Introduction

This is the list of changes for each release of the plugin.

Change log

Version: 0.9.9.6 RC4 / october 28 2008

• new: now template elements for time restricted rating
• new: expiry date and countdown calculations
• edit: default time restriction templates updated
• fix: wordpress flash uploader disappearing
• fix: javascript related bugs
• fix: php4 preparing data for widget and shortcode
• fix: few more php4 related bugs

Version: 0.9.9.3 RC3 / october 24 2008

• new: expanded editor widget with additional post options
• new: default timer restriction options
• new: time restrictions data in articles table
• new: functions for getting php and mysql versions
• new: import from 'wp post rating' plugin data
• new: automatic rendering of stars on search results pages
• new: additional check to verify received vote
• edit: changes to admin pages names
• edit: various small changes
• fix: numerous visual bugs
• fix: trend rating calculation
• fix: mysql4 str_to_date sql function problems

Version: 0.9.9.2 RC2 / october 22 2008

• new: included jquery.ui.datepicker with translations
• edit: scandir function replaced with new one that works in php4/php5
• edit: removed user guide from the package
• edit: updated readme file
• fix: rating problem with first comment on page
• fix: limiting the length of post title for widget
• fix: rendering review stars

Version: 0.9.9 RC / october 21 2008

• new: redesigned starrating shortcode
• new: bayesian mean estimate rating calculation
• new: all icons sets with description files
• new: trends and stars sets classes and import
• new: darkness style stars
• new: export user voting data
• new: export data panel
• new: additional functions to use in themes
• new: import checks for available plugins
• new: additional location for stars and trends graphics sets
• new: expanded articles table for new expiry voting restrictions
• new: more template elements
• edit: trend images rendering
• edit: merged widget and starrater rendering code
• edit: few more wordpress 2.7 improvements
• edit: more widget improvements
• edit: updated translations
• edit: code updated to work with new graphics description format
• edit: added some missed strings for translation
• edit: changes to internal path and url variables
• edit: partialy removed uneeded code
• edit: improved translation and added new strings
• edit: improved tinymce3 plugin javascript code
• fix: tinymce plugin not working on some servers
• fix: rare widget rendering problems
• fix: minor widget calculation bug
• fix: invalid position for StarRater shortcode
• fix: xhtml valid problems
• fix: removed parts of unused and uneeded code
• fix: incorrect init of default templates settings
• fix: saving trend settings
• fix: invalid global constants
• fix: few typos

Version: 0.9.8 Beta #4 / october 13 2008

• new: trend icon sets
• new: import data from 'post star rating' plugin
• new: additional setup options
• edit: improved setup page
• fix: widget trend display
• fix: settings update problem

Version: 0.9.7 Beta #3 / october 12 2008

• new: famfamfam trend icons
• new: trend calculations
• new: widget trend display
• new: trend images preview
• edit: more widget redesign
• edit: partialy removed old and unused code
• edit: more changes to settings panel
• edit: old javascript replaced by jquery
• edit: rewriten ajax code and moved to document ready
• fix: missing overlay stars on ie browsers
• fix: unneeded loading of ajax code if ajax is disabled
• fix: few extra lines of debug code
• fix: various smaller bugs

Version: 0.9.6 Beta #2 / october 2 2008

• new: introducing templates
• new: ajax voting support
• new: templates for rating stars text
• new: widget supports grouping of votes
• new: updated styles to fit wp 2.7
• new: post review box for wp 2.7
• new: grouping options for widget
• new: enable/disable widgets options
• edit: small changes to rendering
• edit: changes to widget settings layout
• edit: main class numerous improvements
• edit: optimization of widget db code
• fix: various small bugs
• fix: multi byte langauge encoding problems
• fix: manual function for adding widget content

Version: 0.9.5 Beta #1 / september 15 2008

• new: fully redesigned widget
• new: advanced settings control
• new: function to render widget like output
• new: crystal hearts style stars
• new: pine hearts style stars
• edit: updated user guide
• edit: redesigned plugin menues
• edit: small code reorganization
• fix: rendering of rating header
• fix: stars border appearing is some rare cases
• fix: stars preview
• fix: vote rules combo
• fix: various database code errors

Version: 0.9.4.1 / september 6 2008

• new: rating text placement on left or right of the stars
• new: additional css custom classes for rating block and rating text
• new: control setting for the ie6 png fix
• new: using jQuery for javascript code
• new: reset and remove settings options
• new: recalculate functions (finally)
• new: tabed settings panel
• edit: all votes in database changed to decimal
• edit: improved ie6 png fix
• edit: css code cleanup
• edit: code cleanup in main class
• edit: more improvements to settings panel
• edit: various code improvements
• edit: updated POT translation file
• fix: database installation method
• fix: setup page problems
• fix: bunch of small bugs

