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New plans for the router in Joomla 3.8
Last year in October plans for improved URL's in Joomla were anounced for Joomla 3.7. Unfortunately, this change had to be skipped from this release because it had quite a few issues. However, with a new approach, the improved router will come and it is now scheduled for Joomla 3.8.
Perfect Dashboard: Backup, updates & security for Joomla
Next to already available solutions like Watchful.li and MyJoomla there is a new star on the horizon: Perfect Dashboard. I recently tested it out and it has some great features that can make it really easy to maintain your websites, both Joomla and Wordpress. And with coupon code JOOMLASEO you get €25 in free credits to try it out!
Set Browser page title in articles: new in Joomla 3.7
Joomla 3.7 was released a few weeks ago. Because the router changes were left out, it seemed no SEO advantages were included in the release. However, it turns out there is a little gem hidden inside. It is a very small change, but extremely useful. It saves us from having to perform funny hacks and use superfluous extensions now!
Watch out for mixed-content warnings on SSL-sites
Lately, I have been performing a number of SEO Audits for clients. One category of issues that I see very frequent these days is SSL-related issues. Probably because of the availability of cheap and free SSL certificates (Let's Encrypt), everybody seems to be installing them just like that. However, you should carefully plan this. Otherwise, you are doing just as bad as you previously were....
No new router in Joomla 3.7
One of the new features that was much awaited was the new Joomla Router, offering improved URL's. This would give some nice improvements in how URL's in Joomla will be created (see my earlier blogpost about this). Unfortunately though, this featured has been pulled from 3.7.
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Joomlaseo.com is fully built and written by Simon Kloostra, SEO Specialist and Webdesigner from the Netherlands. I have also published the Joomla 3 SEO & Performance SEO book. Next to that I also sometimes blog for companies like OStraining, TemplateMonster, SEMrush and others. On the monthly Joomla Community Magazine I have also published a few articles.