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aMember PRO 5.2.0 released

Date: 2/10/2017

The aMember Pro development team announces the immediate availability of aMember PRO 5.2.0. You can see changelog below.

Improve compatibility with PHP 7.1
Replace mcrypt-based encryption to openssl-based
Decouple URL build
Ability to add Captcha to Login Page (configuration option)
Move Currency from Product to Billing Plan
New custom field type - Single checkbox
Ability to upload files to upload custom user fields in Admin UI
Brick Referred By - Add option to display either username or name or email
Video - Ability to upload Closed Captions alognside with video file
Video - Ability to add watermark with logo (setup option)
PDF Invoice - more granular control (ability to download from account|attach to email recipt to user|attach to email receipt to admin)
Amazon S3 - Add new region (US East 2)
Amazon S3 - Force file download (Content-Disposition: attachment)
Ability to translate custom labels for Form Editor within UI
Invoice auto create - Ability to specify product quantity
Bug Fixed: Item compatibility work incorrectly in some circumstance
Bug Fixed: Some directory is missed in dir browser - directory name can cast to bool false so we need to do strong type comparation
Bug Fixed: Authenticate user by import  third-party password functionality didn't work when passowrd hashing method doesn't require salt
***Admin UI
    Revenue Goal Widget - green when the goal is on target and red if its falling behind target
    Ability to sort billing plans within product form
    Coupon batch grid - show coupon code in grid if there is only one coupon in batch
    Easy ability to generate 1 coupon with explicit code
    DateTime form element - allow to specify time of manually payment explicitly
    File Browser - add preview for image files
    Add warning before Invoice Rebuild
***New Reports
    Affiliate Payout Amount by User - useful to prepare 1099
    Payments by Used Coupon
    Refunds by Used Coupon
***Shopping Cart
    Improve quantity select box in shopping cart
    Ability to quickly choose quantity if product allow it
    Ability to use product options
    Ability to choose sort order for products in admin interface
    Respect Assign Paysystem to Product option in Shopping Cart
    Ability to rearrange widgets from admin interface
    Add two types of layout for basket (Detailed and Short)
    Ability to use custom CTA image for generated add to cart button
    Highlight payment system on checkout
***Payment Plugins
    New Payment plugin - Razorpay (India)
    Clickbank - fixed free trials
    MIGS - change hash from md5 to sha256
    Paypal-express - recognize error for cancel request if profile already canceled
    Authorize SIM - shows cancel page if payment was not successful
    Psigate Account Manager - ability to refund payments
    SmartDebit (and other e-check plugins) - fixed rebilling errors (empty echeckRecord causes PHP errors)
    Uniteller - bug fixed (follow specification to parse CSV)
    Uniteller - cancel link fixed
***New Newsletter Plugin
    MailerLite
***Misc Plugins
    Gift Card - allows to buy gift cards and send it to either existing user or new one by email
    Billing Plan Country - allow to offer different billing plans to diffrent coutries
    Dime Sale - add brick with next price level and remaining sales/time.
***Integration Plugins
    Phpbb3 - added support of 3.1.6 (password_hash)

Your suggestions for future releases are welcome!

aMember PRO 5.1.8 released

Date: 12/19/2016

The aMember Pro development team announces the immediate availability of aMember PRO 5.1.8. You can see changelog below.

