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sh404SEF version 4.13.1 released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.13.1. This is a maintenance release with just a couple of bug fixes.

Here are the highlights:

If 301 redirect from Joomla SEF to sh404SEF is enabled, the 404 error page does not work.
Home page meta data is correctly saved but an error message 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

sh404SEF version 4.13.0 released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.13.0. This is a feature and maintenance release with multiple improvements and bug fixes.

Here are the highlights:

Added a filter on the list of query variables to strip before looking up custom meta data
Added back automatic redirect from Joomla standard SEF URLs to sh404SEF SEF URLs
Increased allowed meta description maximum length to 512 characters.
Removed analytics Facebook events tracking, API retired by Facebook early 2018
Adjusted import/export routines to new aliases format
Now handling spaces in aliases
Several bug fixes related to installation

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

sh404SEF version 4.12.0 released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.12.0. This is a feature and maintenance release with multiple improvements and bug fixes.

Here are the highlights:

URL aliases can now use wildcards, to redirect/canonicalize many URLs in just one alias. Largely replaces .htaccess rules.
URL aliases can now redirect/canonicalize to external URLs (on other sites)
URL aliases can now be either a redirect or replaced with a rel=canonical link
Aliases can now be re-ordered using drag-and-drop operations
URL shortener (shURL) now works with all URLs, internal or on other sites
Added a filter to change a page Itemid on the fly
Increase database table size for short urls target to 1024

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

sh404SEF version 4.11.0 released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.11.0. This is a feature and maintenance release with multiple improvements and bug fixes.

Here are the highlights:

Automatically generate description meta for articles when missing
Allow emoji in custom title and description
Added support for AMP Analytics Client ID API
Added a filter to modify created URLs before they are stored into the database
JomSocial URLs for individual events are now fully SEF
When set to Use Joomla router, URLs are not parsed due to change in J! 3.8
When building OGP/TCards tags, default to using document description/title if not manually customized
Now also insert Twitter Cards on com_content category and categories pages

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