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SP Page Builder 5 RC3 is Released

Asked by Kawshar Ahmed 3 years ago Last activity 3 years ago

Hello Everyone,

We're happy to introduce SP Page Builder 5 Beta RC3, the latest installment of our page builder software, designed based on your valuable feedback and lessons from our past.

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What's new in RC 3

  • Fixed the error when editing an article with Page Builder.
  • Fixed the issue where the module addon was not showing the module position dropdown.
  • Fixed the issue where new DB table columns were not added for invalid default values in datetime fields.
  • Fixed the issue with the table addon in the frontend.
  • Fixed an unhandled error when opening column settings.
  • Fixed the issue with displaying sp_pagebuilder_module contents in the preview.
  • Fixed the media manager upload error message returning in the wrong format.
  • Fixed the row container width issue for large devices.
  • Fixed the issue where row shapes were not working for some shapes.
  • Fixed the margin issue for nested rows.
  • Fixed the pagination issue in the table addon.
  • Fixed the issue with color library not saving.
  • Fixed the missing typography for old templates where typography settings were coming from fallback settings.
  • Fixed other known issues and bug fixes.
  • Added item showing limit to the listing page.
  • Added addon style copy-paste functionality in the backend.
  • Added functionality to open column settings by clicking the empty area of the column in the backend editor.
  • Added the ability to remove already deleted addons.
  • Added the ability to filter by layout type in the frontend editor.
  • Added the ability to open pages in a new tab in the backend editor.
  • Made the deep addons (accordion/tab/table/div) collapsible.
  • Implemented nested rows with addon sorting functionalities.
  • Updated the empty state designs for the font book.
  • Updated the MySQL update SQL files.
  • Improved media manager by showing uploaded files at the top.
  • Updated SQL structure for date time fields and updated the APIs accordingly.
  • Implemented skeleton loader for the page list.
  • Added unit info to the range slider field.
  • Updated a few addon admin.php files.

In this new version, you'll find:

  • Streamlined backend and frontend editors
  • Enhanced sidebar for easy access to Addons, Sections, and Page Settings
  • A new Color Library for expanded design options
  • Improved Color, Typography, and Box Shadow functionalities
  • Efficient backend and frontend editing switcher
  • Optimized codebase with a more linear structure
  • Redesigned user experience for all addons
  • Quick-access copy & paste feature for sections and addons
  • New sorting feature in layout bundles
  • Enhanced navigation and findability
  • New: Introduced Font Book, a feature that allows both Custom and Google font installation.
  • New: Implemented a Media Manager in the backend.
  • New: Added functionality for sorting saved addons & sections.
  • New: A feature that allows group-based repeatable setting fields rendering in the frontend editor.
  • New: Introduced Colors Library to the frontend editor's color picker.

However, we kindly ask that you adhere to the following feedback rules:

  1. Please refrain from using hate speech. Respectful communication is key.
  2. Only constructive feedback is encouraged. Let's work together to build a better product.
  3. Test on all possible cases, including old templates, 3rd party addons, and even when upgrading from version 2.0.
  4. If you encounter any bugs, please provide detailed information, including how to reproduce the issue and the circumstances that led to it.

We're committed to continuously enhancing our offerings, and we can't wait for you to experience this new version.

Roadmap for the Final Release:

  • Stable: July 5th, 2023

Thank you for your ongoing support. We look forward to your feedback on SP Page Builder 5 RC 3!

Please note, this is a RC version of the software and it's not recommended for use on live production sites. We cannot assume responsibility for any disruptions or issues that may occur on your website as a result of using this beta version.

Best Regards

24 replies

Mike Underwood

FYI.. Not sure where to report this, but I am testing on a new site, and turned on Article Intergration and I get "Attempt to assign property "text" on bool" The article is just a placeholder with just one line of text and is not using the pagebuilder on that page or any pages right now as it's a new test site. As soon as I turn off Article Intergration the page comes up fine.

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

Can you share details?

Mike Underwood

its simple really turn on article intergration, and it happens its did it on the 2 sites i have tried. no need to do anything else to a frsh install but that.

