What’s New
version 2.4.6
Fixed: problem with the apostrophe in the blog name as discussed on our user forum.
Fixed: error on "Manage Subscribers" page as discussed on our user forum.
version 2.4.5
Fixed: the plugin showed the wrong date in the Blog Broadcast settings.
version 2.4.4
Fixed: issues on WordPress 2.9 and PHP < 5.2 – the Blog Broadcast tab was blank and the "Update Options" button did not work in G-Lock Opt-In settings.
version 2.4.3
Fixed: <error> when trying to see subscribers in "Manage Subscribers' for the users who have WordPress installed in a folder and not in the root directory.
Fixed: blog broadcast could not find posts and send email if WordPress was installed in a folder and not in the root directory.
version 2.4.2
Fixed: the cron job code is re-written to be compatible with other plugins.
Fixed: the conflict with the Contact Form 7 plugin.
version 2.4.1
Fixed: the "Update Options" button in the plugin settings did not work in the Internet Explorer.
version 2.4
Fixed: subscription confirmation and welcome emails are sent in the plain text format.
Fixed: "From" field in the email header is formed as "From Name" <email> and shown as "From Name".
version 2.3.9
Mail engine switched to PHPMailer 5. Now the plugin supports SSL and you can use it with the Gmail SMTP server.
Fixed: automatic email broadcast as discussed on our user forum.
version 2.3.8
Fixed: tabs in the Blog Broadcast settings did not work.
Fixed: the widget did not display correctly with the default WordPress theme. There was a space between the title and actual submission form.
version 2.3.7
Fixed: manual broadcast sending on some systems.
version 2.3.6
Fixed: issue with manual broadcast email sending. The function was enforcing the 'date' mode, and was not sending a broadcast email if there were no new posts.
version 2.3.5
Fixed: "email not found" error when someone who has already subscribed tried to fill out the signup form
Fixed: the subscribers did not show on certain blogs
Fixed: issue with the $ sign as discussed on our user forum
Fixed: a few minor bugs
version 2.3.4
Added: new $rss_item_author variable that allows include the author of the post in broadcast emails
Fixed: problem with custom SMTP server settings as discussed on our user forum
version 2.3.3
Fixed: if you renamed the "Subscribe" button, the plugin redirected you to the home page instead of a "Thank you" page.
Removed the TinyMCE HTML editor from broadcast email templates because it filtered HTML tags and made editing of the HTML source impossible.
version 2.3
Added: new sending options in the Email Settings – "Use PHP Mail" and "Use Sendmail directly (*nix only)"
Added: "Include full posts into broadcast email" option in the Blog Broadcast settings
Added: "Don't show images in broadcast emails" option in the Blog Broadcast settings
Added: ability to specify the length of the post excerpt that will be included into the broadcast email
Added: abuility to specify the max number of the feed items that will be included into the broadcast email
Added: ability to select the date of the posts that will be included into the broadcast email
Added: ability to select the categories and authors that will be included into the broadcast email
Added: ability to send broadcast manually at any time
Changed: Blog Broadcast settings are removed from the plugin settings and added as a new item in G-Lock Opt-In -> Blog Broadcast
version 2.2.6
Fixed: few compatibility issues with different hosting providers like GoDaddy, etc.
version 2.2.5
Fixed: page navigation in Manage Subscribers as discussed on our user forum. This issue affected the users who had more than 9 pages of subscribers. Not all the pages were displayed on the page navigation bar.
version 2.2.4
Fixed: page navigation in the Manage Subscribers for Internet Explorer users as discussed on our user forum.
version: 2.2.3
Fixed: email broadcast was locked for some the users who upgraded from the older versions of the plugin.
version 2.2.2
Fixed: few minor bugs as discussed on our user forum.
version 2.2.1
Fixed: the subscribers did not show in the Users -> Subscribers database (bug of the v2.2).
Decreased the size of Java scripts used to create a form on the site to 91 Kb.
Changed: to edit the plugin settings or view subscribers, go to your WP-Admin -> G-Lock Opt-In -> Settings/Subscribers
version 2.2
Fixed: Java script compatibility with many third party plugins (in case if any errors, please, contact us).
Decreased the size of loaded Java scripts necessary for the work of the form (from 200 to 120).
Removed (temporarily) the HTML editor for the blog broadcast.
Improved and optimized the work of the blog broadcast scheduler.
version 2.1.4
Fixed: "Test broadcast" option didn't work in IE7.
Changed: blog broadcast feature checks the blog for new posts every 10 minutes.
version 2.1.3
Fixed: the REQUIRED warning was misspelled in the js/gsom.js file. It displayed "Reqired" instead of "Required".
version 2.1.2
Changed: the length of the varUCode field is limited to 255 characters for the compatibility with MySQL 4 database.
version 2.1.1
Added: ability to specify the length of RSS items description in the Blog Broadcast settings. Note: if you set "Full Text" for your RSS feed items in the Reading settings, RSS item description length is ignored.
Added: the plugin works when the WordPress URL and Blog URL are different.
Fixed: if you set "Summary" for your RSS feed items in the Reading settings, the images are not included into the RSS item description.
Fixed: issue with displaying the widget form in the Internet Explorer 6.
version 2.1.0
Changed: the unsubscribe link as discussed on our user forum. Note: unsubscribe links from the older versions of the plugin are not compatible with the v2.10.
Changed: all default and user-defined fields in the signup form are required as discussed on our user forum.
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