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AdRotate Pro 5.25 – An all new dashboard

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AdRotate Pro 5.25 introduces the same renewed dashboard as AdRotate Banner Manager got last month. Including a few refinements. All data passing through the dashboard options is better santized and better checked for valid inputs as well. The dashboard is now responsive, making the usability on smaller devices much much better.

Exporting and Importing adverts is made better with more reliable code and better checks for the data entered through a CSV file. If you were using this method to get adverts into the system, make a new template file. Simply export 1 configured advert to make a new template file.

The importer will check for the exported version and refuse older files as they are not longer compatible. The new import code better checks which column belongs where and what data goes in it, but it remains ‘dumb’ CSV. So make sure your files are up-to-date and compatible. Notable changes are that more settings are now included in the files, making for a more complete export and a better import.

Similarly the Portability hash got an update as well, improving the format of the hash, but also by including more advert settings.

Please report issues

The bug fixes in this update are made possible thanks to good feedback and information provided by you, the users! If you see something isn’t right with the plugin, even stupid things like typo’s. Please report them. AdRotate Pro users can use the ticket system for that. The primary contact form is available through your dashboard, but you can also use the contact form on my website.

Without your reports, suggestions or insights I can’t improve the plugin. So please send in your suggestions and report issues, bugs and quirks as soon as possible. Providing some insights on why software doesn’t work for you is very important for developers to improve their products.

Changes in version 5.25

  • Update – Dashboard now works better on smaller devices (responsive)
  • Update – All advert settings now included in CSV exports
  • Update – All new import/export routines for CSV files
  • Update – Improved portability hash generation
  • Update – All dashboard settings pages refreshed
  • Update – Much improved sanitization for dashboard inputs
  • Update – Support dashboard page refreshed
  • Update – Removed unused CSS from dashboard.css
  • New – All new import adverts dashboard
  • Change – Import adverts is now located in the Manage Adverts dashboard
  • Fix – Auto disabling of ads not working
  • Fix – Non-existent/new sessions no longer give a deprecated warning

Download

The update is available now, you can update through automatic updates in your dashboard or via direct download in your dashboard. Or if you do not have AdRotate Pro yet, get your copy today through the product pages below.

AdRotate 5.16 – Dashboard overhaul

AdRotate Banner Manager 5.16 is the first in a few upcoming updates to overhaul the dashboard. It struck me that in the last 15 or so years the dashboard has remained pretty much unchanged. While that is fine, stable and predictable, a bit of updating isn’t back.

So to start for all settings pages the look has been updated to include backgrounds, rounded corners and the ‘ugly’ banner at the bottom of each page has moved to a sidebar in settings. I’ve also re-added the RSS feeds so people can actually see blog updates – Including this post – if they want to.

I’m not entirely sure what to do with the management dashboards, but they’ll likely see some updates in the coming few updates as well. Clear your browser cache if the new dashboards look misaligned or like they’re missing bits and pieces.

Another thing brought to my attention were some inefficient queries for stats. These have been fixed and updated as well. On average, on my tiny test site, these queries are now at least twice as fast. And in searching for other queries to improve I found a few typos and quirks that have been fixed as well.

Please report suggestions and issues

If you see something isn’t right with the plugin, even stupid things like typo’s. Please report them. AdRotate has a support forum on wordpress.org for that. But if you feel the issue is important enough you can always email me with your question or concern.

Without your reports, suggestions or insights I can’t improve the plugin. So please send in your suggestions and report issues, bugs and quirks as soon as possible. Providing some insights on why software doesn’t work for you is very important for developers to improve their products.

Changes in version 5.16

  • Performance – Faster queries for loading certain stats
  • Performance – Added faster INDEX for stats and stats_archive tables
  • Change – Database version 75
  • Change – Moved action links to plugin meta text
  • Fix – Widget title no longer converts to a slug
  • Update – All dashboard settings pages refreshed
  • Update – Support dashboard page refreshed
  • Update – Notification texts and footer banner
  • Update – Block code

Download

The update is available for WordPress and Classicpress. Please update AdRotate today, available through automatic updates in your dashboard, via direct download through this website and Github. If you do not have AdRotate or AdRotate Professional yet, get your started with ads today through the product pages below.

AdRotate Pro 5.23.2 – Improvements and tweaks

This update fixes a number of bugs and updates a few small features and things. AdRotate Professional 5.23.2 most notably addresses the sorting columns issue for mixed content fields. The tablesorter plugin for jQuery that was used before has been replaced with a more complete version which works much better.
Since this is a file cached in your browser, you might have to clear the browser cache to take full advantage of the improvements.

Fixed issues include the error handling for Geo Targeting not treating WP_Error as an object. And the missing expiry date for licenses. A minor issue with settings where the z-index for wallpaper ads was missing or not set correctly and a few more tweaks and small improvements throughout the plugin.

Reporting issues

If you see something isn’t right with AdRotate Pro, even innocent things like typo’s, please report them. AdRotate Pro has a ticket support system just for things like this. No issue is insignificant, always get in touch and let me know about your question or concerns.

Without your reports, insights or even opinions I can’t improve my plugins. So please report issues, bugs and quirks as soon as possible. Providing some insights on why software doesn’t work for you is very important!

