osDate Change Log

17 Apr 08

osDate 2.0.8.1 has been released. This is just a minor patch release for osDate 2.0.8. The 2.1.0 version is in development, for release sometime this summer.

For details on the changes between 2.0.8 and 2.0.8.1 please see the readme.txt file that comes with the osDate download, or read Vijay's forum posts regarding bugs that have been fixed recently.

18 Oct 07

osDate 2.0.8 has been released! There are too many small fixes to list here. Please see the readme.txt file that is included in the osDate download for a list of changes that have been made.

31 Aug 07

osDate 2.0.7 has been released with the following fixes:

Following issues are fixed in this set.

1. /admin/load_zips_split.php has been modified to load county and city codes for USA.

2. /templates/default/admin/profileedit.tpl has been modified to display the correct heading for the address bar.

3. /templates/default/edituser.tpl has been modified to include functions.js

4. savesignup.php and modifyuser.php are modified to incorporate username and password checking as first checking.

5. config.inc.php has been modified to read 'osdate_init.php'. Please modify /myconfigs/config.php to incorporate reading of osdate_init.php, if you are not upgrading and/or installing, but just patching.

Edit /myconfigs/config.php

change line:

define('VERSION','xxxx');

to

include("../osdate_init.php");

6. /admin/load_cities.php has been modified to create SQL script exports for data with special chars.

7. /admin/load_counties.php has been modified to create SQL script exports for data with special chars.

8. savesnap.php has been modified to force thumbnail creation.

9. luckySpin has been modified to work faster as well as to avoid initial error condition.

10. /templates/default/mshipcompare.tpl has been modified to display the currency symbol properly.

11. The issue with Sections adding to the language file has been modified slightly. Now, /admin/convert_profile_questions.php will add sections to profile_questions.php file. It will be automatically loaded and the system will take language-specific section descriptions.

/admin/convert_profile_questions.php and init.php are modified for this purpose.

YOU MUST RUN /admin/convert_profile_questions.php once at this time. Copy the resultant file from osdatehome/temp/ directory to your language directories, including English. Then modify the language-specific definitions.

12. /templates/default/mysettings.tpl has been slightly modified to avoid a space at the top.

13. /cronjobs/speeddater_email.php has been modified to use the correct table name, which was modified in the plugin.

14. /libs/modOsDate/data.php has been modified to force the modOsDate directory to include the db_class.php file

12 Aug 07

osDate 2.0.6 has been released!

The following fixes have been made in this version. A patch has been uploaded to the osDate code depot for 2.0.5 users wishing a quick upgrade.

1. init.php has been modified to avoid any PEAR error which displays the DB connection string.

2. admin/transferpics.php has been modified to utilize less memory and to give correct file name for Thumbnail picture.

3. nickpage.tpl and nickpage_navi.tpl have been modified to fix small issues related to link spacing.

4. signup.tpl has been modified to move up the javascript checking for invalid characters in the username and password fields.

5. savesignup.php has been modified to accept the spamcode in lower and upper characters. Also, spaces in username are being checked now.

6. /templates/romantic/admin/index.tpl is now included. In 2.0.5, it was named index.html by mistake.

7. /admin/modifyprofile.php and admin/profile.php are included again if anyone missed the 2.0.5.a patch set.

8. A new mechanism for version control is included from this version. A new file osdate_init.php is included in the base dir. This will include the version number and code to automatically set DOC_ROOT. The setting of DOC_ROOT was not working on some systems. This will be fixed sby this process. Also, you need not modify config.php at all to identify the osDate version. init.php has been modified to make this work. (included is osdate_init.php)

9. US Counties and US Cities files are included.

01 Aug 07

osDate v2.0.5 has been released with the following fixes and improvements:

1. /templates/romantic/admin/index.html has been modified to include the editor.js file automaticaly.

2. Spanish language file is new taken from uploaded version by one user.

3. /admin/onlineusers.php has been modified to display state, city and country name properly.

4. index.php has been modified to list featured profile members randomly.

5. /admin/savebanner.php has been modified to rectify the issue with multiple banners saving.

6. /admin/userpics.tpl file has been modified to display the sub-heading properly.

7. /templates/default/admin/editprofilequestions.tpl has been modified to correct the field duplication issue with text fields.

8. /admin/profile.php has been modified to display corret status if the user has not confirmed email address.

9. Modified Dutch language file is included.

10. savesignup.php has been modified to check for spaces in User Name.

11. savesignup.php, compose.php, feedback.php, modifympass.php, and sendinvite.php have been modified to make spam code case insensitive.

