Change Log

Version 1.1.8 February 2020

General

• (A) New code library and layouts
• (C) Minimum Joomla version now 3.9.0+
• (C) Minimum PHP version now 5.6+
• (C) Improved database query error catching
• (C) Updated and improved install script
• (C) Minimum CoalaWeb Gears version is now 0.5.8
• (C) Sub extensions using new Version Check form field

Component - Traffic

• (A) New MaxMind license key field
• (C) Known robot list expanded to 426 [Pro]
• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (C) GEO upload now needs a MaxMind license key
• (C) Implemented new update system [Pro]
• (C) Using update form fields
• (C) Updated Control Panel layout
• (C) Using new Version Check form field
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (C) Code updates and improvements

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (C) Code updates and improvements

Plugin(S) - Traffic Online

• (C) Code updates and improvements

Plugin(S) - Traffic Reports [Pro]

• (C) Code updates and improvements

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.5.8

Version 1.1.7 March 2019

General

• (C) Updates to README file
• (C) Extension descriptions now include a change log link
• (C) Minimum Joomla version is now 3.7
• (C) MaxMind DB Reader PHP API updated to version 1.4.1
• (C) Both Core and Pro now using GeoLite 2 database
• (C) Copyright year updated to 2019
• (R) Removed legacy geolocation database system

Component - Traffic

• (C) 120+ new robots added to the import list [Pro]
• (C) Updated depreciated JError handling
• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Online

• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Reports [Pro]

• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.5.4

Version 1.1.6 August 2018

Component - Traffic

• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (B) Fixed issue with visitor counts

Plugin(S) - Traffic Reports [Pro]

• (L) New and updated language strings

Version 1.1.5 July 2018

Component - Traffic

• (A) GDPR related information
• (A) New hide unknown in charts option [Pro]
• (A) New set Cookie option
• (A) New max record option for exporting reports
• (A) New To and From option for exporting reports [Pro]
• (A) New automatic report creating/emailing options [Pro]
• (A) New database table #__cwtraffic_storage to keep track of reports [Pro]
• (C) Who is Online DB table now has iphash column
• (C) Who is Online system can now store IP as hash [Pro]
• (C) Improved dependency check system
• (C) Now loading SweetAlert from unpkg.com
• (C) Upgrade SweetAlert code to V2.0 syntax
• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (C) Install script improvements
• (R) Removed unneeded SweetAlert CSS and JS files
• (R) Removed unneeded icons
• (R) Removed unneeded CSV Report controller
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (C) Improved dependency check system
• (C) Using Gears Tools class
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (C) Improved dependency check system
• (C) Using Gears Tools class
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Online

• (C) Can now store IP as hash [Pro]
• (C) Code updates and improvements
• (C) Improved dependency check system
• (C) Using Gears Tools class
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Reports [Pro]

• (N) Integrated into the CoalaWeb Traffic extension
• (N) This plugin creates and sends CoalaWeb Traffic CSV reports at regular intervals.

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.5.1

Version 1.1.4 December 2017

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed JFolder bug in log cleaning system
• (A) New DB cleanup message
• (C) Automatic DB cleanup turned on by default

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (B) Fixed JFolder bug in log cleaning system

Version 1.1.3 December 2017

Component - Traffic

• (A) Purge log files option
• (A) Auto cleanup of log files based on size
• (A) Robot list expanded to 276 [Pro]
• (A) Referers added to Charts [Pro]
• (C) Robot Name now uses regular expressions
• (C) Updated info messages
• (C) Improved installer script
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic Stats [Pro][Admin]

• (C) Changed Joomla version to 3.6

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (A) Auto cleanup of log files based on size

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (C) Now using regular expressions for robot name matching
• (L) Improved language loading

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.4.4

Version 1.1.2 September 2017

General

• (R) Removed unneeded functions from install scripts
• (C) Updated GNU/GPL licence location

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed missing helper call
• (A) Additional info messages
• (C) Updated warning messages
• (C) Updated guide links
• (C) Location helper checks existence of server side GEO database
• (L) Fixed language loading issue
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic Pro [Pro]

• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.4.1

Version 1.1.1 July 2017

General

• (C) Minimum Joomla version is now 3.6
• (C) Convert tables to utf8mb4 character set with utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation
• (L) Converted "_QQ_" to \" in language files for Joomla 3.7 +
• (C) Updated GNU General Public License URL

