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= v2.6.12 - 03.27.2019 =
* Changed: Sharing with Facebook is now done through /share.php instead of the old /sharer/sharer.php
* Fixed: Albums did not display nested sub-albums if the child albums name was an integer
* Fixed: Horizontal Filmstrip and Slideshow galleries failed to run if their parent container was hidden at startup
* Fixed: NextGen Pro’s product file was causing NextGen’s activation routine to run too frequently
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox was scrolling to the top of the page after viewing a Pro Mosaic image
= v2.6.10 - 03.27.2019 =
* Changed: Sharing with Facebook is now done through /share.php instead of the old /sharer/sharer.php
* Fixed: Albums did not display nested sub-albums if the child albums name was an integer
* Fixed: Horizontal Filmstrip and Slideshow galleries failed to run if their parent container was hidden at startup
* Fixed: NextGen Pro's product file was causing NextGen's activation routine to run too frequently
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox was scrolling to the top of the page after viewing a Pro Mosaic image
= v2.6.8 - 12.13.2018 =
* Fixed: Images "shared" to Facebook will no longer be directed to the site frontpage when visited
* Fixed: Stripe TLS 1.2 warnings were displaying even though the system supported TLS 1.2+
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox was unable to open older, "preview image" based ATP galleries
= v2.6.7 - 10.09.2018 =
* Changed: Improved quantity selectors in the Pro Lightbox ecommerce sidebar
* Changed: Numerous phpdoc entries have been corrected
* Changed: Pro Lightbox 'cart updated' message was moved to avoid other elements being repositioned
* Changed: Upgraded FontAwesome to version 5
* Fixed: Pro Imagebrowser navigation was positioned incorrectly with RTL languages
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox carousel was misstyled with RTL languages
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox was not honoring 'Apply to all images' lightbox setting
= V2.6.3 - 07.24.2018 =
* NEW: Added French translations
* NEW: Added German translations
* NEW: Added Slovakian translations
* NEW: Browsers on mobile devices can now use the Pro Lightbox open-with-cart-sidebar and open-with-comments-sidebar features
* NEW: Pro Masonry displays can now have proofing enabled (requires hover captions, pro lightbox)
* NEW: Warn admins that Stripe requires TLS 1.2 and their system is affected
* Changed: Plugin URL in nggallery-pro.php has been updated for accuracy
* Fixed: Hover captions compatibility with thickbox effect
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox image captions were sometimes floated when sharing icons were disabled
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox images were not correctly centered at startup under iOS
* Fixed: Pro Masonry displays included a single gallery-level trigger icon that should not have been included
= V2.6.0 - 05.16.2018 =
* NEW: Complete redesign of NextGEN Gallery backend interface
* NEW: Pro Lightbox option to disable carousel thumbnails
* NEW: Pro Lightbox uses Facebook JS SDK to generate share dialogs
* Changed: Location of NextGen Pro Ecommerce in the main WordPress admin menu
* Changed: Optimized Pro Lightbox for performance, especially mobile devices
* Changed: Galleria.js upgraded to the latest version (1.5.7)
* Fixed: Gutenberg compatibility
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox sidebar overlay not being removed when comments are disabled / users must be registered
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox will no longer attempt to use synchronous XHR
= V2.5.7 - 06.21.2017 =
* NEW: Added Dutch translations as provided by Frank Leenders
* Changed: Updated Pro Lightbox comment mechanism to use latest WP conventions
* Changed: Uses KSES sanitization where applicable
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox routing when wordpress_page_root not defined
* Fixed: Pricelist requires at least one item to be saved
* Fixed: NextGEN Widget always opens first image in Pro Lightbox
* Fixed: Masonry display in Twenty Seventeen has overlapping image borders
= V2.5.5 - 05.23.2017
* Changed: Updated to PictureFill 3.0.2
* Changed: Use KSES sanitization for output of properties which allow HTML
* Changed: Provide the ability to reset NGG options with and without ecommerce settings
* Changed: Proofs sent to Ecommerce Options > Email > Order notification e-mail recipient
* Fixed: Ability to include html in pro thumbnail caption templates
* Fixed: Removed tooltip caption showing on top Pro Mosaic hover captions
* Fixed: Stripped certain html tags from hover caption effects
* Fixed: Removed use of PHP Sessions from Cheque module
= V2.5.0 - 03.28.2017 =
* NEW: Pro Imagebrowser Gallery
* NEW: Template support for Pro Galleries (requires NextGEN Gallery 2.2.0 or later)
* NEW: Three new Pro Imagebrowser templates (requires NextGEN Gallery 2.2.0 or later)
* NEW: Three new Pro Thumbnail Grid templates (requires NextGEN Gallery 2.2.0 or later)
* Changed: Updated Imagely branding in Pro Modules
* Changed: Branding changes from Photocrati to Imagely
* Changed: Use localStorage for cart instead of cookies by default. May adjust using option.
