Phoca Gallery 3.0.0 Alpha1 has been released. This version is designed for Joomla! 1.6 Beta1. Be aware, this version (Alpha1) is early release of Phoca Gallery and should be used for testing only (on test servers). There are many new features in Joomla! 1.6 framework, so large parts of the code in Phoca Gallery had to be rewritten (including all language strings). Please don't translate the language strings because this will be much changed in the future.

Known issues:

• There is no upgrade function, only installation
• Seems like there are some problems with SEF (don't use SEF for testing)
• Flash Upload doesn't work
• Default values for published and authorized fields are set to NO (but in XML default is set to YES)
• Not all setting parameters are transformed for the frontend
• Save and New doesn't redirect to New in case thumbnails are created in image edit view
• Not all depreciated methods changed so this can cause problems

What is needed primarily to test:

• Language strings (if they are correctly set: they should have prefix: COM_PHOCAGALLERY, if they are included in language file, etc.)
• ACL in administration (if all functions are checked by ACL)
• Checking all differnt settings for frontend, etc.

Some useful tips for testing Phoca Gallery 3.0.0 Alpha1 and Joomla! 1.6 Beta:

• If no Phoca Gallery tables will be created while installation, run SQL queries located in file:
  administrator/components/com_phocagallery/install.bak.sql
• If now Phoca Gallery folders (images/phocagallery/ and images/phocagallery/avatars) will be created, please create them manually
• If no menu items will be created in administration for the Phoca Gallery after installation, try to run this SQL query in your database (e.g. in phpMyAdmin):

UPDATE `jos_menu` 
SET `published` =  '1', 
`component_id` = ( SELECT extension_id 
FROM `jos_extensions` 
WHERE element = 'com_phocagallery' ) 
WHERE `title` LIKE '%phocagallery%';

The prefix is set to jos_ (change it to your own if needed).

• If you get the following error message while saving options in Phoca Gallery:

Could not save data. Error: JTableAsset::store failed
Duplicate entry '' for key 'idx_asset_name' SQL=INSERT INTO `jos_assets` (`rules`,`parent_id`,`level`,`lft`,`rgt`) VALUES ('{\"core.admin\":[],\"core.manage\":[],\"core.create\":[],\"core.delete\":[],\"core.edit\":[],\"core.edit.state\":[]}','0','0','143','144')

go to:

libraries/joomla/database/table/asset.php

line cca 74

and add the following code to this line:

//Temporary arrangements for testing
if ($assetId == 0) {
	return false;
}
//Temporary arrangements for testing

• If you get this notice in the frontend (which is repeated many times):

Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$componentid in libraries/joomla/application/menu.php  on line 210

go to:

libraries/joomla/application/menu.php

line cca 210

and change the following code:

FROM:

if ($item->$attributes[$i] != $values[$i]) {
	$test = false;
	break;
}

TO:

//Temporary arrangements for testing
if (isset($item->$attributes[$i])) {
	if ($item->$attributes[$i] != $values[$i]) {
		$test = false;
		break;
	} 
}
//Temporary arrangements for testing

Download: Phoca Gallery download site.

Please report all bugs to Phoca Forum. Thank you.

Phoca Guestbook version 1.4.1 stable has been released.

Download: Phoca Guestbook download site.

Changelog:

• Added New Parameter: Enable Captcha - Users - set if Captcha should be displayed for all users or only for not registered (in case Captcha is enabled)
• IP Ban Field changed - now you can ban parts of IP addresses - e.g. if you set "240.240" then all IPs which value begins with "240.240 ..." will be banned.
• Fixed strtolower($user->usertype)

Phoca Gallery version 2.7.1 Stable has been released (Phoca Gallery Component, Phoca Gallery Plugin, Phoca Gallery Search Plugin, Phoca Gallery Slideshow Plugin, Phoca Gallery Button Plugin, Phoca Gallery Image Module, Phoca Gallery Menu Module, Phoca Gallery Tree Module).

Download: Phoca Gallery download site.

Changelog:

• Added new detail method - Slimbox - Slimbox demo
• Added new parameter - Switch Fixed Size - If landscape and portrait images are displayed in Switch effect, switch fixed size should be disabled
• Fixed bug in language file (to -> too)
• ALT tag is cleaned by htmlspecialchars and addslashes functions
• TINYINT database type changed to INT by count value
• Changed Picasa loading function loadDataByAddress to select the right method correctly (cURL, allow_url_fopen)
• Picasa Albums - now unlisted albums can be loaded with help of adding the authentication key - authentication key field added to Category options
• Added new parameter - Show Categories - categories which will be displayed in the categories tree, other categories will be hidden.
• Added new values to Category Ordering
  •  Vote count Ascending
  •  Vote count Descending
  •  Vote average Ascending
  •  Vote average Descending

Phoca Download version 1.3.5 (Phoca Download Component, Phoca Download Statistics Module, Phoca Download Chart Statistics Module, Phoca Download Tree Module, Phoca Download Plugin, Phoca Download Button Plugin) have been released.

Download: Phoca Download download site.

Changelog:

• Added new parameter: Send Email (Download) - if file will be downloaded, email can be sent to selected user
• Added new parameter: Send Email (Upload) - if file will be uploaded, email can be sent to selected user
• Category rights: Accessing of category (and files in the category) can be set for different users. If access rights for a category will be set for "registered" it can be more specified (specific users who will have rights to access the category and its files can be selected)
• Fixed the publishing date problem
• Changed modules to accept Category Access behaviour.