12. /admin/transferpics.php has been modified to transfer pictures in batches. The new format for calling this program is

admin/transferpics.php?action=xxxx&count=nn

where xxxx = FS2DB for File System to DB transfers
DB2FS for Db to File system transfers

nn = Number of pictures to be transferred at one time

Please use a realistic count (e.g. max 50 pictures at one time. If this fails on account of memory or execution time limits, reduce the count)

13. admin/sendletter.php has been modified to increase time lag between sending emails, to reduce mail server congestion. Now it will wait for 5 microsends (earlier it was 2)

14. nickpage_navi.tpl has been modified to fix the issue with the separator not shown where options are being displayed for insufficient privileges.

29 Jun 07

osDate v2.0.4 has been released with the following fixes and changes... A patch to upgrade from 2.0.3 is available in the osDate Code Depot.

1. init.php has been modified to load countries table in all places. The checking of some programs were failing in some places.

2. modPlugin has been modified to fix a db error.

3. init.php and /libs/Pear/DB/mysqlc.php have been modified to avoid Warning messages.

4. The password change program (modifympass.php) updates forum password also when the main password is changed.

5. /admin/modifyprofile.php has been modified to correct the issue with password change happening when admin makes any changes to a user record.

6. Issue with membership being reset when any error occured in admin profile editing has been fixed.

7. Issue with comment replies not getting deleted has been fixed. Please REPLACE nickpage_newrating.tpl file from this set to your skin directory if you have this file in the skin directory. Otherwise, leave it in the /templates/default directory.

8. index.tpl and admin/index.tpl files in silver-red and romantic skins have been modified to fix a javascript error.

9. /admin/panel.php has been modified to display corect views and winks counts.

10. /admin/advsearch.php and advsearch.php have been modified to incorporate multi-language facility for section questions and answers.

11. /admin/showprofile.php and showprofile.php have been modified to incorporate multi-language facility for section questions and answers.

12. The statename 'AA' not getting replaced in mymatches.php has been fixed.

13. /admin/convert_profile_questions.php has been added.

14. Smarty plugin checkuser has been modified to return correct url for video and pics access.

15. tellafriend.tpl has been modified to adjust display of spam code in some templates.

05 Jun 07

osDate v2.0.3 has been released with the following fixes. A patch for 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 upgrading is available on the forum.

1) compose.php has been modified to send correct profile picture when a message is sent. Also, to replace email template values in Subject also. City has been fixed to include city name.

2) sendwinks.php has been modified to send correct profile picture when a wink is sent.

3) savesignup.php has been modified to effect email stripping in username, first name, lastname and password.

4) modifyuser.php is fixed to remove emails from username, firstname, lastname.

5) userpicgallery.php has been modified to fix the issue with users in hot list requiring password to view private gallery, even though it is set to be other way.

6) All language files have been updated.

7) A working set of advanced hot or not plugin is included.

8) French States is now included in /states folder.

9) im.tpl has been modified to use language file for captions.

10) searchprofile.tpl has been modified to use captions from language file.

11) index.tpl has been modified to load shoutbox.js only if shoutbox is enabled.

12) adultQuest plugin has been modified to use updated template files.

13) The plugin myFriends has been modified slightly to display properly and to change text in message

14) To include Norwegin as a language, please do following in /myconfigs/config.php

Add 'norwegian' => 'Norway', to $language_options array
Add 'norwegian' => 'lang_norwegian/lang_main.php', to $language_files array
Add 'norwegian' => 'nw', to $language_conversion array.

15) /libs/modOsDate/modPlugin.php has been modified to include lookgender in auto-generated profiles.

16) init.php has been modified to adjust for countries_list array population.

17) newmemberlist.php and /includes/internal/Functions.php have been modified to display the cityname in new members listing and other places.

18) newFeaturedRss and atomFeed plugins have been modified to display correct city name.

19) When a user receives a wink, the email will now show the Receiver's Username also.

This is done by modifying the $lang['wink_receivd']['text'] and $lang['wink_received']['html'] and $lang['letter_winkreceived_sub']. #ReceiverName# is added in these and sendwinks.php is modified to replace this variable. Modify all other language files to reflect this change and reload if you need this change for another language file.

Please ensure that English and other used languages are loaded again.

18 May 07

osDate v2.0.2 has been released!

This is a patch only. First you should install osDate v2.0, then apply the patch osDate v2.0.1 and then apply this patch.

Following things are fixed in this patch.

1. Issue with savesignup directly allowing user creation without spamcode when data is focribly added using a dummy form.