* Fixed: Digital Downloads tab showing in sidebar without products added
* Fixed: View Cart button in Pro Lightbox not working in IE11 in certain cases
* Fixed: Album setting 'Open gallery in Pro Lightbox' working on thumbnail but not title
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox settings to display comments and cart initially can both be selected
* Fixed: Presure.js generating errors in IE11 in certain cases
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox 'Localize limit' interferes with Pro Album 'Open in Lightbox' option
* Fixed: Ensure that modules are loaded when NGG re-activates using WordPress 4.7
* Fixed: Incompatibilities with Elegant Themes
* Fixed: Hover captions not appearing
* Fixed: Misalignment of images in the Pro Lightbox
* Fixed: Images appear as zoomed in the Pro Lightbox
* Fixed: Ability to use quotes in pricelist titles
* Fixed: Various PHP warnings and notices
= V2.3.63 - 12.13.2016 =
* NEW: Added display type aliases to Pro display types
* Changed: Minimum required version of NextGEN Gallery is now 2.1.49 or higher
* Changed: Upgrading PHP-Parser to 2.1.0 for PHP7 compatibility for build generation
* Fixed: The ability to add-to-cart on devices that have both touch and mouse inputs
* Fixed: Conflict with Gravity Forms
* Fixed: Local shipping rate applied to international orders
* Fixed: The ability to key "k" during a Pro Sidescroll
* Fixed: Pagination not working with "Open gallery in Pro Lightbox" feature for albums
= V2.3.61 - 11.17.2016 =
* Fixed: Removed experimental category support for pricelists
= V2.3.60 -11.15.2016 =
* Fixed: Don't double-minify static resources in gulp build script
* Fixed: Hover captions working on all display types
* Fixed: Pro lightbox not working on iOS
* Fixed: Scrolling not working on iOS
* Fixed: Long tap image protection improvements on iOS
* Fixed: Only show "display galleries as" option for albums when relevant
* Fixed: Pro Sidescroll galleries are moved offscreen until they initialize
= V2.3.58 - 10.12.2016 =
* Fixed: Use local version of imagesloaded if not provided by WordPress for Pro Sidescroll
= V2.3.56 - 10.12.2016 =
* NEW: Added Pro Sidescroll Gallery
* Changed: Now uses gulp for package compilation & JS/CSS minification
* Changed: Removed "by Photocrati" from plugin description
* Changed: Reorganized lightbox settings design to be more intuitive
* Fixed: Hover captions not running and/or not including image descriptions in some circumstances
* Fixed: Long press on mobile devices opening context menu when image protection was enabled
* Fixed: Pro Mosaic previously required NextGen's lightbox setting to not be "None"
= V2.3.53 - 08.31.2016 =
* NEW: Added the ability to click on album galleries to open in Pro Lightbox
* NEW: Display a cart with dynamic total in menu
* Changed: Mentions of Photocrati to Imagely
* Fixed: Images not responsive for all display types
* Fixed: Cannot save or delete pricelists using non-english languages
* Fixed: Long image descriptions being obscured by the Pro Lightbox sidebar
* Fixed: Ensure Pro albums show gallery descriptions on gallery-within-album pages
* Fixed: Ensure that Retina images fit within the same dimensions as non-retina images on Pro Film and Pro Album types
* Fixed: New pages not created in Ecommerce Options page
= V2.3.48 - 08.01.2016 =
* NEW: Coupons and discount support
* NEW: Free items and $0 orders
* NEW: Gulp build system
* NEW: Added "Enable fullscreen" option to Pro Lightbox
* NEW: Added image thumbnail to lightbox sidebars (when browser width < 520px)
* Changed: Increased size of Pro Lightbox sidebar
* Changed: Pro Lightbox carousel no longer obscures the displayed image
* Changed: Updated JustifiedGallery to 3.6.1
* Fixed: Display the tax on the thank you page
* Fixed: Dynamic ecommerce pages not being rendered correctly on home pages with no loop
* Fixed: Resolved all found PHP warnings/notices/deprecations and strict errors
* Fixed: Pro Mosaic spacing issue when margin option set to zero
* Fixed: Convert PayPal Express Checkout module to use curl and fsockopen directly instead of using WP HTTP classes
