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Written by Ove Erikson   
Sunday, 30 May 2010 11:48

The total list with the most important changes in Gary's Cookbook 3.0.X

  • Version 3.0.15
    • CSS for the most importent parts editable in the Backend
    • Recipe new/change revised. e.g.editorwidht in the configurationr. New infotexts.
    • New ingredientslist with calculation according to portions. To be choosen in the configuraion.
    • The recipe infomailfunction as revised. If you enter more than one mailaddress divided by , (comma) in the configuration, mails are sent to all of them From the second as CC. The first is on duty. In subject you'll find the language. To be used to filter the mails if you use more then one language.
    • Additional texts. Changed was e.g. My recipies to Favorite recipes.
    • Known Bugs were corrected.
    • Databasetables were changed. To be taken in account when upgrading.
  • Version 3.0.14 includes a lot of changes and extensions
    • ATTENTION! Do NOT use the update version "new installation" described in Help/Faq. The database tablles have been changed and you will not be able to import the data to the database tables without a lot of work. But you should folllow the instructions how to make a backup of yor data. Then you are able, shouldn't the upgrade work, to go back to a version available in the archive. After uploading the programms you have to choose "Upgrade table to Gary´s Cookbook 3.0.14" in the Backend to make the changes to the databasetables Choose the "Settings" and save it Then you should check the new parameters. With the new "Create alias" you are able to create for Search Engine Friendly (SEF) titles. Only needed to be used once after the version update!
    • It's mow possible to upload rezipe images from the frontend also when changing recipes. Own recipes may also be changed and images uoloaded by the recipe creator. Only for new entered recipes! The textline below the image is for a description.
    • The naming of recipe images has been changed for uploaded images to make them more suitable for the oparative systems.
    • After sending a recipe, you get back to the this new/changed recipe. For not released recipes only once, then an adminsitrator has to release it.
    • Data about the user that create or change the recipe are now stored in the database
    • It is now possible to allow users to create their own recipelist/recipebook. The user can choose to add or remove the shown recipe to his own Cookbooklist. The own recipellist may as a start be choosen from the List "Search results for".
    • Alternative Securitychecks have been introduced. With reCaptcha und MathGuard no extra installaiton is neccessary. We will explain it more in Help/Faq.
    • After a wrong entered securitycode the data are still kept and not lost as before.
    • In the recipemaintenace im Backend you may now publish/unpublish and delete the recipes.You do not have to go back to the recipelist to do this. For those of you who allow users to enter recipes on the frontend, it is recommended to install the Backend Statistic modul to quick find the new uploaded recipes.
    • A Field "Alias" is stored in the databasetable. It may be used for Search engine freindly Web-Adresses (SEF)
    • For the Cookbook-Introduction you may now alternatively use an Joomla! Artcle. It that way you are able to use transaltion extensions to translate the texts. For the time beeing only Joom!fish is supported. It's recommended to use this possibility only if you translate the texts. To be set in the configuration. An Examplel (Template) may be downloaded from "Extensions for Gary's Cookbook" . offline-intro.zip
    • Alternative message "Cookbook Kochbuch Offline" may be entered as an Joomla! article. In that way you may also translate the message with translation extensions e.g. with Joom!fish. Settings in the configuration. Standard is the Joomla! Errormessage. An Examplel (Template) may be downloaded from "Extensions for Gary's Cookbook". offline-intro.zip
    • So called Metadata, that are interesting for searchengines, can manually be entered pro recipe. description, keys and robots.
    • Version Management in the Backend.
    • The languafefiles for frontend and backend have been changed a lot.
  • New in version 3.0.13
    • Security update
    • Missing entries in the languagefiles (Administratorpages) added.
  • Version 3.0.12
    • Webservice for your Cookbook
      • It's now possible to allow other sites to present a recipe of the day or random recipes from your site on there site. A page with information to webmasters of other sites is shown. To users of Joomla! sites is a modul created to show the recipe of the day, a random recipe or both. This modul is created on the fly and includes all neccessary settings that the Webmaster of the client side needs.
    • Bugfix categorie description and the image for subcategories are now shown.
    • IE 8 with more columns in the category view were in different templates not nice shown, Should now be corrected.
    • The number of the recipes for the categories has bin corrected.
    • The languagefiles have bin changed. For webservice are separate languagefiles, site and admin, used -> xx-XX.com_garyscookbook_rod.ini
  • New in Version 3.0.11
    • Selectable Lightbox images for the main recipeimages
    • Langaugefiles changed. As usual adde to the ende of the languagefiles,
  • New in version 3.0.10
    • On-/Off button for the extended informations. Configurable in the backend.
    • Changes in the PDF handling
    • Backend bugfix for IE6
    • Proportional Imagepreview in the backend recipecreation
    • minir bugfixes
    • MYSQLI changes by Martin Kouba are integrated.
    • Langaugefiles changed. As usual adde to the ende of the languagefiles,
  • New in Version 3.0.9
    • Integration of Security Images spamprotection
    • Bugfix: itemid in some cases not transferred correctly
    • Changes to languagefiles: added to frontend: --> #3.0.9
      SECURITYIMAGES_LABEL=Spam Protection / de -> Spam Sicherung
      BAD SECURITY CODE=Bad security Code please try again. / de -> Der eingegebene Sicherheits Code war leider falsch :-( , versuchen Sie es erneut. --> No changes to admin.
  • New in version 3.0.8
    • new ratingimages
    • No changes to language files in this version.
  • New in version 3.0.7
    • Better XHTML conformity
    • Bugfix No of pages in the category vew
    • No changes to language files in this version.
  • New in version 3.0.6
    • Subcategories now with image and discription possible
    • Changes to subcategories translation because of the Joom!fish translation component
    • No changes to language files in this version.

 


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Please post any ideas or errors in the forum.
Read the installationtips in the Help/Faq part -> installation and in languages.
Translations to other languages would be very welcome. In the Help/Faq language part you'll find a description of how to translate a languagefile.
Please upload your translations with information to the file and of course of the author. To upload -> choose Download, the languages and to the right ->Submit file -> follow the instructions.
Thanks!
The GKB Team
Last Updated on Sunday, 20 June 2010 17:30