TOPIC: V3 RC1 bugs

To help you out I will list the bugs I come across in case you aren't aware of them - it may help move past the RC more quickly bugfree? I am hosting the test site at HostGator and use Firefox 13.

These are using the front-end web links and not the admin console...

1. When trying to edit a hotspot using the front-end as a logged in user I receive an error - Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /home/public_html/components/com_hotspots/utils.php on line 84

2. Submitting a hotspot page (front end user) has invalid formatting - The description box for typing stretches outside the table so you cannot see all of it. The map is also too short so the zoom button is cut off so you cannot see all the map functions.

3. Submitting a start and end date using the front-end uses the local browser time and not the time of the server - if the server is not in the same country as you the hotspot won't show up because the server won't see it as that time yet. This function will work if a notice could be added saying time will be GMT+XX so end-users know what time it will appear compared to them

4. When viewing a single hotspot the zoom button doesn't work - You click a hotspot on the main map and click zoom and it works. You click read more and then click zoom and the zoom on that page doesn't zoom to the hotspot

5. Description is missing on single hotspot when you click read more - The description shows up when you initially click on the hotspot but it doesn't show up when you click the read more link

6. If a hotspot has a start and end time only the original user knows this - Could the start time and end time be added automatically to the initial click or read more page so users can see it?

hey Doug,
So, I started preparing the next release either RC2 or stable

1. I think that the problem is already fixed. (it has been fixed after the RC1 release. Just as a general note - production sites should not have error_reporting turned on)

2. The description box stretching outside sounds like a css problem with your template - can I have a look? I've set the small control options for the map, so the zoom buttons are fine now.

3. I'm not sure that you are correct. The date that is stored in the db is transformed to UTC. Generally one should always store the date in the UTC format and add the offset/timezone when displaying. My timezone is set to Berlin. I've added a hotspots with publish_up time starting at 11:41. In the db it was saved with 9:41. The hotspot is published and I can see it.
I compared our code with com_content and it is the same for them. So my guess here is that your server time/site times are not properly configured.

4. Can you show me a site where this doesn't work? I can't reproduce it on my localhost.

5. Wow, thanks for this one. The reason you didn't see the description was that you basically doesn't have one. In V2 we had 2 fields for the display. Now we have "1", but in the db you still have 2. One need to set the readmore link if one has a full description. Anyway - now single view shows both short and full description

6. What do you mean with initial click? Do you just want to show the end publish time or what? The end date is contained in $this->hotspot->publish_down. So you could use a template override for the single view of the hotspot and display the date if you need to.

Kind regards,
Daniel