TMM Insider - Vol I, Issue 4 :: NATS v4 Release!
TMM Insider - Vol I, Issue 4
Recent News
NATS v4.0 RELEASE DATE SET
We are pleased to announce that our beta testing was overwhelmingly successful and we are ready to release NATS v4.0 to the general public starting Friday, August 1, 2008! Please note that we will only honor requests made on/after Aug 1. Also be aware that we expect a high demand for this upgrade, so we ask for and appreciate your patience in advance.
TMM Platinum Sponsors at InterNEXT '08 in Miami
A large portion of the Too Much Media staff will be on hand in Miami on August 7th-10th for the Internext 2008 Summer Conference. We are taking over the entire Infinity Pool Deck! Stop by our air-conditioned tent to cool off, meet us, view product demos, ask all your questions, and have a drink on us!
TMM Joins Porn Poker Tour
TMM is please to announce that we are now a proud sponser of the Porn Poker Tour! The PPT will be making its next stop at the Internext '08 Summer Conference. It will then stop at the Atlanta Forum Sept. 18th-20th. Players of ALL skill levels are encouraged to participate in this FREE event. Even if poker is not your thing, other games and entertainment will be available. We expect the turnout at both events to be off the charts!
WTS Delayed Notice
It has recently come to our attention that there is an issue between NATS and WTS Delayed. Please note that this only affects installs using WTS Delayed. If you currently use WTS Delayed, please submit a ticket at
http://clients.toomuchmedia.com.
Recent Additions & Bug Fixes
NATS v3.1
Garbled Passwords in E-mails to Affiliates
- We recently fixed a bug which caused garbled passwords in automated e-mails to affiliates.
WTS Poll Fix
- We recently updated the WTS poll to properly account for pending transactions when WTS processes a Check Pre-Authorization.
GXBill Username Update Fix
- We recently changed our passwd_gxb.php script that allows NATS to retain member information if the username changes on GXBill's end prior to posting.
GXBill & Unique Usernames
- passwd_gxb.php now properly accounts for the UNIQUE_USERNAMES config setting when adding new users.
Adtools Banners Fix
- Banners are now correctly limited by type when viewing them in the affiliate area.
User Management URL Enhancement
- Before making a call to the User Management URL, NATS will attempt to pull full details of the member from the NATS database if a memberid is available.
poll_cancels.php Deprecation
- The functionality of poll_cancels.php has been removed as it has become deprecated.
Affiliates Credit for Epoch Cross Sales
- We have added a checkbox in the Cross Sales Admin for Epoch that allows you to choose whether affiliates get credit for cross sales from their traffic. (NOTE: this will only work if you are promoting across sites that are a part of your install)
Error Messages for Affiliate Signup
- If an affiliate attempts to sign up using a taken username or email address, the signup script will now return an error on the first signup page instead of the second.
Epoch Cross Sale Expire Date
- NATS will now properly set expire dates for Epoch Cross Sales instead of using the previous member's date.
Wildcard Search on Emails
- NATS will now allow you to search with wildcards on Emails if this field is unencrypted in your database.
RESELLER_VERIFY & RESELLER_MANUAL_ACTIVATION
- We have recently made changes to our signup process so that if both RESELLER_VERIFY and RESELLER_MANUAL_ACTIVATION are active on a NATS install and an affiliate verifies their email address, he/she will still be inactive until an admin approves them but the Resellers admin will show that the email has been verified.
Double Email Decryption Fix for Webbilling
- One of our scripts devoted to processing Webbilling initial transactions was double decrypting emails from the database. This has been fixed in the latest version.
NetBilling Poll Changes
- Due to some recent updates from NetBilling, we have changed the way we take our polls from NetBilling resulting in more accurate results in rarer scenarios.
NetBilling Cross Sale Expire Padding
- We recently made a change so that we can support Expire Padding for cross sales that are coming from a NetBilling v2 client to NetBilling v3 client and vice versa.
Cascading Reliability Improvements
- We recently added some background changes to our cascade function that makes the transition from a gateway biller to a non-gateway biller more eliable.
Netbilling One-Click Rebuys
- NATS now supports the ability for surfers to purchase tokens from netbilling and have it track properly through NATS.
GXBill Post URL
- NATS will now post member information when a user is added via passwd_gxb.php.
123Bill Credits Fix
- 123Bill credit transactions now post for the proper amount in NATS.
123Bill Expire Padding
- NATS now supports expire date padding for 123Bill.
123Bill Subscription ID's
- If 123Bill does not pass NATS a subscription ID, we will now use the initial transactionid along with the numeric memberid as a subscription ID for the member.
Email Dump Improvements
- Due to the large size of Email dumps, NATS now exports all email information to a separate file for download and then allows the user to download the file.
WTS Cross Sale Support
- NATS v3.1 now supports cross sales to/from WTS, one of our integrated payment processors.
XML Parsing Fix
- We found and corrected a typo in our XML parser class which caused errors in certain rare cases. The XML parser is commonly used when parsing postbacks from certain payment processors.
GXBill Memberid's
- We now pass a surfer's NATS memberid when sending a member to GXBill, which allows NATS to track the member easier when their transaction is posted back.
Gateway Signup Email Fix
- We have corrected a bug introduced on/after 3.1.46.1 that did not decrypt a surfer's email when reloading signup/gateway/signup.php.
CARMA 1.3
create_flash.php
- This script has been changed so that it always uses the correct path on the server when generating flash files.
carma_list_favorites Improvements
- We've alter the carma_list_favorites function so that you have the option of getting unique or duplicate galid's.
Video Name in show_video.php
- The name of the video on show_video.php is now automatically assigned as a template variable.
view_image.php Performance Enhancements
- We recently modified view_image.php to implement client-side caching, which helps prevent timeout issues for larger clients.