Flagbit_Factfinder

- Fixed bug with attribute name with space character in slider #127
- Improved attributes product export #121
- Fixed bug with static fields not being exported #190
- Improved export performance
- Add possibility to use any JSONP callback #145
- multiple small bugfixes (tracking, export, suggest)

- Fixed invalid argument supplied for foreach() by @lars85
- Catch and log image exceptions in product export by @xpoback
- Fix URLs in case of X before spaces by @xpoback
- Different config names for disabled_validation by @lars85
- Fix price and parent\child in checkout tracking #188 by @xpoback

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ADD: necessary information into the build.xml to make the package process work
ADD: it is possible to get the complete search adapter of the secondary search result.
CHG: made it possible to add ignore parameters from the module
CHG: renamed misspelled variable
CHG: as the "Category" name convention is not always complied, accept both notations
CHG: updated ff library to current version
CHG: implemented the legacy tracking for 6.9
FIX: selected filters are now viewed on navigation pages, except of current magento-selected categories closing #62
FIX: Prevent fatal errors in factfinder/search_collection closing #54
FIX: added names to the campaign blocks at the layout xml file
FIX: get caching working; however it won't work with php 5.2 or less!

ADD: necessary information into the build.xml to make the package process work
ADD: it is possible to get the complete search adapter of the secondary search result.
CHG: made it possible to add ignore parameters from the module
CHG: renamed misspelled variable
CHG: as the "Category" name convention is not always complied, accept both notations
CHG: updated ff library to current version
CHG: implemented the legacy tracking for 6.9
FIX: selected filters are now viewed on navigation pages, except of current magento-selected categories closing #62
FIX: Prevent fatal errors in factfinder/search_collection closing #54
FIX: added names to the campaign blocks at the layout xml file
FIX: get caching working; however it won't work with php 5.2 or less!

[+BUGFIX] set $graceful parameter to true. This avoid exceptions on Mage::register if the key already exists. This happens if the layered navigation will be included more than once. i. e. left and content
[+BUGFIX] issue #34 selected filters are displayed twice
[+BUGFIX] trim category values before encoding them
[+BUGFIX] don't send clicktracking if disabled
[~BUGFIX] don't allow default attributes inside the attribute-setup
[+TASK] updated FF PHP framework
[~TASK] improved export memory usage, by unsetting some bigger variables
[~TASK] remove typical magento parameters from the request to ff
[~TASK] extracted method sendClickTrackingForSingleProduct

[+BUGFIX] set $graceful parameter to true. This avoid exceptions on Mage::register if the key already exists. This happens if the layered navigation will be included more than once. i. e. left and content
[+BUGFIX] issue #34 selected filters are displayed twice
[+BUGFIX] trim category values before encoding them
[+BUGFIX] don't send clicktracking if disabled
[~BUGFIX] don't allow default attributes inside the attribute-setup
[+TASK] updated FF PHP framework
[~TASK] improved export memory usage, by unsetting some bigger variables
[~TASK] remove typical magento parameters from the request to ff
[~TASK] extracted method sendClickTrackingForSingleProduct

[+BUGFIX] set $graceful parameter to true. This avoid exceptions on Mage::register if the key already exists. This happens if the layered navigation will be included more than once. i. e. left and content
[+BUGFIX] issue #34 selected filters are displayed twice
[+BUGFIX] trim category values before encoding them
[+BUGFIX] don't send clicktracking if disabled
[~BUGFIX] don't allow default attributes inside the attribute-setup
[+TASK] updated FF PHP framework
[~TASK] improved export memory usage, by unsetting some bigger variables
[~TASK] remove typical magento parameters from the request to ff
[~TASK] extracted method sendClickTrackingForSingleProduct

[+TASK] removed documentation from module
[~TASK] Updated FF PHP framework
[~TASK] Replaced magic __call method with explicit implementations.
[+BUGFIX] avoid strict notice, because of static member access in non static way.
[+BUGFIX] Added default value for ffversion config value.
[+BUGFIX] Fixed segmentation fault - Assoc array was given to DB select. We need only the keys.
[+BUGFIX] Fixed TODO: Used constants insteat of hard coded values for visibility
[+BUGFIX] Removed unused $productIndexes variable
[+BUGFIX] Fix for "undefined" in suggestions
[+BUGFIX] make scic also work with urls that have appended parameters

