Chapter 1. Introduction

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With the introduction of the EU Cookie regulations, we originally used a plugin from Channel Computing which performed the task adequately. As time passed it was decided to introduce some additional functionality and for that reason the plugin was developed until it reached the stage that it is today. The changes that were made were generally performed 'on the fly' with direct editing of the code upon the server

A request from one of our users influenced our decision to package up the plugin into a suitable form for others to possibly use.

Figure 1.1. EU Cookie icon

EU Cookie icon

This plugin was originally modified directly upon our live site, with changes made directly as and when required. Changes to colour schemes were hard coded and it was necessary to add plugin 'option's to permit easier changes and permit other features to be included. The current version has been checked against Joomla 3.4 without any problems.

Table 1 - Latest Release Versions

Type

Version

Comments

System plug-in

1.1.3

Current released version. Packaged up with language strings and options to control the functionality.

Versions are released when they have been through internal testing and no known problems exist.

Version numbering

For transparency and insight into our release cycle, and for striving to maintain backward compatibility, our Joomla components will be maintained under the following Semantic Versioning guidelines as much as possible.

Releases will be numbered with the following format: <major>.<minor>.<patch>

And constructed with the following guidelines:

  • Breaking backward compatibility bumps the major (and resets the minor and patch)

  • New additions without breaking backward compatibility bumps the minor (and resets the patch)

  • Bug fixes and miscellaneous changes bumps the patch

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