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Version 4.0.8

  • Revamped date/time handling by implementing a custom date/time library due to a known timezone offset bug that exists in the Joomla JDate library. JLive! Chat now displays the correct time and has increased flexibility for timezone offset adjustments where needed.

Version 4.0.7

  • Fixed smilies in desktop application chat window
  • Increased performance on desktop application by moving API calls to jlivechat_plugin
  • Updated phpxmlrpc library to 2.2.2 latest stable release with bug fixes
  • Added cleanup of website data after website removal in desktop application database
  • Fixed canned responses auto-send not allowing HTML
  • Added Portuguese language translations
  • Added Greek language translations

Version 4.0.6

  • Fixed javascript error when in HTTPS mode
  • Fixed issue with Javascript error when running in hosted mode and jQuery has been already loaded by another extension

Version 4.0.5

  • Made some code optimizations
  • Fixed issues with running multiple websites on JLive! Chat
  • Fixed conflict with other extensions where JLive! Chat plugin causes blank page
  • Fixed issue with Javascript error when running in hosted mode and jQuery has been already loaded by another extension

Version 4.0.4

  • Fixed issue with missing module on Windows causing livechat to show offline
  • Fixed PHP error on history admin page on Windows servers
  • Fixed issue with push data synchronization chunked data transfer

Version 4.0.3

  • Fixed issue with JSON parser not being compatible with certain versions of PHP causing livechat to be offline
  • Fixed issue with hosted mode licensing

Version 4.0.2

  • Added a more obvious option to enable/disable autopopup feature
  • Added option to only show autopopup when an operator is online
  • Added initiate visitor chat button on visitor details window for convenience
  • Added some extra CSS styles for popup window to color links white
  • Changed settings database table to utf
  • Changed visitor tracking logic to only update when visitor browses between pages due to the website activity monitor moving to fast for websites with high traffic
  • Removed domready JS file due to issues with IE8, replaced with Mootools DomReady
  • Fixed issue with missing DLL file on Windows systems
  • Fixed issues with Russian admin language file
  • Fixed issue with mod_jlivechat causing blank page on cetain pages that don't preload required PHP libraries

Version 4.0.1

  • Completely revamped entire code base in efforts to make JLive! Chat high performance and light on hardware resource usage
  • Completely redesigned admin GUI and desktop application GUI
  • Updated all underlying system libraries with latest version
  • Added IP Blocker feature
  • Added automatic popup feature
  • Added options to edit language files from admin
  • Added Data Synchronization Push Mechanism
  • Added phone number option to leave a message section
  • Added option to define desktop application tab name
  • Added more filtering options for the history section in admin
  • Added operator department option
  • Added Routing by department or operator option
  • Added user and global canned responses categorization
  • Added ability to add custom logo to desktop application
  • Added desktop application splash image
  • Added smilies feature to chat session
  • Added ability to view visitor's visited pages
  • Fixed issue with Who's online module drastically increasing when running JLive! Chat
  • Fixed all known bugs and performance issues
  • Fixed all known bugs when running in hosted mode

Version 3.8.0

  • Added Pro-Active Chatting Features (Operator Initiated Chat Session)
  • Added ability to upload new online/offline images from the "Settings" page in the admin
  • Upgraded underlying GUI library to the latest version
  • Increased main window size
  • Added "Delete Message" button on main window
  • Fixed issue with desktop application when in HTTPS mode
  • Fixed issue with database library when an accented character is present in the user's Windows username
  • Fixed small issue on "Settings" page in admin when disabling offline messaging

Version 3.7.5

  • Added hosted mode, perfect for those who wish to offload the load to our world-class network, for those who are in a shared hosting environment, or for those who do not have the technical ability to make webserver changes.
  • Enabled multiple installation support when on a single domain
  • Added ability to specify an alternate online/offline image per language using Joomfish
  • Added ability to display a dynamic online/offline image
  • Added ability to send dynamic website user information
  • Added ability to change language, timezone and custom css preferences from within the settings page
  • Fixed issue with other operators still ringing when a chat was already accepted by another operator.
  • Changed internal date mechanism to use the webserver's date/time as opposed to the database servers. This allows a user to easily change their timezone setting without losing any date/time data.
  • Fixed issue with multiple chat windows on some Windows XP systems
  • Fixed issue with the internal message emailing system
  • Fixed issue with the Joomla! who's online module drastically increasing
  • Fixed issue with operator keys not working when downloading an operator access key in https mode
  • Fixed issue with the message input box on the livechat popup window losing focus after the visitor sends a message
  • Switched to use JRoute on Joomla installations
  • Made Joomla! module use JRoute and be XHTML compliant