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed country filter in visitors view [Pro]
• (A) New location count system [Pro]
• (A) New location count view[Pro]
• (A) Known IPs and Locations added to DB backup/restore [Pro]
• (A) New GEO database remove option
• (A) New Purge Locations option [Pro]
• (A) New Location Sync option [Pro]
• (A) New Location Purge option [Pro]
• (C) Improved token checks
• (C) New description style and layout
• (C) New format for messages
• (C) Charts and Statistics now use location count system [Pro]
• (C) The GEO Upload view is now known as GEO Manage
• (C) Moved GEO refresh button to new GEO Manage view [Pro]
• (C) Code improvements
• (R) Removed unneeded JS from manage view
• (R) Removed unneeded CSS
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic

• (C) CSS update to keep counter images inline
• (C) New description style and layout
• (C) New format for messages
• (L) Updated Project Honeypot link
• (C) Code improvements and streamlining to core functions
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic Pro [Pro]

• (C) Shorten outer container ID
• (C) New description style and layout
• (C) New format for messages
• (C) Code improvements and streamlining to core functions
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic Stats [Pro][Admin]

• (C) New description style and layout
• (C) New format for messages
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Places [Pro]

• (N) Integrated into the CoalaWeb Traffic extension

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (A) New location count system [Pro]
• (C) New description style and layout
• (C) New format for messages
• (C) Code improvements
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (C) New description style and layout
• (C) New format for messages
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Online

• (C) New description style and layout
• (C) New format for messages
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.4.0

Version 1.1.0 January 2017

Component - Traffic

• (C) City and country counts now check for non empty or NULL values
• (A) New GEO refresh option [Pro]
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.3.1

Version 1.0.9 January 2017

Component - Traffic

• (C) Updated all Core V1 GEO database system files
• (C) Improved V1 GEO data retrieval and storing
• (C) Improved validation of GEO data retrieval
• (C) Updated copyright to 2017

Module - Traffic

• (C) Updated copyright to 2017

Module - Traffic Pro

• (C) Updated copyright to 2017

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (C) Updated copyright to 2017

Plugin(S) - Traffic Online

• (C) Updated copyright to 2017

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (C) Updated copyright to 2017

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.2.9

Version 1.0.8 December 2016

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed auto DB clean up system
• (C) Fixed OVH server IP detection
• (A) New option to store DB errors in a log file
• (A) New option to store DEBUG info in a log file
• (A) Integrated new DEBUG log option into iptools helper file
• (A) Display Pro fields in core version
• (A) 6 new Robots added to auto populate list [Pro]
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic

• (A) Integrated new DB log option for all queries
• (A) Display Pro fields in core version
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic Pro

• (A) Integrated new DB log option for all queries
• (A) Added custom CSS file option
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (A) Integrated new DB log option for all queries

Plugin(S) - Traffic Online

• (A) Integrated new DB log option for all queries

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (B) Fixed auto DB clean up system
• (A) Integrated new DB log option for all queries

Version 1.0.7 November 2016

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed missing framework call in Known IP edit

Version 1.0.6 October 2016

Component - Traffic

• (C) formvalidation is depreciated and replaced with formvalidator
• (C) Complete rewrite of the GEO upload and install system
• (C) Now using GEO databases with their original names
• (C) Updated helper class checks
• (A) GEO database renaming function for retro compatibility
• (A) 6 new Robots added to auto populate list [Pro]
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic Pro

• (A) Max displayed flags option
• (L) New and updated language strings

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (B) Database cleanup done in 50 record chunks to keep queries fast

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.2.6

Version 1.0.5 September 2016

Component - Traffic

• (C) New proxy check option for Iptools class

Version 1.0.4 August 2016

Component - Traffic

• (C) Iptools class has improved IP detection and validation

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (B) Fixed issue with known IP blocking

Version 1.0.3 August 2016

Component - Traffic

• (C) Referer check in visitors view
• (C) Iptools class has improved IP detection and validation

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (C) Improved validation of HTTP_REFERER

Version 1.0.2 August 2016

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed discrepancy with date and time in CSV report
• (C) GEO install tmp directory check
• (C) Iptools class fix for when HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR contains multiple IPs

