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Joomla Store Locator Changelog

The record of changes made to the project

Version 1.7.5

Released 02-03-2012

Minor Release with Many New Features and Bug Fixes

• Added: Joomla! 2.5 Support
• Added: Tag System - Icon Overrides, Multiple Tags Per Location, Tag Filters
  
• Added: Google Suggest - Clarify Search Terms when the Location is Vague
  
• Added: New Loading Options: Hide Results List Before Search, Show only Featured Items
• Updated: Refactored JS File Again
• Updated: Removed Legacy Marker Code in JS file. Now feeds from DB into XML
• Updated: Added Joomla Routing to Search Module
• Fixed: Custom 5 Fields overwritten by Custom 4 Field
• Fixed: jQuery noConflict Updated based on bug reports
• Fixed: Missing default settings added to JS
• Fixed: Removed deprecated PHP join functions

Version 1.7.0

Released 12-07-2011

Major Release with Many New Features and Enhancements

• Added: Google Maps API v3 Support (Key no longer required)
• Added: Google Maps API SSL Support - Enhanced Data Security!
  
• Added: Many New Search Options: Hide Radius, Sort Options, Search by Name
• Added: Location Link Options, i.e.: Open in new Window, Open In Parent Window
• Added: jQuery noConflict Mode option, attempts to fix some jQuery compatibility issues
• Updated: Improved J1.7 SEO routing
• Updated: Refactored JS code
• Updated: Map Navigation Option parameter removed (depreciated in v3 api, to be replaced in a future update)
• Fixed: Removed undefined variable notices in admin area
• Fixed: Mass delete of large record sets timeout

Version 1.6.3

Released 11-20-2011

Minor Enhancements, Bug Fix Release

• Added: Now can choose unlimited categories to filter on front end
• Added: Option to show a Joomla Article above or below the component
• Added: Category Search Mode (Dropdown Menu or Checkboxes)
• Fixed: Google API v2 Nov 2011 Update Patch (Fixes 'b is not a function' error)
• Fixed: Ajax Calls now add base uri to account for nested folder paths

Version 1.6.2

Released 08-16-2011

Bug Fix Release

• Fixed: Featured/Unfeatured Icon had wrong image path

Version 1.6.1

Released 08-15-2011

Joomla 1.7 Support Release

• Added: Joomla 1.7 Support
• Updated: Module to version 2.1 (Adds support for Joomla 1.6/1.7)

Version 1.6.0

Released 06-28-2011

Major Release with Many New Features and Enhancements

• Added: Joomla 1.6 Support
• Added: Frontend Search Filter for Featured Items, and Parameter to Enable Filter
• Added: Default Sort Parameter to set sorting of results list on load, Default Alphabetical
• Added: Enhanced Error Reporting for CSV Import of Locations
• Added: New CSS Settings for Joomla 1.6 and added featured
• Updated: Numerous Bug Fixes Based on Forums and User Feedback (Thanks Everyone)
• Updated: Removed Depreciated PHP Functions
• Updated: Joom!Fish Content Element File to add support for additional fields
• Updated: Enhanced International Language Support
• Updated: Improved JS to account for new flow scenarios seen by users

Version 1.5.2

Released 01-13-2011

Bug Fix

• Fix: Batch Geocode not saving results - Needed an update to work with the new table security.

Version 1.5.1

Released 01-11-2011

Bug Fix

• Fix: Markers not showing on initial page load

Version 1.5.0

Released 01-09-2011

Major Release with Many New Features and Enhancements

• Added: Marker Manager and Custom Marker Icons
• Added: New Fields - Featured,Email, HTML Address, Facebook URL, Twitter Account
• Added: 5 Custom Fields, with Parameters for Custom Field Labels
• Added: Published Status, Native Joomla Access Control (Public, Registered, Special)
• Added: Param: Ability to Toggle Credits
• Added: Param: Define Radius List
• Added: Param: Base Country - Allows Search Results Biasing towards selected Country
• Added: Advanced Menu Item Params to toggle visible fields in Bubbles and Sidebar
• Changed: Default Radius from Radio Options to Text Field
• Changed: Menu Item Parameter Handling
• Changed: Enhanced Marker Chooser for Category View
• Changed: URL field now displays as a "View Site" link rather then the printed URL
• Changed: JS Include now follows standard MVC model
• Updated: CSS Theme Enhancements, Support for new featured
• Updated: Installer Script to Setup Marker Image Folder
• Updated: Upgrade script now supports upgrading old tables for new fields
• Fixed: JS file enhancements, Enhanced Module Support

