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Fiber-optic interferometer for surface profile measurement with vibration suppression |
Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 5, pp. 4223-4230 (2011)
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We describe an improved design of fiber-optic interferometer intended to measure surface profiles with enhanced capability of vibration suppression. The reference wavefront is generated directly from the measurement wave using a multi-mode fiber that eliminates only the spatial wavefront distortion by means of bend loss. The temporal fluctuation caused by vibration is consequently cancelled out in the process of interference since it becomes to exist in both the measurement and reference waves. Further, an injection locking technique is incorporated to stabilize the reference wave intensity and hence make stable the interferometric fringe intensity. Experimental result proves that the proposed fiber-optic interferometer is capable of producing sub-wavelength measurement precision even in the presence of severe vibration with 100-μm amplitude.
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(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.3930) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrological instrumentation
(140.3520) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, injection-locked
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Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
Original Manuscript: December 21, 2010
Revised Manuscript: February 16, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: February 16, 2011
Published: February 17, 2011
Taekmin Kwon and Seung-Woo Kim, "Fiber-optic interferometer for surface profile measurement with vibration suppression," Opt. Express 19, 4223-4230 (2011)
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I am a new owner of Windows Surface Pro 128GB. Have no prior exposure to recent MS tabs and Windows phones (not counting Windows Mobile years ago).
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I wonder if there is any downside to using email address from my web hosting company (I own a domain name) instead of opening new email account via Microsoft's Live.com (or is it Outlook.com these days)? For example one cannot login into Google Plus with Yahoo email or Live.com email (if I am not mistaken) - one has to have Gmail address or host email for your domain with Google.
A co-worker showed me the latest web interface to his Live.com email and just can't stand it. I'd rather use email at my domain but don't want to lose any functionality.Last edited by JoeSchmoe007; 03-07-2013 at 01:11 PM.
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I created my MS account a long time ago as an @gmail.com account, and that's how I log in to everything. I can access anything on that account that I can with my @outlook.com account.Thanked by: - 03-07-2013, 07:44 PM #3
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I would not trade Teheran for Ellsbury. Delgado seems to have fallen out of favor with the Braves ( they tried to trade him for Dempster at the trade deadline.... Allegedly), so that one is atleast intersting to ponder. I'm not sure I would do it, but if the Braves feel like he could put them over the top, it's possible.
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Ernesto Mejia has walked twice and stuck out 25 times in 73 ABs. Shows he isn't a MLB type player.
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yeah im hiring scott boras as an agent takes a lot of teams out of it automatically but i would say it could be likely if you guys dont resign bourn and dont get another really good outfielder. I would also expect Ellsbury to bounce back really well for his contract year
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Juan Jaime did well this season in high A.
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John Sickels filed a dispatch from the Arizona Fall League, and had some notes on Nick Ahmed:
Braves prospect Nick Ahmed hit a home run about two hours after I mentioned in a Q/A session that I didn't think he had much power. I still don't think hitting will be his main focus, but the glove looks good to me and he is the type of guy who will have a 15-year career.He is at least a utility player. There is some chance he can start. Well need to see how he adapts to AA, but there is the potential.
Julio Teheran pitched tonight for the Tigres del Licey in the DWL, the fastball was mid-low 90's but consistently touching 94 MPH, he was a bit wild at the beginning hitting a batter and issuing some walks but the Umpire had a very tight zone. Francisco left the game in the 5th inning apparently to a leg injury.
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Go to the link so you can see his thought process, can't say I agree with the low grades or that he has Graham as #1.1) J.R. Graham, RHP, Grade B: I really like him and I'm actually more confident that he'll reach his ceiling than Teheran will reach his, which is why I've got him a shade above Teheran although Teheran is younger. Plus stuff, very athletic, good statistical profile add up for me.
2) Julio Teheran, RHP, Grade B: I think this is a generous grade, but given his youth I also think his problems are fixable as long as there is not an underlying health issue. Choosing between Teheran and Graham at #1 on this list is a very tough call.
3) Alex Wood, LHP, Grade B-: Borderline B. Unconventional but it works, had some excellent outings and should move quickly through the system. This grade may go up a notch but I have a couple more things to review first.
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Damn, Sickles is beign too hard with Teheran i guess, he had 1 bad season, the most surprising thing on this list is Bethancourt rank, i think his defene alone (one of the best defensive catcher in the Minors) should put him as a B prospect, I really like Graham, probably my favorite braves prospect. We don't have a hitting prospect until rank 7 and still the braves keep drafting pitchers with the top pick. We could have had Stephen Piscotty, Richie Shaffer instead of Lucas Sims.
Which grades don't you agree with? The Braves don't have a marquee prospect anymore, and the rest of the system is filled with mediocre players. There is a ton of depth, but none of it is elite. There are plenty of guys (Ahmed, Gilmartin, Cunningham, Terdoslavich) who are performing but don't have high ceilings, and all the players with high ceilings (Teheran, Salcedo, Bethancourt) haven't performed. Literally no one in the system combines high ceiling with actual performance.
I do think he's been a bit too harsh on Teheran, but Graham did have a very good year, and Sickels admits the ranking may change.
Defense alone can't get you to the majors. If his bat doesn't improve, you could be talking about a .400 OPS hitter (after a .566 OPS showing at Double-A), and no amount of glove is going to keep you in the majors if you hit like that.
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A few times each decade, the Museum of Modern Art mounts a film retrospective so focused, inclusive, and downright eye-opening, that it begs to become a daily fix. Weimar Cinema, 19191933: Daydreams and Nightmares is one such retro. Knock off work in time for the 4:30 showsyou can use this column as your doctors noteor rush through your dinner to make the 7:30 ones, and dont forget weekends. MOMAs 75-feature survey of Germanys groundbreaking silent and fertile early-sound cinema invites total, obsessive immersion.
The series opens November 17 with Robert Siodmaks bizarre noir comedy from 1931 Looking for His Murderer, co-written (like more than a few of the movies in the show) by the young Billy Wilder, and it continues into March. Organized by MOMA film curator Laurence Kardish in collaboration with the Deutsche Kinemathek, which has furnished all manner of new restorations and rediscoveries, Weimar Cinema manages to have its cake and eat it, too. The classic Lubitsch-Lang-Murnau-Pabst quartet is duly acknowledged; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Blue Angel are included, as are a number of well-known expressionist horror flicks (Waxworks) and proto-noir street films (Asphalt). The full range of Weimar divas are on hand, from Asta Nielsen (an aging prostitute in the 1927 Tragedy of the Street) to the young Leni Riefenstahl (playing comedy in The White Ecstasy). But what gives the series heft is the abundance of extreme rarities, including period and sci-fi spectacles, progressive sex education dramas, leftist social dramas (among them the original 1931 Berlin Alexanderplatz), cabaret satires, and cross-dressing comedies (including the source for the 1982 Julie Andrews comedy Victor/Victoria), not to mention a plethora of musicals starring the delightful Lilian Harvey, and, in the case of the 1930 Three From the Filling Station, featuring the Comedian Harmonists.
Practically nonexistent when World War I ended in 1918, the German film industry would soon become the largest and most vital in Europe; it came under Nazi control in 1933 and thus sent many of its most talented filmmakers and personalities into exile. Marlene Dietrich, Hedy Lamarr (née Kiesler), and Lotte Lenya are all represented in the series, along with male counterparts Peter Lorre, Curt Bois, and Conrad Veidt (three émigrés who wound up habitués of Ricks joint in Casablanca). The MOMA show further emphasizes Weimar cinemas cosmopolitan side by including the works of visiting foreignersD.W. Griffiths Isnt Life Wonderful (1924), Alfred Hitchcocks first feature, The Pleasure Garden, shot in Munich in 1926as well as co-productions, like the German-Soviet adaptation of Tolstoys The Living Corpse (1929) and Dreyers first talkie, Vampyr. Also: movies by Germans abroad, notably F.W. Murnaus 1927 Hollywood Weimar drama Sunrise.
