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+ -> Joomla! 5.0 compatibility
+ -> Add support for Joomla Scheduled Tasks
+ -> Diagnotics tool checking for Scheduled Tasks asset issues
# -> Fix update issues for outdated legacy Download Key via component settings
# -> Read-only display of category title when "Categories permissions" enabled in Joomla 4 & 5
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
+ -> Added diagnostic check to detect bogus root assets
+ -> Added diagnostic check to detect categories of removed extensions
# -> Fix export / import permissions icons
# -> Fix fallback category creation in Joomla 4
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
+ -> Support Joomla 4 Update Key
# -> Prevent asset saving issues for articles with long titles
# -> Improve logging of diagnostics issues
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
# -> Fix Editable only feature for Articles, Contacts and Modules in Joomla 4
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
# -> Remove API action in Wizard for Joomla 3
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
# -> Prevent false positives for diagnostics in Joomla 3
# -> Fix CLI scripts for Joomla 3 and 4 support
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
+ -> Joomla! 4.0 compatibility
+ -> Add support for Joomla 4 workflows
+ -> Diagnotics tool checking for workflow asset issues (Joomla 4 only)
+ -> Diagnotics tool checking for transition asset issues (Joomla 4 only)
+ -> Diagnotics tool checking for stage asset issues (Joomla 4 only)
^ -> Display changed item label for diagnostic tool
^ -> Bigger action headers for permission grid
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
# -> Fix notices for language packs without flag images
# -> Fix dashboard group & user search
^ -> Improved detection of orphan assets
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
# -> Fix admin access conflict check at final step of wizard
^ -> Improve display of asset changes in diagnostic tool
^ -> Align default component settings with default fallback settings in code
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
# -> Fix old rules logging, breaking diagnostics step 2 in some cases
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
# -> Prevent notices for categories without language data
# -> Prevent notices in Diagnostic for removed groups
# -> Prevent notices in CLI scripts due bug in Joomla, hopefully fixed in Joomla 4 #17655
# -> Fix show items & show fieldgroups & fields filters
^ -> CodeStyle improvements, cleanup & namespaces. Prepare for Joomla 4.
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
# -> Fix issue for backend menu access checks in case no menus are published
+ -> Toggle button in permission grid header to toggle all additional actions
+ -> Option to disable backend access check in diagnostics
+ -> New filter option to hide Fieldgroups & Fields from permission grid
# -> Prevent conflicts when fixing categories root if incorrect "root" ID is present
# -> Load extension language files to parse the additional actions language strings
^ -> Joomla! Update component no longer has its own permissions, access for Super Users only
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
+ -> Option to set timeout between the diagnostics steps in case its too quick for the server
# -> Prevent Download ID removal during update
# -> Fix category display in article manager when categories permissions are disabled via PWT ACL
# -> Change components filter ordering to case insensitive
$ -> Provided translation updated, thanks translators!
+ -> Option to disable the "Asset Issues detected" notice on the Control Panel
# -> Fix issue with incorrect loading of sidebar translations
# -> Go to correct view in backend menu
# -> Fix wizard after adding the asset languages
^ -> Only remove legacy-actions when no permissions are set in Diagnostics
^ -> Only display "Asset Issues detected" notice for Super Users
^ -> Adding com_privacy & com_actionlog to list of core-components without ACL
$ -> Provided translation updated
+ -> Display languages & filter languages for assets
+ -> Adding option to filter assets by start and end levels
^ -> Quickscan Asset Issues notice trigger via plugin with caching, adding notice on Control Panel
^ -> Change ACL Manager removal, supporting external updating tools
^ -> Cleanup old files during installation / update
$ -> Croatian translation updated
$ -> German translation updated
$ -> Swedish translation updated
Note: because of a bug in PWT ACL 3.0.0 this update needs to be installed manually via the Joomla installer!
