2014 Changelog Archive

EE4.4 self-deactivates if your PHP version is less than PHP 5.3, please see Raising the PHP Requirements for Event Espresso 4.

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Bugfixes:

• Fixed: ESPRESSO_EVENTS shortcodes params getting overwritten
• Fixed: Usage of do_shortcode() with EE Shortcodes in Templates
• Fixed: Venue description and excerpt not showing in event
• Fixed: Maintenance Mode for visitors appearing as a blank page
• Fixed: missing “Settings” link on WP Plugins page
• Fixed: ticket editor ticket limit (max_input_vars)
• Fixed: Invoice showing Registration Details for Extra Registration Groups in Reverse Order
• Fixed: Use of fopen()
• Fixed: Front-end Messages when Maximum Per-transaction Limit is 0
• Fixed: Month property not working in event shortcodes
• Fixed: Event Espresso icon needs spacing on front end WordPress user toolbar
• Fixed: Venues H3 tag not within Espresso Venue div

Enhancements:

• Enhancement: Add Bank Draft (EFT) to payment options listed in refunds screen
• Enhancement: Added WP theme conditionals for Event Espresso
• Enhancement: Added template tag: espresso_get_events
• Enhancement: Create “template_tags.php” File For Holding ALL Template Tags
• Enhancement: Make EE4.4 self-deactivate if less than PHP 5.3
  

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  Customers can always download and install EE 4.3.2, from the pre-release channel within your account, which is compatible with PHP 5.2 until they can find a better web host.

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• Enhancement: Create and implement EE_Admin_Menu objects that get used for setting menu items
• Enhancement: Added a link/button for attendees to resend registration or payment email
• Enhancement: Show php.ini in system status page
• Enhancement: Added filters to allow date and time localization (i18n)
• Enhancement: Changed “alternate registration page” to “alternative registration page”
• Enhancement: Added checks that all third-party libraries are not already in use
• Enhancement: Create “Public” Folder in Plugin Root and Move All Publicly Editable Templates, Assets, etc Into It
• Enhancement: Remove image captions on ‘Events’ page excerpts
• Enhancement: EE4 PayPal Standard – Send Event Name with Shopping Cart

September 3, 2014

Event Espresso 4.3.2.p
Bugfixes:

• Fixed SPCO return to pay in cases where the event is sold out / reached maximum capacity of approved registrations
• Fixed updates to core wiped out tables added by add-ons
• Fixed the mysterious Sales Tax display in the Ticket Price breakdown
• Fixed migration error when migrating from EE3

August 19, 2014

Event Espresso 4.3.1.p
Bugfixes:

• Fix event datetime comparison to now for upcoming events widget
• Add limit to session transient delete query
• Fix flat fee discount/surcharge not showing in the price breakdown
• Fix undefined function deactivate_plugins()
• Fix [ESPRESSO_EVENTS] show_expired=false parameter
• Fix calendar shortcode parsing on page with [ESPRESSO_EVENTS] shortcode on it
• Fix 1 click updates not working for add-ons
• Fix error when changing timezone to half hour increments
• Fix event_espresso text domain typos
• Fix [EVENT_AUTHOR_FORMATTED_EMAIL] shortcode
• Incorrect array configuration for Plugin Update Engine in EE_Register_Addon
• Fix receipt HTML issues
• Fix issue where EE_DMS_New_Addon_0_0_2.dms.php does not have constructor
• Fix issue where core misinforms add-ons when it’s a new install

Enhancements:

• Change minimum PHP version notification to say next major version will drop support for PHP 5.2
• Add in validation of active messengers and message types
• Update Category help tour

August 5, 2014

Event Espresso 4.3.0.p
New Features:

• Make Thank You Page handle delayed/laggy off-site gateway responses
• iCal integration
• Duplicate event button
• Ticket required option
• Drag-n-drop answer values
• Order questions by question group
• Question editor Drag and Drop style changes (thanks to Matt Van Andel)
• Re-order datetimes in ticket editor and Single Page Checkout
• New hooks and filters for developers added to the registration process
• New filters for modifying Event editor defaults for new events
• Email newsletter message type
• Payment refund email message type
• Transaction entry shows why the payment succeeded or failed

Bugfixes:

