mediamate

2004-05-08 0.9.3.6 Released

2004-05-08 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * corrected error in movies/delete.php
   * updated README
   * changed formatting of INSTALL
   * updated release and sql install file

2004-03-06 0.9.3.5 Released

2004-03-06 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * updated UPGRADING instructions

2004-01-27 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * updated included class.jabber.php to 0.4
   * relicensed all Media Mate files under GPL (per LGPL term #3)

2004-01-17 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * added media type to mass movie listings 
      - based on patch from David Rodgers

2004-01-10 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * strip slashes from movie titles when display user rental history
   * corrected Borrowed by display on details of borrowed movie

2003-12-13 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * switched to Snoopy class (http://sourceforge.net/projects/snoopy/)
      for web page retrieval

2003-12-03 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * added stricter input verification to paramters
      * ensure id parameter's are numeric only
      * ensure help page parameter's are alpha only
   * now use bind variables on all input based SQL queries
   * user detail page shows nothing to anonymous users
   * corrected translation marker in sendmail.php
   * sorted and removed tabs (now 3 spaces) from all translation files

2003-09-12 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * Added Guides (how to make) to the release
      * modules
      * themes
      * translations

2003-09-11 Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>
   * General
      * switched to adodb for db access
         - possible now to use other DB backends (postgres, etc)
      * reformatted all source files 
         - removed tabs (replaced with 3 spaces)
         - avoiding lines longer than 80 characters
         - uniform indentation style
      * New translations
         - German (Petros Dolaschjan)
         - Swedish (Andreas Olsson)
   
   * Movies 
      * corrected actor search for actors listed 2nd, 3rd, etc
      * added Tony's movie edit patch
      * made movie regex case insensitive to compensate for IMDB changes
      * added link to add new movie to movie addition success notice
      * added link to movie details on movie addition success notice
      * moved IMDB parsing to seperate file
      * changed method of coverart retrieval
         - should now avoid incomplete reads

28 May 03 - 0.9.3

Restructured entire application to be modular,
Movies is now a module, able to be seperately removed if undesired.

Movies - You can now click an actor's name to search for their movies,
Movies - Added support for multiple genres, all searchable,
Movies - Added Director field, also searchable,
Movies - Refined quicklinks to only link when there's a movie available
         for that letter,
Movies - Added the ability to update details from IMDB when editing,

Added support for language translations, please send us your translation
         in UTF-8 format (see homepage for guidelines),
Further refined themes, many more available for download.


20 Feb 03 - 0.9.2

register_globals is no longer required to be turned on in php.ini,
Added support for Jabber Instant Messaging,
Added support for emailing users via an internal mail server,
Added Help screens for admin pages,
Fixed broken overdue day counter,
Overdue dates are now coloured red for easy identification,
Theme refinement, new default theme (and more available for download),
Added alphabetical quick links on the front page,
Miscellaneous other bugfixes and ui-fixes


14 Nov 02 - 0.9.1

Added IMDB lookups and auto-fill for new movies - thanks to Jamin Collins 
	<jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> for the patch,
Some genres modified and new ones added,
Made the Overdue preference the default instead of the absolute,
Added a popup calendar to select a due-back date if you don't like the default,


20 Aug 02 - 0.9

Rewritten from scratch, implementing all old features and these new ones:

User admin levels redesigned,
Real security using PHP sessions,
CSS themes,
Borrowing history,
Faster, more efficient SQL queries,
'More Info' link to IMDB.com,
Movie Reservations.


10 Jan 02 - 0.4

Fixed bugs, including that nasty login refresh bug,
Changed date functions to not use exec() anymore, (patch by anonymous),
Added Cover Art support (use images around 120x175 for best results),
Added support for different movie formats; and search by format,
Added multi-region support, and search by region,
  - Region selection only applies to DVD.
Added a checkbox so a user can also be a borrower,
Added the ability for a regular user to change their login password,
Removed the 'Manage Movies' section, and put icons on the movie details screens
instead. (accessible if logged in as a superuser),
Removed 'Manage Users' screen, put a drop down box on front page instead.
COMPLETELY REMOVED the borrowers table!  All users now have the ability to
  become borrowers.  Use the checkbox on edit_user page.
Added lots of new bugs because I coded this up too quickly.


03 Jan 02 - 0.3

User Interface improvements,
Multi-user support (finally!),
Some bugs fixed.  Lots more added.

Let me know if someone gets around the authentication, I'll redesign it.


24 Dec 01 - 0.2 - a.k.a the Christmas Release

Code cleanups,
Bugs fixed, new bugs introduced,
Added Options Screen,
Added 'overdue' function, default borrow time can be set in the Options Screen,
Added Colour schemes, set in Options Screen,
Genre is now pulled from the database into a dropdown list instead of typing it,
Added Search by Genre,
Movie Information screen now has movie length,


18 Dec 2001 - 0.1

Core functionality implemented, first public release.
