JoomSEF 3.x Changelog

--- 3.12.3 --- [10.10.2016]
Fix - Handling variables arrays when editing SEF URLs

--- 3.12.2 --- [15.4.2015]
Fix - Missing SEF URL properties in cache
Fix - JoomSEF's cache active even when Joomla's cache disabled
Fix - HTML characters escaping in URLs lists
Fix - Google statistics update
Fix - SEF URL filter for duplicate SEF URLs

--- 3.12.1 --- [27.11.2014]
Improved - Added new options for GA tracking

--- 3.12.0 --- [26.11.2014]
Improved - Updated GA tracking code
Improved - Website crawler recovery from errors
Improved - Caching DB queries for menu items info
Fix - Generating crontab file

--- 3.11.0 --- [23.10.2013]
New - AJAX user interface for comfortable URLs editation
Improved - Extensions installer doesn't require installation anymore

--- 3.10.2 --- [25.7.2013]
New - Option to count homepage hits
New - Content: Option to add section to article page title
Fix - Custom SEF URLs have variables automatically sorted when saved
Fix - Homepage link display in URLs Manager
Fix - Standardized line endings in all files
Fix - Added info to Cache configuration page
Fix - Content: Category title added to pagination links page titles

--- 3.10.1 --- [15.3.2013]
New - Option to create multiple sitemaps for different language domains
New - Options to always use English texts in standard extensions
Improved - Database tables are created with utf-8 encoding

--- 3.10.0 --- [11.2.2013]
New - Option to choose HTTPS usage in Sitemap
New - Option to use 303 code for root URL redirection to correct language
Improved - Redirect wrong cased URL to correct one
Improved - Support for nested arrays in Alias query
Improved - Multilanguage domains in Sitemap URLs
Improved - Memory requirements when generating Sitemap XML file
Improved - Meta keywords generation for words with hyphen
Improved - Handling of the start variable in Content
Fix - Menu title in URLs when Itemid is excluded
Fix - Displayed URLs and sorting on Statistics page
Fix - Page numbers for section blog view
Fix - "www" being displayed in Subdomains configuration
Fix - Duplicate subdomains in configuration
Fix - Backlink displayed only in HTML documents
Fix - Links in Help and Support
Fix - Possible XSS vulnerability
Fix - Error when component's router doesn't return array
Removed - Pinging Yahoo when sitemap is generated

--- 3.9.9 --- [18.9.2012]
New - Option to allow empty Itemid in URLs
Improved - Website Crawler
Improved - Language handling with default Joomla router links
Fix - Statistics and Analytics not working
Fix - Handling of www with subdomains and IP
Fix - Redirects of default Joomla router links
Fix - sid variable being removed sometimes
Fix - Missing slash in base tag

--- 3.9.8 --- [29.6.2012]
Improved - Website Crawler can recover from errors
Fix - Website Crawler - workaround for bug in some versions of PHP

--- 3.9.7 --- [4.6.2012]
Improved - Greek characters in non-ASCII characters replacements
Improved - UTF-8 support for meta tags generation
Fix - Manual editation of duplicate SEF URLs
Fix - Ampersand character in non-SEF to SEF redirection

--- 3.9.6 --- [27.4.2012]
New - Option to disable handling of query variables as non-SEF
New - Option to add page number to page title in Content extension
Improved - Support for slashes in Google News numbering for Content articles
Fix - Support for magic_quotes_gpc in Configuration
Fix - Unwanted domain redirects on language mismatch
Fix - Prevented double loading of JoomSefLogger class
Fix - Headers already sent error is no longer displayed
Fix - Problem with certificate for Google Analytics

--- 3.9.5 --- [15.3.2012]
New - Handle mismatch between URL and domain language
New - Sitename in page title option for individual URLs
Improved - Web Crawler
Improved - System variables filter
Fix - Warning in configuration
Fix - Handling of www and non-www domains

--- 3.9.4 --- [21.2.2012]
New - Filters in Statistics
New - Configuration is now stored in database
Improved - Custom JRoute class loaded only if needed
Improved - Compatibility with JoomFish 2.2.x
Fix - Multilanguage when different domains are used
Fix - Redirection of URLs with /index.php/
Fix - Changed 303 redirects to 301
Fix - Components names translated in adminisration
Fix - Automatic canonical link generation option
Fix - Disabling SEF for individual URLs

--- 3.9.3 --- [12.1.2012]
Fix - Warning in JoomSEF's router
Fix - Problem with component template URLs
Fix - Division by zero error
Fix - Duplicate sitename in page titles
Fix - Category ID in article URLs

