Joy Of Text Pro Changelog

Version 3.0.0

  • NEW: Included integration with the WordPress user database.
  • NEW: Added group search function
  • NEW: Added [jotquicksend] shortcode.
  • NEW: Added [jotinbox] shortcode
  • NEW: Allowed names to be specified on the Quick Sent page and shortcode
  • NEW: Added group member download link to the Member List tab
  • NEW: Added merge tags for meta data received from Twilio, in received text messages.
  • NEW: Added security feature (nonce) to front-end forms.
  • NEW: Added an option to enable Answer Machine Detection for outbound calls.
  • NEW: Separated the inbound message and new subscription notifications.
  • NEW: Added option to enable debugging from the settings.
  • FIX: Fixed bug which overwrote extended member data when adding members to auto-add groups
  • FIX: Added merge tags for extended member data (email, address etc) into the subscription notifications messages
  • FIX: Fixed bug on the Message History “Only show most recent message in each thread” filter.
  • FIX: Removed unused CSS files and added CDN path for JQuery UI CSS.
  • FIX: Added extra check to eliminate a Twilio error when sending welcome messages, after receiving a text message.
  • FIX: Corrected field max length sizes on Member List tab.
  • FIX: Fixed a bug where an inbound MMS, containing only a picture, would cause the inbound number to be subscribed to groups with a blank keyword.

Version 2.25.0

  • NEW: Added “Select number” drop-down on the Messages tab, allowing a Twilio number to be selected, rather than using the default Twilio number.
  • NEW: Added a “Jump to Group” drop-down on the Group Manager page.
  • NEW: Changed keyword for opting-out of all groups to “leave all”.
  • NEW: Added support for multi-word opt outs.
  • NEW: Added support for multi-word text subscriptions.
  • NEW: Allow an admin group to be specified, replacing single Admin number.
  • NEW: Allow notifications to be sent to a group, rather than to an individual number.
  • NEW: Merge tags, such as %firstname% added to admin send message commands.
  • NEW: Added an “already subscribed” message for members subscribing by text message.
  • NEW: Added “delete member from all groups” buttons.
  • NEW: Added a new notification, sent to admins, when a member unsubscribes.
  • FIX: Added sender ID for send_to_group messages.
  • FIX: Fixed a bug in the Member List update option, which allowed two members to have the same phone number.
  • FIX: Improved handling of phone numbers on the virtual phone when using Messaging Services

Version 2.24.0

  • NEW: Enhancements [jotgroupsend] shortcode. Added “member_select=yes” parameter to show all group members
  • NEW: Redesigned [jotform] shortcode form.
  • NEW: Added option for a subscription confirmation code when using form to subscribe.
  • NEW: Added filter hooks before messages are sent.
  • NEW: Added filter hook triggered after a member has been deleted.
  • NEW: Added the additional member details fields to the group CSV download file.
  • NEW: New members subscribing through the webform, are added to ‘auto-add’ groups.
  • NEW: Removed the auto-add groups reply message, instead the auto-add groups’s welcome message is used.
  • NEW: Add subscription manager command. Allowing members to text in keyword which will show them their groups subscription details.
  • NEW: Added subscription manager merge tag, %jot_submgr%.
  • NEW: Increased maximum message size to 1600 characters in database tables.
  • FIX: Improved processing of messages on the Message Tab to reduce the impact of server time-outs
  • FIX: Fixed bug where group metadata was not deleted, when a group was deleted from Group Manager.
  • FIX: Fixed bug where the selected Twilio number was being added to ‘auto add’ groups by the Notifier extension.
  • FIX: Removed ‘audio not found’ message on Message History tab, when no audio file has been selected.

Version 2.23.1

  • FIX: Changed format of the version numbers.
  • FIX: History table not being created since version 2.0.23 on new installs.

Version 2.0.23

  • NEW: Added System Info page in Settings to help support requests.
  • NEW: Added a “Quick Send” tab, allowing numbers to be entered without first adding them to groups
  • NEW: Group send short code, providing a means of sending a message to a whole group.
  • NEW: Group opt out short code.
  • NEW: Added capability to drip feed messages, rather than send them all in one go. (To be fully enabled in V2.0.24)
  • NEW: Captured more data in the message history as a precursor to better reporting in a v2.0.24
  • NEW: Added action hooks which are called when members subscriber or are added.
  • NEW: Added 3 second pause before hanging up a text-to-voice or audio file call.
  • NEW: Added button to configure SMS URL, allowing inbound messages to be received by the plugin.
  • FIX: Fixed bug where welcome messages were being sent twice.
  • FIX: Fixed bug where a parameter was missing from some get_replace_tags function calls.
  • FIX: Fixed bug when sending welcome messages after submitting a mapped Gravity Form.
  • FIX: Fixed bug when displaying group details.

Version 2.0.22

  • NEW: Added configurable email subject line for inbound message notification.
  • NEW: Added option to select a number for each group, which will be used to send ‘welcome messages’ from.
  • NEW: Added Woocommerce order notifications, sent to customers and admins.
  • NEW: Added new jottextus shortcode. The shortcode adds a front end contact form. Completed forms can be texted to site admins.
  • NEW: Added sound notifications to the Message History ‘virtual phone’ for send and received messages.
  • NEW: Licence keys from the master site are now shared across all subsites in a multisite installation.
  • FIX: Fixed bug in SMS subscription code.
  • FIX: Fixed bug in rendering of fields for extensions. (Ensured return type is array).
  • FIX: Added name back into virtual phone title.
  • FIX: Moved front-end strings into function and added filter.
  • FIX: Fixed problem with mapping Gravity Forms to JOT form fields.
  • FIX: Made the group invite redirect URL field up to 500 characters long.
  • FIX: Allowed “Welcome SMS” to be upto 640 characters.
  • FIX: Simplified message length counter.

