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Release Notes
PHP Melody v2.3. Released April 14, 2015
PHP Melody v2.3
April 14, 2015
New Features
- Video importing from DailyMotion.com and Vimeo.com using their respective API. Works the same as the existing YouTube import.
- Integration of the popular Video.JS HTML5 and Flash Video Player.
- With custom skin designed specifically for PHP Melody.
- With support for YouTube video playback.
- 100% Open Source HTML5 Player.
- New 3rd party comments systems: Facebook Comments and Disqus:
- Easy to enable/disable as needed.
- Easy to set a preferred default commenting system.
- Seamless integration into the existing layout.
- Subtitles (SRT and WebVTT) support.
- New video sources:
- Facebook.com
- Cloudy.ec
- MyVideo.ge
- Vevo.com.
- Integrated "Dailymotion Publisher" program for monetizing any DailyMotion videos.
Enhancements
Back-end
- Improved labels and filtering for videos & articles listings.
- Improved "video import" procedure with a focus on increasing performance.
- Auto-suggest results from Google for the "video import" search form.
- Added items/page on pages which were missing this sorting option.
- ...and many more.
Front-end
- Improved registration bots prevention with a new honeypot and a timestamp based verification.
- Updated "Securimage" CAPTCHA library and fonts to increase protection.
- Redesigned "Featured Videos" listing from home page.
- ...and many more.
Bugs Fixed
Front-end
- Smarty compatibility issues with PHP 5.5.
- Fixed audio playback with certain players.
Back-end
- Liveleak.com video source update.
- Fix for layout Customization while the site is in "Maintenance mode".
- Fixed dashboard widgets and listing errors.