Drupal Connector - Release Notes

This page contains the release notes for versions of the Pugpig Drupal Connector. As with all modules, please test the upgrade on a test/staging environment thoroughly before upgrading your live site.

Always clear your Drupal cache after installing or updating this plugin.

- Drupal v7.x-2.4.0 {release date: 26/01/2016}
- Drupal v7.x-2.3.7 {release date: 15/09/2015}
- Drupal v7.x-2.2.8 {release date: 07/07/2015}
- Drupal v7.x-2.2.0 {release date: 15/04/2015}
- Drupal v7.x-2.1.0 (revision 145680d) {release date: 02/02/2015}
- Drupal v7.x-1.14.0 (revision 6bca312) {release date: 28/06/2014}
- Drupal v7.x-1.13.0 (revision 2be2fd3) {release date: 17/01/2014}
- Drupal v7.x-1.12.0 (revision 18834) {release date: 05/08/2013}
- Drupal v7.x-1.11.0 (revision 16335) {release date: 12/04/2013}
- Drupal v7.x-1.10.0 (revision 16172) {release date: 20/01/2013}
- Older versions

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Drupal Connector 7.x-2.4.0

Core Features

• Added new package bucket allocator 'PackagedFileAllocatorBySectionAndTheme' which allocates files into a theme bucket and section buckets
• Now compatible with PHP 5.3 
• Minor bugfixes

Drupal Connector 7.x-2.3.7

Core Features

• Added new package bucket allocator 'PackagedFileAllocatorBySectionAndTheme' which allocates files into a theme bucket and section buckets
• Now compatible with PHP 5.3 
• Minor bugfixes

Drupal Connector 7.x-2.2.8

Core Features

• Added new package bucket allocator 'PackagedFileAllocatorBySectionAndTheme' which allocates files into a theme bucket and section buckets
• Now compatible with PHP 5.3 
• Minor bugfixes

Externals

• Pugpig PHP Standalone 2.3.10 - see PHP Release Notes

Drupal Connector 7.x-2.2.0

Core Features

• Packaging changes enabling packaging by section etc.
• Added support for registering content filter hooks and endpoints
• Added Puzzler Puzzles Import Module and Features
• Added Pugpig Sounds Module
• Added Pugpig Vouchers Module
• Added PDF Upload as edition support
• Minor bugfixes

Drupal Connector 7.x-2.1.0

Core Features

• Improvements to all cache headers to support continuous publishing
• Improvements to cache headers for image styles
• Not sending cache headers when logged into avoid over-caching of previews
• New helper scaffolding for authentication modules
• Ability to add custom headers to support other upstream authentication layers, e.g. Akamai
• Allow more editions in the feed
• Manifest generation now supports Entity References as well as Node References
• Added hook to override edition modified time (pugpig_edition_modified)
• Added hook to set page's ATOM feed updated timestamp independently of the page's last modified header - reduces problems where the manifest and html files are cached at different times and out of sync (pugpig_page_atom_updated_timestamp)
• Added hook to edit page types viewable in flatplan view (pugpig_filter_page_types) 
• Minor bugfixes

Amazon Store Module

• Receipt validator support for Amazon v2 Billing API (requires second endpoint)

Bitly Module

• Allow custom bit.ly domains in the URL shortener module

Externals

• Pugpig PHP Standalone 2.3 - see PHP Release Notes

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.14

Core Features

• Improvements to packager including limiting each .zip file to 20MB
• Added support for filtering of editions in the OPDS feed if the feed is requested with an authorisation header (for personalised feeds)
• Better support for base themes and child themes
• Added theme version to manifest file to aid debugging
• Improved modified dates and cache headers to support Continuous Publishing
• Added settings to configure caching TTLs
• Added support for sample editions, and page level access control
• Added support for custom categories in the Verify Subscription response, used in Google Analytics
• Added support for Pugpig Sounds in Drupal

Promo Module

• New module for Pugpig Promos

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.13

Core Features

• Improved interface for child pages
• Support for Private Files
• Including download size in generated feeds
• Improved support for theme switching if website has different theme to Pugpig

Google Play

• Added support for allowed subscription prefix and list of subscription ids for Google Play.

