information in single view

Hotspots 5.3.5 - Released 25-April-2017

  • Fixtypo in the config.xml latitude ASC ordering was leading to a wrong query
  • Newautomatically scroll an open the contact hotspot owner form when redirecting back from joomla's login form
  • Fixadding a new category was not working on Joomla 3.7

Hotspots 5.3.4 - Released 24-January-2017

  • Newadded an option to select a user group that is authorized to contact the hotspot author
  • Fixon error in the submit form, scroll to the system-message-container to show the errors

Hotspots 5.3.3 - Released 07-December-2016

  • Fixcontact owner captcha now works recaptcha v2 and with any other captcha plugin
  • Fixstreetview requires an API key & we now use the api key provided to authenticate our requests

Hotspots 5.3.2 - Released 20-September-2016

  • Fixsince joomla 3.6 the way the language filter has changed. Applying the changes to the hotsptos view in backend in order to see all languages
  • Fixmanage hotspots in backend doesn't show all available hotspots
  • Fixediting an unpublished hotspot in the frontend was not showing the custom fields
  • FixMarkers do not appear after direction search
  • Fixthe latest hotsptos module was not respecting the limit set on sites that use the mysql pdo database driver
  • Diffserve streetview imagery over https and not http
  • Newadded an option to sort the hotspots by latitude or longitude
  • Newadded an option to select the categories to display in the filter
  • Fixmake the API field required again as google maps now needs an API key to work
  • Fixthe hotspotsanywhere plugins was loading wrong parameters when no itemid was provided

Hotspots 5.3.1 - Released 20-July-2016

  • Fixcompatibility fix for Joomla 3.6 due to this: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/4cf1dbdbcecab85b4331861aaa633d359bca9617
  • Diffchanged the marker list lenght option from a dropdown to input field. Now you can enter whatever pagination value you want. Don't set a too high value!
  • Fixthe k2 plugin was not setting the correct language
  • Fixthe search plugin now creates a link that respects the category of the hotspot
  • Fixfixed compatibility with Jomsocial 4.2
  • Fixadding Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * to the json response. This way the browser can load the hotspots on subdomains (CORS)
  • Fixin single view on mobile one was not able to use the search directions feature

Hotspots 5.3.0 - Released 05-April-2016

  • Fixon Joomla 3.5 the recaptcha on the submission form was not working
  • Fixhotspots - matukio plugin is not compatible with Matukio 6
  • Fixfixed layout bug in the integration with k2 2.7.0
  • Fixon some installations the tile request was causing a 500 error
  • Fixcategory title shows as a hotspot name when the query was falling back to a search around the globe
  • Fixwarning in logs parameter 2 to PlgContentHotspotscategory::onContentBeforeSave() expected to be a reference
  • Fixthe hotspots list module was returning 0 results when sorting by title
  • Fixhotspotsanywhere was not properly replacing |
  • Newadded PhocaMaps importer
  • Fixcustomfield menu was not selected when active
  • Newadded ability to render customfields defined in the template overrides
  • Newadded rss_logopath opiton (you can specify your own rss logo image now)
  • Delremoved duplicate hs-directions-template causing invalid html
  • Fixwhen searching for hotspots the category title was shown instead of the hotspot title
  • Fixnow it is possible to change the menu width only with css
  • Fixthe alias field was not auto-populated & the alias database field was not created when we updated from previous version
  • Fixthe sticky option set in the k2 plugin is now respected
  • FixEmail plugin now only sends a new email when we have a new hotspot, and not when we edit an existing one
  • Fixrespect edit permissions set in the category and not only in the global hotspots config
  • Fixthe settings override can be now used for any hotspot variable
  • Fixk2 plugin was overriding any customfields set in the related hotspot
  • Fixdue to a missing alias hotspots were not populated from k2, matukio or jomsocial
  • Fixk2 plugin was not adding a title to the hotspot
  • Fixwhen moving around the weather infowindow was added several times on the map making it hard to close it
  • Fixthe hotspots helper was causing an error on php 5.4
  • Fixcategory description in the filters was not properly encoded
  • Diffdisplay the language select field for all users in the frontend (not only for admins as before)
  • Fixdashboard had wrong links to the published/unpublished hotspots

Hotspots 5.2.1 - Released 18-December-2015

  • Fixupdate script was not automatically updating the Hotspots config, leading to the Hotspots not loading in frontend
  • FixCB plugin was showing undefined for title of the hotspot
  • Fixwrong redirect when SEF urls are turned off and there is an error in the hotspots submit form