Not every movie showing is a masterpiece (although the percentage is extremely high), but just about every movie is a source of fascination. For the next four months, there wont be a better, richer, more compelling course in film history available anywhere in town.
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Green Hope boys golf qualify for states out of Mideast regional
Broughton's boys golf team was relaxed entering Tuesday's regional golf tournament at Raleigh Country Club. The course, where the Caps have now won three consecutive regional titles, was a familiar one, and the players knew how hard it could be to perform under pressure.
After winning the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A boys golf title in 2012, the Caps fell short last year, finishing fourth in the state tournament.
Broughton's team score of 291 Tuesday was easily enough to put the team back into the state tournament field heading into next week's NCHSAA 4A championship.
"We're ready to go back this year," Broughton coach Anderson Marlowe said. "We're excited because last year we came in as defending champions and had a little extra pressure on us. This year we're not going to have that. My guys are excited. They're ready to get back in there. They played great today. We weren't expecting our margin of victory to be this big, but they played so well that we're very excited going in. That's good momentum for us."
The Caps were the only team to finish with a score of less than 300. Millbrook finished second at 309 and Green Hope third with 314 to also advance to the state tournament.
Millbrook was led by NCHSAA 4A Mideast regional medalist Thomas Eldridge, who shot a two-under par 69.
"The course was playing really tough," Eldridge said. "I thought the greens were really fast, but they were really nice. ... I feel like I hit the ball well, so I think I put myself in good position. It feels really good (to be back in the state tournament after Millbrook fell short in 2013). That was one of our main goals – to get back to the state championship. We definitely had the talent to do that, but it was just a matter of doing what we needed to do."
Wake Forest's Alex Smalley qualified as an individual for Monday and Tuesday's state championship at Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford, shooting 71, along with Panther Creek's Viraj Garewal and Wakefield's Cole Ray, who both shot 75.
Preyer Fountain led Cap Eight champion Broughton with a 70, and teammates Will Minton and Harrison Rhoades were close behind at 72. Stephen Saleeby rounded out the Caps' top four with a 77.
"Last year we did put a lot of pressure on ourselves. ... I feel like we've all gotten better and more comfortable in pressure situations," Fountain said. "We've matured, so hopefully we'll be able to do well at states."
Millbrook's Stephen Franken (75), Bryce Hailey (82) and Adam Gross (83) rounded out the top scorers for the Cap Eight runner-up Wildcats.
SWAC champion Green Hope was led by Zack Daltorio (77), Brian Chen (78), Kevin Wiles (79) and Timmy Leonard and Rob McPartland (80) as the Falcons return to the state tournament. Mike Siek rounded out the team, shooting an 82.
"Going back to the states is always real nice to do," Green Hope coach Michael Robinson said. "We missed it last year and the guys have worked really hard to get back to the states. ... All of (the teams at states) are good. If they were not good, they would not get there. The competition is one through (12) anyone could win the state championship. We're just happy and proud to be one of them."
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Title: | "The Evolution of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Future Directions" |
Author: | Ray, Susan L. |
Abstract: | The knowledge that trauma can cause long-term physiological and psychological problems has been recognized for centuries. Today, such suffering would be classified as the characteristic symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nurses in all practice settings are increasingly caring for individuals suffering from military trauma, natural disasters, and interpersonal violence such as childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, intimate partner violence, and collective violence. This article discusses how the diagnosis of PTSD evolved over the course of history, limitations of the PTSD diagnostic category, and additional diagnostic categories for trauma. Implications for nursing practice and future directions for research are explored. |
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URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/7854 |
Published: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Susan L. Ray, "The Evolution of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Future Directions," Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 22.4 (2008): 217-225. |
Date: | 2008 |


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Sabai Directory is a premium business directory plugin for WordPress. The plugin features the ability to build a community driven local business directories like Yelp.com, Google+ Places, or Yahoo! Local.
- Display listings in list, grid, or map view
- Fully responsive and flat design
- Search listings by keywords, category, distance, and location with user friendly auto-suggestion features
- Custom fields with visual form editor (Choice, Date, HTML, Markdown Text, Number, ON/OFF, Paragraph Text, Single Line Text, CAPTCHA, User, Section Break, File Upload, Image Upload, Video, Email, Phone Number, and more)
- Filter listings and reviews by custom fields
- Fully interactive map – show listing details on hover/click, refresh search results on map drag, autocomplete location field, clustered markers, etc.
- Add new or claim existing listings
- Post reviews of listings with 1-5 star multi-criteria rating system and rating charts
- Upload photos of listings
- Multi-location support
- Comment on reviews and photos
- Vote reviews helpful/non-helpful
- Vote up photos and comments
- Bookmark listings, reviews, and photos
- Flag listings, reviews, photos, and comments
- Show directions on map
- Dashboard for users to manage their listings, leads (if there are any claimed listing), payment orders, and bookmarks
- Featured listings
- Custom single listing page tabs
- Display reviews, photos, and bookmarks by user
- Unlimited hierarchical categories
- Custom map marker (by category) and marker cluster images
- Create multiple directories
- Paid listings with custom pricing plans
- PayPal, Authorize.net, 2Checkout, Stripe payment gateways
- PayPal and Stripe recurring payment (weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual) with trial period Manual payments
- Manage payment orders
- Flexible role-based permission system
- Schema.org microdata support
- Contact listing owners via contact us form
- Geolocation
- Share listings
- CSV Importer (Categories, Listings, Photos)
- RTL language support
- OpenStreetMap support
- BuddyPress user profile/activity integration
- 27 customizable e-mail notifications
- 16 custom Google map styles
- 10 widgets
- 11 shortcodes
Feature Highlights
Interactive Listing Search
Search listings by keywords, category and location, sort by date, review count, rating and distance. You can also easily switch view modes between list and map views. Fully ajaxified, and it can also be embedded to any WordPress page using a shortcode.
Responsive and Flat Design
The plugin is fully responsive and is comfortable to view on any devices.
Interactive Filters
Filter listings by any field using an interactive filter form fully ajaxified. The filter form can easily be customized using a visual form editor in the backend.
Multi-criteria Rating and Rating Charts
Add any number of rating criteria such as price, quality, service, food, and etc., with beautiful rating charts to help users visualize ratings.
Drive Engagement with User Generated Content
Users can post reviews with 1-5 star rating system, upload photos, vote on reviews and photos, comment on reviews and photos!
Custom Fields
Create custom fields using a visual form editor with more than dozen field types available.
Custom Map Styles
Included are 16 Google map styles to choose from with support of custom marker icons.
Paid Listings
Monetize your site with paid listings. Create multiple pricing plans. Process orders and track their progress with complete order history.
Multiple Payment Gateways and Currencies
PayPal, Authorize.net, 2Checkout, Stripe payment gateways including recurring payment options (weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual) with trial period for PayPal and Stripe.
