Version 6.08, 27 June 2024
- Fix for a "Data too long" error in rare cases.
- The IP Location API Key can now be either a 32 character key from ip2location.io or a 64 character key from ipinfodb.com.
Version 6.07, 17 June 2024
- There's a new invoice variable %TRANSTIME%.
- The payment list has a new column showing the invoice status.
Version 6.06, 29 April 2024
- Four new variables %EMAIL%, %JUSER_ID%, %JUSER_NAME%, %JUSER_USERNAME%.
- Several changes to better handle the database error "Incorrect String Value For Column".
Version 6.05, 19 April 2024
- Certain invoice configurations could cause a database error and fail to produce an invoice.
Version 6.04, 20 March 2024
- There's a new configuration option to allow simplified invoices with little or no buyer information.
- There's a new invoice variable %TAX_RATE% (which may or may not be populated by the payment application).
Version 6.03, 4 March 2024
- Fix for an incorrect image file error when saving gateway accounts.
- Payage can now determine the IP address country for a payment. Search for "ipinfodb.com" in the user guide.
- There are three new invoice variables, %IP_COUNTRY%, %BILLING_COUNTRY%, and %PAYMENT_COUNTRY%.
- For tax exempt payments, the buyer cannot edit their Tax ID on the invoice request page.
Version 6.02, 13 January 2024
- Version 6.01 had an error on the Configuration page.
Version 6.01, 10 January 2024
- Application links to the Payage invoice request page were incorrect for some languages.
Version 6.00, 8 December 2023
- This version works in Joomla 5 without the compatibility plugin.
- The minimum Joomla version is now 3.10.
Version 5.02, 30 November 2023
- Fixed: Version 5.01 used a PHP function that is not available on some servers.
Version 5.01, 25 November 2023
- Better protection against overlapped processing of gateway return and update requests.
- Always create a system log entry when an invoice is created.
- Payage invoices can now process application-specific variables.
- The billing country, IP country, and payment country are now shown more clearly on the payment detail page.
Version 5.00, 14 November 2023
- Payage can now make PDF invoices. Please see the latest user guide for full details.
- There are three new layout options.
Version 4.04, 18 October 2023
- Fixes for compatibility with Joomla 5.
Version 4.03, 16 October 2023
- Fixed a problem with the invoice request page on some servers.
- Fixed a problem with updates of Rentalot Plus payments in some cases.
Version 4.02, 2 October 2023
- There was a problem with version 4.01.
Version 4.01, 2 October 2023
- Most reports now have a product filter.
- The sales by country report now includes a map of sales by country.
- Support for country code C2, used by PayPal for mainland China.
- Improvements to admin compact mode.
- Improvements to invoice template validation.
Version 4.00, 31 August 2023
- Payage can now generate invoices. Please see the user guide for details.
- There's a new way to override the front end CSS. If you have customised the front end CSS, please see the user guide.
- Most of the configuration options have moved to a new item on the Payage sub-menu.
- There's a new "Compact mode" option for the Joomla 4 admin interface, which is useful on laptops.
- API changes: Added item_id and item_description. Please see the developer guide for details.
Version 3.01, 26 June 2023
- Minor fix for zero amount payments.
Version 3.00, 13 June 2023
- Payage now supports responsive payment buttons and multiple button layouts. Please see the user guide for full details.
Version 2.36, 5 June 2023
- A bug in version 2.35 prevented publishing some gateways.
Version 2.35, 1 June 2023
- Internal changes to support the new PayPal Checkout gateway.
- The payment list now shows the payment country code.
Version 2.34, 6 March 2023
- Fixes for deprecation warnings in PHP 8.2.
Version 2.33, 14 January 2023
- Fixed a problem saving gateway translations in Joomla 4.
Version 2.32, 4 November 2022
- Switch to using jQuery date picker due to issues with the Joomla date picker in some languages.
Version 2.31, 26 October 2022
- Two more fixes for warnings in PHP 8.1.
- Minor improvements to the payment list page.
Version 2.30, 20 September 2022
- Fixes for warnings in PHP 8.1.
Version 2.29, 5 August 2022
- Cosmetic improvements in Joomla 4.
Version 2.28, 2 May 2022
- Account list re-ordering did not work in Joomla 4.
- Don't show the app_name column on the payments list if there is only one app.
Version 2.27, 24 January 2022
- There are two new access control settings, "Change payment status" and "Create and edit gateway accounts", allowing better control of user-group permissions.
- The calendar chart now works in Joomla 4.
- Improved handling of the issues that arise because some payment gateways use country codes and some use country names.
Version 2.26, 8 November 2021
- Fix for another "Data too long for column" error in Joomla 4
Version 2.25, 1 November 2021
- Increased some data column lengths and more fixes for "Data too long" errors in Joomla 4.
Version 2.24, 27 October 2021
- Fix a "Data too long for column" error in Joomla 4 strict SQL mode.
Version 2.23, 8 October 2021
- The payment list now has several dynamic columns that only appear if they are needed.
- The daily calendar report has been disabled in Joomla 4 due to an unknown conflict. We'll try to reinstate it in a future release.
- Some minor internal fixes.
