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ProofBuddy 2.1 now available for download

April
15
2012
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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.

  • Flash Uploader - Instead of the simple file field, there is now a Flash uploader that should fix all sorts of issues. On the backend, ProofBuddy thinks that each file uploaded through Flash is an individual file so the file size limits are not there. Plus, you can select as many files as you want. ProofBuddy will queue them up and upload one at a time. The FTP option is still there though.
  • Switched from Prototype to jQuery JavaScript library (mostly) - Most pages are using the jQuery library, and related jQuery UI and datatables, instead of the Prototype library. We found that we could develop faster with jQuery and the available plugins for jQuery made it a better choice. Some pages are still using Prototype, although they will get switched out in later versions.
  • Image processing hooks - We've made the image uploading process much more open to plugins. For now, you won't see much difference. But the new hooks open up the possibility for plugins to work with images while they're uploading.
  • Error page - At the request of several users, we've simplified the page that comes up when ProofBuddy comes up with an error. It is now just simple black text rather than the page with the ProofBuddy logo in previous versions.
  • Plugin and Theme installer - You can now browse the theme and plugin libraries from within ProofBuddy and install directly by entering your FTP information.
  • Currency Symbols - You can now change the currency symbol system wide. There are many levels of customization possible, but for a majority of users simply changing the symbol under options will be enough.
  • More caching - Requests to our server for things like the RSS feed and theme and plugin lists are now cached in the database instead of in a file.
  • Home folder - ProofBuddy now automatically determines where it is located on your server. This may not matter to you, but it will help if you ever need to move ProofBuddy to a new server.
There are literally hundreds more changes between 2.0 and 2.1, but most probably aren't that interesting to you. The list above covers most of the features that have been requested by many users or that fix issues that have been lingering.

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.

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ProofBuddy 2.1 - First beta release

Jan
29
2012
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The first beta release of ProofBuddy 2.1 is up and ready for download.

Please remember though that this is considered a pre-release version and likely will have bugs pop up. My suggestion is for those that are interested in a test version to install it into a test directory and leave your current ProofBuddy active for your clients. That way they won't see any errors that come up in the test version.

What's New?
It's actually a pretty long list, and one that we haven't finished typing out yet. We should have a full release notes page out with the final released version of 2.1.

The most obvious change is that  admin menu is on the left side of the page rather than across the top. We did this so that if plugins add menus, it won't push the page width too wide to be visible.

Another major change is how uploading works. Biggest change for users is that there is now a Flash uploader rather than the 10 file boxes on the add image page. Files on server is still there; but we hope that with the ability to upload via Flash, the files on server option will not be necessary except for specific needs.

The upload process is also now more pluggable. What this means is that it's possible for a plugin author to insert a step into the image processing stack to do more with the images than ProofBuddy does by default. It was switching to this plugin architecture for image processing that consumed the bulk of the time between the release of 2.0.4 and this release.

Lite vs Pro?
ProofBuddy 2.1 is still split in to a free Lite version and a commercial Pro version, and the Pro version is still $149.95 as it was with 2.0.

The differences between the 2 versions - limit on active albums and number of images per album, along with Pro only features - are the same with one addition. The Lite version now includes a small advertisement on the bottom left corner of the page.

Upgrading from the 1.0 series to 2.1 will be the same $79.95 as it was to go from 1.0 to 2.0. Pro users who have already registered 2.0 will be able to upgrade to 2.1 Pro for free.

Can anyone be a tester?

Yes. Originally we were going to have a closed beta, but decided that we'd rather anyone who wants to kick the tires on the test version have that chance. If you feel up for helping out and being a tester, feel free to click the link below to download the first beta release.

Need Help?

We've got a board setup on our support forum specifically for the 2.1 beta testers.

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ProofBuddy 2.1 beta 1 download

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ProofBuddy 2.0.4 available for download

June
7
2010
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Version 2.0.4 of ProofBuddy is available and ready for download.

Primarily a maintenance release, 2.0.4 fixes several issues that have come up since the release of 2.0.3.  Most of the issues, listed below, are browser specific and would not have affected all users.

Issues addressed

  • 714 - Some links not clickable in Safari. 
  • 713 - Order status page not showing images
  • 712 - View cart table was linking to the wrong URL for images inside of a package
  • 710 - Certain characters (?, #, or &) in the MySQL password would cause the setup not to be able to connect to the database
  • 707 - Child albums not showing images (Pro only)
  • 711 - Query order when submitting a cart from the admin side. 
  • 708 - Existing albums that were set to a default pricing set were not updated when upgrading from 1.0 to 2.0
  • 706 - IE7 not correctly allowing editing of album and image fields
  • 704 - Quote characters and multiline note fields on images and albums causing issues when editing
  • 709 - Active carts now show the image title as well as the pricing description
ProofBuddy 2.0.4
1.9 MiB - 3,232 downloads

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ProofBuddy 2.0.3 available for download

April
25
2010
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Version 2.0.3 of ProofBuddy is available and ready for download.  It is suggested that all users of version 2.0 upgrade to this release as it does address a security issue.

Issues Addressed

  • 702 - Administration pages having problems with IE7.  Any of the screens that used the YUI Panel to display information (edit album, edit order, add images to cart) were not displaying the panel correctly due to a JavaScript / CSS issue with IE7 combined with a bug on our part.
  • 697 - Error on the next image link if there's only one image in an album
  • 696 - servpic.php was not checking to make sure the user was logged in, even when the check user before serving image option was selected.
  • 703 - Disabled pricing still showing

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Pricing Copy Plugin!

April
4
2010
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Adding to our list of plugins that add commonly requested features our newest plugin will allow you to copy one pricing list to another.