• Fix single ticket limit applying to all tickets within a registration
• Fix shortcode tracking on category archive
• Fix issue where single country selected in the countries tab for causing Authorizenet and PayPal Pro to fail
• Use better way to trigger loading of calendar module when calendar widget is active
• EE_CPT_Base::post_type() returns NULL for EE_Events
• Fix typo in the content-espresso_venues.php template that causes errors
• Fix for Single Page Checkout so it displays the correct amount owed based on when a payment has already been entered into the system
• If default reg status is “Approved”, purchasing the last available tickets reserves spaces immediately and blocks registration
• Fix incompatible add-ons disrupt migrations
• Fix displaying the Description field in the template parts when the Excerpt or Description is empty
• Display all tickets selected at checkout when no info required for addition attendees
• Grammar and spelling fixes
• Fix undefined function espresso_event_link_url()
• Fix how Event Espresso Custom Post Type taxonomies are recognized
• Fix EE_Error exception when all messengers are de-activated
• Remove pricing overview icon
• Fix broken link to Google’s reCaptcha page
• Make sure that if payment methods is empty it returns “Invoice” as the default when a registration is done via the admin
• Fix queries doing “WHERE”s with a “LIKE” query_parameter
• Fix PHP Notice Uninitialized string offset 0 EEH_MSG_Template.helper.php
• Fix issue where registrations have a lock icon they can not be used for ANY bulk action
• Fix for questions not showing when editing registration in certain circumstances
• Datetimes expired based on end date not start date
• Fix missing asterisk on attendee information note
• Fixes for the PHP docs
• Add check for valid DMS file before attempting to load

Enhancements:

• Add garbage collection to remove expired transients
• Add instance() Method to EED_New_Addon
• Remove error code obfuscation
• Change check for WP_DEBUG to current_user_can() check when displaying shortcode errors
• Remove failed transaction status display (with link to pay again) when transaction is actually completed (just slow)
• Add logic to event templates so the single event content can be marked up differently than the event archive
• Setup Plugin Update Engine in EE_Register_Addon
• Tweak gateways to capture the correct amount owed based on when a payment has already been entered into the system
• Change all register apis to use two arguments
• On SPCO revisits, block editing of other registrant details if not the primary registrant
• Add No Cache Headers to SPCO
• EE4 add-ons registering themselves with core
• Add CSS class names to tickets
• Refactor EE_Register_Addon to not use static property for add-on name
• Create array of template location paths in EEH_Template::locate_template() and filter it
• Add session filter to rule them all
• Default ‘From’ Email shortcode for Messages now [CO_FORMATTED_EMAIL] instead of [EVENT_AUTHOR_FORMATTED_EMAIL]
• Add filter to EE admin core for contact post links appearing in dashboard comments
• Break out model extension class registration into its own EEI_Plugin_API implementation from EE_Register_Model
• Make sure Config property values are not being saved as serialized objects
• Better error handling for deleting locked questions
• Add pagination to screen options on the new custom message templates page
• Add ticket name to price column in registration admin list table
• Add spacing between contact list csv export button and send batch message button on the contact list page
• Modify Messages admin to implement new Custom Template creation/edit process
• Add new bulk actions for registration list table to not only change registration status but also send notifications for each registration status change
• Allow events to choose a custom template for messages being sent instead of the global template
• Add support for event category taxonomy templates
• Change the term “Goes On Sale” to “Sale Starts”
• Make excel and other programs open CSVs as UTF-8 characters
• Bulk restore from trash for events
• EE4 Register Addon: provide main file path in order to better hook in
• EE4 Add-on integration: streamline detecting add-on activation and upgrades
• Send address fields to Mijireh
• Better migration error handling
• Model objects use a more dynamic array of relations and fields, instead of properties
• Make Organization info column on invoice wider
• Add transaction status to registrations csv export

July 22, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.9.p
Bugfixes:

• Fix undefined variable $is_IE in Event Espresso admin routes
• Fix styling issue with help tours in the WordPress admin
• Restore functionality for [ATTENDEE_EMAIL] shortcode
• Fix reverse order of registration information on order confirmation invoice

Enhancements:

• Move ticket selector towards top of page to improve speed of registrations
• Allow the default uncategorized category slug to be changed
• Allow editing of the category hierarchy

July 17, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.8.p
Bugfixes:

• Fix issue with ticket pricing being retrieved from PHP session
• Fix issue with datetimes missing assigned tickets
• Fix typos in language domain
• Fix compatibility issue with WordPress 4.0

Enhancements:

• Translate month names in invoice payment gateway

July 3, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.7.p
Bugfixes:

• Prevent duplication of venues when migrating from Event Espresso 3
• Show the current value when changes are saved through the default price type editor
• Restore the [EVENT_LIST] messages shortcode for the [ATTENDEE_LIST]
• Fix styling issue with dropdown menus in the Add New Registration screen
• Fix undeclared variable in EE_Shortcodes::_validate_list_requirements()
• Restore the ability for the messages system to display information from system questions
• Correct a variable name to clear a PHP warning in EE_Event_List_Shortcodes.lib.php
• Fix infinite loop issue related to event excerpts
• Fix transaction time for offsite payments gateways (e.g. Mijireh, PayPal) so they are recorded with the correct timezone
• Fix email links used by the messages system
• Restore the [EVENT_AUTHOR_EMAIL] messages shortcode for the [EVENT_LIST]
• Adjust saving of primary registrant information so this information is only saved to the primary attendee record
• Fix insecure warning caused by Google maps loading over http while on an https page
• Fix error from missing help tab for the Check-In Records screen

June 23, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.6.p
Bugfixes:

• Upcoming events widget formatting, remove extra line breaks and spacing, defaults of false not selecting.
• Preview button not showing for regular WordPress post-types.
• Logo Sizes in Order Confirmation PDF.
• Clarifying that the “skip migrations” = “reset database and delete old data”.
• indexOf(s) is not a function.
• Event Access Information under Ticket Details shows “Remaining” but that heading no longer exists.
• Fix date display in content-espresso_events-header.php to allow for translation.
• Themes that use “get_the_excerpt()” instead of “the_excerpt()” are missing EE content.

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• Move to Trash Link in Venues Editor allows you to Delete Locked Venues.
• Arabica 2014 – change category icon from “tags” to “category”.
• EE4 Core 4.1 DMS crashing during events_Question_group stage.
• Fix error on sorting venues by ID in venue list table.
• Fix errors getting hidden by try catch block.

Enhancements:

• Add option to show events from all categories in the Upcoming Events widget.

June 5, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.5.p

Bugfixes:

• Failed transaction status display (with link to pay again) when transaction is actually completed (just slow)
• Call to Protected EE_Attendee::__construct in Registrations_Admin_Page
• Datetime limit to override individual ticket limit.
• Bulk activation/de-activation error
• Registration overview search
• Transaction Date on Registrations Screen is using UTC Time
• States and Provinces along with Countries are appearing multiple times in the drop down menus for Single Page Registration Checkout
• Messaging Answer shortcode not outputting to email
• Cannot Update New Questions when using the Edit Attendee Information page on an Existing or Old Attendee
• Stop images from being stripped from event when event sells out
• ESPRESSO_EVENTS Shortcode issue – Multiple instances cause “Warning: Illegal offset type in isset or empty”
• ESPRESSO_EVENT shortcode order_by parameters
• Mijireh Gateway re-directing back to registration-checkout/? when multiple tickets or qty are selected.
• Plugin Conflict – Simple Custom CSS
• PRIMARY_REGISTRANT_EMAIL not displayed within the EVENT_LIST of Messages

May 9, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.4.reg

Bugfixes:

• Ticket Selector not displayed when using ESPRESSO_EVENTS shortcode
• Conflict with bbPress and BuddyPress
• Maximum number of tickets allowed per order for this event set to 0 causes the single event page to not load correctly.
• Drag and drop registration form question ordering

May 1, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.3.reg

Bugfixes:

• License key update request time out being very small.
• User proofing the Datetime Editor.
• Error on Registration page on a new install.
• WP date format set to Day, Month Year (j f y) breaks Event Editor and Front End Registration and Backend Registration.
• Ticket end date reverting back to what is set in the start date if you change date, hour, and minute at the same time
• WordPress database error, session_start() and header warnings on a new site activation.
• Questions: Paging disappears on the second page
• Fix fatal error when creating tickets (PHP 5.2)

April 30, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.1.reg

Bugfixes:

• Update script triggering inadvertently on new installations.
• Event editor alert box popping up unnecessarily.
• Broken Quick Links to Help Tabs in the WordPress admin.
• Incorrect dates in the event editor and front-end display when using the WordPress d/m/y date format settings.
• Tag taxonomies and terms links not working.

Enhancement(s):

• Invoice to use Locate Template to allow for easy overriding of invoice template files.

April 23, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.2.reg

Bugfixes:

• Question tables columns truncating data.

April 18, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.1.reg

Bugfixes:

• Update script triggering inadvertently on new installations.
• Event editor alert box popping up unnecessarily.
• Broken Quick Links to Help Tabs in the WordPress admin.
• Incorrect dates in the event editor and front-end display when using the WordPress d/m/y date format settings.
• Tag taxonomies and terms links not working.

Enhancement(s):

• Invoice to use Locate Template to allow for easy overriding of invoice template files.