Hotspots 5.2.0 - Released 17-December-2015

  • Fixjoomla 3.4.6 bug - when saving a hotspot in frontend without a description one is redirected to the startpage instead of the form
  • Fixthe page was automatically scrolling to hotspots (on long pages this is not desirable)
  • Fixthe tour was not working properly when the menu was starting closed
  • Fixsingle view of a hotspot was not responsive
  • Newnow saving & showing the state in the US interface
  • Delremoved sensor parameter from the URL as it is no longer required by google maps
  • Newthe search now looks for hotspots in 50km radius if nothing is found in the current view and then around the globe
  • Newadded a new user hotspots view that can be used from moderators to edit the hotspots in the frontend
  • Fixfixed bug with resizing PNG images
  • Newadded option to add OGP(Open Graph) information without the need to have the share buttons
  • Newbatch operations in backend (duplicate, move, change access level, change category
  • Newthe hotspots now have an alias field (will be used for the url)
  • Newadded an option to save and create new hotspot (without going back to the hotspots view) in the backend
  • Newcustom fields are now visible on the map view (requires an update to your html overrides json view if you have any)
  • Fixthe submit form could be sent several times when you click the submit button several times
  • Fixa wrong created_by id was set when editing a hotspot as an administrator in the frontend
  • Newshow "no hotspots found" in the user hotspots view, when the user doesn't have any hotspots
  • Newadded edit & delete buttons to a single view of a hotspot (only when the necessary edit/delete rights are set)
  • Newadded new Plugin events onMultimediaBeforeUpload & onMultimediaAfterUpload
  • Newfilter by language in the backend
  • Newadded google recaptcha v2 for the frontend submit form
  • NewMake an option to select if you want to show username or name
  • NewAuto-set the map language depending on the site language
  • Fixmoderators were not able to delete hotspots in the frontend
  • Fixupdate from version 3.x was not deleting all helper files, leading to errors in the dashboard
  • Newcategory title and description can be translated in a different language.
  • Newthe hotspots anywhere plugin supports providing a menu item id {hotspotsanywhere Itemid} or {hotspotsanywhere lat/lng/zoom | Itemid}
  • FixWrong query in the hotspots mappings
  • FixThe My Location pin was not translated
  • Fixaup plugin was installed in the wrong category
  • Fixthe aup plugin was not assigning any points
  • Fixwrong redirect after deleting a hotspot in the frontend when SEF is on
  • Fixadding a confirm dialog to the delete own hotspots button in frontend

Hotspots 5.1.11 - Released 27-August-2015

  • Fixthe message to the owner of a Hotspot was stripped of spaces
  • Fixcustom marker icon was not shown in single view of a hotspot
  • Newthe Matukio plugin now ads the publish_down date of the event
  • Fixsome update queries were missing and updating from old version such as 2.0.5 was not possible because of this
  • Fix.compojoom-bootstrap class was missing from the single hotspot view page
  • Fixchanged the default quality for the generated thumbs. Now they should have smaller size than the original image :)
  • Fixthe custom fields label were not correctly aligned
  • FixKML import option now supports unlimited Folder depth for Placemarks
  • Newfrontend user hotspots now has a filter for search state, list length + an option to delete own hotspots
  • Newadded an option to map Matukio categories to Hotspot categories
  • Fixno language was set in the frontend & because of this the hotspot was not shown on multilingual sites
  • Newadded a map background option
  • Fixfixes to the CB plugin
  • Fiximage upload resizing was not working on Chrome browser
  • Newthe galleria now goes in fullscreen on double click
  • Fixin single view we set the title of the page to the hotspots title & the site name
  • Newfb share now shows the correct title, description & image( if available) and sets lat & lng coordinates
  • Newg+ share now shows the correct title, description & image( if available) and sets lat & lng coordinates

Hotspots 5.1.10 - Released 08-June-2015

  • Fixthe weather layer was showing up on the map per default, despite being turned off

Hotspots 5.1.9 - Released 02-June-2015

  • FixSubmit map was no longer working on Joomla 2.5 (this is also going to be the last release supporting joomla 2.5)
  • Fixwhen the weather layer was enabled the map on the submit page was not working

Hotspots 5.1.8 - Released 01-June-2015

  • Diffswitching the weather layer to http://openweathermap.org (Google has deprecated it's own weather layer and it will stop working on the 4th of June 2015)
  • Delremoved the clouds layer (as Google deprecated it and they it will stop working on the 4th of June 2015)
  • Delremoved the panoramio layer (as Google deprecated it and they it will stop working on the 4th of June 2015)
  • Fixthe jomsocial links profile was no longer generating correct urls to the user's profile
  • Fixthe community - hotspots plugin was no longer working on Jomsocial 4
  • Newadded recaptcha to the contact author of a Hotspot form
  • Newadded an option to the k2 plugin to delete an existing hotspot directly from the k2 item
  • Fixjomsocial features plugin was not working properly with Jomsocial 4.x
  • Newadded a feature to send a mail to the author of a Hotspot
  • Fixthe hotspots - k2 now supports swtabs
  • Fixset correct orientation for the generated thumbs

Hotspots 5.1.7 - Released 27-April-2015

  • Fixdashboard was not loading when ccomment 5.3.3 was installed on the site
  • Fixfixed reordering issue with custom fields

Hotspots 5.1.6 - Released 23-April-2015

  • Newoption to gather anonymous stats about the environment & configuration of the extension

Hotspots 5.1.5 - Released 13-April-2015

  • Newadded JED review request on the dashboard
  • Fixif we are in category list view look for the presence of the {hotspots} tag only in the introtext field
  • NewThe create hotspots menu now has a default categories option. You can specify which categories are visible in the frontend with it.
  • Fixoutput friendly warning when a hotspot is linked to unexisting matukio entry
  • Fixsometimes the tabs in teh menu were executing ajax requests due to a jquery ui "feature"
  • Fixhardcoded 'Select category' in the frontend submit form
  • FixHack around joomla bug: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/6440

Hotspots 5.1.4 - Released 6-April-2015

  • Fixwarning when address was missing in single view
  • Fixcenter by marker boundaries was not working

Hotspots 5.1.3 - Released 1-April-2015

  • FixParse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR for people on PHP 5.3 on single view. Users running PHP 5.4 were not affected

