WoWRoster

v2.1.0

Released - June 15, 2011
SVN Tagged build: 2333

Important Changes

• New license
  • WoWRoster is now licensed under GPL v3
  • All license pages are updated
• New default theme, old one is gone forever
  • New look for the installer, matches the default theme!
• New Interface Image Pack, png is now the default image type
• Default location of Interface Images points to wowroster.net, no more downloading it!
• Support for dual specs
• Armory code updated
• Talent ranks and data now come from the armory, update this information via RosterCP -> Armory Data
• WoWRoster now requires a modified version of CharacterProfiler and GuildProfiler which is now updated by us
  • Called WoWRoster-Profiler
  • SavedVariables file is named: wowroster.lua
  • Calvin hasn't had the time to provide updates to CP and GP so we have taken over development
  • Ours supports Dual talents, multi-level reputation, and more data gathered for recipe reagent items
• PHP 5.3 compatibility
• WoWRoster is now restricted to PHP version 5.1 and higher
• Updated download links for addons that use the WoWRoster.net download system
• Split out some icon data for tpl use in item.php
• More data is imported for recipe reagents
• item::out() and recipe::out() are now depreciated, please use the following for output and build your own containers for item and recipe icons
  • item::out() and recipe::out() have a new parameter, $small (bool) - Default false
    • Just in case you need small icons, and still use these functions
  • item::slot,
  • item::tpl_get_icon(), recipe::tpl_get_icon()
  • item::tpl_get_tooltip(), recipe::tpl_get_tooltip()
  • item::tpl_get_itemlink(), recipe::tpl_get_itemlink()
  • item::quantity, recipe::quantity
  • item::slot
  • Roster and the core addons have been updated to this new format
  • Any icon tooltips using the old class method will display for now, but might not in later versions
• New centralized messaging system
  • $roster->set_message($text, $title, $type)
  • $text - the body of the message
  • $title (optional) The title of the message
  • $type (optional) the type of the message, currently two types 'status', 'error'
• Added item.html template, an example of how to build an item container (not used in Roster)
• New Item data
  • Store item_type, item_subtype (same as AH categories for item)
  • Store item_rarity (numeric indication of color)
  • item_level, the status of the existing item_level column.
• Item data parsing has been updated
• Menu is now initalized earlier, hopefully reducing menu errors when Roster errors
• JQuery and JQuery-UI added
  • Old javascript functions still exist, some have been converted to use JQuery
• Talent data is now fetched via the Armory
  • CP now only gathers talent point allocation
  • This makes the CP files MUCH smaller
• Changed get_scope_data() to not die when data is not found
  • Instead, the scope and anchor are set to the util scope
  • Some addons will need to add some additional checks for data
• Added RosterGD Library
  • Common GD image manipulation functions
  • Guild Info graph images, Realm Status, and MOTD image use this library
• Added new parameters for makelink()
  • $anchor: (bool) allows you to disable the anchor tag in the link
  • $ext: (string) allows you to change the url extension for the link, default is 'html'
• New realmstatus design!

