XF2 Addons [OzzModz] SEO & Index Tools 1.0.6 Release Candidate 3

SEO & Index Tools is a powerful collection of search engine optimization features for Xenforo 2

SEO & Index Tools
Version: 1.0.6 Release Candidate 3

Changelog

• Fixed a bug with DragonByte Usertagging which could cause an error "disallowed attribute for element" when validating AMP enabled pages
• Added further compatibility with the Usertagging addon with PHP handlers affecting the same functions
• Added further compatibility and fallbacks for AMPXF addon
• Fixed a bug which could cause "no default value for nl_seo_alt_text" when using XenAddons Showcase
• Added further compatibility with some XenAddons products
• Improved installers and upgrader scripts
• Added all placeholder labels for settings within the Admin-> SEO -> Webmaster Tools page
• Improved ordering of tag & script insertions from the Webmaster Tools settings, different tags will load in the head or footer as best suited
• Fixed a bug where the Facebook meta pixel tag would not be present in the page HTML
• Changed labeling for Facebook pixel to reflect the "Meta" parent company
• Added "open in new tab" attribute when opening various links from setting descriptions
• Added further compatibility with XFOptimize
• Clicking the "Missing description tags" icon in the Admin -> Forums node list will now go to the correct page
• Tweaked numerous setting descriptions for better clarity and explanation
• Added numerous new hard-coded labels to the phrasing system
• Further improved spacing and appearance of the SEO staffbar dropdown menu in various third-party themes
• Fixed several install errors when upgrading the addon from very old versions, which previously required upgrading the addon in several steps of releases
• Further testing for PHP8 with compatible addons
• Improved the recommendations system
  • Missing meta fields are no longer counted in recommendations by default
  • Counting missing meta fields is enabled by the setting via the Admin -> SEO -> Advanced Settings page
  • The "Descriptions & meta fields" counters and Fix buttons are now split separately into description related issues and meta related issues
• Improved Schema.org markup for DragonByte eCommerce product pages to be in line with Google's latest expectations and interpretation of Schema

Overview
This is a sizable bug fix and improvement update which addresses several user reported bugs and brings the addon close to public stable release. The addon has now been extensively tested on PHP8.x along with numerous third-party addons, including officially supported content-related addons (AMS, XFRM, etc).
The addon is considered stable on PHP8 with the exception of any user-reported issues regarding compatibility with other products.
In addition, the recommendations system has been tweaked to longer factor missing meta fields, and will display results separately for either missing description fields, or meta fields. The addon will automatically update recommendations after all upgrades to reflect new changes.
If you'd like to incorporate missing meta fields into your recommendations, you can do so by enabling the setting "Count missing meta fields as recommendations" via the Admin -> SEO -> Advanced Settings page.
The Webmaster Tools page now has more accurate descriptions with links to integrate the various services, such as Pinterest, Bing, Google Search Console, etc.

Miscellaneous

• Further improvements to PHP handlers:
  • Nulumia\SeoTools\XF\Service\Node\RebuildNestedSet
  • Nulumia\SeoTools\XF\Entity\Node

Addon related

• Improved compatibility with [Addonslab] Thread Filter

To update your theme, please download the latest version at:
https://www.nulumia.com/shop/my-downloads/

You must select "Overwrite files during install/upgrade" when upgrading to this version.

Overview​

This release is a small update on top of the larger release earlier today. It includes several improvements including compatibility fixes with [AddonsLab] Thread Filters

Miscellaneous

• Improved phrasing, removed hard-coded labels, fixed some missing phrases
• Removed several legacy templates and template modifications
• Various PHP 8/8.1 compatibility improvements
• Greatly improved accuracy, and consistency of Template Modifications alongside numerous other addons that affect the same areas of templates
  • Better ordering and priority of Template Modifications should now fix numerous failed modifications in certain themes and with other third party addons
  • Fixed consistency issues in UIX theme
  • Added compatibility with XFOptimize addon
• Optimizations to the addon Listener scripts
• Cleanup of unused properties, templates etc
• Optimization of CSS/Less templates
• Improved some page link tag occurrances

Page Titles

• Added a new feature to change the page title separator, available via the SEO -> Page Titles page
  • "|" (default) or "-"
  • Improved PHP handlers with greater optimization for the page title rewrite function
  • The page title separator now respects when category titles are added before the title suffix
  • Fixed several rare instances where the custom page titles would not appear on the front-end
• Improved handling of the Limit Page Title Characters feature
  • Added PHP 8 enhancements
  • Greater accuracy using the new page title separator feature
• The Page Title Separator and Limit Page Title Characters features are now totally independent and will fire for all pages as intended

Breadcrumb

• Fixed a bug where the current page breadcrumb element would break out of the container when enabling the Extended Breadcrumb feature
• Improved UI of the Extended Breadcrumb on mobile which prevented the user from navigating back to the parent category
• The current page is now hidden on mobile, and the parent category link restored when viewing from threads, resources, etc
• Fixed several rare server errors

Google Live Preview

• Improvements to the Google live preview code

Branding & schema

• Optimization to the feature's template modifications to fix conflicts

Addon related

• Various small code improvements for XenAddons compatibility
• Fixed several small bugs related to DragonByte eCommerce addons
• Fixed several rare server error reports relating to Xenforo Media Gallery

To update your theme, please download the latest version at:
https://www.nulumia.com/shop/my-downloads/

You must select "Overwrite files during install/upgrade" when upgrading to this version.

Overview​

This release brings further testing and compatibility with PHP 8, along with fixing various user reported bugs, and bringing feature sets to stability for Public Stable version.

Several bugs have been fixed related to the Extended Breadcrumb and schema functions, along with a brand new feature to change the Page Title separator. Existing features have been slightly reworked to welcome this new change.

