Saturday, April 14, 2007

dcsFlashGames Version 1.5 RC1

dcsFlashGames version 1.5.0RC1 has been released!

Please read below to view changes. If you have been a beta tester, you'll see which fixes have been applied.

Core Changes:
  • Unified avatar calling functions. If you need to use this run the following: dcsGetAvatar($stringOfAvatar, $IntegerOfApproval); this will return a string all formatted and ready to go.
  • Future uses, easier to allow admin to control images if needed.
  • Admin page of 'Global Configuration' now has an AJAX updated news section. This will keep you posted on critical update news on your flash games component!
  • New "BOARD LIMIT" admin feature to limit number of scores to show below each game in the scoreboard.

Misc Chages:
  • Removed the 'TopScore' link that really didn't do anything (legacy leftovers)
  • Category list now has a link like this "Enter Action category to play all 32 games after each list of games.
  • Now unpublished games will be shown a 'game not published' message instead of a blank page.
Fixes:
  • Images stuck on 'pending' or 'none'
  • Streamlined sql on scoreboard page
  • Fixed scoreboard sorting issue for lowtime/lowscore games.
  • Created variable called board_limit to limit how many scores are showed below a game
  • When entering a category, the game title is now trimmed down to the width in the admin config.
  • Fixed search box to post 'option=com_dcs_flashgames' for search results
  • Fix HOF data calls to proceed if CB in NOT enabled.

Modules: Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame module versino 1.5.1 has been released.
This includes fixes for:
  • Removed div for each item
  • Removed excessive code from 'on scroll' portion of module
  • Revised CB link code to this: index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=UserProfile&tab=getDcsFGTab&user=USERID
Grab it from http://ekith.com/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,92/Itemid,145/

Beta Downloads Disabled

We disabled the downloads for the dcsFlashGames beta3.

Sorry to have done this, but too many people are treating this as production quality and posting support requests. This is proving to be counter productive for the component.

We'll have this back up for public release when we have resolved a few issues with the component.

If you would like a copy of the beta 3 component, and accept that this is only a beta, then Contact us.

Thanks for understanding on this!

Adam