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.2.5

Version 1.0.1 June 2016

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fix untranslated strings in Visitor view
• (C) Control panel statistics code improvements
• (C) Code improvements in Visitor view
• (C) GEO upload and unzip merged into one step
• (C) GEO install attempts to temporarily increase PHP limits while installing
• (C) GEO install layout improvement
• (C) Improved error checking when using the GEO database
• (C) Purge now uses truncate to re-index after deletion
• (A) GEO one click update cpanel button [Pro]
• (A) New manage view
• (A) New database backup option [Pro]
• (A) New database restore option [Pro]
• (A) Release information displays latest release

Admin Module - Traffic Stats [Pro]

• (N) Integrated into the CoalaWeb Traffic extension

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.2.3

Version 1.0.0 May 2016

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fix missing column error when filtering visitors
• (B) Check definitions in geoip.inc
• (C) Changed mb_substr for JString::substr
• (C) Added graceful message for if helper files are missing
• (C) Updated copyright date to 2016
• (C) New styling for Tabs, Tables and Control Panel
• (C) Using JApplicationWebClient for Browser/Platform and User Agent info
• (C) Changed JError to JLog for install script notices
• (C) Rewritten control panel and geo updates
• (C) Complete code clean up and improvements
• (C) Changed JArrayHelper for ArrayHelper
• (R) Removed Joomla 2.5 support
• (R) Removed old Browser/Platform class
• (R) Removed obsolete options
• (R) Removed filter CSV export option
• (R) Removed old system transfer code from install scripts
• (A) Catching DB errors
• (A) New charts system (Pro)
• (A) Incorporated Geo V2 (Pro)
• (A) Simple bot blocking using JApplicationWebClient (Pro)
• (A) New purge database option
• (A) New repair and optimize database option (Pro)
• (A) New import robots list (Pro)
• (A) New option to not store IP in raw format (Pro)
• (A) New store location option (Pro)
• (A) New Detect class for interpreting Browser and Platform names
• (L) Rewritten control panel and GEO updates
• (L) New and updated language strings
• (L) Fixed missing language strings

Module - Traffic

• (C) Updated copyright date to 2016
• (C) Added graceful message for if helper files are missing
• (C) Using JApplicationWebClient for Browser/Platform and User Agent info
• (R) Removed Joomla 2.5 support
• (R) Removed author support links
• (R) Removed old Browser/Platform class
• (A) Incorporated Geo V2 (Pro)
• (A) Option to turn off Core CSS (Pro)
• (A) Option to included custom CSS file (Pro)
• (L) New and updated language strings

Module - Traffic Pro

• (N) Integrated into the CoalaWeb Traffic extension

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (B) Fixed undefined index when no HTTP_USER_AGENT
• (C) Using $db->execute(); for Joomla 3.+
• (C) Added graceful message for if helper files are missing
• (C) Using JApplicationWebClient for Browser/Platform and User Agent info
• (C) Using CoalaWebBot class for basic identification (Pro)
• (C) Integrated new IP stored as hash
• (C) Stores GEO data while saving visitor info
• (C) Updated copyright date to 2016
• (R) Removed Joomla 2.5 support
• (R) Removed old Browser/Platform class
• (A) Catching DB errors
• (A) Incorporated Geo V2 (Pro)

Plugin(S) - Traffic Online

• (B) Fixed undefined index when no HTTP_USER_AGENT
• (C) Added graceful message for if helper files are missing
• (C) Using JApplicationWebClient for Browser/Platform/Bot and User Agent info
• (C) Updated copyright date to 2016
• (R) Removed Joomla 2.5 support
• (R) Removed old Browser/Platform class
• (A) Catching DB errors
• (A) Incorporated Geo V2 (Pro)

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (C) Updated copyright date to 2016
• (C) Only executed on front end
• (R) Removed Joomla 2.5 support
• (A) Catching DB errors

Plugin(S) - Gears

• (C) Updated to version 0.2.2

Version 0.1.9 February 2015

Component - Traffic

• (C) Combined all the change logs into one.
• (C) Updated install script.
• (A) Added new export all report option.
• (B) Fixed honey pot blocking bug.
• (B) Fixed display of Known IP info in visitors view.
• (L) Added new language strings.
• (L) Updated some language strings.
• (C) Change Browser class name to stop potential conflicts.

