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Version 24.100.0

Date update : March 15, 2024

Fixed minor issues.

Version 24.0.0

Date update : December 15, 2023

UTF-8 processing improved.

Version 23.0.0

Date update : August 9, 2023

Improved PHP8 support.
Fixed known issues.

Version 21.100.0

Date update : May 24, 2021

Removed banner click statistics.
Other minor issues fixed.w

Version 21.0.0

Date update : March 15, 2021

Now supporting ZIndexManager.
Improved PHP 8 compatibility.

Version 20.5.100

Date update : August 24, 2020

Fixed minor issues.

Version 20.5.0

Date update : July 7, 2020

Other minor issues fixed.

Version 20.0.0

Date update : October 7, 2019

Added template bootstrap_v4 for the component advertising.banner.

Version 18.5.0

Date update : January 10, 2019

Fixed issue when saving banner settings when selecting template type files.
Fixed issue when showing diagrams page without banners.
Minor fixes and improvements.

Version 18.0.0

Date update : July 23, 2018

Fixed known security issue.

Version 17.0.1

Date update : March 20, 2018

Fixed security issue.

Version 17.0.0

Date update : February 22, 2017

Added Ukrainian localization.
Composite mode improved.
Fixed known security issues.

Version 16.5.1

Date update : August 25, 2016

Fixed error when calling the ApplyCachedData non-static method as static.
Fixed PHP 7 related issues.

Version 16.5.0

Date update : April 22, 2016

Improved PHP7 support.
Improved Oracle support.

Version 16.0.1

Date update : February 17, 2016

Fixed issue when searching for a custom template.

Version 16.0.0

Date update : January 19, 2016

Minor fixes and improvements.

Version 15.5.4

Date update : October 19, 2015

Minor changes.

Version 15.5.3

Date update : September 7, 2015

Added the OnBeforeBannerAdd and OnBeforeBannerUpdate events to trigger when a banner is created or updated.
Added the Parallax banner template.
Various issues fixed.

Version 15.5.2

Date update : August 5, 2015

Added new templates for bitrix:advertising.banner: Bootstrap, Nivo Slider, Jssor Slider.
Added banner templates.
Introduced multipage sliders.

Version 15.5.1

Date update : June 16, 2015

Added conversion counter support.

Version 15.5.0

Date update : May 25, 2015

Minor changes.

Version 15.0.0

Date update : March 6, 2015

The banner component now supports composite mode.

Version 14.5.0

Date update : April 21, 2014

Fixed issue when showing banners by contract keywords.
Other minor issues fixed.

Version 14.0.0

Date update : February 25, 2014

Added a comment field to the banner list.
Fixed issue showing an uploaded image twice when the banner type is "HTML code".
Fixed issue in Oracle version when showing charts for more than 1000 banners.

Version 12.5.1

Date update : April 15, 2013

Minor issues fixed.

Version 12.0.0

Date update : October 30, 2012

Minor issues fixed.

Version 11.5.0

Date update : July 30, 2012

Minor fixes.

Version 11.0.1

Date update : October 25, 2011

Minor changes.

Version 11.0.0

Date update : September 13, 2011

Added cloud storage support.

Version 10.0.0

Date update : March 15, 2011

Transition to the new version.

Version 9.5.2

Date update : November 10, 2010

Database queries optimized in Edit mode.
Fixed error counting the banner impressions.

Version 9.5.1

Date update : October 7, 2010

Minor changes.

Version 9.5.0

Date update : October 1, 2010

New Hermitage user interface support.

Version 9.1.0

Date update : September 15, 2010

Minor changes.

Version 9.0.0

Date update : June 10, 2010

Better PHP 5.3.0 compatibility.

