JoomSEF Changelog
version 3.6.3
by ARTIO s.r.o.
last updated on 14. May 2010
Changelog
v3.6.3
14th May 2010
- New - Option to set which Itemids should be ignored for each component
- New - JoomSEF basic rewriting option for URLs
- New - Each URL may now have multiple aliases set
- New - Option to rewrite /index.php URLs to homepage URL
- Improved - URLs for content archive
- Improved - UTF-8 URLs handling
- Improved - Default Joomla! router URLs handling
- Improved - Administration layout - mass actions moved from toolbar
- Fix - Main language priority
- Fix - Language redirection only when there's no query string
- Fix - Duplicate www. in sitemap URLs
- Fix - Meta Tags Manager sets URLs as Custom
v3.6.2
12th April 2010
- New - When Main language is set, redirect to language according to browser setting
- New - Button to create links to homepage in admin section
- Improved - Homepage links handling
- Improved - Behaviour of filters in admin section
- Improved - Domain in sitemap adjusts according to www handling setting
- Improved - Handling of 302 redirects when Jfrouter enabled
- Fix - Backlink plugin support
v3.6.1
25th March 2010
- Improved - Export URLs function memory efficiency
- Improved - Further reorganized extension parameters layout
- Fix - Problem with variables missing in URLs
v3.6.0
17th March 2010
- New - New version checker
- New - Enabled/Locked/SEF states for URLs
- New - Option to automatically redirect non-www to www domain
- New - Statistics of URLs in Control panel
- New - Meta Tags Manager functionality
- New - SiteMap functionality
- New - Internal Links functionality
- New - JoomSEF RSS feed in Control panel
- Improved - Configuration layout
- Improved - Plugin parameters moved to configuration
- Improved - JoomFish router compatibility
- Improved - Performance (better URL searching in database)
- Improved - SEF URLs for homepage for each language can now be created
- Improved - Extension parameters page layout
- Improved - Setting extension's Download ID directly from Manage Extensions page
- Improved - Control panel layout
- Fix - Bug fixes with components' own routers
- Fix - Problems with Itemid being always ignored
- Fix - Error message about cache corruption is not shown by default now
- Fix - Setting of server's query string
- Fix - Alias field usage in metatags in Content extension
v3.5.5
10th February 2010
- New - JoomSEF's cache now uses standard Joomla! cache system (you can use memcache to cache your URLs)
- New - Option to use only date/ID for article title
- Improved - Default meta tags values
- Improved - Main language is used for domain that is shared by several languages
- Improved - Purging of URLs is now confirmed by JavaScript
- Improved - URLs with tmpl=component not SEFed by default
- Fix - Saving of the same SEF URLs is now possible
- Fix - Itemid for 404 page is handled correctly now
- Fix - Areas of searching in Search component
- Fix - Quotes escaping in page title
- Fix - Characters escaping in extension parameters (fixes | handling in regular expressions)
v3.5.4
23rd January 2010
- New - Automatic canonical link generation for URLs with nonSEF variables present
- New - Options to set layout handling in Content extension
- New - Option to add category to page title in Content extension
- Improved - Cache file locking mechanism
- Improved - Handling of duplicated Itemid records
- Improved - .htaccess redirects now accept relative URLs
- Fix - Trailing slash toleration for 301 redirects
- Fix - Problem with saving URLs after last upgrade
v3.5.3
21st December 2009
- Fix - Parse error - missing argument
v3.5.2
21st December 2009
- Improved - Translation of global configuration (sitename, global metatags etc.)
- Improved - Destination character in non-ASCII replacement can be empty, thus removing the character
- Improved - Compatibility with PHP 4 and PHP 5.3
- Fix - Content extension - links from mod_archive, links for blog layout
- Fix - User extension - forgotten password link
- Fix - RewriteBase option in .htaccess created during JoomSEF installation
v3.5.1
24th November 2009
- New - Added JoomSEF plugin option to disable base href generation
- Improved - Variable filters management (just variables non matching filter can be forced non-sef)
- Improved - minor GUI improvements in extension management
- Fix - Problems when installing/upgrading via FTP layer
- Fix - Notice level messages fixes
v3.5.0
10th November 2009
- New - URL variable filtering - increase your site security!
