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sh404SEF version 4.14.0 released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.14.0. This is a feature and maintenance release:.

Here are the highlights:

Added rule-based URL blocking, comes with default common WordPress bots attacks rules. Fully customizable.
Added support for wildcards in aliases target for regular expressions aliases
Added widgetkit shortcodes removal from automatically generated descriptions.
Added preview link for Canonical type aliases in Aliases manager
Extended all URLs database columns to 2048 caracters
404 URLs may have an additional leading slash when recorded.

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 4.13.2 released

Hello,

We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.13.2. This is a maintenance release with just a bug fixes and minor changes.

Here are the highlights:

Can have 404 errors on some links on some components, if set to 'Use Joomla router', '301 redirect from Joomla SEF' is enabled and some combination of menu items configuration.
Canonical created from the URL manager since version 4.13 may not be taken into account in some cases.
Canonical URLs set to the same page are not inserted into the page.
Create longer description when automatically generating meta description, around 250 characters.
Do not remove initial slash when recording a 404, may hide some useful information
Remove {field} and {fieldgroup} tags from automatically generated meta description
Analytics IP exclusion now operates on servers behind proxies
When using Joomla router for an extension, remove any trailing slash on the path as can hit routing bugs in some extensions (DOCMan)
URL source recording now also records a new URL duplication rank
Limit alias index size on shURL database table, for systems which enforce index size limits
Added back using JRequest for extensions not compliant with Joomla API such as Mijoshop.
Added more sanitization to the '301 redirect from Joomla SEF' feature, to account for Joomla router parsing invalid URLs.

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 4.13.1 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