- Best Directory Plugins for WordPress at WPMayor.com
- Top Plugin & Editor's Choice at ThemesPlugins.com
Custom Template Files
- My Places by @gabetu (for version 1.2.x)
v1.3.17 – 14 April 2015
- Bug fixed: User profile popup not working on mobile devices
- Bug fixed: Removed HTML entities from notification mails
- Bug fixed: Some auto-update issues with WordPress multisite
- Bug fixed: Auto-trashing of expired listings not working properly
- Bug fixed: No display settings (map view) for Location field
- Bug fixed: Some parameters not being passed to subsequent pages when using [sabai-directory]
- Bug fixed: Google map custom style URL not valid
- Improved: Auto-clear content count cache of taxonomy terms
- Improved: Removed auto scrolling from some buttons
- Improved: CSV importer can now import claim expiration dates
- Improved: Render search radius popup to fit within small screen size devices
- Improved: Greatly improved ordering process
- Improved: Payment gateways can now be disabled without uninstalling add-ons
- Added: Missing terms and conditions section on checkout page
- Lots of minor bug fixes and code refactoring
v1.3.16 – 20 March 2015
- Bug fixed: 404 error on directory dashboard and add listing pages in 1.3.15
- Bug fixed: Tabs for other directories appearing under Display Settings of each field
- Bug fixed: Incorrect order of Add Listing button dropdown in directory dashboard on certain occasion
- Bug fixed: Fatal error on widget setting page when GoogleMaps add-on not installed
- Bug fixed: Filter button not working correctly when sabai directory shortcodes were used in single listing page tabs
- Bug fixed: PrettyPhoto lightbox effect not working properly in 1.3.15
- Bug fixed: Incorrect post count in category field filter
- Bug fixed: Default value setting of category selection field being ignored on certain occasion
- Added: New [sabai-directory-photo-slider] shortcode
v1.3.15 – 16 March 2015
- Bug fixed: Fixed some invalid schema.org errors
- Bug fixed: Fixed incorrect page title on user post pages
- Bug fixed: Unbookmarking not working since 1.3.11
- Bug fixed: Could not remove categories assigned to fields
- Bug fixed: Directory content not being displayed under BuddyPress user profile tabs in some themes
- Bug fixed: Display Settings for tabs in other directories showing up when creating/adding fields
- Bug fixed: Removed invalid HTML in meta description
- Bug fixed: Some CSS issues
- Bug fixed: Some E_NOTICE level PHP errors
- Added: New Listing Map widget which displays the location map of the currently displayed listing
- Added: New Listing Photos widget which displays photos of the currently displayed listing in a carousel
- Added: New Contact Listing widget which displays a contact us form of the currently displayed listing
- Added: New Map field renderer for the default Location field
- Added: New Map field renderer for Location type custom fields
- Added: New Carousel field renderer for Image type custom fields
- Added: map_type, map_height, map_style shortcode parameters
- Added: "Do not link" option to the default Photos field renderer
- Added: Option to display only official or non-official photos in Recent Photos widget
- Added: More options added to Carousel field renderer for the default Photos field
- Improved: Sort Add Listing button dropdown list in directory dashboard
- Improved: Added support for WordPress oEmbed in Listing Description field, replaces iframe options
- Improved: Added support for WordPress oEmbed in Paragraph Text custom fields, replaces iframe options
v1.3.14 – 23 February 2015
- Bug fixed: Comments not working properly in 1.3.12/1.3.13
- Bug fixed: Markdown field editor preview not working properly in 1.3.12/1.3.13
- Bug fixed: Custom field form element selection not working properly in 1.3.12/1.3.13
v1.3.13 – 20 February 2015
- Bug fixed: Cloned add-on not using its own settings, instead using settings of the default add-on in 1.3.12
- Improved: Delete scheduled cron on plugin uninstall
- Added: Option to set number of photos to display per page
v1.3.12 – 19 February 2015
- Bug fixed: Listings without claim expiration date not showing on user profile page (including that of BuddyPress)
- Bug fixed: Photo sorting option being ignored
- Bug fixed: Listing description field disappearing under Fields section of Unclaimed Listing Settings and add/edit payment plan form
- Bug fixed: Error when importing image files
- Bug fixed: Issues with multiple shortcodes on a single page
- Bug fixed: Markdown field editor preview not working in 1.3.11
- Bug fixed: Some E_STRICT level PHP errors
- Bug fixed: Time custom field not being able to select 0:00
- Added: Option to hide category listing count in search form
- Added: Old database schema files that prevented proper upgrade from 1.2.x
- Added: Email and Phone Number custom field types
- Added: Input mask option for Single Line Text and Phone Number custom field types
- Added: Old database schema files that prevented proper upgrade from 1.2.x
- Improved: Hide tab if no content to display for that tab
- Improved: Allow administrators to edit/delete listings in the frontend even when listings are claimed
- Improved: User registration for guest users can now be enabled even when disabled in WordPress settings
- Improved: Show listing view count in directory dashboard
- Improved: Show tab content without loading page, can be disabled for custom tabs
- Improved: Return 404 error upon access to non existent URLs for SEO, instead of displaying parent page
- Improved: Lots of code optimization and refactoring
- Improved: Do not autoload old version add-ons to prevent unexpected errors
- Improved: Location custom field filter now has match all, match any, exact match keyword options
- Improved: Autocompletion feature added to location custom field, as well as option to restrict autocompletion suggestions to specific country
v1.3.11 – 18 January 2015
- Bug fixed: Custom GoogleMaps style not being loaded in 1.3.10
- Bug fixed: Failed uploading files in 1.3.10 on certain occasions
- Bug fixed: Javascript error when using Markdown editor for Listing Description field
- Added: Option to enable/disable Google Maps API in admin dashboard
v1.3.10 – 16 January 2015
- Bug fixed: Some issues with shortcode parameters not working correctly
- Bug fixed: Search location not being updated in map on second location search
- Bug fixed: Category selection not being saved on create/edit field on certain occasion
- Bug fixed: Some notice level php errors
- Bug fixed: Listing title not being displayed by default in map infobox
- Bug fixed: Filter form always shown in 1 column, ignoring settings
- Bug fixed: Wrong URL to approve claim page in claim notification email
- Bug fixed: All fields being allowed in frontend when no fields were allowed
- Bug fixed: Character & displayed as & in category select dropdown
- Bug fixed: Page not found error when directory page set as front page
- Bug fixed: Link to directory dashboard being displayed to non-logged in users
- Bug fixed: Delete listing link/button not being displayed in frontend on certain occasions
- Bug fixed: Display issues with RTL
- Bug fixed: Meta description showing only string Array on certain occasions
- Added: Display multiple locations for each listing when map show all enabled
- Added: Option to select linked photo size
- Added: New user_name parameter to shortcodes in addition to user_id parameter
- Added: Min/max length restriction option to post title
- Added: Option to check MX record of guest e-mail address
- Added: Filter hook for rendered field content
- Added: New video type custom field
- Improved: Show images directly instead of using virtual URLs when "no pretty URLs" option is selected
- Improved: Reduced number of javascript loaded per request for better performance
- Improved: Enable setting user roles allowed to edit default fields
v1.3.9 – 26 November 2014
- Bug fixed: Category specific fields always being required instead of being required only when specific categories are selected
- Bug fixed: Display settings for the title field in the map being ignored
- Bug fixed: hide_children parameter of [sabai-directory-categories] not working
- Bug fixed: Custom "claim" slug not working in cloned directories
- Bug fixed: PrettyPhoto not working for photos on user bookmark page
- Bug fixed: Conflict with another scrollTo javascript library
- Bug fixed: Default field form labels not being updated on add-on update
- Bug fixed: Some notice and warning level PHP errors
- Bug fixed: CSS conflicts with some themes
- Bug fixed: PayPal recurring payment "Profile description is invalid" error
