
Version 5.14.2 is another update following user feedback. Just as I released version 5.14.1 another 2 quirks came to light. Block groups selected the wrong ads for some setups. And Dynamic groups were showing too many ads at the same time.
These two issues have been fixed and while going over the dashboard logic I also improved PHP8 support. A number of arrays we’re converted wrongly for the new PHP 8.1+ standards.
As a larger update AdRotate Professional 5.14 came with a lot of other improvements and tweaks. Most importantly Multisite Networking features. Which have been re-done and made much more easy to use for groups.
The Gutenberg blocks included with AdRotate Pro received a small but important upgrade and now support caching features, in the same way widgets already did.
Multisite instances
For groups you can now select which group to pull ads from in the dashboard. This renders the site attribute/variable you’d use in Shortcodes and PHP Snippets mostly obsolete. The aim is to remove it at some point, but that’s not decided yet.
A big change is that the shortcodes and PHP code behaves a bit different from this version onwards. You now place the local group and the Site variable tries to add in the network ads, with the local ads. The local ads can be empty… But it has to be a local group.
This allows for networked groups to be mixed in with local ads in that group. Which was never possible before.
If you have a Multisite, check out the new option in your group settings (When editing a group, Advanced section) for the new dropdown menu. Once saved, you can also see the network ads listed in the Adverts list when editing the group highlighted in blue.
Video adverts
Video ads are becoming more popular for some reason. AdRotate Pro’s Advert Generator can now generate a basic video advert.
This is very much an experiment, but the basic code should work and be responsive.
You’ll find the new options in the Advert Generator. For now only mp4 files are supported.
Let me know what you think, does the generated advert work for you? Or if not, what would you like to see changed?
Mobile adverts
For Mobile ads the “Other” Operating system has been removed as it was largely unused.
The remaining “iOS” an “Android” options are only used when the “Mobile” or “Tablet” options are enabled.
The idea here is that the Mobile function offers less combinations to go wrong on, improving the ease of use.
Changes in AdRotate Professional 5.14.2
- [fix] Block groups showing adverts more than once
- [fix] Dynamic groups not always hiding first advert
- [change] Improved PHP 8 compatibility
Download
The update is available now, you can update through automatic updates in your dashboard or via direct download in your dashboard.
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