Version 8.6.1

Date update : March 18, 2010

Fixed error that occurred while saving permissions in module settings

Version 8.6.0

Date update : March 12, 2010

New option was added in the module settings: Do not track banner impressions for any banners. Banner impressions will not be tracked if this option is enabled (regardless individual banner settings).
New option was added to the advertising.banner component settings: Add noindex/nofollow attribute to the links (new parameter of the CAdvBanner::GetHTML function).
Improved support for Flash-banner links.
New sortable columns were added to the banner list: Modified and Created.
Improved banner graphs representation: only numbers are now displayed on y-axis.
Fixed error with banner types that occurred for advertisers when adding the first banner to the contract.
Fixed error with limiting banner types depending on contract settings .
Fixed error with targeting pages like /index.php.
Fixed error with file duplicating occurred while creating a banner copy.
Fixed javascript error for Internet Explorer that occurred while displaying banners with the script when Adobe Flash plugin was not installed or enabled.

Version 8.5.0

Date update : October 3, 2009

Upgrade to version 8.5.

Version 8.0.4

Date update : May 6, 2009

Fixed error with banner shows counting for unique users.

Version 8.0.3

Date update : April 28, 2009

Fixed error with link formatting for Web Analytics module.
Cookies generating code was optimized for banner shows counting.

Version 8.0.2

Date update : April 21, 2009

Improved security of Control Panel pages.
Minor changes and fixes.

Version 8.0.1

Date update : April 1, 2009

New! GeoTargeting by cities and regions was added in banner settings.

Version 8.0.0

Date update : April 1, 2009

Banner editing form redesigned to support all formats (image, Flash, HTML).
Flash banners: options to configure the movie parameters.
JavaScript (included) can now be used to show Flash banners. The script helps to avoid the need to click on a Flash banner to activate it.
Alternate image can now be shown if Flash is unavailable.
Tables in banner and contract reports.
Minor fixes in Control Panel interface.

Version 7.0.1

Date update : April 4, 2008

Fixed error with module deinstallation.

Version 7.0.0

Date update : March 28, 2008

Fixed error in Banner component occured in Site template edit mode.
The banner parameters editing form can now be opened in the public section.
Upgrade to version 7.0.

Version 6.5.0

Date update : September 19, 2007

Migration to version 6.5.0 of main module.

Version 6.0.1

Banners: the date of the first banner impression is now verified when calculating the time progress.
When the date range of banner impression period changes, or the impression counter resets, the date of the first banner impression is now reset.
Fixed error occurred when changing the date of the first banner impression (all banners used to update mistakenly).
Contracts without active banners are now rejected when preparing banners for display. To put this another way: a contract with only one banner whose state is pending, will not be selected. Previous versions could select such contracts which ended up in empty holes instead of banners.

Version 6.0.0

Upgrade to version 6.0.

Version 5.9.2

Added even distribution of banner impressions. Attention! In the current release, banners that use this option must be shown without setting limits of shows by hours and week days.
New field was added to the banner list table: "Even distribution". For banners with even distribution of impressions this field displays progress of banner impressions.
Algorithm of selecting a banner was changed: now banners with even distribution are being selected first.
All the error messages are displayed now in Banner Edit form.
Banner component was fixed. Banner keywords targeting is matched.

Version 5.9.1

Cache Time parameter was added for Banner component 2.0.

Version 5.9.0

Added new component "Banner".

Version 5.1.2

Fixed an error in the Oracle version.

Version 5.1.1

Added displaying of debug information for banners when using show_sql_stat=Y URL parameter

Version 5.1.0

In the module setting there is a new option added that disables contract restrictions when displaying banners. Use this option if you do not use advertising contracts;
New option added for the banners "Track banner impressions". It is recommended to use this option for banners when there is no need to count their impressions;
Optimized function for counting banner impressions;
Fixed error with deleting banner contract.

Version 5.0.2

Fixed incorrect access rights for the administrative control panel.
Added module index page.

Version 5.0.0

New module administrative interface developed. New interface applies to the 5.0 system version only.
Improved work with Flash banners. Added option to specify an URL for the Flash banners directly in the banner setings (for banners that do not contain their own interactions or internal links).