Version 3.7.4

  • Fixed issue with multiple websites on desktop application
  • Fixed issue with leaving messages when "Specific operators" is defined in the module
  • Created work around in plugin for Joomla "system" template bug when template.css is missing


Version 3.7.3

  • Added canned responses auto-response feature
  • Added canned responses keyboard shortcut feature
  • Fixed issue with selected language not loading
  • Fixed issues with proxy support
  • Fixed issue with plugin causing a error if component is missing
  • Changed module to load images from cloud network if that preference is selected
  • Re-arranged main window layout for text accommodation


Version 3.7.2

  • Added authenticated proxy support
  • Optimized internal synchronization mechanism by using cURL
  • Added Italian translation
  • Fixed bug with certain Windows systems chat windows flickering
  • Fixed routing logic issue with component
  • Fixed issue with online/offline module not being specific when specific operators are defined
  • Decreased message window font-size by 2px


Version 3.7.1

  • Fixed issue with desktop application hanging after running for a few hours
  • Modified German translation


Version 3.7.0

  • Completely redesigned the user interface on the popup window and desktop application
  • Added real-time visitor monitoring
  • Added livechat request routing
  • Added option to ring operators simultaneously or in order
  • Added operator to operator chat
  • Added global canned responses
  • Added feature to flash or restore popup window when an operator sends a message
  • Added ability to specify or hard-code specific operators to send requests to from the module
  • Added ability to leave a message for a specific operator
  • Added operator permissions
  • Added operator offline/online system tray icon
  • Added support for HTML messages for operators
  • Fixed font display issues on Mac OS
  • Increased popup window size and text area
  • Changed livechat sessions to open in there own window
  • Enhanced the History display by making it easier to search
  • Enhanced troubleshooting section in component
  • Fixed issue with loading media from HTTP when in HTTPS mode
  • Fixed issue with transferring ending the livechat session after transfer being declined by the operator
  • Fixed issue with not being able to add an operator access key file on some computers
  • Fixed PHP warnings when installing the Joomla! component
  • Fixed issue with application unexpectedly exiting when main window is minimized to tray and operators closes an open window
  • Fixed issue with sqlite conflict on some Windows Vista systems
  • Revamped component and desktop application database structure
  • Re-translated to many languages


Version 3.6.5

  • Added ability to leave messages and email messages
  • Added secure communication option using SSL
  • Added ability to identify registered users
  • Added troubleshooting section to admin
  • Added ability to enable or disable operator keys from admin
  • Increased width of desktop application
  • Fixed issue with livechat reporting offline intermittently when online
  • Fixed collision issue with JLive! Chat and JAdmin!


Version 3.6.4

  • Added internationalization for (Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish)
  • Enhanced my preferences dialog
  • Added ability to customize welcome tab


Version 3.6.3

  • Completely restructured internal communication functionality to be more optimized and fixed communication bugs
  • Added Operator/Client typing status notifications
  • Added email session transcript functionality
  • Added ability to re-open chat session tabs in desktop application
  • Added message area to popup window and increased window height
  • Added detection of popup window closure for automatic ending of session
  • Added do_not_log to popup window ajax calls
  • Added operator column to admin history section
  • Added JText::_ to text to make localization ready
  • Added error notification when operator access key is out of sync
  • Added security feature to livechat request prevent flooding attack
  • Fixed issue with desktop application not allowing non-ascii characters in canned responses
  • Fixed issue with transfer chat session functionality
  • Optimized debug reporting functionality


Version 3.6.2

  • Made compatible with sh404sef and other sef components
  • Added desktop application error logging
  • Fixed issue with history menu items mixing up when running multiple websites