- New - Custom URL variables filters
- New - List of accepted SEF variables for better SEF results with complex extensions
- New - Unified extenstion management and upgrades, enhanced extension setting options
- New - Added optional "stop filters" to prevent specific URL SEF creation
- New - Optional URL source tracing for easier problems debugging
- New - Status of Joomla global SEO settings monitorable and changeable from JoomSEF Control Panel
- New - Online and easier free to paid version upgrade
- New - Online extension installation or purchase
- New - Filter by language in URL management option added
v3.4.3
23th October 2009
- New - Language translations for FI and CZ added
- Improved - url_fopen is no longer needed for online upgrading
- Improved - Upgrage information shown before upgrade is attempted
- Fix - Added missing translations
- Fix - Problem prevention with long URLs
- Fix - Meta-data escaping problems fix
v3.4.2
20th October 2009
- Improved - Further improved pagination handling
- Fix - Extensions uninstallation bug
- Fix - Wrapper SEF URLs not generated correctly bug fixed
- Fix - Canonical links generation bug fix
v3.4.1
19th October 2009
- Fix - reduced number of submenu items
- Fix - Password field in configuration made non-clear text
- Fix - add missing files to installation XML
v3.4.0
15th October 2009
- New - Automatic meta description and keywords generation for standard extensions (extra extensions will be added soon)
- New - Optional support of UTF-8 characters in SEF URLs
- New - Easy-to-use duplicates management
- New - JoomSEF can now easily import URLs from sh404SEF and AceSEF components
- New - You can now set Title/Alias usage on per extension basis
- New - .htaccess editor allowing you to create .htaccess redirects easily
- New - Added URLs Update function which automatically updates all URLs in database to match the current configuration
- New - Extensions can now contain any number of generic parameter groups (more intuitive)
- New - Extensions can now be installed directly from the Joomla Installer
- Improved - Control panel GUI and configuration layout improvement
- Improved - Further improved Content pagination
- Improved - Support of regular expressions filters in URLs administration
- Update - Cache file moved to standard Joomla! cache location
- Fix - Quotes replaced by HTML entities in meta tags
- Fix - Upgrade was not able to create new directories
- Fix - JoomSEF now correctly handles the case when no ASCII character replacements are set
v3.3.6
15th September 2009
- Fix - menu title / alias usage bugfix
- Update - SEF extension framework will load parameters automatically now
v3.3.5
1st September 2009
- Fix - URL import/export compatibility
- Update - documentation update
v3.3.4
25th August 2009
- Fix - redirection to index2.php with no params, caused 404 Page not found error (fixes bug e.g. with FacilieForms component)
v3.3.3
7th August 2009
- Update - added menu parameters auto-loading new in Joomla 1.5 (relates to VirtueMart, Porflio and other components)
- Fix - fixes cases when multiple menu items point to same target although such behaviour was not intended
v3.3.2
17th June 2009
- Fix - broken page layout in administration
- Fix - prevention of division by 0 when paginating
v3.3.1
16th June 2009
- Fix - SEF URLs including non-SEF variables with & are valid now
- Fix - cacheFlock not defined bug fix
- Update - automatic translation of page string when paginaiton is used
- Update - improved pagination counter
v3.3.0
18th May 2009
- New - Added possibility to define canonical links
- New - Renamed table to remove sh404 incompatibility problems
- New - Auto backuping tables on uninstall
v3.2.12
13th May 2009
- Fix - Fixed base href issues causing problem with e.g. images dissapearing on subpages
v3.2.11
29th March 2009
- New - Free extension for SectionEx
- Fix - Improved 3rd party extension compatibility
v3.2.10
18th March 2009
- New - Added option for specifying main site language on base domain
- Fix - Joomla native SEO routing problems
- Fix - POST variables overwriting problem
- Fix - backlink plugin problem
- Fix - Page separator in page title removal problem
v3.2.9
18th February 2009
- New - Added parameters to set custom site name for each extension
- New - Added Apply button to configuration and extension parameters pages
- Update - Improved filtering of invalid URLs stored in database
- Update - Improved links to homepage recognition
- Fix - Fixed Breezing forms and JoomFish compatibility
v3.2.8
18th February 2009
- Fix - Fixed IIS compatibility
v3.2.7
16th February 2009
- Fix - Fixed compatibility problems with Breezing forms
v3.2.6
9th February 2009
- New - Added support for meta tags and page title creation in VirtueMart extension
v3.2.5
8th February 2009
- Fix - Fixed compatibility with some PHP4 version broken in 3.2.2
