[FIXED] On some 1.5 installs, avatars were not working properly as mobile icons and in some cases were causing the mobile player to not load at all.
[FIXED] Video preview dialogue rendering issue on Safari.
[FIXED] Various content slider fixes for the content editing screen.
[NEW] Slideshow publishing - Director will now allow you to embed a slideshow / photo gallery of any album or gallery without requiring any other product.
[NEW] Slideshow publishing includes automatic HTML5 fallback for mobile devices. Supports iPhone, iPad and Android 2.0+ devices.
[NEW] Automatic album previews - Director will automatically assign an album preview to an album if you haven't already assigned one.
[FIXED] Tags are now properly extracted when content is uploaded via FTP.
[FIXED] Content metadata defaults are honored when content is uploaded via the Lightroom to Director plugin.
[FIXED] When video is copied to another album, the video's thumbnails are also copied.
[FIXED] Linux uploads of files with uppercase file extensions now works.
[FIXED] Several API output issues have been addressed.
[FIXED] A few GPS issues were left in 4967 and are now fixed.
[FIXED] _parent links should now work.
[NEW] GPS support for images with embedded EXIF/GPS data. Includes a link template that directs users to a google map with the image location marked.
[FIXED] Several UI fixes and other bug fixes
[NEW] Copy link button added to image edit pane, allowing you to quickly get the URL of a video for use with SlideShowPro's new "Single Content" XML File Type (requires SlideShowPro 1.9.8.4).
[FIXED] Bug in importer script that caused a database error is now fixed.
[FIXED] A change in Build 4784 was breaking existing UTF-8 installs. This is now fixed.
[UPDATED] UI refinements to install/login pages
[FIXED] Fix caching issues with some browsers not properly checking for new XML files after changes have been made.
[FIXED] Workaround for servers that do not have iconv function enabled in PHP.
[FIXED] A few remaining issues with IE and video preview selection remained in 4784. Should all be fixed now.
[FIXED] IPTC captions/titles were showing up encoded with '+' signs.
[NEW] New parameter available in user_setup.php to turn off relative paths in XML files.
[UPDATED] Various UI refinements to application modals, album and gallery index pages, and more.
[FIXED] Better character encoding handling for IPTC/EXIF data.
[FIXED] Changes to albums were not always properly clearing gallery xml caches.
[FIXED] Video preview selection bug fixed in IE.
[FIXED] Director now forces new database tables in UTF-8 encoding during install.
[FIXED] CSS fix applied to fix half rendering of page backgrounds in Safari.
[FIXED] JSON output from API is now formatted correctly.
[FIXED] Overhaul of how content count and sequencing data is stored. Now properly accounts for (and ignores) inactive content.
[NEW] API supports JSON output if you are calling it directly (DirectorPHP still uses the XML output)
[FIXED] Album preview uploads are now working properly again.
[FIXED] An old session issue popped up where sessions were being generated for XML calls, causing some login problems for some.
[FIXED] Better FFmpeg detection
[FIXED] News on Snapshot now points to correct XML feed.
[FIXED] Issue with "Click here" translations has now been fixed.
[FIXED] Fixed an issue with the upgrade process that caused it to continuously run the same step.
[UPDATED] Several translation updates and additions.
[FIXED] Previewing SlideShowPro SWFs in Flash 8 now works with Director 1.4.1.
[FIXED] FFmpeg now supported on Windows servers.
[FIXED] Some images with malformed metadata were causing database errors. A workaround is now in place to prevent that.
[UPDATED] New style/UI for the "New Version is available" dialogue.
[UPDATED] Several translation updates and additions.
[NEW] Original album tag data is now available in the content metadata defaults.
[NEW] Two Portuguese translations added (Europe & Brazil).
[FIXED] Link templates that used proportional cropping incorrectly returned crop to fit imagery in earlier builds. Fixed in this release.
[FIXED] API encoding issue with original album data in smart album results. Also added original album tag data to API.
[FIXED] Links are now properly copied when content is copied from one album to another.
[FIXED] Much better transparency handling with watermarks when using PNG24 watermarks and the GD image processing library.
