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August 3, 2017

Event Espresso Ticket Scanning add-on 1.0.11.p

Bugfixes:

• Fix incorrect capability check used for Barcode Scanner functionality
• Include private events in scanner ui event drop down

July 26, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.45.p

Bug fixes:

• Don’t return early from save() for unchanged objects with non-int IDs, and fix creation of Status objects in unit tests
• Remove unused bulk actions dropdown menu from default message templates admin page
• Fix issue where duplicating an event does not copy over Featured image, page template selection, custom message templates
• Fix phpunit tests running on phpunit 6.1+ for PHP7 and PHP7.1 in
  EE_Register_Capabilities_Test
• Use constant for DOMPDF_DEFAULT_PAPER_SIZE instead of hardcoded value
• Fix issue where select Ajax Mode REST Input doesn’t actually accept normal query params
• Fix WP_Query args stripped out of EventListQuery

Enhancements:

• Improve to EE_Base_Class::save()’s use of $_has_changes property
• Improve Custom_Messages_Template_List_Table by extending
  Messages_Template_List_Table

July 19, 2017

EE4 Promotions 1.0.11.p

• Don’t run additional logic in main addon class used for addon registration
• Add [PROMOTIONS_USED] shortcode to transaction based message shortcodes
• Filter the event names within the ‘Promotion applies to…’ metabox
• Update the [ESPRESSO_PROMOTIONS] shortcode description text

July 17, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.44.p

Bug fixes:

• Fix issue where event duplicator duplicates an event’s datetime ticket reserved count
• Fix issue where Country Settings page is giving no feedback when changing the settings
• Fix issue where localized data objects are output twice
• Fix Uncaught ReferenceError: ee_dismiss is not defined JavaScript error when dismissing an EE admin notification
• Allow archived tickets (that have no registrations) to be deleted
• Fix PHP notices that occur when saving settings on Event Espresso > Events > Templates
• Fix dependencies for PostRelatedCacheManager
• Fix usage of venue-related strings when calling
  EE_Config::register_route()
• Fix undeclared variable in
  EE_Message_Resource_Manager::ensure_messengers_are_active()
• Fix issue where the CSV file gets removed from the server before Chrome can download the file
• Fix issue where clicking the “Move to Trash” link on an auto draft event/venue does not remove the post

Enhancements:

• Create interfaces for “tagging” classes as singletons with a reset() method, and for classes that do not store blog or request specific state
• Rename ConstantsAbstract to DomainBase and add Domain class to core
• Create LoaderFactory
• Add new actions and filter hooks
• Refactor some methods that calculate tickets sold and/or remaining
• Refactor the dropdown filter that displays registration statuses on the Registrations Admin list table
• Update Dependency Map
• Add filter on Extend_Registration_Form_Admin::_email_validation_settings_form for section proper subsections so the output can be modified
• Add new action in duplicate event logic to hook in when other related items are being duplicated
• Add timestamp display to registration checkins list table
• Add clarification to the Reset/Delete Data page to inform that Event Category Terms will not be deleted

June 28, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.43.p

Bug fixes:

• Enqueue espresso_default.css when EE upcoming events widget is displayed
• Avoid: openssl_cipher_iv_length() [function.openssl-cipher-iv-length]: Unknown cipher algorithm warnings
• Avoid conflicts with plugins that optimize script loading
• Load deprecated EE_Event_List_Query class for backwards compatibility
• Fix issue where displayed Subtotal of ticket price gets rounded to the nearest dollar in the admin
• Make sure EventEspresso\core\services\assets\Registry is loaded as cached so it gets set on the AssetsRegistry property in EE_Registry
• Improve default experience for Decaf messages where date time name and description shortcodes are used
• Fix Multi-status summary message type so it sends messages only if there are multiple registration statuses
• Fix “Move to Trash” link within any EE CPT editor (event, venue, person, attendee/contact)
• Make admin registration list more responsive for small screens
• Don’t cache ticket selector and attendee shortcodes
• fix TableManager::dropTables() where multiple EE models use the same EE table

Enhancements:

• Improve display of sub line items on Payment Options step
• Add filter for AdminOptionsSettings generated form sections
• Add filter hook to allow changing the registrations search query
• Add a Select Timezone in the Timezone admin alert

