Fancy Image SlideShow

Version 3.5: 02 March 2026

• New: Image Fit option - choose between Cover (fill & crop) or Contain (full image with letterboxing)
• New: Image Vertical Alignment - position images at top, center, or bottom within the slider frame
• New: Pagination Position - place pagination below the slider or overlaid inside the bottom of the image
• New: Lazy loading and fetchpriority attributes on slider images for better performance
• New: Width and height attributes on img tags to reduce Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
• Fix: XSS vulnerability in Extra CSS field - added strip_tags() sanitization and changed filter to safehtml
• Fix: Defense-in-depth escaping for caption HTML output in template
• Fix: Assets folder missing from manifest - CSS, JS, and images now correctly included in install package
• Fix: Removed non-existent index.html from manifest to prevent installer warnings
• Fix: Pagination type default changed from invalid "1" to "num"
• Fix: Slideshow effects default changed from invalid "1" to "random"
• Fix: Added explicit default for resize field
• Fix: Stale image cache - resized images now invalidated when source file changes (filemtime in cache key)
• Fix: Removed missing loading.gif reference from CSS (eliminated 404)
• Fix: Pagination bottom margin now removed when pagination is set to none
• Fix: Replaced deprecated jQuery .bind() with .on() in Nivo Slider JS
• Fix: Replaced deprecated JS substr() with charAt()
• Fix: Scoped global jQuery selectors for .nivo-slice and .nivo-box to slider instance (multi-instance safe)
• Fix: Added parseInt() for implicit type coercion in control nav click handler
• Fix: Caption opacity field changed from free-text to validated number field (0-1 range)
• Fix: Removed dead addfieldpath pointing to non-existent admin/elements directory
• Fix: Spacer fields given proper name attributes to avoid Joomla form issues
• Fix: Corrected module attribute usage in manifest (only on main entry-point file)
• Fix: Random Start default changed to OFF to match JS plugin default
• Fix: Typo "thge" corrected to "the" in Random Start description
• Fix: Copyright years standardized to 2026 across all files
• Fix: Modernized require_once to use __DIR__ instead of dirname(__FILE__)
• Fix: Updated documentation to include WebP and AVIF in supported formats list
• Fix: Removed empty tmpl/css and tmpl/js placeholder directories
• Fix: Cleaned up trailing blank lines in JSON and Markdown files

Version 3.4: 03 December 2025

• Full Joomla 4, 5 & 6 Compatibility with modern coding standards and best practices
• Complete Code Rewrite - optimized code structure with improved type hints, return types, and error handling
• Enhanced Security - comprehensive path traversal protection, XSS prevention, and input sanitization
• Modern Image Processing - replaced timthumb with Joomla's native Image class for better performance and security
• Smart Image Caching - automatic image caching system in images/fancy_slider/ directory
• Improved Helper Class - new ModFancySliderHelper class with optimized image processing methods
• Better Type Safety - enhanced type hints throughout the codebase (string, int, bool types)
• Enhanced Error Handling - graceful fallbacks and improved exception handling
• Optimized Asset Loading - proper WebAssetManager integration with static flag to prevent duplicate loading
• Improved Image Processing - better file existence checks, validation, and error handling
• Input Validation - comprehensive parameter validation with bounds checking for all numeric values
• Path Security - realpath() validation to prevent directory traversal attacks
• XSS Protection - proper HTML escaping for all user-generated content including captions
• File Validation - strict file type checking and readability validation
• Cache Filename Sanitization - secure cache filename generation with regex sanitization
• Improved Template Code - better conditional logic, null checks, and output escaping
• Production Ready - clean code with no debugging artifacts, ready for production use
• Modern PHP Syntax - PHP 7.4+ features for better performance and compatibility
• Better Code Organization - improved method structure and comprehensive documentation
• Enhanced Module Configuration - improved parameter defaults and validation
• Improved Template Rendering - better HTML structure and proper escaping
• Comprehensive QA Testing - all security vulnerabilities and logic bugs fixed

Version 3.3: 11 December 2023

• Supports Joomla 5 without Backward Compatiblity Plugin

Version 3.2: 08 February 2023

• Supports Joomla 4
• Removed loading jQuery in Body. By default loads in head.
• Supports PHP 8

Version 3.1: 12 July 2018

• Joomla Slides Added [Take a Backup of the slides before installing 3.1 version]
• Changes to Backend
• Extra CSS Parameters Added
• PHP Warning Fixed

Version 3.0: 01 February 2017

• Joomla Update System Integrated