Release Notes

Release Notes

Release Notes 1.9.6.0 - 2015-10-27

Type	Label	Comment
Improvement	No new line on some source files	Some of the source files don't end with an empty new line
Bug fix	"Template" should not be allowed as attribute name or entity name	#82
Bug fix	Labels and notes were not escaped	#105
Improvement	Added client side validation to module name and namespace	#103

Release Notes 1.9.5.0 - 2014-12-19

Type	Label	Comment
Improvement	Cleaned up the UMC code and the generated code	Now all files (almost) follow the zend coding standards.
Improvement	Stick to CGL	#68
Feature	Support for signed int attributes/fields	#43
Feature	Suport for modman file	#64 - The modman file is generated in var/modulecreator/package/Namespace_Module/
Bug Fix	Removed calls to deprecated method htmlEscape	#66
Feature	Support for canonical URL in generated module	#69
Bug Fix	Fixed wrong display of multiselect attribute on frontend	Multiselect attribute values were not displayed correctly on frontend
Bug Fix	Fixed 2 status fields generated in the setup file	#73

Release Notes 1.9.4.4 - 2014-10-29

Type	Label	Comment
Bug fix	Layout file not generated correctly for links with category	#53

Release Notes 1.9.4.3 - 2014-10-28

Type	Label	Comment
Bug fix	Many to many category relation - controller not created	#52

Release Notes 1.9.4.2 - 2014-10-28

Type	Label	Comment
Bug fix	Many to many category relation does not always work	#51

Release Notes 1.9.4.1 - 2014-08-27

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Support for url rewrites for entity list pages	You can now set a SEF url for the entity list page on frontend instead of 'module/controller/action'. The value can be changed later.
Bug Fix	EAV tree entities admin tree not refreshing on save	The left side tree on the admin add/edit form for EAV tree entities does not refresh when a new entity instance is added.
Improvement	Cleaned a bit the code	Removed some unused variables, added some type hints. I hope I didn't break anything.

Release Notes 1.9.4.0 - 2014-08-19

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Link to related entities in grids and add/edit forms	#35
Bug Fix	Fixed related entities grid columns	For the EAV entities that have child entities, the grid column did not display values.
Bug Fix	The related entities tab did not show only selected entities on category edit mode.	On the category edit page, in the tabs with flat related entities, all the entities were shown instead of only the selected ones.

Release Notes 1.9.3.0 - 2014-07-22

Type	Label	Comment
Bug Fix	Writing generated files does not work on CE-1.8.0.0	The generated files could not pe written to disk because of the changes in Varien_Io_File in this version.
Bug Fix	Attribute options are not escaped	For attributes that have options, the options were not escaped in the install script.
Improvement	Set default values for EAV entities	#14
Improvement	In the UMC UI, when submitting a form that has errors all the fieldsets that contain fields with errors will be automatically opened to get a better wiew on the error.	#30
Feature	Set default values when creating a module	You can now set default values for most of the attribute types (file and image don't support it) when creating your entity attributes.

Release Notes 1.9.2.0 - 2014-07-21

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Added REST API functionality	You can not generate the files needed for the REST API of you entities.

Release Notes1.9.1.2 - 2014-06-12

Type	Label	Comment
Improvement	Changed dropdown options separator to new line instead of pipe	#29
Bug fix	Escaped attribute labels and notes.	#28

Release Notes1.9.1.1 - 2014-06-11

Type	Label	Comment
Bug Fix	Wrong resource model parent	For modules with entities that are marked as being product or category attributes the resource model parent class is set to Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup and it should be Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Setup

Release Notes1.9.1.0 - 2014-06-03

Type	Label	Comment
Bug Fix	Tree entity list images not generated	Images for the tree entities were not generated for Magento 1.8+
Bug Fix	Category relation bug	Category relation tab appears for tree entities even if not set to yes.
Bug Fix	Entities link top menu does not get selected.	Entities link top menu does not get selected.

Release Notes 1.9.0.1 - 2014-05-02

Type	Label	Comment
Improvement	Parent / child entities have a method of retrieving the associated entities (children / parent)	#13
Bug Fix	Fixed some typos in the locale file	Some texts from the locale files still displayed placeholders after generation.
Inconsistency	Fixed some typos text messages	#16
Bug Fix	Fixed missing single quotation mark in _filterDates()	#17
Inconsistency	Missing translation for some system.xml labels	#18

Release Notes 1.9.0.0 - 2014-04-25

Type	Label	Comment
Bug Fix	Product/category attribute code made required	When selecting to make an entity a product/category attribute, the attribute code was not required and resulted in errors.

