Development: Maian Greetings

This page details any updates that are currently in progress and details any future plans for this script. It also lists important security or bug fixes if any are found. New release information will appear on the news page, so check back for updates. Alternatively, you can subscribe to my RSS Feed.

Latest development news, bug fixes or security updates for Maian Greetings:

[30/4/08] - [NEW VERSION UPDATES]

(Confirmed new features/updates)

- [Admin] New interface
- [Admin] Added SMTP options to settings
- [Admin] Categories can now be disabled/enabled and attached to events
- [Admin] Removed template system
- [Admin] Removed backup option
- [Admin] Removed category icons
- [Admin] Emoticons can now be batch added
- [Admin] Music files can now be batch added (WAV|MID|MIDI|MP3|MP4 supported)
- [Admin] Poems can now be enabled/disabled individually and are category specific
- [Admin] Ban filter updated. You can now ban usernames,ip addresses and/or e-mail addresses. Wildcards available for ban range
- [Admin] Help topics now category based and visible to all site visitors
- [Admin] Event calendar updated. Events can now be single events or recurring events. Seperate template folder can also be assigned to events for different theme at the time of the event
- [Admin] Page title update, better SEO urls, meta keywords and descriptions
- [Admin] Meta keywords/descriptions category/card specific
- [Admin] Added captcha option for forms
- [Admin] Added option to enable/disable e-mails
- [Admin] Send card limit now changed to daily send card limit
- [Admin] Member management now more streamlined
- [Admin] Added quick search options
- [Admin] When banning account you can now enter a reason for the ban
- [Admin] Ban option can now be set to auto expire after x amount of days
- [Admin] Admin can now view member reminders and address book entries
- [Admin] Added option for admin to view popular saved favourite images
- [Admin] Address book can now be enabled/disabled in settings
- [Admin] Reminder limits can now be member specific
- [Admin] Added upload maintenance option. You can now set to delete used uploads x days after card has been viewed and unused uploads x days after upload. Can help preserve webspace
- [Admin] Address book, reminders, send log & file uploads can now be enabled/disabled for any account
- [Admin] Advanced delete options. Specify which tables to clear. Auto ban ip,e-mail and/or username.
- [Admin] Payment system to be changed to credit system. ie, you buy credits to send cards if enabled. Each category can have cards worth different credits. Members can purchase new credits at any time. You can also set a category as a free category.
- [Admin] Added option to batch update image data in multiple categories. Update can replace existing data or be appended to existing data.
- [Admin] Added option to batch move images from one category to another.
- [Public] XHTML/CSS interface

Release date not yet known.

[10/1/08] - [FIX] Its just come to light that I forgot to add the Paypal row data to the auto installer. This prevented the Paypal data from being updatable. A memory lapse that has now been fixed. The manual install file was fine.

26/10/07 - [NEWS] The next major re-write of Maian Greetings is hopefully due to commence sometime in 2008. Keep checking back into the 2008 for the features list/updates.

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