* Fixed: Display tax at PayPal Standard
* Fixed: PayPal IPNs not being processed correctly for PayPal Standard
* Fixed: PayPal Standard customer receipts have $0.00 order total
= V2.3.45 - 04.26.2016 =
- Fixed: Navigating to a new image in the Pro Lightbox sometimes using the prior images url when sharing to social media
- Fixed: Horizontal Filmstrip & Slideshow not displaying ecommerce triggers
- Fixed: Horizontal Filmstrip not displaying carousel thumbnails with Photocrati-theme
- Fixed: Display of existing orders totals, subtotals, and shipping amounts whose pricelist was edited post-purchase
- NEW: A simple percentage tax option
= V2.3.42 - 03.15.2016 =
* Fixed: Ensure that modules are compiled and that CSS/JS is minified
= V2.3.40 - 02.25.2016 =
* Changed: "Lato" font is used for all parts of the ecommerce / checkout process now
* Changed: All Pro templates now use "echo esc_attr()" instead of esc_attr_e() to avoid possible translation incompatibility
* Changed: Digital Downloads page now hides the description column if the browser width is less than 400px
* Changed: If the browser width is under 650px the cart & order-confirmation pages will place preview images and order description on their own rows rather than side-by-side
* Changed: Pro Lightbox can now more efficiently initialize with large galleries
* Changed: Pro Lightbox close-lightbox, toggle-sidebar, and toggle-carousel icons are much larger on touch devices
* Changed: Pro Lightbox now defaults to the "white" style
* Changed: Pro Lightbox now has its own routing code and does not rely on backbone.js. Closing the pro-lightbox no longer ends in a URL of "#"
* Changed: Pro Lightbox sidebars are now 350px and not a variable width
* Changed: Pro Thumbnail Grid now defaults to never displaying trigger icons
* Changed: Removed Pro Lightbox option "touch transition effect": Galleria.js ignores this setting for touch devices if swipe is enabled.
* Changed: Removed iframes from Pro Slideshow and Pro Horizontal Filmstrip, upgraded to Galleria 1.4.2
* Changed: Several tweaks to the ecommerce checkout styling
* Changed: Fullscreen button now switches padded Pro Lightbox to Fullbrowser
* Fixed: Changing the orientation of Chrome on iOS will no longer result in more than one main-image being displayed at once
* Fixed: Comments module was generating a warning post WP 4.4
* Fixed: Picturefill module was not working correctly with images containing spaces in their URL
* Fixed: Pro Blog Gallery compatibility with TwentyFifteen theme (some attributes were not applying to the img element, our CSS needed a finer selector)
* Fixed: Pro Grid Album thumbnails appeared outside their container with IE-11
* Fixed: Pro Horizontal Filmstrip now handles mixed-height thumbnails in the carousel
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox comments were not linking to the origin URL correctly
* Fixed: Several changes were made to the Pro Lightbox to be more mobile (especially iOS 9) friendly
* Fixed: View Orders page compatibility with WordPress 4.4
* NEW: Add-To-Cart and Proofing icons are added to Pro Captions
* NEW: Added filter "ngg_ecommerce_page_list"
* NEW: All Pro modules are now compiled before distribution
* NEW: Finnish translation (first Pro translation!)
* NEW: NextGen Pro Mosaic display type
* NEW: Pro Lightbox can be padded and toggled full-browser
* NEW: Pro Lightbox sets opacity through CSS class instead of inline style
= V2.3.5 - 07.13.2015 =
* Fixed: Galleria module not updated during auto-update process
* Fixed: Comments module not updated during auto-update process
= V2.3.0 - 06.22.2015 =
* NEW: Retina support for Pro display types
* NEW: Hover captions for Pro display types
* NEW: Breadcrumb support for Pro Albums
* NEW: Internationalization support
* NEW: Sharing images supports Twitter Card
* NEW: Added max height option for Pro Blog display type
* Changed: NextGEN Pro Lightbox does not require transients
* Changed: Significant performance improvement to NextGEN Pro Lightbox. Removed iframes.