June 15, 2017

Braintree 1.0.6
Bug fixes and Enhancements:

• Don’t run additional logic in main addon class used for addon registration
• Update Braintree SDK and add additional filter hooks
• Remove the accepted message

June 14, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.42.p

Bug fixes and Enhancements:

• Fix issue where returning from an off-site gateway results in a blank screen on servers that don’t have output_buffering set to On
• Fix undefined index/invalid argument warning from Messages class when messages are set to send on same request
• Allow custom message templates to be used if all events in the cart are set to use the same custom message template

June 11, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.41.p

Bug fixes:

• Fix missing space between attributes and missing attribute closing bracket in event editor inputs
• Fix broken pagination in ESPRESSO_EVENTS shortcode output

Updates:

• Remove link to sign up for Mijireh account
• Deprecate EEM_Currency_Payment_Method and EE_Currency_Payment_Method, and no longer insert rows into esp_currency_payment_method when activating new payment methods or during the 4.6 migration.

June 8, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.40.p

Bug fixes:

• Paypal Express – treat SuccessWithWarning as success, so duplicate requests are treated as success
• Fix Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in
  core/helpers/EEH_Event_View.helper.php on line 59
• Fix timeout on Maintenance page system info
• Fix issues with EE_Config
• Add fix for themes that don’t call get_header()
• Don’t cache Ticket Selector shortcode’s output
• Fix PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class EE_Event_List_Query not found

Updates:

• Update credits tab
• Initial file cleanup for event editor classes
• Simplify enqueueing of assets in EE_System and other core classes

May 30, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.39.p

Bug fixes:

• Fix issue where success notices are not showing for triggering resend of messages
• Remove usage of mcrypt as it has been deprecated in PHP7.1
• Bump the_content filter priorities back up to what they were originally
• Fix open and closing div tag mismatch in the Ticket Selector that occurs with Expired tickets
• Get current form step and make sure it is displayable before attempting to display progress steps
• If event has default reg status of Not Approved, then don’t display info on it, unless there are registrations for it that are returning to pay
• Add is_object() check in LooseCollection::add() method
• Add new state form: Use EE_Div_Per_Section_Layout() instead of EE_No_Layout() so that validation errors appear in the correct location
• Fix Batch message button’s selected registration count
• Fix issue where Registration Multi-status Summary messages do not get triggered
• Fix backticks found in links for Custom Message Templates
• Fix resetting of EE_Error notices in Extend_General_Settings_Admin_Page
• Fix the messages [QUESTION] shortcode value returned now being wrapped in <p> tags
• Add check for iconv() before converting characters in Authnet AIM fields
• When no response is received from AIM, give a more helpful message
• Fix array to string conversion EE_Text_Normalization.strategy.php on line 38 when manually applying a payment/refund
• Fix the invoice payment method default ‘Confirmation Text’ string
• Set PayPal Pro’s order description field’s limit to 127 characters

Enhancements:

• Don’t instantiate models just to map meta caps
• Add Benchmark class for testing loading and execution times
• Don’t use post shortcodes array for tracking but instead load resources dynamically
• Allow Closures for dependency loaders and allow aliases for specific classes
• Add Command Factory
• Add ability to execute Commands from within CommandHandlers
• Add new shortcode [GOOGLE_MAPS_URL] that will return the url to the Google map
• Add show_title parameter for the [ESPRESSO_EVENTS] shortcode
• Registrations CSV – Force phone number to display as text within Excel
• EE4 data deletion: Add clarification to explain what it does with add-ons

May 2, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.38.p

Bug fixes:

• Fix conditional to avoid Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array
• Restore SPCO form validation message box
• Change database field limits to allow more decimal places for line item and transaction totals
• In EE_Transaction primary_registration method get all primary registrations and look for one that isn’t canceled, or just return first item found
• Fix behaviour of add-on message types so that active state is preserved across deactivations/de-registration and reactivation/registration of the add-on
• Add tooltip to Rsrvd field
• Fix PHP notice for EE4 Decaf Plugin Update Engine
• Add check for slug field for Plugin Update Engine client
• Fix broken inputs in mobile Datetime and Ticket editor
• REST API: Filter out shortcodes within the Event Description field
• Make sure EEH_Activation::delete_all_espresso_tables_and_data only lists tables once in the assembled drop tables expression
• Fix addon activation in EE_Register_Addon not properly setting the activation indicator option