  Version 2.0.21

  • NEW: Added support for Twilio’s Messaging Services. (See http://www.getcloudsms.com/configuring-twilio-messaging-services/)
  • NEW: Support for creating schedule plans in the Scheduler Extension.
  • NEW: Added index on member table, to speed up history retrieval
  • NEW: Hidden the Sender ID field when country code is US (Twilio do not support Sender IDs in the US)
  • NEW: Changed Woo sync log to option variable rather than file.
  • FIX: Fixed bug in Message History sort sequence
  • FIX: Fixed bug in the remove duplicates processing.
  • FIX: Simplified code for the ‘virtual phone’ on the Message History tab.
  • FIX: Changed the way %firstname% and %lastname% tags are split for multipart names.
  • FIX: Ensure message length is restricted to 640 characters.

Version 2.0.20

  • NEW: Added ability to move, copy and delete members between/from groups, as a bulk action.
  • NEW: Added option to choose if welcome messages are sent when members manually added, moved or copied into groups.
  • NEW: Added warning notice if licence key isn’t activated
  • NEW: Added licence check when opening the Settings tab.
  • NEW: Changes to the Get Started settings tab, providing guidance about how to setup the plugin.
  • FIX: Fixed a bug which hid the message type options for the Group Invite welcome messages.
  • FIX: Fixed bug in Message History filtered searches

Version 2.0.19

  • Redesigned the layout of the settings pages, separating settings into tabs.
  • Added option to redirect to another page after successful subscription.
  • Added new merge tags for jot_groupid, jot_groupname and jot_groupdesc.
  • Changed the opt-out processing, so the ‘remove’ keyword is no longer needed.

Version 2.0.18

  • Integration with Gravity Forms.
  • Allowed multiple group subscriptions from input form.
  • Provide merge tags for the extended info field in messages.
  • Simplified the query behind the Message History tab.

Version 2.0.17

  • Fix multisite bug.
  • Changed time zone to WordPress local default rather than GMT.
  • Fixed bug in variables within the subscription welcome message.
  • Fixed bug in Welcome message when over 160 characters entered.
  • Fixed bugs in the ‘select members’ dialog on the Messages tab.
  • Changed the way duplicate numbers are removed. Now removed when messages are being queued.

Version 2.0.16

  • Scheduler bug fix

Version 2.0.15

  • Add Woocommerce integration. Sync’ing Woo customers to be added to JOT groups.
  • Enabled selection of all media types for MMS messages.
  • Show message price when hovering over the status field on the History tab.
  • Added subscriber notifications. SMS or email send to admin when new member subscribes to a group.
  • Added the additional member info fields as option subscription form fields.

Version 2.0.14

  • Bug fix. Tables not being created during lite to pro upgrade.
  • Added %firstname% and %lastname% tags for routed email and SMS messages

Version 2.0.13

  • Adding support for the JOT Scheduler extension plugin
  • Adding SQLite support
  • Added option to select which tab is opened when the plugin is started.
  • Various bug fixes

Version 2.0.11

  • Changed to the bulk upload, slicing uploads into batches and providing upload status.
  • Fixed problem with email forwarding.

Version 2.0.12

  • Consolidated major release

Version 2.0.10g

  • Pre 2.0.11 release Beta release to selected customers

Version 2.0.10f

  • Allow group subscriptions by texting in a specified keyword.
  • Allowed either number or email to be used for message routing.
  • Added spinner to ‘virtual phone’ on message history tab.
  • Fixed bug where duplicate numbers were being added.
  • Changed the select recipients dialog to allow searches.
  • Changed character set and collation on the JOT tables to support unicode characters.

Version 2.0.10e

  • Added option to simplify message history.
  • Added member name (if known) on message history.

Version 2.0.10d

  • Included default sender ID used for welcome and opt-out messages
  • Normalised the data by separating members into their own table.
  • Added Twilio number verification and country codes.

Version 2.0.10c

  • Added option to automatically add inbound SMS numbers to chosen groups.
  • Added welcome message for new inbound SMS numbers.
  • Made the routed SMS message configurable by an admin.
  • Added new commands for sending an SMS remotely @number #id /memid/

Version 2.0.10b

  • Updated remote command syntax to allow forward slashes “/” or square brackets “[]” to be used for command
  • Added a link to sent media in Message History
  • Added field reset button on Messages tab
  • Changed date format to MM-DD-YYYY on Message History
  • Added extended member information.

Version 2.0.10a

  • Added email notification for inbound messages.

Version 2.0.10

  • Included new user role and capabilities for Multisite.
  • Change Network Activation, creating custom tables for each subsite
  • Included MMS messaging
  • Included logo option
  • Sender ID on SMS and MMS

Version 2.0.9

  • Added %firstname%, %lastname% and %fullname% variables for inclusion in messages

Version 2.0.8

  • Included voice gender and language options for text-to-voice messages
  • Included group member download button

Version 2.0.7

  • Included filtering on Message History and a history retention option

Version 2.0.6

  • Included ability to enter multiple numbers separated by commas on the input form

Version 2.0.5

  • Included Group opt-out keywords