[FIXED] Issue with image generation when using GD. If you have some images showing up as black in your slideshow, upgrade to this release, then clear all album caches using the System Info screen.
[FIXED] A bug that caused focal points to not show up properly in the edit window has been fixed.
[FIXED] A bug was introduced in 1.4.1 that caused multiple content copying to fail after the first image. This is now fixed.
[FIXED] A bug appeared in 1.4.1 that caused some popup links to stop working. This has been fixed in Build 3703.
[NEW] Watermarking - Upload an image and Director will combine it with your optimized imagery. Define multiple watermarks, with different settings for placement and opacity.
[NEW] Four new bundled translations: German, Russian, French, Italian
[UPDATED] Updates to several existing bundled translations
[UPDATED] Rebuilt Settings and Profile screens.
[FIXED] Several bugs with smart albums/galleries.
[FIXED] When videos are moved from one album to another, the generated thumbnails are moved with them.
[FIXED] Optimized ImageMagick calls should speed up image creation.
[FIXED] Several other bugfixes and optimizations.
[FIXED] Caches are properly cleared for smart albums, ensuring up to date content is always shown in slideshows.
[FIXED] Caches are now cleared when video previews are unassigned.
[UPDATED] Translations updated to the latest versions
[NEW] Serbian translation added
[FIXED] XML issue that caused some slideshows not to load after the upgrade to 1.4.
[UPDATED] Spanish, Dutch translations updated
[NEW] Dutch (Standard) translation added
[UPDATED] Spanish and Dutch (Belgium) translations updated
[FIXED] More efficient loading for larger galleries
[FIXED] XML issue with some servers that caused 500 errors
[FIXED] FFmpeg check now works around open_basedir restriction
[FIXED] Some debug code was left in Director's javascript, causing image selection to fail in some browsers.
[NEW] Simplified auto-install, auto-upgrade process that can be done entirely in the browser.
[NEW] Video thumbnail extraction (requires FFmpeg to be installed on your server)
[NEW] Smart galleries
[NEW] Group reordering of album content
[NEW] Fragment caching system for XML files. Results in improved load times for XML after updates have been made in Director.
[NEW] Completely rebuilt manage albums screen
[NEW] Completely rebuilt system info screen
[UPDATED] Updated translations for Spanish, Dutch and German.
[CHANGED] Various user interface touchups and optimizations
[FIXED] Various bugs and performance issues
[FIXED] Security issue that could have allowed an attacker to perform a directory traversal attack has been fixed.
[FIXED] A few issues with chromeless popups have been addressed.
[FIXED] Album deletion was broken in 1.3.7.
[FIXED] Several bugs surrounding the "Download original image" link template and the Download button in the content editor have been fixed.
[NEW] If uploaded content has IPTC keywords, then they are automatically added to the tags field in Director.
[NEW] When album XML file paths are loaded, the album title and description are written to the gallery tag in the XML.
[NEW] Added "download original" button to content edit screen.
[NEW] Added a new built-in link template: "Download original image". When a user clicks that image in a slideshow, the original image will be downloaded to their computer.
[NEW] Improved image loading in content tab, snapshot screens.
[FIXED] Transparent PNG24s now preserve transparency when using ImageMagick.
[FIXED] Album/gallery index screen sort arrows now work properly in default, white themes.
[FIXED] Fix for focal points when using smart albums.
[FIXED] Several bug fixes for the Gallery -> Manage albums screen, particularly in the area of maintaining manual order settings.
[FIXED] Several bug fixes for Safari 4.
[FIXED] Display issue with Director meta tags on account settings screen.
[FIXED] Various CSS, user interface fixes.
[NEW] Focal point support for the new Pan and Zoom feature in SlideShowPro 1.9.6.
[NEW] A third default theme has been added, named Platinum.
[NEW] A "Hide inactive" checkbox has been added to the content screen, allowing you to show only the active content in the album while editing.
[FIXED] The focal point controls weren't showing up for some in the content edit pane.
[FIXED] SWF previews now work and are editable just like other video previews.
[NEW] Content appearance scheduling - Allows you to define what time period an image shows up in the slideshow.