* Changed: Updated to the latest Stripe SDK
* Changed: Default thumbnail dimensions for horizontal filmstrips are 120x90
* Fixed: jQuery explicitly marked as dependency for Masonry
* Fixed: Auto deactivation of NextGEN Pro when NextGEN Plus is activated
* Fixed: Various styling issues of NextGEN Pro Lightbox
* Fixed: Styling conflicts between Shopping Cart page and TwentyFifteen theme
* Fixed: CSS z-index issues with the Pro Lightbox
* Fixed: Restore scroll position after closing the Pro Lightbox in full-screen mode
* Fixed: Various styling improvements to the autogenerated ecommerce-related content
* Fixed: Display checkboxes in comment form regardless of theme
* Fixed: Display triggers for blog style galleries when images are a mix of landscape and portrait photos
* Fixed: Determine whether override image settings is enabled for blog style
* Fixed: Broken blog style images
= V2.1.4 - 11.18.2014 =
* Fixed: Activating Plus doesn't deactivate Pro; fatal error
* Fixed: Fatal error when NextGEN Gallery is disabled
= V2.1.1 - 11.17.2014 =
* Fixed: Fatal error when activating without NextGEN Gallery installed
= V2.1 - 11.13.2014 =
* NEW: Added the ability to proof galleries
* NEW: Image protection feature to protect from theft
* NEW: Added Test Gateway to evaluate checkout procedure
* NEW: Added "Pay by Check" mechanism
* NEW: Added NGG_ALLOW_CROSS_ORIGIN_FRAMING constant for those that need it
* NEW: Added "%%file_list%%" placeholder for ecommerce-related e-mails
* NEW: Digital downloads are served from PHP for compatibility and security reasons
* NEW: Added "display cart" setting to Pro Lightbox to open sidebar automatically
* NEW: Ability to duplicate pricelists
* Changed: When NextGEN Gallery 2.0.68 is installed, only enqueue static resources when needed
* Changed: Don't enqueue scripts or styles unless we require them
* Changed: Updated Stripe SDK to the latest version
* Changed: Don't use SSLv3 when connecting to PayPal via cURL to avoid Poodle vulnerability
* Changed: Default all pro display types ngg_triggers_display to 'always'
* Fixed: Forward-compatibility with NextGEN Gallery
* Fixed: Use NextGEN Gallery's version of FontAwesome
* Fixed: Problems with album routing
* Fixed: Dynamic ecommerce pages not using default is_singular page templates
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox not opening correctly on Firefox
* Fixed: Display of currency in wide variety of character sets
* Fixed: Ecommerce instructions should be the last item in the menu
* Fixed: Social sharing links of the Pro Lightbox pointed to the wrong image
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox performance improvements
* Fixed: Cart not clearing after successful checkout
* Fixed: Pricelists cannot be deleted, only trashed
* Fixed: Optimized queries related to pricelists
* Fixed: Use image filename as item id for PayPal Standard
* Fixed: Display of view licensing terms link in ecommerce sidebar
* Fixed: Reversed pro thumbnail grid hover effect to avoid image saturation
* Fixed: Correct calculation and display of order totals for international orders
* Fixed: Display image filename in cart
* Fixed: Alignment issues
* Fixed: Allow a shipping rate of $0
* Fixed: Show processing indicator when checkout button is clicked
= V2.0 - 06.18.2014 =
* NEW: E-commerce functionality added to the Pro Lightbox
* NEW: Payment gateways for Stripe, PayPal Standard, and PayPal Express Checkout
= V1.0.17 - 04.24.2014 =
* NEW: NextGEN Pro will automatically deactivate if it's dependencies aren't met
* NEW: Compatibility fixes with WordPress 3.9
* NEW: Added an option to the Pro Lightbox to display captions automatically
* NEW: Added an option to the Pro Lightbox to open the comment/social sidebar automatically
* NEW: Renamed all constants to use NGG_ prefix
* Changed: Removed double-tap capability for the Pro Lightbox in fullscreen mode
* Changed: Adjusted the way setting parameters are passed to Galleria themes
* Changed: Removed thumbnail_quality & thumbnail_watermark fields for all display types
* Changed: Use FontAwesome library that is bundled with NextGEN Gallery
* Changed: Removed obsolete CSS rules used for Jetpack compatibility
* Changed: Removed 1px black border from images in Pro Film galleries
* Changed: Removed backbone/underscore from Pro Lightbox scripts property
* Changed: Use relative urls instead of absolute urls for Pro Lightbox resources
* Fixed: Various iOS compatibility issues
* Fixed: Fix size and positioning of images in Horizontal Filmstrip and Slideshow galleries
* Fixed: Positioning of captions for Horizontal Filmstrip and Slideshow galleries
* Fixed: Flickering between image transitions for Horizontal Filmstrip and Slideshow galleries
* Fixed: Image alignment and cropping settings for Horizontal Filmstrip and Slideshow galleries
* Fixed: Center Film galleries within their parent container. Remove any whitespace in the markup
* Fixed: Vertically-align images to the top of the image container for Grid Albums
* Fixed: Remove "crop" setting for Blog Style galleries
* Fixed: Styling of Pro List Albums
* Fixed: Routing conflicts for albums on the same page
* Fixed: Adjust position of comment toggle icon
* Fixed: Apply nl2br() to all gallery descriptions
* Fixed: Images aren't forced to be larger than their original dimensions in Blog Style galleries
* Fixed: Don't display PHP errors/warnings in JSON response for pre_comments AJAX action
* Fixed: Don't open Pro Lightbox for links that are to use ImageBrowser as the lightbox effect
* Fixed: Allow HTML in the Pro Lightbox for image titles & descriptions
* Fixed: Use original sized image when sharing an image via Facebook/OpenGraph
* Fixed: Provide detailed data in OpenGraph representation
* Fixed: OpenGraph should work with default and custom permalinks
* Fixed: Use correct value for Yes/No setting selections for Pro Lightbox
* Fixed: When opening the Pro Lightbox for a gallery using random images, display the correct image
A very minor change was made between 1.0.14, 1.0.16, and 1.10.17 so they have been merged with 1.0.17.