Combine periods: take first period from most expensive item instead of last one - it make more sense
New Valildation Methods for Custom Fields: List of E-Mail Address, URL, IP Address
Newsletters - fixed additional fields for content records
Mass Action: Unsubscribe from All Emails
Form Editor: Conditional logic for additional fields
Invoice Summary Brick: properly handle case of donation
Bug Fixed: report NewVsExisting
Helpdesk: config option to allow admin edit his own messages (within 5 minutes after post)
Product Required Fields Plugin - allow you to require some fields on signup form based on choosen product in case of user did not fill in it yet
Am_Lite: add shortcut for getInstance ie.: Am_Lite::i()->isLoggedtIn()
Additional User Fields - ability to define validation settings on per form base
Implemented correct way to handle "no access url" for protected folders.
Add Download event to timeline
Recent Activity Admin Widget
Implements #1847 - Dropdown menu search option in reports area
Folder Protection: ability to enbale Directory Listings for folder from admin interface
Bug Fixed: ability to set Form as default even if it is listed on second or subsequent page in grid (case of huge number of signup forms)
Increase period of validity for links to reset password and email confirmation
login reminder: ability to send notification only to users with active subscriptipn to specified products
Invoice Summary Brick: take into account new country from signup form for logged in user to calcualte TAX
send Admin Free Subscription Notifications for free trial as well
Implements #1844 - add idn modifier for Am_SimpleTemplate
Ability to add links and pages to user menu
REST API: check-access - always execute checkUser
Webhooks: include passhash to user related events
Closes #1843 - auto add wildcard for NOT LIKE in advanced search
Webhooks: ability to remove particular events from queue/log
InvoiceSummary Brick: take into account TAX ID
Bug Fixed: configuration of schedule tax changes
Alternative theme added - "Solid Color", works best for integration into existing design
REST API: add list of active categories with expiration dates to response of check-access controller
Implements #1839 - New Advanced Filter: Not Subscribed to Newsletter Lists
Bug Fixed: Shopping Cart embed code does not work in case of jQuery is not loaded on page yet
Enable fallback paysystems for all plugins that supports cancel page.
***Misc Plugins
    shipping-flat plugin - ability to add fixed shiping fee to invoice in case of it has at least one tangible item
    New Plugin: Product Password - this plugin allow you to hide some products on signup page unless user provided valid product code during sign up
    Conversion-track - fixed to respect multylines code between %foreach_product% and %endforeach_product%
    EU VAT: New setting: "Add VAT to all B2B payments" - add VAT to transaction even if customer has business in another EU country.
    Bug Fixed: WP - update links in session in case of user changed language (respect i18n)
    Gift Voucher: bug fixed - donee can choose any billing plan for product if product has multiple billing plans
    New Plugin - Widget: allow to add custom html widgets to user dashboard based on his active subscriptions
***Integration Plugins
    Wordpress Plugin: Added UltimateMember groups support
    css: improve compatibility with WP themes
    New Newsletter Plugin: SharpSpring
    Activecampaign plugin fixed
***Payment Plugins
    Braintree PHP SDK updated to latest version
    Payment Plugin: FlexPay (Verotel)
    New payment plugin: Alipay
    Payza plugin: added support of refunds and cancellations.
    New Payment Plugin: SnappyCheckout
    CCNow plugin: recurring billing support.
    New Plugin: PSiGate Account Manager(recurring billing support through Account Manager)
    SecurepayAU payment plugin updated
    Bug Fixed: subusers module - titles for group option was empty
    Fixed bug: Error in Bitpay IPN script
    Fixed Bug: Ewayrapid3 payments were not activated in some situations.
    Brantree plugin: Added ability to use hosted fields API. (PCI SAQ A compliant solution)
    Braintree lib was updated to latest version.

Your suggestions for future releases are welcome!

aMember PRO 5.1.7 released

Date: 11/15/2016

The aMember Pro development team announces the immediate availability of aMember PRO 5.1.7. You can see changelog below.