[NEW] Rebuilt content editing pane, which shows embedded metadata and a link to the original item.
[NEW] New video preview assignment interface which allows you to select different images for thumb and large previews.
[NEW] Separate thumbnail output for thumbnail links in SlideShowPro, taking advantage of SlideShowPro 1.9.5's new support for the tnsm attribute.
[FIXED] Several UI issues with IE7.
[FIXED] Added workaround for issues with curly quotes and API output.
[FIXED] API gallery list output is now sorted by gallery name.
[FIXED] User cache was not being properly invalidated when changes were made.
[FIXED] Some captions/titles were showing up encoded in SlideShowPro.
[NEW] SlideShowPro now used for video player in the album content screen.
[NEW] "All albums" gallery and explanation now listed in the gallery module on the album settings page.
[NEW] Focal point data added to Content API properties.
[NEW] Add contributor data to metadata presets.
[FIXED] API cache issue when using Lightroom to Director plugin.
[FIXED] API issue with malformed metadata. Please update to both Director 1.3.3 and DirectorPHP 1.1.3.
[FIXED] When a video is moved from one album to another, Director was losing the "is_video" setting, causing problems with API responses and smart albums.
[FIXED] Several UI touchups
[NEW] New exclude_smart parameter added to album->all API method.
[FIXED] Videos with assigned thumbs were breaking the content view in IE.
[FIXED] Album image counts were not being updated after images were deleted from an album.
[FIXED] Place taken, Date taken and smart have been added to the album API properties.
[FIXED] Link targets were not being properly written to API responses.
[FIXED] A performance tweak was causing 500 errors and other issues on some servers, so that has been removed for now.
[FIXED] Early packages of 1.3 had a bug that caused Gallery XML generation to fail.
[FIXED] IE javascript issue on the snapshot page when videos with assigned thumbnails were present in recent content.
[FIXED] Tag issue when using content->all in API calls.
[FIXED] Now properly checking for ALTER permissions before upgrading.
[NEW] Smart albums - Allows you to aggregate content based on a set of rules for quick/dynamic albums. Rule types include find by tags, date (captured or uploaded) and album. You can also exclude content in the same manner.
[NEW] Archive size - Set the maximum dimensions you would like your images to be saved as, and Director automatically sizes your uploaded images to those dimensions.
[NEW] Content metadata defaults - Automatically assign metadata to all newly created albums.
[NEW] Director now allows you to specify a data taken and place taken for your albums.
[NEW] You can now assign an album to a gallery right from the album settings screen.
[CHANGED] Reworked album settings screen to house album preview selection and metadata assignment (formerly the Settings tab).
[CHANGED] Rewritten upgrade process, should now work more consistently across servers.
[FIXED] Several performance bottlenecks, making 1.3 possibly the fastest Director release ever.
[FIXED] Content metadata assignment no longer breaks down in Firefox, IE when adding a tag.
[FIXED] IPTC/EXIF fields with different character encodings were causing metadata tags to fail if the data contained special/accented characters. Should now be fixed in 1.2.12.
[FIXED] Director now displays version information on the login page to help SlideShowPro support personnel in troubleshooting errors.
[FIXED] Replacement uploads from the Lightroom to Director plugin were causing duplicates in the content view.
[FIXED] Various style/alignment tweaks related to fixes introduced in 1.2.9.
[FIXED] Some "Copy" buttons were not working properly after page refreshes.
[FIXED] Version link in footer was improperly reporting that a new version was available.
[FIXED] Detect and remove bad Picasa metadata that caused API to break.
[NEW] Support for F4V file extension.
[FIXED] Visual issues in IE related to fixes introduced in 1.2.9.
[FIXED] user->id in API methods now returns correct data.
[NEW] Added album_id data to content methods.
[FIXED] Uploads from Lightroom via the Lightroom to Director export plugin now correctly retain the 'captured_on' date.
[FIXED] Flash 10 compatibility for uploading and "Copy" buttons.
[FIXED] Copyright symbols in IPTC data were causing issues with the API. Director now properly re-encodes them for output.