2. Issue with Lucky Spin displaying users who are suspended. Now this has been modified to show those users who are active only.

3. Admin. stats page had the words Men, Women, Couple, etc. fixed. These have been modified to draw from language file. The array $lang['stats_gender_values'] defines this. All other languages should be modified to incorporate this.

4. The word 'To' was fixed in sendletter option in Admin interface.

5. The global settings edit screen is adjusted for width difference.

6. modifyuser.php and saveuser.php have been modified to remove email addresses from certain fields.

7. Convert Profile Questions has been modified to display ending message.

8. Picture transfer program has been modified to display ending message.

9. showprofile.php has been modified to fix the question display order issue.

10. compose.php has been modified to solve the search pulldown list issue.

11. luckySpin and autogenprofile plugins are included again. Please use these as they are working.

12. completereg.php has been modified to solve the forum_completereg() issue.

13. shoutbox.js has been modified to take the configuration setting for refresh interval in Minutes. It was taking it as seconds.

14. In edit questions, for profile questions, even though the questions were made mandatory, it was behaving otherwise because of "I will tell later" option.

15. In language file, "?" is added as a valid charactar in the array $lang['full_chars']. I have added this in all languages. If it is missing, please it and load that language again. This is to allow ? in profile questions.

16. In English language file, new definition is added $lang['snapload_msg']. This is the text to display in snaps loading program to load only Main Picture and load thumbnail only if specifically needed. Please add these in other languages also if you need them in other languages.

17. usersnap.tpl and /admin/userpics.tpl have been modified to display informative message mentioned in 16.

18. showsimpsh.tpl has been modified to incorporate the sort by and sort order in next/previous links.

The English language and other language files have been modified, but not all non-English files are
full update based on the above items (would any enterprising osDate users like to update the language files?). Reload this using admin Manage Language interface.

04 May 07

osDate 2.0.1 has been released. This patch release addresses the following issues:

- Stories were displayed even though there were no stories.

- Hotornot plugin is fixed.

- Autogenprofile fixed.

- Italian language included.

- Minor updates to other languages, including Hungarian, Spanish, and Romanian. Minor fixes to English have also been made.

- Password change was giving an error when the forum password was changed.

- For those users who had problems getting the countries table populated during upgrade from 1.1.0 or from a fresh 2.x installation, please edit /sql/countries.sql from the 2.0.1 set, and change the value [prefix] to the table prefix that you using during installation of osDate v2, then run the SQL using phpmyadmin or phpflashmyadmin.

- Minor issue with signup when a forum was installed and in use has been fixed.

IMPORTANT: If you are upgrading from 2.0.0, please use the patch that has been provided in the osDate Code Depot, then re-load the ENGLISH language file first, then load any other languages that you happen to require.

01 May 07

osDate 2.0 has been released to the general public. Please see the forum announcements for more details on the release.

09 Sep 06

osDate 1.1.10 has been released with the following fixes and improvements:

FlashChat / osDate integration has been updated for FlashChat 4.7.x. Only modified file was /chat/flashchat_osdate.php

These files were modified to solve the issue of duplicate preferences for a question being displayed in the profile display window:

/templates/default-blue/editquestions.tpl,
/templates/default-blue/admin/editprofilequestions.tpl,
showprofile.php and /admin/showprofile.php

Added include(sessioninc.php) to check for logged-in status of the following files:
mailmessages.php, sendmessage.php, deletemessages.php, sentmessages.php

In this file: /templates/default-blue/admin/index.tpl, added the following lines to incorporate language-specific character validations.

var alphanumeric_chars = "{lang mkey='alphanumeric'}";
var alphanum_chars = "{lang mkey='alphanum'}";
var text_chars = "{lang mkey='text'}";

In advsearch.php, made modification to adjust lines for correct questions/answers de-selection

In these files: modifyquestion.php, modifyuser.php and /templates/default-blue/editquestions.tpl, made modifications to solve the issue with question answers deselection. Also, hitherto unnoticed issue of question answering - Users were not able to go in between sections and give answers without savign current section, meaning the section was not being autosaved - is fixed.

