Changelog

2.9.0

• fix crash on fresh install caused by calls to opensim db while it is not yet configured
• fix avatar-profile shortcode crashing php on fresh install
• fix avatar registration fail on other pages than canonical profile (issue #72)
• fix password verification on profile avatar registration form
• fix user notices not displayed on profile page
• fix avatar registration form layout
• fix requirements alert shown only on w4os status page
• fix minor PHP warnings on fresh install
• don’t load templates.php for feeds and admin pages (fix #52)

Transitional release, progressively integrate upcoming v3 features as beta Do not enabe v3 beta features in production environment

v3 beta features (available in github or w4os website releases):

• option in classic settings to enable v3 beta features
• new v3 settings page (limited, main options still in classic settings page)
• new v3 avatars admin page, including
  • avatar list: sortable, filterable, searchable
  • avatar settings (placeholder, not implemented)
  • avatar model settings, replacing classic avatar models settings page
• new v3 regions admin page, including
  • region list: sortable, filterable, searchable
  • region settings (placeholder, not implemented)
• ensure backwards compatibility if v3 features are not enabled

2.8

• fix database credential not shown in settings
• fix PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method MetaBoxSupportArr::to_depth (updated metabox dependencies)
• Tested up to 6.7-RC1

2.7.9

• updated Economy settings instructions
• fix Offline Message url instructions for Robust (we used ‘message’ variable, which Firestorm Viewer seems to use for another purpose)
• offline message : move sender info after the message for better display in mailbox list

2.7.8

• fix scheduled jobs list growing indefinitely
• fix w4os_get_urls_statuses and w4os_sync_users scheduled action failng (not properly registered)
• fix empty content passed to ImageMagic
• fix PHP Fatal error Zero size image string passed to Imagick
• fix deprecation warnings Optional parameter declared before required parameter

2.7.7

• Tested up to WP 6.6.1 (fix #78)
• don’t process template content if original language page is not found
• minor dev changes

2.7.6

• fix eventsparser crashing (undefined varfiable $array)
• (dev) get helpers as submodule instead of composer dependency

2.7.5

• tested up to WP 6.5

2.7.3

• updated INSTALLATION.md, link to githup pages in README
• updated libraries

2.7.2

• added permalink option for helpers slug

2.7.1

• added clearer instructions for missing requirements on status page
• fix web search output unnecessary closing tag

2.7

• new web search block (experimental)
• new destinations guide (experimental)
• added bases for localization
• added helpers/guide.php
• fix avatar creation form not displayed for new accounts
• search settings: only show the applicable SearchURL to avoid confusions
• use dialog modal box for avatar creation form when form container is too small

2.6.4

• fix W4OS_DIR not defined when database is not configured

2.6.3

• Not stable: bugs introduced in this version were fixed in 2.6.4
• fix regression in 41dfe8e 2.6.2 (some admin menus missing)
• fixed profile displayed twice when profile page is personalized with Divi Builder

2.6.2

• Not stable: bugs introduced in this version were fixed in 2.6.4
• added terms of service checkbox

2.6.0

• prevent fatal errors with wrongly formatted translations or any other sprintf() error
• added support for WPML and Polylang (other translation plugin don’t need it)
• added Italian and Portuguese translations (to already present French, Dutch, German and Welsh)
• added admin bar menu
• Popular Places block displays now only local results and exclude land for sale by default, added options to override
• helpers: show only local results in popular places

2.5

Stable release, includes updates from 2.4.2 to 2.4.7, mainly:

• optimized Grid Status, Grid Info, Popular Places and Avatar Profile Gutenberg block
• added “mini profile” option to avatar profile
• added Divi modules for Grid Status, Grid Info, Popular Places and Avatar Profile
• added option to define avatar models by a custom list in addition to name rules
• added Gloebit configuration instructions
• reorganized settings in several page
• fix potential crash due to incorrectly formatted translations
• and a bunch of other fixes and enhancements detailed below

2.4.7

• fix crash caused by translation on nl and de pages
• fix popular-place page would crash if mpty answer given by the helper

2.4.6

• added Gloebit configuration instructions
• added link to economy binaries download

2.4.5

• added “mini profile” option to avatar block
• added Grid Status, Grid Info and Avatar Profile Divi module
• fixed Grid Status, Grid Info and Avatar Profile Gutenberg block
• reorganized Search Engine, Economy and Offline Messages settings
• clarified profile page settings
• fixed Podex redirect message broken

2.4.4

• added title level option to Popular Places block, shortcode and Divi module

2.4.3

• added Popular Places Divi Builder module
• added separate web assets server settings page
• added separate Shortcode admin page
• added [popular-places] to Shortcode page
• renamed shortcodes for clarity and constistency:
  • [grid-info] instead of [gridinfo]
  • [grid-status] instead of [gridstatus]
  • [avatar-profile] instead of [gridprofile]
  • Legacy shortcodes kept for backwards compatibility
• added warning when attempting to edit profile page (or any page generated by w4os) with Divi Builder.
• prettier and more efficient db credentials options in settings page (getting ready for optimized use in the future)

2.4.2

• added option to define avatar models with a custom list in addition to name rule
• update available models dynamically on models settings page
• fix settings action link displayed in the wrong plugin row on plugin page

2.4.1

• fix fatal error when updating from WP directory (“MetaBoxUpdaterOption” not found)