[CHANGED] Order presets for albums and galleries now use "Ascending" and "Descending" to describe which direction the sort should be. We've also extended this functionality to the "File name" sort type in albums and the "Album title" sort type in galleries.
[FIXED] API calls to content->all now work with the only_active parameter set to false as expected.
[FIXED] user->all now works as expected.
[FIXED] When uploading without specifying a tag, Director was writing undefined in for the tag value. This has been fixed and the upgrade process will clean up any bad tags affected by this.
[FIXED] Uploads with multiple tag assignments now working.
[FIXED] API calls to content->all with tag filters now work as expected.
[FIXED] Dialogue position updates for Internet Explorer.
[FIXED] Recent docs module now lists items in the proper order.
[FIXED] Various UI updates
[FIXED] Upload issue that caused the upload URL to lengthen over time, eventually causing uploads to break.
[FIXED] API cache wasn't be cleared properly, causing albums list to become stale when using the Lightroom to Director plugin or other API applications.
[FIXED] Various error messages/links now properly link to the wiki instead of old user guide.
[NEW] Tags are now written to the XML file for use with SlideShowPro's event listeners.
[NEW] Option in user_setup.php to turn off the crossdomain.xml file check.
[FIXED] Uploads coming from Lightroom that have non-alphanumeric characters now work.
[FIXED] The get_albums_list API call now has an optional "list_only" parameter, speeding up the call when all you need is album information. This in turn resolves some errors with the Lightroom export plugin when used with large Director installs.
[FIXED] Fixed an issue with title and caption settings when a question mark was used.
[FIXED] Some installs were breaking when the PHP include path was not setting correctly.
[FIXED] Removed double text in album audio tab.
[FIXED] Some installs were inadvertently allowing the main gallery to be deleted.
[FIXED] A mistake in the French translation was causing parts of Director to break.
[FIXED] Bugs related to the mysqli addition in 1.2.1.
[NEW] Take advantage of myqli module in PHP when available.
[FIXED] Fix uploads from the Lightroom exporter.
[FIXED] Various bug fixes
[NEW] To upgrade an existing install of Director, the existing install must be running Director 1.1 or greater. To upgrade pre-1.1 installs, you will need to first upgrade to 1.1.9, then upgrade to 1.2.
[NEW] API for retrieving data and images for use outside of SlideShowPro.
[NEW] Administrators can now view other user's profiles, including their passwords. Handy for those installations that have issues sending emails to new users.
[NEW] Link templates are now exposed to more data, including the image title, caption and album name. Also, you can now tap into the on-demand image publishing system when created your link templates. To illustrate this, a new link template is included in the update that opens an optimized copy of the image at 800x800 in a chromeless popup window.
[NEW] Added new fields to user profile, giving API developers more data to play with when creating custom front-ends.
[NEW] Director now checks to see if you have setup a crossdomain.xml file and if you haven't, alerts you.
[NEW] Director now reads all EXIF/IPTC data and allows you to use it when in the album settings tab when creating link or caption presets.
[NEW] Added pagination to albums and galleries index pages.
[CHANGED] User management has been split out to its own tab. The preferences screen is now labeled "System Info" to better reflect its content.
[CHANGED] All dates are now stored in GMT for more consistency. Director also attempts to read the time zone of your local machine and modify the dates to match when displaying them in the interface.
[CHANGED] Director now loads an optimized copy of the image when editing in the Content tab, which generally speeds everything up.
[FIXED] Batch selection in the Content tab was broken when using a Mac.
[FIXED] Using international characters in the Album settings tab would cause Director to freeze.
[FIXED] The process to set image metadata defaults in the Album settings tab has been reworked and is now more efficient.
[FIXED] Images copied from one album to another did not respect the target album's sorting preset.
[FIXED] A bug in the resize computations caused some images not to be downsized correctly when using ImageMagick.
[FIXED] The new parameters in 1.1.8 were not completely compatible with the older ImageMagick 5 series.
[NEW] Support for the vidpreview XML parameter introduced in the beta for SlideShowPro 1.7. Director now uses your assigned video thumbnail to create the preview with on-demand image publishing.
[CHANGED] The .htaccess file that ships with Director now uses the alternative implementation found here.