Same modification as above was made to admin profile management. Files modified are:

/admin/editprofilequestions.php,
/admin/modifyprofile.php,
/admin/modifyprofilequestion.php,
/templates/default-blue/admin/edirprofilelinks.tpl,
/templates/default-blue/admin/editprofilequestions.tpl

In init.php, made change to further to solve the issue of setfetchmode. Also, a small performance improvement was made by using mysql persistent connections (set to FALSE by default, but can be easily enabled by changing to TRUE)

/templates/default-blue/edituser.tpl: Modified to fix the issue of date of birth year selection

/language/lang_english/lang_main.php: Added following definitions to language file. You must give appropriate values for desired language in those language files and load the file to DB via the admin panel:

$lang['alphanumeric'] = "0123456789.+-_#,/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ()_";
$lang['alphanum'] = "0123456789_ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ";
$lang['text'] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ";

/javascript/check.js: Modified to use the above language file additions for field validation.

init.php: Modified to just push down the setfetchmode of DB down after error reporting. This will solve the DB access issue.

Resolved minor search bugs in advsearch.php, /templates/default-blue/advmatch.tpl

26 Aug 06

This message is being sent exclusively to osDate mailing list subscribers.

The osDate "no image" image set is now complete! If you're looking for a better male.jpg, female.jpg, or couple.jpg image placeholder (i.e, what users see if no portrait has been uploaded) for your osDate website, you should check these:

http://demo.tufat.com/osdate_images/page1.html

These images are available, un-watermarked with 100% of the Photoshop source files, in the osDate skins area:

http://www.tufat.com/category11.htm

And the best part... the entire set of over 400 image sets are available for just $5. All images are royalty-free, created from scratch by the same designers that created the original osDate skins.

17 Aug 06

osDate 1.1.9 has been released, with the following fixes to 1.1.8.

1. advsearch.php and templaes/default-blue/advsearch.tpl - Issues with search are fixed. To use any question in search, you must make that question extended searchable using Admin. Section Management. Issue with some sections not showing properly fixed.

2. login.tpl - The width is adjusted to 100% of viewable area rather than fixed 582.

3. changempass.tpl - Issue with password length fixed.

4. Following programs have been modified to fix the User status issue for different languages.

savesignup.php,
completereg.php,
init.php,
/language/lang_english/lang_main.php,
extmatch.php,
extmatch_popup.php,
getuser.php,
index.php,
newmemberlist.php,
onlineusers.php,
searchmatch.php,
advsearch.php,
searchprofiles.php,
searchprofiles_popup.php,
searchrec.php, midlogin.php,
/admin/extmatch.php,
/admin/onlineusers.php,
/admin/panel.php,
/admin/searchprofiles.php,
/admin/reactivate.php,
/admin/profile.php,
/admin/unapprovedusers.php

/admin/modifyuserstatus.php - New file to be uploaded to /admin directory.

Please note: Please be sure to BACKUP your database completely before applying this patch:

YOU MUST MODIFY THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE FILE TO FIX THE CODES IN THE $lang['status_enum'] and $lang['status_disp'] arrays. Please see the attached English Language file which should be loaded into DB using admin. manage language option. Please check spelling of both right and left side of definition as well as the Case. (e.g. active, suspend, etc.)

After you have fixed these, load the language file to DB.

Then run /admin/modifyuserstatus.php. This will update all existing users with proper status.

You may also need to *manually* clear the /templates_c/ folder of all files after re-loading the languages in the admin panel.


v3 patchset additions
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5. /templates/default-blue/panelmenu.tpl has been modified to reflect the status change. Missed inclusion of this in the v2 patchset.

6. advsearch.php and advsearch.tpl files have been modified to fix the issue with Continue option of search criteria selection screen. It was not going to correct Sections.

7. /templates/default-blue/admin/panelmenu.tpl and /admin/advsearch.php - These are modified to fix the issue with Admin. Search Section Selections.


v4 patchset additions
---------------------

8. advsearch.php has been modified to fix the issue of question selections not working properly. It was working only when a particular section was used and opted for. It will work only for that section. Issue was with the continue button which was not saving the questions selected properly. This is now fixed.

9. admin/profile.php is modified to fix the issue of admin. activating user and the expiration date not being set properly.

07 Aug 06

osDate 1.1.8 has been released!

In this version, all of Vijay's patches (from the forum) have been applied, along with a few other minor fixes, which would have been another patch had we not decided to release 1.1.8 at this time.

You can get the full 1.1.7 to 1.1.8 patch set from the Code Depot, or download the full osDate system and choose the upgrade option at step 2 of the installer.

http://www.tufat.com/resources39.htm

1) The line break issue in text area of profile display page has been fixed. The text area data was not breaking lines properly.

2) Admin question deletion issue fixed. When group deletion was selected, it was not done properly in some cases.

3) edituser.tpl: Adjusted the display width to use 100% of the available width, rather than fixing the width at 571 pixels.