Release Notes 1.9.0-rc2 - 2014-04-16

Type	Label	Comment
Bug Fix	Fixed date fields save	The date fields were saved as 1970-01-01 for some locale settings (French for example)

Release Notes 1.9.0-rc - 2014-04-14

Type	Label	Comment
Fix	Fixed typos in the UI	Fixed some typos in the UMC UI.
Improvement	Auto-generate url rewrites	URL rewrites for flat entities can be left blank and they will be auto-generated
Fix	Fixed php doc on some methods	Fixed documentation on some generated methods.
Bug Fix	Fixed 'undefined variable' for tree entities	Fixed 'undefined variable' error for tree entities.

Release Notes 1.9.0-beta - 2014-04-11

Type	Label	Comment
Improvement	Improved te created modules grid.	Added a verification for file existing for download in the created modules grid. Changed the names of the downloaded files - added module name to them.
Bug Fix	Fixed typo	Fixed typo in the generated module for category relation.
Bug Fix	Wrong export for EAV entities.	#11

Release Notes 1.9.0-alpha2 - 2014-04-03

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Attribute notes for EAV entities are now manageable from the backend.	Attribute notes for EAV entities can be changed from the backend, when editing the attribute.
Bug fix	Attribute notes do not appear in the EAV entity form	#10
Bug fix	Wrong EAV mass action flag change	#8
Bug fix	The configuration panel for tree entities was incomplete	The display mode of tree entities was not manageable from the system configuration section.
Feature	Set the system configuration tab name and position.	You can set the configuration tab name and position when creating a module.

Release Notes 1.9.0-alpha1 - 2014-03-27

Type	Label	Comment
Bug fix	Fixed the sibling relation tab on admin.	For non tree entities related as siblings there was an error in the admin relation tab.
Bug fix	Fixed generation of uninstall script	The uninstall script tried to remove the module_eav_attribute table once for each EAV entity.
Bug fix	Image field/attribute display on frontend	The image attributes/fields were displayed wrong on frontend for EAV entities.
Bug fix	A file for generating content had a wrong name	#6

Release Notes 1.9.0-dev8 - 2014-03-26 - Getting close to a stable version

Type	Label	Comment
Improvement	Change module class aliases	Changed the class aliases from module to namespace_module. For example a model will be instantiated using Mage::getModel('namespace_module/some_model') to avoid extension conflicts. - the only things that does not use the namespace prefix are the SOAP API functions. It would look ugly with the namespace.
Feature	Added configurable frontend routes	The route of the module can be configured. (#4)
Bug Fix	Fixed comment row URL	A click on any row on the comments grid ended up in a "Comment not found" error.
Bug Fix	Fixed entities in category page	Links to entities related to categories had a wrong format in the category view page.

Release Notes 1.9.0-dev7 - 2014-03-21

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Added WS-I support for API for EAV entities	Added WS-I support for API for EAV entities and their attributes.
Bug Fix	Values for manually added attributes for EAV attributes are not saved	The values for manually added attributes for EAV entities were not saved due to the attributes not belonging to a group.
Bug Fix	Added initLayoutMessages for frontend controllers	Different types of session messages were not displayed in the entity actions (view/list) ((#2))
Bug Fix	Relations not saved when 3 or more entities exist	The entities relations were not displayed correctly when the module contained 3 or more entities. ((#5))

Release Notes 1.9.0-dev6 - 2014-02-14

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Added support for SOAP API	The generated extensions can contain files used for the SOAP API.
Improvement	Added unique indexes to relation tables	The relation tables between entities and products or categories or other entities now have a unique index on the entity id and the related entity id.
Improvement	Changed the way sibling entities relations are saved	The sibling relations are not recreated completely anymore. They are merged.
Bug Fix	Fixed admin search	Selecting to include entities in admin search had no effect.
Useless	Added UI Effects	The UMC UI has pulsating and sliding effects on different operations.

Known issues 1.9.0-dev6

The WS-I compliance does not work. (the file is not generated even. In the current state it will break the global WSDL). The SOAP API for the generated modules is not fully tested.