- Added: Option to import post status
- Added: Option to import category slug
- Added: More <body> tag classes
- Added: Option to bulk load Choice field type options from CSV data
- Added: Language file missing in 1.3.8
- Improved: Apply antispambot function to e-mail values submitted with custom Single Line Text fields
- Improved: Cache auto-loaded category dropdown options
- Improved: Category filter to load sub-categories dynamically instead of showing all at once
v1.3.8 – 13 November 2014
- Bug fixed: Anonymous users not being able to upload photos in version 1.3.7
- Bug fixed: Single listing page tabs and/or fields in those tabs not showing on certain occasions
- Bug fixed: Some issues with the Location field type when adding more than one location
- Bug fixed: Issues with category cache not being updated
- Bug fixed: Empty location being stored in database
- Bug fixed: Issues with cloned add-ons in WordPress Multisite
- Bug fixed: Meta title tag issue with Genesis theme
- Added: Options to select which statistics to show/hide in widgets
- Added: Option to specify number of months to be displayed in data picker for the Date type field
- Improved: Removed redundant language phrases
v1.3.7 – 6 November 2014
- Bug fixed: Some javascript errors on single listing page map
- Bug fixed: Single listing page tab content not being loaded properly on certain occasions
- Bug fixed: Filters not being displayed with [sabai-directory] shortcode on initial load even when there was only directory
- Bug fixed: Cloned directories using default Directory add-on configurations instead of its own on certain occasions
- Bug fixed: Fatal error on directory dashboard Orders page when no active base payment plans
- Bug fixed: Checkout page showing "Array" instead of currency symbols when renewing claims or ordering add-on plans from the dashboard
- Bug fixed: Fixed some display issues in user profile popup
- Bug fixed: Compatibility issues with some themes and plugins
- Bug fixed: Some notice level PHP errors
- Added: New [sabai-directory-reviews] and [sabai-directory-photos] shortcodes
- Added: Enable/disable reviews for unclaimed listings
- Added: Enable/disable reviews by payment plans
- Added: Enable/disable certain custom single listing page tabs for unclaimed listings
- Added: Enable/disable certain custom single listing page tabs by payment plans
- Added: Options for changing radius search circle colors (stroke and fill colors)
- Added: Option for showing claimed listings only in user profile
- Added: Shortcode parameter "view" for [sabai-directory-listing], can either be "summary" or "detailed"
- Added: Option for widgets to sort content by updated date
- Added: BuddyPress user profile integration (listings and reviews with filter capability, photos, and bookmarks) – screenshot screenshot
- Added: BuddyPress user activity integration (listings, reviews, photos, and comments) – screenshot
- Added: Option for hiding categories without posts from category select list in search form
- Added: sabai_cotnent_feed_items filter hook to allow adding extra feed item data
- Added: New "Time" field type
- Added: New "Opening Hours" field renderer for "Time" field type (Example output)
- Added: Option for hiding editor buttons from wordpress editor (HTML Text field type)
- Added: Option for disabling Visual mode in wordpress editor (HTML Text field type)
- Improved: [sabai-directory] and [sabai-directory-listings] shortcodes now accept "user_id" parameter to show user specific listings
- Improved: Show directory selection on review/photo list pages
- Improved: Show directory selection when hide_searchbox=1 and hide_nav=0 with [sabai-directory] and [sabai-directory-listings] shortcodes
- Improved: More user friendly error message when geocoding was not able to find any matching results
- Improved: More client side geocoding to avoid reaching Google Geocoding API query limit
- Improved: [sabai-directory-search-form] to accept "mini" parameter to show a smaller-sized form
- Improved: Do not show POIs on maps added by Google
- Improved: Removed unused session calls
v1.3.6 – 25 October 2014
- Bug fixed: Sort by selection not working in v1.3.5
- Bug fixed: Featured listings not sticky by default when using shortcodes in v1.3.5
v1.3.5 – 23 October 2014
- Bug fixed: Pagination in dashboard not working correctly
- Bug fixed: Some styling issues with comments under the Photos tab on the single listing page
- Bug fixed: Could not save map settings when small map in List view was disabled
- Bug fixed: The "feature" parameter not working in some shortcodes
- Bug fixed: View switch buttons not showing up when map view disabled
- Bug fixed: Listings could be submitted even when there was no active payment plans
- Bug fixed: Map type selection not working for the map in submit listing form
- Bug fixed: Error when importing CSV file in version 1.3.4
- Bug fixed: Number type custom fields (with slider input) not saving its values
- Bug fixed: Output correct OG:url meta tag
- Bug fixed: Modal window not showing properly in RTL
- Bug fixed: Some styling issues with themes
- Bug fixed: Some notice level PHP errors
- Added: More currencies
- Added: Option to disable loading of Google Maps API
- Added: Option to set category depth for category selection field in the search form
- Added: Option to stick featured listings to directory index page or category pages only
- Improved: Date, Range, and Number (with slider input) type custom fields are now repeatable
- Improved: Select list and radio buttons form element types now available for filters applied to Choice type custom fields
- Improved: Match any or Match all option for filters (with checkboxes form element type) applied to Choice type custom fields
v1.3.4 – 18 October 2014
- Bug fixed: Wordpress editor in contact us form not showing correctly
- Bug fixed: The "Enable this field for unclaimed listings" option not saving in Directory -> Listings -> Fields
- Bug fixed: Hide directory selection field in submit listing form if directory already specified
- Bug fixed: Latitude and longitude not being passed to SQL correctly in certain occasions
- Bug fixed: Filter form labels not being editable
- Bug fixed: Filter form loading indefinitely when "Auto submit filter form when value(s) changed" option is set to "No" Directory -> Settings -> Search
- Added: Options to select icons for Contact Info fields (Phone, Mobile, Fax, E-mail, Website)
- Added: Option to select icon for Location field
- Added: Option to set custom label for E-mail field instead of showing the e-mail address
- Added: Option to set custom map marker icon size
- Added: Tags for HTML thank you page displayed with ManualPayment add-on
- Added: Button to clear all filters
v1.3.3 – 12 October 2014
- Bug fixed: Radius of circle on map always in kilometers
- Bug fixed: Radius selection in search form always in kilometers when using shortcode
- Bug fixed: Geolocation search on directory index page not working properly
- Bug fixed: Addons parameter not working properly in shortcodes
- Bug fixed: Listing approved notification mail not being sent
- Bug fixed: Fatal error on map settings page
- Bug fixed: Inconsistent cookie paths
- Bug fixed: Page not found 400 error on certain occasions
- Added: Display "No Image" image in List view for listings without any photo
- Added: Cache content in browser when switching views on directory index page to reduce server load
- Added: Option to always show filter form
v1.3.1 – 10 October 2014
- Bug fixed: Radius search not working correctly
- Bug fixed: Removed custom marker icon size restriction
- Bug fixed: Featured image not showing on certain occasions
- Bug fixed: Issues with custom plugin directories
- Bug fixed: Text "header" showing in shortcode output
- Added: RTL language support
v1.3.0 – 5 October 2014
- NEW: Fully responsive and flat design
- NEW: Filter listings and reviews by custom fields with interactive filter form
- NEW: Create filter form with visual form editor
- NEW: Sort listings by custom fields
- NEW: Auto-suggest listings and categories in search form
- NEW: Multi-criteria rating and rating charts
- NEW: Multi-location support
- NEW: PayPal, Authorize.net, 2Checkout, Stripe payment gateways available
- NEW: Recurring payment options (weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual) with optional trial period for PayPal and Stripe
- NEW: Manual payment option
- NEW: Share listings to social networks
- NEW: Category specific fields
- NEW: Configure which and how fields are displayed in summary, detailed, map, and custom tab views
- NEW: Payment plan specific fields