Apr 15, 2014

Event Espresso 4.2.reg

Bugfixes:

• Fix Template Settings Event List display descriptions settings to correctly change the way the event list is displayed.
• Make downgrading to ee3 safe.
• Fix Upcoming event Widget hiding the date leaves the dash.
• Fix no report data in Event Espresso > Transactions > Reports.
• Fix paging on list tables not retaining filters/search terms in request.
• Fix Admin Manual Registration Inconsistencies.
• Fix Venue website does not appear on venue page.
• Fix marking a registration as declined shows an error if the declined message is not activated.
• Fix labeling of information on registration details page.
• Fix Event list template to have unique event title ID’s.
• Fix bug with QGQ_order not working properly on order receipt page.
• Fix Data Conversions with periods, because periods can’t go into URLs.
• Fix running query on models too early.
• Fix venue map display in event list.
• Fix filtering Check-in list by event reloads to registrations overview filtered by chosen event.
• Fix a Registration Checkout page that is a child of another page will cause the Edit Registration Details link on the Order Confirmation page to fail.
• Fix messages filter are not working.
• Fix Primary Registrant does not automatically receive the Registration Details email for an Approved registration.
• Fix Ticket Selector shortcode error.
• Fix States and Provinces that are added through the Front End Registration Form cannot be deleted through the Countries tab in the WordPress admin.
• Fix extra get_header tag in some templates.
• Fix Timezone Issues with Admin Payments.
• Fix being unable to remove questions from system question groups.

Features/Enhancements:

• Support for Calendar Add-on (see below)
• Drag and Drop ordering of tickets in the event editor.
• Order Questions by Question Group (no longer ordering questions by question order).
• Option to turn OFF the Ticket Selector in the Event Details page for events without tickets/registrations.
• Mijireh Gateway, see the Payment Settings in side EE 4.2).
• Event Datetime Name.
• Event Datetime Description.
• Event Datetime Name messages shortcode.
• Event Datetime Description messages shortcode.
• Add datetime titles and descriptions to the order confirmation.
• Front-end “Maintenance Mode”.
• Add “Register Now or “View Details” button in the event list when the Ticket Selector is turned off.
• Hook/Filter to Set No-cost events as “Free”.
• Add filter so email messenger css file can be swapped out by developers for another css file.
• Add hook in Admin panel after each ticket row description.
• Add hook in Admin panel after each ticket create and update model.
• Add hook in Front-end after each ticket date on a single event.
• Make Single Page Check Out (SPCO) button text filterable.
• Models make acceptance of empty strings more consistent.
• Simplified EE_System Constructor and Hookpoints to external module/add-on/plugin development.
• EEH_Template::locate_template() to accept full paths as well as relatives paths (from plugin root)
• Filter for adding caffeinated modules to EE_Config $modules_to_register array.
• Make Single Page Check Out (SPCO) button text filterable.

Calendar 3.0.reg

• Initial Release

April 9, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.12.reg

Bugfixes:

• Fix fatal error when ticket selector shortcode is used.
• Fix manual payments admin-ajax.php from loading in the wrong location when WordPress has been moved to subdirectory.

April 2, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.11.reg

Bugfixes:

• Fix Alternate Registration URL feature

Potential Conflict Resolutions:

• Remove espresso_ajax_notices from query where themes are doing_it_wrong()
• Change how single event filters are declared, added, and removed to prevent conflicts with the WP SEO plugin’s social meta tag feature

March 26, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.10.reg

Bugfixes:

• Fix blank event page when using a translation
• Fix upcoming dates and times display so they can be translated
• Fix [ESPRESSO_EVENTS] shortcode pagination
• Fix Email Editor not displaying when switching templates
• Remove Venue Categories shortcodes from venue category list table
• Fix the duplicating of the excerpt so it doesn’t display twice in the event list when using the ESPRESSO_EVENTS shortcode
• Fix missing left bracket on shortcode for Google+ in Messages Template footer
• Fix no dates displayed within the Order Confirmation Receipt

Potential Conflict Resolutions:

• Prevent possible conflict where espresso notices get output outside the main WP loop
• Change hook priorities and remove newlines within code blocks to prevent conflicts with some (*cough Themeforest cough*) themes

Enhancements:

• Make sure event author short codes are valid for the “from” field in the message templates

March 14, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.9.1.reg

Bugfixes:

• Expiry dates on registration payment page showing zeros in date dropdowns

March 11, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.9.reg

Bugfixes:

• Prevent EE content from being added to non EE posts in recent posts widget.
• Fix Automatic updates when EE us updated via bulk updater (stops deactivating EE issue).
• Remove Event Espresso menu from admin bar for non-admins
• Make datetimes i18n ready on the frontend.
• Fix Venue Display option for Event list view
• Fix NextGen Plugin Conflict – only admin can create galleries.
• Stop FireFox prefetching pages during checkout

Enhancements:

• Add description to order in AIM transaction.

