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sh404SEF version 4.24.6

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.24.6. This is a maintenance release with a bug fix and the addition of deprecation warnings!

Important: this version does NOT support PHP 5.6.0 anymore, as announced before. Minimal PHP version is now PHP 7.1.0. This is not enforced yet, but will be soon.

Important: sh404SEF now requires Joomla 3.9.0 or more recent. It won't install or update on older Joomla versions.

Here are the highlights:

  • Undefined constant fatal error on PHP 8 under some circumstances
  • Style and script html tags may not be removed when building automatic meta description
  • Possible PHP warnings Array to String conversion when non-sef urls with multiple arrays are used
  • Possible PHP warnings when using simple encoding on some component

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.

Best regards

Weeblr.com

Support for Google Analytics version 4 snippets

4SEF dashboard with count of SEF URLs created and chart of requests to the site

4SEF version 1.2.3

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEF version 1.2.3 - 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:

  • When extensions add non-standard variables to Joomla content non-sef, these variables are not passed through as query vars in the resulting URL but are instead stored as part of the non-sef
  • When some extensions are set to use Joomla router (Bypass option), links on some 404 pages are the Joomla ones, not the 4SEF ones

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.

Best regards

Weeblr.com

 

4SEO chart built from Google Search Console data showing a website Search results performance

4SEO version 4.2.1

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEO version 4.2.1. This is a maintenance release with some changes and bug fixes:

Here are the highlights:

  • Added handling of more extensions that use the same item on multiple languages (JomShopping)
  • In redirects, the Append back query string option only works as expected for rules with wildcard characters
  • Built-in rules to block some spammer robots access are not applied if they have a question mark in the URL specification
  • Missing text for HTTPS required to connect to Search Console, only error code is displayed

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.

Best regards

Weeblr.com

 

4SEF dashboard with count of SEF URLs created and chart of requests to the site

4SEF version 1.2.2 beta

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEF version 1.2.2 - 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:

  • Prevent fatal error when creating/editing a SEF URL pair with invalid data
  • When a component is set to use Joomla SEF URLs, it should still get the URL suffix configured in 4SEF, not the default Joomla one, .html

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.

Best regards

Weeblr.com