Hotspots 5.1.2 - Released 1-April-2015

  • FixUpdating from any version previous to 5.0 would cause a mysql error

Hotspots 5.1.1 - Released 31-March-2015

  • FixParse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR for people on PHP 5.3. Users running PHP 5.4 were not affected

Hotspots 5.1.0 - Released 31-March-2015

  • Newmultiple images upload
  • Newuse of gallerio.io to show the images in frontend (with fullscreen support!!!)
  • Newnew submit hotspot view in frontend
  • Diffsingle hotspot view no longer relies on mootools
  • Fixreadmore was shown even though the option in the hotspot was set to no

Hotspots 5.0.5 - Released 25-February-2015

  • Fixload the correct language for facebook recommend plugin
  • FixJoomla search plugin was not returning the correct results
  • Fixjomsocial, matukio & k2 plugins were unable to select a Hotspots category
  • Fixfixed sobiPRO import
  • Fixselecting start and end date in the frontend was not visible due to css bug
  • Fixon Joomla 2.5 one was not able to delete any hotspots in the backend
  • Fixmap on dashboard was not showing the markers

Hotspots 5.0.4 - Released 30-January-2015

  • NewKML import now import files that don't have a document node
  • NewKML import now has a default category option
  • Fixin some cases the installation was failing on joomla 2.5
  • Fixuploading a category marker icon was not working
  • Newit's now possible to seach for more than one hotspot by id in the backend syntax: id: 28,29 etc
  • Fixfire onContentChangeState event when a hotspot gets published/unpublished

Hotspots 5.0.3 - Released 26-January-2015

  • Fixcategory icon selection was not working when JSN power admin was enabled
  • Fixwhen category filter was selected KML files were not being loaded due to wrong query
  • Fixwhen the content - categories plugin was enabled one was not able to save hotspots, articles, categories or upload media :(

Hotspots 5.0.2 - Released 22-January-2015

  • Fixthe publish/unpublish button in the toolbar was not working in hotspots view in backend
  • Fixediting categories on joomla 2.5 was not possible
  • Fixon some sites the marker icons were not loading
  • Fixon joomla 2.5 the content and k2 plugins were crashing the page rendering
  • Fixpossible page crash when using meta description & keywords
  • Fixthe single hotspot selection was showing few notices
  • Fixlocations view was not loading on joomla 2.5
  • Fixdeleting a hotspot in the backend was resulting in a php error after the deletion
  • Fixkml import was no longer working correctly with the new category manager
  • Fixwrong link to the categories in the installation quick links.

Hotspots 5.0.1 - Released 21-January-2015

  • FixDue to a wrong category check users were not able to create new Hotspots in the backend

Hotspots 5.0.0 - Released 21-January-2015

  • Newwhen selecting a parent category automatically select all children
  • DiffThe tile cache has been moved to joomla's cache folder
  • DiffUsing Joomla's Category Manager. Now supporting subcategories!
  • Fixmarker tiles were not loaded on joomla 2.5
  • Diffchanged the default message that displays when you haven't provided a download id
  • Newkml import now also support StyleMaps definitions in the KML file
  • FixCB plugin - if the user is blocked, not approved, not confirmed or banned then remove his location from the map
  • Newthe latest hotspots module has an option to show/hide the author and date
  • Fixthe mail notify plugin was sending the same email X times to each user (where X is the number of moderators (facepalm))
  • Fixthe email notify plugin was sending emails to blocked accounts
  • Fixreverse geocoding location in the backend was working only for 1 item and for multiple items
  • Fiximported KML locations were not being shown on the map due to a missing language value
  • Newadded EasySocial avatar and profiles support
  • Fixmap not working on Ipad in fullscreen mode
  • Newadded an option to show the coordinates in the PRO version
  • Diffshare map & rss is per default disabled in the core version
  • Diffwhen a custom field is not filled out don't show it
  • Fixkml import on joomla 2.5 was not working properly
  • Newadded a module class suffix support to the latest hotspots module
  • Fixjavascript error when changing direction's to/from in the hotspots marker
  • Newthe matukio integration can now also use the locations define in matukio for each event

Hotspots 4.3.3 - Released 19-December-2014

  • Fixsubmitting a hotspot in the backend was not working under joomla 2.5

Hotspots 4.3.2 - Released 18-December-2014

  • Fixsubmission form was not working in the frontend

Hotspots 4.3.1 - Released 15-December-2014

  • Fixcustomfields assigned to specific categories couldn't be loaded in the hotsptos create view

Hotspots 4.3.0 - Released 15-December-2014

  • Newimproved Matukio integration. Now the link to event leads to the new dates view where the user can select a date repeating event
  • Newadded option to show latitude and longitude in the frontend
  • Delremoved print map option as it was not working since the 4.0 version. Will introduce it back in 4.5
  • Newthe content - hotspots plugin now also works in jevents
  • FixAddress is not displayed correctly
  • Fixzoom not working in the div at the bottom of the map (when menu is turned off)
  • Delremoved the loading data indicator near the cursor
  • Newadded the hotspotsanywhere plugin. It allows you to include the main hotspots view in a module position or in an article
  • Diffthe custom fields code has been abstracted and moved to lib_compojoom (have a look at your configured custom fields, you might need to reapply any category relationships)
  • Fixcustom fields data is now output event for unpublished events
  • Fixsaving a hotspot with wrong data was not outputing any error information