Removed old VAT tax plugin, if you did not switch to new one (VAT2015) yet then it is good time to do it now
Add Filter to "Sign Up Forms" grid
Group additional fields to collapseable fieldset in user profile in admin interface
Convert product specific VAT to VAT groups to simplify maintenance
EU VAT: ability to schedule tax rates
CSS: improve compatibility with wp themes
Wordpress plugin: Fixed bug: Protection didn't work right if start date was set in post/page protection settings
Rest API module: Added ability to query product <-> category relations
Rest API module: Added ability to access product categories through rest.
Improve filter in logs: add ability to search by date range (Backend)
Closes #1835 - does not require to change password if logged in as admin
EPDQ - supported currencies added
Bug Fixed: live edit did not update field value
Closes #1836 - sort log entity by primary key instead of date/time to avoid reverse order in case of event occur exactly in same time (up to seconds)
Subusers Plugin: Translate product options in selects.
Bug Fixed: product options lead to exponential explosion of DOM elements
Amazon S3: respect folder hierarchy in storage browser
Directory Browser: add quick filter
New plugin for Drupal8
Storage Grid: Add Filter
Helpdesk: Ability to limit access to issue categories by active user subscriptions
webhooks add SUBSCRIPTION_ADDED and SUBSCRIPTION_DELETED
bundle-discount plugin bug fixed
Bug Fixed #1834: Softsale $scheme not available in email template
Facebook plugin: Fixed bug: "Add free access to a product" new access was added more then once. Now it will be added only when user is associated with facebook profile for first time.
New Payment Plugin: GoUrl (https://gourl.io/) | Accept Bitcoins
Video protection - use _amember_redirect_url for login link
Bug fixed - mass actions (lock, approve) did not work if select ALL records on users list
New User Filter: Has invoice started between dates

Your suggestions for future releases are welcome!

aMember PRO 5.1.6 released

Date: 10/25/2016

The aMember Pro development team announces the immediate availability of aMember PRO 5.1.6. You can see changelog below.

Display searchable select for products in amember CP -> Edit User -> Payments -> Add invoice.
Italian Translation updated, thanks to Tiziano Valentinuzzi
Implements #1831: Export Presets
ReCaptcha: ability to choose size of widget in configuration, I18N Support
Ability to capture both First and Last name in single input
Bug Fixed: saved search select should trigger submit event on form, we especially need it for Email Users page, otherwise we lost current data (subject, messages etc.)
Implement #1822 - show number of tickets that require attention in admin menu
New Plugin: Upgrade Brick
Thanks-redirect: add %product.*% placholder
Ability to filter by tablename in admin log
Bug Fixed: We need to check ban table while username generation (eg. admin@example.com -> admin)
New Plugin: Reseller Signup Form
Bug Fixed: Product Options - correctly culculate surcharge for multi-select (checkboxes)
Payflow - backend refunds fixed
Directory: use option titles for search alongside with option keys
Properly display negative options in payment history.
Bug Fixed: set %invoice_text% placholder for invoice_pay_link template
***Shopping Cart
    Simplified design of basket (to make it mobile friendly).  Simplified checkout process.
    Fixed bug: User wasn't redirected back to checkout page after registration.
***Misc Plugins
    Notification: ability to edit notification with WYSIWYG editor (UI)
    Dime Sale: ability to increment price by hour
    Dime Sale: ability to increment second price as well (recurring products)
    File-upload: ability to set up different email notificatioin based on file category
    File Upload: ability to upload file on user behalf from admin interface
    File-upload: ability to change/set categery for already uploaded files
    SubUsers: handle case of access with future start date
    Bug Fixed: login-via-ip plugin
    JV: take into account item quantity for absolute partner share
    OTO: add CSS class and Id attributes to %yes% and %no% buttons
***Affiliate Program
    Allows to recalculate missed commissions for each payment
    Added CSRF token for change payout method form
***SoftSale
    Softsale - "Allow customers to disable activations" option added
    Softsale - hide expired licenses and disabled activations options added
    SoftSale - admin permissions fixed
    SoftSale: ability to use nested arrays in payload for curl transport
***Integration Plugins
    Invision4 - fixed bug with passwords '*0' + allows to upgrade from invision3 without loosing of SSO
    ShareASale plugin:  added recurring commissions support through API.
    Fixed bug - wrong calculation of groups for protect plugins
    Amazon SES - bcc fixed
    ConstantContact - fixed to add users into more then one list
    SMF - sso fixed for v1
    Rocketresponder newsletter plugin added
    ClickSuit integration
    Integration with CouchingCloud
    getResponse360 support
    ActiveCampaign integration basing on product configuration. The subscription/unsubscription rules are defined in product itself (moved from activecampaign-addon)
***Payment Plugins
    Rocketgate plugin reworked. Added recurring support.
    ccBill - FlexForms support added
    PayFlow PRO plugin: refunds were not properly assigned to payments.
    New Plugin: Mollie (with recurring support)
    Authorize.Net CIM accept.js - ability to capture billing zip
    ThriveCart payment plugin added
    Enabled fallback paysystems support  in Authorize.NET CIM Hosted version
    1SC plugin: added support of AUD invoices.
    NMI Hosted -> Beta
    NMI Hosted using Direct POST API for recurring. Update CC info included in the plugin.
    TinyPass plugin  becomes beta.
    PaypalPlus plugin becomes beta.
    Configuration of BitPay simplified
    New Payment Plugin: SlimPay (https://www.slimpay.com/)
    RealexPayments fixed

