Plugin / a3 Responsive Slider

Changelog

1.8.9 – 2019/08/01

• This maintenance upgrade is to fix a style conflict with fontawesome icons
• Fix – fontawesome icons not able to get correct style on frontend when the fontawesome script is loaded on the page by theme or another plugin.

1.8.8 – 2019/06/29

• This is a maintenance upgrade to fix a potentially fatal error conflict with sites running PHP 7.3
• Fix – PHP warning continue targeting switch is equivalent to break for compatibility on PHP 7.3

1.8.7 – 2019/05/21

• This maintenance update adds support for ALT text on images
• Tweak – Add Support For image ALT Text
• Dev – Update plugin database table with new alt field

1.8.6 – 2019/04/01

• This maintenance update resolves a PHP 7.2 issue and compatibility check for WordPress upcoming 5.2 release
• Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.2
• Fix – Validate variable is array to resolve warning in PHP 7.2

1.8.5 – 2019/01/04

• This maintenance update is for compatibility with WordPress 5.0.2 and PHP 7.3. It also includes performance updates to the plugin framework.
• Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 5.0.2 and WordPress 4.9.9
• Tweak – Create new structure for future development of Gutenberg Blocks
• Framework – Performance improvement. Replace wp_remote_fopen with file_get_contents for get web fonts
• Framework – Performance improvement. Define new variable is_load_google_fonts if admin does not require to load google fonts
• Credit – Props to Derek for alerting us to the framework google fonts performance issue
• Framework – Register style name for dynamic style of plugin for use with Gutenberg block
• Framework – Update Modal script and style to version 4.1.1
• Framework – Update a3rev Plugin Framework to version 2.1.0
• Framework – Test and update for compatibility with PHP 7.3

1.8.4 – 2018/10/26

• This maintenance update fixes 1 bug and checks for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.8
• Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.8
• Fix – parse correct image url to getimagesize

1.8.3 – 2018/05/26

• This maintenance update is for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.6 and the new GDPR compliance requirements for users in the EU
• Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.6
• Tweak – Check for any issues with GDPR compliance. None Found
• Framework – Update a3rev Plugin Framework to version 2.0.3

1.8.2 – 2018/02/13

• Maintenance Update. Under the bonnet tweaks to keep your plugin running smoothly and is the foundation for new features to be developed this year
• Framework – Update a3rev Plugin Framework to version 2.0.2
• Framework – Add Framework version for all style and script files
• Tweak – Update for full compatibility with a3rev Dashboard plugin
• Tweak – Test for compatibility with WordPress 4.9.4

1.8.1 – 2017/11/27

• Tweak – Numerous plugin style and script tweaks
• Fix – Resolved Progressive load conflict with a3 Lazy Load, was not showing images after first image in slider.

1.8.0 – 2017/11/25

• Feature Upgrade. Introducing Progressive image loading, plus tweaks and 2 bug fixes for WordPress 4.9 compatibility
• Feature – Add new Progressive loading feature to reduce the bandwidth and speed up page load.
• Tweak – Add Progressive option to Settings of Slider and has it default as ON.
• Tweak – Do not show Pager for slider on Desktop if Progressive is set as ON
• Tweak – Tested for compatibility with WordPress major version 4.9.0
• Fix – Set empty value for variables to resolve PHP Notices
• Fix – Correct false (boolean) value of variable

1.7.0 – 2017/06/09

• Feature – Launched a3 Responsive Slider public Repository
• Tweak – Change global $$variable to global ${$variable} for compatibility with PHP 7.0
• Tweak – Update a3 Revolution to a3rev Software on plugins description
• Tweak – Added Settings link to plugins description on plugins menu
• Tweak – Tested for compatibility with WordPress major version 4.8.0
• Tweak – Include bootstrap modal script into plugin framework
• Tweak – Update a3rev plugin framework to latest version

1.6.0 – 2016/11/02

• Feature – Added Font editor ‘Line Height’ option
• Feature – Upgrade Slider Skins Control icons to font awesome icons.
• Feature – Added full dynamic style options for the control icons
• Feature – Added option to set the Control icons position on the slider. Top, Centre, Bottom and Left, middle, right
• Feature – Update old media uploader to new WP media uploader when Add/Edit Slider
• Tweak – Update select type of plugin framework for support group options
• Tweak – Update Typography Preview script for apply ‘Line Height’ value to Preview box
• Tweak – Update the generate_font_css() function with new ‘Line Height’ option
• Tweak – Replace all hard code for line-height inside custom style by new dynamic ‘Line Height’ value
• Tweak – Register fontawesome in plugin framework with style name is ‘font-awesome-styles’
• Tweak – Update dynamic style for new features
• Tweak – Update text domain for full support of translation with new name for translate file is ‘a3-responsive-slider.po’
• Tweak – Define new ‘Ajax Multi Submit’ control type with Progress Bar showing and Statistic for plugin framework
• Tweak – Define new ‘Ajax Submit’ control type with Progress Bar showing for plugin framework
• Tweak – Update plugin framework styles and scripts support for new ‘Ajax Submit’ and ‘Ajax Multi Submit’ control type
• Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress version 4.6.1
• Fix – Headers already sent warning. Delete trailing spaces at bottom of php file