- NEW: Directory specific payment plans
- NEW: Bookmark feature can be disabled
- Added: More custom Google map styles
- Added: New shortcode [sabai-directory-listing] to display a single listing
- Removed: [sabai-directory-add-listing-form] replaced with the new submit listing page
- Bug Fixed: Numerous bug fixes and performance optimizations
v1.2.32 – 18 August 2014
- Bug Fixed: Warning error on wp_title filter
- Bug Fixed: Set maximum zoom level to prevent markers from disappearing on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Could not un-require address field
- Modified: Removed links from phone numbers
v1.2.31 – 31 May 2014
- Bug Fixed: Some access control issues with WordPress Multisite
- Bug Fixed: Not being able to set custom marker cluster images
- Bug Fixed: Pagination not working in some themes since 1.2.30 update
- Bug Fixed: Updated BxSlider javascript library to the latest to fix slide issues
- Improved: Output the correct canonical URL even without any SEO plugins installed
- Improved: Import listings even when geocoding failed
- Improved: Enable Google Geocoding API key to avoid over query limit error returned from Gogole Geocoding API service
v1.2.30 – 26 April 2014
- Added: Support for WordPress 3.9
- Bug Fixed: Fixed possible javascript conflict by renaming function (jQuery.fn.sticky function)
- Bug Fixed: Fixed some phrases not being able to translate
v1.2.29 – 12 March 2014
- Bug Fixed: Some field values not being saved on certain occasions
v1.2.28 – 13 February 2014
- Bug Fixed: Error submitting form on order administration page
- Bug Fixed: Options for the Choice type field could not be edited with Firefox
- Bug Fixed: Some phrases not translatable after installation
v1.2.27 – 1 February 2014
- Added: Option to always process shortcodes in user posted content (Settings -> Sabai -> WordPress)
- Bug Fixed: Typo in Google Map javascript file
- Bug Fixed: Rating values not being saved properly on certain occasions in 1.2.25/1.2.26
- Bug Fixed: Pending claim notification not being sent
- Bug Fixed: Form editor not displaying all fields when too many exiting fields
- Bug Fixed: Custom field prefix/suffix text strings not being displayed
- Bug Fixed: Check for manage_sabai/manage_sabai_content capabilities not working properly on certain circumstances
- Bug Fixed: Custom widget template file still being read from old custom template directory (changed to wp-content/sabai/assets/templates)
v1.2.26 – 21 January 2014
- Bug Fixed: Some issues with PayPal IPN notification
- Bug Fixed: Fields not being able to move/delete in form editor from 1.2.25
v1.2.25 – 16 January 2014
- Added: Options to set default/custom link title to Link type field
- Added: New option to put country restriction on Google Maps API autocomplete location field
- Added: New option to set custom marker cluster image
- Added: South African Rand to the list of currencies available
- Improved: Replaced file upload javascript library with a new jQuery file upload plugin
- Improved: Namespaced all javascript files
- Improved: Custom template directory moved to wp-content/sabai/assets to prevent file loss on theme update
- Improved: Fix uploaded image orientation using exif data if available
- Improved: Use WP image editor class instead of 3rd party library to generate thumbnails
- Improved: Automatically prepend http:// to user submitted URLs
- Improved: Properly remove cache data during uninstallation
- Improved: CSV importer to convert line endings of CSV file to CR/LF during import
- Bug Fixed: Form editor not displaying field descriptions
- Bug Fixed: Display issues with user profile popup box
- Bug Fixed: Notification mail not being sent to guest author upon listing approval
v1.2.24 – 19 October 2013
- Bug Fixed: Claim listing button being displayed even when no user roles permitted to claim listings
- Bug Fixed: Listing rating and review count stats not being updated when pending reviews are published
- Bug Fixed: When editing a pending listing in the backend, photos associated with the listing were not displayed
- Bug Fixed: When doing a search on category pages, all listings were being searched when no category is selected in category dropdown menu
- Bug Fixed: Category sorting not working in the backend
- Improved: Display pending review/photo/lead counts on listing/review administration pages
- Added: Option to set default search radius
v1.2.23 – 13 October 2013
- Bug Fixed: Option to disable small map in list view not functioning in 1.2.22
- Bug Fixed: Display login link instead of error message if guest user when using shortcode [sabai-directory-add-listing-form]
v1.2.22 – 8 October 2013
- Bug Fixed: Some PHP notice level errors
- Bug Fixed: Trashed posts being displayed in autocomplete dropdown fields
- Bug Fixed: Character validation rules not working for custom Paragraph Text fields
- Bug Fixed: Sort listings by distance not working properly in 1.2.21
- Bug Fixed: Last active timestamp of reviews not updated on certain occasions
- Improved: Do not display fields if values are empty
- Improved: Hide small map in list view on mobile devices
- Improved: Do not display claim listing button if no user roles allowed to claim existing listings
- Improved: Display listing email address
- Improved: Display listing mobile/fax numbers even when phone number is empty
v1.2.21 – 2 October 2013
- Bug Fixed: Warning error when creating a Choice custom field without any option
- Bug Fixed: Fatal error when renewing listings or ordering add-on plans from the frontend dashboard in 1.2.19 /1.2.20
v1.2.20 – 28 September 2013
- Bug Fixed: Fatal error when adding listings from the frontend in 1.2.19
v1.2.19 – 27 September 2013
- Added: Claim existing listings permission
- Added: Grid layout view on directory index page
- Added: Options to select various button colors
- Added: Option to unrequire claim comments
- Bug Fixed: Several issues with user sessions and permissions
- Bug Fixed: Autocomplete fields not working in the backend when using SSL
- Bug Fixed: Some compatibility issues with the WP Seo plugin
- Bug Fixed: Author disappearing in form when editing content from the backend
- Bug Fixed: Review count and rating for listings not being updated on certain occasions when reviews were deleted
- Bug Fixed: Javascript error when editing the Contact Info field
- Bug Fixed: Search form not submitting on certain occasions
- Improved: Allow cloned directories to have their own custom template folders
v1.2.18 – 13 September 2013
- Bug Fixed: Link titles of Link type fields not being displayed when more than one field
- Bug Fixed: Captcha field image not being displayed in 1.2.17
- Bug Fixed: Paramaters marker_clusters and scrollwheel not working in [sabai-directory-map] shortcode
- Bug Fixed: Terms of condition not being displayed when adding listings
- Added: New capabilities manage_sabai and manage_sabai_content to allow non-administrator users to access plugin backend
- Added: New php constant SABAI_WORDPRESS_PAGE_PARAM to allow modifying the page request parameter "p" to avoid conflict with other plugins
- Added: Option to make featured listings sticky/unsticky
- Added: Option to sort listings in random order
- Added: Options to customize "categories" and "claim" slugs
v1.2.17 – 7 September 2013
- Bug Fixed: Field settings being reset when re-using existing fields
- Improved: Prevent CAPTCHA images from being cached
- Updated: HTMLPurifier library to the latest version
- Updated: jQuery autosize plugin library to the latest version
v1.2.16 – 1 September 2013
- Bug Fixed: Added more missing language phrases
- Bug Fixed: Links created by the Link type field always opening in the same window
- Bug Fixed: Invalid token error on multi-step forms
- Bug Fixed: Unable to override the wordpress_widget.html.php template file
- Bug Fixed: Map disappearing or not showing the correct location on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Could not reject/approve claims for unclaimed listings on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Typo in the PaidListings add-on causing fatal error
- Added: Option to disable caching widget content
- Added: Option to add rel="nofollow" to links created by the Link type field
- Added: 2 new shortcodes: [sabai-directory-add-listing-form] and [sabai-directory-add-listing-button]
- Added: New widget: Related Listings
- Added: Options to disable phone/email listing fields
- Added: Option to display listings in the Featured Listings widget in random order
- Improved: Use WP transient by default instead of PHP sessions
- Improved: Process shortcodes in listing descriptions for listings claimed by administrators
