Magazine Version 2.1.5

Important Notes

Many parameters have been renamed to improve readability and reliability. If you have produced any custom layout overrides for your site, please consult the following table for parameter name changes.

Old Name New Name
Global
gmkey global-gmkey
gmkeya global-gmkeya
show_action_email global-show_action_email
show_action_icons global-show_action_icons
show_action_print global-show_action_print
Author View
itemid author-alt_itemid
links_nofollow author-links_nofollow
Authors View
itemid authors-alt_itemid
links_nofollow authors-links_nofollow
show_icon_items authors-show_icon
Article Configuration and View
itemid article-alt_itemid
links_nofollow article-links_nofollow
show_author article-show_author
show_back_links article-show_back_links
show_icon_a_item article-show_icon
show_issue article-show_issue
show_page_counter article-show_page_counter
show_pagination article-show_pagination
show_publication article-show_publication
show_section article-show_section
show_summary article-show_summary
show_toc article-show_toc
show_toc_all article-show_toc_all
Articles View
itemid articles-alt_itemid
links_nofollow articles-links_nofollow
num_article_columns articles-num_columns
num_article_intro articles-num_intro
num_article_leads articles-num_leads
show_pagination articles-show_pagination (Landing layout)
Category
itemid category-alt_article_itemid
itemid category-links_nofollow
num_article_leads category-num_article_leads
num_article_intro category-num_article_intro
num_columns category-num_article_columns
num_article_links category-num_article_links
show_a_body category-show_article_body
show_a_title category-show_article_title
show_a_subtitle category-show_article_subtitle
show_a_summary category-show_article_summary
show_articles category-show_articles
show_c_body catgory-show_body
show_c_subtitle catgory-show_subtitle
show_c_title catgory-show_title
show_icon_c_item category-show_icon
show_icon_items category-show_article_icon
show_jump_links catgory-show_body
show_map_link catgory-show_body
show_subcategories catgory-show_body
Issue(s)
itemid issue-alt_article_itemid
links_nofollow issue-links_nofollow
issue_article_order issue-article_order
show_a_subtitle issue-show_article_subtitle
show_a_summary issue-show_article_summary
show_i_body issue-show_i_body
show_i_feed issue-show_feed
show_i_feed_text issue-show_feed_text
show_i_title issue-show_i_title
show_icon_i_item issue-show_icon_i_item
show_p_body issue-show_publication_body
show_p_title issue-show_publication_title
show_s_jumps issue-show_section_jumps
show_icon_items issue-show_article_icon
Publication(s)
itemid publication-alt_issue_itemid (Publication)
itemid publications-alt_itemid (Publications)
layout publication-layout
link_view publications-link_view
links_nofollow publication-links_nofollow (Publication)
links_nofollow publications-alt_itemid (Publications)
s_list_class publication-section_list_class
s_list_item_class publication-show_listitem_class
show_i_bodies publication-show_issue_body
show_i_jumps publication-show_issue_jumps
show_icon_i_items publication-show_issue_icon
show_icon_p_item publication-show_icon
show_icon_p_items publications-show_icon
show_icon_s_items publication-show_section_icon
show_p_bodies publications-show_body
show_p_title publication-show_title
show_s_body publication-show_section_body
show_s_num_articles publication-show_section_article_count
Section View
itemid section-alt_article_itemid
links_nofollow section-links_nofollow
list_class section-list_class
list_item_class section-listitem_class
show_icon_items section-show_article_icon
show_icon_s_item section-show_icon
show_s_body section-show_body
show_s_title section-show_title

Other Notes

  • Removed show_icon_items from publication view (cannot reconcile backward compatibility)
  • Removed show_print_icon
  • Removed itemid and links_nofollow from Splash View
  • Media parameters are now integrated in result sets. For example, $this->item->media is a JParemeter object.

