What’s new
We’re constantly making EngageBox better. Here are some of the of notable new features and improvements that we’ve made to EngageBox since it’s first launched.
Added
- Patched a security vulnerability and strengthened data validation and sanitization.
Added
- Joomla 6 Native Support.
Fixed
- Broken Transifex link in the Translations panel on the Dashboard page.
- Delay Display setting for Close Button was broken when no value was set and prevented entering a number.
- Close event tracking data included unwanted internal properties from the popup instance.
- Custom close buttons with redirection don't write cookie on mobile
Changed
- Renamed the Trigger labels for simplicity.
Fixed
- Issue where the Floating Button trigger would automatically open the popup.
Added
- New CSS-based popup animations, replacing VelocityJS for smoother, faster performance.
Fixed
- Issue where the backdrop appeared multiple times when opening a popup.
Changed
- Merged "Page Ready" and "Page Load" triggers into one with an "Early Trigger" option.
- Removed the “Load Velocity” option from settings.
Added
- A new Usage Tracking setting to help us improve the extension.
Fixed
- {user.field.FIELDNAME} Smart Tag ignoring --preparecustomfields option.
- Issue where a Smart Tag would return empty when the value equals 0.
Changed
- Sets minimum required Joomla! version to 4.0.
- Sets minimum required PHP version to 7.4.
- Renamed the "Prepare Content" setting to Run Shortcodes for better clarity.
- Moved extension's library under the Tassos/EngageBox namespace.
- Removed the Prevent Default Action option for the On Click Trigger.
Added
- Patched a security vulnerability and strengthened data validation and sanitization.
Fixed
- Content Category condition not displaying popup in category when Page Types contains "Category".
- PHP error in editor when all Box Type related plugins are disabled.
Fixed
- PHP error when using "Modules" box type.
Added
- Sound effects feature for enhanced user engagement.
- The {menu} Smart Tag to retrieve information about the currently active menu item.
- Author custom fields support to the {article} Smart Tag.
- --filter modifier to filter Smart Tags output using predefined filters and regex.
Added
- A discreet shadow to the Floating Button.
Fixed
- Fix method curl_exec wasn't being executed within PHP Scripts.
- Incorrect parsing of quotes in Conditional Content Shortcode.
Fixed
- Conditional Content Shortcode errors when the content contains the word 'if' and an odd number of quotes.
Fixed
- “Close on ESC” triggering when disabled.
- Repeater field conditions in Joomla 5.1.
Changed
- Updated “Geolocation” notice to show only with a GeoIP MaxMind key and Geolocation conditions in use.
- Improved “Trap Focus” to activate immediately when the popup opens.
- Removed unnecessary polyfill.io scripts.
Added
- Enhanced Accessibility: Trap Focus, Auto-Focus, Return Focus and Close by ESC Key.
Fixed
- PHP 8.2+ deprecation warnings thrown on install and when popup is shown.
- Issue with inheriting height value on tablet and mobile devices.
Changed
- Improved code editing in the Custom JS/CSS, PHP Scripts, PHP Condition and Run Javascript Action options with Codemirror.
- Updated Page Slide Mode to no longer auto-scroll to the top of the page.
Added
- The --HtmlSpecialChars Smart Tag modifier.
Fixed
- Conditional Content Shortcode may incorrectly parse script tags.
- Fix PHP 8.3 deprecation warnings.
Added
- Joomla 5 Native Support.
- Implements the Conditional Content Shortcode.
- Implements Smart Tags modifiers: prepareContent, shortNumber
Fixed
- Homepage Condition does not work.
- The Menu Condition may fail if the "Also on child items" option is enabled.
Changed
- Custom Code option renamed to Custom JavaScript and now accepts only scripts.
Fixed
- Call to undefined method EngageBox\Box::replaceSmartTags.
Fixed
- Smart Tags replacement broke from previous version.
Fixed
- PHP Error "Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in Box.php"
- Spanish translation would break the popup editor.
Fixed
- On-click popup may not trigger due to an invalid CSS Selector.
- Floating Button does not trigger the popup immediately.
- Box duplication is not working in Joomla 5.
- PHP Error "Detection\MobileDetect::__construct(): Argument #2 ($config) must be of type array, null given"
Fixed
- PHP 8 warnings.
- Very tall popup with margin bottom exceeds the parent boundaries.
- Prevent Page Scrolling option causes the page to scroll to the top when the popup appears.
- Spanish translation would break the popup editor.
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