--- 3.9.2 --- [6.12.2011]
Fix - RSS feeds

--- 3.9.1 --- [1.12.2011]
Fix - Duplicate domains in URLs
Fix - SSL URLs
Fix - Problems with connecting to Google Analytics

--- 3.9.0 --- [28.11.2011]
New - Configuration separated to Beginner and Professional modes
New - Crawl Web function
New - Statistics and Analytics functions (only paid)
New - Info texts for some less intuitive features
New - Option to log errors in non-SEF URLs
New - Supported extensions may now index URLs in Sitemap automatically
New - Support for different subdomains for specific menu items and components
New - Updates may now be run periodically using cron (only paid)
New - Update only selected URLs and Meta tags
Improved - Administration layout
Fix - Infinite redirection when logging in 

v3.5.5
(18.2.2010)

• New - JoomSEF cache now uses standard Joomla! cache system (you can use memcache to cache your URLs and further improve your site performance)
• New - Option to use only date/ID for article title
• Improved - Default meta tags values settings made more SEF
• 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
(24.1.2010)

• 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
  (21.12.2009)

• Fix - Parse error - missing argument

• v3.5.2
  (21.12.2009)

• 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
(24.11.2009)

• 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
(10.11.2009)

• 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 migration
• New - Online extension installation or purchase
• New - Filter by language in URL management option added

v3.2.12
(13.5.2009)

• Fix - Fixed base href issues causing problem with e.g. images dissapearing on subpages

v3.2.11
(29.3.2009)

• New - Free extension for SectionEx
• Fix - FImproved 3rd party extension compatibility

v3.2.10
(18.3.2009)

• 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
(19.2.2009)

• 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
(18.2.2009)

• Fix - Fixed IIS compatibility

v3.2.7
(16.2.2009)

• Fix - Fixed compatibility problems with Breezing forms

v3.2.6
(9.2.2009)

• New - Added support for meta tags and page title creation in VirtueMart extension

v3.2.5
(8.2.2009)

• Fix - Fixed compatibility with some PHP4 version broken in 3.2.2
• Fix - Fixed links to RSS generation

v3.2.4
(5.2.2009)

• 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
(17.1.2009)

• New - Added possibility of base href definition
• New - Added configuration options for search extension; new version is 2.0.3
• Update - Prevention of creation of invalid SEO links on redirection from non-SEF URLs
• Update - Improved JoomFish compatibility (please, also check for JoomFish 2.0.1 patch at JoomFish site)
• 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
(6.1.2009)

• New - Added subdomains for different languages support
• New - Variables validity check (URLs with invalid option, id, task or view won't be stored)
• New - 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
(15.9.2008)

• New - Added option to set if default index file should be appended to sections and categories links
• New - Added option to determine new visitor's language according to his browser settings
• New - JoomSEF now creates the tag similarly to Joomla's core SEO
• New - Added option to create 301 Redirect directly from 404 URL
• Fix - Content extension uses pagetext for page numbers now
• Fix - HTML entities in URL variables (fixes duplicate URLs for VM when diacritics used)
• Fix - non-SEF to SEF URLs redirection

v3.2.0
(6.8.2008)

• New - Added option to select custom ItemID for Default 404 Page

• New - Added option to set server's QUERY_STRING (fixes VM 1.1.2 redirection problem)
• New - Added Compatibility mode option to Content extension parameters
• New - Extended import / export functionality (better control over URLs to export)
• Fix - Notices not shown anymore when new component installed
• Update - Improved duplicities avoiding in Wrapper extension
• Update - Added option to parse standard Joomla SEO link

v3.1.2
(9.7.2008)

• Fix - compatibility with PHP4 running as CGI (fixes some warnings and fatal errors)
• Fix - handling of spaces in URLs ("+" can be used as replacement character now)
• Fix - usage of title alias for menu items

v3.1.1
(27.6.2008)

• New! - Added option to generate numbers for Google News in articles to Content extension parameters
• Fix - Fixed some bugs causing fatal errors under certain circumstances
• Fix - Fixed search in VirtueMart
• Fix - Improved compatibility with legacy components when using JoomFish
• Fix - Improved URLs to menu items to limit duplicities
• Fix - Improved trailing slash toleration
• Performance - Improved performance with JoomFish by decreasing number of DB queries

v3.1.0
(14.6.2008)

• New! - a native version of the component for Joomla! 1.5
• Extensions have been rewritten, every extension needs to be of version 2.0.0 or higher in order to work correctly.
• Fix - Many minor fixes and improvements have been made

v3.0.2
(7.4.2008)

• Fix - reported bugs fixingservice release

v3.0.0
(12.3.2008)

• New! - initial release for Joomla! 1.5, runs in legacy mode

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