Module - Traffic

• (B) Fixed doubled advanced tab in module configuration.
• (C) Overhauled horizontal and compact layouts.
• (A) Added digital counter to all layouts.
• (A) Horizontal and Compact digital display option.
• (C) Expanded horizontal text option.
• (A) 3 new digital counter sizes for each theme.
• (L) Added new language strings.
• (L) Updated some language strings.
• (C) Change Browser class name to stop potential conflicts.

Module - Traffic Pro [Pro]

• (N) Integrated into CoalaWeb Traffic extension.

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (B) Fixed honey pot blocking bug.
• (C) Change Browser class name to stop potential conflicts.

Version 0.1.8 May 2014

Component - Traffic

• (A) Back end counter statistics.
• (A) Added Known IP categories.
• (C) Overhauled the Known IP system to included the ability to block IPs and Bots + more.
• (A) 4 new visitor attributes saved and displayed.
• (A) Project Honey integration.
• (A) 4 new clean up database options.
• (A) Week start on Sunday option.
• (A) Integration of the CoalaWeb Gears framework plugin.
• (C) Merged 2.5 and 3.2 versions into one package.
• (B) Various bug fixes and improvements.
• (C) Geo Data system checks if already installed.
• (A) New fall back to English language system if string is unavailable.

Module - Traffic

• (A) New digit style counter.
• (A) 2 digit counter styles.
• (C) Totally updated default module layout.
• (C) Totally overhauled module icon theme system.
• (C) New method for detecting the visitors information.
• (A) New who is online plugin that uses cookies.
• (A) New section system to allow complete control over what gets displayed.
• (A) Integrated CoalaWeb Gears framework plugin.
• (B) Various bug fixes and improvements.
• (C) Merged 2.5 and 3.2 versions into one package.
• (A) New fall back to English language system if string is unavailable.

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (A) New method for identifying IPs.
• (A) New system for blocking IPs and Bots.
• (A) Integrated Project Honeypot.
• (A) Now capturing browser, operating system and referral info.
• (A) Integrated CoalaWeb Gears framework plugin.
• (B) Various bug fixes and improvements.
• (C) Merged 2.5 and 3.2 versions into one package.
• (A) New fall back to English language system if string is unavailable.

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (A) New options for when to clean up.
• (A) Integrated CoalaWeb Gears framework plugin.
• (B) Various bug fixes and improvements.
• (C) Merged 2.5 and 3.2 versions into one package.
• (A) New fall back to English language system if string is unavailable.

Plugin(S) - Traffic Online

• (N) Integrated into the system

Version 0.1.7 June 2013

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed menu icon link.
• (C) Updated help URL.

Module - Traffic

• (C) Updated who is online to only display Guests/Members from the last 10 minutes.
• (C) Updated helper file to work for both 2.5 and 3.+.

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (C) Updated code to work for both 2.5 and 3.+

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (B) Fixed clean up bug.
• (C) Updated code to work for both 2.5 and 3.+

Version 0.1.6 May 2013

Component - Traffic

• (C) CSS tweak.

Version 0.1.5 April 2013

Component - Traffic

• (C) New Name: CoalaWeb Traffic
• (C) Expanded minimum geo upload requirements check.
• (A) Add info links to IP's listed as visitors.
• (C) Updated and expanded administrator CSS.
• (A) New language strings.
• (B) Fixed potential language bug.
• (A) Added two new custom fields to style configuration screens.

Module - Traffic

• (C) New Name: CoalaWeb Traffic
• (C) Default css updates.

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (C) New Name: CoalaWeb Traffic

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (C) New Name: CoalaWeb Traffic

Version 0.1.4 March 2013

Component - Traffic

• (A) Add minimum geo upload requirements check.
• (A) Expand GEO Location information to cover manual upload.

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (B) Fixed IP lock bug.

Version 0.1.3 March 2013

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed geoip.inc conflicts.

Module - Traffic

• (A) Who is online display guests and members option.

Version 0.1.2 February 2013

Component - Traffic

• (A) Geo location has been integrated into the system.
• (A) Install script integrated to allow all associated extensions to be installed at once.
• (A) New language strings added.
• (C) New columns added to the #__cwtraffic table to store country and city info.
• (A) Traffic Country and city statistics added to control panel.
• (C) Some settings have been moved to the component from the module to allow both the module and plugins access to them.
• (A) Known IP descriptions added to visitor layout.