2.4

• new Avatar Models settings page, including list of available avatars
• added defaults for plugin-provider or external search engines
• added troubleshooting guide
• added instructions for nginx users
• optimized assets rendering from cache
• fix profile and avatar models pictures broken
• fix regression arguments not accepted for query.php
• fix invalid DATA_SRV_ example variable when gridname contains invalid characters
• fix helpers nginx icompatibility (use REQUEST_URI instead of REDIRECT_URL)
• fix helpers settings hints missing http:// protocol for gatekeeper
• fix no result if gatekeeper is passed without http:// protocol
• fix search and register url settings

2.3.10 > 2.3.15

• restored WooCommerce Account Dashboard avatar section
• fix array_unique(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array, null given on plugin first activation
• fix Undefined constant “W4OS_PROFILE_URL” fatal error
• fix wrong event time in in-world search (UTC shown instead of grid time)
• fix w4os_profile_sync() fatal error when profiles are disabled
• fix fatal error when wp object is passed as user_id
• minor fixes (profile page title, profile image, profile text display)

2.3.9

• new search helper
• new offline messages helper. Messages are stored in OfflineMessageModule V2 format, so one can switch between core and external service (fix #47)
• new currency helpers
• new Popular Places block and [popular-places] shortcode
• new events parser (fetch events from 2do.pm or another HYPEvents server)
• added password reset link to profile page
• added prebuilt binaries for opensim 0.9.1 and 0.9.2
• added currency conversion rate setting
• separate helpers settings page
• updated translations
• fix userprofile table queried even if not present (issue #64) when User Profiles are not enabled on robust
• fix fatal error Argument #2 ($haystack) must be of type array, bool given (issue #64)
• fix offline messages not forwarded by mail (opensim db not properly loaded by helpers)
• fix profile picture aspect ratio (4/3, as in viewer)
• fix fatal error in helpers for poorly encoded unicode text sources
• fix fatal errors in helpers when database is not connected
• fix #57 password not updated on grid when using password recovery in WordPdress
• fix fatal error and warnings with popular-places shortcode
• avoid fatal error if php xml-rpc is not installed, show error notice instead
• helpers migrated from old mysqli db connection method to PDO
• dropped aurora and OpenSim 0.6 support

2.2.10

• new web assets server
• new profile page
• new config instructions for new grid users
• new blocks support
• new grid and wordpress users sync
• new grid based authentication; if wp user exists, password is reset to grid password; if not, a new wp user is created
• new admin can create avatars for existing users
• new grid info settings are fetched from Robust server if set or localhost:8002

• new check grid info url validity (cron and manual)

• added option to replace name by avatar name in users list
• added profile image to gridprofile
• added assets permalink settings
• added states in admin pages list for known urls (from grid_info)
• added lost password and register links on login page
• added buttons to create missing pages on status dashboard
• added Born and Last Seen columns to users list
• added hop:// link to login uri
• added in-world profile link to profile page

• added Partner, Wants, Skills and RL to web profile

• removed Avatar section from WooCommerce account page until fixed
• removed W4OS Grid Info and W4OS Grid Status widgets (now available as blocks)
• fix duplicate admin notices
• fix squished profile picture
• fix avatar not created, or not created at first attempt
• fix inventory items not transferred to new avatars
• fix errors not displayed on avatar creation page
• fix avatar model not shown if default account never connected
• fix missing error messages on login page
• fix user login broken if w4os_login_page is set to profile and OpenSim database is not connected
• fix a couple of fatal errors
• fix slow assets, store cached images in upload folder to serve them directly by the web server

• fix Fatal error Call to undefined function each()

• show a link to profile page instead of the form in profile shortcode
• responsive profile display for smartphones
• show image placeholder if profile picture not set
• added imagick to the recommended php extensions
• lighter template for profiles when loaded from the viewer
• guess new avatar name from user_login if first name and last name not provided
• replace wp avatar picture with in-world profile picture if set
• use version provided by .version if present
• More comprehensive database connection error reporting

2.1

• added login form to gridprofile shortcode when not connected instead of login message
• added w4os-shortcode classes
• added screenshots
• fix fatal error when trying to display WooCommerce Avatar tab form in My Account
• fix localisation not loading
• shorter “Avatar” label, removed uuid in gridprofile shortcode

2.0.8

• Now distributed via WordPress plugins directory
• Official git repository changed to GitHub
• renamed plugin as W4OS - OpenSimulator Web Interface
• fix other WP plugins directory requirements
• fix localizations not loading
• fix regression, automatic updates restored. Users with version 2.0 to 2.0.3 will need to reinstall the plugin from source. Sorry.
• use plugin dir to detect slug instead of hardcoded value
• renamed [w4os_profile] shortcode as [gridprofile] for consistency. w4os_profile is kept for backwards compatibility

1.2.12

• fix #2 Database check fails if mysql is case insensitive
• fix #4 Database connection error triggered if userprofile table is absent
• fix #10 invalid JSON response when adding [w4os_profile] shortcode element
• fix wrong letter cases in auth table name
• fix only show profile form for current user
• better css loading
• only check once if w4os db is connected
• added login page link to message displayed when trying to see profile while not connected
• more detailed error messages for avatar creation

1.1.4

• added changelog, banners and icons to view details
• fix “Yes” and “No” translations
• fix typo in banners and icons urls, can’t believe I didn’t see this before…
• fixed conflict with other extensions settings pages
• changed update server library to frogerme’s WP Plugin Update Server

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• For full change history see GitHub repository