CpmFetch Announcements from FistFullOfCode.com
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* * * Development release 1.5.1 is ONLINE now * * *
[ code named: Freaky Turkey ]
( get it at
http://cpmfetch.fistfullofcode.com )
I have posted a new development release online. Updating to this is purely up to you...
If there is something you like here, go ahead. If not stick with what you have. If you think
you have a bug now, upgrade to this before reporting it (or else)
WHATS NEW
* DocBook documentation almost done
* Select photos by owner name (via owner= in source statement)
* Added %e to display owners E-Mail
* Added %H to display owners web site (Home page)
* Added %I to display owners Interests
* Added %l to display owners last visit (lower case L)
* Added %L to display owners location
* Added %O to display owners occupation
* Added %r to display owners registration date
* Internal refactoring of cpmfetch_dao
DOCBOOK DOCUMENTATION ALMOST DONE
This will replace the existing readme based documentation. That will no longer be updated, as of
whenever I last updated it. While the Docbook version is not 100% done, it does contain all
the old versions info and more. Some is not formatted yet, but technically its in there.
See it here... updated daily
http://www.fistfullofcode.com/projects/copperminefetch/manual/index.htmlSELECT PHOTOS BY OWNER NAME (VIA owner= IN SOURCE STATEMENT)
More information on doing this is available in the new, mostly finsihed docs.
http://www.fistfullofcode.com/projects/copperminefetch/manual/ch05s02.htmlThe new thing is that you can use owner= in addition to album= and cat=
SUBTITLE AND ALT TAG PLACEHOLDERS GALORE
User fogpeople mentioned to me that there is all this other data in here that I am ignoring, so I
went ahead and added in calls to get all that too. Here are the new chunks of information you
can add into your subtitles and alt tags.
* Added %e to display owners E-Mail
* Added %H to display owners web site (Home page)
* Added %I to display owners Interests
* Added %l to display owners last visit (lower case L)
* Added %L to display owners location
* Added %O to display owners occupation
* Added %r to display owners registration date
INTERNAL REFACTORING OF CPMFETCH_DAO
Basically I removed a lot of redundant code... reducing the size of the file
by 5.1KB and 145 lines of SQL code. What does this mean to you? Well,
any function that ends with FromAlbum or FromCategory or does not have
any from (such as getRandomMedia) all call the same function in the backend -
the ones I added that use the $source statement (they all end in FROM).
It's been nagging me for awhile, so why not just go ahead and do it.
A WORD ABOUT DEV RELEASES
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Typically development releases are done in software when new features are added... New features sometimes
introduce bugs (software errors) that the testing we do here misses. If this happens, it is usually something
strange. The dev releases here are generally very stable. Changes sometimes even make the program
more stable, which adding new features.
Overall, In most circumstances, if your random thumbnail is not working for a few minutes when you upgrade
you are going to be okay. If a dev release has something you like, give it a try. I always have all the older versions up
for download so you can go back if it breaks.
If you do have a problem, PLEASE let me know. That way I can fix it. If I don't know about it, it could be
a long time before it gets fixed.
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