4) usersnap.tpl: Adjusted the display width to use the full space allocated.

5) watchedevents.tpl: Minor spacing adjustment

6) savesignup.php and completereg.php: issue of active days getting set improperly fixed

7) showprofile.php: Updated to address possible security vulnerability pointed out in the forum

8) admin/sectionquestions.tpl: fixed JavaScript error appearing in IE when trying to delete question.

9) advsearch.php: Issue with section question answers not being considered properly has been fixed.

10) init.php and midlogin.php: Issue with members able to send messages even after expiration fixed.

11) cascade_admin.php: Issue with profile editing in admin resolved.

12) savesnap.php: Issue with album name not getting saved properly is resolved

13) buddybanlist.php: No fixes, but this file is being included just to ensure correct file is being used, as some issues were reported but couldn't be duplicated by the development team.

14) mymatches.php: banned list issue reported on the forum is fixed.

15) admin/featured_profile.php: No fixes, but this file is being included just to ensure the correct file is being used, as some issues were reported but couldn't be duplicated by the development team.

16) onlineusers.tpl: The display per page selection was not working in some versions of FireFox.

17) mailmessages.php: This is to fix the wrong profile display issue in the "sent" folder.

18) showprofile.php: Modified to fix the rating issue reported in the forum.

19) admin/editglblsettings.tpl: Issue with Expired User Level settings fixed.

20) payment.tpl: Minor javascript error fixed when clicking Continue if only the Free option is chosen

21) login.tpl: Invalid login error was not appearing for some users, in cases where invalid login was entered

22) mshipcompare.tpl: Minor spacing adjustment made to main table

23) Added Italian language file. Please note: you must update config.php for this option to appear, and you must load the language in the osDate admin panel first. Thus, directly applying this patch will not automatically give you the Italian language option.

Be sure to update your config.php version appropriately, and update the language list in config.php if you need the language updates.

13 Jul 06

osDate 1.1.7 has been released. This version simply has Vijay's Code Depot patch applied over 1.1.6:

http://www.tufat.com/resources/resource_582.zip

Thus, if you already have 1.1.6 working well, just apply this patch and you've got 1.1.7.

Please note that the osDate skins now require 1.1.7 to work properly. All skins have been updated to take advantage of this fix.

06 Jul 06

osDate 1.1.6 has now been released! This version contains all patches from Vijay that have been posted in the forum since the 1.1.5 release:

http://www.tufat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19519

A 1.1.5 to 1.1.6 patch set has also been uploaded to the Code Depot:

http://www.tufat.com/resources39.htm

26 Jun 06

A set of important patches to 1.1.5 has been released on the forum by Vijay:

http://www.tufat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19519

These patches will soon become part of a 1.1.6 release.

08 Jun 06

osDate 1.1.5 has been released. The patches posted by Vijay in the forum have been applied to the 1.1.4 version.

You may also download the patch files here:
http://www.tufat.com/resources.php?dl=545

01 Jun 06

osDate 1.1.4 has been released with the following fixes:

a) Issue with the multi-language display of state and city names is fixed. This resolves issues with signup, edit profile and search programs.

b) The above has been extended further to IM system.

c) Issue with savesnap.php not being able to save pictures is fixed.

d) The html confirmation email link issue is fixed.

e) The issue with undelete button in the messages trash folder is fixed.

f) Admin send letter issue with age selection is fixed.

g) Issue with Search Radius saving and zip code search is fixed

h) Issue with online users not getting dropped is fixed.

28 May 06

osDate 1.1.3 has been released with the following fixes:

a) Issue with the UK Zip Code proximity search is fixed

b) Issue with allow_viewonline tag of user table is fixed.

c) Issue with the zip code radius acceptance field in some browsers fixed

d) Newmemberlist has been modified to fix the issue with allow_viewonline tag.

e) Load Language in admin section has been modified to delete all compiled template files from /template_c directory for the language loaded.

f) The /includes/internal/Functions.php has been modified to select correct template directory for inclusion of tpl files

g) /install_files/funcs.php has been modified to fix the issue with admin rights.

h) /modules/payment/*.php files have been modified to avoid double install issue.

i) E-Gold is implemented as a payment gateway.

j) Replaced French language file (Thanks to seagul8)

k) Issue with paypal currency is fixed.

l) Issue with calendar link in the watched events page is fixed. Also, the selected calendar was not being displayed in the top header. This is fixed.

m) Display date format in event view has been modified to reflect what is given in languge file.

n) Deletion of saved searches with names having ' or " was not being deleted. This is fixed.

