Plugin / Google Affiliate Network

Changelog

6.1.5.1

• Notice about Google retiring the Google Affiliate Network.

6.1.5

• Minor improvement in the insert ad unit [media] button (posts and pages).

6.1.4.1

• Update ganlinksToDB.tcl to support Google’s V2 e-mailed gan links (fixed).

6.1.4

• Update ganlinksToDB.tcl to support Google’s V2 e-mailed gan links.

6.1.3

• Include force update Database button.

6.1.2

• Fix missing database field.

6.1.1

• Deal with (stupid) Utf-8 characters in Google’s csv files.

6.1

• Minor bug in search/filtering fixed.

6.0

• Major re-write of the code.
  All of the helper files moved to an includes directory.
  All of the WP_List_Table classes re-written correctly.
  The manual has been heavily revised and the help page has also been revised.
  Things should generally work lots better and the admin pages should be
  better behaved, with sorting and searching and working items per page
  screen options.
  A fresh set of screen shots has also been created.

5.2.3.1

• Security and minor bug fixes.

5.2.3

• Google changed the link format file, again.

5.2.2

• Added Deepwoods Software’s Amazon wish list to the ways to support this project.

5.2.1

• Minor change to product ad searching — give more presidence to the
  description pattern.

5.2

• Added matching in the description for product ad insertions.

5.1

• Google changed the format of the Export Links file! Code updated to match.
• Links can now be uploaded from either CSV or TSV files (code now uses fgetcsv()).
• Various small changes.

5.0.5

• Fixed typo in GAN.php

5.0.4

• Assorted minor fixes, including database field size change and minor link
  context updates.

5.0.3

• Fixed anoying bugs in GAN_InsertAdUnit (copy-and-paste error) and
  GAN_Server (backwards loop exit condition).

5.0.2

• Fixed minor problem with dashboard widget.

5.0.1

• Updated localization.
• Fixed minor issue with the product ad server code.

5.0

• Added product ad unit support.
• Removed product feed => ShopperPress / Blog (This code will re-appear as
  a separate plugin shortly.)

4.12

• Minor change: added merchant ID selection to the post and page Ad Insert
  media button.

4.11.1

• Mantainence release. Plugin Sponsors is closed, disable it, and always
  display the PayPal Donate Button.

4.11

• Add support for product feeds This code is experimental. Includes support
  for ShopperPress.
• Various minor bug fixes.

4.10

• Add selected merchant to widgets and shortcodes.
• Changed admin forms to use POST to avoid endlessly growing URLs.

4.9.4

• Fix bulk upload to handle unquoted image size strings

4.9.3

• Fix bulk upload to handle unquoted header strings

4.9.2

• Database creation and update changes.

4.9.1

• Documentation updates.

4.9

• Various changes to the database creation / update code (try to make things
  work on WIMP/WAMP servers).
• Added filter code to the brief ad stats.
• Added PluginSponser code.

4.8

• Update localization
• Add merchant-level enable/disable
• Minor typo fixed
• Update Google Affiliate Network link
• Comment out debug code

4.7.1

• Fix ganlinksToDB.tcl to skip broken entries and to skip dupliicate link ids
• Add function to delete a merchant

4.7

• Add summary statistics to the top of the ad and merchant statistics pages.
• Update WP_List_Table classes to check for constructor name change.

4.6

• Improve the look of the dashboard impression stats widget.
• Various fixes to the readme file.
• Updated the internationalization.

4.5.1

• Major updates to the user manual, including the insertion of helpful
  figures.

4.5

• Added convience link buttons to admin pages on the dashboard widgets.
• Additional date fix.
• Updates to the readme file.
• Minor updates to the dashboard widgets.

4.4

• Added admin tab navigation menu.

4.3

• Added media button to insert ad unit short codes.

4.2

• Additional Y2k / date fixes.
• Minor updates to the documentation, clarifying various points.
• Change Image Width column, dropdown, etc. to Image Size.
• Change Widths to Sizes in database stats.
• Minor documentation updates. Fix spelling errors.

4.1.3

• Maintenance release — fix problem with dates (a real live Y2K issue!)

4.1.2

• Maintenance release — hide dashboard widgets from non-priviledged users.

4.1.1

• Maintenance release — fix problem with add bulk upload form.

4.1

• Added in permission checks.
• Restored human readable date displays.
• Updated documentation in the readme.txt and the user manual.
• Fixed bug relating to ‘lingering’ edit/view state — make sure Add New
  does in fact add a new element.

4.0.5

• Maintenance release — fix problem with date display.
• Updated readme.txt with a couple of simple FAQs.

4.0.4

• Maintenance release — fix problem with screen options.
• Updated internationalization files.

4.0.3

• Maintenance release — restore lost function (options page).
• Add in contexual help.

4.0.2

• Maintenance release — put the GAN login button back.

4.0.1

• Maintenance release — updated pot, po, and mo files.

4.0

• Changed Help submenu page to have the same permissions as the other pages.
• Changed the listing pages to use classes derived from WP_List_Table.
• Updated help page.
• Added ‘hardcopy’ documentation.
• Updated screenshots

3.4.1

• Fixed readme.txt and screenshots.

3.4

• Updated readme.txt
• Added screenshots

3.3

• Added target option to widgets and shortcodes.
• Added button to log into your Google Affiliate Network page

3.2.1

• Add target=”_top” to links.

3.2

• Added donate button
• Added stats download (as CSV)

3.1

• Add new in bulk (from TSV file)
• Removed extrainous (obsolute) button
• Added short codes
• Added help page

3.0

• New database structure.
• Minor changes to the stylesheets.

2.4

• Added in internationalization.
• Improved the ad stats display (include additional database fields).

2.3

• Changed the statistics reseting from ‘flush’ (delete) to ‘zero’, since
  deleting rows from the stats tables is counter-indicated. Reseting the
  statistics to a zero state (0 impressions, last date to the beginning of
  the epoch) is what should be done.
• Fixed small database error (failing to delete empty advertisers).
• Fixed the delete expired function to properly clean up the stats tables.
• Added daily auto-expire function.
• Removed expired deletion code from ganlinksToDB.tcl

2.2

• Added stats view to admin pages.
• Fixed admin icon problem.
• Fixed a problem with the stats tables — they need to be populated,
  partitularly for new ads!
• Updated tags in the readme.txt file.

2.1

• Moved ALL database operations to GAN_Database.php
• Added code to update the stats tables when ads are deleted.
• Added code to clean orphan ads and merchants from stats tables.

2.0

• Major changes:
  • Ad are now served in iframes, which helps isolate the ad content from the
    page content (avoids confusing search engines).
  • Code broken up into multiple files (more modular).
  • Impression counting added. Used to spread the impressions out across
    merchants and ads. Also use for statistical reporting.
• Tested under 3.1

1.2

• Fixed an endless loop issue, when there are too few ads available.
• Tested under 3.0.

1.1

• Minor update: pass along filter variables to edit and add row forms.
• Properly handle flow control in the case of failed edit row updates
  (invalid entries).

1.0

• First official release.