GD Star Rating: Changelog

# GD Star Rating

## changelog

### Version 1.9.19 - 1.9.20 / july 25 2012

- fix potential security issue with plugin export features

### Version 1.9.18 / june 17 2012

- edit some extra information for the upcoming GD Star Rating 2.0
- fix problem with changing the query with sorting for ratings

### Version 1.9.17 / april 20 2012

- fix potential vulnerability for the t2 templates panel editor
- fix several warnings during the creation of new template

### Version 1.9.16 / march 27 2012

- edit additional arguments for some of the rendering functions
- edit several new actions and filters for ajax and rendering ( thanks to Galen Wright-Watson )
- edit static directive added to functions in some classes ( thanks to Galen Wright-Watson )
- edit conditional load of debug version of gdsr.js ( thanks to Galen Wright-Watson )
- fix several potential undefined warnings ( thanks to Galen Wright-Watson )
- fix replaced deprecated wp_specialchars function ( thanks to Galen Wright-Watson )
- fix replaced deprecated fetch_rss function ( thanks to Galen Wright-Watson )

### Version 1.9.15 / march 1 2012

- new using user roles and capabilities instead of user levels
- new information panel for upcoming GDSR 2.0
- fix several deprecated warnings caused by use of user levels
- fix query parameter issue with the main CSS file ( thanks to Emil Sirbu: http://trafictube.ro )

### Version 1.9.14 / february 10 2012

- new filters for rating values before saving to database
- fix votes keyword used for google rich snippets integration

### Version 1.9.13 / december 26 2011

- edit changes to some of the rendering functions

### Version 1.9.12 / december 15 2011

- edit plugin is tested with wordpress 3.3, no problems were found
- edit removed some obsolete website links from info files
- edit several minor changes and cleanup of the public functions
- fix validity data check could generate warnings in the gdsr.css.php

### Version 1.9.11 / october 6 2011

- edit minor changes to filters attached to posts
- fix export script SQL injection exploit (thanks to Miroslav Stampar for reporting, http://about.me/stamparm)

### Version 1.9.10 / june 29 2011

- edit Minor changes and improvements to the templates system
- fix Missing default parameters for rating shortcode
- fix JSONP callback function printed without checking for validity (thanks to Julio from www.boiteaweb.fr)
- fix Very rare memory leak caused by loading of templates definitions

### Version 1.9.9 / june 10 2011

- edit Additional cleanup of AJAX received data before processing
- edit Nonce AJAX protection is now always active and used
- fix Bayesian stars were invalid in the rating widget
- fix Rare SQL injection exploit through cached AJAX requests

### Version 1.9.8 / april 04 2011

- new Added filters for checking the voting rules for rating blocks
- del Removed outdated check for update changelog code
- fix Problem with range settings for rating widget
- fix Minor JavaScript issue with missing variables

### Version 1.9.7 / january 06 2011

- new Persian translation
- edit JavaScript compressed using YUI Compressor
- edit Improved widget results templates rendering
- fix Some minor fixes and changes

### Version 1.9.6 / october 16 2010

- edit added several new entries in FAQ
- fix multi rating javascript voting problem
- fix small noticed validation issues

### Version 1.9.5 / september 26 2010

- del removed dropdown checkbox control for causing too much problems
- edit improvements in rating javascript code

### Version 1.9.4 / september 8 2010

- new hindi translation
- new plugin icons designed for next major release
- fix minor problem with custom rendering function
- fix several problems with including js/css files
- fix invalid loading of some admin styles

### Version 1.9.3 / july 8 2010

- new tool to remove all and only rating data from database
- edit articles panel supports custom post types
- edit few integration functions improvements
- edit updated readme file with new faq entries
- fix builder panel problems in wordpress 3.0
- fix tinymce popup control problems in wordpress 3.0
- fix taxonomies in widget in wordpress 3.0
- fix rating integration missing on the new post editor
- fix several minor interface problem

### Version 1.9.2 / june 27 2010

- new rating widget supports custom post types in wordpress 3.0
- fix loading styles and stars for post editor panels
- fix meta boxes missing for custom post types editors
- fix several minor rendering improvements

### Version 1.9.1 / may 20 2010

- edit added filters to WP Query expansion
- edit added new filters to T2 rendering engine
- edit changes in some actions used for saving votes
- fix problems preventing authors to vote for own comments and posts
- fix problems with grouping in rating widget

### Version 1.9.0 / may 10 2010

- new google rich snippets support for rdf and microdata formats
- new google rich snippets expanded default templates
- edit updated translations to some languages

### Version 1.8.9 / may 3 2010

- new more options for google rich snippet
- new added robots nofollow/noindex for plugin ajax handler
- new added info on using the gdsr-config.php file
- fix enqueue of js and css for non plugin admin pages
- fix some minor problems with js on admin pages