o) The thumbnail picture is centered - horizontally and vertically in small profile view.

p) Gallery manage pictures link was not showing the link indicator properly. This is fixed.

q) Payment modules parameter screen modified to accept test/live parameters as radio button.

r) Issue with picture gallery, without any public album pictures showing first private album picture is fixed.

s) Ratings/Rating in profile window has been fixed

t) Language file has been modified to add more details

u) The sql file has been modified for some global configuration settings changes.

v) The Smarty class has been extended for osDate. (/libs/Smarty/osDate_Smarty.class.php). This include a new assign function to take care of slashes appearing in some fields in the templates.

w) Spacing after inbox header text fixed.

x) The load language program has been modified. On some systems stripos() is not working.

y) Load zips has been modified to provide creation of sql script for the chosen country's zip codes... this should avoid time-outs for users who attempted to load the zip codes via the admin panel.

z) Issue with pictures deletion and erratic behavior of picture management screen is fixed.

19 May 06

osDate 1.1.2 has been released, with the following fixes:

* language file subkeys were not being read in all cases (the subject of multiple forum posts)

* Fixes to the following forum issues:

http://www.tufat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19074

http://www.tufat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19028

http://www.tufat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19105

http://www.tufat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19054

http://www.tufat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19105

18 May 06

osDate 1.1.1 has been released with the following fixes:

* Template changing method has been changed. The /templates/current/ folder is no longer used.

* "text" and "html" email formats have been separated in the language file. Now, you can have html email with complex formatting, without concern about damaging the text email format.

* Minor fixes to templates other than default-blue made: Smarty stripslashes added in several places, and profile links fixed.

* "Services" page updated.

* Ability to read messages by all added (including non-paid members). The ability to reply is based on configuration setting of "Allow Reply by All Users"

* A separate file "destroy_sessions.php" is included which should be started as a cron job if you are experiencing timed-out sessions that need to be cleaned up.

* Each language maintains its own set of compiled templates in the templates_c directory.

13 May 06

osDate 1.1.0 released! This upgrade contains numerous fixes and new features, including:

NEW FEATURES:

* Delete option in Page Mangement tool

* Pagination of user stats display

* Display order option for Question/Answer management

* Allow profile summary information to be displayed in snap approval system

* All language data moved to database; Smarty function calls placed in .tpl files (note: this will be changed again in osDate 2.0; the current solution is only stop-gap)

* Email notification for various activities added, including: featured profile addition, addition to hot/buddy/ban list, receive message, profile re-activation

* Custom cookie headers

* Dozens of new global site settings added, categorization of these settings added to allow for future expansion

* AJax now used for signup registration to avoid page refreshes during country/state/city choices

* AJax now used for instant messenger to avoid problems with popup blockers, and to make these messages generally less obtrusive (note: version 2.0 will likely add a sound option, and perhaps a Javascript alert, so that users can be notified of new messages, since some users may not always have their eye on the IM panel)

* Added Terms of Service acknowledgement option to registration page

* Membership expiry notice email option in admin panel

* Zip code proximity search for several major countries (version 2.0 will have dozens more)

* Removed simple search option in favor of a more general and powerful search interface. You can now search on any signup criteria.

* Save search option

* Option to rever user level to default user level after membership expiry

* Custom profile ratings, with comments and comment reply options. Several global site settings added to help manage this feature.

* Design improvements to the messaging system.

* Message templates, with template variables.

* Design improvements made to several calendar pages, to make the Add Event icon more visible.

* Design improvements made to login and password/login reminder pages

* Added online status indicator for profiles

* Updated phpBB forum to latest version of phpBB


BUG FIXES:

* PayPal, 2CheckOut.com, Authorize.Net, and NOCHEX modules fixed. Other payment mods need a bit more work, but should be available in the 2.0 release of osDate.

* Admin/user statistics fixed

* Removed BR tags from text-only emails

* Installer path issue fixed (// was improperly added to some paths)

* Language selection routine changed to display only loaded languages

* Issue with start/end date in calendar fixed

* Small issue of state/country lists not being properly loaded in the signup step is fixed. This was happening if there was only one state in the country.

* Featured profiles admin - added link to profile display on username

* Fixed profile lookup

* Manage stories - it was going to profile editing when username was clicked. Modified to show the profile now. Also, it was giving the full list of users instead of only users who had sent in stories.

* Numerous minor spelling fixes have been made.

* Membership management fixes made; some settings were not being saved.

* A few other minor bug fixes that had been reported in the forum (sorry, can't remember them all at this point). In general, if it was reported on the forum, an effort was made to fix it.