AdRotate Professional License shakeup

To simplify licensing, pricing and managing things the 5 available licenses have been re-done. The Lite license has been discontinued due to lack of interest. And the Developer license has been discontinued as well. To make up the loss of the Developer License the Multi license gets more activations.

The Multi license now allows for 20 websites/activations instead of the traditional 5 and is priced accordingly at €199 Euros. And finally, the Duo license has been priced more logically at €79 Euros.

Currently active Lite licenses have the restrictions removed and now acts as a Single license. So for those few who bought it, starting with AdRotate Pro 5.22 and onwards, you’ll get the same features as the Single license.
Likewise the Developer license has been largely removed from the plugin in terms of wording and descriptions. But will continue to work mostly the same.

Changes in version 5.23.2

  • Fix – Default value for zindex not correctly set
  • Fix – Missing license expiry date in update check
  • Fix – Missing columns when duplicating ads and groups
  • Fix – Handling of API errors for Geo Targeting
  • Update – Much improved sorting option for all tables and applicable columns
  • Update – Added a few more sortable columns
  • Update – Tablesorter 2.0.5b
  • Update – Activation/de-activation/uninstall routine

Download

The update is available now, you can update through automatic updates in your dashboard or via direct download in your dashboard. Or if you do not have AdRotate Pro yet, get your copy today through the product pages below.

Payment Gateway Stats 3.0 – Dashboard changes!

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Payment Gateway Stats now works again with modern WooCommerce versions. That is, version 5.0 and newer. With the introduction of the WooCommerce Analytics module Payment Gateway Stats would still work, but the data would only be visible in the older WC Reports function.

This dashboard still works but it’s being replaced more and more in recent versions.

Payment Gateway Stats now has it’s own little dashboard. Right up-front in the WooCommerce dashboard menu. You’ll find this new dashboard in WooCommerce > Gateway Stats, the looks of the dashboard did not change. I managed to keep that the same by loading the right dashboard assets, just for the plugin.

Due to the rewrites required in the code I’ve also removed some left-over code that supported the obsolete Classic Commerce project, and all code that added the Gateway Stats tab in WC Reports has been removed as well.

Changes in Payment Gateway Stats

  • [update] Updated for new AJdG API
  • [new] All new dashboard in the WooCommerce main menu
  • [removed] Removed the display tab from wc-reports (Older WooCommerce versions)
  • [change] Removed leftover code for Classic Commerce compatibility

Grab your copy here

Updates are important

Updating your plugins and themes is important for the safety and performance of your website. This is good practice for most plugins and themes.

If you’ve bought any of my plugins in the last 12 months you can download the latest version of these plugins from your account on this website. If you don’t have a copy yet, get one here: https://ajdg.solutions/plugins/for-woocommerce/.

To install the update simply unzip the new version. Then upload the resulting folder to /wp-content/plugins/. If prompted, overwrite the existing folder. There is no need to disable the plugin while updating, as long as you upload the whole plugin in one go.

Read detailed update steps on the knowledge base.

And next time… A neat and nice update notification will appear in your dashboard. Woohoo! 🥳

AdRotate Pro 5.19 & 5.19.1 – Adding wallpaper ads

AdRotate Pro version 5.19 and 5.19.1 are two small releases mostly focused on dashboard fixes. Typos, rewording of certain texts and things like that. Next to that the experimental Wallpaper group has been added. This has been tested on a bunch of themes and seems to work well.

You’ll find a working example in the AdCode examples. And when choosing a group mode a new Wallpaper mode has been added.
In Settings > Miscellaneous you’ll have some control over the z-index of the wallpaper. Not every theme uses the same z-index.

A wallpaper group works as you’d expect. Add wallpaper ads to the group and set the group to do Wallpapers and that’s basically it. For the ads, the AdCode has to be a specific format, check out the code examples to see what that looks like.

To enhance security a tiny bit all text output in the dashboard has been escaped using WordPress functions. This should prevent malicious translations from breaking your website.

AdRotate Professional Lite

To accomodate the low budget group of users from AdRotate a new license type has been introduced – AdRotate Professional Lite. In its basic form this is simply a Single License. Except with AdRotate Professional Lite a few features have been removed from the plugin.

It is a lower license tier after all.

AdRotate Professional Lite does not get Ticket Support, check the knowledge base and manuals in it to figure out how to use AdRotate. On top of that, AdRotate Geo is not supported. And remote stats collecting (Through Matomo and Google Analytics) has been removed as well as a few advertiser related features. You can review all the differences in features on the Feature comparison tab in every AdRotate product page.

If you need those features consider getting a Single or Duo license instead.

AdRotate Professional Lite is available, starting today.

Changes in version 5.19 & 5.19.1

  • [fix] Adcode not properly prepared for output
  • [new] Lite license
  • [new] Group mode for wallpaper ads (Experimental)
  • [new] Setting for Wallpaper ads Z-Index in Misc
  • [update] Dashboard tweaks
  • [update] Pot file for translations
  • [security] Escaped all translation output with WordPress functions

Download

The update is available now, you can update through automatic updates in your dashboard or via direct download in your dashboard. Or if you do not have AdRotate Pro yet, get your copy today through the product pages below.