Enhancements:

• Create Integer Input class and corresponding number display strategy
• Create Loading System with controllable built-in caching
• Implement new constants abstract that can be utilized by core and add-ons for their own Constants file
• Add option to set a default value for the Maximum number of tickets allowed per order for this event field
• Add improvements to Plugin Update Engine client to make it more resilient
• Update various content on Event Espresso admin pages
• Use the_content filter on EE_Post_Content_Field get_pretty method
• REST API: Change the no-SSL message

May 1, 2017

Stripe 1.0.15
Bug fixes and Enhancements:

• Don’t run additional logic in main addon class used for addon registration
• Add filter hooks
• Remove the accepted message
• Fix issue where payment amount is not displayed
• Add filter for the $stripe_data array used when making a Stripe charge
• Add data-locale parameter so Stripe will use the customer’s language
• Change order of credential fields

Infusionsoft 2.1.5
Bug fixes and Enhancements:

• Don’t run additional logic in main addon class used for addon registration
• Handle exceptions which might be thrown when syncing
• Fix failing unit tests

Ticketing 1.0.5
Bug fixes and Enhancements:

• Don’t run additional logic in main addon class used for addon registration
• Fix issue where the ticket notice is not generated when the send on same request option is enabled for the messages system and only the primary registrant context is enabled
• Change default Ticket Notice templates to use [TXN_TICKETS_APPROVED_URL] short code
• Add error proofing for `EE_Ticketing::_get_ticket_url()`
• Use home url instead of site url for ticket link urls

April 12, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.37.p

Bug fixes:

• Fix hook names where different action hooks have the same names
• Use EE plugin version instead of WP version for script version number added to the asset’s URL as a query string for cache busting purposes
• Fix multiple payments methods shown when Payment Methods Pro is de-activated
• Fix EE4 REST API not reporting check-in status when tickets are trashed
• Fix issue where un-required and un-selected State registration form fields throw validation error
• Fix failing unit test for EE_Form_Section_Proper_Test::test_submitted_values
• Fix undefined variable: current_db_state in migration_options_from_ee4.template.php on line 32

Enhancements:

• Add new method to EEM_Event for getting active and upcoming events
• Add new filter hooks in the Help > Shortcodes tab content

April 3, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.36.p

Bug fixes:

• Revert: Configure PSR-4 Autoloader before bootstrapping EE

March 30, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.35.p

Bug fixes:

• Fix blank State field when returning to edit information on attendee information step
• Fix issue where payments cannot be deleted when they are attached to registrations
• Fix ticket selector when Maximum number of tickets allowed per order equals 1 and WP User integration restricts tickets
• Fix issue where ticket reservations aren’t cleared when the Multi Event Registration cart is abandoned
• Fix conditional that breaks message queueing in PHP5.6+
• Fix “Text Domain” in plugin header
• Fix issue where [PAYMENT_GATEWAY] shortcode always returns “Invoice”
• Add better REST API check-in endpoint responses
• Check if the URL includes a scheme, if not append ‘http://’ to Venue Editor’s Event URL field

Enhancements:

• Configure PSR-4 Autoloader before bootstrapping EE
• Add new hooks to Single Page CheckOut for use in Wait List add-on
• Add FormHtmlParser class for parsing a form section’s rendered HTML

March 16, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.34.p

Bug fixes:

• Fix issue where canceling a PayPal Express payment from a revisit leads to a blank registration screen
• Fix ticket selector output when ticket selector row content is filtered
• Fix front end date picker input not loading CSS (Github pull request)
• Don’t send emojis in Authorize.net AIM requests

Enhancement:

• Add REST API site_info to provide basic auth data required by mobile apps

March 10, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.33.p

Bug fix:

• Fix Reg_code not getting set

March 9, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.32.p

Bug fixes:

• Fix answer cache id when processing attendee info during spco return visit
• Add button to Maintenance > Reset page: Reset Ticket and Datetime Reserved Counts
• Reinstate AHEE__EE_Cron_Tasks__finalize_abandoned_transactions__abandoned_transaction action hook
• Switch registration status to “Cancelled” when registration is moved to Trash bin
• Restore the change in ticket selector table so that if no free tickets require selection, no selector is displayed
• In REST API schema response, ensure immutable properties (fields) on a model are correctly represented by the readonly flag.
• Remove warnings about Basic Auth’s removal
• Make bundled basic auth not interfere with oAuth server
• Fix HTML IDs in Payment method settings admin pages so JavaScript validation works with Payment Methods Pro add-on
• Mijireh payment method: When checking whether a transaction is paid via Mijireh, check all its pending Mijireh payments, not just the most recent one
• Add error proofing to EEH_Schema.helper.php

New features and Enhancements:

• Embed Upcoming Event List for displaying and event list on other websites
• Set txn property on EE_Messages_Registrations_incoming_data if all the registrations that are sent in are for the same transaction
• Build in support for conditional type shortcodes in the Messages Shortcode parser
• Add action for before an addon is de-registered using EE_Register_Addon and after an addon has been de-registered using EE_Register_Addon
• eejs-api: Make sure the library authorizes with cookie if available
• Separate “fetch” behaviour for the vue model mixin from the “add” behaviour (among other important changes)
• Make sure in the schema that the value for default follows the same pattern as what is used for the field value
• Allow passing basic auth authentication data in querystring
• Add another action hook when forms are constructed
• Add a button on the system information page to download an html file of system information

February 20, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.31.p

Bug fixes:

• Don’t set radio button value to checked when ticket selector has more than one ticket option
• Fix issue where a valid ticket selection throws “A valid ticket could not be retrieved for the event.” error
• Delay call to EventEspresso\core\services\assets\Registry::wp_localize_scripts until latest possible moment to allow for late data registration
• Add improvements to the registration list table and checkin list table’s sorting and link titles, new filter hook
• Fix issue where migrations and batch jobs sometimes do not report errors
• Allow changing the Phone Number system question’s question type to “US Phone”
• Remove warnings when checking for database indexes on non-existent tables
• Fix issue where the extra slash in batch CSV reporting assets caused JavaScript to not load on some servers
• Fix the_latest_event_date() helper method

Enhancements

• Merge pull request 178 – new spans with CSS classes added to datetime markup
• Merge pull request 206 – new action hook
• Include defaults for model fields with json-schema
• Use a constant for max number of characters that can be indexed in utf8mb4
• Fix action in wrong location within locate_template()
• Add filter to allow changing the data used to generate ICS files

New Feature:

• Allow managing older message activity data

February 16, 2017

Espresso Calendar 3.2.8.p

Bugfixes:

• Add sanitization for shortcode attributes
• Show featured image thumbnails even on the smallest screens
• Use version_compare for Database Migration Scripts version comparisons in Calendar

Enhancements:

• Add support for embeddable Calendar in an iframe
• Add filter hook to allow filtering the display of the event’s start/end time in the calendar
• Add ID anchor to the Category legend, Venue Select, and Category select that appear above the calendar
• Add filter hooks around the events permalink output

February 6, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.30.p
Bug fixes:

• Add sanitization for shortcode attributes that don’t get sanitized/whitelisted in EEH_Event_Query
• Fix short code month parameter for the [ESPRESSO_EVENTS] short code
• PHP 7 compatibility: Change the usage of clone so its used properly
• PHP 7 compatibility: Make sure declaring magic method as a static method
• Fix issue with template pack api
• Fix forms system to allow a default null value for dropdown question fields
• Allow Upcoming Events Widget to also show “Sold Out” upcoming events
• Add a cron task to delete gateway logs older than a week
• Fix issue where All Registrations Report times out with many, many, many registrations
• Ensure all db indexes smaller than 191 characters
• Fix issue where payment methods that do not support the current currency are available within Single Page CheckOut
• Remove the “Braintree free 50k” plug from the about page (promotion has ended)

January 31, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.29.p
Bug fixes:

• Fix issue where shortcode for the Registration Cancelled page could not be configured properly
• Fix issue where “please select a datetime” text is being displayed
• Fix end of month bug in Event list table month filter selector
• Add backwards compatibility for older versions of WordPress to avoid Fatal error: Call to undefined function EventEspresso\core\services\assets\rest_url()

