What Changed in April 2011

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Turned off statistics if no mysql (from above)
Extended attributes so database can cope with up to 15 locks in a staircase (issue 257)

Moved all attributes into bit fields instead of separate variables
Allowed editing of details to cover upto 15 lock staircases
And display of these in gazetteer
First tentative steps for adverts - attribute, template for display in gazetteer, primitive database

Your profile info shows even if you haven't submitted any photos (was inside the 'if' for photos)

Added a "count down" option - shows distance and time to the destination rather than the default count up.
Fixed bug (issue 363) where "Easter Sunday" was appearing on Saturday

Made countdown and count up both possible instead of one or the other
Added a "set options" button to output which recalculates after you've changed them.

Changed "change preferences" to "options" to make the button a more similar size
Refactored display code to simplify route distances and times
Added countdown distances and times to route tables
Made the table more structured and with better headings. Decided to add lines to make it more readable.
Prevented "enter" from activating the "copy first place" button.
Added a "swap start-and-end places button" (you can do it from the "new route" menu, but this is easier)
Wrote advert server code for graphical adverts

Finished code for graphical ads to be uploaded and saved in the database (needed to prevent strings getting truncated at zeros)

Made "cancel" button from change password work without you having to put something into all the fields!

Merged these changes from development into the live version and released, but with the adverts turned off until completed.

→ Release 9.13.4

Fixed bug where session.misc didn't always exist (I was now testing it for "active" adverts) [pre-release]
Fixed bug in new stuff where mysql wasn't being detected correctly [pre-release]

Fixed bug in weather plugin (I'd misformatted the new URL for the service) [pre-release]
Restored export button instead of blog in output.
It was sometimes getting confused about the order of the waterway gauges - causing routes to be planned along seaways. Fixed.
On systems with URL re-writing (so urls like /gazetteer/5eve) the "options" page wasn't opening on the gazetteer tab automatically
A catch for some debugging info for a particular strange error

→ Release 9.13.4.1

Changed the way the autoconf data is loaded to avoid nightmares on uploading (re-wrote to use /bin/sh rather than canal so as not to be dependent on it)

Fixed bug in how yesterday's gauge code was interacting with the change options code from a week ago.
And another related one where the database wasn't always available

→ Release 9.13.4.2