Change Log  -  2.5 to Current

PHP Auto Dealer (From 2.7 to 2.8)
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- PHP 5.3 Compatible - All deprecated functions replaced and the admin changed to work with new "max_file_uploads" php setting.

- Added support for both local and youtube video.

- Added tinymce as a wysiwyg choice for textareas.

- Added thumbnail carousel

- Removed thumnail i-frame -- Replaced by carousel.

- Added menu bar to add/edit listings.

- Added Image Manager page in admin.

- Added File upload manager in admin.

- Added Video manager in admin.

- Changed modal image window to new lightbox.

- Changed Ask Question to new lightbox.

- Changed Send to Friend to new lightbox.

- Changed Payment Calc to new lightbox.

- Removed old modal window files.

- Replaced slider menu with a better version.

- Added ability to search for hidden listings in admin.

- Prevented Sold listings from displaying on the home page latest and specials.

- Made the stats on the admin homepage links.

- Corrected foreach error in details.php when there are no custom fields.

- Added if structure to each foreach to prevent errors when count = 0

- Corrected image renaming to allow file names that have more than one period. (a.b.c.jpg)

- Replaced depricated eregi functions

- Removed calls to the deprecated magic_quotes functions.

- Replace decprecated split() calls in phpmailer.

- Removed Zend version.

- Function files are no longer binary files. They can now be uploaded normally.

 

PHP Auto Dealer (From 2.6 to 2.7)
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- Added Cars.com FTP datafile creation and optional automatic FTP uploading to cars.com.

- Added optional automatic FTP uploading to AutoTrader.com and support for New Vehicles

- Added listing locators for both AutoTrader and Cars.com features. It finds the listings that are missing required data for you.

- Added MSRP field. Needed for AutoTrader New vehicle listings to show dealer price. (Details template tag <-msrp->)

- Added options to AutoTrader and Cars.com to include new, used, or all inventory.

- Added option to download autotrader and cars.com datafiles when created.

- Added wysiwyg editor for custom textarea fields.

- Corrected edit listing showing the wrong currency sign.

- Added Password Recovery function.

- Modified templates/*ALL*/autotrader.php to specify new and used. 

- Made File Uploads Optional (Set in config)

- Removed javascript call loading the old wysiwyg editor

- Removed the left over bgcolor vars from header.php - ALL TEMPLATES

- Fixed default values for text and textarea fields not showing correctly in add form.

- Fixed max length for file link text being too long for some database setups.

- Corrected user passwords being set to NULL if not entered upon user modification.

 

PHP Auto Dealer (From 2.5. to 2.6.)
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- Added an else to listings.php to set the type to 1 by default. Wasn't being set with used/new = off

- Corrected admin search by listing type not spanning pages correctly.

- Corrected v_id = 0 causing incorrect default custom field values in add listing.

- Increased images to 24

- Changed details page payment link opens in dhtml window instead of loading a whole page.
  Works as usual with direct payment.php links.

- Send question link opens in dhtml window instead of loading a whole page.

- Send to Friend opens in dhtml window instead of loading a whole page.

- Integrated FCKeditor for description field. Replaces other editor (remove includes/javascript/wysiwyg)

- Clicking thumbs or full image opens larger image in dhtml window instead of new window.

- Added support for SMTP email. Can choose mail() or SMTP

- Added support for HTML email. Can choose HTML or Plain text.

- Revamped send to friend functions and added template - send_to_friend.php

- Revamped Ask Question functions and added template - ask_question.php

- Ask question emails can be sent to the default address or directly to the user that added the listing. (Set in config.php)

- Added option to send a copy of the Send a Friend email to the sender.

- Added option to send a copy of the Ask Question email to the sender.

- Change to prevent duplicate category names on the same level.

- Added slide out menu for categories. - Left Menu

- Changed view_cat to display listings in the selected cat and all subs under the selected category.

- Added option to show thumbs on details page in an iframe. Can be verticle or horizontal

- Added support for CarFax dealer program links.

- Added more filters and sort options to the admin report.

- Added ability to upload files. (5 per listing - PDF, DOC, Etc.)

- Added ability to hide custom fields from the automated details table display.

- Added 'Select One' to custom field drop lists to allow for a 'no choice' option.

- Corrected typo in admin/autotrader.php

- Added min/max year to Search

- Increased max username length to 50

- Increased max password length to 20