Hey all,
DragonByte SEO v1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 has been released! This update implements the last of the major features we've announced for DBSEO in the past, and we'll now only be adding minor features such as on/off switches and fixing bugs until the Gold release, in order to make Gold as stable as possible
The major feature added in this release is Social Sharing Buttons, powered by AddThis! Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Reddit, Pinterest and LinkedIn are supported, and can be turned on/off. There is also a global off switch (defaults to off), if your forum has no interest in using social sharing buttons or you already use an existing solution.
You are able to integrate social sharing buttons above and below the post list in threads, the blog entry in blogs and the message list in social groups. You are also able to add the buttons inside each post, blog comment or social group message.
Each display location has its own button display style, so you could for instance add buttons with a counter (displaying how many people shared this content) above and below posts, and small buttons inside each post.
We've also added "convenience features", with an option to disable the link to the DBSEO AdminCP as well as a direct link back to the vB ACP.
An issue some forums encountered was the fact that multiple external links in a post could render the post unable to be displayed. We have taken steps to correct this by adding a limit on the number of external titles that will be fetched per post, which you can adjust as per the needs of your forum and the strength of your server.
Last among the feature additions, we've added additional options for 3rd party code with further Sitemap integration and integration with Meta Tag replacements.
We've also fixed over half a dozen bugs as reported by you guys.
Below is the complete changelog for this version.
New Features Added
Social Sharing Settings
Social Sharing Page Settings
Social Sharing Button Display Styles
3rd Party Extension Support
New Options / General Features
Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
As always, thank you for your continued support
Discuss this news here.
DragonByte SEO v1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 has been released! This update implements the last of the major features we've announced for DBSEO in the past, and we'll now only be adding minor features such as on/off switches and fixing bugs until the Gold release, in order to make Gold as stable as possible
The major feature added in this release is Social Sharing Buttons, powered by AddThis! Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Reddit, Pinterest and LinkedIn are supported, and can be turned on/off. There is also a global off switch (defaults to off), if your forum has no interest in using social sharing buttons or you already use an existing solution.
You are able to integrate social sharing buttons above and below the post list in threads, the blog entry in blogs and the message list in social groups. You are also able to add the buttons inside each post, blog comment or social group message.
Each display location has its own button display style, so you could for instance add buttons with a counter (displaying how many people shared this content) above and below posts, and small buttons inside each post.
We've also added "convenience features", with an option to disable the link to the DBSEO AdminCP as well as a direct link back to the vB ACP.
An issue some forums encountered was the fact that multiple external links in a post could render the post unable to be displayed. We have taken steps to correct this by adding a limit on the number of external titles that will be fetched per post, which you can adjust as per the needs of your forum and the strength of your server.
Last among the feature additions, we've added additional options for 3rd party code with further Sitemap integration and integration with Meta Tag replacements.
We've also fixed over half a dozen bugs as reported by you guys.
Below is the complete changelog for this version.
New Features Added
Social Sharing Settings
- Global on/off
- Publisher ID
- Enable Facebook
- Enable Twitter
- Enable Google+
- Enable Reddit
- Enable Pinterest
- Enable LinkedIn
Social Sharing Page Settings
- Thread: Above Post List
- Thread: Below Post List
- Thread: After First Post
- Thread: Post Content
- Blog: Above Blog Entry
- Blog: Below Blog Entry
- Blog: Comment Content
- Social Group: Above Message List
- Social Group: Below Message List
- Social Group: Message Content
Social Sharing Button Display Styles
- Horizontal (With Count)
- Horizontal (Big Buttons, No Count)
- Horizontal (Small Buttons, No Count)
- Vertical (With Count)
- Vertical (Big Buttons, No Count)
- Vertical (Small Buttons, No Count)
3rd Party Extension Support
- New hooks added to sitemap generator and content processor
- Allows modifying the starting content ID for each content type
- Allows modifying the keywords and descriptions used for Meta Tag replacements
New Options / General Features
- Global Option: Enable "DragonByte SEO AdminCP" Footer Link
- General Settings: Link Titles: External URLs - Limit
- DBSEO CP Quick Link: Return to vB AdminCP
Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
- The meta keywords and description for member profiles now displays the user info and user title correctly
- Social groups without the group ID in the URL would display a PHP error at the top of the page
- The "Remove Non-Latin Characters" setting would not work as intended
- The "Clear System Cache" action will now purge the "resolved URL" database table in addition to the vBulletin datastore
- "New Post" and "Last Post" redirects in IE should now correctly "snap" to the post in question
- Permalinks to Blog Comments would not display the correct URL
- CMS Category URLs with "&" in their name would display "amp" due to vB4's SEO URL generation
- "Reputation Received" URL would not work as intended
As always, thank you for your continued support
Discuss this news here.
