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Changelog: 2.3 (31 October 2017)
(!) Languages updated
(#) Not approved reviews are counted in top and most ratings views (Issue #2)
(#) Reviews can't be deleted (Issue #3)
(#) CSS file loaded from media folder instead of template folder; CSS file removed from media folder
(#) 'More Reviews' button is hidden if there are more than 9 reviews (Issue #1)

2.2 (27 April 2017)
(+) Usage of template storage
(+) Un-published status of a review shown in template
(+) Possibility for the reviewer to edit and delete his review
(+) Possibility for the entry owner to edit and delete reviews for his entry
(+) Possibility for manager to edit and delete reviews from front-end
(+) Possibility to allow skipping ratings (skipped ratings aren't counted in overall rating result)
(+) Additional CSS class to extend possibilities of styling censored words
(+) Bosnian and Hebrew languages added (partially translated)
(!) Possible numbers of reviews per page adjusted
(!) Debug output in back-end removed :)
(!) Bootstrap 2 CSS not longer loaded in DV
(!) Font size settings removed from CSS file
(!) Menu link selection layout improved
(!) Left column more wide
(!) Some performance improvements
(!) Positive/negative points shown in review (back-end) only if enabled
(!) Star Rating library changed to jQuery StarRatingSvg v1.1.0
(!) Adaption to SobiPro 1.4 back-end layout
(!) Language files cleaned
(#) Rating star results in back-end misaligned
(#) Creation date set to 0 after editing review (Issue #1717)
(#) Reviews made by guests with autopublish.own permission are not approved; only published
(#) Approve isn't triggered for users with autopublish.own permission (Issue #1656)

2.1 (30 November 2015)
(+) Less and CSS files now available in default template
(+) Hint if no reviews are available yet
(+) Bootbox for Bootstrap 3
(+) Number of reviews available in template
(+) Bootstrap 3 support in XSL templates
(+) Brazilian, Catalan, Farsi/Persian, Indonesian, Latvian and Slovak languages added (thanks to our translation teams)
(!) Template modifications for default3 template
(!) Layout improvements
(!) New template files' structure
(!) Configuration moved to 'Section Applications'
(#) Revert Report Message Types option after saving reviews configuration in other section (Issue #1429)
(#) Date in Review and Rating application (Issue #1372)
(#) Wrong tooltip class in review template (Issue #1237)
(#) Creating top or most rated menu item (Issue #1156)
(#) Wrong order in most rated view (Issue #1525)

2.0 (30 July 2013)
(+) SobiPro 1.1 compatibility
(+) Arabic, Czech, Danish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese and Chinese languages added (thanks to our translation teams)
(some languages are only translated partially)
(+) Ordering of reviews in administrator area
(+) "bad words" filter
(+) Review content parser to parse e.g. urls within a review
(+) Added "most rated" listings
(+) Added "top rated" listings
(+) IP of review author shown in administration area
(+) Only reviews possible
(+) Ajax navigation among the standard navigation
(+) Different star colors available
(!) jQuery Star Rating Plugin updated
(!) Standard Review notification messages revised
(!) Default Review template revised
(!) Rich snippets adapted to Schema.org markup (issue 710)
(!) Review author can be reassigned in administration area
(!) Separate CSS file for backend
(#) & in review texts (issue 916)
(#) Positive/negative points wrong if not given (issue 709)
(#) A rating value of 0 is not longer accepted (issue 913)
(#) Abuse texts from language file may now contain single quotation marks (apostrophes) preceded by a backslash
(#) Ratings without reviews works now

0.6.0 (24 January 2012)
(+) Swedish Language (thanks to JOKR Solutions)
(+) Spanish Language (thanks to Isidro Baquero)
(+) Croatian Language (thanks to Tanja Dragisic)
(+) French Language (thanks to Eric Lamy)
(+) Bulgarian language (thanks to Stefan Ilivanov)
(+) Finnish language (thanks to Jani Mattila)
(+) Notifications Support
(+) 'Report Review' function
(+) Rich snippets for Reviews in default review template
(!) Use of PHP short text removed
(#) Polish Language fixed
(#) All reviews always visible in each section in the administrator area

0.5.0 (06 July 2011) - first public release

Changelog:

