TubePress 1.8.0.RC1

It’s about a month late, but I’m very excited to announce that the first release candidate of TubePress 1.8.0 has landed on the downloads page. There are a ton of changes in this version; the full list can be found here. Here are the notables:

• New embedded player option: JW Flv Media Player
• New player location: jqModal
• Refactored JavaScript functionality with jQuery
  • jQuery 1.2.6 or higher is now required (built-in for WordPress users)
  • Multiple galleries on a single page now behave correctly with “normal” player
  • Dynamically load JavaScript libraries as needed (Prototype, Shadowbox, etc) (closes Ticket #56)
  • All JavaScript is now unobtrusive
  • Can now use modal players (e.g. Shadowbox) in a TubePress shortcode
• Removed extra HTML comments and whitespace. Galleries now use about 16% less bandwidth.

Due to all the significant changes, I’d like to release this first as a release candidate for testing. Please send your feedback either to the discussion forum or submit a new issue. Thus far it’s been tested with

• Mac OS X: Firefox 3 and Safari 3
• Windows XP: Internet Explorer 7 and 8
• Linux: Firefox 3

You may notice that I’ve removed GreyBox and LightWindow as player options. I spent a long time trying to wrangle these libraries into submission, but I simply couldn’t delay a new release of TubePress any longer. It seems that the majority of TubePress users are not using these players, so hopefully it won’t cause a huge comotion.

Between this release and the release of 1.8.0 final, I’ll be working on more unit tests and documentation. TubePress Pro 1.8.0 will be available at the 1.8.0 final release as well.

Good luck testing, and enjoy this new release!