v1.2.15 – 23 August 2013
- Bug Fixed: Several issues displaying shortcode content
- Bug Fixed: Fatal error when entering invalid URL in URL form fields
- Bug Fixed: Date field type displaying time even when time selection field is disabled
- Bug Fixed: Fatal error when calling Entity_RenderField helper method to display custom fields
- Added: Option to disable map
- Added: Option to disable listing address field
- Added: Option to disable location search
- Added: New shortcode to display search form [sabai-directory-search-form]
- Added: New constant SABAI_DIRECTORY_NO_GOOGLE_MAPS_API to disable loading Google Maps API library
- Added: More missing phrases in language file
v1.2.14 – 19 August 2013
- Bug Fixed: PHP warning level error on displaying date custom fields
- Bug Fixed: More shortcode display issues with some themes
- Bug Fixed: More fix for "Redo search when map moved" feature
- Bug Fixed: Lead added notification email not being sent to listing owners on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Links to reviews in widget not working correctly on certain occasions
- Added: New php constant SABAI_WORDPRESS_SESSION_TRANSIENT to use WP transients in replace of php sessions for sites having issues with sessions
- Added: Workaround for PHP 5.2.3/5.3.2 returning false when validating URLs containing hyphens
- Added: Option to cluster map markers
- Added: Option to hide directory dashboard shortcut link in WP tool bar
v1.2.13 – 12 August 2013
- Bug Fixed: Some error messages not appearing in the backend when adding content
- Bug Fixed: Unable to activate plugin when IP address is configured for PHP session.save_path setting
- Bug Fixed: Custom fields could not be added more than 10 fields even when set as unlimited
- Bug Fixed: Embed videos not working with video URLs starting from //
- Bug Fixed: HTML target attributes were always stripped off
- Bug Fixed: Strange numbers appearing when activated on servers running Squid
- Bug Fixed: Custom fields not appearing on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Typos in language file
- Bug Fixed: Redo search when map moved not working properly
- Bug Fixed: Photos for pending listings being published in certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: SQL errors on servers using setlocale()
- Bug Fixed: Renew claim button in directory dashboard not working on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Inactive plans keep appearing on claim listing form
- Improved: Nofollow HTML rel attributes are added to all outgoing links
- Improved: CSS compatibility with themes
- Improved: Slider compatibility with themes
- Improved: Display directions in list under listing map
- Improved: No more IDs in listing URLs
- Added: Check if session path is valid and writeable during activation when debug mode enabled
- Added: Helper function to easily render custom fields
- Added: WP3.6 support
- Added: Allow users to contact listing owners through contact form with custom field capability
- Added: Allow listing owners to manage leads submitted through contact form
- Added: Option to disable/enable listing sorting options
- Added: Option to disable loading of Google Map API library
- Added: 3 new notification e-mails (Photo Commented / Lead Submitted / Lead Added)
- Added: Thailand baht to list of available currencies
v1.2.12 – 18 July 2013
- Bug Fixed: Added more missing langauge phrases
- Bug Fixed: Icons not being displayed with some themes
- Bug Fixed: Javascript libraries not being loaded on certain occasions when shortcodes are used
- Bug Fixed: Do not display "Write a Review" and "Add Photos" links to users without permissions
- Bug Fixed: Google Maps not being displayed in Hebrew
- Added: "Link" field type
- Added: Option to show/hide login link to guest users on comments
- Added: Allow guest users to submit listings
- Added: Option to hide Website field from Contact Info section
- Added: Search listings/reviews/photos by keywords in the backend
- Added: Manually mark orders with pending payment status as paid
- Improved: Embed latitude/longitude value pairs to RSS feeds
- Removed: Login/registration options when submitting/claiming listings
v1.2.11 – 9 July 2013
- Bug Fixed: Incorrect textdomain for some language phrases
- Bug Fixed: Canonical URL containing ID instead of slug
- Bug Fixed: Plugin activation error when connecting with mysql through sockets
- Bug Fixed: Invalid redirect URL when visitor tries to submit review and login
- Added: Check if session path is valid and writeable during activation
v1.2.10 – 29 June 2013
- Bug Fixed: More theme CSS compatibility issues
- Bug Fixed: Fatal error on form editor page if language is RTL
- Bug Fixed: Value of CAPTCHA field not being cleared when form submit failed
- Bug Fixed: Map not showing correct location on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Shortcode not working correctly when geolocation enabled
- Bug Fixed: Incorrect claim renewal link in notification mail
- Bug Fixed: Notifications sent too many times (changed interval from hourly to daily)
- Bug Fixed: Add listing button not working in directory dashboard without "Add listing (without approval)" permission
- Bug Fixed: Category and map zoom shortcode parameters not working on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Edit listing and upload photos button links in directory dashboard not working for listings without expiration date
- Bug Fixed: Do not display "Add photos" and "Write a review" buttons if no permission
- Bug Fixed: Text input field being displayed next to star rating field in Fiefox
- Added: Show existing fields in form editor to allow reusing custom fields
- Added: Allow manual edit of meta title/description fields
- Added: Option to disable caching permissions in session
- Added: Show debug messages for all users if WP_DEBUG enabled
- Added: Option to send notifications to guest authors
- Added: Option to disable comments in listing photos
- Added: Display mobile/fax numbers by default
- Added: Option to auto-populate E-mail/Website fields with WP user profile values
- Added: Display payment pending reason if payment did not complete
- Added: Option to select image resize method (crop or scale)
- Added: Allow shortcodes in category descriptions
- Updated: FnotAwesome font icons
- Updated: bxslider javascript library
v1.2.9 – 6 June 2013
- Bug Fixed: Properly check if user registration is enabled on WP Multisite
- Bug Fixed: Fatal error on displaying anonymous user content
- Added: Option to disable (hide) category form field (Questions -> Manage Fields)
v1.2.8 – 4 June 2013
- Bug Fixed: Typo in Comments add-on
- Bug Fixed: Squashed some PHP notice errors
- Bug Fixed: Slugs being filtered multiple times
- Bug Fixed: Incorrect calculation of listing expiration grace period
- Bug Fixed: Several problems with shortcodes when used with addons and category attributes
- Bug Fixed: Map disappearing from add listing form when form was submitted without any location specified on map
- Bug Fixed: Claims without expiration date being deleted during CRON run
- Bug Fixed: Unlimited number of photos could be uploaded when maximum number of uploadable photos set to 0
- Bug Fixed: Submitted values disappearing in claim listing form on error
- Improved: Better compatibility with multi-language plugins like WPML and CodeStyling Localization
- Improved: Allow users to register or login from add/claim listing pages instead of being redirected to WP login
- Improved: CSV importer to support custom listing fields. Supported field types: Choice, Date, Markdown Text, Number, ON/OFF, Paragraph Text, Single Line Text, User
- Improved: Process shortcodes in listing description for unclaimed listings created by administrators
- Added: Constant SABAI_SYSTEM_DISABLE_PERMISSIONS_IN_SESSIONS to disable storing permissions in session
- Added: Constant SABAI_FIX_URI_TOO_LONG to always send Ajax link request as POST instead of GET
- Added: Sample custom tab and template file
- Added: More directory RSS feeds (/directory/feed?type=listing, /directory/feed?type=review)
- Added: Site-wide directory RSS feeds (/sabai/directory/feed, /sabai/directory/feed?type=listing, /sabai/directory/feed?type=review)
- Added: Bulk update option to mark/unmark photos official
- Added: Option to disable social accounts field (Directory -> Listings -> Manage Fields -> Social Accounts)
- IMPORTANT CHANGE: Template file extension has been changed from .html to .html.php. If you have custom tempalte files from the older versions, you will need to change the file extension accordingly.
