Changelog
Release Notes
PHP Melody v1.9. Released February 21, 2013
PHP Melody v1.9
February 21, 2013
New Features
- Mass image upload in the WYSIWYG editor for videos, articles, pages, etc.
- Rich snippet support aimed at enriching search engine listings.
- Rich HTML support for (article & video) categories and a few extras.
- Logo upload integrated the backend (on the newly created 'Layout Settings' page).
- Live theme editor and a 'Theme Store' incorporated in the backend.
- Customizable size for uploaded thumbnails and avatars.
- Pre-roll static ads with HTML support, time limit and more.
- User login with email and/or username.
- User registrations can be enabled/disabled.
- User video suggestions can be enabled/disabled.
- The site can now be put in 'maintenance mode', restricting access to all visitors.
- Articles can be marked as 'Sticky'.
- Articles can be marked as 'Private'. This forces visitors to register or login before reading 'private' articles.
Enhancements
- Links for 'Pages' have been moved to the header menu.
- Existing videos can be modified to use an embed code instead of the existing source.
- Customizable number/limit of listings such as the articles widget, new & top videos page, etc.
- Users last login IP address is now being logged in addition to the registration IP.
- Perfected 'Related' videos listings.
- Copy/paste of video tags (previously impossible).
- Comments posted by admins or moderators bypass the moderation filter.
- Updated several language files with the addition of the Hebrew translation.
- Enriched video upload in the backend.
- New filter for the comments list in the backend.
- Added the option to ban users from the front-end(the comments list).
- Improved the 'PHP Configuration' page from the backend.
- Increased the quality of user-uploaded avatars.
- Increased the limit of concurrent video checks (the 'check video status' function).
- Metacafe video source fixed.
- Improved database backup for non-latin content.
- Improved the activity stream log (when the social module is enabled).
Bugs Fixed
- The overlapping video name in 'Top Videos' & 'Related' lists/widgets.
- 'Compatibility View' fix for Internet Explorer.
- Fixed social notifications about comments posted by non-registered visitors (guests).
- Fixed missing translations and several language file issues.
- CSS tweaks and fixes.
- Fixed the occasionally failing login, particularly noticeable in the backend.
- Fixed the drop-down menu for the Articles Module (in front-end).
- Fixed HTML meta descriptions when the content is in Cyrillic or Turkish.
- Fixed the live comment posting/preview which was wrongly positioned.
- Fixed all of the reported issues with the Cinema, B52 and Ruby themes.
- All in all a total of 44 important bugs were fixed since v1.8.1.