Release: Version 3.8 of The Events Calendar, Events Calendar PRO + all add-ons

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    Rob
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    Hello again! It’s the end of September, which means it’s time for another release. Today marks the launch of our 3.8 codebase across the board. We’ve been working hard on this update through most of the summer and though there are a number of changes related to our code cleanup, along with some bug fixes, new features and a handful of other goodies. We’re stoked for your feedback.

    There are 3.8 updates for all of the following plugins:

    • The Events Calendar
    • Events Calendar PRO
    • WPEC Tickets
    • Shopp Tickets
    • WooCommerce Tickets
    • EDD Tickets
    • Facebook Events
    • Eventbrite Tickets
    • Filter Bar
    • Community Events

    Read on for a specific breakdown of what each update included.

    The Events Calendar 3.8

    • Changed capability for importing events from “administrator” to “import”
    • Fixed an issue where mobile styles were active when printing (thanks to wallyglenn on the forums for the original report!)
    • Venues with no address now display on the single event page (thanks to Cliff on the forums for the heads up!)
    • Fixed an issue where duplicate pagination links were displaying in mobile week view
    • Added plugin activation/upgrade pages
    • Fixed an issue with styling of Recurring Events in the list view widget (thanks to evigo on the forums for reporting this!)
    • Removed a bunch of unused code
    • Fixed list view not respecting the end-of-day cutoff (thanks to zirok06 for the original report!)
    • Reformatted the overall codebase to adhere to WordPress coding standards
    • Removed /upcoming and /past from list view URLs, and change to /list (thanks to joco18 on the dot-org forum for the heads up here!)
    • Past view events are no longer reverse ordered (another thanks to joco18 on the dot-org forum for this one too!)
    • Changed page titles to show date range of currently displayed events when a date is selected in the tribe bar
    • Removed the “audit trail” functionality
    • Fixed bug when using default permalinks, where Day view would link to the home page (thanks to thestudiodoor on the forums for first reporting this!)
    • Moved ajax view handlers to the appropriate template classes
    • Added ability to import the Event Website in the CSV importer (props to @hvizdak for the pull request!)
    • Removed hard-coded format for 2nd date in a date range for all day events, added a new filter ‘tribe_format_second_date_in_range’ (thanks to users on the forum, including Thomas, for the original report!)
    • Fixed some untranslated strings
    • Updated Chosen select library to version 1.1.0 (thanks to Amanda Dalziel for the heads up here!)
    • Fixed bug with widgets breaking the theme customizer layout (thanks to George on the forums for reporting this!)
    • Fixed some issues with browser history and the view switcher javascript (thanks to adambloomer at the WordPress.org forum for the original report!)
    • Enhanced attendee list in tickets framework to optionally summarize the number of tickets held in incomplete orders
    • Fixed a bug stopping pagination links from displaying when needed
    • Removed the requirement to explicitly set the post_type when working with tribe_create_event()
    • Enhanced Google Maps integration to make customization via a template override possible (thanks to Pau, whose original report got us thinking about this!)
    • Improved embedded Google Maps implementation to use wp_enqueue_script() (thanks to bmcrec on the forums for the original report!)
    • Fixed a minor bug in network settings, which was impacting multisite users
    • Extended support of 24hr time formats to include hours without a leading zero (thanks to Gregory on the forums for the first report!)
    • Improved the plugin’s auto-generated System Information output to make it easier to see HTML used within settings
    • Added a suite of helper functions to make ticketing-based customizations easier (extrapolated from Barry Hughes’ WootLibrary plugin!)
    • Cleaned up code used to build the plugin URL
    • Added new template tag tribe_get_start_time to return Event Start Time
    • Added new template tag tribe_get_end_Time to return Event End Time
    • Incorporated new Russian translation files, courtesy of Alexander Tinyaev
    • Incorporated updated Italian translation files, courtesy of Gabriele Taffi
    • Incorporated updated Spanish translation files, courtesy of Juanjo Navarro
    • Incorporated updated Danish translation files, courtesy of Hans Christian Andersen
    • Incorporated updated Dutch translation files, courtesy of Dirk Westenberg
    • Incorporated updated Portuguese translation files, courtesy of Sérgio Leite
    • Incorporated new Russian translation files, courtesy of Žiga Vajdic
    • Incorporated updated German translation files, courtesy of Stefan Dorscht and Oliver Heinrich
    • Incorporated updated Finnish translation files, courtesy of Elias Okkonen
    • Incorporated updated Estonian translation files, courtesy of Andra Saimre

