Plugin / Best Preloader

Changelog

4.35 – Nov 11, 2019

• Maintenance: Compatibility with upcoming WordPress 5.3.
• Framework update: Bootstrap library updated to the latest version; v3.4.1.
• Framework update: The list control has been redesigned.

4.34 – Oct 2, 2019

• French translation updated. (Thanks to Hervé Bouzin)

4.33.1 – Jul 16, 2019

• Fixed: Prints a warning since PHP/7.1: “Notice: A non well formed numeric value encountered in /inc/php/versioning.php on line 43”.

4.33 – Apr 9, 2019

• Improvement: The options on the plugin settings page are better named, described, sorted and grouped.

4.32 – Mar 31, 2019

• Fix: Not all text strings have been prepared for translation.
• The option “Enable preloader” is deleted because of uselessness.
• Framework updated: Code commenting improved.
• Framework updated: The change log design is improved.

4.31 – Mar 24, 2019

• Framework updated: Added function “_plugin”, which returns an array with the contents of plugin constants. The mention of plugin constants is replaced by the use of the function “_plugin”.
• Framework updated: The function “_settings_link” is improved.
• Framework updated: The function “_plugin_row_meta” is improved.
• Framework updated: Code formatting improved.
• Framework updated: Code commenting improved.
• Framework updated: All translation files are updated.

4.30 – Mar 18, 2019

• Improvement: Notification display system updated
• Code commenting improved.
• Style sheet for the back end is optimised.

4.29 – Mar 1, 2019

• Framework updated: The file “page.php” is divided into the following parts: “page.php”, “usage.php”, “faq.php”, “support.php”.
• Framework updated: The files “settings.php”, “usage.php”, “faq.php”, “support.php” are moved to the subfolder “tabs”.

4.28 – Feb 24, 2019

• Added French translation. (Thanks to Hervé Bouzin)

4.27 – Feb 21, 2019

• The readme “Tested up to:” value changed to 5.1 after full testing process and ensuring compatibility.
• Content of the “F.A.Q.” section updated.
• Some texts are corrected or replaced with new ones.
• All translation files are updated.
• Code formatting improved.
• Added CSS class “.custom-list” for displaying a custom list, which is used on the plugin settings page.
• The “humans.txt” file updated.

4.26 – Jan 11, 2019

• Content of the “Usage” section updated.
• Code formatting in the “admin.js” file improved.
• Code commenting improved.
• The copyright date updated.
• Translation files are updated.

4.25 – Nov 2, 2018

• Improvement: Design of the plugin settings page is improved.

4.24 – Oct 23, 2018

• Improvement: Design of the plugin settings page is improved.

4.23 – Oct 9, 2018

• Content of the “Settings” section updated.
• Content of the “Usage Instructions” section updated.
• CSS code, which is located in the file “admin.css” and is related to the “FAQ” section, is improved.
• Code commenting improved.
• Translation files are updated.

4.22 – Jul 24, 2018

• Dutch translation added. (Thanks to Peter Leenders)
• The code block that adds dynamic JavaScript is moved to a separate function ‘_load_scripts_dynamic_js’ within the ‘enqueue.php’ file.
• The code block that adds dynamic CSS is moved to a separate function ‘_load_scripts_dynamic_css’ within the ‘enqueue.php’ file.
• The function ‘_load_scripts_base’ is deleted due to uselessness.
• The function ‘_load_scripts_admin’ is improved.
• The function ‘_load_scripts_frontend’ is improved.
• The banner of Space X-Chimp, located on the settings page of the plugin, is updated. The image ‘banner.png’ is deleted.
• Some texts are updated.
• All translation files are updated.

4.21 – Jul 13, 2018

• The extra mention of the constant ‘_SLUG’ is removed from the file ‘enqueue.php’.
• All translation files are updated.

4.20 – Jun 4, 2018

• Fixed a bug due to which the plugin data that stored in the database to not be deleted during the uninstallation of the plugin.
• The contents of the file ‘uninstall.php’ is moved to the file ‘core.php’. The file ‘uninstall.php’ is deleted.
• Some texts are corrected.

4.19 – May 20, 2018

• Added new constant “_FILE”.
• Added a function that runs during the plugin activation. Now the date of the first activation of the plugin is recorded in the database.

4.18 – May 6, 2018

• Added auto-versioning of the CSS and JavaScript files to avoid cache issues.
• CSS code in the file ‘admin.css’ is optimized.

4.17 – Apr 25, 2018

• Fixed the link “Settings”, located in the plugin’s meta row on the “Plugins” page. The suffix “.php” was deleted.
• Fixed information stored in the header of the translation files.
• Translation files updated.

4.16 – Apr 20, 2018

• Some texts updated, and typos corrected.
• All translation files updated.
• The information about the author of the plugin (including name, links, copyright, etc.) was changed due to the fact that the plugin became the property of SpaceXChimp.
• The “humans.txt” file updated.