Module - Traffic

• (C) Some module options have been streamlined.
• (A) Who is online options added
• (A) New language strings added.
• (C) Some settings have been moved to the component from the module to allow both the module and plugins access to them.
• (R) Removed code to count visitors the system now uses a plugin.
• (R) Removed database cleanup code the system now uses a plugin.

Plugin(S) - Traffic Count

• (N) Integrated into the system

Plugin(S) - Traffic Clean

• (N) Integrated into the system

Version 0.1.1 January 2013

Component - Traffic

• (C) New look and layout of the control panel.
• (C) Updated help system.
• (A) Option to export a CSV report of the visitors.
• (A) New language strings added.
• (C) Update language files.
• (R) Removed non English files they can now be download from CoalaWeb.com as needed.

Module - Traffic

• (R) Removed non English files they can now be download from CoalaWeb.com as needed.
• (A) Added unique module ID to reduce likely hood of conflicts. This will be expanded in future releases.
• (R) Removed several & symbols from helper file to avoid assignment by reference errors.

Version 0.1.0 December 2012

Module - Traffic

• (B) Fixed JDatabase Query error.

Version 0.0.9 November 2012

Component - Traffic

• (C) Language file tweaks.

Module - Traffic

• (B) Fixed php Notice due to undefined variable.
• (C) Language file tweaks.

Version 0.0.8 November 2012

Component - Traffic

• (A) Added Italian translation.
• (C) Updated help file.
• (C) Language file tweaks.
• (C) Updated description images.
• (B) Fixed date and time calculation issue.

Module - Traffic

• (A) New arrows icon theme.
• (A) Added module help link.
• (A) Added Italian translation.
• (A) Added help link in module backend.
• (R) Removed time offset it is now based on Joomla server settings.
• (R) Removed date and time language options now they automatically changed based on Joomla language.
• (C) Update language strings.
• (C) Updated description images.
• (C) Redesigned the date and time display and store methods.
• (C) Expanded methods to identify IP. Now more reliable detection even behind a proxy.

Version 0.0.7 September 2012

Component - Traffic

• (C) Language file tweaks.

Module - Traffic

• (A) New module configuration styling.
• (C) Update language strings.
• (B) Fixed preg match error in helper file.

Version 0.0.6 August 2012

Component - Traffic

• (A) Visitor filter and search options added.
• (C) Update server location has moved.
• (C) Help file updated.
• (A) Added component search CSS.
• (A) New language string.

Module - Traffic

• (A) New icon style clocks added.
• (C) Update server location has moved.
• (C) Icon CSS tweaks.

Version 0.0.5 July 2012

Component - Traffic

• (A) Added automatic database clean-up option

Module - Traffic

• (A) Added automatic database clean-up option

Version 0.0.4 June 2012

Component - Traffic

• (A) Foundation for sql update allowing automatic database cleanup to be added to next release.
• (L) Added missing language string

Module - Traffic

• (C) Streamlined icons into sprites for faster loading.
• (A) Foundation for sql update allowing automatic database cleanup to be added to next release.

Version 0.0.3 June 2012

Component - Traffic

• (B) Fixed non JURI::root referenced images.
• (A) Added Spanish (Spain) es-ES language
• (A) Added Portuguese (Brazil) pt-BR language

Module - Traffic

• (C) Set a default for getLayoutPath
• (B) Fixed non JURI::root referenced images.
• (A) Added new star theme for the module
• (A) Added Spanish (Spain) es-ES language
• (A) Added Portuguese (Brazil) pt-BR language

Version 0.0.2 April 2012

Component - Traffic

• (C) Streamlined ACL code
• (B) Fixed description layout in Knownips form

Module - Traffic

• (A) Added new tag theme for the module
• (B) Fixed php Notice due to wrongly declared static function

Version 0.0.1 March 2012

Component - Traffic

• (N) Initial release

Module - Traffic

• (N) Initial release

Key

• (S) Security Fix
• (B) Bug Fix
• (L) Language fix or change
• (A) Addition
• (C) Change
• (R) Removed
• (N) Note