When activated a new icon will be on the Options -> Pricing page between the icons for a new pricing set and renaming a pricing set.  Clicking on this icon will allow you to copy the currently selected pricing set to a new set.

One note, this uses Javascript to add the icon so it's fairly browser dependent.  We've tested on FF, IE8, and Opera.  But if you come across a browser where the icon doesn't show up or you get an error please let us know in the comments.

Pricing Copy 0.9
4.6 KiB - 926 downloads

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Show Crop plugin

April
2
2010
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We've added a new plugin, and it's one that's been requested by a lot of users. 

The Show Crop plugin adds a bit of JavaScript to the client side of your proofing gallery that will mask out images to a center crop matching the proportion of the print size they have selected.  

Let's take a look at a screen shot. 

The image is roughly 4x6 proportion and the user has selected and 8x10 print.  The masks are applied to show them an approximation of what their image will look like after cropping.

Installation
You can either install the Show Crop plugin through the plugin browser or manually download and upload using your favorite FTP program.  (We like FileZilla)

Once you've gotten Show Crop onto your server you will need to active it.  Click on the Options -> Plug-Ins tab and the Activate link next to the Show Crop plugin.

Usage
Once activated, the Show Crop plugin will add two new options to the Options -> Images tab.  Crop Opacity is a number between 0 and 100 that is the percentage opacity of the mask.  Crop Color is the color of the mask and can be any string that works as a CSS color.  Literal colors (black, white, etc), hex colors (#cccccc, #123123), or rgb codes all work.

The JavaScript looks for pricing with something in it formatted as #x#.  So '4x6 Print', '5x7" Print', '8x10 Inch Print', and '24x36 Canvas' all will work.  '8 by 10 Print', 'A Really Big Print', '5"x7" Print' and '5 x 7 Print' will not work because the pattern does not match.

Feedback
We have tested this plugin in Firefox 3.5 and IE7.  But it is very JavaScript dependent and may not work as needed in all browsers.  Please let us know if you come across a browser where it doesn't and we'll see what we can do to get it running correctly.  The scripts are written so that they will silently fail rather than display an error message so your clients shouldn't see any error messages.  It just won't work.

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Show Crop plugin 0.9
3.4 KiB - 951 downloads

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ProofBuddy 2.0.2 available for download

March
22
2010
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ProofBuddy 2.0.2 is a maintenance release that fixes a handful of issues found since the release of 2.0.1.

Issues addressed

  • 693 - Advanced pricing pop-up blank (Pro only)
  • 684 - Paypal return to merchant link displaying error, not marking order as paid, and not recording the payment
  • 694 - Select box initially blank when adding a new pricing set
  • 690 - Problem in theme browser when a theme description has a line break in it
  • 690 - Folders in theme zips not unzipping if there aren't any files in them
  • 687 - Watermarking even if the option is turned off.  Pro only. 
  • 685 - Unable to add users admin side
  • 695 - split() is deprecated on servers running PHP version >= 5.3

 

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ProofBuddy 2.0.1 available for download

March
3
2010
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ProofBuddy version 2.0.1 is available for download.  It is primarily a maintenance release and doesn't add any new features.

Issues addressed in this release

  • 684 - Paypal return script displaying error, not updating order to paid, and not recording the payment
  • 690 / 689 - Invalid theme errors
  • 687 - (PRO ONLY) Watermarking even if the option is turned off.  This wasn't specifically fixed in this release.  It involves a new set of pro files that you'll need to re-enter your registration key to download.
  • 685 - Unable to add albums to users either when creating them or on the edit page

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ProofBuddy 2.0 Released!

Feb
14
2010
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After an almost complete rewrite, ProofBuddy 2.0 is now available and ready for download.

What’s New?

Plugins

Plugins are the cause of the time delay between ProofBuddy 1.0 and 2.0. We went back and started almost from square one with ProofBuddy 2.0. The entire system had to be rewritten to support plugins, even though for 95% of the users it will look much the same.

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ProofBuddy 2.0 release candidate 2

Jan
4
2010
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The second release candidate for ProofBuddy 2.0 is available and ready for download.  This is the last planned pre-release version, although that certainly can change if any significant issues found in this pre-release version.

And please note that some of the remaining issues you may be seeing are likely related to the theme not being updated for version 2.0.  Currently only the Basic White and Basic Black themes are 100% ready for ProofBuddy 2.0.  Tomorrow we are starting on updating our free themes to work with 2.0.  Most of them should mostly work with 2.0 now, but there may be a few hitches.

Issues addressed in this release

  • 666 - User system emails (new user sign up and password reset) will use both an HTML and text template like the order status emails instead of just a text template.
  • 665 / 663 - Deprecated function errors on servers with PHP 5.3.0 and higher.  (663 is a duplicate of 665)
  • 661 - Error on return from PayPal site
  • 659 - User page (my settings, new user, password reset, order history, order status) not parsing variables correctly.
  • 657 - Coupon calculations for flat valued coupons incorrect
  • 652 - Ampersand in buyer's name causing issues on order list page
  • 651 - View errors window on failed image adds unable to close
  • 646 - Expiration message not showing on expired albums
  • 645 - servpic.php error handling more in line with the main error handler
  • 637 - Default pricing only taking the first default.  This is an issue with upgrades from version 1.0.
  • 667 - Now able to customize email subjects
  • 664 - Not logged in error on vCard
  • 662 - Basic White template files copied to Basic Black
  • 654 - Sort child albums
  • 638 - Ajax error viewing favorites
  • 660 - Error page links to correct URI for support forum
  • 658 - file_put_contents() error in theme editor

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