19 Feb 06

Fixed in the 1.0.2 release:

- Preferred age range and birth date not saving correctly when country combo box changes

- Cancel button (in questions admin) not working

- Minor spelling fixes in lang_english.php

- French language template bug fixes (quote issue in Javascript)

- Script version added to Site Statistics

- Minor fixes to payment modules

- Other minor issues reported on the forum during the past 2 weeks.

13 Nov 05

Beta RC 6.2 is now available. Please note that RC 6.2 is simply RC 6.1 + Vijay's Patches 1 and 2 from the Code Depot.

Thus, if you have already downloaded his patches, you do NOT need to upgrade.

Patch #1 fixes:

1. Issue with membership not getting updated in Member's profile is fixed.

2. Savesignup.php not updating proper values for Birth Date is fixed.

3. Poll not working is fixed.

4. Updating the profiles to activate members and not currectly setting the expiry date is fixed.

5. Issue with Paypal Checkout process and Free Checkout process is solved.

6. Sex not appearing properly in New member list is fixed.

7. Issue with Functions.php trying to copy readme.txt again is fixed.

8. Issue with Decimal in Membership Price is fixed.

Patch #2 fixes:

1. Just after registering and confirming the account, user is not able to login. Showing a blank page. This is rectified.

2. Issue with polls rectified.

3. Improvements to extended search have been made.

08 Nov 05

Patch #1 to osDate beta release candidate 6 is now available.

The patched files have been added to the main osDate download, which is available at http://www.tufat.com/osdate.php

Issues fixed in this patch:

1. Extended search issue is resolved.

2. Issue with installation and upgrade is resolved.

3. Issue with having status text in different languages is fixed.

4. Added the level of the user in Admin Profile Management.

5. Issue with Articles, addition and modifications is fixed.

6. Issue with News, addition and modifications is fixed.

7. Issue with Pages, addition and modifications is fixed.

8. Issue with birth date and preferred age group not getting saved in signup process, when country is changed, is fixed.

9. Admin Send Letter issue is fixed.

10. Language files are modified as given below.

$lang['status_enum'] array definition is removed and added as part of init.php.

New array $lang['status_disp'] is added at the bottom, which has key with upper case first letter. You can make necessary language definitions in this array.

11. Admin change password system is modified to update phpbb also when password is changed.

12. All templates are modified to show details same as in default-blue.

13. Issue with sending encoded password is rectified.

14. Problem with blank subject in email messages fixed.

15. Sorting issue with full name field in admin is fixed.

16. Story Addition and modification issues are fixed.

17. Issue with small profile display window showing Send Message link even though the profile is of logged in user is fixed.

18. The button to activate extended search from the homepage is enabled only if the logged in user has right to do extended search.

19. Member change password program is modified to validate null values.

20. Membership comparison chart will display valid days now.

21. My Matches issue is fixed

22. Admin extended search is modified and interface also modified to match with User Search Results Interface.

04 Nov 05

1. Issue with Profile display window not able to send mail message on IE sysems fixed.

2. Issue with image display on IE systems fixed

3. Issue with the PEAR library - Fatal Error on some systems fixed

4. Added options: a) default profile status is active or not, b) default level of user

5. Provision to store images in file system. (/userimages directory)

All image access programs modified to tak eimages from DB or File System

6. All admin programs modified to fix the issue of quote escaping

7. If more than one picture is uploaded for a user, system will randomly select picture to display.

8. The picture display is controlled by snap_display_width and snap_display_height given in global Settings

9. Image display distortion is fixed.

10. PHPBB New Registration will start osDate registration program.

11. Issue with the stats. New user count is rectified

12. User Picture Gallery is implemented

13. Admin option to reactivate cancelled membership is implemented

14. Selection of Language by the user is implemented. Please note that the language selection is only for fields captions and not for data itself.

15. Issue with the new messages count is rectified.

16. Search Option: Profiles with pictures only added in the top right hand corner search

17. In search results, Sort by and sort order are added

04 Nov 05

All new osDate RC6 is now available for free download at http://www.tufat.com/osdate.php

Implemented in beta RC6....