General Fixes and Enhancements

• Removed trim on realm/character/guild name for upload rules
  • Apparently you can have spaces at the beginning and end of the realm/character/guild name
• Updated class icons to 64px, up from 50px
• New Quest Data (see other sections for additional info)
  • All quest links use quest_id now
  • Changes for lib/quest.php functions
    • quest_get_many() updated for new tables
    • quest_get_one($quest_name)
    • quest_get_one_id($quest_id, $locale)
• Fixed errors in lib/dbal/mysql.php
• Changed behavior of db::error_die, will now just die() and not use die_quietly()
  • Roster starts with this enabled, then settings.php sets to false when framework initialization is done
  • We set db::error_die to false now, so db errors can be caught, instead of the db layer just dying
• Some fixes to the item parser
• Item and Profession search, changed Lv to localized Level name
• Added "Account Bound" item binding type
• Fixed 'maildateutc' error on CP.lua upload
• Added a message to install.php for those trying to directly access it
  • Now says "Direct access to install.php is not allowed. Please go to index.php to install."
• Added race and class icons
• Moved much of the functionality from menu.php into header.php
• Moved update instructions to the update page, removed from memberslist pages
• Updates to the armory class
• Item/recipe icons now have a "quality" glow, you will see what I mean
• New scope based classes
  • Loads common data and template variable for each type of scope
• Added new roster->data value
  • ['armoryurl'] Detects US or EU and sets this to their respective armory URL
• Character Data update is now a pop-up, click on 'Update Instructions' button to see the full page
• Removed WoWDigger from item and quest link lists as it seems it no longer exists
• Removed Allakhazam from quest links as it seems it has outdated data
• Changed the footer credits, they are now a link with a question mark icon
• New aPrint class library
  • Shows MUCH more info than the old aprint.php() function
  • Much prettier than the old aprint, all arrays/objects/long strings are collapsed
  • Call with APrint::dump($var);
  • Old aprint.php() function is now a wrapper, second argument does nothing :(
  • New functions available
  • ::classes() Prints a list of all currently declared classes
  • ::interfaces() Prints a list of all currently declared interfaces
  • ::includes() Prints a list of all currently included (or required) files
  • ::functions() Prints a list of all currently declared functions
  • ::defines() Prints a list of all currently declared constants
  • ::extensions() Prints a list of all currently loaded PHP extensions
  • ::headers() Prints a list of all HTTP request headers
  • ::path() Prints a list of the specified directories under your include_path option
  • ::ini() Prints a list of all the values from an INI file
• Fixed bug for adding upload rules, validator was only checking one field for emptyness
• Menu Config
  • Adjusted sort and unused boxes
  • Fixed 'add menu button'
    • Now has icon when added
  • Added help for adding menu buttons
• Changed function die_quietly() to only print a border is there is information to print
• Changed when the database is closed in die_quietly() and roster_die()
• Changed detection of invalid addon url characters a bit sooner
• Changed the tooltips a bit
  • Removed opacity javascript, now using a transparent png background image
  • Changed the bordering, it's round in ie9, chrome, and firefox
• Changed realmstatus timestamp to a real unix timestamp
• Merged Realm Status display and type into one config item
• Item parser picks up Heroic now

LUA Update (update.lib.php)

• Added additional checks for missing data
  • Mail['Coin'], Mail['CoinIcon'], Spellbook['Rank']
  • Including more not listed
• Pet talents data importing
• Glyph data importing
• Added processTime var for use with enforceRules()
• Added
when guild not found, just to clean up output
• Added a bit more explanation for guild/character rejection message when rejected by upload rules
• Fixed update to detect uniuploader user agent
  • Fix preg_match to be case insensitive

SQL/DB

• New tables: quest_data, pet_talents, pet_talenttree
• Renamed tables: spellbook_pet -> pet_spellbook
• Changed tables: quests
• Dropped: pets.usedtp (not available in WoW 3.0), pets.loyalty (not available in WoW 3.0)
• New Quest data
  • daily, group, reward_money, quest_id, description, objective, difficulty
  • Description and Objective are only available via an option in CP /cp questsfull on -- scan full info for quests (Description & Objective)

Locales

• Quest links updated to use quest id
  • frFR: WoWDBU FR seems to be in maintenance mode and Judgehype FR does not seem to support quest id links
  • Added WoWHead to all locales since it seems their site has data for them
• Moved some strings from core addons to main locale files
• Added locale strings for item quality

Template System

• Fixed a bug where iterating only the first element of an array resulted in the entire array being printed
• Added new TRANSLATE string instruction
  • Looks up the 'string' key in the current active localization table
  • Check templates/default/memberslist/memberslist.html for usage examples
• Added TRANSLATE_F based on TRANSLATE with printf() abilities.
  • First parameter is a locale key string
  • Further parameters are template variables. Can be inside loops.
• Moved locale assignments to template to TRANSLATE calls in the template
  • Replaced many tpl variables with TRANSLATE instruction in templates
  • Leftover {L_*} keys are not strictly locale keys, mainly tooltips or other php set values
  • Some core addons may not have been updated
• Added is_writeable() before template is written. Fixes issue in step 0 of install when the cache folder may not be writable
  • This has been tested very lightly. If there are any issues with caching, look here first
• New, theme.js is used for theme specific javascript, such as tooltip styling
• Refreshed look for RosterCP and Roster Diag

Addon Framework

• Install::add_menu_button() added 5th parameter - $active
  • Default true
  • Set to false to prevent button from being automatically added to the menu
  • Useful for "optional" buttons

