sh404sef 2.4.5.1028 and 3.4.4.1226 are now available

Today we are proud to announce the immediate availability of sh404SEF v3.4.4 (build 1226), which is fully compatible with Joomla! 1.7! and sh404SEF v2.4.5 (build 1028) for Joomla 1.5.

This release adds the ability to use shURLs for the recently introduced Social SEO functionality as described in detail in the News area.

As shown in the changelog updates below, numerous bugs have been fixed and and some new features, we recommend that all Joomla 1.5/1.6/1.7 users upgrade to the appropriate version.

The full sh404SEF changelog for sh404SEF is also available.

sh404SEF version 3.4.4.1226

[new] Added option to use shURL instead of full SEF url in social buttons. Especially useful for Tweeting, to better use those 140 characters
Tracker #67
[new] Can now restrict display of social buttons to only some content categories
Tracker #76
[chg] Removed display of unused hit counter
Tracker #80
[chg] Updated French translation
[chg] Removed autoredirect from Joomla SEF to SEF
Tracker #78
[chg] When saving data from Title and metas manager, if one url is incorrect, we now attempt to save remaining data, in case some of it is correct and can be saved
[chg] We now delete a meta data record if user happens to clear all meta data fields, save space and avoid having a meta data icon show in url manager when meta data have been cleared
Tracker #75
[chg] Social buttons should not be displayed when printing Joomla! articles
Tracker #74
[chg] Added some styles to social buttons background
[chg] Added a check to prevent recording empty urls in 404 list
Tracker #390
[bug] Display mysql error when using slow server mode and sorting urls by duplicates, meta or alias
Tracker #389
[bug] Popup window too small when editing some urls, poor display
[bug] If Joomla! full page cache is activated, social buttons may sometimes not be inserted, or may not work
[bug] Disable social buttons insertion if global "Activate SEO management" is disabled by user
[bug] In case of incoming requests for a non-sef url, variables from the home page link could be added to this non-sef

sh404SEF version 2.4.5.1028

[new] Added option to use shURL instead of full SEF url in social buttons. Especially useful for Tweeting, to better use those 140 characters
Tracker #67
[chg] We now delete a meta data record if user happens to clear all meta data fields. Save space and avoid having a meta data icon show in url manager when meta data have been cleared
Tracker #391
[upd] Updated French translation
[chg] When saving data from Title and metas manager, if one url is incorrect, we now attempt to save remaining data, in case some of it is correct and can be saved
[chg] Social buttons should not be displayed when printing Joomla! articles
Tracker #74
[chg] Added some styles to social buttons background
[chg] Added a check to prevent recording empty urls in 404 list
Tracker #390
[bug] Display mysql error when using slow server mode and sorting urls by duplicates, meta or alias
Tracker #389
[bug] Incorrectly tagged language files in main extension manifest file
[bug] If Joomla! full page cache is activated, social buttons may sometimes not be inserted, or may not work
[bug] Disable social buttons insertion if global "Activate SEO management" is disabled by user