+ -> Additional check for content without or incorrect Category ID
# -> Added missing installation warning language strings
# -> Prevent MySQL MAX_JOIN_SIZE errors for some hosting environments
# -> Fix incorrect extensions table check for in diagnostics
# -> Prevent HTML in extension language strings messing up dropdowns
# -> Improve ACL Manager detection to remove, also detecting installations without package
# -> Fix editable modules only option when view is set for com_modules
# -> Fix "Class 'Uri' not found" error when updating
^ -> Better description for the Copy and Import action
^ -> Display error message instead of 500 error when uploading invalid JSON files
^ -> Remove clear-permissions button for Super User groups to prevent lock-out
^ -> Hide components without object permissions in Step 2 of Wizard
^ -> Display Asset Issues detected message on dashboard
$ -> Dutch translation updated
$ -> Catalan translation updated
$ -> Japanese translation updated
$ -> Spanish translation updated
$ -> Thai translation updated
$ -> Norwegian translation updated
+ -> Added a wizard to allow easy setup of new group permissions
+ -> Added option to copy permissions between groups
+ -> Added export & import functionality to use the same permissions setup on multiple sites
+ -> Added option to show only editable contacts in Contact Manager
+ -> Added two CLI scripts for fixing diagnostic issues & rebuilding assets table
^ -> Renamed from ACL Manager into PWT ACL
^ -> Completely rewritten the extension from scratch, improved performance and code quality
^ -> Clickable permission grid now stores changes directly via AJAX
^ -> Diagnostics tool improved to detect more issues and able to handle very large sites
^ -> Improved backend access check to handle new backend menu's access
^ -> Permission grid only toggles between logic action states, preventing conflicts
- -> Removed support for Joomla 2.5
- -> Removed print options
- -> Removed sidebars for group and user views
^ -> Improve fall-back for components without ACL support
# -> Fix issue saving group permissions
^ -> Further improve work-around for asset changes in Joomla! 3.7.3
# -> Fix changing core.admin permission causing forced logout
# -> Hide com_fields from permission table
# -> Hide #__ucm_content entries from permission table
^ -> core.options is now a global action! Remove temporary work-around
^ -> Work-around for asset changes in Joomla! 3.7.3 causing issues with the permissions grid
^ -> Change diagnostics detection to align with Joomla! 3.7.3
# -> Fix PHP 7.1 warning for asset level calculations
# -> Fix error for older Joomla! versions not using menu assets
+ -> Joomla! 3.7 compatibility
# -> Fix issue with JAccess::getAssetRules returning different data in Joomla! 3.7
+ -> Adding ACL grid support for Joomla! Core Menus
+ -> Adding diagnostic support for Joomla! Core Menus
+ -> Display asset name in diagnostic view for easier debugging
+ -> Adding German (Switzerland) [de-CH] language
^ -> DataTables JS update
^ -> Preparations for ACL Manager 3
^ -> Move language files to component folder, language packs no longer needed
^ -> Switch from Akeeba Live Update to Joomla! core update system
# -> Show only the assigned user groups in user permission view, no parents
+ -> Adding Flemish [nl-BE] language
+ -> Adding detection for categories added in Joomla! 3.5 without asset rules
# -> Prevent JavaScript issues for extensions with custom actions without language strings
+ -> Adding support for core.options action, that is available for some core-components
+ -> Adding diagnostic issue detection for components using the core categories
# -> Fix issue for the PDO database driver
# -> Fix articles visibility issue in Joomla! 2.5 due listLimit bug fix
# -> Fix Module Manager filtering issues in permission grid
# -> Fix title filter for user permissions overview
^ -> Better handling for 3rd party asset icons
# -> Fix listLimit bug introduced in Joomla! 3.3.4
# -> Fix ordering of additional language files, English as fallback. Component menu in site language.
^ -> Change method of overriding/extending the Joomla! core classes, thank you Marcelo Gilano
# -> Added missing com_ajax & com_contenthistory as new core components in plugin
# -> Fix issue with reset permissions modal in Joomla! 2.5
+ -> Joomla! 3.3 compatibility
# -> Fix issue that Joomla! 3.2 backend is always in English when browsing ACL Manager
# -> Fix filtering issue on selecting single article for menu in Joomla! 3.2
# -> Prevent loading override files for Joomla! 3.2 as Module ACL is in core
# -> Fix redeclare class ContentModelArticles error in Featured tab of Article Manager
# -> Fix wrong construction of link to category
# -> Print button was not visible in Joomla! 3.x
^ -> Added com_ajax & com_contenthistory as new core components without permissions
^ -> Hide modules in permission overview when 'Show Item' filter set to 'no'