Version 4.1.1

Solved problem with displaying banners of the same type from different contracts
Added support of the new WYSIWYG editor
Added possibility to limit displaying (or not displaying) of banners to selected user groups

Version 4.0.9

Some modifications has been made connecting with MSSQL version release.

Version 4.0.8

Fixed error with choosing banners in case no banner matches the defined keywords.

Version 4.0.7

The issue connected with contract activity setting was fixed.

Version 4.0.6

Service update

Version 4.0.5

Administrative scripts security was improved

Version 4.0.4

Added support for Flash banners (for the correct work of the links over the flash banners you should create banners that handle special URL parameters "link" and "target", for more information see FAQ)
Added banner copy operation in the administartive section

Version 4.0.3

Fixed error with detecting referring page in the script /bitrix/rk.php in case if browser doesn't send HTTP_REFERER
Improved English administrative interface

Version 4.0.2

Added function CAdvBanner::SetCurUri(); that enables to specify URL of the curent page for controlling the banner show on this or taht page.

Version 4.0.1

Improved algorithm for email template installation while installing the module

Version 4.0.0

implemented support for multiple sites;
advertising contracts allow assigning mutiple sites to show the advertisement;
visitor uniqueness and banner shows are now registered for all sites at once;
improved speed of banner selection for Oracle version;
fixed error with handling deactivated user profiles;

Version 3.3.16

Added option to specify for banner as well as for contract special keywords that can extremely increase priority of displaying of this banner on the page that has the same keywords set in the page properties. Number of API functions were added for manipulating the keywords on the page.
Added option to limit banner displaying by one or more languages of the public part of the site. This limitation can be set in banner settings as well as in contract settings.
Languages added to the filter and to the list of banners and contracts.

Version 3.3.15

Fixed error with user permissions determinating for user not belonging to any group

Version 3.3.14

In the module setting new option was added for specifuing file name that will register banner clicks (by default "/bitrix/click.php")
In banner settings there is an option now to turn off clicks registering (so the banner link wont be replaced with "/bitrix/click.php")
Redeveloped rules of module access rights distributing. Added roles without hierarchical inheriting.

Version 3.3.13

Service help system update

Version 3.3.11

Fixed error of displaying graph and diagrams

Version 3.3.10

Fixed error of limiting number os shows for one banner to one visitor

Version 3.3.9

Added option to limit a number of visitors that viewed this or that banner or all of the contract's banners
Added option to limit a number of one banner shows to one visitor
Added option to plot graph of visitors that viewed the banners by days

Version 3.3.8

Fixed error with displaying banners with specified excluding pages
Fixed error with deleting banner HTML code while editing the banner in View mode (or in banner list)

Version 3.3.6

Improved function for displaying of the allowed banners for the current page (CAdvBanner::GetPageWeightArray)

Version 3.3.5

Fixed error with displaying images (added border="0" attribute)
Fixed error when setting inluding and excluding paths for banner displaying

Version 3.3.4

Completely redeveloped module kernel and all the module tebles
Added option to specify time and date of the week for banner displaying
Added HTML-editor for visual editing of the banner code
Added additional templates for inserting in banner code and in event1,2,3
Added option to set banner group
Added new feature to create contracts on banner showing from 3rd party advertiser
Added graphs and charts for banner shows, clicks and banner CTR, groups, contracts
Added a number of new API functions
Added new permissions for user groups in module settings
Rewritten Help according to the changes made and new features added

Version 3.3.3

Fixed error of advertisement displaying depending on maximum number of banner clicks

Version 3.1.1

Script processing has been optimized to work in default PHP 4.1.0 configuration.

Version 3.1.0

Migration to version 3.1 of main module.

Version 3.0.6

Fixed bug incorrect random numbers macros #RANDOM1# - #RANDOM5#