Subscriptions

• Added support for CDS POST API
• Added a QSS subscription module

Remote Bundles

• Fixed support for Remote Bundles as child articles.

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.12

Core Features

• Includes version 2.0 of Pugpig Standalone
• Ability to add Tombstones to delete editions from the client (required client framework 1.9)
• Ability to set a default Cover Not Available image
• Fixed fatal bug in non-English installations that caused the feeds to be empty
• Setting to control number of concurrent threads in the packager
• Including ALPHA Newsstand ATOM feed
• Bug fixes regarding push notification sending
• Improved dependency checking for Google Play and Amazon Store validation

Externals

• Pugpig Reader 0.5 - See: Pugpig Web Reader Release Notes
• Pugpig PHP Standalone 2.0 - See: Pugpig Standalone PHP Release Notes

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.11

Google Play Module

• New subscription provider for the Blackberry App World store

Externals

• Pugpig Reader 0.5 - See: Pugpig Web Reader Release Notes
• Pugpig PHP Standalone 1.1 - See: Pugpig Standalone PHP Release Notes

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.10

Note: Drupal Core 7.20 adds token security around image style generation. This Pugpig release is compatible with 7.20, but earlier versions are not. 7.21 is preferable to 7.20.

Core Features

• More flexible image style options for a field
• Improved, automatic handling for the interface for child articles
• Ability to show/hide options in the flatplan
• All CURLs will use a proxy if specified in the Drupal configuration
• Supports open_basedir security settings
• Date validation on edition date
• New hook to style categories in the flatplan
• New hook to customise Atom feed summary
• New hook to allow different titles in admin flatplan and Atom feed
• Show more comments in the OPDS feed
• Ability to post process manifests, for example to remove unwanted theme assets
• Compatible with Drupal Core 7.20 Image Styles (need to disable the token: http://drupal.org/drupal-7.20-release-notes)

Import/Export Module

• Major changes to support taxonomies and files at any depth
• Editions exported from older versions will not import into this version

Bitly Module

• New integration with bit.ly for short sharing links

Google Play Module

• New subscription provider for the Google Play store

CDS Module

• Support for issue based access

Packager

• See Release Notes for Pugpig PHP Standalone
• New mode to show all images in the package

Externals

• Pugpig Reader 0.5 - See: Pugpig Web Reader Release Notes
• Pugpig PHP Standalone 1.0 - See: Pugpig Standalone PHP Release Notes

 

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.9 (revision 11110)

Core Features

• All editions no longer appear as free for internal users (internal just see draft editions)
• Hook for custom links in edition admin screen
• Bugfix when settings had never been saved
• Clearer messages in manifest when private files are used
• Top Level Feeds has own admin section
• Allow sharing links for child pages
• Admin shows package size and last packaged in more useful format
• Ability to add custom entries (from another server) into the OPDS feed
• Hooks to add links (and enclosures) to the ATOM feeds
• Bugfix: Covers for non-published editions can now be served

Import/Export Module

• Handles Media Module

Packager

• Small bug fixes and improvements

Externals

• Pugpig Reader 0.3 (revision 11096)
• Pugpig PHP Common 0.9 (revision 11094)

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.8 (revision 9764)

Core Features

• Ability to include Google Analytics in the web views
• Security fix: Parts of the packager were not properly protected by Drupal Security
• Removed edition key warnings on edition creation
• Bugfix: Sharing link will always use the CDN now, even if edition not published

Packager Module

• Better error checking for invalid manifests
• Better error checking for file URLs with invalid ? or & characters

Dovetail Module

• Handle a Dovetail setup with multiple products
• Improve Test Form

Amazon Store Module

• Created new subscription handler for Amazon Store purchases

Remote Bundle Module

• Alpha version of the remote bundle - ability to directly include external pages

