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2.2.1 on 2012-03-28

• Added: Setting for connection timeout to be customized for diagnostic purposes. See FAQ.
• Fixed: Removed Extra 1 and Extra 2 widget field options due to newer defaults. See FAQ.

2.2 on 2012-03-26

• Added: Scheduling capabilities for post to campaigns feature.
• Added: Prevents admin area slowdowns by detecting API server connections over 5 seconds and disabling communications for 5 minutes.

2.1 on 2012-03-12

• Added: All additional fields supported by BME onto widget signup form administration.
• Added: Upgrade procedure from v2.0.x to 2.1 saved widgets.
• Fixed: Notices showing up upon page/post deletion.

2.0.2 on 2012-02-20

• Fixed: Queue unloading was failing when the API connection goes down and subscriptions come in.

2.0.1 on 2012-02-13

• Added: Green and red indicators adjacent to entered API keys on the Benchmark Email Lite settings page, showing status upon save.
• Added: Benchmark Email response code into error message after creating an email campaign failure.
• Fixed: Includes silent updates made to the v2.0 release concerning automatic upgrading of saved widget settings from earlier v1.x.
• Fixed: v3.3.0 compatibility when no widgets preexisted from earlier version caused a warning at the top of the screen.
• Fixed: After deleting API key, the warnings about the need to have an API key weren't being fired anymore.
• Fixed: Bad API key(s) were triggering an error "Unable to connect" that wasn't very helpful.
• Fixed: Bad API key(s) were causing the good API keys to not be considered and utilized.

2.0 on 2012-01-31

• Added: Ability to create Benchmark Email campaigns from WordPress pages and posts.
• Added: Ability to send post campaigns immediately to either a test address or a selected Benchmark Email list.
• Added: Plugin settings page for global API Key(s) and campaign settings.
• Updated: Moved API key setting from individual widgets to a new Plugin settings panel.
• Updated: Split PHP functions among several classes/files for organization and growth.
• Updated: Added warranty disclaimer text in the main Plugin file header.
• Fixed: W3C validation error on strict mode, caused by two hidden input fields.
• Fixed: Localizations (language) weren't being loaded properly for International support.

1.1 on 2011-12-07

• Added: Prepopulation of the fields for logged in users.
• Added: Ability to toggle first and last name fields off.
• Added: Optional text to display to your readers.
• Added: Ability to change the text of the subscribe button.
• Added: Added widget title display in widget subtitle bar area.
• Added: New link on widget admin panel to view list names on BME.
• Updated: Expanded widget administration panel width to 400 pixels.
• Updated: Moved widget back end and front end HTML markup code to separate files.
• Updated: Added text next to the API Key field regarding FAQ #1.
• Updated: Sanitization functions adjusted.
• Removed: Output of widget set-up instructions on website before the widget is configured.
• Fixed: Bug when extra spaces existed between words in the list name admin vs front end behavior differed.

1.0.5 on 2011-08-18

• Updated: Moved the subscriptions queueing in the event of API failure to WP cron instead of being triggered upon subsequent subscription.
• Updated: Moved the subscriptions queueing in the event of API failure storage from a CSV file type storage to storage in the WordPress database. Prevents filesystem permissions issues.
• Updated: Cleaned-up some code with unnecessary referencing of widget IDs during subscriptions processing.
• Updated: Renamed "cache" to "queue" for clarification about the failover handling support.
• Fixed: Added a new button on the widget configuration panel to "Verify API Key and List Name" as the previous tab-off event wasn't always being executed if users click Save without first tabbing off the elements to be tested.

1.0.4 on 2011-06-20

• Added: AJAX feedback mechanism in widget administration that checks the API key and list name fields against the Benchmark Email database and reports status.
• Updated: Subscription to utilize Benchmark Email's double opt-in method. This prevents the problem when somebody who wants to re-subscribe can't get out of the Master Unsubscribe List.

1.0.3 on 2011-05-23

• Added: BME API key to failover CSV temporary buffer file.
• Added: Spinner icon appearance upon front end form submission.
• Updated: The response texts to proper case.
• Updated: The CSV buffer file processing logic and combined with main process.
• Fixed: PHP notices showing up when debug mode is turned on in wp-config.php.
• Removed: Display of the front end form upon successful submission.

1.0.2 on 2011-05-18

• Added: Failover handling. If the API becomes unavailable the Plugin will dump subscriptions into a CSV buffering file in the Plugin folder that will attempt to post to the API and clear the file upon each subsequent subscription submission.
• Updated: The first name and last name field titles from "firstname" to "First Name" per the spec of the newly released API.
• Fixed: Bug when multiple widgets exist on a page and sometimes aren't being keyed properly, causing the processor to not always know which widget is being submitted.

1.0.1 on 2011-05-14

• Added: Support for international language translation/localization.
• Added: Anchor #benchmark-email-lite into URL so that after form submission it puts the user on the proper screen position to view the server response.
• Updated: Admin area widget field sanitization method to sanitize_text_field() function requiring v2.9.0.
• Updated: Title for the Benchmark Email Token to the term "API Key" to match what Benchmark Email is calling it on their website.
• Updated: The server response to clear out the submitted values upon successful form submission.
• Fixed: Bug in first name, last name, and email address submitted data sanitizing to be compatible with international symbols or anything that WordPress considers safe for data validation purposes. Reference: sanitize_email() and sanitize_text_field() functions on WordPress Codex.
• Fixed: Bug when the widget is installed multiple times on a single page leading to only one form pre-populating the entered data and some CSS conflicts. Multiple instances per page are now supported!

1.0 on 2011-05-12

• Added: Initial Plugin release.