Releases for Simplenews

Release notes

This is the first beta release of Simplenews 7.x-1.x. The API is now considered stable, changes will only be made if really necessary.

A large number of bugs have been fixed since the last alpha, some API cleanups implemented and support for Batch API to send newsletters immediately has been added.

Changes since 7.x-1.0-alpha2:

Release notes

This is the second and hopefully last alpha release for Simplenews 7.x-1.x -- code name "Merry X-mas".

This release contains a large number of bugfixes, a number of new features including the new pluggable source concept, a number of refactorings. Additionally, a lot of tests have been ported and written, resulting in 1200+ test assertions and around 60% code coverage.

Changes since 7.x-1.0-alpha1:

Release notes

Changes since 6.x-2.0-alpha1:

Release notes

Bug fixes

#804252 by Sutharsan: Fixed: Database update error in 6.x-1.2

Release notes

Bug fixes

Fixed Installation message not very useful if Help module is disabled. (#687956 by Sutharsan)
simplenews_recent_newsletters() not compatible with PostgreSQL in Drupal 6.16 (#734196 by AlexisWilke)
Fixed Missing return value in _update_N() function. (#716740 by AlexWilke)
Fixed: Mail spool not working correctly in PostgreSQL. (#722266 by AlexisWilke)
Fixed empty delimiter when sending (test) emails with short link text. (#680278 by Sutharsan)
Fixed Documentation added for missing site name in URL. (#439016 by Sutharsan)
Fixed Double escaping removed from Simplenews Actions. (#650494 by Simplenews)
Fixed newsletter send status should be updated on cron. (#585900 by hanoii\)
Fixed Simplenews does not take the recipient's text mail preference into account. (#401014 by miro_dietiker)
Fixed Various String issues. (#518564 by FrankT)
Fixed Header from mail inconsistent. (#581460 by miro_dietiker)
Fixed Typo in admin form. (#527262 by joachim)
Fixed "Manage my subscription" is being output in wrong way. (#520670 by neochief)
Fixed Various String issues. (#518564 by FrankT)
Fixed Link to translation source newsletter in newsletter editing form is incomplete for subsites. (#500686 by Sutharsan)
Fixed Wrong closing tag in simplenews_help (#459322 by sharlak)
Added update 6200 for compatibility with rev 1.223 (HEAD)

Release notes

Bug fixes

#584334 by allartk, Sutharsan: Sending interrupted: PHP maximum execution time almost exceeded.
#476756 by burn_ru, Karlheinz, Sutharsan: Fixed URL displayed twice in email
#374222 by sutharsan: Fixed Template files do not work when using admin theme.
#530232 by jamespharaoh: Fixed Do not allow an empty taxonomy term in the newsletter node form.
#515274 by Dmitriy.trt: Fixed Make Vocabulary required at install. Fixed Losing content type settings when saving Vocabulary form.
#153291 by Sutharsan: Fixed use unformatted from address on WIN-OS platforms.
#367488: Added enable simplenews to send using HTML module.
#365507 by Roberto Gerola, com2: Fixed !confirmation_url and !newsletter not replaced for anonymous users.
#398496 by Sutharsan: Fixed !site, !mailto, !date not exploded in confirmation mails.
#425890 by Sutharsan: Fixed Link does not take into account the installation directory

Other fixes

#399966 by Sutharsan: Fixed My newsletters tab in users profile without persmission to subscribe.
#457004 by univate: Fixed hook_user should not return anything for $op='view'.
#541128 by Sutharsan: Fixed Handle capitals in email address the right way.
#400988 by plach: Fixed UI typo.
#484484 by mrfelton: simplenews.install should not use t() in hook_schema().
#290695 by Xano, Sutharsan: Change 'e-mail' into 'email'

Release notes

Bug fixes

#361920 by Sutharsan: Fixed sent duplicate emails when PHP process is killed.
#369174 by Sutharsan: Fixed confusing error message. Restriction of vocabulary settings.
#361352 by sutharsan: Fixed newsletter term loses language after editing.
#366446 by seals: Fixed URL typo in README.txt
#361782 by Sutharsan: Fixed !uri and !uri_brief fail on multilingual site.
#362504 by Sutharsan: Newsletter looses advanced settings when updated.

Release notes

We're getting close to the 1.0 release. Thanks to all who reported and helped to fix these bugs.

Bug fixes

#356607 by sutharsan: Fixed Newsletter vocab created without a name.
#348392 by sutharsan: Fixed Raw HTML characters in newsletter title and from address.
Fixed double watchdog debug message for test email.
Fixed watchdog debug email wrong type.
#356784 by justinrandell: Fixed notices when using tokens.
#356266 by jhedstrom: Fixed test email confirmation message not displayed.
#277733 by sutharsan: Fixed confirmation link results in a 404 page not found.
#356181 by sutharsan: Fixed Missing node type assignement of newsletter vocabulary causes FAPI error message.
#355338 by dlane: Fixed Invalid call to node_load() in simplenews_mail_mail().

Release notes

DO NOT UPGRADE TO RC1, USE RC2 INSTEAD.

New features

#351812 by sutharsan: Dynamic theming per newsletter for blocks and emails.
#335537 by sutharsan: Improved theming of newsletter body and footer.
#350865 by sutharsan: Make newsletter content type flexible.
#343675 by vaish: Support for CCK display context.
#330455 by sutharsan: Add permission to administer newsletter subscriptions.
#330165 by sutharsan: Subscription form (newsletter/subscriptions) should work with Multilingual Taxonomy module.
#338015 by sutharsan: Report mail count and elapsed send time.
#338015 by sutharsan: prevent overrun of PHP maximum execution time during send emails. Measuring execution time now based on getrusage().
#342900 by myself: Restore inline hyperlinks in plain text mail.
#330403 by thePanz: Add number of subscribers in newsletter admin page.
#323872 by myself: Mass (un)ubscribe email addresses separated by space, comma or newline.

Upgrade notes

* Permission 'view links in block' has been removed (#353199).
* Tokens in newletter body, footer and confirmation emails have changed, some new tokens added.