v0.9.36 Add support for tags and aliases (SEO/SEF URLs)

The main new features in this version are:

• Support for Joomla! tags for tracks and a new view showing all tracks with a given tag
• Support for search engine friendly (SEF/SEO) URLs with aliases

Minor fixes:

• Fix issue with parsing gpx files with time zone information
• Improvements to front-end behaviour, e.g. when no tracks are found, or an invalid track ID is requested

The documentation pages have been updated to mention the new features

Fix GPX time parsing for non-UTC time zones

Small update to fix an issue with the parsing of time information from GPX files which do not use UTC.

Add tag support for Joomla 3.10

This version adds tag support for Joomla 3.10 in addition to the tag support for 4.0 and includes several improvements on the import form on the administrator side as well as some technical fixes for tags.

Add tag support (only Joomla 4)

Add support from Joomla tags. This is a prerelease version for testing.

Tags can be added in the edit view on the frontend as well as in the administrator view, as well as during import of multiple files.

NB: this version only works with Joomla versions 4.0 and higher

Bug fix in category view

Bug fix in category view: show filter settings even when no tracks are found, so that the user can change the selections

Add module for nearby tracks

Add mod_jtrackgallery_closest which shows a list of tracks near a given point, similar to jtrack_gallery_latest.

Bug fix release: latest tracks module and category views

Bug fix release:

• Bugfix for multiple category selection
• Show tracks in the category view (when selected in settings)
• Options for custom colors in overview map
• Fix links and category translations in latest track module

Full Changelog: 0.9.35-b...0.9.35-c

Fix issue with displaying custom category icons

Bug fix release:

• Fix issue with displaying custom category icons
• Display warning when no tracks are found in overview map view

Full Changelog: 0.9.35-fixup...0.9.35-b

Minor bug fixes

Full Changelog: 0.9.35...0.9.35-fixup

Joomla 4 compatibility and new functionality

This release contains a number of bug fixes to finalise the transition to Joomla 4 and 5, as well as a number of functional improvements and additions.

General changes

• Improvements in GPX file parsing (some files caused hangs/infinity loops)
• Router improvements/fixed: assignment of menu items in the router, to improve the assignment of page layouts
• Dutch language files added
• Added layer switcher for maps
• Possibility to disable the use of categories and difficulty levels
• Location of icons in the overview map: start, end, or middle of track; the icon location can also be set by hand.

Track view

• Added fields for the 'Track info' section: total time (duration), moving time, average moving speed
• Add configuration options for which fields to show and which to hide.
• Configurable line color for the GPS tracks in the configuration menu
• Possibility to add distance markers at regular intervals along the track
• Possibility to show a button in the track view to generate the plugin syntax for the track (for use on other pages)
• Edit the track length and ascent/descent for each track in the frontend
• Add/change geo-location for pictures that are added to a track

New category view

The view contains three main elements

• Overview map
• Track search/filter box
• Track list

Each element can be switched on or off in the configuration menu.

Plugin

• Allow multiple invocations of the plugin on a single page (up to 50)
• Add possibility to set line color(s) for track (segments) in the plugin
• Option to show elevation and speed graph (show_graph=1)
• Option to show track information (show_info=1)
• Plugin configuration settings determine default behaviour