[+TASK] removed documentation from module
[~TASK] Updated FF PHP framework
[~TASK] Replaced magic __call method with explicit implementations.
[+BUGFIX] avoid strict notice, because of static member access in non static way.
[+BUGFIX] Added default value for ffversion config value.
[+BUGFIX] Fixed segmentation fault - Assoc array was given to DB select. We need only the keys.
[+BUGFIX] Fixed TODO: Used constants insteat of hard coded values for visibility
[+BUGFIX] Removed unused $productIndexes variable
[+BUGFIX] Fix for "undefined" in suggestions
[+BUGFIX] make scic also work with urls that have appended parameters

[+BUGFIX] Class FF not found in CheckStatus by loading the facade prior the usage of FF
[~BUGFIX] avoid using non existing methods, if a different engine is used
[+BUGFIX] don't override existing attributes in export data

[+BUGFIX] set category parameter for the catalog part into the correct array
[~BUGFIX] Fixed layout definition causing "Invalid block type" exception
[~BUGFIX] the method _getFactFinderObject also supports the id parameter
[~BUGFIX] ignore header in suggest template if no proxy is activated, because without proxy there is no channel property at the suggest data
[~FEATURE] add method isSuggestProxyActivated to Helper/Search.php
[+FEATURE] added the parameter $id to the two generic methods (get|configure){type}Adapter methods; with the id it is possible to force separate adapters for the same type and channel!
[+TASK] extended the documentation of the __call method

[+BUGFIX] use the fallback-offline delay correctly
[~BUGFIX] don't add messages to FF if delay is set to 0 (too many messages)
[~TASK] change search helper method access
[+BUGFIX] only send request to FF if the module is activated
[+BUGFIX] don't collect factfinder fails, if fallback isn't activated
[+BUGFIX] don't make requests to the recommendation engine if the according features are disabled

[+BUGFIX] set category parameter for the catalog part into the correct array
[~BUGFIX] Fixed layout definition causing "Invalid block type" exception
[~BUGFIX] the method _getFactFinderObject also supports the id parameter
[~BUGFIX] ignore header in suggest template if no proxy is activated, because without proxy there is no channel property at the suggest data
[~FEATURE] add method isSuggestProxyActivated to Helper/Search.php
[+FEATURE] added the parameter $id to the two generic methods (get|configure){type}Adapter methods; with the id it is possible to force separate adapters for the same type and channel!
[+TASK] extended the documentation of the __call method

bugfix: CheckStatus will not check version any more if version returned by FF is faulty.

new features:
* added support for FACT-Finder 6.8
* new Suggest template system
* including two new alternative suggest templates
* Suggest image size is configurable in backend
* Alternative slider template that uses script.aculo.us instead of Omikron's OneTouchSlider
* Secondary Channels (searching one or more additional database(s) - for example "content", "community" etc.)
* Use of parallel requests between Magento and FACT-Finder
* Parallel data exports are now prevented; this is relevant for large shops whose exports might take hours (and could be requested more frequently)
* Optional fallback to Magento in case of FACT-Finder server problems
* Added support for shopping cart campaigns
* extended error reporting at the installation process, for a better usability at the integration process
* FACT-Finder Configuration displays export link
* FACT-Finder version is configurable

bugfixes since last release:
* Explicit export attributes work now even if they are not searchable or filterable
* Click tracking for product details works now with automatic redirect for single result searches
* Click tracking for product details works now even if detail page is loaded very quickly
* HTML tags in export data will not result in unseparated words any more

bugfix: Removing HTML tags from export will no longer cause separate words to be merged.

feature: Secondary FACT-Finder channels can be set up in the configuration, which are independent of Magento Data (to search through content pages for instance)

feature: FACT-Finder version is now configurable in backend. Unavailable features won't be used.

bugfix: attributes that are not searchable or filterable work now as explicit attributes
bugfix: if a single-result search redirects to the detail page, a click-tracking request will be sent
bugfix: exceptions in the tag cloud adapter will not compromise the main functionality of the site

feature: export download link at the backend (configuration of factfinder)

bugfix: show magento layered navigation if ff-navigation is disabled

bugfix: dont fail if products campaigns cant be loaded.
bugfix: dont use product campaigns, if campaigns are disabled.
task: show ff search form only if suggest is enabled
task: apply cluster level into attribute objects
task: flush output buffer for each bulk on product export