### Version 1.8.8 / april 15 2010

- fix invalid header order for export data to csv
- fix invalid default rules for post meta box thumbs
- fix minor problem with loading js datepicker translation

### Version 1.8.7 / april 5 2010

- fix url to the datepicker translation file
- fix comment text fails validation due to filter order

### Version 1.8.6 / march 22 2010

- edit changed json response for votes to be jquery 1.4 compatible
- fix invalid loader class for the thumbs in comment

### Version 1.8.5 / march 12 2010

- new more tags for some rating blocks rendering
- edit active blocks rendering expanded with more css classes
- edit improvements to some of the functions
- edit some text template thumb tags added to block template
- fix invalid use of variables in few functions
- fix proper use of thumbs voting rules
- fix invalid alter row class for results
- fix minor saving graphics settings problem

### Version 1.8.4 / march 3 2010

- new value-template-tag filter for some of the t2 rendering tags
- edit global rules tool changed and improved
- edit some obsolete settings removed
- fix some integration problems caused by new rating javascript file
- fix cache cleanup can fail in some cases

### Version 1.8.3 / february 23 2010

- new rewritten main rating javascript file
- new main rating javascript file is now packed
- fix several more php notices
- fix replaced noticed wordpress depracted functions

### Version 1.8.2 / february 15 2010

- new functions for xscape framework integration
- new option to enable/diable opacity in css (breaks validation if on)
- edit several functions refactoring and renaming
- edit updated rendering and js for multi comment integration
- fix invalid function parameters for integration
- fix main css file validation errors
- fix some minor problems with integration

### Version 1.8.1 / january 17 2010

- edit updated several translations
- fix missing closing of A tag for bot rendering
- fix override thumbs no votes percentage not used
- fix datepicker problems on post edit page

### Version 1.8.0 / january 4 2010

- new setting for default percentage value
- new rewritten multi editor functions
- fix several important fixes and changes

### Version 1.7.9 / december 23 2009

- new control output for search engine bots
- fix few fixes and imporovements

### Version 1.7.8 / december 13 2009

- new few more tags added into templates
- fix importing templates sets wrong edit flags
- fix multi rating average stars rendering
- fix several minor warnings on saving settings
- fix few other minor rendering issues

### Version 1.7.7 / november 23 2009

- new belorussian translation
- fix broken loading of js breaks some admin pages

### Version 1.7.6 / november 22 2009

- new rewritten taxonomy based calculation
- new colorbox javascript for popup charts
- new flot javascript for charts
- edit improved js and css loading for admin pages, js moved to footer
- edit google rich snippet moved to the end of the content
- edit info files and functions documentation updated
- edit updated german translation
- del removed old charts code and dashboard chart widget
- fix invalid user level for my ratings panel
- fix some warnings on the settings page when some features are disabled

### Version 1.7.5 / november 9 2009

- new function for manual integration of google rich snippets
- fix missing vote waiting message for multi ratings
- fix duplicated px in the loader style markup
- fix invalid dates for google rich snippets
- fix broken full uninstall tool
- fix missing author name tag from multi rating results template
- fix database upgrade tool fails to execute

### Version 1.7.4 / november 2 2009

- new fully implemented google rich snippets support
- new permanently solved famous excerpt problem
- new support for SSL using plugins_url functions
- new controls for google rich snippets integration
- new rewritten import and export for templates
- new loaders optimizations for main css file
- edit cleaned javascript for admin pages
- edit improved shortcode defaults and building
- fix invalid generation of shortcode for multi rating
- fix css fails to generate with no sets for thumbs or stars
- fix problems with some integration functions
- fix some minor moderation issues
- fix missing settings for my ratings dashboard widgets
- fix star review shortcode fails rendering
- fix multi review editor on page edit fails to load javascript
- fix database class fails loading on setup panel

### Version 1.7.3 / october 27 2009

- new config option to move my ratings panel under the dashboard
- edit more database code optimizations
- del removed some unused and obsolete code
- fix problems with wp-query expansion sorting
- fix multi rating integration saving can fail
- fix rating data caching not working for manual integration
- fix multi rating bayesian calculation
- fix multi review function invalid parameters
- fix saving multi rating values from customized integration

### Version 1.7.2 / october 19 2009

- fix critical problem with google rich snippets code
- fix rendering google rich snippet in excerpts
- fix loading of javascript with some missing settings
- fix sorting issues with widget results
- fix two invalid sql queries for new articles panel
- fix some rare problems with saving multi rating review values
- fix few more problems with saving post edit data
- fix missing default values for comments widget
- fix several more notices and warnings