Core AddOns

• Quest data changes
  • Quest List, Quest List Search, and Char-Info->Quests updated to not break and use some of the new data, not all though

Achievements

• New AddOn
• Displays character achievements

Character Info

• Fix to spellbook sql
• Char-Info->Quests new template data:
  • ID - int, INDEX - int, DIFFICULTY - int, DESCRIPTION - text, REWARD_MONEY_C - int, REWARD_MONEY_S - int, REWARD_MONEY_G - int, OBJECTIVE - text, DAILY - int, GROUP - int
• Changed quest icon to look more like the game icon
• Updated menu tooltips
• Added companions and mounts
• Added 3D Model Viewer from Armory
  • Might not work since Blizzard seems to have removed the functionality
• Added reputation descriptions
• New categorized inventory module
• New inventory module
• Added talent frame arrows
• You can access any tab via the URL now
  • Append &t=tab_name
  • Valid tabs names are: profile, pets, companions, reputation, skills, talents, spellbook, currency
  • Members List uses this to direct to the talents tab
• Fixed, char-info-recipes show collapse setting was reversed
• Added, tooltips on quick links for char-info-bags/bank, char-info-recipes
• Changed reputation info text to only show when hovering a ? icon
• Changed alt indication in char-info
  • An icon appears next to the character name if they belong to/or have alts
  • Hovering over the icon shows a tooltip
  • Clicking the icon allows you to click the links in the tooltip
• Talent Export now uses WoWHead

Guild Info

• Revamped addon
• Now gathers more guild data present in Cataclysm
• Needs to be enabled to gather most of the new data

Keys

• Patched for the memberslist changes
• Patched for new quest data format

Professions

• Fixed sorting

PvPLog

• Updated frFR
• Fixed SQL error
• Changed win/loss text to image in PvPLog

Members List

• Simplified name_value()
• Stripped out client sort
• Fixed pagination
• Alt grouping/ungrouping now client side
• Lots of code cleanup
• Removed template keys:
  • members_row.OPEN (use S_GROUP_ALTS eq 2)
  • members_row.alts.DISPLAY (actually the opposite. Use S_GROUP_ALTS neq 2)
  • S_TOOLBAR (used to include direction, but removed that usage. Use S_GROUP_ALTS ge 0)
• Added HREF patching
  • When using the openAlts(), closeAlts(), or unGroupAlts() javascript functions, all [a] elements with the 'internal' class will have their link target patched, giving the 'alts=' parameter (if set) the appropriate value.
• Mainless alts are not shown at the bottom in ungrouped mode
• Reformatted all memberlist pages to align the FIELD definitions
• Updated with multisort
• Removed the separate makeToolBar call
• Main/Alt matching
  • If the regex results in a member name with quotes, these are now properly escaped. thanks Athan.
• Added inactive buttons for memberslist to all yet unlinked pages
• Reformed $memberslist->prepareData() paramters
• Added filter support by adding the GET string, with a GUI
• Added ability to disable filtering for a column, hiding the box (set 'filter'=false)
• Added ability to set an explicit mysql column definition for the default filter
• Cleaned up javascript sort/filter specifications, since these are no longer used
• Enabled filtering on stat-totals
• Fixed HTML syntax
• Added filter settings (disabled on key columns)
• Made the professions subquery return less rows
• Fixed a warning when the GROUP_CONCAT professions truncates due to field size
• Switched some code around so addons can influence the template file used
  • Set the 'template' option to the name of the file to use
• Added fix from http://www.wowroster.net/topic6231.html
  • "When clicking the next button in the Member log I get a bunch of errors."
• Removed icon_size setting
• Changed talent spec icons, both specs show in tooltip, main spec shows in list
• Changed player tooltip, using localized word for 'level'
  • Removed : when player has no guild rank, removed 'in zone' when 'zone' is missing
  • Removed 'last online' if it is missing
• If pagination was broke, it should work now

Vault

• Added Guild Vault search
• Fixed missing 'requires_level' data in VaultItem class
• Money no longer shows 0 amounts (eg. 100g 0s 0c now shows as 100g)
• Made vault specific css style for each log action
• Prettied up the money log

Not many people reported bug while testing the beta, so we don't know what might be wrong with this release