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

When are you seeing that? Can you share a screenshot?

Thanks

Mike Underwood

Sorry it took me so long to reply, I have been dealing with family health issues. Anyway I have a test site you can look at, that is https://mike.eflit.com

I created a Home article and set the Main menu Home item to use a single article and pointed to the Home article. I then installed SP Page Builder, and enabled Article Intergration and when I go to the Home Page I get see the below, if I turn off Article intergration the page comes up as expected. The site is out of the box with only the changes above along with SEF turned on and htaccess renamed.

Thank you,
Mike

The requested page can't be found.
An error has occurred while processing your request.

You may not be able to visit this page because of:

an out-of-date bookmark/favorite
a mistyped address
a search engine that has an out-of-date listing for this site
you have no access to this page
Go to the Home Page

If difficulties persist, please contact the website administrator and report the error below.

0 Attempt to assign property "text" on bool

Mike Underwood

I see this on the front end, screen shots are below. The first screen shot is of the backend of the home page article and the 2nd screen print is from the front end.

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

Please check the overall Page Builder 5 and let us know what do you think.

And, If it's staging site then could you please share your admin access so that we can investigate the issue? One more thing, please make sure that you don't have any override addons or custom addons from 3rd party.

Thanks

Toufiq Senior Staff

Yes, I have found the issue. We will solve it as soon as possible. Thanks

StéphaneMolene
3 years ago · edited

Hello everyone. I just installed it to test. Good work ! However, I wanted to insert an image on a page, but... the "insert" button is missing in my opinion... Thanks

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

The insert button supposed to be shown at the bottom of the modal. I have tested again & looks like it's working fine. Could you please tell me which addon are you trying on?

Thanks

StéphaneMolene

Good morning. sorry, I think I tested too quickly... I clicked on "media" and not on "addon"... Thank you and congratulations again to you^^

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

Okay :)

Thanks

bouey

The last version break completly Translate for SP Page Builder.

You change the code i give to you and you pass variable to the event but there are not initialize, This in
administrator/components/com_sppagebuilder/editor/traits/AddonsTrait.php
line 142

            $flattenAddon = $addon;

            PluginHelper::importPlugin('system');
            Factory::getApplication()->triggerEvent('onBeforeAddonConfigure', [$addonName, &$addonStructure]);

            $addonStructure = AddonsHelper::modernizeAddonStructure($flattenAddon);

This can't work addonStructure is defined after ......

Here is the right code,

            $flattenAddon = $addon;

            $addonStructure = AddonsHelper::modernizeAddonStructure($flattenAddon);
            $addonDefaults = EditorUtils::extractSettingsDefaultValues($addonStructure['settings']);
            $addonStructure['default'] = array_merge($globalDefaults, $addonDefaults);
            $addonStructure['desc'] = $addonStructure['desc'] ?? '';

     PluginHelper::importPlugin('system');
     Factory::getApplication()->triggerEvent('onBeforeAddonConfigure', [$addonName, &$addonStructure]);

            $flattenList->$addonName = $addonStructure;

i put in attachment my email another time, just send me the next version of this file i can check it quickly

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

The issue will be taken care of.

Thanks

‏‏‎ ‎J‏‏‎‎e‏‎‏‏‎‎n‏‏‎‎s W.‏‏‎
3 years ago · edited

I am sorry, but the layout has gotten worse after the upgrade to version RC3. :(

before the upgrade to rc3:

after the upgrade to rc3:

As you can see, the spacings have changed even more than in RC2.
Furthermore, the problem with the font sizes, line-height, the transformation and so on are still wrong.
The texts are defined as capslock "uppercase" and a font size of 22px.
This still does not work correctly since the last versions.
A new error has been added.
e.g.: letter-spacing: 1pxpx;
See page-1.css

With the export I provided you in the last versions, you can easily reproduce the problem.

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

If you are talking about the font size, could you please try to adjust the font size manually? Also, you can share the json content here so that we can work on the backward compatibility.

Thanks

‏‏‎ ‎J‏‏‎‎e‏‎‏‏‎‎n‏‏‎‎s W.‏‏‎

Hello Kawshar Ahmed,

in the hidden content you can find the raw json directly from the database.
SPPB 3.8.10 was used.

