#vBDonate 1.2.0 (Beta)
It's that time again, another update to #vBDonate .
This one brings some very small bug fixes and some minor changes in the templates, but it also brings in quite a bit of feature request from all the customers that have made them, and some I added as I went along.
I would like to thank all of you who are involved #vBDonate and made the requests, helping to make this product even better than it was. I tagged this as beta so the Pro users can have a go at it before it goes gold and gets released as a Lite product, if all goes well it should be Lite next week.
Well without further ado here is the list of stuff.
Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
Fixed: A issue where smaller images in the sideblocks would cause text to not center properly
Fixed: A issue with pagenation not properly working on the My Contributions page.
Fixed: A issue where the contribute tab was not showing on the vBAdvanced CMPS page. (hotfixed on 6-23-2012)
Fixed: A issue where the "Please choose an option below..." text was not properly centered on the contribution page.
Fixed: A issue if you allowed guests to contribute, on the sideblocks it would show nothing for the name, it will now show, Guest.
Fixed: A issue on the Contributions List page where the Administrator Interface is, it was showing that text to all users, it will now show Viewing Confirmed Contributions to non vBDonate Admins.
Fixed: Some grammatical errors in the Send PM Settings.
Changes To Existing Features:
Changed: The phrasing for the importer to distinguish more clearly between AWC Pro and Lite versions.
Changed: Quite a bit of phrases and and templates to make them cleaner and more understandable.
Changed: The link on the goal meter, so if a user is not logged in and they click on Unregistered on the line "Welcome Back, Unregistered" it will direct them to the register page.
Changed: The way contributions are stored in the database and displayed through the site, they will now show like 10.00 instead of 10 makes it also work better if you accept custom amounts, it will display the exact amount instead of rounding it.
Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:
Added: A separate page to view the unconfirmed contributions on, they no longer show on the main list, viewable by vBDonate admins only.
Added: A tabbed layout on the various contributions lists to switch between confirmed, *unconfirmed, *anonymous, *undisclosed and my contributions. (*vBDonate Admins Only)
Added: A Contact Us form for users to send a email to the webmaster if they feel their contribution should be confirmed and has not been unconfirmed.
Added: Usergroup permissions for who can view the My Donations page.
Added: Ability for users to make anonymous contributions, vBDonate admins will see the username but all other users will see Anonymous in the Contributors Name column.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to turn off the anonymous contributions ability.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to allow anonymous contributions by usergroup.
Added: A separate page in the frontend, to view only the anonymous contributions on, viewable by vBDonate admins only.
Added: Ability for users to make contribution amounts undisclosed, vBDonate admins will see the amounts but all other users will see Undisclosed in the Contribution Amount column.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to turn off the undisclosed amounts ability.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to allow undisclosed contributions by usergroup.
Added: A separate page in the frontend, to view only the undisclosed contributions on, viewable by vBDonate admins only.
Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the Contribute page.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the Contribute page.
Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the Goal Meter.
Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the forum sideblocks.
Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the forum sideblocks.
Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the Goal Meter.
Added: A block on the Contribute page to show the benefits of making a contribution to the site.
Added: A option in the settings group General Settings to pre-define subjects for users to pick from when using the vBDonate Contact Us form.
Added: A option in the settings group General Settings to either show, or not show, the contribution benefits block.
Added: A option in the settings group General Settings to enter what the benefits of making a contribution are.
Added: Ability to mark contributions undisclosed or anonymous, on the contribution edit page.
Added: Ability when manually adding contributions to, mark contributions undisclosed or anonymous.
Added: If a user chooses to contribute anonymous, on the sideblock it will show unknown.gif for the avatar, and Anonymous for the username.
Added: If a user chooses not disclose the amount contributed, on the sideblock it will show, Undisclosed.
Added: Undisclosed amounts will not show on the total contributions block for the users.
Added: A option in the settings group Change Usergroup Settings to "Not" allow certain usergroups to be moved to another group upon confirmation of contribution.
Added: A option in the settings group Change Usergroup Settings to "Not" allow certain usergroups to be added to another group upon confirmation of contribution.
Added: A block for the vBadvanced front page. (Pro)
Added: Ability to have a award displayed in the users postbit if they contributed. (Pro)
Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to enable or disable awards system. (Pro)
Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to specify the image name for the award. (Pro)
Added: A Awards Update Utility that you can update the users awards status if they contributed, but don't seem to be showing the award in the postbit. (Pro)
Added: In the Awards Update Utility, ability to remove all users awards, so no users have them. (Pro)
Added: A direct link to the Awards Update Utility on the Contribution List page. (Pro)
Added: Ability for selected staff to receive a pm when the contribution has been auto confirmed by PayPal. (Pro)
Added: A option in the settings group Send PM Settings to enable or disable sending a pm to selected staff members when a contribution has been auto confirmed by PayPal. (Pro)
Discuss this news here.