Your suggestions for future releases are welcome!

aMember PRO 5.1.5 released

Date: 9/14/2016

The aMember Pro development team announces the immediate availability of aMember PRO 5.1.5. You can see changelog below.

Admin interface: switch 'mailto' with 'Users -> E-Mail Users link' in users list
Signup form Name Brick can be configured as not-required
EmailUsers - better preview for html message
Fallback payment system: allow to define list of paysystems depends on paysystem from failed invoice
Aff: ability to disallow redirect to 3rd party urls for affiliate links with custom redirect
Bug Fixed: show input for qty in case of only one product on form
Product options: properly show negative surcharge
Added "Skip First Line" setting to  subusers import form.
Admin Log: log Update Configuration action
Add info about product options to %invoice_text% and %invoice_html% email variables
Am_Lite: fix restore auth session from cookie
Fixed bug: Scheduled Recurring Revenue widget displayed wrong amount.
Added password confirmation of profile email change
Bruteforce protection for current password on profile form
Browse Users -> Advanced Search: Allow to search for zero "Spent Amount"
Sort by user extra data columns
Bug fixed - manual invoice + payment - respect date of payment for rebill date calculation
Add ability to export password hash, it can be useful to export/import users between different aMember installations
aMember CP -> Protect Content -> All allow to filter by product.
Implements #1764 - New Import Option: Update User if Exist User with Same Login (Do Not Overwrite Existing Password)
Implements #1763 - abilitry to submit VatID with spaces, remove it silently
Show customer info in CC Rebill details report.
Newsletters - do not try to use disabled plugins
Fixed bug: Webhook cron didn't work when wrong url was specified in webhook configuration
Fixed bug: "Force SSL"  option wasn't available if aMember CP -> Setup -> Login Page -> Index page was set to Login page.
Fixed bug: Internal server error on login if aMember CP -> Setup -> Login Page -> Allow to Use Password Hash from 3rd party scripts to authenticate User in aMember and third-party plugin was disabled in the past
***Cart
    Fixed login redirect
    Added ability to remove items from basket preview
***Wordpress
    Do not list archived products
    Added Course Press support.
    Welcome translation
    Dashboard link was added to login widget.
    Ability to set start access delay by number of payments
    Respect remember_auto for Wp auth cookies
***Directory plugin
    Members Directory: add default sort
    Members Directory: add 2nd street address field
    Ability to add upload additional fields to directory
    In event of not logged in user access directory show login page instead of no access error
    Check external login when user access directory.
    Search by Country/State title
***Misc Plugins
    Login Monitor plugin: Limit notifications for specified user groups only.
    Campaign monitor: Ignore 400 errors on unsubscribes. Errors generated when user account is suspended.
    File upload: add brick with list of uploaded files
    New Plugin: SendgridWebhooks - unsubscribe users in aMember upon bounce notification
    New Plugin: Automatic Currency Exchange Rates Update (https://openexchangerates.org)
    Textlocal sms service
    Plugin for smtp.com
    Mailchimp - disable double optin option added, fixed usage of PUT method
    Mailchimp - fixed for case if customer is already in list
    Payment-link: ability to set expiration date for payment link
    drop-me: move widget for this plugin to bottom of page
    AdobeConnect plugin: password wasn't properly updated in AdobeConnect.
    Downloads module: Added confirmation screen before file download.
    SoftSale: ability to look up licenses by bindings
***Integration Plugins
    New Plugin: PayPal Identity - allow to login/signup via PayPal account
    SMF 1 - fixed single login
    Joomla 3 - fixed single login
    Freshdesk integration plugin
    Integration with Pancake invoices system
***Payment Plugins
    New plugin: Paypal plus
    Coinsnap payment plugin added
    Implements #1761: Stripe - option to enable Zip validation and logo url (Hosted Version)
    2checkout: do not record last payment within recurring plan twice
    Offline payment plugin - fixed to work with recurring products
    Authorize.NET CIM  plugin:  AcceptJS support implemented. With Accept JS library, CC info will be submitted to Authorize.NET server directly(even with disabled hosted setting)
    Paddle.js payment plugin
    Bitpay ported to new API, recurring payments support added
    PayzeeJS plugin added
    jvzoo: ability to set multiple JVZoo product number for same product in aMember (comma separated)
    Plugins: aff-points/nmi-hosted/pancake/user-report/send-mail-on-invoice
    networmerchants-hosted moved to addons
    Braintree: void payment instead of refund in case it is not setteled yet
    NMI - enable hosted version (three step commit)
    Myshortcart redisign for support different types of paysystems
    epay, rocketgate, cmsbuilder, mailwizz plugins
    New payment plugin gumroad
    Mailchimp resubscribe plugin
    Fixed bug: Duplicate billing with paypal-pro plugin in some situations.
    Implements #1615 - PayPal repeat on failure causes duplicate subscriptions
    TinyPass payment plugin