[CHANGED] Make sure that 16-bit ImageMagick installs convert optimized images at 8-bit, lowering file sizes.
[FIXED] Installations that use a socket along with the MySQL hostname should behave properly after installation.
[FIXED] A nasty bug was introduced in PHP 5.2.5 that would cause problems with the include path in PHP. We've implemented a workaround for this issue in Director.
[FIXED] With PHP 5.2.4 and above, there was a variable conflict that caused problems with how Director identified what image processing library you were using. Should be fixed in 1.1.7.
[FIXED] Upgrades of older Director installs should now properly rearrange the files during the upgrade process.
[FIXED] Stray NULL records no longer created in the images table of the database.
[FIXED] Avatars were not properly uploading on some servers.
[FIXED] Some language packs were not working correctly with certain Director functions.
[FIXED] Images uploaded to the end of an album in "Manual" sorting mode weren't always keeping the correct order.
[FIXED] On servers that do not support rotation, the focal point button would incorrectly be hidden. Fixed in 1.1.5.
[FIXED] When replacing an existing image, the image cache is now properly cleared.
[FIXED] Certain characters in caption/link/title templates would cause the templates to fail.
[FIXED] Emailing from servers without the mbstring extension now works.
[FIXED] Form buttons in Safari 3 are aqua styled once again.
[FIXED] Portrait images over a certain aspect ratio were not being scaled correctly. This problem also manifested itself in slideshows not honoring the focal point setting.
[FIXED] When adding a user and changing their permissions, adding another user would cause weird errors. Fixed in 1.1.4.
[FIXED] Some high aspect portrait images caused the layout in the Content tab to break.
[FIXED] Batch deleting images was causing some servers to throw a 500 error.
[FIXED] Some users were experiencing blank screens after upgrading to 1.1.2. This should be fixed.
[FIXED] Image publishing wasn't correctly identifying ImageMagick in 1.1.2. Fixed now.
[FIXED] Sometimes changing the image order, album image links, etc would cause a 500 error due to server limitations. This should be fixed in 1.1.2.
[FIXED] Client side caching. Director now works with your browser and only sends a new image down the pipe if your browser doesn't have it in the cache. This should significantly reduce bandwidth as well as making your slideshows seem snappier.
[FIXED] Custom themes placed in the ssp_director/themes folder now work properly.
[FIXED] Manage users is now open to all administrators, not just the user who setup Director initially.
[NEW] Added a FORCE_GD parameter to user_setup.php. For those having problems with ImageMagick, this is a way to force Director to use GD instead.
[FIXED] After upgrade, some installs would result in a blank page. This is fixed in 1.1.1.
[FIXED] H264 formatted videos uploaded via FTP are now recognized and added by Director.
[NEW] Complete user interface / design overhaul / reorganization
[NEW] Focal point assignment for more accurate cropping
[NEW] New on-demand image publishing system
[NEW] Support for the ImageMagick image manipulation library
[NEW] Image sharpening (requires ImageMagick)
[NEW] Ability to copy/move images between albums
[NEW] Ability to batch copy/move/delete images in any album
[NEW] Editable template system for assigning hyperlinks to images
[NEW] Automatic reading of IPTC caption metadata (if available) on image upload
[NEW] International language support
[NEW] One-click copying of XML file paths
[NEW] Interface themes (comes with two - black and white)
[NEW] User avatars
[NEW] Integrated server/installation information
[NEW] Ability to "remember me" when logging in
[NEW] Domain based licensing authentication
[NEW] Gallery auto sort: Albums that belong to a gallery can now be auto-sorted by their title, date created or date modified.
[NEW] You can now quickly get a set of albums using the following feed:
images.php?album=3,7,24,15
This will fetch album 3, 7, 24 and 15 and will display them in that order.
[CHANGED] Gallery feeds now use the following url: images.php?gallery=3 instead of images.php?gid=2 for increased readability. The gid form will still work, but will eventually be deprecated.
[CHANGED] Album ids are not written into the XML like this: <album id="album-12" ... making it easier to use loadAlbum
[FIXED] On Windows machines, the "Resize" link would not show up for the album preview. This has been fixed.