Hotspots 4.2.4 - Released 24-November-2014

  • Fixon some installations the configuration was crashing
  • Fixwhen the title was too long and there was an image, the title was slipping to a new row

Hotspots 4.2.3 - Released 23-November-2014

  • Fixon joomla 2.5 the dashboard was crashing on some installations

Hotspots 4.2.2 - Released 23-November-2014

  • FixK2 plugin was not working with custom zoom level
  • Newadded option to toggle the states (open, clsoe) of streetview by clicking on the streetview image
  • Newadded avatar support for CB, Jomsocial, Kunena and K2
  • Newadded profile support for CB, Jomsocial, Kunena and K2
  • Fixfontawesome icons for directions search were not loading when emulate bootstrap was on
  • Fixmap width was not correct when menu was set to start closed
  • Fixthe menu arrow was not correct when the menu was set to start closed

Hotspots 4.2.1 - Released 11-November-2014

  • Fixwrong center when we had coordinates in the url
  • Fixwrong offset leading to inability to load hotspots when a filter is selected

Hotspots 4.2.0 - Released 10-November-2014

  • Delremove the installer - hotspots plugin from the core version
  • Fixon some installations the dashboard was crashing
  • FixShow correct message when saving a hotspot in the frontend and autopublish is set to off
  • Fixlist length parameter was not taken into account (the menu list had always 20items...)
  • Fixwhen tabs title is turned off don't show information how to change the tabs...
  • Newadded an option to turn off the streetview when a hotspot is selected in the menu list
  • Newadded a new custom field: url
  • Fixwhen users don't have any markers in a category, always use the default map center
  • Fixwrong tiles generated when no cats filter provided
  • Fixcentering by marker bounds was not working properly
  • Fixwrong catid was used when there was no k2catid=hotspotcatid mapping in the k2 - hotspots plugin
  • FixMap doesn't respect the map type options in backend
  • Fixthe rss feed is now cached in joomla's cache folder and not in hotspots media folder
  • Fixk2 items were saving the hotspot with wrong coordinates (lat & lng were mixed up)
  • Fixallow empty in custom fields options was not respected
  • Fixmap in the dashboard was cut off
  • NewHotspots is now fully responsive. Works on small screens(iphone, windows Phone, android)
  • Fixfixed issues with the tour when tabs are disabled
  • Diffmaking the css a little more bulletproof for templates that are not well written
  • Fixemailing the map was not working when the user was not logged in

Hotspots 4.1.1 - Released 21-October-2014

  • Fixfixed Jomsocial activity plugin was no longer adding activity to jomsocial
  • Fixfixed warning on filters view

Hotspots 4.1.0 - Released 20-October-2014

  • Newadded option to emulate bootstrap for templates that don't come with support for the framework
  • Newenter now triggers the direction search in the hotspots list
  • Newadded an option to hide the tab title
  • Newwhen no tab is selected for the menu, we now show the information about the hotspot in a div on top of the map
  • Newadded options to select which tab to show in the menu
  • Fixthe menu closed option was not taken into account
  • Fixthe k2 plugin was not properly centering the marker
  • Fixthe k2 plugin was creating a fatal error
  • Diffmoved all helper files to the frontend /helpers folder
  • DiffRenamed hotspotsHelper to HotspotsHelperSettings - this might break your template overrides, so make sure to update them!
  • Fixhotspots were not properly loaded on multilingual sites
  • Newhotspots_above_filter & hotspots_below_filter module positions allowing you to display additional info to your users when they click on filters
  • NewonBeforeBuildQuery & onAfterBuildQuery events for developers who want to manipulate the list of hotspots
  • Langadded missing translations
  • Diffmade the css a little more bulletproof against badly written templates and extensions
  • DiffSwitching to the Handlebars.js template framework - you'll need to update your template overrides
  • Newadded import locations from KML file
  • Fixpage class & page heading options in page display in the menu were not respected

Hotspots 4.0.6 - Released 10-October-2014

  • Fixtooltips on the filters were cut off
  • Fixreorder the toolbar buttons in category view to follow the joomla standard 3.x behavior
  • Newadding fb, twitter & google plus share button on single view of a hotspot
  • Fixon some installations users were not able to upload KML files
  • Fixthe k2 plugin was missing the javascript file
  • Fixtour navigation buttons were not translated
  • Fixdirections search from hotspots list was not working
  • Diffchanged syntax of underscore js templates - we now use {{ }} instead of <% %> - Make sure to update your overrides!
  • Diffcode cleanup
  • Fixreloading update information was not working on joomla 2.5
  • Fixkml files were not loaded when no category was selected
  • Diffchanged the k2 integration behave. Now the fields support geocoding
  • Fixcategory ordering was not respected
  • Fixstart map in fullscreen was not working

Hotspots 4.0.5 - Released 05-October-2014

  • Fixforgotten console.log output
  • Fixhotspots were not loading because of a missing tooltip library on some joomla installations
  • Newadded new module positions. Check docs on compojoom.com for more details

Hotspots 4.0.4 - Released 03-October-2014

  • Fixon update the modified_by table field was not created, due to a typo in the mysql file
  • Fixjquery ui tabs can load content using ajax, which screws hotspots if the url contains a query...
  • Fixhardcoded language strings
  • Difflanguage file cleanup
  • Diffremoved unused code
  • Diffcode cleanup

