Tag: update

AdRotate 5.17.1 – Probably the last update of the year

AdRotate Banner Manager 5.17.1 includes a few changes and tweaks for previous updates and is meant to round off the year. A inconsistent check for the banners folder has been fixed along with WordPress updating SimplePie to a version that for some reason can now only read 1 feed at a time. This has been addressed. Then with the renewed dashboards a lot of the translation strings changed, old ones have been removed in this update.

If you natively speak a language included with AdRotate Banner Manager, or want to add a whole new language. Feel free to update or create it. I don’t speak many languages, so even existing translations need some fixups from people who do from time to time.

Please report problems

Thanks to useful user feedback all recent bugs have been quickly addressed and received fixes within days. You can help out too! If you see that something isn’t right with the plugin, even stupid things like typos. 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 5.17.1

  • Fix – Better check if banners folder exist
  • Change – Internal RSS feed fetcher for one url at a time
  • i18n – Removed all outdated translations strings

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 started with ads today through the product pages below.

Payment Gateway Stats 3.1 – More accurate stats

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Payment Gateway Stats 3.0 and newer works with modern WooCommerce versions again. Meaning WooCommerce version 5 and newer.

Version 3.1, this update, has been tested in WooCommerce 10.4 and fixes a the discovery query for Payment Methods. A number of payment gateway plugins combine several payment methods into one option in WooCommerce. For example – the PayPal plugin I use combines Paypal, Venmo, Apple Pay and Google Pay into one payment option. All of these methods would show up as “PayPal” in Payment Gateway Stats.

As a quirk, if the first found transaction happened to be through, say, Apple Pay. All PayPal payments would show up as Apple Pay. This causes confusion for you as a user. It certainly did for me when I found this out today. So an immediate fix was needed.

Now, with the new query, these are split out into their ‘sub titles’ and the plugin relies a bit more on the parsed title for splitting up payment methods. Apple Pay is Apple Pay, and PayPal is Paypal, even if they’re paid for through the same payment method. Simple as that.

Changes in Payment Gateway Stats

  • Update – Payment gateways accepting various methods on one gateway are now shown accurately
  • Tested – WooCommerce 10.4

Download

The update is available for WordPress and Classicpress. Please update Payment Gateway Stats today. The update is available through automatic updates in your dashboard, or via direct download in your profile on this website if you bought the plugin within the last year. If you do not have Payment Gateway Stats yet, you can buy a copy below.

AdRotate Pro 5.26 – Improvements for reports and schedules

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AdRotate Pro 5.26 finally ads the ability to configure the Reports folder similar to the Banners folder, allowing you to move the folder to a new location. To make this a little more easy the “fix missing folders and files” feature has been updated as well.

Also new is a blank html file in the Reports folder so that on servers that list files (You shouldn’t!) it no longer lists your exported stats. And the check if the Banners and Reports folders exists where AdRotate Pro expects them and can write to them is now more accurate.

Schedules created through an advert now assume the adverts name. In my mind I added that convenience long ago, but apparently I didn’t. Someone pointed out this shortcoming and it has now been added.

Please report issues

The bug fixes in this and recent updates 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 typos. Please report them. AdRotate Pro users can use the ticket system for that. You can do so straight from your dashboard, but you can also use the contact form on my website if you prefer.

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 5.26

  • New – Reports folder can now be moved/renamed just like Banners folder can
  • Security – Check if reports folder has a blank html file for hiding files
  • Fix – Schedules created through Edit Advert now assume the adverts name
  • Fix – Better check if banners and reports folder exist
  • Change – Internal RSS feed fetcher for one url at a time

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 Pro 5.25.1 – Missing IP Address for some users

AdRotate Pro 5.25.1 is a quick update to fix the missing $visitor_ip variable that is used for things like AdRotate Geo and sessions. Also changed is the removal of some unused/old code from way back when Telize and GeoBytes where still around.

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 5.25.1

  • Update – Removed old/obsolete geo targeting code for Telize and GeoBytes
  • Fix – Missing $visitor_ip for sessions

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 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.