Feb 28, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.8.reg

Bugfixes:

• Fix issue with paid and free registrations not working.

Feb 27, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.7.reg

Bugfixes:

• Fix fatal error when bulk deleting trashed registrations
• Fix datepicker from only displaying 20 year date range
• Fix issue where onsite gateways were storing CC data in sessions
• Fix AIM and Paypal Pro bugs from line item names that were too large
• Fix dropdown question values not being displayed

Feb 26, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.6.reg

Bugfixes:

• Fix event CPT filters not removing from wp_query after use, theme conflict.
• Remove remove_all_filter(‘mce_external_plugins’)
• Fix missing ticket selection in checkout when selected tickets are $0
• Fix some not so translatable strings
• Fix missing EE icon on front end when logged in

Feb 20, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.5.reg

Bugfixes:

• Fix Error if ESPRESSO_EVENTS shortcode uses multiple params for sorting
• Fix success messages not showing correctly for reordering question groups (drag and drop)
• Fix conflict between the registration page and the WP HTTPS plugins “force SSL in administration” feature

Features/Enhancements:

• On new installs of EE4 the QST_display_text is now a TEXT field and max character count for QST_admin_label, QSG_name and QSO_value increased to 255 from 100

Feb 18, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.4.reg

Bugfixes:

• Language files not loading from the /uploads/ directory.
• Shortcode parameters
• Single venue shortcodes
• Ticket selector not displaying on nested WordPress pages.

Features/Enhancements:

• WordPress and PHP version notifications.

Feb 14, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.3.reg

Bugfixes:

• fix is_on_sale() on non-object in EE_Event bug in tickets metabox
• fix base_type() on non-object in EE_Taxes bug in tickets metabox
• removed warning when making a new question group
• fix issue where gateways in uploads directory weren’t getting loaded
• fix issue “edit_attendee_link” wasn’t appearing in in message previews
• fix error when previewing message with archived ticket
• fix [ESPRESSO_EVENTS] shortcode issue where it wasn’t displaying events
• upon activation, EE checks the WP version is above 3.6, otherwise doesn’t activate

Features/Enhancements:

• restructure messages shortcode parsing so based on registrations not attendee objects (translation, more accurate shortcode parsing)
• NEW messages shortcodes:  [RECIPIENT_EDIT_REGISTRATION_LINK], [FRONTEND_EDIT_REG_LINK]. Both these shortcodes parse to a link that brings up the page for editing existing registrations on the front end. So you can add this to your message templates, so registrants can edit their registration details AFTER they’ve registered.

Feb 13, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.2.reg

Bugfixes:

• the_excerpt() related fixes
• fix “EEM_Contact” error
• fix Ticket selector shortcode on regular page not showing quantity selector
• fix fatal error when trying to download invoice (PHP5.2 related)
• fix for clicking dismiss on UXIP notice not sticking
• fix tickets missing when returning to edit registration details
• fix for EE4 Venue map failing if country ommitted

Features/Enhancements:

• events set to private work the same as WordPress private posts/pages (i.e. remain private)
• fix namespace issues with Authorize.net gateway due to other plugins using similar libraries
• registration form field entries autofill onto payment fields where possible

Feb 12, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.1.reg

Bugfixes:

• fixes with session_start()
• remove commented out HTML in payment options template.  This created problems for some themes running the_content() through filters.
• fix General Settings -> Template Settings options not sticking on save.
• some auto-update tweaks
• Fix Registration form HTTPS issue for users with HTTPS plugins in use.
• Fix for no update message on saving of Questions and Question Groups in certain conditions.
• Fix incorrect links/routing for shortcode docs on Support admin page.
• Fix for uploaded feature image not showing after upload (on event and venue cpt pages)
• Fix for EE_Module_Request_Router fatal error
• Fix for illegal offset warning that happens in certain cases with third-party plugins/themes.

Features/Enhancements:

• Messages system: if user first name or last name isn’t filled out for event author, we’ll use the Organization name (instead of leaving it to WordPress to add WordPress)
• Add Event Espresso admin bar menu items to admin bar on frontend of site too.
• Add better support for dark themes.
• Messages System: Add new email shortcodes  for email group: [ESPRESSO_ADMIN_EMAIL],  [ESPRESSO_ADMIN_FORMATTED_EMAIL],  [CO_FORMATTED_EMAIL]

Feb 10, 2014

Event Espresso 4.1.0.reg

• First release.