Your suggestions for future releases are welcome!

aMember PRO 5.1.3 released

Date: 6/14/2016

The aMember Pro development team announces the immediate availability of aMember PRO 5.1.3. You can see changelog below.

Display product options on payment history page
Advanced User Search: Used Coupon
Helpdesk: ability to Disclosure Admin real name in user interface (otherwise only word Administrator is shown)
Bug Fixed (appeared in v 5.1.2): online VAT validation
Bug Fixed (appeared in v 5.1.2): fatal error in invoice summary brick in case of not logged in user use coupon
Bug Fixed: only admin account can upload files in section Protect Content -> (Files|Video)
Fixed fatal error at payments-history page if billing plan is deleted
Fixed bug: Twocheckout invoice wasn't marked as cancelled if subscription was cancelled from 2Checkount itself.
API: new event Am_Event::SIGNUP_FORM_GET_BILLING_PLANS
Bug Fixed: Copy product options together with product
Notification plugin: Added ability to filter notifications by User group and Product Category
Bug Fixed - invoice-summary in case of product with qty and another with options
Bug fixed - do not set failed pending invoices
Invoice Summary: ability to put output to brick position
Bug Fixed: decrease font size and margins for bar labels so all labels shown (Users Report)
Notification plugin: Implemented new rule: Show notification only if user doesn't have active access to a product
Added new payment plugin: DOKU MyShortCart (myshortcart.com)
Fixed bug: Stripe plugin didn't  work with some wordpress themes
Fixed Bug: Internal server error with Invoice Rebuild in some situations
Fixed bug: PDF invoices were always set in "Default Language" that was selected in amember CP -> Languages, and not in language selected by user
Fixed bug: Eway plugin didn't work with free trials
Vanilla forum - fixed fatal error in some cases
Auhtorize.Net SIM - Authorize new API URLs and Auth.Net will not support GET since 30 June 2016

Your suggestions for future releases are welcome!