4.15 – Jan 22, 2018

• Texts updated.
• The year in the copyright text is updated.
• The sidebar items are rearranged.
• Translation files updated.

4.14 – Nov 13, 2017

• The plugin is fully tested for compatibility with WordPress version 4.9.
• CSS code improved.

4.13 – Oct 28, 2017

• German translation added. (Thanks to Michael)
• Spanish translation updated. (Thanks to Patricio Toledo)
• Fixed an issue where the “Hello” message could not be hidden.

4.12 – Sep 23, 2017

• At the request of some users, plugin settings page moved to the submenu item in the top-level menu item “Settings”, like before.

4.11 – Sep 19, 2017

• Added branded footer text on the plugin’s settings page.

4.10 – Sep 17, 2017

• The hard coded HTML radio options are replaced with the PHP function that dynamically creates radio.

4.9 – Sep 15, 2017

• Added the top level menu item of the brand.
• The submenu item of the plugin has moved to the menu item of the brand.
• The menu item of the plugin is renamed.
• The “Author” tab on the settings page is removed.
• Content of the “Support” tab on the settings page is updated.
• Copyright of plugin files is changed to the “Space X-Chimp”.
• The “Support” tab renamed to the “Support Me”.
• The “Usage” tab renamed to the “Usage Instructions”.

4.8 – Sep 8, 2017

• Plugin data that saved in the database upgraded to version 0001.

4.7 – Aug 30, 2017

• Added Spanish translation. (Thanks Patricio Toledo)
• Function that render controls on the settings page is moved to a separate file ‘controls.php’.
• The ‘_setting’ function divided into two functions: ‘_control_field’ and ‘_control_switch’.
• Added CSS class ‘control-switch’ to checkboxes with custom styles. Now the ‘bootstrap-checkbox.js’ plugin only applies to checkboxes with class ‘control-switch’.
• The group name of the ‘_service_info’ option renamed to ‘_settings_group_si’.
• The ‘admin.css’ file improved.
• The “Font Awesome” library is integrated for use on the plugin settings page.
• The save button is replaced by a new wider button.
• Added an additional save button that fixed in the upper left corner.
• The help text generating is moved to separate PHP function.
• Added PHP function for generating the color picker options.
• Prefixes of the PHP functions changed to ”spacexchimp_p007_.
• Prefixes of the PHP constants changed to ”SPACEXCHIMP_P007_.

4.6 – Aug 10, 2017

• Russian translation updated. (Thanks to Milena Kiseleva)
• The navigation of the tabs is rearranged.
• Fixed an issue due to which the sidebar was not hiding on mobile devices.
• Code of sidebar moved to separate file ‘sidebar.php’.
• Support page tab moved from external source to plugin code.
• My avatar moved from external source to plugin folder.
• Banner moved from external source to plugin folder.
• Code of PayPal button updated.

4.5 – Aug 8, 2017

• Preview section on the settings page changed to live preview.
• Stylesheet in the admin.css file improved.
• The ‘!important’ declarations in the admin.css file removed.
• Code formatting in the admin.js file improved.
• Code commenting improved.
• Load of the additional remote CSS file removed from the admin.js file.
• Some PHP ‘if’ statements replaced with shorthand.
• Inline CSS code removed, and instead added CSS class. The ‘bestpreloader_css_options’ function removed.
• Changed the sorting of enqueueing of scripts. The ‘bestpreloader_load_scripts_base’ function added.
• Fixed the issue with pause before loading preloader on pages.
• The ‘Family’ page tab renamed to ‘Store’.
• Added ad banner of my store website.

4.4.1 – Jun 21, 2017

• The HTTPS mixed content issue fixed by changing all links to HTTPS.
• Content of the “FAQ” section updated.

4.4 – Jun 16, 2017

• On the plugin settings page, text of buttons are corrected.
• On the plugin settings page, the information about the plugin version number moved to header section.
• Some mention of constants replaced with variables for easier access.
• Content of the “Usage” tab updated.
• Content of the “FAQ” tab updated.
• Added load of the jQuery library on the plugin settings page.

4.3 – Jun 4, 2017

• To the plugin settings page added information about the plugin version number.
• The “Tested up to:” comment changed to 4.8 after full testing process.
• The “version.php” file renamed to “versioning.php”.
• The “versioning.php” file updated to new version.
• The “_plugin_version_number” function renamed to the “_versioning”.

4.2 – May 26, 2017

• Compatibility with PHP version 5.2 improved.
• PHP shorthands improved.
• Added function for generating the plugin constants.
• Some constants now get the value from the plugin header data.
• The “_plugin_version_number” function improved.
• Added missing PHP shorthands with default values to settings page.
• Added file “upgrade.php” for future upgrades.

4.1.1

• Fixed the bug due to which the “Warning: Constants may only evaluate to scalar values in” warning are displayed.