Changelog

RC1
  • New: Default defaults for Issues
  • New: Categories support trash setting
  • New: Unplishing or trashing categories will cascade to all children
  • New: Meta Description and Keywords added to frontend articles view
  • New: Sortable date column added in admin articles list
  • New: Added parameter to Publciation to override the layout used for display
  • New: Added parameter to Issue to override the layout used for display
  • New: Added Publication filter to Articles View-Default Layout
  • Bug fix: Cannot now unpublish or published a category when its parent is a lesser state
  • Bug fix: Cannot now unpublish or trash categories where any children are checked out
  • Bug fix: Cannot now remove a ROOT category
  • Bug fix: Categories now do not that 'none' as an option for the parent (was causing confusion)
  • Bug fix: Added logic to prevent deleting of root categories
  • Bug fix: Error in display of body varible in Publciation View-Default Layout
  • Bug fix: Joomla! error in Splash page edit form when XHMTML editor not installed.
  • Bug fix: Fixed PHP notice in Section selector when creating a new Articles View in the menu
  • Bug fix: Error in display of body varible in Publciation View-Default Layout
  • Bug fix: Author Article module now hides (not displaying title) if no articles found
  • Bug fix: saving publications would strip out XML in custom fields definition
  • Bug fix: Fixed gallery non-display problem when image names began with 't'
  • Bug fix: Undefined variable in Articles Landing Layout
  • Bug fix: Undefined variables in Publications Section Layout
  • Bug fix: Save to Copy was not working properly
  • Bug fix: Could not unparent an article
  • Bug fix: Fixed numerous access control issues
RC2
  • New: Added Quick Add for Authors
  • New: Added pagination to Authors view
  • Bug fix: Fixed ordering in Authors view
  • Bug fix: Fixed Article Summary parameter not sticking in Section Default layout
  • Bug fix: Snippets not working in splash edit form (also forced splash editor to none)
  • Bug fix: Search plugin not working properly when search term in body
  • Bug fix: Search plugin not working properly when article in category menu item
RC3
  • New: Added Article Count column to Admin Issues List view
  • New: Added Issue Year column to Admin Issues List view
  • New: Added test and H4 display for publication subtitle in frontend Publications View
  • New: Added icon display parameter to Publication edit form
  • New: Added icon display parameter to Article edit form
  • New: Added articles icon display parameter to Publication View (allows correct article icons to be displayed when going from list of issues to the issue itself)
  • New: Added custom field display to frontend Article view if defined (including decorator support for emails and urls)
  • New: Improved list display of Rated Articles module
  • New: Improved list display of Related Articles module
  • New: Improved list display of Publication Articles module
  • Bug fix: Author alias was not automatically generated if empty
  • Bug fix: Author alias in edit form was not automatically suggested due to js error
  • Bug fix: Publication parameters would not save
  • Bug fix: Bad media variable in frontend Publication View
  • Bug fix: Bad author variable in Articles by an Author module
  • Bug fix: Added clearfix to to list of author in frontend Authors View
  • Bug fix: Rated articles module did not correctly support alternate title
  • Bug fix: Related articles module did not correctly support alternate title
  • Bug fix: Registered or higher latest issue would cause problems with some menu items
  • Bug fix: Publish start and finish dates were not being honoured in articles
RC4
  • New: Added JHtml zine.modules helper to make loading a module position easier.
  • New: Added JHtml zine.sharing helper to make loading Comments/sharing easier (if installed).
  • New: Added JHtml zine.rating helper to make loading Comments/ratings easier (if installed).
  • New: Added JHtml zine.comments helper to make loading Comments/comments easier (if installed).
  • New: Added onBeforeDeleteArticle and onAfterDeleteArticle (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeChangeArticles and onAfterChangeArticles (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeSaveAuthor and onAfterSaveAuthor (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeDeleteAuthor and onAfterDeleteAuthor (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeChangeAuthors and onAfterChangeAuthors (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeSaveIssue and onAfterSaveIssue (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeDeleteIssue and onAfterDeleteIssue (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeChangeIssues and onAfterChangeIssues (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeSavePublication and onAfterSavePublication (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeDeletePublication and onAfterDeletePublication (supports Finder integration).
  • New: Added onBeforeChangePublications and onAfterChangePublications (supports Finder integration).
  • Bug fix: Could not order issues or sections within the Publication view.
  • Bug fix: Publication view sections layout did not generate proper URLs.
  • Bug fix: Menu router failing to build/parse section routes correctly.
  • Bug fix: Fixed call to non-object in publication view sections layout.
  • Bug fix: Deleting article now deletes dependancies (category maps, related article maps).
  • Bug fix: Pagination could get corrupted if changing filters on pages numbers which exceded the page count.
  • Bug fix: Author mapping and parameters would not save.
  • Bug fix: Author article categories would not save.
  • Bug fix: Deleting author now deletes dependancies (category maps).
  • Bug fix: Trashed sections would display in article edit screen.

Stable

  • New: Articles and Category Landing Layouts support column ordering direction.
  • Bug fix: Several problems in the category view.
  • Bug fix: Articles view would not sort by article date.
  • Bug fix: Had to have both JX editors installed to use Page templates (only WYSIWYG is required).
  • Bug fix: Backend trash images would not display in articles list.
  • Bug fix: Backend mapping in articles, authors and categories may not work under some circumstances.