- Fix - Fixed links to RSS generation
v3.2.4
4th February 2009
- Update - Improved variables filtering options
- Fix - Fixed links to RSS not working with some configurations
- Fix - Fixed extension version comparison on Upgrade page
- Fix - Fixed storing of invalid 404 links
v3.2.3
17th January 2009
- New - Added possibility of base href definition
- New - Added configuration options for search extension v2.0.3
- Update - Improved JoomFish compatibility (please, also check for JoomFish 2.0.1 patch at JoomFish site)
- Update - Prevention of creation of invalid SEO links on redirection from non-SEF URLs
- Update - Default index file set to empty string (nicer URLs)
- Update - Checking id variable validity in content extenstion
- Update - Code optimization
- Fix - Added stronger cache file integrity checking (no more parse errors)
- Fix - Fixed non-SEF to SEF redirect when variables were sent using POST method
- Fix - Fixed JoomFish default language
v3.2.2
6th January 2009
- New Feature - Added subdomains for different languages support
- New Feature - Variables validity check (URLs with invalid option, id, task or view won't be stored)
- New Feature - Added option to select file locking mechanism for cache saving
- Update - Extensions parameters rewritten (custom nonSEF variables option in each extension)
- Update - Improved homepage links recognition
- Fix - Proper error page is now shown when database error encountered
v3.2.1
15th September 2008
- New Feature - Added option to set if default index file should be appended to sections and categories links
- New Feature - Added option to determine new visitor's language according to his browser settings
- New Feature - JoomSEF now creates the <base> tag similarly to Joomla's core SEO
- New Feature - Added option to create 301 Redirect directly from 404 URL
- Fix - Content extension uses pagetext for page numbers now
- Fix - Fixed HTML entities in URL variables (fixes duplicate URLs for VM when diacritics used)
- Fix - Fixed non-SEF to SEF URLs redirection
v3.2.0
5th August 2008
- New Feature - Added option to select custom ItemID for Default 404 Page
- New Feature - Added option to set server's QUERY_STRING (fixes VM 1.1.2 redirection problem)
- New Feature - Added Compatibility mode option to Content extension parameters
- Fix - Notices not shown anymore when new component installed
- Update - Improved Import/Export functionality (better control over URLs to export)
- Update - Improved duplicities avoiding in Wrapper extension
- Update - Added option to parse standard Joomla SEO links
v3.1.2
7th July 2008
- Improved compatibility with PHP4 running as CGI (fixes some warnings and fatal errors)
- Improved handling of spaces in URLs ("+" can be used as replacement character now)
- Fixed usage of title alias for menu items
v3.1.1
27th June 2008
- Fixed some bugs causing fatal errors under certain circumstances
- Fixed search in VirtueMart
- Improved compatibility with legacy components when using JoomFish
- Improved performance with JoomFish by decreasing number of DB queries
- Improved URLs to menu items to limit duplicities
- Improved trailing slash toleration
- Added option to generate numbers for Google News in articles to Content extension parameters
v3.1.0
30th May 2008
- The 3.1.x version branch is meant for Joomla 1.5 in Native mode. It is not compatible with Joomla 1.0.x.
- Extensions have been rewritten, every extension needs to be of version 2.0.0 or higher in order to work correctly.
- Many minor fixes and improvements have been made
v3.0.0
1st February 2008
- The 3.x version branch is meant for Joomla 1.5 in Legacy mode. It is no longer compatible with Joomla 1.0.x.
v2.2.6
15th January 2008
- Fix - v2.2.5 bug fix - patch for pagination bug e.g. with VirtueMart
v2.2.5
27th December 2007
- Fix - automatically clean cache on URL purge
- Fix - SOBI2 warning messages (code update)
- Fix - JoomFish causing duplicates with extra parameters
- Fix - removing parts of SEO URL if it matches suffix
- Fix - content pagination improvements
- Fix - content Itemid estimation improved - prevents duplicates better
- New extension - JEvents
v2.2.4
28th November 2007
- Fix - incorrect long URL truncation fix
- Fix - wrapper extension default configuration updated to prevent unexpected behaviour problems
v2.2.3
20th November 2007
- Fix - metadata wrongly shown in administration after save if using UTF-8
v2.2.2
24th October 2007
- IMPORTANT Fix - possible security breach prevention
- Fix - caching problems leading to file corruption and site stops working
- Fix - 301 redirection problems
- Fix - includes metabot 1.6.0 that fixes the problem of duplicite page titles including page and site name when they are same (e.g. on homepage)
v2.2.1
9th October 2007
- Fix - Fixes problems with automatic update from JoomSEF 1.x
versions.
