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* patched IMDb fetching

(IMDB do not provide a regular API, so it's always up
to the programmer to adjust the fetch routines.)

Includes now all patches since 1.2.3

This time there is a small update zip included
for manual installation.

The access for smart phones has been extended.
Apple smart phone owners should access by

h t t p : / / your.domain.com / filmdb / ios /

Other smart phone owners should access by ... read more

* patched IMDb fetching

(IMDB do not provide a regular API, so it's always up
to the programmer to adjust the fetch routines.)

Includes now all patches since 1.2.2

This time there is a small update zip included
for manual installation.

If you find any bugs or wrote an improvement,
do not hesitate to contact me!

* a few bug fixings
* patched IMDb fetching
* added support for the italian language

Includes now all patches since 1.2.1

This time there is a small update zip included
for manual installation.

If you find any bugs or wrote an improvement,
do not hesitate to contact me!

* a few bug fixings
* patched IMDb fetching
* added export button to all views
* added film info inline area in list view

Because of the fact that IMDb changed the html
design several times since 18 February 2007,
I've made the necessary adjustments and
extended the interface to make it a bit more
comfortably.

This time there is a small update zip included
for manual installation.

If you find any bugs or wrote an improvement,
do not hesitate to contact me!

Since the last patch IMDb made changes again. In order to make the necessary adjustment please proceed as follows:

Go to Tracker / Patches and download the zip-archive "filmdb_fetch.zip". Unpack the archive and copy the files into the root folder of your installation.

Since 18 February 2007 IMDb made a change again. In order to make the necessary adjustment please proceed as follows:

Go to Tracker / Patches and download the zip-archive "filmdb_fetch.zip". Unpack the archive and copy the files into the root folder of your installation.

* a few bug fixings
* ajax info was extended with important informations
* supports poster upload (file/url) in edit mode

* supports poster storing in the data base or as file

FilmDB will search in both sources for posters, therefore mixed processing is possible. Blobs and files have both their pro and cons. Whose account supports only little MySQL space will change over to files.

* supports complex admin functions... read more

* a few bug fixings
* search popup layout fixing
* poster view offset fixing
* film view was extended with flags
* config was extended with font type
* support for XML import of single movies
* support for XML export of single movies
* export supports (internal/external/none) DTD
* implemented simple export API
* support for dutch language (Rudi Vader)
* support for spanish language (Alfons Herraiz)... read more

* a few bug fixings
* rewritten fetch scripts
* support for rescanning existing movies

Since 20 July 2006 IMDb made a change again. In order to make the necessary adjustment please proceed as follows:

Download the file "fetch_movie.php" at "Patches" and copy these into the folder "imdb" of your installation.

* a few bug fixings
* support for Opera 9 included
* support for Internet Explorer 5.5/6 included
* support for determining requester list-height automatically

I'm very sorry about a bug in the file "fetchimggd.php" but don't panic it's very simple to repair...

On line 83 and line 120 you'll find the following string:

if (($width > $max_width) || ($height > $max_height) || ($format == 1)) {

To repair the file please remove the part "|| ($format == 1)" from both lines. After the modification it should look like the string below:... read more

* a few bug fixings
* new favicon with 32bit support (transparent)

Because of the fact that many posters from
imdb are of the format GIF the data base
coul'd grow very fast. A lot of accounts
support only 2 MB of MySql space. So you
run out of space with more than 300 movies.
Therefore I extended the poster fetching
with routines to convert the original
posters from imdb to JPEG (75%) which
saves up to 33% of mysql space.... read more

This version do include the mobil phone and the rss feed features. Includes a minor bug fixing for install.php.

This version do not include the mobil phone or the rss feature. This will be done in the next version.