    Events Calendar PRO 3.8

    • Fixed a bug that caused instances of a recurring event to disappear when recurrence was removed and then added back to an event (thanks to drickard on the forums for the original report!)
    • Fixed a bug that caused missing custom meta in events in a recurring series (thanks to Jacob Rylander for the heads up on this!)
    • Fixed bad nesting in advanced list widget breaking the theme customizer
    • Fixed issues with select2 implementation in our widgets breaking the theme customizer (thanks to George on the forums for the first report!)
    • Removed confirmation dialog when bulk deleting events
    • Added code to correctly identify recurring events as recurring even if they only have one instance (thanks to jrtoy4311 on the forums for reporting this!)
    • Removed some unused code
    • Fixed a bug causing mixed content issues when events are viewed over HTTPS (thanks to Nathan on the forums for the original report!)
    • Enhanced embedded maps to position markers via longitude/latitude whenever that information is available (thanks to gatewaydevelopment on the forums for the original heads up!)
    • Incorporated new Russian translation files, courtesy of Alexander Tinyaev
    • Incorporated updated Italian translation files, courtesy of Gabriele Taffi
    • Incorporated updated Spanish translation files, courtesy of Juanjo Navarro
    • Incorporated updated Danish translation files, courtesy of Hans Christian Andersen
    • Incorporated updated Dutch translation files, courtesy of Dirk Westenberg
    • Incorporated updated Portuguese translation files, courtesy of Sérgio Leite
    • Incorporated new Russian translation files, courtesy of Žiga Vajdic
    • Incorporated updated German translation files, courtesy of Stefan Dorscht and Oliver Heinrich
    • Incorporated updated Finnish translation files, courtesy of Elias Okkonen
    • Incorporated updated Estonian translation files, courtesy of Andra Saimre

    WPEC Tickets 3.8

    • Integrated with new ticketing helper functions/template tags in core plugin
    • Improved handling of low/out-of-stock situations when customer adds tickets to cart

    Shopp Tickets 3.8

    • Integrated with new ticketing helper functions/template tags in core plugin
    • Improved warning message that appears when Shopp is not installed or activated

    WooCommerce Tickets 3.8

    • Integrated with new ticketing helper functions/template tags in core plugin
    • Enhanced to provide a count of tickets held in incomplete orders in the attendee screen
    • Improved and clarified warning message that appears when WooCommerce is not installed or activated
    • Fixed a bug causing an empty ticket form to display within single event pages in some circumstances

    EDD Tickets 3.8

    • Integrated with new ticketing helper functions/template tags in core plugin
    • Fixed a bug allowing customers to potentially order more tickets than are available (thanks to websource on the forums for this report!)
    • Fixed a bug preventing customers from reaching the checkout page when display of errors is turned on
    • Fixed a translation issue stopping “Easy Digital Downloads” from being translated
    • Fixed a bug preventing merchants from attaching additional downloadable assets to ticket products (thanks to jbusciglio on the forums for the report!)

    Eventbrite Tickets 3.8

    • Fixed some PHP strict standards notices
    • Added support for UTC offset-based timezones

    Facebook Events 3.8

    • Fixed a bug causing imported events to be assigned to the incorrect venue (thanks to n1112997 for the first report on the forums!)
    • Fixed a bug preventing all day events from being imported correctly (thanks to socialist on the forum for this report!)
    • Fixed a bug causing a notice-level error when plugin is used alongside Eventbrite Tickets
    • Incorporated new Portuguese translation files, courtesy of Sérgio Leite
    • Incorporated new Slovenian translation files, courtesy of Žiga Vajdic

    Filter Bar 3.8

    • Added a new auto-complete option for the Tag filter
    • Fixed a bug allowing day filter to malfunction slightly under a limited set of circumstances (thanks to templesinai on the forums for bringing this up!)
    • Fixed a bug causing child categories within category filter to be listed in reverse order
    • Enhanced the category filter to include category-slug CSS classes in its output (thanks to Lars and Andy Fragen on the forum for their request…should make the plugin integrate even better with the free The Events Calendar Category Colors plugin!)
    • Incorporated updated Danish translation files, courtesy of Hans Christian Andersen
    • Incorporated updated German translation files, courtesy of Oliver Heinrich
    • Incorporated new Finnish translation files, courtesy of Elias Okkonen

    Community Events 3.8

    • Default values for the community submission form no longer depend on defaults enabled in PRO
    • Fixed an issue with shortcodes pre-populating in the form (thanks to jhatzi for the report!)
    • Fix a bug causing post status of submitted events to always revert to draft (thanks to bodin on the forums for the first report here!)
    • Added a venue website/URL field to the frontend submission form (thanks to persyst on the forums for bringing this up!)
    • Improved support and detection of 24hr time formats to those which include hours without a leading zero
    • Incorporated new Portuguese translation files, courtesy of Sérgio Leite
    • Incorporated updated Italian translation files, courtesy of Gabriele Taffi
    • Incorporated updated German translation files, courtesy of Oliver Heinrich
    • Incorporated updated Finnish translation files, courtesy of Elias Okkonen

    That covers this release — we hope you find the newest updates to your liking! Thanks on behalf of the whole team for supporting Modern Tribe and The Events Calendar…if you notice bugs or have questions about the latest updates, hit us up on the forum and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

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