v2.2.0
3rd October 2007
- New feature - possibility to stop generating further URLs
- New feature - possibility to exclude first part of URL for
any component (e.g. /shop in VirtueMart)
- New feature - easier access to editing homepage metadata
- New extension - Zoom Media Gallery
- New extension - RSGallery2
- New extension - Portfolio
- New extension - Seyret Video Directories
- Fix - fixed problems with some 3rd party sef_ext files
- Update - new configuration options added to VirtueMart
extension
- Update - free version will allow direct upgrade to ad-free
version
v2.1.1
29th August 2007
- New feature - JoomFish support for extension texts (you can
now change texts like "viewlink", "search" etc. in URLs)
- Improved 301 redirection - server doesn't get stuck with
index2.php URLs
- Fixed Custom Titles functionality
- Fixed meta title tag in MetaBot
- Improved export and import of custom redirects
- Improved upgrade script and fixed problem with directory
permissions
- Updated Mosets Tree extension
v2.1.0
29th July 2007
- New feature - 301 redirection functionality
- Bug fix - mambot PHP4 compatibility problems
v2.0.2
25th July 2007
- Bug fix - trailing slash toleration not working correctly
- Bug fix - "save as custom redirect" not pre-checked on URL
customization
v2.0.1
24th July 2007
- Bug fix - unistalling plug-in extensions does not remove DB
information correctly
- Bug fix - mambot does not rewrite meta data
v2.0.0
11th July 2007
- Improved searching for 3rd party sef_ext extensions
- Added parameters to individual extensions
- Added possibility to set your own extension title
- Added option to ignore multiple Itemids pointing to same page
- Added option to set your own Itemid to use with each
extension
- Added Cache for mostly visited URLs
- Added Patch system through mambot functionality
- Rewritten the way how extensions are called
v1.5.1
16th May 2007
- New metabot features - define how should your page title be
composed and how to you meta tags
- Optimized URLs for com_search
- Optimized URLs for com_contact
- Optimized URLs for com_registration
- SEF form components for com_search and com_contact may be
disabled
- Fixed problem with image not showing on 404 page
- Fixed problem when frontpage is not detected if not first
item in mainmenu
- Fixed issues caused by upper/lowercase URLs difference where
SEO should be off
v1.5.0
25th April 2007
- Added option to accept URLs both with/without trailing slash
- Added option not to store 404 page hits records to decrease
number of SQL queries
- Fixed some duplicate URLs issues (especially with VirtueMart)
v1.4.3
23rd April 2007
- Fixes further 3rd party extension problems and improves
compatibility
v1.4.2
16th April 2007
- Fixed upgrade error in PHP4 and added upgrade error messages
on write permission problems
- Added polish language file, upgraded german language file
- Fixed weblinks notice outputs
v1.4.1
12th April 2007
- Fixed XHTML compliance issues with some URIs
- Basic SEF support for archive items added
- Fixed problem with duplicating URLs in specific cases
v1.4.0
11th January 2007
- Option to exclude often varying variables from stored URLs to
reduce the DB size
- Significant support improvement of OpenSEF and SEF Advance
compatible extensions
- Added option to ignore link sources to reduce # of link to 1
target
Please note that switching this feature on may affect Joomla
functionality
- Added option to reappend source information as anchor
Please note that switching this off when previous in on may affect
Joomla functionality
- Fixed pagination problems when not possible to reach first
page
- Other small fixes
v1.3.3
11th January 2007
- Higher user comfort (edited URLs are automatically saved as
"custom")
- Protecting from unwanted URL list deletion on configuration
change
v1.3.2
10th January 2007
- Revised, retested and updated IIS support
- Fixed problems when switching between http and https
(VirtueMart checkout problem)
- Documentation updates
- Several other small bugs fixes
v1.3.1
5th December 2006
- Upgrade module bugfix
- Other small bug fixes
v1.3.0
28th November 2006
- Added upgrade capability
- Added AlphaContent support
- Added Mosets Tree support
- Added VirtueMart component support (payed)
- Added SMF Bridge v1.1 RC3 component support (payed)
- Added URL filters in admin section
- Added title, description and keywords metatags for individual
URLs
- Fixed lower-case URL problem with components excluded from
JoomSEF processing
- Duplicate home URL fix
- Other small bug fixes
v1.2.5
18th September 2006
- Significantly updated JoomFish support
- Added possibility to add language to URL as path or suffix
- Added possibility to translate URLs using JoomFish
- Removed duplicities in URLs (Google indexing optimizaiton)
- Enabled defining of own non-ascii characters rewrite rules
- Fixed number of minor bugs
v1.2.4
31st August 2006
- Documentation update.
- Prevented loadClass error problem with older Joomla!
versions.
v1.2.3
29th August 2006
- Compatibility fix with URLs using numeric entities (e.g.
generated by JCE WYSIWG editor).
v1.2.2
28th August 2006
- Security fixes to match Joomla 1.0.11 requirements and minor
bugs coorections.
v1.2b
15th August 2006
- Fixed pagination problems.
- Integrated JoomFish and DocMan support.
- Ported from original version.