Miscellaneous

• Added more phrasing
• Fixed a bug where the correct phrase for "Thread has at least X word count" would not appear when editing index criteria for forums/nodes
• Improved labeling in some admin pages
• Added further PHP 8/8.1 compatibility fixes
• The meta field handler system has been rewritten for more optimization
  • Meta entities are only created when input is present for meta title, description or Open Graph image
  • Clearing all three values will delete the related Meta entity automatically (previously a placeholder was held)
  • Improved deletion handling when supported content types are permanently deleted:
    • Soft-delete (Thread, resource etc): Meta is held in database
    • Hard-delete: Meta is permanently deleted
• Improved descriptions of various settings
• Improved handling of the "Latest.." widget link option
  • Can now change widgets to point from their What's New page to their main/overview page itself (Resource list, Articles list, etc) for the following widgets:
    • Latest threads
    • XFRM: New Resources
    • XFMG: Media Slider
    • DragonByte eCommerce: New Products
    • AMS: Latest articles
    • UBS: Latest blog entries
    • UBS: Latest blogs
    • UBS: Latest series
• Template Modification optimizations
• Removed several deprecated class extensions, templates etc

Google Live Preview

• Code improvements to handle currently/future third party content types where temporary entities are created, in order to use the Google Live Preview before saving the new content

Indexing

• The different option groups on the Admin -> SEO -> Index Management page are now collapsible
• The "Manage Indexing" popup when clicking the index status icon for supported front-end content has been improved:
  • When 'Inherit' is selected, you can now see inherited index method taken from its parent category
  • Will display the name of the parent category
  • Will display a link to edit category
  • When 'Inherit' is selected and the parent category is set to 'Deny', the 'Always allow' or 'Block' settings are disabled.
• The index status and "Manage Indexing" popup are now available on Page node pages

Addon related

• Improved various compatibility functions for XenAddons AMS
• The SEO fields are now available when adding a media item in XFMG

To update your theme, please download the latest version at:
https://www.nulumia.com/shop/my-downloads/

You must select "Overwrite files during install/upgrade" when upgrading to this version.

Overview​

This is a bugfix update which brings further testing and compatibility with PHP 8/8.1, Xenforo 2.2.9, along with feature improvements. PHP 8 improvement is part of the goal reaching public stable release.

Meta system​

Meta entities (objects in the database to hold meta data) are now much more optimized, with automatic deletion and placeholders depending on whether supported content types are soft or permanently deleted.

Clearing meta fields in the Google Live Preview will now accurately delete associated meta objects if they are present.

This was also a key task before public stable release.

Manage Index popup​

This popup has been improved, when clicking on the index status icon for supported content. You can now preview the inherited index method and the name of the parent category, to better understand why your content is showing a red or green index symbol. This is a first step in creating a more useful popup. This popup will be migrated to a more comprehensive "Manage SEO" panel in future releases. This is also a step in reaching public stable release.

Extra options disabled when inheriting the 'Deny' method:

Changelog​

Miscellaneous

• Improved phrasing, removed hard-coded labels, fixed some missing phrases
• Fixed several navigation links in admin SEO pages
• Added detection and removal of several legacy columns if a user had installed a very early alpha phase edition
• Several sitemap handler tweaks
• Fixed a bug where navigation section or style ID overrides would not apply on child nodes. The addon will now rebuild these settings upon upgrade.

Branding & schema

• Added more options and tweaks to the Enhanced Schema system

Breadcrumb

• Added new "Extended Breadcrumb" feature (Currently available via Admin -> SEO -> Advanced settings
  • Applied to the following sections
    • Forums, nodes, threads
    • Help pages
    • Member pages
    • Supported addons & content types
• Adds a root level breadcrumb item such as Home -> Forums, Home -> Articles etc

Miscellaneous

• Improved phrasing, removed hard-coded labels, fixed some missing phrases
• Fixed several navigation links in admin SEO pages
• Added detection and removal of several legacy columns if a user had installed a very early alpha phase edition
• Several sitemap handler tweaks
• Fixed a bug where navigation section or style ID overrides would not apply on child nodes. The addon will now rebuild these settings upon upgrade.

Branding & schema

• Added more options and tweaks to the Enhanced Schema system

Breadcrumb

• Added new "Extended Breadcrumb" feature (Currently available via Admin -> SEO -> Advanced settings
  • Applied to the following sections
    • Forums, nodes, threads
    • Help pages
    • Member pages
    • Supported addons & content types
• Adds a root level breadcrumb item such as Home -> Forums, Home -> Articles etc

You must select "Overwrite files during install/upgrade" when upgrading to this version.

Overview​

This update adds further bugfixes and improvements to the new Schema system. In addition, a brand new feature, Extended Breadcrumb system has been implemented, which will continue to receive improvements.

New Extended Breadcrumb​

Natively in Xenforo, breadcrumbs neither accurately reflect the current path of the page (in some instances), nor show the currently viewed item, be it a thread or article.

This not only causes a schema and structural mismatch for search crawlers, it also is not good user navigation experience.

The new Extended Breadcrumb feature (available at Admin -> SEO -> Advanced Options overhauls the Xenforo breadcrumb to address these issues. With the feature enabled, your breadcrumb will function with the following examples

Forum list​

Old: Home
New: Home -> Forum list

Store​

Old: Home
New: Home -> Store

Categories​

Old: Home -> Forums
New: Home -> Forums -> Category Name

Threads​

Old: Home --> Forums -> Category Name
New: Home -> Forums -> Category Name --> Thread Name (trimmed 40char)

AMS Series (list/series item)​

Old: Home --> Articles
New: Home -> Articles -> Series/list --> Series Item (trimmed 40char)