Added: Support for AMP pages. The managed templates are already prepared for AMP. (Read more)
Added: Local images feature. The images used in templates can now be downloaded to the local Media Library before delivering the page output to the visitor. (Read more)
Added: Log type filter. Gives the possibility to display certain log types only.
Added: Option "button max width" for managed template "Flat_box_horizontal"
Added: Smart collection option "cf" to be able to filter by custom fields (Read more)
Change: Redesigned options page. Improved usability through sidebar navigation.
Change: Logging refactoring
Change: Improved CSS of managed template "Flex_1"
Fixed: Improvements and fixes in managed templates "Image_Layout_1" and "Image_Layout_Polaroid"
Fixed: PHP warning: Missing argument 2 for asa2_default_error()
Fixed: Advanced ratings items to be skipped are filtered out before execution
Fixed: An error in template "Sortable_table" occured when the title column was disabled
Change: PHP function asa2_i18n_get_store_safe_user_country_iso_code should not be used anymore. Use asa2_i18n_get_user_country_iso_code instead. (Read more)
Change: PHP function asa2_default_error should not be used anymore. Use asa2_log_default_error instead. (Read more)
Change: PHP function asa2_save_repo_item should not be used anymore. Use asa2_repo_save_item instead. (Read more)
Fixed: Managed Template "Image_Layout_1": Custom background color did not work, shortcode options did not work
Fixed: Managed Template "Image_Layout_Polaroid": Custom background color did not work, shortcode options did not work, custom title CSS did not work
Fixed: PHP function asa2_item_batch_lookup only worked with one country code
Fixed: PHP error: Call to a member function setCountryCode() on null in lib/Asa2/Service/Amazon/Response.php:134
Added: New feature to display a single image selected from all available ones (accompanied by the new short code [asa2_img]) (Read more)
Added: New managed template for image feature: Image_Layout_1 (Demo page)
Added: New managed template for image feature: Image_Layout_Polaroid (Demo page)
Added: Option "lifetime" for feed refresh cronjob (Read more)
Added: Option "limit" for feed refresh cronjob (Read more)
Added: Option "verbose" for feed refresh cronjob to show new items (Read more)
Added: Information about cronjob execution in server environment output in section "Service"
Added: URL Replace. New feature to parse comments, posts and widgets for Amazon links set by visitors and replace other Tracking IDs with your own. Check "Options / URL Replace". (Read more)
Added: ASIN filter that removes all non-alphanumeric characters from ASINs and checks whether it consist of only 10 characters and an option to disable it (in options section "Advanced")
Added: Dynamic placeholder "post" which contains all the properties of the WP Post object which is present when an ASA2 template gets loaded, like {{ post.post_title }}
Added: Template cache option to consider Post ID when working with the new {{ post.* }} placeholder
Added: Placeholder {{ repo_url }} for Repo items keeping the full permalink of Repo items including the custom page slug
Added: New shortcode option "translation" to force the template translation
Added: New formats supported by URL Importer: Single ASIN, Search Page Result (Read more)
Changed: Improved cronjob execution script.sh
Changed: When a feed gets refreshed, its items will be transfered to the Repo what did not happen before
Changed: Updated managed template "Flat_box_horizontal" (new options to change links targets, handle products without image, layout fixes and more)
Changed: Updated managed template "Flat_box_vertical" (new options to change links targets, handle products without image, layout fixes and more)
Changed: Updated managed template "Carousel" (added option "img_min_height" to achieve same height for all slides)
Changed: Updated CKEditor (used for template editing) to version 4.7.3
Changed: Image tag created by ImageSetsArray|get now includes the product title as "alt" value (Read more)
Fixed: Default Associate ID set was not used on internationalized products if no associate_id_set option was set. The default set is now used even for single products that do not belong to the configured default store.
Fixed: Grabbing and saving the ratings did not work in some cases without the advanced ratings mode
Fixed: Parsing the ratings page now uses a cache to prevent unnecessary multiple requests
1.7.1 (2017-07-31)
Fixed: Improved responsive behavior of managed template "Carousel"
Fixed: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in lib/Asa2/Cache.php on line 38
Fixed: PHP Notice: Undefined variable: decrypted_string in lib/IfwAsa2/Util/Encryption.php on line 57
Fixed: Fixed and issue with template "Sortable_table"
1.7.0 (2017-07-18)
Teaser: See some of the new feature in this teaser video: https://youtu.be/DCifxpnUBIg
Added: Button to reset ratings queue in "Options / Ratings" (Read more)
Added: New managed template "Carousel" (Demo page)
Added: New managed template "Flat_box_horizontal" (Demo page)
Added: New managed template "Flat_box_vertical" (Demo page)
Added: New managed template "Sortable_table_2" (Demo page)
Added: New price placeholders containing integer values (without decimal mark) including the decimal places, e.g. {{ OffersMainPriceInteger }} (Read more)
Added: New logging option to limit the maximum amount of log entries (default 500) (Read more)
Added: New logging option to log API request URLs (Read more)
Added: On success, advanced ratings refresh automatically updates ratings values of repo items
Fixed: Advanced ratings processing could get blocked by not longer existing products
Fixed: Shortcode option "value" supported only one placeholder filter
Fixed: PHP 7 improvements
Fixed: Added support for OpenSSL to encryption methods as mcrypt is deprecated and will be removed in future PHP versions
Fixed: Managed template "Columns_layout" improved for Firefox
Fixed: Improved slideshow rendering in managed templates
1.3.1 (2016-03-10)
Fixed: Custom Fields integration was broken (Read more)
1.3 (2016-03-05)
Added: If no editorial text is delivered by the API, the Repo content text will be used for placeholder {{ EditorialReviewsContent }}
Added: New option to display product features for Managed Tempates "Horizontal_box", "Book", "Movie" and "Music"
Added: New placeholder filter "get" to access single product images via placeholder {{ ImageSetsArray }} (Read more)
Added: New placeholder {{ AssociateIdDefault }} which always contains the default Associate / Tracking ID
Added: New placeholder {{ IsAvailable }} which contains boolean true if the product is available, false otherwise. (Read more)
Added: New option "AutoPrice: Consider LowestUsedPrice only if no other". If set, the lowest used price will only be considered for placeholder {{ OffersAutoPriceFormattedPrice }} if there is no other price at all.
