JReviews 2.4 Beta 4 has been released!

[Alejandro]

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of JReviews 2.4 Beta 4. The upgrade is available via remote update if you have installed a previous beta and it is also available for download in the client area. You need a valid upgrades package.

 

If you have overrides, you must first rename the overrides folder and clear the file registry. Beta 3 files will not be necessarily compatible with Beta 4. Beta 4 is the last version with significant code changes and we expect the next release to be an Release Candidate suitable for production use unless there are any important bugs that we can quickly fix to release a Beta 4 update.

 

Upgrading from JReviews 2.3 or earlier? read the Upgrading from to JReviews 2.4 from earlier versions guide.

 

PaidListings is not available for JReviews 2.4 Beta 4. We will resume work on the add-on very soon.

 

Version highlights:

 

* Crazy amount of time spent making sure every little aspect of JReviews is responsive and works well with responsive templates.

* Converted css sprite for icons to an icon font using vector graphics. That means the icons are more easily customized (size, color, etc.) using CSS. They are also retina display ready.

* Fixed tons of reported bugs and bugs we found on our own as well. We've also worked on many little improvements all over the place to try improve the user and admin experience.

* Greatly simplified and easier to understand settings for photo and video layouts. Also added a new layout choice for a compact gallery in the detail page.

* New setting to optionally separate the listing owner submitted photos and reviews from those submitted by regular users. This required a major effort so we hope you like the results.

* Improved integration with Joomla 2.5+ page related settings for title, meta description and keywords in JReviews menus

* New listing preview feature for unpublished listings. This allows listing owners to view the listing. Logged in listing owners won't see a 404 page as it happens now with Joomla articles that are not published or expired. For the rest of the world the listing remains unpublished and 404.

* New comparison menu where you can specify listing ids

* New theme debugging tool that will make it a lot easier to get started with theme customization and also to find errors in theme files.

* New Joomla module positions in JReviews theme files so you can assign modules that will appear inside JReviews pages

* Currently working on updating front-end language files and enabling translation of the admin side as well.

* Further Joomla 3.x compatibility testing and bug fixes.

* New performance features for page loading. You can load all JReviews js files minimized (not combined) and also use a javascript loader that will enable loading of JReviews js files in parallel with the rest of the page instead of forcing the page to wait while the files finish loading.

* Lots of other small and not so small changes.

 

You can now assign Joomla modules to positions inside JReviews themes for some pages. The following positions are available:

 

Detail page: jr-detail-below-fields, jr-detail-below-socialbookmarks, jr-detail-below-editorreviews

 

Blogview layout: jr-blogview-below-listing1, jr-blogview-below-listing2, jr-blogview-below-listing3

 

Tableview layout: jr-tableview-below-listing1, jr-tableview-below-listing3, jr-tableview-below-listing3

 

JReviews 2.4 Beta 4 Changelog

 

[tt]+New: Simplified layout settings for photos and videos in detail page.

+New: Vector based icon font to replace the CSS sprite. Retina display compatible.

+New: Masonry layout setting for media list pages.

+New: Photo gallery setting to toggle between photo info display as overlay or below the photo.

+New: Converted CSS sprite into font-based vector icons which are also retina display ready.

+New: Module positions inside JReviews theme files: jr-detail-below-fields, jr-detail-below-socialbookmarks, jr-detail-below-editorreviews, jr-blogview-below-listing1, jr-blogview-below-listing2, jr-blogview-below-listing3

+New: Comparison menu. Create custom comparison pages with pre-defined listings.

+New: Date filtering in Inquiries Browse page.

+New: Improved integration with core Joomla menu parameters 'Page Display Options' and 'Metadata Options'.

+New: Performance features for page loading. You can load all JReviews js files minimized (not combined) and also use a javascript loader that will enable loading of JReviews js files in parallel with the rest of the page instead of forcing the page to wait while the files finish loading.

+New: Registered users can now preview their listings' detail pages even if they are unpublished or expired instead of getting a 404 error page.

+New: Separate settings to load all scripts minified and to use a Javascript Loader [Experimental] to load scripts in parallel and non-blocking for faster page rendering.

+New: Media setting to separate listing owner and user uploaded photos and videos in listing detail page.

+New: Setting in Media Module to filter results by listing owner or user uploaded media.

+New: Media module setting to hide the media type icon.

+New: Filename settings for uploaded media. Optionally rename uploaded file using listing title and pre-prepend listing id to filename. Individual options available for each media type.

+New: Debug Theme setting. Allows you to quickly identify which themes are being used on the page and identify the output of each one.

+New: Repackaged modules to have a J15 and 2.5+ version for installation purposes.

+New: 'Show Category' setting in Listings Module.

+New: {optiontext} tag can be used in click2search url in addition to the {optionvalue} tag. {fieldtext} has been deprecated in click2search, but will continue to work like before.

!Changed: Improved javascript regex replacements to generate slugs when the source text includes accented and other special characters.

!Changed: Improved responsiveness of dialogs in mobile.

!Changed: Media is now split into different tabs in the "Edit Media" page for each listing.

!Changed: Added checks to load media related scripts only when required to reduce page loading times.

!Changed: Added media thumbnails for reviews in latest review pages.

!Changed: Joomla editor group and above are less restricted now in the html markup they can use when the WYSIWYG editor is enabled.

!Changed: When filtering media pages by media type change page title to reflect filtered type.

!Changed: Larger size photos displayed in admin side media edit dialog.

#Fixed: Auto-tweet not working with moderated reviews.

#Fixed: Cannot clear click2search SEO Manager values.

#Fixed: Custom Fields in comparison page don't appear in the correct order if the first listing doesn't have all fields filled in.

#Fixed: Captcha doesn't load in reply to comment dialog.

#Fixed: 'Edited Media' moderation setting is being applied to all user groups and not only the ones setup for moderation.

#Fixed: Review type filter doesn't work for latest reviews menu.

#Fixed: Review list pages not displaying photo/video thumbnails.

#Fixed: Listing Access state not displaying correctly in J1.5 in Admin Listings Browse page.

#Fixed: Render media correctly in review detail page.

#Fixed: Notice: Undefined property: JAdministrator::$JComponentTitle.

#Fixed: Incorrect relative url when loading asset files in IIS.

#Fixed: JomSocial plugins still using 'App' class instead of 'S2App'. Upgrading the plugins is necessary.

#Fixed: Favorite Users Module Shows Users With inactive or blocked accounts.

#Fixed: Updated code to be able to use the core J2.5 menu parameters for browser title and page heading in most JReviews menus.

#Fixed: Media id url parameter not updated when changing photos in photo gallery page.

#Fixed: Page titles missing for photo and video gallery pages.

#Fixed: In My Media page, filtering by media type when there is no media for that type removes the filtering list from the page forcing the user to go back to pick a different option.

#Fixed: Field Group and Field names slug syntax is now enforced server side and during editing.

#Fixed: Hide 'Go to listing' button when uploading media if listing moderation is enabled.

#Fixed: PHP notice in detail pages when main media is not set.

#Fixed: Several issues with Facebook stream publishing.

#Fixed: Advanced search module legacy code was breaking the logic for detecting correct override css/js files.

#Fixed: Joomla editor no longer detected correctly.

#Fixed: Click2add +Add button incorrectly submits form.

#Fixed: Media reordering changes don't get saved.

#Fixed: FieldOption validation when editing a field option replaces the dialog contents.

#Fixed: When editing a field option validation for duplicate field option value is missing.

#Fixed: Many php notice errors and smaller bugs.[/tt]