1.5.0 – 2016/04/13

• Feature – Define new ‘Background Color’ type on plugin framework with ON | OFF switch to disable background or enable it
• Feature – Define new function – hextorgb() – for convert hex color to rgb color on plugin framework
• Feature – Define new function – generate_background_color_css() – for export background style code on plugin framework that is used to make custom style
• Tweak – Change on load script so that they are loaded with correct order without jQuery is loaded after slider script
• Tweak – Change call action from ‘wp_head’ to ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’ and use ‘wp_enqueue_style’ function to load style for better compatibility with minify feature of caching plugins
• Tweak – Change call action from ‘wp_head’ to ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’ to load google fonts
• Tweak – Define new ‘strip_methods’ argument for Uploader type, allow strip http/https or no
• Tweak – Register fontawesome in plugin framework with style name is ‘font-awesome-styles’
• Tweak – Saved the time number into database for one time customize style and Save change on the Plugin Settings
• Tweak – Replace version number by time number for dynamic style file are generated by Sass to solve the issue get cache file on CDN server
• Tweak – Update core style and script of plugin framework for support Background Color type
• Tweak – Update plugin framework to latest version
• Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress major version 4.5
• Fix – Add ‘a3-notlazy’ class to slide images for way site have a3 Portfolio and a3 Lazy Load to fix slider can’t show on frontend. If you have added ‘a3-slider-image’ class to Skip Images Classes option of a3 Lazy Load then should remove it

1.4.0 – 2015/12/10

• Feature – Added Option to set Google Fonts API key to directly access latest fonts and font updates from Google
• Feature – Added full support for Right to Left RTL layout on plugins admin dashboard.
• Feature – Change media uploader to New UI of WordPress media uploader with WordPress Backbone and Underscore
• Tweak – Update the uploader script to save the Attachment ID and work with New Uploader
• Tweak – Updated a3 Plugin Framework to the latest version
• Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress major version 4.4

1.3.0 – 2015/11/20

• Feature – Add new option [ ] Open in new tab for slider images with links
• Feature – When a skin Controls and Pager options are switched ON don’t show Controls and Pagers if the slider just has one slide
• Tweak – Update table database for new Open in new tab option
• Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress major version 4.3.1
• Fix – Make slider show for compatibility with a3 Portfolio and a3 Lazy Load

1.2.0 – 2015/08/21

• Feature – Added Plugin Framework Customization settings. Control how the admin panel settings show when editing.
• Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress major version 4.3.0
• Tweak – include new CSSMin lib from https://github.com/tubalmartin/YUI-CSS-compressor-PHP-port into plugin framework instead of old CSSMin lib from http://code.google.com/p/cssmin/ , to avoid conflict with plugins or themes that have CSSMin lib
• Tweak – Make __construct() function for ‘Compile_Less_Sass’ class instead of using a method with the same name as the class for compatibility on WP 4.3 and is deprecated on PHP4
• Tweak – Change class name from ‘lessc’ to ‘a3_lessc’ so that it does not conflict with plugins or themes that have another Lessc lib
• Tweak – Tested for full compatibility with WordPress Version 4.3.0
• Fix – Make __construct() function for ‘A3_Responsive_Slider_Shortcode’ class instead of using a method with the same name as the class for compatibility on WP 4.3 and is deprecated on PHP4

1.1.10 – 2015/06/10

• Fix – Check ‘request_filesystem_credentials’ function, if it does not exists then require the core php lib file from WP where it is defined

1.1.9 – 2015/06/03

• Tweak – Security Hardening. Removed all php file_put_contents functions in the plugin framework and replace with the WP_Filesystem API
• Tweak – Security Hardening. Removed all php file_get_contents functions in the plugin framework and replace with the WP_Filesystem API
• Fix – Update dynamic stylesheet url in uploads folder to the format //domain.com/ so it’s always is correct when loaded as http or https

1.1.8 – 2015/05/18

• Tweak – Change Slider Skins Control and Pager setting default to OFF
• Tweak – Control and pager CSS only loads from the footer when those settings are switched ON
• Credit – Thanks to Kent for raising the issue attention https://a3rev.com/forums/topic/prev-next-pause-appears-when-page-refreshes/

1.1.7 – 2015/05/14

• Tweak – Tested and Tweaked for full compatibility with WordPress Version 4.2.2
• Tweak – Update cycle2 script to latest version 2.1.6
• Fix – Change custom layout. When inserting a slider by Slider shortcode insert button the Align Center of content was not working.