Version 2.22, 25 May 2021
- Version 2.21 prevented generation of payment buttons for subsequent payments in Rentalot Plus. Fixed.
Version 2.21, 20 May 2021
- Fix for payment file downloads with recent versions of Safari.
- Fix for a bug that prevented deletion of payments in the back end.
Version 2.20, 11 March 2021
- Payage now has a System Log section where it can store errors or unusual activity. The gateway addons will gradually make use of this.
- You can now search the payments list by gateway transaction ID.
- Fixes for Joomla 4 Beta 7.
Version 2.19, 9 February 2021
- Fix for a PHP Notice error.
Version 2.18, 22 January 2021
- You can now export payments from the payment list as a CSV file.
Version 2.17, 24 August 2020
- Correct detection of recent versions of Edge browser.
- Fixes for Joomla 4 Beta 3.
Version 2.16, 17 June 2020
- Fixes for Joomla 4 Beta 1.
- A history entry is now logged when the component calls the application's update function.
- There is a new API call, Set_App_Transaction_Id().
Version 2.15, 24 April 2020
- Fixes for PHP 7.4.
Version 2.14, 23 March 2020
- A new chart, the Daily Sales Calendar.
- The Sales by Region report now includes a pie chart.
- Australia added to the Sales by Region report.
Version 2.13, 27 November 2019
- The about page now handles input of the Plugin transaction ID for the Joomla update system.
Version 2.12, 29 April 2019
- Now only super-users can access the gateway configuration pages.
- Fix for the payment list not correctly showing names with accented characters.
Version 2.11, 19 February 2019
- Fixes for Joomla 4 Alpha 6.
- Cosmetic fixes for Joomla 3.
Version 2.10, 10 December 2018
- Fixes for Joomla 4 Alpha 5.
Version 2.09, 19 July 2018
- Payments can now be anonymised after a configured number of days.
- Some changes required to support the Mollie payment gateway in Joomla 4.
Version 2.08, 11 February 2018
- Now works with Joomla 4.00 (Alpha 2).
- Minimum Joomla version is now 3.7.0.
- You can now set the ordering of your payment buttons.
- There is a new report: Sales by Region.
- The total fees and tax were incorrectly calculated on the Sales by Item report, this has been fixed.
Version 2.07, 6 August 2017
- Support for crypto-currencies, i.e. Bitcoin and others.
- The list of unconfirmed payments is now available from the main menu.
Version 2.06, 15 June 2017
- This is a security release in response to the findings of one of the Joomla hack teams. Although there was never any danger to your site, we have fixed the issue highlighted and recommend that all users update to the latest version.
Version 2.05, 2 June 2017
- Some minor cosmetic improvements and fixes.
- Re-coding of deprecated Joomla functions, in preparation for future Joomla versions. The minimum Joomla version required is now 3.4.8.
Version 2.04, 14 March 2017
- Occasionally, PayPal misses off some of the parameters from the return URL and notify URL. Payage can now recover from this problem, provided you also upgrade to version 1.10 of the PayPal gateway addon.
- There is now a button (on the payment list page) that allows you to see unconfirmed payment records.
Version 2.03, 4 January 2017
- Fixed a bug that would prevent the reports from retrieving data on some systems.
Version 2.02, 9 December 2016
- Added five new reports.
- The payment list now has from and to dates instead of the preset date ranges.
Version 2.01, 16 November 2016
- Supports the Joomla Update System. Joomla will notify you of new releases, and you can install them with a single click in the Extensions Update Manager. Once you install this new version of the component, you will automatically receive updates for the Component, Gateway Addons and the Payage Plugin. You do not need to re-install or update the addons or the plugin.
- Payage now has a sidebar menu.
Version 2.00, 9 October 2016
- Joomla 2.5 is no longer supported.
- Payage now has built-in multi-language support, so there is no longer any need to use Falang to translate the account texts on multi-language sites (although you can continue to use Falang if you wish).
- The account description field now accepts HTML.
- The About page now shows the version status of Curl and OpenSSL.
Version 1.09, 8 March 2015
- Payage now accepts payments amounts of zero. This enables zero-deposit bookings in Rentalot Plus using the Offline gateway.
Version 1.08, 3 February 2015
- A minor internal change to support the new Payage Plugin.
Version 1.07, 28 January 2015
- A minor internal change required to support the WorldPay gateway.
Version 1.06, 18 December 2014
- The version packaged with all our gateways is no longer available. You now have to install the Payage component followed by the gateway addons you require.
- The test view has been removed from the Payage component and is now a separate component.
- Payage now records the buyers IP address with the payment details.
- The payment detail screen can now show details of multiple gateway messages.
Version 1.05, 30 November 2014
- The Pay button icons and text can now be translated using Falang.
Version 1.04, 25 November 2014
- The PayPal interface has been changed to force connection using the TLS protocol. On the 3rd of December, PayPal will disable support for SSLv3. After this date, most servers should automatically negotiate a TLS connection, however, this change may be required for continued operation on some servers.
Version 1.03, 26 August 2014
- Added the Barclaycard ePDQ gateway.
Version 1.02, 13 May 2014
- Fees were not correctly calculated for offline payments.
- Also a code fix for an error generated in PHP versions older than 5.3.
Version 1.01, 29 March 2014
- First public release