Local Exchange UK development work - version 0.4.0

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Update (24-6-09): Local Exchange UK version 1.0 and upgrade from version 0.4.0 now released. See http://www.cxss.org.uk/drupal51/node/62

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Working closely with Mary at LLUK, Chris MacDonald and myself have been adding new features and security fixes to Local Exchange version 0.3.2 (LLUK version) that we developed for www.falmouthlets.org.uk and have now released our version 0.4.0 to LLUK for further testing (both as a fresh install and as a patch to version 0.3.2).

Change log as follows:

/* Local Exchange version 0.4.0 release notes */

/* 13-01-2009 Chris Macdonald, Rob Follett */

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/* New Functionality */

[BUG-FIX] 'Take Monthly Fee' and 'Refund Monthly Fee' now function properly
[BUG-FIX] Resolved htmlspecialchars() issue when creating/editing a 'Joint' member
[BUG-FIX] 'Edit member' now properly saves changes to join date and dob

[ADDED] Ability to add/edit static pages from the admin (uses MySQL)
[ADDED] Extra layer of security to screen data going to MySQL - admin can also define a 'Safe List' of HTML Tags
[ADDED] New options re handling of out-of-balance situations (this no longer has to result in a 'fatal' error); also added option for admin to be emailed when out-of-balance occurs
[ADDED] Image Upload for members (based on existing CVS script and uses existing upload-handling class that is used for newsletters)
[ADDED] Age, Sex and About Me fields for Member profiles
[ADDED] Search function and sorting options for member directory
[ADDED] Members now have choice of confirming payments sent to them.
[ADDED] Added ability to Invoice members.
[ADDED] Provision for admin to 'override' member account balance via admin 
[ADDED] Search by Keyword on Offers/Wants
[ADDED] Pending transactions (payments awaiting confirmation/invoices awaiting payment) can now be viewed from the Exchanges page. 
[ADDED] Have tried simplifying the 'pick member' dropdown by linking it with a textbox - still very much a work in progress
[ADDED] Display PostCode next to Listings in Offers/Wants search results
[ADDED] Option to display Rate on Listings results
[ADDED] Database Balance now appears at top of admin panel, for reference only

[CHANGE] Inactive members no longer display in Members List
[CHANGE] Got rid of the link to non-existent 'monthly_fee_list.php' in admin
[CHANGE] Some of the default variables in config file
[CHANGE] PDF's/Newsletters now open in a new browser window
[CHANGE] Updated info/credits.php

There's a demo version patched to version 0.4.0 with all optional extras turned on at:

http://letsf.org.uk/localxdemo

(username and password both "guest" to view site)

Contact me via http://letsf.org.uk/localxdemo if you'd like an account (admin or normal user) to test/view new features.

http://falmouthlets.org.uk

is a full working LETS site using many of the new features, and again, is patched to version 0.4.0

Latest version of Full and Upgrade versions of 0.4.0 (25 Jan 2009) as maintained and supported by Chris and myself in collaboration with LLUK are at:

http://www.letsf.co.uk/downloads/localexchange-0.4.0.zip (Full version for fresh install only)

http://www.letsf.co.uk/downloads/localexchange-upgrade-0.4.0.zip (Patch to upgrade ver 0.3.2 to version 0.4.0 only)

If you don't already have Pear installed on your server or you experience problems, the Pear Libraries as used with the above package are available at:

http://www.letsf.co.uk/downloads/PearLibraries12-2-05.zip

Development continues...

All the best,

Rob