Changed: Placeholder {{ AssociateId }} is now compatible with Associate Id sets used with internationalized products
Changed: Major improvements in loading script and style dependencies for managed templates
Changed: Placeholder option "Custom empty price text" does not apply to placeholder {{ OffersMainPriceAmount }} any more, but still for {{ OffersAutoPriceAmount }}.
Fixed: Placeholder {{ EditorialReviewsContent }} could be empty on products with multiple editorial reviews
1.2.1 (2016-02-21)
Changed: Option "Load images via https" renamed to "Prepare for HTTPS" as it now cares about more than just image URLs.
Changed: Improved managed templates in terms of HTTPS handling.
1.2 (2016-02-14)
Added: Bulk URL importer feature for Repo items (see submenu ASA 2 Repo / Tools).
Added: "Mobile templates". Must be activated in "Options / Templates". Enables shortcode option "mobile_tpl" to define custom templates for mobile devices. (Read more)
Added: "alt" tag added to all img tags in managed templates.
Added: New option "Max slideshow items" to all managed templates with product image slideshows.
Added: New template option "Load jQuery". Use it in case special features of managed template did not work before, like the image slideshow. (Read more)
Added: Translation for product image slider in managed templates.
Changed: Shop page button in managed templates is now a link instead of a form like it was before.
Removed: Dependencies to PHP function set_include_path removed.
Removed: Dependencies to PHP function "parse_ini_file" removed. Config is now using a PHP array.
Fixed: Managed template "Sidebar" did append the image URL to the shop page URL.
Fixed: Executing the Repo refresh cronjob could produce a PHP Warning: "Cannot modify header information" if WP Super Cache was active.
1.1.1 (2016-02-01)
Added: New logging option to log errors related to the i18n feature
Fixed: Improved error handling in relation with the i18n feature, e.g. on issues with detecting the user's IP address
1.1.0 (2016-01-31)
Added: Single value rendering without template, e.g. [asa2 value="Title"]B0094J2BZ0[/asa2] (Read more)
Added: Migration Wizard. Migrates all ASA 1 contents (templates and collections) to ASA 2. (Read more)
Added: ASA 1 backwards compatibility. ASA 2 can now support [asa] and [asa_collection] shortcodes, the ASA 1 widget and ASA 1 PHP functions.
Added: New movie placeholders: {{ Subtitles }}, {{ SubtitlesArray }}, {{ SubtitlesHtmlList }}
Added: Associate ID Sets now work with every shortcode, not just with i18n products
Added: New Logging option "Time to keep" to protect against overloading the database.
Added: New options to customize title size and color for managed templates
Added: New image effect options for managed templates
0.21.2 (2015-11-13)
Added: Managed template "Music"
Fixed: Improvements in activation process
0.21.1 (2015-11-12)
Changed: Layout improvements for managed templates
Changed: Auto patching on version updates improved
Fixed: Shortcode [smart_collection] did not work with option "tracking_id" to set a custom tracking ID
0.21.0 (2015-11-10)
Added: Customizable templates: Some of the managed templates are now very easy to customize. Just click the "Customize" link and change the settings.
Added: New translations used in managed templates "Movie" and "Book".
Changed: Product Picker's template selection is sensitive for managed and list ready templates now. List ready templates will not show for single items. Managed templates will auto-check option "Use template name".
0.20.1 (2015-10-29)
Added: Taxonomy operator selection added to notification taxonomies (categories and tags)
Changed: Changed icon for product picker button on admin pages
Fixed: Notifications did not work with multiple tags
0.20.0 (2015-10-22)
Added: Product Picker now has the ability to sort results based on the category's sort options
Added: Product Picker search result shows if an item already exists in the Repo
Fixed: Template converter produced some faulty formatted placeholders
Fixed: Adding a Repo item which already existed, resulted in an endless loading animation
0.19.1 (2015-10-16)
Changed: Improved placeholder selection for copy and paste in template editor
Fixed: AJAX mode had issues when using special characters with shortcode option "comment"
Added: Mark HTML templates as snippets which will exclude them from template selection menus
Added: Support for Amazon India
Removed: Placeholders {{ OffersFallbackPriceAmount }}, {{ OffersFallbackPriceCurrencyCode }}, {{ OffersFallbackPriceFormattedPrice }} have been removed
0.16.0 (2015-08-27)
Security: Improvements in options and form handling
0.15.0 (2015-08-23)
Added: Option to remove feed items from Repo if they are not used in feeds any more
Fixed: Repo sorting for last refresh date
0.14.0 (2015-08-10)
Added: Template filter "gallery" for use with {{ ImageSetsArray }} ([Read more]http://docs.getasa2.com/placeholders_images.html#imagesetsarray-gallery)
Changed: Using the first image in image sets, if no main product image is delivered by the API