Release Notes 1.9.0-dev5 - 2014-02-06

Type	Label	Comment
Improvement	Comments grid include entity name	The admin grids for each entity comments include the entity name.
Feature	Added my comments for customers	There is a new section in the customer account menu that links to "my comments" for each entity.
Bug Fix	Fix url rewrite save	Flat entities with url rewrites and no stores could not be saved.

Release Notes 1.9.0-dev4 - 2014-02-04

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Allowed more attribtues in mass action	Country and Dropdown attributes can be set by mass action from grid.
Bug fix	Fixed tree widget chooser	Tree widget chooser was giving fatal error.
Bug fix	Fixed relations between tree behaving entities	A "sibling" relation between and EAV Tree entity and a Flat Tree entity did not behave as expected. but this is no problem. No one will use this kind of relation.
Bug fix	Fixed RSS display	Now all attribute types displayed properly in the rss feed.
Bug fix	Fixed tree entities display	Tree entities rendered wrong when the view page was disabled.
Refactored	Widgets	Refactored widget view contents

Release Notes 1.9.0-dev3 - 2014-01-24

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Drag & drop attributes	When creating an entity you can drag and drop attributes to sort them in the list
Feature	Select menu for entity link	Added ability to select the frontend menu where the link to your entity page should be placed
???	Temporarily disable API	The API does not yet work for EAV entities and comments. It is temporarily disabled until I get it working.
Bug fix	Empty page for non existing entities	The entity view page displayed as blank if looking at an entity that does not exist. Now redirects to 404 page.
Bug fix	Fixed display on category page	Entities related to categories were displayed on the category page at the top. Now they are after the product list.
Bug fix	Fixed entity relations	Entities can be related independent of their type
Bug fix	Fixed or generation for entities without url rewrites	Entities without url rewrites generated an empty url.
Bug fix	Fixed multiselect attributes in combination with url rewrite	For flat entities that have multiselect attributes and url rewrite the _beforeSave method was generated twice.

Release Notes 1.9.0-dev2

Type	Label	Comment
Refactor	Refactored some attribute codes	Variables that depend on attribute names now look like this: $someName instead of $some_name
Bug fix	Frontend layout file generation	Frontend layout file was always generated. Now is generated only if there is at least one entity that has frontend.
Bug fix	Fixed dropdown attributes for flat entities	Dropdown attribute for flat entities were not configured correctly in the admin grid and admin add/edid form.
Bug fix	Entities not displaying in product page.	Entities were not displaying in product page unless they had a separate view page.
Bug fix	Fixed field/attribute codes validation.	Field/Attribute codes use the same validation as product attributes
Bug fix	Replaced 'addFilter' with 'addFieldToFilter'	https://github.com/tzyganu/UMC1.9/issues/1
Bug fix	Inconsistent registry naming	https://github.com/tzyganu/UMC1.9/issues/3

Release Notes 1.9.0-dev1

Type	Label	Comment
Feature	Added EAV entities	Now you can create EAV entities that you can manage just like products and categories.
Feature	Added many to many link to categories	Now you can link you entities "many to many" with the catalog categories
Feature	Added comment feature	You can choose to allow customers to write comments on your entities.
Feature	Made extension "extensible"	Yeah...like someone is going to extend it
Feature	Many to many relations between tree entities	Now the tree entities can be related in "Many to many"
Feature	Module menu can be placed anywhere	Until now the menu could be placed in admin only on top level. Now it can be placed anywhere in the menu tree.
Feature	Added new attribute types	dropdown, multiselect. Can have different sources - still experimental.
Feature	Custom entities can be added as product, category and customer attributes.
Feature	You can set the version of your generated module.	No more hard coded 0.0.1 version.
Refactor	Source file refactoring	Because some IDEs show errors when parsing incomplete PHP files I've removed the extension of the source files (etc/source)
Refactor	Refactored JS	The UI of the module creator now uses prototype classes instead of simple JS functions.
Refactor	UI refactor	'Pimped up' the UI of the module creator
Refactor	Removed frontend package and theme fields	base/default is used for all modules.
Refactor	Changed indentation from TAB to 4x space
Improvement	Improved speed of the module creator	No more AJAX calls to add an entity/attribute. The module save is done in the same step as validation.
Improvement	Module creator generate sql uninstall script	Along with the list of generated files now an sql uninstall script is generated for the created module.
Bug fix	Fixed bug that appears when there is an uppercase letter in the module name.	In previous version 'ModuleName' was not working on UNIX servers. Only 'Modulename'. This is fixed in this version.