If you want to know exactly what's changed between versions of PopCard, look no further. For information about how certain features work, consult the user manual.
Version 3.1.5 - 30/12/2008 (List of changed files)
- NEW Now includes a Hungarian translation. Big thanks to Simon Czentnar!
- Improved W3C HTML compliance to ensure validation against W3C HTML validator.
- Fixed several errors in the HTML and e-mail templates.
Version 3.1.4 - 30/12/2008 (List of changed files)
- NEW Two new postcard templates are included to provide better handling of standard aspect ratio images (3:4 and 3:4 aspect ratio).
- NEW There is a new option on the card form to allow the sender to include a copy of the card to themselves.
- E-mail validation now works correctly for addresses with a hyphen in the domain name.
Version 3.1.3 - 15/12/2008 (List of changed files)
- Fixed another script error on PHP 4 caused by a third party library attempting to use PHP 5 exception handling.
Version 3.1.2 - 08/12/2008 (List of changed files)
- There is a new setting in the configuration file to allow a copy of every card sent from the script to go to an additional address.
- Cards can now be sent to up to five e-mail addresses.
- Fixed a script error on PHP 4 due to calling a PHP 5 only function.
Version 3.1.1 - 27/10/2008 (List of changed files)
- The spam deterrent timeout (600 seconds by default) can now be defined in the config file.
- Improvements to the presentation of the e-mail.
- Fixed a bug that would prevent text from being rendered onto the card before it was sent.
Version 3.1.0 - 22/10/2008 (List of changed files)
- NEW Romanian translation by Marian Boangiu.
- NEW Two new bundled fonts styled as 'Traditional' and 'Traditional Italic'.
- NEW Improved text rendering featuring better word and line spacing and smarter text wrapping.
- Improved handling of accented characters and some punctuation such as the ampersand character and quotation marks.
- Fixed a bug in the card image shown on the completion page when a card has been sent that would cause the card image displayed to be distorted.
Version 3.0.0 - 12/10/2008 (List of changed files)
- NEW Completely rewritten using code derived from Pixaria Gallery.
- NEW Now uses the PHP Mailer class for much improved compatibility with e-mail servers and clients.
- NEW Uses form input field name encryption to make it harder for bots to send spam using the script.
- NEW More options and settings available in the configuration file.
- NEW Security enhancements.
Version 2.3.7 - 26/07/2008 (List of changed files)
- Cleaned up and released as an interim version before version 3.0.
Version 2.3.6 - 31/06/2006
- Security enhancements.
Version 2.3.5 - 12/03/2005
- Added a new Smarty cache cleaning function see the troubleshooting section of the user manual for details.
- Fix to template cache management system to prevent error caused by incorrectly named function 'popc.settings.inc.php'.
- Updated Smarty template engine to version 2.3.7.
Version 2.3.4 - 10/12/2004
- Improvements to the French localisation thanks to Pierre Caron.
Version 2.3.3 - 02/12/2004
- Replaced a missing file from version 2.3.2: 'popc.config.inc.php'.
Version 2.3.2 - 29/11/2004
- Now includes a Danish localisation thanks to Bo Skakke.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing correct line breaks (carriage returns) in the postcard preview.
Version 2.3.1 - 19/11/2004
- Smarty compiled template files are not cached anymore which means that you can now correctly edit card details.
Version 2.3.0
- PopCard has been completely re-written and is now based on the Smarty template engine meaning that all the HTML parts of the software are in separate, editable .tpl files.
- The modular and basic versions have been combined into a single PHP script.
Version 2.2.3
- New translation in to Bahasa Indonesian with thanks to Widyadarma Abisetiawan for the translation.
Version 2.2.2
- Fixed bug where cards could not be sent to e-mail addresses with two letter domain names.
Version 2.2.1
- Fixed bug with address validation in basic version.
- Fixed bug in the modular version that prevented cards from being sent.
Version 2.2
- Enhanced MIME output support to improve compatibility with e-mail clients.
- Quotation marks no longer cause problems with missing text.
- E-mail address validation improved.
Version 2.1.4
- The script now outputs card e-mails as a mixture of HTML and embedded attachments which adds support for card display in Microsoft Outlook and improves display in currently supported e-mail clients.
Version 2.1.3
- Fix to improve handling of apostrophe marks.
- A Finnish (suomi) translation is now included. Thanks to Kirsi.
Version 2.1.2
- Fix to improve handling of quotation marks.
- Improvements to the HTML and CSS of the scripts including a new overall interface and various changes to the layout.
- PopCard Greetings now correctly removes unused image data from the system or user defined 'temp' folder.
- A German (Deutsch) translation is now included. Thanks to Théo Wagner for all the useful feedback.
- A Brazilian Portuguese (Português) translation is now included. Thanks to Satyro Oliveira.
Version 2.1.1
- PopCard has improved image handling on servers with GD 1.6.
- A new setting has been added to the settings file to allow administrators to set the location of the system 'Temp' directory. In most Unix based systems this is located by default at /tmp/ or /temp/ but if this is not available, it's now easy to create your own temp directory in the resources folder, with the read, write and execute permissions set to '777' and to use that instead.
- PopCard now sets the browser cache timeout on HTML pages to one hour (3600 seconds) from the time the page is sent. This should rectify problems people may have been experiencing using the very newest versions of Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6.
Version 2.1
- PopCard now works on systems where register_globals is turned off and makes use of PHP's pre-defined internal superglobals $_SERVER, $_POST etc.
- A French localisation is now included.
Version 2.0.1
- PopCard now takes into consideration the aspect ratio of the photos it works with and uses one of two different card templates depending on whether the image is in 'landscape' or 'portrait' view.
- A Dutch (Nederlands) localisation is now included.
- Fixed bug whereby card on systems using GD 1.6 could appear washed out or not display correctly.
- Improvements to the layout and inclusion of new photos to show the capability to handle photos with varying aspect ratio.
Version 2.0
- 'Modular' and 'Multi' versions of PopCard have all been consolidated into a single version.
- A global settings file is now included in the reosurces folder to allow users to set general preferences for operation of the script.
- The main PopCard PHP function library is now compatible with all the different modules in one file.
- The look and feel of the HTML pages has been updated and the stylesheet improved.
Version 1.4
- PopCard now includes preliminary support for GD 1.6. Postard images are not as smooth or sharp as those created using functions available in GD 2.0 but it is hoped that this will be rectified before the final release in the next two weeks.
- Addition of a new Spanish localisation by Chepe Nicoli.
- Addition of support for multiple languages through localised include files.
- Partial Norwegian localisation by Halvor Nome.
- Improvements to handling of extended Latin characters.
- New template graphic for postcards and change to stylesheet.
Version 1.2.1
- Fixed bug of missing recipient input field in the create card web form.
Version 1.2
- Replaced the font 'Marker Felt' with 'Briquet' to improve compatibility for people using extended Latin characters such as: ö, é, æ, ø and å.
Version 1.1
- PHP files at the base level of the directory renamed.
Version 1.0.1
- The imagefile variable is now a complete image filename.
Version 1.0.1
- First public release.
Version 1.0
- Initial public release.