v1.2.7 – 24 May 2013
- Added: Setting to change the minimum length of each search keyword
- Bug Fixed: Search radius distance mode always reverting back to KM
- Bug Fixed: Single listing default zoom level always reverting back to 15
- Bug Fixed: Unable to add/remove/sort single listing tabs if PHP5.4 or later
- Bug Fixed: Access control settings disappearing on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Font files not being loaded on Firefox when font files hosted on CDN
- Bug Fixed: Pages redirecting to https://xxx instead of http://xxx on after form submit on certain occasions
- Improved: CSS compatibility with some themes
- Improved: Search form sending out placeholder values as actual form values when some kind of HTML5 hack is in place
- Updated: Bootstrap javascript library to the latest version
v1.2.6 – 20 May 2013
- Added: [sabai-directory-listings] and [sabai-directory-slider] shortcodes
- Added: Custom map marker icons per category
- Added: Setting to add/remove/sort tabs on directory listing single pages
- Added: Gelocation support for [sabai-directory] shortcode
- Added: Allow/disallow guest users to submit reviews
- Added: Link to listing when submitting reviews or photos
- Added: Setting to change the number of photos listing owners can upload for each listing
- Added: Setting to change the default zoom level of single listing map
- Added: Setting to change the number of columns on category listing page
- Added: Setting to enable zoom by scrollwheel on maps
- Added: Setting to add Terms and Conditions (as a link to another page or an inline field) to claim listing form
- Added: .htaccess files to prevent direct access to library files
- Added: More missing language phrases
- Improved: More parameters for [sabai-directory], [sabai-directory-map], [sabai-directory-categories] shortcodes
- Improved: Better search handling with automatic search radius calculation
- Improved: Search listing descriptions in addition to listing titles
- Improved: Allow adding free pricing plans
- Improved: CSS compatibility with some themes
- Improved: Do not activate plugin if mbstring extension is not enabled
- Improved: Refactoring core libraries
- Improved: Featured content can have a different tempalte file
- Improved: Automatically create file upload and cache directories if not exist
- Bug Fixed: Parameters passed to [sabai-directory] shortcode reverting back to default values on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: CSV importer always assuming file encoding of CSV file to be Windows-1252
- Bug Fixed: Removed extra linebreaks in category widget
- Bug Fixed: Javascript console logger not working
- Bug Fixed: Some rendering issues with HTML forms
- Bug Fixed: Use plugins_url() instead of WP_PLUGIN_URL
- Bug Fixed: Fixed URL issues when FORCE_ADMIN_SSL enabled
- Bug Fixed: Fixed permalink issues with recent post/page widgets
- Updated: Markdown javascript library to the latest version
- Updated: jQuery UI timepicker library to the latest version
- Internal: Allow each form element to add javascript code
- Internal: Allow other add-ons to modify cached routing data
- Internal: Refactoring core libraries
v1.2.5 – 2 May 2013
- Bug Fixed: Error after clearing cache
- Bug Fixed: Fixed a typo in class Sabai_Addon_Entity_Helper_Bundles
- Bug Fixed: Error adding listings with paidlistings enabled
v1.2.4 – 1 May 2013
- Bug Fixed: Directory listing view mode reverting back on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: Display issue with category widget
- Bug Fixed: CSV importer not importing values of City, Postal Code, and Country columns
- Bug Fixed: Fatal error when performing search with invalid address
- Added: Option to reorder tabs on single listing pages
- Improved: Photos can now be uploaded during listing submission with an option for admin to set max number of photos that can be uploaded
- Bug Fixed: Some javascript issues
- Bug Fixed: Not being able to upload files on some servers
- Bug Fixed: Content of iframe tags not being rendered on certain occasions
- Bug Fixed: 404 error when wordpress is not installed at the default location
- Added: Empty Trash button
- Added: Missing language phrases
- Improved: CSS compatibility with some themes
v1.2.3 – 24 Apr 2013
- Bug Fixed: Fixed a typo which was causing fatal error when viewing admin routing table
- Bug Fixed: Auto-update link randomly disappearing/appearing
v1.2.2 – 24 Apr 2013
- Bug Fixed: address parameter for [sabai-directory] and [sabai-directory-map] shortcodes was set to "New York" by default
- Bug Fixed: Regular expression for checking longitude value in map field was too strict
- Bug Fixed: Several javascript issues
- Bug Fixed: Thumbnails not being displayed after upload on windows platform
- Bug Fixed: CSS conflict with themes using bootstrap CSS framework
- Bug Fixed: Cannot redeclare widget class Fatal error when installed on ClassiPress theme and some other plugins
- Bug Fixed: User profile popover box not being displayed on some servers running PHP as CGI
- Bug Fixed: Ajax autocomplete field not working properly on some servers running PHP as CGI
- Bug Fixed: Use sanitize_title instead of remove_accents to generate slugs
- Bug Fixed: File upload not working in IE9
- Added: New options to set custom upload directories
- Added: New category parameter for [sabai-directory] and [sabai-directory-map] shortcodes
- Added: CSV importer add-on (DirectoryCSVImport)
- Improved Map rendering performance on Ajax requests
- Improved File upload error to display more detailed message instaed of just "Upload Failed"
- Improved Image files can now be uploaded without Fileinfo or mime_content_type functions
- Removed: Auto-generation and caching of core CSS files to use pre-generated static CSS files instead
- Removed: Unused post expiration feature
v1.2.1 – 14 Apr 2013
- Bug Fixed: Fixed issues with windows platform
- Bug Fixed: CSS style issues with profile popover box
- Buf Fixed: Listings could be added without map locaiton
- Added: Option to specify summary text length in widgets
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Has PC gaming failed to keep up with the mainstream? We take a look at where the PC is and where it may need to go.So what are some of these weaknesses that the PC can work on? First of all, lets take a brief look at PC hardware. Although the way in which most PC hardware is produced, marketed and designed won't be influenced by the one segment of the PC user base that is gamers, there is one aspect to PC hardware that almost solely relies on the PC gamer and that is the mainstream 3D graphics card. Now, there are only two major providers for gamers in Nvidia and ATi, and the arrival of unified drivers has made part of
the equation far easier to deal with than it used to be, but if you look at the state of 3D cards available today - even as an expert - you'd be hard pressed to know where each and every chip revision ranks in the chain of command without some usually extensive research. With names like X1400SE, X1600SE, X1600 Pro, X1600XT, X1900XT, X1900XTX, X1800XL, X1900GTO, X1950 Pro and X1950XTX available amongst others from just ATi's last generation alone it isn't hard to see why some gamers
get confused when it comes to making a 3D card purchasing decision, and the list I provided there doesn't include any of the 3rd party video card maker variations involving overclocks out of the box, not to mention some model numbers aren't better than others simply because their 4 digit number is bigger. Talk about confusing - whatever happened to the days of the Voodoo 2000, 3000 and 3500 representing the low, mid and high end markets? Do we really need the low, low-mid-low, mid-low, mid, mid-high-mid,
mid-high, high, ultra high etc covered in the same chip generation? It may not seem like a big deal to the savvy PC gamers out there, but this can be extremely off putting to someone building their own PC or upgrading their existing PC who isn't overly familiar with the everyday happenings of the PC hardware world. There is no way this much market flooding and inconsistent model name calling is healthy for PC gaming.
When you look past the hardware and at the games themselves, PC gaming has barely evolved in the past decade when it comes to how the Operating System (Windows in 99% of cases) interacts with the user in the installation and management of installed games. The process of installing a game has never been overly complex but it has never been a unified process across catalogues of games, ultimately creating more hassle than what is probably necessary. Once a game is actually installed, Windows has traditionally treated
it like any application without any unity - outside of videocard driver settings there are no universal settings that a game can access to configure itself, it's basically up to the user to rummage through the option menus of each game to configure settings that make it suitable for the PC it is on and for less experiences users, this may involve going back and forth between the game and settings panel to find an acceptable balance, possibly even consulting Internet forums/message boards for help on how
to achieve the best results before getting serious with the game itself......all the while a console gamer with the same game is probably already up to level 3 by now. And lets not even get started on stability issues related to specific PC configurations - this has become far less of a problem than it used to be in PC gaming but the damage has been done in the mainstream. Ask any gamer who doesn't typically game on a PC what is preventing them from doing so and game stability and reliability will almost
always top the list of concerns.
reacting to the neglect that has left the PC so far behind the ease-of-play standards consoles have set in the first place. Even with Microsoft apparently awaking from their slumber and realizing they are more or less in charge of PC gaming when it comes to standards and how games interact with systems, it is still going to be up to developers and publishers to agree that these are features worthy of implementing in their games and this may not be as easy a sale as it would seem - for example,
for a game to be "Games for Windows" certified, it has to support the Xbox 360 controller out of the box, which is great for the plethora of ports or games originally built for the Xbox 360, but it's probably going to be nothing more than a hassle to accomplish for the more PC faithful companies, like 1C and Battlefront for instance, who tend to produce command happy RTS war sims based on realism. I can't imagine a game like Theatre of War working terribly well with a 12 button control pad. On
top of this, these are mainly Vista related advancements, and in the real world Windows XP is still a better OS for gaming and will likely be for some time - probably until games stop supporting DirectX 9, which could be well into 2008 as most Xbox 360 ports to the PC natively suit DX9 more than DX10, and unfortunately for Microsoft, most game companies are interested in selling their games and not Vista, which means they will likely spend more time with DX9 in their games until Vista is eventually
the standard Windows OS, or until Microsoft cave on their "DX10 for Vista only" stance.