[FIXED] Special characters are now automatically stripped out of uploaded file names.
[FIXED] Special character rendering on the "News" section of the dashboard.
[FIXED] No more pesky Flash alerts on long uploads.
[FIXED] SWF uploads no longer fail if the album has large image settings.
[FIXED] Various IE7 visual bugs.
[FIXED] Upload progress now updates more frequently, especially in Safari.
[FIXED] Any import would always be named "Test Import", no matter what value you gave in the form. This has been fixed.
[FIXED] For some users, the "Browse" button on the upload page would mysteriously stop working. This issue should now be resolved.
[FIXED] Importer should now work in PHP 4 based installs.
[FIXED] If images were added to an album with links already generated, the link for the new image would not correctly link to the hr version. This has been fixed.
[FIXED] Sanitize data that is passed to popup.php.
[FIXED] Broken link generation again works in PHP 4
[FIXED] Editors are no longer able to delete albums, galleries or slide shows.
[CHANGED] The file that handles uploading is now named in all lower case characters, resolving issues where case sensitivity was causing the file not to load.
[FIXED] Links were not clearing properly when using the generate interface
[FIXED] Only show new version available messages when the x version has changed (1.0.x, 1.x no 1.0.9.x)
[FIXED] Broken link generation in some PHP versions
[FIXED] Dynamic gallery feeds for users with MySQL 3.x are working again. All other users are unaffected.
[NEW] You can now import galleries that you previously set up with SlideShowPro. For a walkthrough, see the screencast: http://slideshowpro.net/mov/screencast/ … import.mov or the updated user guide.
[NEW] Values for titles, links and captions set via the generate tab are remembered and applied to future uploads.
[NEW] Password reminder functionality.
[NEW] You can now upload a thumbnail of a different type for any image. (Ex: Large image: test.swf ... Thumb: test.jpg)
[CHANGED] Director no longer uses mod_rewrite.
[CHANGED] General optimizations for the code that handles image processing.
[CHANGED] If the user's server has CakePHP installed, ignore it and use the one installed with Director.
[CHANGED] Album thumbnail values are no longer stored with absolute paths.
[CHANGED] Upgraded to the freshest (stable) CakePHP (1.1.12.4205)
[FIXED] Errors when uploading are now properly caught and the user is informed.
[FIXED] The "Browse" button on the upload page does not show up until the proper components have loaded, most likely taking care of any "Click the browse button but nothing happens" reports.
[FIXED] Repetitive code for images.php all moved to a single location.
[FIXED] Various issues found in the 1.0.8 migration that should bring greater server compatibility/stability.
[FIXED] The "Include in slide show" checkbox in edit images works again.
[FIXED] The "Show album titles and description" checkbox in edit info works again.
[FIXED] The slide show dropdown has returned to the header when you are on a page that isn't the dashboard.
[NEW] Director has been ported to the CakePHP framework for more agile, rapid development.
[NEW] New upload procedure, with upload progress(!)
[NEW] You can now add images to an existing album in bulk.
[NEW] IE 7 compatibility
[NEW] Image ordering presets - Director can now sort your albums by filename or date, and will remember and reapply those settings when new images are uploaded.
[CHANGED] Slight dashboard reorganization
[CHANGED] Better file permission management
[CHANGED] The subdomain flag (subdomain=1) is now deprecated. Director no longer adds www. to paths.
[NEW] You can now call the XML for a single album.
[FIXED] No longer rely on setting the include_path, bringing into compatibility 5.0.4 w/ open_basedir.
[FIXED] More efficient handling of image generation - Director now checks for the existence of an hr image on a per image basis when doing any image generation.
[NEW] Preferences pane to set defaults and Director options
[NEW] Scaling options improved and extended to large images.
[NEW] Director now ensures that a user has ran upgrade.php after an upgrade is performed.
[CHANGED] Albums now show thumbnail and image information on the edit dynamic gallery page.
[CHANGED] Upgraded to script.aculo.us 1.6.2
[FIXED] In a few cases, Director was not correctly ascertaining the server name. Director now checks to see if HTTP_HOST is set and, if it is, uses it instead of SERVER_NAME.
