Akeeba Subscriptions 2.1.0

Akeeba Subscriptions 2.1.0 just released.

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Akeeba Subscriptions 2.1.0 Stable, a regular release in our 2.x series.

Akeeba Release System 2.1 brings dozens of new features and bug fixes. Compatible with Joomla! 1.5 and 2.5, it allows you to easily sell subscriptions on your site.

As always, Akeeba Subscriptions is available free of charge from our Downloads page. If you have an older version installed, you can simply use the integrated Live Update feature to upgrade to the new version painlessly.

While the software is free, its support is not. If you wish to receive support for the software, you will need to buy a MINISUPPORT subscription at 7.79 Euros for an 8-day pass to our dedicated forum section. Alternatively, if you are a subscriber to AKEEBADELUXE or SUPPORT you can request support either through the dedicated support forum section or by submitting a private support ticket.

Supported versions

Our support policy is to provide support only to the latest published stable release of Akeeba Subscriptions, as well as to the latest published preview (alpha, beta or release candidate) release, if one is available. As of this release, only 2.0.1 is supported. If you have 1.x or an alpha/beta/rc version of 2.0 installed on your site, please upgrade as soon as possible.

Moreover, we only support the Joomla! versions officially supported by the Joomla! project. Due to the plethora of active Joomla! versions, we have consolidated the support terms for different Akeeba Subscriptions and Joomla! version combinations in the table below:

* Alpha, Beta and RC releases of Akeeba Subscriptions 2.0 are not supported. If you're using 2.0 Stable we might ask you to upgrade to 2.0.1 before providing further assistance.

** If a new Akeeba Subscriptions series (i.e. 2.2) is released before August 2013, Akeeba Subscriptions 2.0.x will cease being supported, per our support policy stated above.

WARNING! Joomla! 1.6 and 1.7 are end-of-life. At the time of this writing, they are affected by a HUGE privilege escalation issue which can be used to easily hack your sites. Unfortunately, we can not support end-of-life, insecure versions of Joomla!. As a result, we strongly recommend upgrading your Joomla! 1.6 and 1.7 sites to the latest published release of Joomla! 2.5.

Changelog

New features

• #54 Trial subscriptions (subscription levels you can only subscribe to once)
• #6 Google Checkout payment gateway
• Moneris payment gateway
• The SQL script plugin now supports the variable [USERNAME]
• #25 Add/remove to Kunena groups (thank you, Roland!)
• #41 Limit the number of times a Coupon can be used per user
• Intellectual Property integration
• Pie chart to show per-level sales over the last 30 days
• PostFinance.ch payment processor
• You can now configure the position of the currency sign (before or after the amount)
• Limit coupons to specific user groups on Joomla! 2.5. Thank you Peter (noNumber.nl) for the patch!
• #24 Recurring subscriptions (only with PayPal right now)
• Total active subscribers and subscriptions in the Control Panel page
• Email address validation by retyping it (thank you, Maurice, for the suggestion!)
• "Agree to Terms of Service" custom field plugin
• "Age verification" custom field plugin
• "IP logging" plugin, allows you to record the IP address the user subscribed from
• ReCAPTCHA integration
• You can now chose if you want the Renew link to appear or not in the subscriptions list
• #44 Customisable date format
• #10 Add/remove to Agora groups (integration with the Agora forum)

Minor changes

• Reimplemented the 2Checkout plugin, using the INS API (more stable)

Bug fixes

• You had to log out to subscribe to a different level than the one you're already subscribed to
• Use of $kuser->address instead of $kuser->address1 in payment plugins (thanks, Sander!)
• The backend module displayed the subscription levels ordered by their ID instead of their ordering preference
• mod_akslevels showed disabled subscriptions
• mod_akslevels showed subscriptions in wrong order, not the ordering set in the component
• Wrong image directory used in front-end (thank you, Jurian!)
• "Run Integrations" would not work in Joomla! 1.5
• Missing icon for "Export to CSV" in Joomla! 1.5
• #60 Subscriptions list length always reset to "all items"
• Decimals in tax rules not shown in Tax Rules view
• The sales graph was inaccurate (only enabled subs would show)
• Notices thrown by the aslink plugin
• Various bugs in the WorldPay plugin
• The messages view in the frontend would also log in blocked users
• Content plugins were not being triggered in the order completion/cancellation pages
• Javascript errors in the User view in the backend
• Duplicate level titles were being allowed