3.3 Build 0 (03 December 2024)

(+) Listing sorted by most recently added/modified reviews added (listing/latest-rated.xsl)
(!) CSS Styles for Joomla 3 template added (css/review.less; uncomment if necessary)
(!) Usage of custom parameter fields can be enabled/disabled (common/reviews.xsl)
(!) Toolbar title for edit review in review center improved
(!) Languages updated
(#) SSL connection of template site references (php.net, w3.org) removed as it does not work on Joomla 3 (all template files)
(#) Some php.net template site references were wrong (all template files)
(#) Edit/delete from frontend did not work if no custom parameter fields are defined (common/reviews.xsl)
(#) 'Last modified by'in Review Center was not evaluated correctly
(#) The rating annotation was shown although rating is disabled (common/reviews.xsl)
(#) The review author name was not shown (always 'guest') (common/reviews.xsl)

3.2.1 Build 0 (04 October 2024)

(!) Template site references (schema.org, php.net, fsf.org, w3.org) set to SSL connection
(#) Correction of schema.org (AggregateRating and author)

3.2 Build 1 (14 June 2024)

(+) Itemprop 'negativeNotes' and 'positiveNotes' added
(+) Custom parameters handling added
(!) Copy from Storage button in red now as it overwrites files
(!) Itemprop 'reviewBody' only contains now the description of the review
(!) Languages updated
(#) Review stars for backend Review Centre were not copied to the media folder

3.1.1 Build 3 (02 April 2024)

(!) Access rights adapted to core permissions
(!) Adapted to new menu structure
(!) JavaScript messages got a title
(#) Database error while saving an entry if the application is not configured
(#) PHP 8 compatibility changes

3.1 Build 2 (23 November 2022)

(+) Action logging added for deleting Reviews in Review Center
(+) Action logging added for saving Reviews in Review Center
(+) Action logging added for approving/un-approving Reviews in Review Center
(+) Action logging added for publishing/un-publishing Reviews in Review Center
(+) Action logging added for editing Review/Rating configuration
(!) Approval email will be triggered if approval is set while editing the review in Review Center
(!) Modification data (user, date, IP) available for reviews
(#) PHP 8.1 compatibility changes
(#) Criteria fields are not saved in the correct language in multilingual mode
(#) Review author data were overwritten bei the admin who edited the review

3.0 Build 5 (5 July 2022)

(+) Backend layout rewritten to use Bootstrap 5 and Font Awesome 5
(+) Frontend template files can be copied to template from configuration screen
(+) Translatable content is marked with a globe in fields manager (multilingual mode only)
(+) Template files now work for Bootstrap 2, Bootstrap 3, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5
(+) Template settings added
(+) Possibility to use the original (coloured) stars of the form
(+) Criteria and report topics can be stored multi-lingual
(+) Possibility to store ordering and number of reviews in administrator area permanently
(+) 'Ratings only' are shown and can also be edited in backend 'Reviews and Ratings' screen
(+) Settings are shown on frontend if template debug is set
(+) New email triggers for updating a review
(+) Possibility to limit 'ratings only' to registered users (non anonymous rating)
(+) Enabling/disabling criterion from the list
(-) Specific Bootstrap 2 and 3 templates removed as they are no longer needed (use general template instead)
(-) jQuery Star Rating Plugin removed as no longer needed
(-) SobiPro 1.1 compatibility setting removed as no longer necessary
(!) Database collation for new installations changed to utf8mb4_unicode_ci
(!) Database character set for new installations changed to utf8mb4
(!) Database engine for new installations changed to InnoDB
(!) Uncompressed javascript files are no longer copied to the server
(!) Bootbox replaced by SigsiuModalBox
(!) StarRatingSvg updated to v1.2.0 (needs jQuery)
(!) jQuery Tags Input Plugin updated to version 1.3.3 (needs jQuery)
(!) Ripe database URL changed to https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/query
(!) Backend does no longer use stars image of frontend (has its own stars image)
(!) Ratings of unapproved reviews do no longer take effect in the overall rating of an entry
(!) Improvement of the validation method for review and report forms (all errors at once)
(!) Approval of 'ratings only' are handled the same as if reviews were enabled
(!) After submitting an abuse report, the page will be reloaded to get the send-message from Notifications shown
(!) Bootstrap version now evaluated from core
(#) Number of reviews on site doesn't save
(#) PHP 7.2/8.0 incompatibility warnings
(#) CSS file for listing views is loaded from media folder instead of template folder (Issue #4)
(#) Global Configuration, ACL and Extensions back-end menus not protected by ACL settings
(#) Adding/editing criterion checks now for required fields
(#) Approve icon in the 'Reviews and Ratings' screen shows always unapproved (Issue #10)
(#) Template settings aren't loaded for ajax pagination
(#) Reviews can't be edited if 'multiple reviews' is disabled (Issue #9)
(#) Approval of 'ratings only' corrected (Issue #8)
(#) If reviewer has rights to autopublish or manage reviews, the page reloads after submitting the review
(#) the default tags (likes/dislikes) placeholder is shown correctly now (bug in review-tags.js)

