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We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.24.2. This is a maintenance release with a single improvement!
Important: sh404SEF now requires Joomla 3.9.0 or more recent. It won't install or update on older Joomla versions.
Important: As per previous notices, all our extensions now require PHP 5.6 as a minimum PHP version. sh404SEF or wbAMP will not install or update if a lower PHP version is detected.
Here are the highlights:
Added hook for pagination chrome file loading. Allows adding a filter to fix templates (such as T3-based from Joomlart) breaking pagination by having their own JPagination class override.
Please see this page for a full changelog. This release is immediately available both from the download area and using the one-click Joomla! updater of your web site.
We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEF version 1.0.3 - Beta. This is a pre-version, test-only of the final upcoming release of 4SEF!
IMPORTANT: 4SEF is still in beta testing phase. This means it's in the final stages of testing and should be used only with caution as some bugs may happen when used in the real world. Beta testing is meant to identify these issues that cannot be discovered during develoment and internal testing.
We recommend using it on test copies of your website only. If you decide to test on your real website, make sure you have a backup on hand so that you can restore things to their previous state in case something goes wrong.
Here are the highlights:
Added full French translation
Added simplified interface for other extensions to detect if 4SEF is installed and running.
Added hook for pagination chrome file loading. Allows adding a filter to fix templates (such as T3-based from Joomlart) breaking pagination by having their own JPagination class override due to non-standard template override loading method
Changed user interface keep alive URL from /ping, which is sometimes blocked by mod_security
Not testing for disallowed leading/trailing slashes for some settings (content default blog name and contact categories suffix)
Please see this page for a full changelog. This release is immediately available both from the download area and using the one-click Joomla! updater of your web site.
We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEO version 3.0.0. This is a feature and maintenance release with multiple improvements and fixes!
IMPORTANT: 4SEO version 2.0.0 introduced a new feature: import data from sh404SEF. While 4SEO itself is stable and meant for normal use on live sites, sh404SEF data import is currently undergoing a beta testing phase. This means that while generally expected to operate normally, bugs and other issues may be experienced when using that import feature that were not seen during development and our own internal testing.
We recommend using sh404SEF data import on test copies of your website only. If you decide to test on your real website, make sure you have a backup on hand so that you can restore things to their previous state in case something goes wrong.
Here are the highlights:
Added custom structured data fields to both default organization and default author
Import selector is only displayed at start of import, should always be available
Removed setting for Facebook App ID in OGP tags (not used in a long time). Also, now outputting a default, sample fb:app_id value in Open Graph tags to prevent false positive warning in Facebook debugger.
Updated and largely expanded list of common tracking query variables that should be discarded from links (Facebook, Google Analytics, Matomo, Hubspot, Mailchimp, Klaviyo,...
Added PriceRange field for LocalBusiness structured data
If Collect external 404s URL is disabled, do not log ANY external 404. Before, we would still collect images external 404s.
Meta data for home page not correctly identified when importing from sh404SEF
Please see this page for a full changelog. This release is immediately available both from the download area and using the one-click Joomla! updater of your web site.
We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEF version 1.0.2 - Beta. This is a pre-version, test-only of the final upcoming release of 4SEF!
IMPORTANT: 4SEF is still in beta testing phase. This means it's in the final stages of testing and should be used only with caution as some bugs may happen when used in the real world. Beta testing is meant to identify these issues that cannot be discovered during develoment and internal testing.
We recommend using it on test copies of your website only. If you decide to test on your real website, make sure you have a backup on hand so that you can restore things to their previous state in case something goes wrong.
Here are the highlights:
Added text when no item is selected in category or extension selector
Metadata imported from sh404SEF is not used when SEF URL suffix (.html) is enabled in sh404SEF
Added full Russian translation, thanks to Алексей Хорошевский (Aleksej Khoroshevskij)
Added full Turkish translations, thanks to Mehmet Taş
Possible PHP warning on some menu items links (menu item aliases mostly)
Please see this page for a full changelog. This release is immediately available both from the download area and using the one-click Joomla! updater of your web site.