Version 1.3.6

Released 9-01-2010

Major Bug Fixes and Compatability Improvements

• Fixed: Categories missing in frontend search filter when no menu item assigned
• Fixed: Improper use of mysq_escape_string replaced
• Fixed:Removed reference to old javascript file
• Fixed: Added missing variable declaration in locateplace model
• Fixed: replaced split() function with explode() - Function deprecated
• Updated: JS mapping of marker icons is now DB driven. (required for future updates)

Version 1.3.5

Released 8-05-2010

Bug Fixes,  JoomFish Support

• Added: Joom!Fish 2.0 Support now Included
• Updated: Refactored JS to be a PHP include. Decreases Load Time, Optimized Scripts.

Version 1.3.0

Released 7-07-2010

New Features, Changes & Bug Fixes - Major Release

• Added: Joomla! Language Support, Removed Hard Coded Text from Front-End
• Added: Category Based Marker Icons - Over 90+ Included
• Added: Category Search Filter
• New Param: Hide Search Functionality
• New Param: Hide Result List next to Map
• Updated: UTF-8 Import Support Improved
• Updated: Refactored JS as an Include File
• Updated: Moved Google JS to Head Includes (Speed Improvements)
• Updated: Component Title now pulls Menu/Page Title
• Updated Param: Separated Show All from Default Map View
• Updated: Distance no longer shows on Load, originally said (0.0) for all entries
• Updated: Distance is now on its own line
• Fix: Changed wording of Default Radius to mi/km
• Fix: Numerous Bug Fixes and General Usability Improvements

Version 1.2.1

Released 6-01-2010

Bug Fixes

• Bug Fix: Fixed importing CSV files with UTF-8 characters
• Bug Fix: Fixed Display of UTF-8 characters in Front End Locator Display

Version 1.2.0

Released 5-22-2010

New Features, Changes & Bug Fixes - Major Release

• Added: CSV Importer / Exporter
• Added: Batch Geocoder via Google Geocoding Web Service - Encode batches of addresses
• Added: Sortable Columns, Search and Category Filters to Location manager
• Added: Paging to Location Manager
• Added: Upgrade Script to convert old tables to new schema
• Added: GUnload() to help release memory used by Google Maps especially in IE
• Added: Viewport Biasing for Search - Makes the current map view slightly biased for Geocoding search location
• New Param: Added Support for Kilometers or Miles
• New Param: Choose from available map control options
• New Param: Max Search Results - Limit Number of Returned Search Results
• Updated: Changed table names to match official script name
• Updated: Changed layout of Marker Info Bubbles
• Updated: Module updated to work with 1.2
• Updated: Module now supports Kilometers option
• Fixed: Bug in XML generation caused errors when rendering names with Ampersands

Version 1.1.1

Released 4-21-2010

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Installation Error that appeared on some MySQL Configurations

Version 1.1

Released 4-09-2010

New Features & Changes

• New Param: Set Max Zoom Level on Search Results (Prevent map from zooming in too far)
• New Param: Show all Locations on Map by Default on Load (Rather than an empty Map)
• New Param: Set Default Search Radius
• New Feature: Added Spinner graphic next to Locate Button to indicate search in progress
• Updated: Rearranged Component Parameters Page
• Updated: Component modified to support new Search Module
• New Module: Quick Search module (Perform Searches from another Page on your Site)

Version 1.0.1

Released 3-29-2010

New Features & Changes

• New Param: Set default map Center to a specified Latitude/Longitude
• New Param: Set default map Zoom Level
• Changed legacy default view name to Map

Version 1.0

Released 3-25-2010

• Initial Release