Phoca News

Phoca Gallery 2.5.0 released

17 June 2009

Phoca Gallery component - version 2.5.0 Alfa, Phoca Gallery Random Image module - version 2.5.0 - Alfa, Phoca Gallery Menu Module - version 2.5.0 - Alfa, Phoca Gallery Plugin - version 2.5.0 - Alfa, Phoca Gallery Search Plugin - version 2.5.0 - Alfa, Phoca Gallery Slideshow Plugin - version 2.5.0 - Alfa have been released.

All extensions are Alfa version and are designed for testing only. Database structure was changed, so after upgrading the component new columns will be created in database. Then upgrading script, which will transfer data from obsolete columns to new colums, will be run.

Release Notes:

Update:

Java upload script was updated
Highslide JS library was updated

Fixed:

Pagination in Category View fixed
Added addslashes function in Google maps view for title and description
Added addslashes function in Google maps view for title and description
Creating of Alias was changed as the previous script caused problems on some servers
CSS Class 'name' was renamed to 'phocaname' because of possible conflicts with other extensions (templates)
Slideshow in Detail Window accepts ordering which is set in parameters of component

Optimization:

VM link refactored, works with 1.1.3
Categories Model in frontend refactored (foreaches and SQL queries reduced)
Category Model in frontend refactored (foreaches and SQL queries reduced)
Detail Model, Map Model, Info Model in frontend refactored
Category Model in backend refactored
Image Model in backend refactored
Phoca Gallery Helper in front removed
Phoca Gallery Helper in backend removed

New Features:

Pagination in Categories View added
"Categories, Images and Detail Information" in Categories View can be displayed in columns
Folder can be created in Categories View - set User Folder (in backend)
Image Rating added
New Highslide parameters added:
- Highslide JS Class - you can set different CSS classes for Highslide JS
- Highslide Opacity - you can set opacity of outside area of detail image
- Highslide Outline Type - you can set border type of detail image
- Highslide Full Image - full (original) image can be displayed as detail image
- Highslide Slideshow - you can select two different types of slideshow in Highslide JS (standard, slideshow with small thumbnails)
- Highslide Close Button - display or hide close button
New View - Coolirs 3D Wall - added
Added <media:description> tag into Coolirs RSS, description is displayed in Cooliris slideshow
New watermark parameter added - watermark can be created from files located in folder (only for images in folder) or in root (for all images in all folders), so watermark image need not to be saved in every folder any more
New information is displayed in Phoca Gallery Info view (administrator) - recommended settings for Phoca Gallery
Phoca Gallery can be centered now (Fixed width of Phoca Gallery box need to be set)

New Classes Added:

PhocaGalleryAccess
PhocaGalleryComment
PhocaGalleryCommentCategory
PhocaGalleryFile
PhocaGalleryFileFolder
PhocaGalleryFileFolderList
PhocaGalleryFileThumbnail
PhocaGalleryFileUpload
PhocaGalleryGeo
PhocaGalleryImage
PhocaGalleryImageFront
PhocaGalleryImageRotate
PhocaGalleryImageMagic
PhocaGalleryLibrary
PhocaGalleryOrdering
PhocaGalleryPagination
PhocaGalleryPath
PhocaGalleryRateCategory
PhocaGalleryRateImage
PhocaGalleryRender
PhocaGalleryRenderFront
PhocaGalleryRenderAdmin
PhocaGalleryRenderInfo
PhocaGalleryRenderDetailButton
PhocaGalleryRenderProcess
PhocaGalleryText

Database:
Database structure changed (phocagallery table), new columns added:

geotitle
zoom
longitude
latitude
videocode
vmproductid

Database structure changed (phocagallery_categories table), new columns added:

geotitle
zoom
longitude
latitude
userfolder
deleteuserid
accessuserid
uploaduserid

New Updrade script added (because of database table changes).

See new features on Phoca Gallery Demo site.

Phoca Restaurant Menu Version 1.0.2 Lite Released

15 June 2009

Phoca Restaurant Menu version 1.0.2 Lite has been released. In this version support of BB tags in group names, food names and list names was added.

The following tags can be added into the name:

E.g. this name:

Braised sea bass fillet[br]with [b]artichokes[/b], [i]potatoes[/i] and [u]black olives[/u]

will be displayed as:

Braised sea bass fillet
with artichokes, potatoes and black olives

Phoca Font Component and Phoca Font Plugin Released

28 May 2009

Phoca Font Component and Phoca Font Plugin have been released.

Phoca Font Component and Phoca font Plugin add support for using downloadable fonts in your Joomla! site. You can upload and select your own .ttf or .otf font file in Phoca Font Component. Font included in this font file will be rendered by Phoca Font Plugin on your site (with help of @font-face rule).

This feature is supported by following browsers:

Firefox 3.5
Opera 10
Safari 3.1

See Phoca Font Demo site

Phoca Maps released

21 May 2009

Phoca Maps Component version 1.0.0 Beta and Phoca Maps Plugin version 1.0.0 Beta have been released.

Phoca Maps Component

Phoca Maps is a Joomla! component. It is a small component which displays Google Maps on your site. This component doesn't include too much of parameters, the idea of using this component is a fast creation of map on your site.

Just set Google Maps API key in Parameters, go to Extensions » Maps » New, click on Coordinates button, then click on the place in the map you want to display and save it. Finally create menu link to this map.

If you need to set a marker or more markers, just go to Extensions » Markers » New, select map, click on Coordinates button, then click on the place in the map you want the marker will be set. Add description (you can include images too) and save it. Marker will be displayed in the map.

https://www.phoca.cz/phocamaps

Use Phoca Maps Plugin for displaying map or more maps in the article.

Phoca Maps Plugin

Phoca Maps Plugin is a Joomla! plugin. With Phoca Maps Plugin you can display one or more than one Google Map on your site (in the article). You can display the map or only link to selected map. When user click on this link, the map will be displayed in Modal Box window or in standard Popup window.

https://www.phoca.cz/phocamaps-plugin

Phoca Restaurant Menu Version 1.0.1 Lite Released

15 May 2009

Phoca Restaurant Menu version 1.0.1 Lite has been released. In this version new features were added in Multiple Edit. Now items can be added, published, unpublished and deleted in Multiple Edit too.