AbleDesign

[Dan]

After undergoing the first public beta testing of any of AbleDesign's programs, MyCalendar v2.10 final is now available to licensed users!

Here is the full list of what's new:

Additions:

- events can now be added to multiple categories
--- multiple category use can be turned on or off
--- admin can decide whether or not to allow users to add events to multiple categories
--- an event which was originally put into multiple categories will be accounted for when editing it if multiple category use has been disabled

- added user group tools for defining what different groups are authorized to do, such as moderators and users:
--- option to allow logged in users to add directly to database without approval
--- option to allow logged in users to edit own events without admin approval
--- allow moderators to validate submissions and/or user accounts

- added the option to have weeks/months begin on any day (generally Sunday or Monday)
- added the option to display weekends and weekdays in a different color
- moved HTML output to a template based system, making month/week/day display pages much easier to customize
- users can now select which language they wish to view the calendar in, and their settings will be remembered via cookies
- added a popup color picker for the 'set variables' section
- added month_mini_include.php which allows you to include the mini month calendar anywhere on your site without fiddling with the variables and file paths
- added a Czech language file (contributed by Petr Podhajsky of Grafika Publishing ltd)
- added a French language file (contributed by Jean-Louis Laurent)
- when validating entries, there is now a "duplicate check" link that shows all events for the submitted day in a popup window
- added an "A" to "Z" letter bar for the "list all" user/category pages for a one-click quick link to that section of the alphabet
- added "printer friendly" options for all pages
- added IP address logging for logins
- added a new table for banning IP addresses, either manually or automatically if the user has more failed logins than the max setting

Bug Fixes:

- fixed a security hole that could allow people to spoof a valid session and gain access to some of the admin functions (corrected in the re-release of v2.01)
- changed the modify/validate and email notification forms' handling of line breaks to account for php 4.05+ nl2br() converting to <br /> instead of <br> for XHTML compliance
- the initial table creation did not work on all servers due to the ParentID field not being correctly defined as NOT NULL
- when creating an account (create_account.php), invalid usernames or passwords now provide specific feedback as to the problem
- moved the $username min and max variables above the language file section of config.php so that the values can be correctly used in the language file
- fixed a bug that did not allow category #1 to be deleted
- fixed a bug that allowed users who had not yet confirmed their account (through the emailed confirmation link) to log in (corrected in the re-release of v2.01)
- fixed a bug that kept the admin-only direct link for editing the last instance of a recurring sequence from working for non-English languages
- fixed a bug (extra function parameter) that resulted in an error when users confirm accounts

Miscellaneous:

- changed some file names to be more consistent with others (week.php and day.php):
--- calendar.php -> month.php
--- calendar_mini.php -> month_mini.php
--- view_full_year.php -> year.php

- now allows pipe characters (|) in subjects and descriptions; pipes are converted to their hex equivalent before adding to the database so as to not be confused with field delimiters
- the add_to_validate.php display of what was submitted by the user now shows line breaks in the description
- added the event date to email notifications of new calendar submissions
- on the calendar edit form for logged in users, the "submitted by" section is no longer shown; now admin only, as was intended
- the language files now specify which version they were last translated for (additions are specified in un-translated English)
- after setting the language to use, returning to the 'set variables' page now shows the text translated (previously would not be translated into the selected language until going to a subsequent page)
- changed day_display() to show the 'related entries' link even when accessed through view_item.php; useful when viewing an item from the purge calendar page
- the month and mini month displays now display events' subjects by order of start time, same as the week display

- 'purge calendar' improvements:
--- now displays entries that do not have an assigned category when categories are turned on
--- you may now specify multiple categories to delete by, as well as deleting by date and category(s) in conjunction
--- added page spanning to better handle a large number of events displayed

- the calendar search form now allows longer (# of characters) input for next/previous 'x' days searches, allowing for something like -300 days
- turning off the option to allow user submissions now overrides leaving anonymous submissions turned on (less confusing)
- sped up the automatic creation of add/view/edit/delete forms for users and categories
- shortened the URL sent in emails for confirming account creations and email address changes
- day suffixes (i.e. 2nd, 3rd) in month/week displays are only shown now for the English language
- added an initial config variable for servers that do not work with the custom session management
- added more input error checking
- for the full year view, highlighting (of days with events) is now overridden when in printable mode
- added month/day single-digit number padding on db queries for MySQL versions that require it
- modified create_account.php to disallow non-unique email addresses
- placed the admin footer links into dropdown select forms for cleaner organization
- added flexible date formatting (i.e. year-month-day or day-month-year) for the day display, calendar search results, holidays page, and purge calendar page

Cheers,
Dan