Hotspots 4.0.3 - Released 30-September-2014

  • Fixwhen there is no filter set, make sure that we look only for hotspots in published categories
  • Fixhotspots now respect the address settings
  • Fixshow author and date settings were having no effect
  • Fixmarker count was not taken into account
  • Fixhardcoded language strings in the map view
  • Fixtruncating the short description was creating issues with html code

Hotspots 4.0.2 - Released 29-September-2014

  • Fixwrong sql syntax in a query on the dashboard
  • Fixdashboard buttons were missing icons on joomla 2.5
  • Delremoved option to hide categories on top (as we no longer have the categories on top)
  • Fixmap was not respecting the centering method selected by the user
  • Fixstyled maps was not working on some installations

Hotspots 4.0.1 - Released 27-September-2014

  • Fixold install definitions in the hotspots.xml were preventing it from installing (update was working)
  • Fixthe complete_uninstall option was not respected when uninstalling the component

Hotspots 4.0.0 - Released 24-September-2014

  • NewNow using joomla's updater for updating core & pro versions
  • DelRemoving the liveupdate library as we rely on joomla for updates now
  • FixChange arrow direction when menu opens
  • FixWhen menu is closed and the user clicks on a hotspot -> open it and center on this hotspot
  • Fixmenu was not closing on IE11
  • Newadded pagination on top of the list in the menu

Hotspots 4.0.0 beta1 - Released 27-August-2014

  • Fixstill using mootools functions on some places
  • Fixusing the new sql installer. Now updates from dev to stable, from stable to dev are no longer an issue. Downgrades as well!!! yahoo!
  • Diffnow using our backend template
  • Delremoved the old controlcenter and all backend modules
  • Newadded new dashboard
  • Fixadded map to the k2 item submit view (now user can use a drag and drop marker to specify the location + we have street, city, zip, country) fields
  • Fixcustom fields were crashing, because values were not escaped.
  • Newnew hotspots view - new directions, hotspots & settings
  • Fixfixed bug in the SobiPro migrator
  • Newadded option to add text above and below the map (in the map menu)

Hotspots 3.6.2 - Released 17-March-2014

  • Fixcould not create a map menu on Joomla 2.5

Hotspots 3.6.1 - Released 12-March-2014

  • Fixfixed - wrong group for k2 plugin

Hotspots 3.6.0 - Released 5-March-2014

  • Fixfixed - wrong redirect when using SEF and wrong captcha was entered in the form in the frontend
  • Fixfixed - content plugin was not using the custom image
  • Newadded an option to override the hotspots settings in the menu
  • Newadded k2 plugin that would add a pin for a k2 entry. It also displays a map after the k2 entry
  • Newadded jomsocial plugin to add a pin for the user's address on the map
  • Newadding a matukio plugin that can publish the events on the hotspots map
  • Newadded an option to unpublish the hotspot created through CB, instead of deleting it
  • Fixthe cb plugin was not properly deleting the hotspots mappings
  • Newadded the compojoom library to the package
  • Newadded id column to the hotspots view in the backend
  • FixTypeError: 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating 'b.getNorthEast')
  • Fixcentering in single view was not working properly in some situations
  • Newupdated the CB plugin with an option to set the title of the hotspot and to define mappign between hotspots custom fields and cb custom fields
  • Newadded the option to geocode the address of a CB user and to add his location in a specific category in Hotspots
  • Fixthe map controls were not changeble (no position or style could be set)
  • Diffpowered by cannot be changed from the settings for the core version anymore
  • Newadded hotspots_search_tab position (in the menu directly after the directions form)
  • Newadding the ability to show modules in the menu (hotspots_top_category_ID && hotspots_bottom_category_ID positions, where ID is the ID of the category where modules should be shown)
  • Fixthe copied link was not working on safari browser
  • Fixauto-resize the infowindow whenever the user changes the map dimentions
  • Newadded list type for the custom fields
  • Fixtreat the c argument in the url as lat & lng & not as a string for the geocoder
  • Fixstyle the userhotspots view on joomla 3.0
  • Newadding a no matching result message when there are no hotspots
  • Fixmaking the sobiPro improt script compatible with the latest sobiPro version 1.1.5
  • Fixcustomfields were not working on j2.5
  • Fixsend map & print map was not working in some situations
  • Delremoving unused files
  • Fixthe update script wasn't properly updating the custom fields
  • Fixgenerating unique file names for images. Otherwise they can end up being overridden by accident
  • Newadded custom fields support to the hotspots form
  • Newadded backend config screen for customfields
  • FixSelecting single hotspot from the menu was not that easy as it was buggy...
  • Fixrecaptcha was loaded over http connection on https sites
  • Fixinfobubble was loading resources over http:// instead of https://
  • Fixhelper was not defined in the CB plugin
  • Fixload the correct url for the CB plugin
  • Fixthe google api was not loaded through https in the CB plugin