Version 3.6.1

  • Fixed issue with Safari adding .txt suffix to access key filenames
  • Added do_not_log to access key callback URIs
  • Fixed Mac OS X notification sounds failure
  • Fixed Mac OS X GUI Size and Font sizes
  • Fixed issue on livechat popup window javascript allowing user to request multiple chat sessions
  • Made links in livechat popup window open in a new window
  • Converted from Expat XML parser to Sgmlop XML parser for better performance
  • Removed base64 encoding for better performance


Version 3.6.0

  • Added ability to define access key names
  • Added transfer chat support
  • Added operator section to com_livechat
  • Added history section to com_livechat
  • Added ability to delete history records
  • Added automatic software update notification
  • Fixed issue with accented characters causing an error when in chat name
  • Sound notifications loop now
  • Fixed refresh issue (javascript issue)
  • Fixed issue causing access key to get corrupted


Version 3.5.4

  • Enhanced live chat popup window session content display by adding colored text
  • Added Debug Report functionality which is used to quickly diagnose installation issues
  • Add ability to save chat session contents to a file
  • Fixed Internet Explorer 8 line break issue
  • Fixed issue with corrupt key file if Joomla! site name is empty
  • Fixed regular expression error on PHP4 livechat popup window
  • Fixed long delay on popup chat request when desktop app is not running
  • Fixed issue with website key corruption, causing users to re-add their website's key file
  • Fixed user_ip field length in database schema



Version 3.5.3

  • Fixed Issue with desktop app slowing down
  • Fixed error message on exit of desktop app
  • Fixed Sound Failure bug
  • Fixed multi-key bug in Joomla! component and plugin


Version 3.5.2

  • Fixed several bugs in the desktop application
  • Fixed several bugs in the Joomla! component and plugin


Version 3.5.1

  • Changed IP Geo-location service from http://www.iplocationtools.com to http://ipinfodb.com


Version 3.5.0

  • Re-structured webserver communication methodology to use data pipelining in order to work with every scenario
  • Visual improvement on chat request window
  • Added support for webserver log disabling


Version 3.4.2

  • Improved error handling in desktop application, Joomla component and plugin
  • Added debugging mode


Version 3.4.1

  • Added support for accented characters (Unicode)
  • Changed database table encodings to utf8
  • Fixed issue with desktop application unexpectedly quiting after receiving and incoming chat request when minimized to system tray


Version 3.4

  • Added sound notifications and sound support
  • Fixed bug with incorrect special character handling in desktop application


Version 3.3

  • Added feature to set status to online or offline
  • Increased popup window size and enhanced look and feel
  • Fixed bug with accented characters not displaying correctly
  • Fixed bug with XML RPC calls to webserver
  • Fixed JavaScript bugs with Safari on Mac OS
  • Fixed JavaScript bugs in popup
  • Fixed bug in key generation
  • Fixed compatibility issues with PHP4


Version 3.2

  • Changed connectivity structure to use curl instead of fsockopen due to some ISPs blocking outgoing traffic
  • Fixed JavaScript bug with Safari in Joomla! component


Version 3.1

  • HTML tags are now allowed in chat session
  • Fixed bug where chat server malfunctions on certain platforms
  • Moved JavaScript button functions from external JS to inline due to Safari incompatiblity
  • Increased livechat popup width and height for Safari
  • Fixed bug to suppress PHP fsockopen warning if connect fails, due to warning causing a javascript error
  • Fixed bug so chat is considered offline if the desktop application is not running


Version 3.0

  • Added multi-computer and multi-operator support
  • Added multi key support on the Joomla! component
  • Added system tray tooltip notifications
  • Added security feature to change keys after every key use
  • Fixed Windows compatibility issues
  • Enhanced desktop application interface (GUI)


Version 2.3

  • Zero-conf Automated Installation features added
  • Added UPNP support for computer's behind routers
  • Increased Joomla! Live Chat Popup window width for compatibility with older web browser
  • Many changes and bug fixes in the Joomla! component and plugin
  • Changed session details window to be rich text compatible
  • Fixed visual and functional bugs


Version 2.2

  • Fixed visual and functional bugs
  • Changed to use latest wx library


Version 2.1

  • Fixed visual and functional bugs


Version 2.0

  • Created a better interface
  • Changed the chat message window to be rich text compatible
  • Fixed visual and functional bugs




Version 1.1

  • Fixed Visual and functional bugs


Version 1.0

  • Initial stable release of JLive! Chat
Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2010 11:28