MatrixSlide 2.7.0

* A service release to fix a bug that caused the album to vanish if the visitor clicked outside the image area.

* Video support extended to MOV files (H.264 codec only).
* Option, when specifying a body background image, to auto-size the image. When this option is chosen, the background image is automatically set to have no repeat and to be centered. It is then resized when the browser window is resized, though it retains its aspect ratio (so it may be cropped, depending upon the aspect ratio of the browser window). In IE8, the image is centered, but is not resized (IE8 does not support the CSS3 attribute that's being used).
* Fix for a bug that was causing background images (body background, for example) whose file names have spaces in them to be ignored.
* Fix for a bug that was causing background images to be improperly centered vertically.

* Support for IE7 terminated. The skin will no longer be tested in IE7, and display problems in IE7 will not be addressed.
* Option to display a title bar at the top of the page, which will display the jAlbum Album Title (entered under Album > Settings > General). The width may be a percentage of the viewport width or a fixed number of pixels. A border, with a settable width, may be applied to the title bar, with options for various types of borders. The corners of the title bar may be rounded. A background image (typically, a texture) may be applied to the title bar. The font used for the title bar text is fully controllable (size, style, weight, etc.). The colors displayed in the title bar (background and text) may be specified. A transparent title bar may be chosen. A logo may be placed in the title bar (left, center, or right), and there is an option to display only a logo, without any album title text. The logo may also be a clickable link to another site.

Image sizing and positioning of other design elements, such as a thumbstrip or control bar, assumes that the text displayed in the title bar will be only one line. If more than one line of text is provided, or if the text is long enough to produce line-wrapping, the image and other design elements may interfere with the title bar.

* Option to enter the full URL of the published album, which will then be used in the jAlbum embedding code (Album > Embed album). If left blank, the user's jalbum.net address is used (e.g., http://username.jalbum.net/projectname).
* Some default settings changed.
* Fix for a centering bug when using a text control bar.

* Minor bug fix to cure an error in caption area sizing when a Google Maps link or download icon is included.

* Selective script loading and selective CSS generation, to improve page load times.
* Selective copying of supporting files refined and expanded.
* New versions of the control bars. If the user elects to have an uplink in the control bar, the icon is an up-arrow, rather than an "X" icon, as in previous versions. Thanks to Peter Gibb for his assistance with this improvement.
* Cured some CSS that worked properly in all browsers, but failed validation.
* Improved positioning of Google Maps and download links when caption is placed in a side panel and buttons are bottom-aligned and/or a control bar is placed at the bottom of the panel.
* Improved formatting of metadata when caption is placed in a side panel.
* Option to specify colors for the image counter, metadata, link to metadata popup, and hover on the link to metadata popup, independently of the caption text colors.

* Minor bug fix to cure a problem in IE that resulted in false entries in the server error log (but did not produce any visible problems in an album).

* When viewing an automated slideshow, the slideshow is now automatically paused if the site visitor clicks on a Google maps link, a download icon, or any enlarged image caption button (print, open image in new window, etc.).
* Option to choose to include or exclude, and to choose different options for, a download icon or a Google Maps link for individual images.
* Option, when displaying image metadata via a clickable link in the caption, to set the display or non-display of the metadata to be persistent from one image to the next, with the "Photo Info" link acting as a toggle. If this option is chosen, and the site visitor clicks on the "Photo Info" link to reveal the metadata, the metadata are shown on each subsequent image, unless the site visitor clicks the "Photo Info" link again, to hide the metadata.
* Supporting files, located in the "res" subdirectory of the output directory, are now copied more selectively, so that most files that aren't needed for a particular album aren't copied to the output. Because of a peculiarity in the jAlbum processing sequence, if you change skin settings, and that triggers a change in the supporting files that are needed for the album, unused files aren't removed from the output unless you save the project, close it, reopen it, then make the album again.
* Minor bug fixes.

* Simplified coding for opening new windows (open image button, download icon, Google maps icon).
* Option to specify "earth" as Google maps type.
* Improved map centering when opening Google maps.
* Support for rounded corners on buttons now restricted to CSS3-compliant browsers (FF 4+, Chrome 5+, Safari 5+, and IE 9+).
* Minor bug fixes.

* Option to display a globe icon in the caption area which, when clicked, opens a new browser tab or window to the Google maps site, centered on the GPS coordinates present in the image. The user may choose the hover text on the globe, the type of map, and the zoom level.
* Option to display GPS coordinates in the caption area. The display is assembled from the four EXIF fields: GPS.GPS Latitude, GPS.GPS Latitude Ref, GPS.GPS Longitude, and GPS.GPS Longitude Ref.
* Three new preset styles: Gold on Mocha, Rose, and Sage.
* Clicking the image now automatically pauses the automated slideshow, if running, and advances to the next image.
* A change in the loading sequence for videos, to avoid an intermittent audio problem in IE9.
* Flash warning text color changed so that it never disappears against the background.
* A new version of the JW Player (5.7), which can now access YouTube HD videos.
* Fix for a Highslide JS error when using the spacebar to play/pause a slideshow.
* DOCTYPE changed to HTML 4.01 Strict.

* Extensively modified HTML and CSS, yielding improved page code.
* Option to place an uplink (to a home page, for example) within the control bar or on the body of the page. If it is placed in the control bar, it assumes the icon of what would, in the Matrix skin, be the "close" button. If the uplink is placed on the page, it appears as an up-arrow whose position is set independently of other elements on the page, so its position and insets should be adjusted to avoid interference with images, control bars, and thumbstrips. If the album will be placed in an iframe, the uplink option should generally not be chosen, as the target URL will open within the iframe. Navigation should, instead, be provided on the parent page.
* Option to place the title/comment and image counter on the same line in the caption of an image. Under Album > Settings > MatrixSlide > Captions > Image Caption > Image Counter > Relative to title and comment, the "same line" choice is available if the user has chosen to display the title and/or comment, the user has chosen to display the image counter in the caption area, and the title/comment is left-aligned and the image counter is right-aligned, or vice-versa. Long titles/comments will wrap around the image counter. If metadata are also being displayed, the user should generally set their alignment to match that of the title/comment.
* Option, when choosing to include an external text file as part of an image caption, to have newlines in the file replaced with HTML break tags.
* Spacing between a caption and buttons in the caption area tightened, but with an option to insert spacing (mimicking the default spacing in prior releases).
* Improved positioning of the download icon.
* Option, when including a "mailto" button, for the email message to include a direct link to the image in the album from which the mailto button was clicked.
* Option to set the color of the hover border used around thumbnails in a thumbstrip.
* Included SWF videos are now handled differently.
* A fix for the problem of a vertical scrollbar appearing in IE9 on the expander for displaying a video. Now, there should not be any reason to use IE8 emulation (see Album > Settings > MatrixSlide > Misc > IE8 Emulation). The capability has been left in the skin, in the event that some new IE9 problem is discovered.
* Various minor bug fixes, including an EXIF display problem with the aperture field.
* Highslide JS updated to version 4.1.12, with an additional hotfix for an IE7/IE8 scripting error.
* To ensure that current versions of the supporting files (e.g., the Javascript files in the res directory) are uploaded to the server when an existing project is being updated, this release includes files with updated datestamps.
* Support for IE6 has now been withdrawn completely. No patch files are available.