mChat 2.0.0-RC6

Changelog

New features

• Implemented Extensions Team feedback
• Updated sound files, now compatible with GPLv2
• Remember color on Ctrl+Click
• Add message text when composing a PM
• Added number of active chat sessions to navbar link
• Added login notification messages
• Translated notification messages
• Added edit & delete moderator permissions
• Use localStorage, removed all cookies
• Faster animations
• New styles: Canvas, Subway

Added numerous events to allow exciting addon extensions

• 21 PHP events
• 21 HTML template events
• 11 JavaScript events
• Note for developers of mChat addons for RC5: some events are renamed in RC6:
  • PHP events
    • dmzx.mchat.core.render_helper_add => dmzx.mchat.action_add_after
    • dmzx.mchat.core.render_helper_edit => dmzx.mchat.action_edit_after
    • dmzx.mchat.core.render_helper_delete => dmzx.mchat.action_delete_after
    • dmzx.mchat.core.render_helper_aft => dmzx.mchat.render_page_after
  • Template events
    • dmzx_mchat_body_before => dmzx_mchat_before
    • dmzx_mchat_buttons_before => dmzx_mchat_buttons_container_before

Improved message pruning

• Moved message pruning to cron class
• Added "Prune messages now" button to ACP
• Allow a time period to be specified for retained number of messages when pruning
• Don't allow changing pruning settings for non founders

Improved compatibility with other extensions

• Compatibility with Posting Buttons, thanks to spello
• Use event core.submit_post_end for post notifications for compatibility with QuickReply Reloaded
• Force absolute date formatting, compatibility with Relative Dates

Improved performance

• Saving a database query each time the session is updated
• Moved session cleaning to core event cron.task.core.tidy_sessions, saving many unnecessary database queries

Bug Fixes

• URL-encoded brackets in ACP permission links
• Don't animate new messages after session timeout, thanks to voom
• Fixed UCP title, thanks to spello
• Don't scroll message container when new messages are added but latest message isn't visible
• Include BBCodes in message length calculation
• Include hidden self in who is chatting
• Fixed disallowing BBCode list item
• Hide chat sessions for users who are hidden temporarily
• Append session ID to post notifications
• Apply uppercase after message processing to prevent broken links
• Don't display error popup when page is unloading
• Don't display quote, like or mention buttons if user doesn't have u_mchat_use permission
• Don't display quote or like buttons if BBCodes are not allowed
• Always full input field width on mobile devices
• Make Ctrl+Enter send message when using textarea
• Fixed overriding min post characters and max smilies
• Improved appearance of buttons in 3.2.x
• is_enableable() now checks for remnants from 3.0 MOD and denies installation

mChat 2.0.0-RC5

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Improved

• Approved posts will be posted in mChat

mChat 2.0.0-RC4

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New

• Added overwrite all user settings
• Use global user settings for new account settings
• Added support for Collapsible Categories

Improved

• Disabled autocomplete for input field
• Removed reset button, automatically pause on input
• Added relative message time to archive page

Fixed

• Fixed position of mChat in pbtech style when using Recent Topics extension

mChat 2.0.0-RC3

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New

• Fully compatible with phpBB 3.2
• Added numerous mChat settings to the UCP
  • In order for administrators to have more control over mChat features a set of new user permissions has been added. These permissions control the ability of the users to adjust mChat settings.
  • If a user has permission to customize a certain setting, the setting is displayed in the user's UCP.
  • If a user does not have permission to customize a certain setting, the setting is not displayed in the user's UCP. Instead, the value as specified in ACP -> Extensions -> mChat -> Global user settings is used for this user.
  • To check a specific user's permissions, go to the Preferences form for this user in the user management section.
• Added character count when typing a message
• Added support for style Metro Blue

Improved

• Fully HTML5 compliant

• Replaced edit, delete etc icons with FontAwesome icons

• Added ext.php for clearer error message when installing mChat on an unsupported phpBB version

• Moved @ mention to message icons on the right

• Adjusted timeout for Ajax calls

• Bumped major version from 1.* to 2.* to prevent confusion:

  mChat version	phpBB version
  1.*	phpBB 3.0
  2.*	phpBB 3.1 & 3.2

Fixed

• Fixed displaying messages of deleted users
• Fixed username in log messages when editing or deleting a message
• Don't display mention button for own message
• Don't hide avatar on small screens
• Hide panel on archive page
• Fixed broken HTML in Who is online on index
• Fixed rare occasion where posts appear twice
• Fixed escaping language strings in JavaScript
• Fixed centering header in we_universal
• Fixed ABBC3 styling