Version: 0.9.2 / september 3 2008

• new: french translation
• new: ie6 png fix
• new: deleting comments ratings
• edit: improved comments page
• edit: code cleanup for translation optimization
• edit: removed all old db conversion code
• edit: improved serbian translation
• fix: article votes page navigation
• fix: unneeded debug code
• fix: error in deleting comments votes

Version: 0.9.1 / august 30 2008

• new: rewritten stars rendering
• new: spanish translation
• new: serbian translation
• edit: updated POT translation file
• fix: rating table invalid links

Version: 0.9.0 / august 28 2008

• new: separate display rating star for trackbacks comments (default is no)
• new: comments page in control panel
• new: moderation page in control panel
• new: review rating supports decimal value
• new: setting width for administration tables
• new: setting number of rows for administration tables
• new: counting number of views for posts and pages
• new: separate cookie settings for comments and articles
• new: preventing authors to vote for their posts and comments
• new: search on the article page
• new: POT translation file
• edit: expanded and modified database tables
• edit: cleanup of the database code
• edit: more improvements to control panel
• edit: saving comment methods
• edit: descending sorting by default
• fix: saving reviews rating through control panel articles page
• fix: potential problem with redirection after comment vote
• fix: displaying rating stars in admin mode

Version: 0.8.8 / august 22 2008

• new: soft style stars
• new: aeon style stars
• new: positioning of rating stars and text
• new: rating header text
• new: rating text for review rating
• new: database maintenance setup options
• edit: changes to control panel
• edit: updated user guide

Version: 0.8.6 / august 21 2008

• fix: small problems with extra debug code
• fix: small update problems

Version: 0.8.5 / august 21 2008

• new: fatty style stars
• new: voting for comments
• new: wait message after voting
• new: unified rendering stars code for both comments and articles
• new: comment rating shortcode
• new: optimization of loading post data for posts and comments
• edit: changes to control panel settings page
• edit: changes to voting rendering to avoid potential problems with some themes
• edit: updated rating block with separate styles for text for article and comment
• edit: database tables upgraded
• fix: invalid sql query for checking votes log
• fix: rendering article rating stars obsolete code
• fix: comment rendering bug

Version: 0.8.0 / august 15 2008

• new: ruby style stars
• new: milky style stars
• new: redesigned control panel
• new: rewritten large parts of the code
• new: review rating for posts and pages
• new: moderation of user and visitors votes
• new: vote and moderation rules
• new: first version of user guide
• new: calculation of voting trends
• new: upgrade from old database format
• edit: link to rating css file
• edit: cleanup of some parts of the code
• fix: detection error for user votes
• fix: few smaller bugs

Version: 0.7.0 / august 1 2008

• new: rating multi instance widget
• new: rendering stars in shortcode table
• new: different built in styles for shortcode table
• edit: rearanged vote calls to avoid potential cookie setting problems
• edit: aditional check for duplicated voting
• edit: updated trasnlation pot file
• fix: few smaller bugs

Version: 0.6.0 / july 29 2008

• new: starscape style stars
• new: starscape on white style stars in gif format
• new: tinymce3 editor button for adding shortcode
• new: shortcode 'starrating' for inserting voting data into posts
• new: stars images can be also gif or jpg
• edit: adding filters and actions moved to constructor
• fix: page refresh caused recording of duplicate votes

Version: 0.5.0 / july 25 2008

• new: nuvola style stars
• new: inspire style stars
• new: deleting votes data, deletes log votes also
• new: control panel log votes tab pages
• fix: not saving vote date

Version: 0.4.0 / july 23 2008

• new: aero style stars
• new: shiny style stars
• new: quiet style stars
• new: mini stars size
• new: multi background color stars preview
• new: different and better stars handling
• new: universal stars css file
• new: delete votes for a page or post
• new: translation support
• new: serbian translation
• edit: various improvements

Version: 0.3.0 / july 23 2008

• new: crystal style stars
• new: oxygen style stars
• new: post and page voting statistics
• edit: control panel open last active tab on save
• fix: small bugs
• fix: saving vote cookie problem

Version: 0.2.0 / july 22 2008

• new: using cookies to prevent duplicate votes
• new: spiderbot detection
• new: recalculate values if you change number of stars
• fix: vote url creating for different permalinks

Version: 0.1.0 / july 21 2008

• Initial Alpha Release