[FIXED] Patched a few security risks that could enable a logged in user to commit a cross site scripting attack (XSS).
[FIXED] Filenames are now properly encoded when written to the XML document.
[FIXED] Director now takes into account for filenames with multiple periods (ex: file.1.jpg)
[FIXED] Image and thumbnail processing now starts a new script for each image, resolving most timeout issues.
[NEW] Option to create square thumbnails
[CHANGED] If an image is being processed that is smaller than the processing settings, the image is not processed and is left in its' original state.
[FIXED] Updating an image's attributes now correctly clears the xml cache.
[FIXED] Multiple fixes to the installation process, enhancing usability and improving error handling.
[FIXED] Image processing now corrects itself if it finds an empty hr folder, moving on to use the lg folder instead.
[FIXED] If PHP is not built with the bundled GD library, image rotate buttons do not appear in the edit image pane. (The imagerotate function is only available if PHP is built --with-gd, not --with-gd=/some/prefix.)
[FIXED] Fixed a bug that caused any edit to an image in edit images to clear the existing selection for album preview.
[CHANGED] Sessions are no longer checked to ensure they began from the same IP (because of multiple problems with proxies, etc)
[FIXED] Bug that kept checkbox values from being saved when using Firefox.
[FIXED] images.php now works around an obscure bug in PHP 4.3.1.
[FIXED] Make sure that the album preview is cleared if the image being used for the preview is deleted.
[FIXED] Textarea inputs now shows up correctly in Firefox/Mozilla based browsers.
[NEW] Windows servers are now supported
[NEW] When albums are processed or when thumbs are created, Director remembers those values so when a new image is added, Director automatically brings them in line with the rest of the album
[NEW] Added control over whether the title and description of the album is displayed in the XML document. (Useful when you want to use a album preview for the entire link in the gallery view)
[NEW] More control when filling captions
[NEW] Image processing now built in
[NEW] Director now creates a set of internal thumbnails to speed up the edit image interface considerably
[NEW] Rotate images from inside the application
[CHANGED] Director now handles ZIPs in two ways: First, the default behavior, with the lg and tn folders zipped. However, now you can directly zip a group of images, and Director recognizes the structure, creates the proper folders, and moves the images for you.
[CHANGED] The dashboard has been altered to better support larger album and dynamic gallery sets
[FIXED] Director now validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional (for those who care)
[FIXED] Detect and adjust for web servers running on ports other than 80
[FIXED] Allow for longer file names
[FIXED] Thumb listing in Album preview select now displays in a more organized manner
[FIXED] All Ajax calls now use POST instead of GET for greater security
[FIXED] Director now disables PHP's timeout setting on potentially long running scripts
[FIXED] Only delete a new album folder on failure if it was uploaded via ZIP or single image. Leave FTP'd folders alone.
[FIXED] Director now recognizes GIFs and also can create thumbs for GIFs provided the GD installation allows for it
[FIXED] Now smartly switches between using PHP_SELF and SCRIPT_URL for better host compatibility
[FIXED] Images without links now correctly show up as empty in the XML document
[NEW] Smart handling for links: Makes sure that http:// is prepended before all link attributes for images in the XML.
[NEW] Added new property to user_setup to allow disabling of external data loading by Director (news, new version check in footer) for use on local servers that do not have access to the internet. See user_setup.txt for more information.
[FIXED] Auto-linking only links to hr images if there is a matching image in the hr folder for the image in question. If there isn't, link falls back to the lg version of the image.
[FIXED] Several fixes to the caching system.
[FIXED] Various visual bugs in IE6.
[FIXED] More meaningful error messages when uploading an album fails.
[NEW] Built in caching of XML files.
[NEW] XML is automatically passed to flash with a random string appended to the file name to fool Flash into thinking it is a new file, preventing the ever present Flash caching issue once and for all.
[FIXED] An improper value in the mailing function preventing email going out to new users.
[FIXED] Visual bug when you update an Album title with an apostrophe in the text.
[FIXED] File uploading and permissions will now work on a wider variety of server configurations.
The first public release of SlideShowPro Director.