2.3 (31 October 2017)

(!) Languages updated
(#) Not approved reviews are counted in top and most ratings views (Issue #2)
(#) Reviews can't be deleted (Issue #3)
(#) CSS file loaded from media folder instead of template folder; CSS file removed from media folder
(#) 'More Reviews' button is hidden if there are more than 9 reviews (Issue #1)

2.2 (27 April 2017)

(+) Usage of template storage
(+) Un-published status of a review shown in template
(+) Possibility for the reviewer to edit and delete his review
(+) Possibility for the entry owner to edit and delete reviews for his entry
(+) Possibility for manager to edit and delete reviews from front-end
(+) Possibility to allow skipping ratings (skipped ratings aren't counted in overall rating result)
(+) Additional CSS class to extend possibilities of styling censored words
(+) Bosnian and Hebrew languages added (partially translated)
(!) Possible numbers of reviews per page adjusted
(!) Debug output in back-end removed :)
(!) Bootstrap 2 CSS not longer loaded in DV
(!) Font size settings removed from CSS file
(!) Menu link selection layout improved
(!) Left column more wide
(!) Some performance improvements
(!) Positive/negative points shown in review (back-end) only if enabled
(!) Star Rating library changed to jQuery StarRatingSvg v1.1.0
(!) Adaption to SobiPro 1.4 back-end layout
(!) Language files cleaned
(#) Rating star results in back-end misaligned
(#) Creation date set to 0 after editing review (Issue #1717)
(#) Reviews made by guests with autopublish.own permission are not approved; only published
(#) Approve isn't triggered for users with autopublish.own permission (Issue #1656)

2.1 (30 November 2015)

(+) Less and CSS files now available in default template
(+) Hint if no reviews are available yet
(+) Bootbox for Bootstrap 3
(+) Number of reviews available in template
(+) Bootstrap 3 support in XSL templates
(+) Brazilian, Catalan, Farsi/Persian, Indonesian, Latvian and Slovak languages added (thanks to our translation teams)
(!) Template modifications for default3 template
(!) Layout improvements
(!) New template files' structure
(!) Configuration moved to 'Section Applications'
(#) Revert Report Message Types option after saving reviews configuration in other section (Issue #1429)
(#) Date in Review and Rating application (Issue #1372)
(#) Wrong tooltip class in review template (Issue #1237)
(#) Creating top or most rated menu item (Issue #1156)
(#) Wrong order in most rated view (Issue #1525)

2.0 (30 July 2013)

(+) SobiPro 1.1 compatibility
(+) Arabic, Czech, Danish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese and Chinese languages added (thanks to our translation teams) (some languages are only translated partially)
(+) Ordering of reviews in administrator area
(+) "bad words" filter
(+) Review content parser to parse e.g. urls within a review
(+) Added "most rated" listings
(+) Added "top rated" listings
(+) IP of review author shown in administration area
(+) Only reviews possible
(+) Ajax navigation among the standard navigation
(+) Different star colors available
(!) jQuery Star Rating Plugin updated
(!) Standard Review notification messages revised
(!) Default Review template revised
(!) Rich snippets adapted to Schema.org markup (Issue 710)
(!) Review author can be reassigned in administration area
(!) Separate CSS file for backend
(#) & in review texts (Issue 916)
(#) Positive/negative points wrong if not given (Issue 709)
(#) A rating value of 0 is not longer accepted (Issue 913)
(#) Abuse texts from language file may now contain single quotation marks (apostrophes) preceded by a backslash
(#) Ratings without reviews works now

0.6.0 (24 January 2012)

(+) Swedish, Spanish, Croatian, French, Bulgarian and Finnish languages added (thanks to our translation teams) (some languages are only translated partially)
(+) Notifications Support
(+) 'Report Review' function
(!) Use of PHP short text removed
(#) Polish Language fixed
(#) All reviews always visible in each section in the administrator area

0.5.0 (06 July 2011) first public release