DPCalendar 8.0.0 Stable

Release information

This is a new version of the DPCalendar Joomla calendar extension. It is a new major version with tons of new features and a massive codebase cleanup. Please read carefully the blog post about this release, especially the breaking changes chapter. The release notes here do contain a complete list of changes in this release.

Prerequisites

DPCalendar needs the following environment to run successfully:

• Joomla 3.9 and above
• MySQL >= 5 with the mysqli driver activated
• PHP >= 7.4.0
• Browsers: Firefox, Edge, Chrome, Opera but not Internet Explorer
• Curl is needed when interacting with external systems like Google calendar or PayPal

Installation

To install DPCalendar, you have to download the package and upload it through the Joomla installer. You can also install DPCalendar through the built in Joomla web installer. After a successful installation configure the component, modules and the plugins and publish them. More information how to get started with DPCalendar can be found in our introduction articles.

Upgrade

To upgrade DPCalendar from an earlier version, just install the package or individual extensions with the Joomla installer, DPCalendar will handle the upgrade procedure by itself. There are some breaking changes in this version which we covered in the release blog post. Please read them carefully!!

Main changes in the 8.0 series

• [#7530]   Booking coupon code
• [#7819]   Add an extra payment confirmation step when doing a paid booking
• [#7990]   Embed recordings from zoom when event has ended
• [#8088]   Allow to define the booking state in the manual plugin
• [#8091]   Display unpublished events when is author or has permission
• [#8095]   Option to create a zoom meeting when saving an event
• [#8144]   Add tickets review step during booking process
• [#8145]   Add an extra confirmation step in booking process
• [#8146]   Create one ticket for whole series instead of for every instance
• [#8175]   Option to require tickets to see the content of a custom field
• [#8227]   Multiple payment providers configurations per plugin
• [#8229]   Custom text and icon for payment providers
• [#7394]   Use the countries from the database for locations
• [#7396]   Event author should be able to administrate the bookings of his events on the front end
• [#8013]   Link images to event details page in upcoming module and list views
• [#8018]   Option to SQL plugin to use joins, order and group by
• [#8020]   Do not use double CSS classes when referencing upcoming events for styling
• [#8032]   When single instances can be booked then do not use the original event
• [#8057]   Delete bookings when the payment process is aborted
• [#8058]   Cancelling a booking should decrease capacity used counter
• [#8063]   Invoice options for inline text and to exclude tickets
• [#8071]   Author can see zoom login when has no tickets
• [#8073]   Do not preload zoom videos
• [#8076]   Do not display amount of tickets in confirm page and invoice
• [#8077]   Let people join during the zoom meeting
• [#8086]   Use white tooltip for better link rendering
• [#8093]   Add dimensions to lazy loaded images to prevent reflow
• [#8094]   Define map dimensions as inline styles to prevent reflow
• [#8096]   Add zoom password hash field
• [#8101]   Better information text when no permissions on ticket check in
• [#8113]   Better date formats in resources view
• [#8119]   Separate permission to administrate bookings/tickets
• [#8122]   Unset capacity used when copying an event
• [#8123]   Do not ask for ticket holder notifications on save as copy task
• [#8131]   Add more fields to the booking CSV export
• [#8137]   New fields to bookings and tickets list view to add custom HTML
• [#8139]   Do not recreate alias when original event get saved
• [#8147]   Rename booking states to be more meaningful
• [#8149]   Set send new notification mail only for free events as default
• [#8151]   Allow to edit the booking state on the front by an admin
• [#8152]   Lift PHP minimum requirement to 7.4
• [#8153]   Drop Internet Explorer support
• [#8157]   Counter for multiple events
• [#8168]   Add calendar id to CSV export for bookings and tickets
• [#8171]   Add Facebook and Twitter meta tags to head
• [#8172]   Option to show tickets per instance of series when the whole one is booked
• [#8185]   Do not render dt when CF label is hidden
• [#8190]   Add refund state for bookings
• [#8187]   Add the variable for remaining capacity/remaining in mustache
• [#8189]   Event access content should hide all content
• [#8191]   Show warning when no booking is possible and action is executed
• [#8192]   Remove archive and checkin button from bookings and tickets view
• [#8198]   Remove omnipay dependency for better payment provider integration
• [#8200]   Remove legacy paypal express driver
• [#8202]   Use access token in google plugin to prevent token API call
• [#8203]   Remove zoom JS file from installation bundle
• [#8206]   Show not active bookings in dashboard
• [#8209]   Upgrade Facebook graph API to v8.0
• [#8211]   European date format as default
• [#8212]   Deliver vendor assets only minified
• [#8214]   Replace moment.js with dayjs.js
• [#8218]   Update twitter plugin to new API
• [#8219]   Do not support -1 as google maps API key
• [#8221]   Upgrade meetup API to version 3
• [#8222]   Use curl directly to fetch CalDAV servers
• [#8223]   Remove the possibility to create bookings in the back end
• [#8224]   Location Tags field
• [#8231]   Reevaluate the booking status mails
• [#8232]   Locations grouping option for locations view
• [#8234]   Improve language strings
• [#8238]   Show description in list view
• [#8239]   Hide fields and tabs by a list parameter
• [#8241]   Update existing calendars in google import

