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Jason L. · (This post was last modified: 01-10-2012 11:28 AM by Jason L..)

Beta 4 Released

Hello,

It's been a long while since I've updated the release of GoMobile, but it should be worth the wait! There have been several bugs resolved, theme tweaks, performance boosts, and code rewrites in Beta 4 since Beta 3. Provided everything runs smoothly across the board, Beta 4 should be the final beta stage for GoMobile 1.0! Here's a small list of the changes in Beta 4.

Bugs fixed:

Minor installation-check bug which affected larger boards
Bug which caused multiple template edits to be made and not undone

Enhancements:

Improved forum index which cuts down on images, and uses colors instead to indicate the presence of new posts
Colored images have been desaturated for the purpose of future recoloring plans
User Agent strings are now stored in the cache, meaning there is one less global query, with the added benefits of increased speed*
In addition to the new UA String storage system, regexes have been renamed to strings as the added capabilites of preg_match are not needed and thus have been replaced with stristr, in turn making the list of User Agents more user-friendly*
Added toggle switch to enable/disable theme permissions for GoMobile, further decreasing query count (-1)**
New, matching redirect pages
GoMobile now uses pre-available variables and CSS to style items, rather than specific functions and extra queries
And many more tweaks (mostly under the hood)!

* Average sized sites may not see a huge benefit in terms of speed (if any), however larger, more cumbersome boards utilizing advanced caching methods will most likely see a performance gain compared to Beta 3
** If the setting is not enabled, GoMobile will work normally, disregarding permissions set at the theme level via the Templates & Style section of your AdminCP. If you do not use or require group-specific theme permissions, it is recommended that you disable this option to save a global query.

Installation & upgrading instructions are included in the README.txt file, so please look over that before performing any actions. Due to the new way that the is_installed function works, it is CRUCIAL that you UNINSTALL THE CURRENT PLUGIN BEFORE UPLOADING THE NEW FILES. More information can be found in the readme. You must also delete the old theme and templates to ensure you're using the latest. It is not recommended that you only upgrade the theme or vice versa (ie. only the plugin and not the theme).

Thanks for this release go out to Tomm M (for continued development support) and pavemen, for suggesting the new is_installed function (which may or may not cause issues, which is mainly why we're still in beta Tongue

).

Thanks again for your continued support, and if you have any questions, concerns, or have found any bugs please don't hesitate to let me know!

Download here:
http://www.mybbgm.com/download.php

- Chris Rudnicki

GoMobile Beta 4 Released

cyberpedz · 03-13-2011, 02:58 AM