1.1.6 – 2015/04/21

• Tweak – Tested and Tweaked for full compatibility with WordPress Version 4.2.0
• Tweak – Changed dbDelta() function to $wpdb->query() for creating plugin table database.
• Tweak – Update style of plugin framework. Removed the [data-icon] selector to prevent conflict with other plugins that have font awesome icons

1.1.5 – 2015/01/24

• Tweak – Added str_replace( array(“\r\n”, “\r”, “\n”), ”, $slider_output) to prevent Themes and plugins that process shortcodes from adding line break br and paragraph p tags to Slider shortcodes and breaking them.
• Tweak – Changed add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’ ) to add_action( ‘wp_head’ ) for fixed the video don’t work if have some plugin filter video tag for comaptibility with Pro Version upgrade.
• Tweak – Updated a3-rslider-frontend.js and a3-rslider-frontend-mobile.js for compatibility with Pro Version upgrade.

1.1.4 – 2015/01/16

• Feature – When link URL is added to an image in slider, click or tap on the image opens the link.
• Tweak – Can now just add link URL to slider image without having to add caption text with Read More button to create the link.
• Tweak – Read More option now activated from the image settings on slider edit page.
• Tweak – Removed Read More ON | OFF option from the Read More tab on all skins.
• Tweak – Added help text to the top of Read More tab page on each skin.
• Tweak – Added Show read more button / text option for each slide in slider edit page.
• Tweak – Slider edit page image setting UI. Changed the Caption text box width that same as Title and Link URL input box.
• Tweak – Show read more settings display to the right of the Caption text input box with help text.
• Tweak – Added new show_readmore column for a3_rslider_images table database.
• Fix – Caption text not showing on slider images – updated .less file.
• Fix – Check $post before get post_content to fix PHP notice property of non-object on a3-rslider-hook-filter.php line 56.

1.1.3 – 2015/01/10

• Tweak – Fix Slider skins first load UI when Dynamic height is activated for a skin
• Tweak – Skin .css only load for the slider it is attached to and only load on urls where slider is embed or in widget – like js assets
• Tweak – Edit for full compatibility with a3 Lazy Load. Only load skin when it comes into the view port like content
• Tweak – Update Plugins description to include install a3 Lazy Load recommendation.
• Dev – Convert Sass Global .less to simplify compiling style sheet edits.
• Fix – Show the new plugin version on the Core Update page. Feature stopped working with WordPress version 4.1
• Fix – Sass compile path not saving on windows xampp.

1.1.2 – 2015/01/06

• Tweak – Only load plugin assets on post and page where slider is embedded by shortcode or as a widget.
• Tweak – Only load assets on page that are required for slider effects – not all plugin js assets.
• Tweak – Only load slider mobile assets when load in mobile screen.
• Tweak – Audit code for full compatibility with WordPress version 4.1.0
• Tweak – Updated plugins admin dashboard yellow border text. Removed reference to Free Trials.
• Tweak – Added links to new a3 Lazy Load and a3 Portfolio plugins on wordpress.org
• Fix – PHP Error notice undefined variable: slider_settings on slider edit admin page.

1.1.1 – 2014/12/18

• Tweak – added div tag to href= jQuery when click add image to slider gallery. Some plugins like MOJO Market Place plugin enforce div on image URLs site wide.
• Credit – thanks to Bill Passawe for reporting the issue and giving us access to his site to find the issue and make a patch.

1.1.0 – 2014/09/15

• Feature – Converted all front end CSS #dynamic {stylesheets} to Sass #dynamic {stylesheets} for faster loading.
• Feature – Convert all back end CSS to Sass.

1.0.0.4 – 2014/09/10

• Tweak – Updated google font face in plugin framework.
• Tweak – Tested 100% compatible with WordPress Version 4.0

1.0.0.3 – 2014/07/19

• Fix – Changed Mobile_Detect Lib class name to A3_RSlider_Mobile_Detect to prevent conflict with other plugins that use the global class name.
• Credit – Thanks to Flemming Andersen for the access to his site to find and fix the class name conflict.

1.0.0.2 – 2014/06/21

• Tweak – Updated chosen js script to latest version 1.1.0 on the a3rev Plugin Framework
• Tweak – Added support for placeholder feature for input, email , password , text area types
• Tweak – Updated plugins description text and admin panel yellow sidebar text.

1.0.0.1 – 2014/05/24

• Tweak – Changed add_filter( ‘gettext’, array( $this, ‘change_button_text’ ), null, 2 ); to add_filter( ‘gettext’, array( $this, ‘change_button_text’ ), null, 3 );
• Tweak – Update change_button_text() function from ( $original == ‘Insert into Post’ ) to ( is_admin() && $original === ‘Insert into Post’ )
• Tweak – Checked and updated for full compatibility with WordPress version 3.9.1
• Fix – Code tweaks to fix a3 Plugins Framework conflict with WP e-Commerce tax rates.

1.0.0 – 2014/05/05

• First Release of Lite Version.