Hotspots 3.5.x - Released 7-July-2013

  • Fixpanoramio user id needs to be stored as a string and not an integer
  • Newsearch now auto zooms out when we have hotspots outside of the current view
  • Fixprevented scrolling the map, when using scroll in the infowindow in firefox
  • Fixthe hotspots list module had hardcoded language strings in the code
  • Diffremoved the back link in single view - users are supposed to use the browser's back button (that is why we have it!!!)
  • Fixcomplete_uninstall was not taken into account
  • Fixfixed a redirect issue when submitting on the frontend
  • Diffswitch to the curl class for the geolocation feature
  • DiffsobiPro import can now import more than 1000 locations
  • Fixthe jomsocial plugin was not working properly
  • Fixon some servers the uploaded images have wrong permissions. Now manually setting them to 0644
  • Fixon some installation uploading a marker image was causing a fatal error
  • FixinfoBubble was not opening when in panorama view
  • Fixfixing a crash with IE8 when the hotspot had an image
  • Fixquick-search was not working when the menu was hidden
  • Fixin some situations a fatal error on j3 when creating a category
  • Fixinfobubble problems with IE8
  • Fixif we use geolocation centering it creates problem for single view of hotspots
  • Fixlanguage improvements in the menu options (otherwise we had untranslated strings)
  • Fixthe sys. language file was not loading available translations
  • Fixerror in the language file
  • Fixshow all tabs on map was not working propery
  • Fixin some situations changing categories was not working properly in frontend
  • Fixwelcome message was wrong right after the installation when the configuration was never saved
  • Fixwhen importing from sobipro the access field was not properly set
  • Fixsorting was not working properly in backend marker view
  • Fixfixing XSS vulnerability in the mail function
  • Fixinsufficient escaping leads to a possible SQL injection 2
  • Fixinsufficient escaping leads to a possible SQL injection
  • Fixusers with editState permissions were not able to change the hotspots published state in the frontend
  • Fixsearch was not working when the string we were searching for was containing "id"
  • Fixwhen we had a multilingual site the infowindow was making 2 requests to show the data instead of 1
  • Diffchanged link to the JED for the core version
  • Fixwhen using the search the menu was always showing up even though the user has closed it
  • Diffcontent plugin is now only executed on featured view if we have the code in the introtext
  • Newadded option for width to the content plugin
  • Newadded option for zoom to the content plugin
  • Fixhotspots adding now per default uses the center & zoom set in the global config
  • FixRSS was not working on joomla 3 & with php strict mode on
  • Fixcannot select FAHRENHEIT as temperature unit for the weather layer
  • Newadded latest hotspots module
  • NewLink author to jomsocial, CB etc
  • FixKML was not respecting the state of a KML file (published, unpublished)
  • DiffKMLs now are cleared when we switch between categories
  • Fixit was not possible to save a sample image for the category
  • Fixselect "show all tabs on map" was refreshing the map instead of showing all the tabs on the map...
  • Newadded AUP plugin
  • Newadded option to execute the content plugin in K2
  • Delremoved the category shadow as the latest google maps API has deprecated it and it is no longer available in the visual refresh
  • Newadded option to exclude a category from frontend submission
  • Fixthe markers on the custom tiles were not clickable
  • FixInfobubble - hiding markers when we use single instance of Infobubble - more info: https://code.google.com/p/google-maps-utility-library-v3/issues/detail?id=264
  • Fixwrong values for boundary and default centering
  • Newadded an option to set a custom zoom level when centering using the user's location
  • Newadded high accuracy option to the user's geolocation (this will use HTML5 geolocation)
  • Newadded an option to center the map using the user's location (based on IP)
  • Newadding a show readmore option for each hotspot in the backend
  • Fixmarkers were disappearing on the map when first clicked
  • Diffthe markerImage class deprecated in the last version of google Maps API, so moving to the new icon class
  • Fixon IE searches that contain UTF8 characters don't return any results
  • Fixdestroying the infobubble from the dom when we close it
  • Diffturned on autopan for the infobubble
  • Fixwhen the menu was hidden we could not resize the map
  • Diffmoved some options to the map tab where they fit better
  • Newadded configuration option for Pan Control
  • Newadded configuration option for Zoom Control
  • Newadded configuration option for Map type Control
  • Newadded configuration option for Scale Control
  • Newadded configuration option for Street view Control
  • Newadded configuration option for Overview map Control
  • Newadded configuration option for Scrollwheel Control
  • Fixa notice was display on the form view in frontend when we had a picture
  • FixCB plugin was not displaying the infowindows and markers on the map
  • Newadded an option to hide the menu on the right on start
  • Newadded an option to hide the quick search form
  • Newadded an option to hide the directions button for the marker