It's that time again, another update to #vBDonate .
This one brings some very small bug fixes and some minor changes in the templates, but it also brings in quite a bit of feature request from all the customers that have made them, and some I added as I went along.
I would like to thank all of you who are involved #vBDonate and made the requests, helping to make this product even better than it was. I tagged this as beta so the Pro users can have a go at it before it goes gold and gets released as a Lite product, if all goes well it should be Lite next week.
Well without further ado here is the list of stuff.
Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
Fixed: A issue where smaller images in the sideblocks would cause text to not center properly
Fixed: A issue with pagenation not properly working on the My Contributions page.
Fixed: A issue where the contribute tab was not showing on the vBAdvanced CMPS page. (hotfixed on 6-23-2012)
Fixed: A issue where the "Please choose an option below..." text was not properly centered on the contribution page.
Fixed: A issue if you allowed guests to contribute, on the sideblocks it would show nothing for the name, it will now show, Guest.
Fixed: A issue on the Contributions List page where the Administrator Interface is, it was showing that text to all users, it will now show Viewing Confirmed Contributions to non vBDonate Admins.
Fixed: Some grammatical errors in the Send PM Settings.
Changes To Existing Features:
Changed: The phrasing for the importer to distinguish more clearly between AWC Pro and Lite versions.
Changed: Quite a bit of phrases and and templates to make them cleaner and more understandable.
Changed: The link on the goal meter, so if a user is not logged in and they click on Unregistered on the line "Welcome Back, Unregistered" it will direct them to the register page.
Changed: The way contributions are stored in the database and displayed through the site, they will now show like 10.00 instead of 10 makes it also work better if you accept custom amounts, it will display the exact amount instead of rounding it.
Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:
Added: A separate page to view the unconfirmed contributions on, they no longer show on the main list, viewable by vBDonate admins only.
Added: A tabbed layout on the various contributions lists to switch between confirmed, *unconfirmed, *anonymous, *undisclosed and my contributions. (*vBDonate Admins Only)
Added: A Contact Us form for users to send a email to the webmaster if they feel their contribution should be confirmed and has not been unconfirmed.
Added: Usergroup permissions for who can view the My Donations page.
Added: Ability for users to make anonymous contributions, vBDonate admins will see the username but all other users will see Anonymous in the Contributors Name column.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to turn off the anonymous contributions ability.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to allow anonymous contributions by usergroup.
Added: A separate page in the frontend, to view only the anonymous contributions on, viewable by vBDonate admins only.
Added: Ability for users to make contribution amounts undisclosed, vBDonate admins will see the amounts but all other users will see Undisclosed in the Contribution Amount column.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to turn off the undisclosed amounts ability.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to allow undisclosed contributions by usergroup.
Added: A separate page in the frontend, to view only the undisclosed contributions on, viewable by vBDonate admins only.
Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the Contribute page.
Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the Contribute page.
Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the Goal Meter.
Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the forum sideblocks.
Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the forum sideblocks.
Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the Goal Meter.
Added: A block on the Contribute page to show the benefits of making a contribution to the site.
Added: A option in the settings group General Settings to pre-define subjects for users to pick from when using the vBDonate Contact Us form.
Added: A option in the settings group General Settings to either show, or not show, the contribution benefits block.
Added: A option in the settings group General Settings to enter what the benefits of making a contribution are.
Added: Ability to mark contributions undisclosed or anonymous, on the contribution edit page.
Added: Ability when manually adding contributions to, mark contributions undisclosed or anonymous.
Added: If a user chooses to contribute anonymous, on the sideblock it will show unknown.gif for the avatar, and Anonymous for the username.
Added: If a user chooses not disclose the amount contributed, on the sideblock it will show, Undisclosed.
Added: Undisclosed amounts will not show on the total contributions block for the users.
Added: A option in the settings group Change Usergroup Settings to "Not" allow certain usergroups to be moved to another group upon confirmation of contribution.
Added: A option in the settings group Change Usergroup Settings to "Not" allow certain usergroups to be added to another group upon confirmation of contribution.
Added: A block for the vBadvanced front page. (Pro)
Added: Ability to have a award displayed in the users postbit if they contributed. (Pro)
Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to enable or disable awards system. (Pro)
Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to specify the image name for the award. (Pro)
Added: A Awards Update Utility that you can update the users awards status if they contributed, but don't seem to be showing the award in the postbit. (Pro)
Added: In the Awards Update Utility, ability to remove all users awards, so no users have them. (Pro)
Added: A direct link to the Awards Update Utility on the Contribution List page. (Pro)
Added: Ability for selected staff to receive a pm when the contribution has been auto confirmed by PayPal. (Pro)
Added: A option in the settings group Send PM Settings to enable or disable sending a pm to selected staff members when a contribution has been auto confirmed by PayPal. (Pro)
Discuss this news here.