Have a nice day.

‏‏‎ ‎J‏‏‎‎e‏‎‏‏‎‎n‏‏‎‎s W.‏‏‎

The update also breaks buttons alignment in addition to the spacing issue.

before upgrade to rc3

after the upgrade to rc3

As always, links can be found in the hidden content.

‏‏‎ ‎J‏‏‎‎e‏‎‏‏‎‎n‏‏‎‎s W.‏‏‎

In addition two screenshots from the frontend editors.

sppb 3.8.10
Please direct your attention here to the position of Trustpilot and where it can be seen in relation to time at the top.
The same for the first letter of the title.

SPPB RC3

Furthermore, the spacing of the list entries is no longer correct.

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

Could you please provide the JSON content? It would be even better if you can extract it straight from the database. This way, we can pinpoint the precise problem. In some instances, you might need to apply minor tweaks using the editor. Since we've integrated additional responsive controls, there could be times when slight adjustments are needed post-update.

Thank you.

‏‏‎ ‎J‏‏‎‎e‏‎‏‏‎‎n‏‏‎‎s W.‏‏‎

Hello Kawshar Ahmed,

as requested, in the hidden content you can find die raw json directly from the database.
SPPB 3.8.10 was used.

Thank you for the additional information regarding the responsive controlls.
I will check.

I hope this is not a general problem for customers.
Some of them have more than 20 websites with a lot of pages and then they have to update all of them by hand.

Have a nice day.

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

Thanks. We will take care most of the issues.

‏‏‎ ‎J‏‏‎‎e‏‎‏‏‎‎n‏‏‎‎s W.‏‏‎

As a addition:

In version 3.8.10 there were 5 different definitions for the Responsive displays.
Now there are only 4 conditions, the one for 1380px resolution was simply removed.
See screenshots.

SPPB 3.8.10

SPPB 5 RC3

‏‏‎ ‎J‏‏‎‎e‏‎‏‏‎‎n‏‏‎‎s W.‏‏‎

The problem regarding the double slash in the background-image path which was reported by Elmir Mustafic is also still present.

Hello, when I add background image to section from media manager it adds extra / to url image, so i have

background-image: url(//images/home/donna-triste-seduta-sulla-spiaggia.jpg);
instead of

background-image: url(/images/home/donna-triste-seduta-sulla-spiaggia.jpg);
https://prnt.sc/lA1IlN1zWCje

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

Will be fixed.

Thanks

ukphotoguy

For me integration with JCE worked fine and all pages worked until I tried to render a normal joomla article when I got the 500 system error. Did some digging but it was a serious error and after looking at a few things I tried going to php 7.4 which cleared the error.
So, seems to me that there is a dependency on the older php when rendering standard joomla articles. Even when on php 7.4 the article does not load correctly, you just get the title - no body text or images. issue seems to also affect rendering of the catagory blog version of the joomla core.
Checked that it occurs in the Cassiopeia stock template.

bergwerk

Thanks a lot for your work and the latest RC3. Great to see that Article and Module integration now redirect back to the correct item in the backend.

Have you considered my other suggestions regarding the article integration?

  • Write a Text-Only version of all Add-Ons into the "Intro-Text" of the article for blog views and better search results like in SPPB3
  • Make article Settings editable directly from Pagebuilder (Title, Category, Access, Images ....)
  • Alternativly, is it not possible to load the PageBuilder interface within an iFrame into the article Edit view (See screenshot attached)?

Suggestion with iFrame:

I can understand if such a change is not integrated into the first release version in two weeks, but would be a extremly powerful feature in the long run.

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

Let the stable be out first then we will work on the improvement and new features.

Thanks

Fran

Hello
Have you solved the problem of playing videos in a slider when it is opened from iOS (iPhone, iPad)?

It is a very common problem that all web builders have solved, except SP Pagebuilders.

Is there anything new about this?

Thank you

Kawshar Ahmed Senior Staff

We will solve the problem. Maybe an option to play/pause video using a button. Please wait until the stable version comes out.

Thanks

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