Hotspots 3.4.x - Released 6-May-2013

  • Fixno spaces when showing the user name
  • Fixclicking on a marker in the menu was not working on iphone/ipad
  • Newadded plugin to link to Flexicontent
  • Newadded plugin to link (read more) hotspots to external sites
  • Newadded draggable directions option
  • Newadded an option to provide API key & always using an https url to load the map
  • Newadded the visualRefresh option
  • Fixfixed - height of infowindow content was bigger than the height of the container
  • Newadded an option to hide the zoom button
  • Fixmap in single view was not loading properly when the weather api was on
  • Fixaddress was not properly formatted on some places
  • Newadded panoramio layer support
  • Newadded bicycling layer support
  • Newadded transit layer support
  • Newadded traffic layer support
  • Newadded weather api support
  • Newadded clouds layer support
  • Fixthe hotspots order setting was not having any effect
  • Newadded fullscreen map option
  • Fixshow author option was missing
  • Newadding reverse geocoding option in the backend
  • Fixthe color picker for custom tile marker was not working on joomla > 3
  • Fixadded filter="raw" to the styled map textarea
  • Fixthe joomla installer cannot copy empty folders and shows a warning. Adding index.html file to the kml folder because of that
  • Fixfixed - the content plugin is now only executed when we have the appropriate context. Otherwise we get a high performance penalty
  • Fixdate_format was of wrong type
  • Fixthe geocoder feature in the backend was not working
  • Fixsending a mail about new hotspots to moderators was not working
  • Fixadded missing GPL licenses to some files
  • Fixsome layout improvements in the backend of joomla 3/3.1
  • Newadded styled maps feature
  • Fixfixed PHP strict warning when creating a hotspot
  • Fixuser was not able to edit their hotspots in frontend even if the edit.own permission was set
  • Fixfixing the CB plugin - should now work on joomla 3
  • Fixread more link was wrong in search results
  • Diffupdated the ccomment plugin integration to be compatible with ccomment5
  • Fixa language string was not translated in the javascript
  • Fixlinks to k2 were not SEF
  • Fixdeleting tiles was not functioning on joomla 3
  • Newadded hotspots-fullscreen class to the body when in fullscreen (allows template devs to hide elements)
  • Fixthe countmarkers function was not properly working on joomla3
  • Fixfixed KML was not working properly on j3
  • Fixmore php strict fixes
  • Fixlanguage for each hotspot is taken into account when we present it in the frontend
  • Fixfixing some php strict warnings in the router
  • Fixfrontend marker picture upload setting was not taken into account
  • Fixthe title of the hotspot in single view was not shown
  • Fixwhen saving hotspot on microsoft server the publish_down date was incorrectly set to the current date of saving
  • Fixcontent - Hotspots plugin is now compatible with joomla 3.0
  • Newadding SQL SERVER compatibility
  • Fixsome layout issues with the installer on Joomla 3.0
  • Newadding a copy link button
  • Diffcategory-shadow is now required in the category settings
  • Newadding metadata information on map view
  • Fixmap was not refreshing the locations properly when the search tab was selected
  • Fixfixed layout issues on joomla 3.0
  • Fixdate was not respecting the format setting on the maps view
  • Fixfixed a bug with the jomsocial plugin
  • Fixsome hotspots were not shown on the map and in the menu (bug introduced with the new sorting)
  • Fixthe check all button in backend was not functioning properly on j3.0
  • Fixsearch by street/country/town was not working - thanks to Grazing Cat .Inc for providing us with a fix
  • Fixsorting hotspots by name ASC in the menu
  • Fixsingle hotspots was not rendered when ccomment was selected in the options, but it was not actually installed on the user's site
  • Fixsql error when hotspots order is set to created time
  • Diffthe install script not allows the installation only on joomla >= 2.5.6
  • Fixuserhotspots was not working on joomla 3.0
  • Fixthe map was missing from "submit-hotspots" view in the frontend on joomla3
  • Fixreadmore was showing in the menu even though "Marker detailpage" was set to no
  • Diffmaking the links to k2 a little better
  • Diffrunning the intro text through the code of the SEF plugin
  • Fixthe search - hotspots plugin was not properly working on joomla 2.5 and 3.0
  • NewAdded support for Joomla 3.0
  • Diffsetting sticky to 0 when importing from sobi - this way one can edit a hotspot without losing the coordinates
  • Fixfixed - edit button in hotspots view was not working
  • Fixfixed - infowindow is not centered on the screen when we finish the ajax request
  • Newupdating the CB plugin and adding it to the main package
  • NewsobiPRO import - added support for the GeoMap field
  • Fixfixed - import from sobiPRO was not working
  • Diffmaking the router function a little more clever. We try to match the hotspot category against the start category selected in the menu
  • Fixfixed - map was not working on IE8
  • Fixfixed - when editing a hotspot from the frontend the wrong category was selected
  • Fixpublish/unpublish hotspots redirects to the wrong view
  • Fixzoom not working in single view
  • Diffdon't rely on $ - avoids conflicts with incorrectly included jquery libraries
  • Fixfixed - readmore in menu firing wrong click event
  • Fixfixed - search results not showing custom markers
  • Diffsearch now has pagination and respects the list lenght limit set in the options
  • Fixfixed - infoWindow closes when moving around. Now it only closes when one changes the category
  • Fixfixed - js bug preventing the map in single view to show the location of the hotspot
  • Fixfixed - wrong redirects when entering a hotspot
  • Fixfixed - the geolocate button was not click-able in frontend submit form
  • Fixfixed - js error when loading the map with custom tiles
  • Fixfixed - wrong markers shown when a tab is closed
  • Fixfixed - when copying a search link and opening it in another tab the map now loads properly
  • Newupdating the stats module to show number of tiles + option to delete the tiles
  • Fixthe hotspot name was shown in the div for the marker_address...
  • Diffremoving \t \n \r from the ajax response - should reduce the file size a little
  • Fixfixed - comma is missing between address and town (infowindow)
  • Fixfixed -> wrong tiles generated when searching for something