Release notes

• [#7530]   Booking coupon code
• [#7819]   Add an extra payment confirmation step when doing a paid booking
• [#7990]   Embed recordings from zoom when event has ended
• [#8088]   Allow to define the booking state in the manual plugin
• [#8091]   Display unpublished events when is author or has permission
• [#8095]   Option to create a zoom meeting when saving an event
• [#8144]   Add tickets review step during booking process
• [#8145]   Add an extra confirmation step in booking process
• [#8146]   Create one ticket for whole series instead of for every instance
• [#8175]   Option to require tickets to see the content of a custom field
• [#8227]   Multiple payment providers configurations per plugin
• [#8229]   Custom text and icon for payment providers
• [#7394]   Use the countries from the database for locations
• [#7396]   Event author should be able to administrate the bookings of his events on the front end
• [#8013]   Link images to event details page in upcoming module and list views
• [#8018]   Option to SQL plugin to use joins, order and group by
• [#8020]   Do not use double CSS classes when referencing upcoming events for styling
• [#8032]   When single instances can be booked then do not use the original event
• [#8057]   Delete bookings when the payment process is aborted
• [#8058]   Cancelling a booking should decrease capacity used counter
• [#8063]   Invoice options for inline text and to exclude tickets
• [#8071]   Author can see zoom login when has no tickets
• [#8073]   Do not preload zoom videos
• [#8076]   Do not display amount of tickets in confirm page and invoice
• [#8077]   Let people join during the zoom meeting
• [#8086]   Use white tooltip for better link rendering
• [#8093]   Add dimensions to lazy loaded images to prevent reflow
• [#8094]   Define map dimensions as inline styles to prevent reflow
• [#8096]   Add zoom password hash field
• [#8101]   Better information text when no permissions on ticket check in
• [#8113]   Better date formats in resources view
• [#8119]   Separate permission to administrate bookings/tickets
• [#8122]   Unset capacity used when copying an event
• [#8123]   Do not ask for ticket holder notifications on save as copy task
• [#8131]   Add more fields to the booking CSV export
• [#8137]   New fields to bookings and tickets list view to add custom HTML
• [#8139]   Do not recreate alias when original event get saved
• [#8147]   Rename booking states to be more meaningful
• [#8149]   Set send new notification mail only for free events as default
• [#8151]   Allow to edit the booking state on the front by an admin
• [#8152]   Lift PHP minimum requirement to 7.4
• [#8153]   Drop Internet Explorer support
• [#8157]   Counter for multiple events
• [#8168]   Add calendar id to CSV export for bookings and tickets
• [#8171]   Add Facebook and Twitter meta tags to head
• [#8172]   Option to show tickets per instance of series when the whole one is booked
• [#8185]   Do not render dt when CF label is hidden
• [#8190]   Add refund state for bookings
• [#8187]   Add the variable for remaining capacity/remaining in mustache
• [#8189]   Event access content should hide all content
• [#8191]   Show warning when no booking is possible and action is executed
• [#8192]   Remove archive and checkin button from bookings and tickets view
• [#8198]   Remove omnipay dependency for better payment provider integration
• [#8200]   Remove legacy paypal express driver
• [#8202]   Use access token in google plugin to prevent token API call
• [#8203]   Remove zoom JS file from installation bundle
• [#8206]   Show not active bookings in dashboard
• [#8209]   Upgrade Facebook graph API to v8.0
• [#8211]   European date format as default
• [#8212]   Deliver vendor assets only minified
• [#8214]   Replace moment.js with dayjs.js
• [#8218]   Update twitter plugin to new API
• [#8219]   Do not support -1 as google maps API key
• [#8221]   Upgrade meetup API to version 3
• [#8222]   Use curl directly to fetch CalDAV servers
• [#8223]   Remove the possibility to create bookings in the back end
• [#8224]   Location Tags field
• [#8231]   Reevaluate the booking status mails
• [#8232]   Locations grouping option for locations view
• [#8234]   Improve language strings
• [#8238]   Show description in list view
• [#8239]   Hide fields and tabs by a list parameter
• [#8241]   Update existing calendars in google import
• [#7949]   Displaced printout of weekview
• [#8064]   Page number in invoice is to right
• [#8065]   Bookings list header is not aligned correctly when timezone is enabled
• [#8067]   Canceling a booking doesn't return to list view
• [#8068]   Deleting an event should increase the seta counter on the original event too
• [#8107]   Do not allow to change the dates or rrule when the event has tickets
• [#8138]   JS error when zoom password is not set
• [#8141]   Upcoming shows all public calendars when none is available from the selected ones
• [#8148]   Seats numbers are inaccurate
• [#8165]   Deleting a recurring appointment in exchange is not syncing correctly
• [#8184]   Options are not calculated correctly when booking multiple events
• [#8193]   Alias changes when editing an instance the first time
• [#8199]   Remove 2checkout integration
• [#8205]   Notice in event view when empty discount record
• [#8207]   Do not preselect a location when creating a google event
• [#8236]   W3C validation error for location marker tooltips in list view
• [#8237]   Invalid itemprop attribute on readmore link in upcoming module