It happens to everybody... in case you've forgotten the login password to your ProofBuddy site we've put out this script that will reset it for you. One very important note though. Once you've reset your password, take the script off of your server.
Note that this will only with version 2.1 of ProofBuddy.
Just pushed out an update for ProofBuddy 2.1 - new version is 2.1.0.1.
Download link for the latest version is http://www.proofbuddy.com/latest.zip
Updating
If you've already upgraded to 2.1, updating to this release is just a matter of uploading the new files on top of the old.
Upgrade instructions from an earlier version are available on our documentation wiki.
One note for Pro users. If you've already upgraded from 2.0 to 2.1 Pro, you will need to re-enter your registration code. When you update to 2.1.0.1 you will revert to the Lite version, but entering your code will update you back to Pro.
Fixes
Mobile theme running on an iPhone
This was our first task after releasing ProofBuddy 2.1, and since that was done this morning the mobile cart plugin has been updated to work with version 2.1.
Biggest change, aside from working with ProofBuddy 2.1, is that this plugin is now free and works with both the Lite and Pro version of ProofBuddy.
How does it work?
One of the settings is a string that does a regular expression match on the browser user agent string. If that is too geek for you, don't worry. Just let the plugin do its thing. If you understand regex and user agents, the plugin looks for an identifier in the user agent to determine if the visitor is using an iPhone or Android.
Why a plugin and not a theme?
There was too much involved basically hijacking what ProofBuddy normally does to make this a theme. A theme just couldn't give the control needed. Plus, by making it a plugin it only affects visitors on mobile devices. A theme would affect all visitors.
Great, so where can I get it?
Easiest is to download and install through ProofBuddy. Head to Options -> Plugins and click on the Add Plugin button on the top right.
Or, you can go to our extend section and download through there.
We've been sitting, waiting for bug reports to come in on the pre-release versions of ProofBuddy. The pre-release versions of ProofBuddy 2.1 were downloaded around 250 times. And we're tired of waiting. Okay, really any known bugs have been squashed and our internal tests have turned up nothing new since the 4th beta of 2.1; so we're ready to release.
What's New?
We'll get a full list of new features out, but here are a few for now.
Upgrading
Rather than re-write the instructions, I'm going to point you to the upgrade instructions on our wiki.
Pro Users
ProofBuddy 2.1 is a free upgrade for users who are currently using version 2.0 Pro. You will need to get in touch with us when you're ready to upgrade so that we can update the version you have registered in our database.
Download
You can get ProofBuddy 2.1 at our download page. You can also always visit www.proofbuddy.com/latest.zip to get the latest stable release.
Found an issue?
Of course software is never really finished, so if you come across an issue with ProofBuddy please let us know either by sending us a comment or posting on our support forum.
A few weeks ago we posted about the Featured Photographer section on our home page, and several users have taken us up on the offer of linking to their web site. Now we want to move up a step and create a Feature Photographer gallery listing any of our Pro users that would like to be included.
If you are a Pro user and are interested in being listed we have a form set up where you can submit your information including up to 4 images.
For now we will add any submissions into the rotation on our home page with a link to your web site and the small image that you submit. In the next few weeks we plan to create a new section on this site where all of the featured photographers will be listed.
The third beta of ProofBuddy 2.1 was just uploaded to our site and is available at our download page.
Along with several minor issues, the most significant fix is to the theme and plugin loader. There was an issue where the plugin and theme zips were corrupted when downloaded from our server. That's been fixed and you should now be able to install themes and plugins without having to fire up your ftp program.
With our site redesign to go along with ProofBuddy 2.1, we also added a new link that will always download whatever the latest version of ProofBuddy.
www.proofbuddy.com/latest.zip will always be the latest stable version of ProofBuddy. As of this post it's 2.0.4.
www.proofbuddy.com/latest.zip?beta will always link to the latest version, including pre-release versions. When there's a pre-release version like there is now with version 2.1.beta it will download that file. When there isn't an active pre-release version it will download the most recent stable version.
The reason we did this, aside from making it easier to keep the downloads page updated, is that it is planned for a future version of ProofBuddy to be able to automatically update itself.
Our main site has been long overdue for an overhaul. The home page here has never been something I've been all that happy with.
Last week I was able to take all of the wireframe sketches I've done over the past few months and build a home page that I am happy with. It's cut down to not look like a blog, even though we're still using WordPress to power the site. Much of the noise got removed, and we're left with a much cleaner home page.
The download page was also updated to just link to what y'all are after, the download for ProofBuddy. All of the download links to support files have been removed and replaced with a big red download button. Plus, the page will automatically update as we push out new versions. Themes and plugins were moved to their own section.
And very exciting for us, although probably not so much for y'all, is that we have streamlined how we package releases. From the time we finalize a new release to the time it's live on the site is now less than a minute.
Came across a bug in the first beta that would prevent installation if the database server was something other than localhost.
There was also an issue with the theme.ini file in the Basic White theme which caused a parsing error on PHP 5.2.17.
We've decided that our main website is in dire need of a change, and are working to make everything a bit easier to find.
Something we're thinking of adding to the home page is a "featured photographer". Someone who is using ProofBuddy with a photo, a short blurb, and a link to their site. The plan is to rotate through each of the featured photographers each week, and we're hoping to get at least 10 lined up by the time we push the new design out live.
If you're interested, please let us know by leaving a comment on this post. If there's enough interest - we really don't want to just rotate through 2 or 3 photographers - we'll be in touch about getting the bits of information we'd need. Basically it'd be company name, web link, link to ProofBuddy on your site, a short blurb about your company, a sample photo, and permission to use it on our site.