January 27, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.28.p
Bug fixes:

• Fix blank ticket selector on backend admin new registration page

January 26, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.27.p
Bug fixes:

• Fix CSS for registration form labels for small screens
• PHP7.1 – Fix ‘Warning: Illegal string offset ‘xxx’ in /event-espresso-core-reg/core/admin/EE_Admin_List_Table.core.php on line 565
• filter parent dropdown on quick-edit for critical pages
• Filter Customizer Static Front Page Dropdowns for critical pages
• Make sure JSON-LD is valid JSON
• Prevent Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to EEH_Schema::add_json_linked_data_for_event() must be an instance of EE_Event, string given

Enhancements

• Modify EEH\_Activation::create_cron_tasks so it can allow setting the initial time for the first scheduled event to run
• Add support for embeddable Calendar in an iframe
• new template for ticket price details
• hook into new action with new callback method and load new template
• Extract iframe logic from Ticket Selector module and refactor as separate abstracted class so that it can be reused
• Add robots meta tag to registration checkout, transactions, and thank you pages
• Implement a filter for test sends to allow extra logic over the setting of messenger test field settings
• Add front end user-interface for selecting a datetime before selecting tickets
• Add method to EEM_Base for getting qualified column names for ALL fields on a table
• send shipping data to PayPal Pro. Use registration info for this if possible, otherwise fallback to using billing info

January 17, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.26.p
Bug fixes:

• Don’t deactivate incompatible addons
• Fix registration type messages not being sent when paying with PayPal Express on a SPCO re-visit
• Always show each ticket type’s Quantity and Price info on reg checkout
• Fix Fatal error: Call to a member function name() on boolean in core/db_classes/EE_Ticket.class.php on line 1090
• Fix broken payment step on SPCO when using Braintree PM

New Features:

• Add Schema.org JSON-LD for events
• REST API – return a $schema property on options requests
• Add filter hook to PayPal Express gateway to allow sending additional data to PayPal

January 12, 2017

MailChimp 2.3.4

• Pass $registration and $EVT_ID to ‘FHEE__EE_MCI_Controller__mci_submit_to_mailchimp__subscribe_args’ filter

January 11, 2017

Braintree Payment Method add-on 1.0.5

Bug fixes:

• Fix Braintree DropIn form trigger issue in Chrome browser
• Update the SDK to version 3.20.0

January 10, 2017

Braintree Payment Method add-on 1.0.4

Bug fixes:

• Update Braintree JS to use proper booleans
• Remove default button parameter that is set to null

January 5, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.25.p
Bug fixes and Enhancement:

• Update EE_Datetime spaces_remaining to include reserved tickets too
• Add checks for object instance before accessing methods
• Add filter to allow target blank for Alternative Registration links

January 3, 2017

Event Espresso 4.9.24.p
Bug fixes:

• Fix issue when jQuery validation disabled or WP_User active, SPCO form submission is failing
• Fix the primary registrant info overwriting additional registrants if the last name question is not included within the personal info question group
• Change State Dropdown select to use hide() && show() and the disable property for controlling valid options
• Fix inconsistent capability restrictions on various registration admin page list table views
• Add new EEM_Message status to represent when the messages system passes off a message to be processed by a messenger
• Only delete failed transactions after a week if they have no payments
• Add shims for get_preview_post_link() and is_post_type_viewable()
• Plugin Update Engine: Don’t listen on POST requests for sitelicensekey saves when DOING_WP_CRON
• Remove html tags from translation strings
• Make PayPal Express order item names and descriptions filterable and consistent with other gateways
• REST API: Filter/remove the self_wp_post link for events and venues when the WP REST API v2 plugin is active
• Reword “Table existed when it shouldn’t exist” warnings
• Fix ‘category’ typo within migration messages

Enhancements

• Remove additional Attendee divs from display when no information is asked for additional attendees
• Introduce new EventEspresso\core\services\assets\Registry class for loading scripts and queueing up data
• Add button to the registrations list table to download the results of the current registration list table query into a CSV file
• Add filter to model enum fields allowed_enum_values

You can review the older changelogs from the changelog archives