= V1.0.10 - 11.26.2013 =
* NEW: Pro Lightbox may be applied to non-NGG images
* NEW: Pro Lightbox appearance now configurable with two presets, "Light" and "Dark"
* NEW: Added Slideshow and Transition Speed settings for Pro Lightbox
* NEW: Added "faux fullscreen" mode for browsers that don't support native fullscreen
* NEW: Provide instructions after activation for enabling the Pro Lightbox
* NEW: Ability to choose display type for galleries within Pro Albums
* NEW: Grid albums are responsive
* NEW: Added NextGEN Gallery version detection for compatibility reasons
* Changed: Auto-update modules shared across Photocrati products (NextGEN Pro + Photocrati Theme)
* Fixed: Addressed many performance concerns with Pro Lightbox
* Fixed: The ability to view galleries within albums that have numeric names
* Fixed: Generate thumbnails if they don't exist before trying to use them
* Fixed: Properly enqueue scripts/styles to avoid "did it wrong" errors from WordPress
* Fixed: Toggle-fullscreen button now toggles its icon-type correctly when users leave fullscreen
* Fixed: Slideshows/filmstrips jumping to top left corner when clicking on the image
* Fixed: Check existence of transient before rendering gallery
* Fixed: Don't apply Pro Lightbox to images that specify a non-existing target
* Fixed: Filmstrip captions cutting off tall images
* Fixed: Compatibility with third party plugins and themes that use FontAwesome
* Fixed: Custom CSS stylesheets are now applied to the Pro Lightbox
* Fixed: Pro Lightbox compatibility with Opera
* Fixed: Increase minimum screen size for displaying trigger buttons
* Fixed: Share original images with Pinterest
* Fixed: Lightbox conflicts with Photocrati Theme
= V1.0.6 - 08.21.2013 =
Fixed: Use settings class compatible with multisite
Fixed: Fixed PHP notices for invalid index in wp-admin
Fixed: Fixed invalid use of wp_register_script/wp_enqueue_script notices
Changed: Comments: return in comment_post_redirect filter
Fixed: Ensure that we don't check for updates until our check time has expired
= V1.0.4 - 08.09.2013 =
NEW: All Pro display types' styles can be customized by "Other Options -> Styles"
Changed: NextGEN Pro requires NextGEN Gallery 2.0.7 or later
Fixed: Pro Slideshows and Horizontal Filmstrip are fully responsive
Fixed: NextGEN Pro is loaded after NextGEN Gallery 2.0.x
Fixed: Pro Lightbox CSS is compatible with many other themes
Fixed: Incompatibility with WPMUDEV's Membership plugin
Fixed: Fix autoupdate cache not being properly managed when the server would return 0 updates
Fixed: Pro Album styling issues in some themes such as 2013
= V1.0 - 07.30.2013 =
NEW: Added Pro Lightbox, with social sharing and commenting functionality
NEW: Added Pro Blog Style display type
NEW: Added Pro Thumbnail Grid Style display type
NEW: Added Pro List & Grid Album display types
NEW: Added Pro Film display type
NEW: Added Galleria Display Type Engine
NEW: Added Pro Horizontal Filmstrip display type
NEW: Added Pro Slideshow display type
NEW: Added Pro Masonry display type
Changed: Since Beta #1, we're using a new Installer and Settings Manager implementation
Changed: Since Beta #1, we cache the final rendering output of display galleries