Ideally, PC gaming has to start looking at "tray-n-play" gameplay seriously, and it is really something that should have been on the agenda years ago. For those not familiar with the saying, "tray-n-play" gaming is basically the experience you get with consoles - you pop open the disc tray and play right away. Now, it's not in my interest to lay the blame on one party, but this is something Microsoft should have been focusing on in Windows well before Vista, which is only
touting slightly simpler gaming and not the complete package, which is to be expected as it is a process that will take time to mature and develop. Naturally, Microsoft were probably skeptical themselves about how they should approach gaming on the PC with direct interest in the console market since 2000 and that may explain the reluctance to really focus on how they can make PC gaming more attractive in Windows, but hopefully Vista is a sign they do accept the PC's potential. If anything, Microsoft should
really want nothing more than to push the PC into the forefront of the next generation gaming scene now that they have their console department running smoothly, as generating significant revenue from two of the four major platforms would surely be better than just one of the three should PC gaming fall off the face of the earth. Microsoft may not own the PC gaming industry like they do the Xbox 360 industry, but they supply the OS to the vast, vast majority of PC gamers and that's the next best thing.
Looking well into the future, the possibility of sharing discs between Microsoft's latest console and latest OS poses as an interesting concept that could basically be the PC's final frontier. It is hard to imagine now, but with consoles gradually becoming more and more advanced and hopefully PC's becoming more and more suitable for mass gaming, it seems conceivable that down the track Microsoft could totally unify their console and PC gaming interests into one multi-platform format - after all, they are theoretically
in a position to at least attempt such a feat. Naturally, this is a very radical change that has many barriers in the way, and it could perhaps suggest too much "console-izing" on the PC's behalf effectively eliminating much of what brings gamers to the PC in the first place, but it would certainly usher in a new age for PC gaming and its gamers, not to mention a hybrid platform so big it would probably reign supreme over all gaming itself. In the mean time, features such as "Live
Anywhere" (which aims to bring Xbox 360 and PC gamers online together competing in the same games) will promote unity between the two platforms and who knows, it may even help promote the advantages of PC gaming directly to the Xbox 360 audience, but once again the impact of such a feature is really up to developers and publishers and whether or not they view it as a worthy feature for their games.
So, we've got user friendly aspects covered, but what about the companies that make gamers? How can PC gaming help promote more mainstream attention from them other than just increasing the user base they can sell to? I'm sure there are a bevy of subtle and more technical ways PC gaming could be made more attractive to developers, but how about something more obvious - making porting so easy it would make economical sense in almost all instances to do it? "Port" can be a four letter word on
the PC as it usually suggests games with menus not designed for mouse control and textures not designed for the high resolutions of PC gaming amongst other short comings, but the console world is catching up in graphical prowess and stuff like menus not being designed for mouse usage was always just laziness which would hopefully be made redundant in a more mainstream responsive PC market. Basically, this comes back to Microsoft and again they are making some ground, thanks to "XNA" - a game development
tool set that works across Windows and the Xbox 360 alike designed so minimal work would be needed to make an XNA game cross platform. At this stage, XNA is still immature but it is a step in the right direction. If Microsoft can make porting games designed for their latest console over to their latest PC OS an easier task, it would go a long, long way in attracting mainstream attention.
Ultimately, developers and publishers are happy when their paying audience is happy. If it's simply a case of less gamers and less companies being intimidated away from the PC, then progress is being made, but this won't happen by itself, real changes need to be made in an active manner. As I said earlier, it's all about diversifying and expanding what attracts people to the PC for gaming beyond its current state which in turn will attract more diversity and quality in PC games. PC gaming will always
have its enthusiasts both buying and making games, but the potential is there for more than this. Unfortunately, there are problems that help create an anti-mainstream attitude with PC gaming which are not easy to offer any one solution for, like piracy and complexities in PC hardware, but there are enough workable issues to look at now that should help make a real difference in how the average person and an average game company views the PC. It will not happen over night, but as the old saying goes, Rome wasn't built in a day.
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yes, you're right: only 'NO WAIT" clause leads to this effect. The bug was introduced in FB 2.5 Beta 1 with fix for
Is not an important bug to include the fix in 2.5.1 that is not out at this moment?
It's too late, v2.5.1 is already signed for release.
This error affects only when modifying a field value of a table with a unique index or can i insert duplicated values in a unique key index?
> This error affects only when modifying a field value of a table with a unique index or can i insert duplicated values in a unique key index?
INSERT of dup. key in session #2 also could be done: SESSION #1: update t set f01=null; SESSION #2: commit; set transaction no wait; insert into t values(4,1); SESSION #1: rollback; SESSION #2: commit; SQL> select * from t; ID F01 ============ ============ 1 1 2 <null> 3 <null> 4 1 if you want fb 2.5.1 you can download a snapshot build
they should be ready soon with this fix ps I packaged 2.5.1 with this fix in Mageia, Fedora and EPEL (RHEL, Centos, Scientific Linux) I know the fix will be solved in next snapshot of 2.5.2, but it has been repeated in the forums not to use snapshot in production enviroments.
Any bug can appear in any kind of build - no matter is this build "official release" or no. There is no code without errors - I mean not FB only but all the software industry.
Currently all development of FB engine is carried by only FOUR men (compare with Oracle or MS, please :)). Obviously they can not test even 1% of all possible cases and so I think that any built of FB needs to be tested by us (as much as we can). May be, because my english is not my natural language, i have not explain well myself.
What i was trying to say is that if this is an important bug for production systems, and 2.5.1 is not out, and people is waiting 2.5.1 to upgrade from 1.X, 2.X, and may be 2.5.2 will be out in few months, and as Philippe says that some packages of 2.5.1 has this fix included, may be is better to delay a few days 2.5.1, and have it fixed. It was just a suggestion because i do not know how important is this bug for the production systems using firebird and if this can affects so much pepoble easily. I have used snapshots in production systems, because that snapshots solved problems that i have, but i have read in forums people that only uses official releases, and as i said, is waiting to update/upgrade to 2.5.1. On the oder side, i know that no system is perfect and i know and value the work is done, and i admire the work is done by FB developers. > if this is an important bug for production systems <...> may be is better to delay a few days 2.5.1
2.5.0, the OFFICIAL release of FB, has much more serious bugs! I talk about probability of index corruption on high-load systems, when message about 'missing entries' during validation of database appears in firebird.log. This bug occures in my PRODUCTION many times in 2010 and we have lost some money due to this. Second serious bug - Also I want mention about some good improvements that were implemented by Vlad & Dmitry in 2.5.1: ability to write into GTT inside RO transaction and some optimizer improvements. Without these improvement performance of my production would be much poor. There is no chance to get some built without errors. The question is how to reproduce these errors, report about them here and how quick FB-developers can fix them. |