4.1 – May 24, 2017

• Added new constants: “_SLUG”, “_PREFIX”, “_SETTINGS” and “_NAME”.
• Value of the “_VERSION” constant replaced with information from the plugin header data.
• All references to the plugin name, slug, prefix are replaced with constants.
• Added function that render checkboxes and fields for saving plugin settings to database.
• Added default values to empty options.
• Added prefix to the name of the variable in ‘wp_localize_script’ WordPress function, to prevent conflicts.
• The “_load_scripts_base” function improved.
• The “name” attribute removed from the “form” tag.
• Code formatting improved.
• F.A.Q. section updated.

4.0.1 – May 12, 2017

• Fixed the bug due to which the the “Warning: Illegal string offset ‘version’ in” and the “Warning: Illegal string offset ‘old_version’ in” warnings are displayed. (Thanks to Sven Brill)

4.0 – May 8, 2017

• The design of the plugin settings page is completely redone.
• Added French translation. (Thanks Jean-Michel)
• Added additional donate link to the “Plugins” page.
• Readme for translations updated.
• Advertisement banner removed.
• The ‘Using’ section renamed to ‘Usage’.
• My Unicode signature added to the main file.
• The ‘preloader.css’ and ‘preloader.js’ files renamed to ‘frontend.css’ and ‘frontend.js’.
• The donate button replaced with new.
• The ‘Donate’ section renamed to ‘Support’.
• The ‘donate.png’ image removed.
• Options from the settings page moved to a separate file.
• Fixed a bug due to which the jQuery library was not loaded on the front end of the website if the visitor did not logged-in.
• The “Usage” section removed from the sidebar area.
• Added stylized descriptions of sections on the “Settings” tab.
• Additional “Support” section added.
• Added tab navigation menu for the settings page.
• Added additional tabs on the settings page.
• Code of the ‘admin.css’ file improved and better commented.
• The ‘bootstrap-checkbox.min.js’ file renamed to ‘bootstrap-checkbox.js’.
• A full version of the Bootstrap framework is integrated.
• Added the CSS code for the custom list numbers on the plugin settings page.
• The main font is changed to “Verdana”.
• All PHP and HTML code is better formatted.
• The header on the settings page of plugin is redesigned.
• The “Preview” section is improved.
• The “LICENSE.txt” file renamed to “license.txt”.
• The “humans.txt” file added.
• On the plugin settings page, the “valign=’top'” attribute removed from the “tr” element of HTML table and added the appropriate analog in CSS .
• Fixed the time when preloader is loading. Preloader (HTML code) moved from footer to head section of website.
• The default settings added.
• The “_service_info” setting added to the data-base.
• Added function for managing information about the version number of the plugin.
• Added the “Hello” message that show when the plugin is just installed.
• Added the “Error” message that show when user is trying to degrade the version number of the plugin.
• Fixed the parameter that contain the path to source files in all translation files.
• The POT file updated.
• Translations updated.

3.2 – Nov 2, 2016

• Added the Readme.txt file for translation contribution.
• Added global constant for plugin text-domain.
• Translations updated.
• Ad banner replaced with new.

3.1 – Sep 3, 2016

• Added prefixes to the stylesheet and script names when using wp_enqueue_style() and wp_enqueue_script().
• Added constant for storing the plugin version number.

3.0 – Aug 30, 2016

• The structure of files changed.
• Style sheet of settings page improved and better commented.
• Style sheet of settings page optimized for mobile devices.
• JS code improved.
• Added JavaScript function of automatic remove the “successful” message after 3 seconds.
• Checkboxes replaced with cool triggers by using Bootstrap framework and Bootstrap-checkbox component.
• Fixed error that appeared when preloader is disabled.

2.1.1 – Aug 23, 2016

• POT file updated.
• Russian translation updated.
• Image “thanks.png” removed.
• Advertisement replaced by new.
• Added the subject with plugin name to email address on settings page.
• On settings page, size of field of “Preloader image size” option changed to 3.
• Function “bestpreloader_enqueue_scripts_admin” renamed to “bestpreloader_load_scripts_admin”.
• Function “bestpreloader_enqueue_scripts_frontend” renamed to “bestpreloader_load_scripts_frontend”.

2.1 – Jun 15, 2016

• Added option to set the delay before the preloader appears.
• CSS code of preloader is improved.

2.0 – Apr 9, 2016

• Some changes in design of settings page.
• Constants variables added.
• Text domain changed to “best-preloader”.
• Added compatibility with the translate.wordpress.org.
• All images are moved to the directory “images”.
• Plugin URI changed to GitHub repository.
• Added my personal ad about freelance.
• .pot file updated.
• Russian translation updated.

1.1 – Feb 24, 2016

• Added Russian translation.
• Added HTML tag < No Script > in order to hide preloader if JavaScript is disabled in user’s browser.

1.0 – Feb 18, 2016

• Initial release.
• Added ready for translation (.pot file included).

0.3

• Release candidate.

0.2

• Beta version.

0.1

• Alpha version.