  • Fixupdated the liveupdate library - this fixes a bug with wrong version number displayed (no version number displayed)
  • Diffmoving to downloadid instead of username&password for live update
  • Delremoved the information view as we use overview module in the dashboard for this
  • Fixfixed - miltiple KMLs were not shown in the same category
  • Newadded marker length parameter in the settings - controls how many markers are shown at once on the map
  • Newadded custom tiles support
  • Fixfixed - hardcoded language strings "There are X hotspots in your current view"
  • Fixfixed - unable to save KML files
  • Newsticky marker option is saves as param - this way when one edits a hotspot and sticky is set to no - we won't replace address or lat & lng values
  • Fixsearch was not properly clearing the results in the menu
  • Fixdescription of categories was not visible in fullscreen
  • Diffcontinue to look for hotspots when we move around even if the infowindow is open
  • Newadded - option to hide the categories
  • Fixfixed - hiding menu hides categories as well
  • Fixfixed - menu is now showing uploaded image
  • Fixfixed - menu is now respecting the selected settings for country, author, date, address, user_inferface
  • Fixfixed - form view was not loading map in IE8
  • Fixfixed - some files were missing defined('_JEXEC') ...
  • Fixfixed - changing the hotspots.xml file so that it won't install on joomla 1.5 anymore
  • Fixfixed - use JString::substr for UTF-8 compatibility when copying images
  • Fixfixed - KML view was missing title image
  • Fixfixed - not showing edit form when SEF urls were on
  • Fixfixed - frontend input hotspots form had invalid html & display issues
  • Fixfixed - map not loading under IE8
  • Fixfixed - full screen not working under IE9
  • Fixan url to the search was not properly executing a search request
  • Fixuser permission problems when editing in frontend fixed
  • Fixdiscription not shown in single view
  • Fixzoom control options were too big when submitting a new hotspot
  • Fixlanguage strings updated
  • Newimplemented request: https://compojoom.com/forum/55-wishlist/16432-search-results
  • Diffimproved update from 2.0.5
  • Difffixing hotspot submission bugs
  • Newadded new content plugin that allows you to show a hotspot in an article by using {hotspots hotspot=12} where 12 is the hotspot id
  • Diffwhen moving around hotspots are displayed way better!
  • Fixfixed "close tab" bug
  • Fixfixed the zoom bug (thanks Nedyalko)
  • Fixfixed layout issue in category edit screen (thanks for the report to Ed)
  • Diffimprovements on the submit marker js
  • Fixfix for the sticky marker bug (thanks for the report to Ed)
  • Fixcreating link to a single hotspot had a wrong modal window for selection (thanks for the report to Ed)
  • FixCould not delete categories and hotspots in the backend (thanks for the report to Johnny)
  • Fixfixed a bug in the rss module in the backend
  • Fixthe update db script was not adding index keys for gmlat and gmlng
  • Fixthe package was containing unnecessary images...
  • Diffadding css for the next and previous buttons
  • Fixfixed a bug in the "show all tabs" option
  • Difflayout improvements
  • Newclicking on marker in streetview will open the infowindow in the streetview mode
  • Diffperformance improvements to the JS hotspots Module
  • Difffinding out the category of the article + using ContentHelperRoute to create the link to the hotspots (com_content)
  • Diffusing K2HelperRoute class for K2 links
  • Fixfixed typo that caused the links to 3rd party components to not be created
  • Fixfixed bug with tabs in single view
  • Fixfixed the search... (it seems that it was broken in beta1...)
  • Newadded support for publish_up and down in frontend
  • Fixadd marker view was not fully translatable
  • Diffadding back picture upload for markers
  • Fixcustom marker image was not used in frontend
  • Fixfixed issue with searching and pagination in the backend
  • Fixsome custom marker fields were not loaded
  • Fixbackend hotspots was not loading on some linux servers
  • Diffupdated some languages
  • Newadded turkish language - thanks for the translation!
  • Newadded a loader module to show loading progress
  • Newadded option to start without a category - centered on the directions
  • Newadded new dashboard in backend
  • Diffimprovement to the frontend
  • Newadded send mail plugin for hotspot
  • Diffnow it is possible to update from 2.0 to this version
  • Newfrotnend now respects joomla's ACL for adding hotspots
  • Fixfixed bug in the RSS feed
  • Difffurther refactored js -it is starting to look really good!!!
  • Newadded send js module
  • Newadded print js moduule
  • Fixfixed date bug on 2.5
  • Fixunable to open hotspot
  • Fixsaving settings was redirecting to wrong view
  • Diffrefactored javascript (using namespace compojoom.hotspots from now on)
  • Newadded turkish frontend translation
  • Fixfixed notices
  • Diffremoved unnecessary queries
  • Diffremoved legacy code
  • Diffspeed improvements category layout
  • Fixsome parts of the interface were nto translated
  • Diffspeed improvements to the Hotspots layout in the backend (large DBs - 100 000+ hotspots)
  • Newadded basic ACL support in the backend
  • Fixfixed clicking on KML's title didn't bring the edit screen
  • Fixfixed wrong links in menu (components dropdown)
  • Newadded sobiPro import
  • Fixfixed bug in link_to display in backend
  • Newadded plugin system enabling us to link to 3rd party components
  • Newinstaller now installs all plugins
  • Fixcorrected some js errors
  • Fixremoved notices
  • Fixcreate a link to single hotspots not working
  • Newadded Italian translation
  • Newadded ukrainian translation
  • Fixfixed a problem creating a KML entry in the backend
  • NewKML files are now shown on map (make sure that you are not accessing the site through localhost!)
  • Fixcouldn't create hotspots trough the Backend again - due to missing sql fields in the sql file
  • Fixcouldn't create hotspots trough the Backend
  • Newwe can now choose as many start/default categories as we want
  • Newadded KML views in the backend
  • Diffchanged backend edit screen
  • Newadded custom marker image
  • Newadded server side Boundary method
  • Newnew javascript engine relying on "modules"

LEGEND

  • NoteNote
  • NewNew feature or addition
  • DiffMajor change
  • DiffSmall change
  • LangLanguage change
  • FixSecurity fix
  • FixBug fix
  • DelFeature removal