1. The approve snaps in admin section is modified to show data properly.

2. Feedback form issue is resolved.

3. Installer is modified to include German, Dutch, French, and Russin as selectable languages.

4. Some issues with admin login fixed

5. Issue with picture not getting displayed in Gallery is fixed

6. Members online count is fixed

7. Issue with search results passing on wrong parameters fixed.

8. On IE browserrs, there were spaces between menu items before Chat. This is fixed.

9. Issue with wrong stats shown on left-hand column is fixed.

10. Issue with activation of poll is fixed.

11. Allows multiple polls to be active at the same time. System will select random poll for display.

12. Added Poll Group Enable, Disable and Activate buttons.

13. Default language issue reported on forum is resolved.

14. At the time of installation, you can select the default language or this can be set in config.php

15. Membership level has more checks now, including...
activedays - number of days the level will be active
sendwinks - the user can send winks
favoritelist - user can manage buddy/ban/hot list
extsearch - user can perform extended search

16. Issue with the profile being automatically activated upon registration confirmation is rectified.

17. User actions are controlled by permissions/rights given in membership table.

18. The country list (countries_list.php) is transferred to Database. Admin can manage Countries and States listing for the site.

19. In Member profile, Country must be selected from the list. State can be selected from the list, if such list is available for given country.

20. Memberships can be extended by Admin by just activating the membership.

21. State name is added in the short profile and profile views

22. In buddy/ban/hot list, multiple records deletion is provided.

23. In Views and winks list, multiple records deletion is provided.

24. Issue with wrong age is fixed.

25. Sort options are introduced in Search Results Page.

26. Searches are made more user friendly and accurate.

27. Issues with utf8 database systems are resolved. Please follow the steps given in RELEASE_NOTES.txt to use this, if needed.

28. Many javascript validations are added in admin section tools.

29. Multiple profile deletion feature is added.

30. Display of latest members and profiles are available in Member's homepage.

17 Oct 05

Beta Release Candidate #5 Released! In this release...

- Image editor Flash tool has been temporarily disabled pending bug fixing.

- Multi-language selection implemented.

- User Picture Gallery improvements made.

- Ability to select pictures at random if multiple snapshots are uploaded.

- Mechanism to reactivate cancelled memberships added.

- New forum registration will activate the osdate registration process automatically.

- Option to search only profiles with pictures added.

- Option to search for users who logged in during the past 1/3/7/14/All days implemented.

14 Oct 05

The following issues have been corrected in the new Beta Release Candidate #4:

- Single sign-on bug for FlashChat / osDate integration fixed.
- Profile display bugs for some fields.
- Deletion ability for Views and Winks added.
- Other minor issues noted in the forum from prior versions.

11 Oct 05

Beta Release Candidate #3 has been released, with additional fixes based on feedback from the forum.

10 Oct 05

Multiple fixes have been made, based on feedback received in the TUFaT.com forum after the release of release candidate #1 of the beta. Still coming: updates to the FlashChat integration, and updates to the Flash image editor.

08 Oct 05

osDate Beta v.1 is now available!

New Features in this Release -

1. The rendering of template/skin system has been modified as follows: The system uses the default-blue template as the master template. When you change the skin - for example, if you change the skin to romantic - the system will copy all files from the /romantic template directory to /current directory, overwriting any existing files.

If you want to make any changes to any page, you should copy the respective file from the default-blue directory to the respective skin directory, and then make changes to the tpl file as appropriate.

2. The header.tpl and footer.tpl files have been removed and included within index.tpl. All pages are rendered using index.tpl only, except for the popup pages.

3. All coloring and other visual effects are controlled using the CSS file. (default.css is available in each skin directory)

4. Improved Manage Pictures system for members. The system will accept a Main Image and Thumbnail image.

5. The no-picture display will show Male and Female picture based on the Gender.

6. Sending of Winks is implemented.

7. You can add a member to your Hot List, Buddy List or Banned List.

8. Improved statistics displayed for Member Page and Admin Page.

9. You can see the list of members who have viewed your profile.

10. Favored List management is implemented.

11. List of New Pictures and New Members are improved and will show since Last Login time for members.

12. Admin can set (in Global Settings) that any picture uploaded must be approved before it can be displayed.

13. Improved search and extended search pages.

14. Latest members list is implemented.

15. Members can submit polls. The system will accept suggestions for polls, and then the Admin can accept or reject it. At present oly one Poll is displayed by default.

16. Added Remember Me option in login page.

17. Cancel membership option is provided in Member Panel.

18. The SQL Query rendering has been is implemented via PEAR, and done in such a way as to make queries more hacker resistant.

19. The Mail system now uses PEAR::Mail.

29 Aug 05

Version 0.6 Alpha Released with the following fixes:

- phpBB forum integration fixed
- FlashChat integration fixed

05 Aug 05

Version 0.2 alpha released. This is only being provided for testing purposes.