### Version 1.7.1 / october 19 2009

- new control for thumbs rules and restriction
- edit major code reorganization with code loader
- edit many optimizations to minimize memory usage and increase speed
- edit redesigned post edit widget
- edit redesigned articles panel
- edit some visual changes to settings panel
- edit improved query sorting with secondary ordering
- fix problem with cached response missing loading code
- fix invalid default values for multi ratings
- fix invalid default values for comments on post editor widget
- fix missing some of the parameters for multi ratings cache support
- fix problem with loading javascript for post editor integration
- fix several more notices and warnings

### Version 1.7.0 / october 12 2009

- new cache plugins support for multis ratings
- new filters for input parameters for all types of templates rendering
- new config control for main plugin menu item visibilty
- edit improved category based comment integration
- edit expanded shortcode builder elements
- edit many shortcode improvements and changes
- edit more refactoring of javascript code
- edit moved all js from admin pages into single file
- edit updated info and readme files
- edit updated all gdragon libraries
- del removed support for wordpress 2.6.x
- fix wp-post ratings plugin import
- fix invalid default shortcode values
- fix multi rating block text missing voted class
- fix saving category settings for parented categories
- fix missing auto rendering parameters causing vote rules problems

### Version 1.6.9 / october 4 2009

- new minimum count option for rating widgets with grouping
- new more filters for return star voting values
- edit improved gdragon database library
- fix removed all sql errors thrown during the upgrade
- fix some minor problems with builder default values
- fix several more notices and warnings
- fix removed php 5.3 depracted functions

### Version 1.6.8 / september 28 2009

- new security settings for widgets and showing ip's
- new added few more extras templates for thumbs
- new cache plugins support for thumbs ratings
- fix various minor internal cache problems
- fix missing admin export panel
- fix multi ratings rendering some invalid parameters

### Version 1.6.7 / september 25 2009

- new cache plugins support for post and comment standard rating
- edit several improvements in rendering
- edit optimized javascript rating code
- fix loading translation for editor plugin
- fix several translation errors
- fix invalid class for waiting messages

### Version 1.6.6 / september 22 2009

- new upgrade database tables by setting the collation
- edit optimization of plugin loading
- edit improved database installation to include collation

### Version 1.6.5 / september 14 2009

- new filters for all t2 rendering functions
- edit more changes to t2 templates base classes
- edit full refactoring of all t2 rendering methods
- edit updated info and readme files
- fix minor rendering and validation error

### Version 1.6.4 / september 3 2009

- new tag percentage for thumbs post and comments ratings
- edit few improvements to t2 custom tags and filters
- edit improved templates caching
- edit updated shared gdragon libraries
- fix blog widget data retrival
- fix minor integration code problem
- fix code cleanup of many admin panels
- fix several more notices and warnings

### Version 1.6.3 / august 25 2009

- fix missing redirections for some of the actions on admin pages
- fix adding new ip address for ban
- fix reverted options for t2 template editor
- fix initial saving of post review from editor

### Version 1.6.2 / august 17 2009

- new my ratings panel for current logged user ratings stats
- new templates tab for setting template dependencies
- new template edit option to alter default and dependency
- new several new functions to get user ratings data
- edit updated main t2 templates panel
- edit more updates to access level code
- edit many improvements to css styles
- fix pager for multi sets panel
- fix minor problem with adding dashboard widgets
- fix some division by zero problems
- fix jquery datapicker adds empty space to wordpress footer
- fix t2 templates classes improved to prevent some errors

### Version 1.6.1 / august 12 2009

- edit updated access level code to avoid admin level 9 problems
- edit updated main readme.txt and info files
- edit changed some of the default settings for widgets
- del removed support for wordpress 2.5.x
- fix some of the extras templates were invalid
- fix invalid generated image for widget or results

### Version 1.6.0 / august 9 2009

- new support for custom taxonomies in widgets and builder
- new resizing images support for widget and results
- new config options to set the panels user access levels
- new preventing duplicate votes from integration
- new few more filters for t2 rendering
- new filters for modifying sql queries used for results
- new few more tags for results and widgets templates
- edit many improvements for t2 rendering
- edit cleanup of widgets, render and templates code
- fix missing voters log on the articles panel
- fix invalid review rating results from widget sql query
- fix panel with multi rating results filtering problems
- fix rendering review stars for widget or results
- fix option to control comment reply for integration was not working
- fix rendering multi rating stars results for widget or results
- fix rating added to rss cut during formation of the feed
- fix some minor problems with t2 rendering of comments widget
- fix builder javascript problems in wordpress 2.8

### Version 1.5.8 / august 4 2009

- http://code.google.com/p/gd-star-rating/wiki/ChangeLog

### Version 0.9.9.6 RC4 / october 28 2008

- http://code.google.com/p/gd-star-rating/wiki/ChangeLogDevelopment