Externals

• Pugpig Reader 0.2 (revision 11096)
• Pugpig PHP Common 0.8 (revision 9777)

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.7 (revision 8975)

Core Features

• Added pagination to edition list
• Imported editions always revert to unpublished
• Ability to supply regex to ensure edition keys match a pattern. Prevents accidents.
• Ability to supply new templates for a web version
• Ability to add custom categories via a hook
• Set CURL timeout to external services to 20 seconds to prevent very long waits/locks
• Check for 0 byte files when packaging
• Clean up temp folder after use
• Ability to obfuscate web urls via a hash
• Ability to provide custom edition filters to support multiple apps pointing to same Drupal instance

Packager Module

• Cleans up temp folder to reduce space

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.6 (revision 7652)

Core Features

• iTunes Receipt validation now always first verifies with production, then sandbox, complying with new Apple guidelines
• Module no longer CURLs to itself to serve any static files
• The redirect from the home page to the flat plan is now a setting
• Fixed logic in redirect to the flatplan after saving an item
• HTML files now allowed in ad package bundles (for example for adverts that use frames)
• Default images on an ImageField now included in auto generated manifests
• Templating functions consolidated into templating.php
• Added helper functions to support IMCE inline images
• Bugfix: a - now works in the edition key
• All feeds now have Last Modified and eTags
• Ability to include relative URLs in the common manifest area
• Bugfix: multiple hooks to enable/disable manifest items now play nicely together

Drupal Connector 7.x-1.5 (revision 6694)

Core Features

• Bundling core module and extension module in the same package
• Released module under GPL, and updated version numbering to reflect Drupal conventions
• Multiple security improvements: Removing possible CSFR vunerabilities, and better escaping to prevent XSS
• Module now works as expected when running Drupal multisites
• PHP 5.2 now supported
• Removed all warnings highlighted by Coder module to comply with coding standards
• Bugfix: Generating relative URLs to images when containing node not directly part of an edition
• Bugfix: Allowing SVG and OTF files into manifests
• Bugfix: field_pugpig_categories now properly handles terms in Drupal taxonomy
• Changed features module not to include/overwrite allowed page types of edition field_pugpig_pages

Drupal Connector 1.4 (revision 6293)

Core Features

• Major bug with packaging when using field_pugpig_sharing_link
• Providing link to XML file from packager
• Added an About section, and new licence header in the source
• Added link to multi-edition previewer
• Pugpig Edition is now supplied by Features module
• Bugfix with spaces in file names
• Improved templating functions for retrieving relative URLs
• Ability to provide a sharing link at the edition level (not just per content item)
• Removed dependency on iTunes module

Import/Export Module

• Much better support for multiple assets with the same name in an edition

iTunes Module

• Removed misleading iTunes price field as the price is pulled directly from iTunes

Externals

• Pugpig Reader 0.2 (revision 6205)
• Pugpig PHP Common 0.5 (revision 6293)

Drupal Connector 1.3 (revision 5950)

Core Features

• Added support for field_pugpig_sharing_link, which can be used for Twitter for example
• Include group attr on figures for slideshow
• Cover images now driven entirely via image styles, not custom watermarking code
• New test page to check the endpoints
• New test mode for packager
• Improved “No Cover” image, and provided Dev/Test/Stage cover ribbons
• New hook to associate an image style with a field.
• Ability to hide the delete link in the flatplan
• Ability to provide a default template style for index pages
• Neater settings sections, which includes text file with version info
• Bugfix with non-image attachments
• Performance improvements, particularly on OPDS entry points
• Better reporting from Cache plugins
• Replaced RecursiveDirectoryIterator in favour for glob_match for generating manifests

Urban Airship Module

• Ability to send an Alert Notification as well as a background Newsstand Push
• Configurable Alert Notification message

Drupal Connector 1.2 (revision 5641)

Core Features

• First public release
• Splitting out various modules
• Bugfixes and stability. Handling warnings.