EPB - Easy Performance Booster

Version 5.0.0.0-PRO - 2023-11-30

• + First Pro release for Joomla! 5.x based on EPB Pro version 4.2.0.0-PRO
• + The plugin "Behaviour - Backward Compatibility" is not required. The extension only uses supported classes in Joomla! 5.

Version 4.2.0.0-PRO - 2023-10-12

• + Improved Installation Script: Updated the installation script to check for the highest compatible version of Joomla automatically! This feature aims to prevent issues that may arise from using incompatible core versions, thereby ensuring a smoother installation process.
• + Updated 3rd party libraries:
• matthiasmullie/minify (1.3.70 => 1.3.71)
• voku/simple_html_dom (4.8.7 => 4.8.8)
• + Updated .htaccess template file with the latest version.

Version 4.1.0.0-PRO - 2023-01-29

• Increased technical requirements for Joomla! 4: Increasing Technical Requirements - Core & PHP for Joomla! 4 Pro Extensions.
• + Updated Concatenate JavaScript option: JavaScript files with the attribute type="module" are not combined to avoid JS errors!
• + Updated 3rd party libraries:
• matthiasmullie/minify (1.3.69 => 1.3.70)
• voku/simple_html_dom (4.8.6 => 4.8.7)
• symfony/css-selector (v6.0.11 => v6.0.19)
• # Fixed A script element with a defer attribute must not have a type attribute with the value module error for the instant.page script. Thanks to Thomas (Testament7 Arts) for reporting it!

Version 4.0.4.0-PRO - 2022-11-28

• + Added Purge cache files option. With this option, you may purge the EPB cache manually.

Version 4.0.3.0-PRO - 2022-09-03

• + Added Pro Security Token validation check. The Pro package contains a token file with an individual security token linked to the user account and checked against the validation server for authenticity.
• + Increased the minimum required PHP version to 8.0.2 due to the requirement of Symfony CSS selector.
• + Updated 3rd party libraries:
• Instant Page JS (5.1.0 => 5.1.1)
• matthiasmullie/minify (1.3.68 => 1.3.69)
• voku/html-min (4.4.10 => 4.5.0)
• voku/simple_html_dom (4.8.5 => 4.8.6)
• symfony/css-selector (v6.0.3 => v6.0.11)
• ^ Multiple internal code optimisations.

Version 4.0.2.0-PRO - 2022-05-16

• + Updated 3rd party libraries:
• matthiasmullie/minify (1.3.66 => 1.3.68)
• voku/html-min (4.4.8 => 4.4.10)
• voku/simple_html_dom (4.7.29 => 4.8.5)
• symfony/css-selector (v5.3.4 => v6.0.3)
• + Updated .htaccess template file with the latest version.
• + Added logging to debug URI parameters retrievement.
• ^ Updated custom field to bypass description bug in Joomla! 4.1.3.

Version 4.0.1.0-PRO - 2021-11-14

• + Added the built-in Download Key Manager support to enter your Pro Update ID without installing the update helper plugin.
  Important: Please copy your personal Pro Update ID using the second copy button in the Pro ID Manager and enter the key in System - Update - Update Sites - Select the entry of the Pro extension and enter the ID into the Download Key field.
• ^ Code optimisations

Version 4.0.0.1-PRO - 2021-09-28

• # Changed cache folder to /cache. Joomla! 4 changed the location of JPATH_CACHE to /administrator/cache. Thanks to Markus B. for reporting it!

Version 4.0.0.0-PRO - 2021-09-14

• + First Pro release for Joomla! 4.x based on EPB Pro version 3.2.9.0-PRO

Version 3.2.9.0-PRO - 2021-07-14

• + Preload pages with instant.page - With this option, pages are preloaded when a user has hovered a link for 65 ms with his mouse or starts touching the display before releasing it. For more information about the used script, visit https://instant.page/
• ^ Optimised path handling of internal files loaded using the domain name (absolute instead of relative paths)

Version 3.2.8.3-PRO - 2021-07-12

• # Optimised parameters check of the exclusion option if the value is an integer

Version 3.2.8.2-PRO - 2021-06-22

• ^ Upgraded symfony/css-selector (v5.2.7 => v5.3.0)
• ^ Updated custom field
• # Added an additional return type check for Folder::files()

Version 3.2.8.1-PRO - 2021-05-13

• ^ Improved optimisation of CSS files with conditional rules and media attributes

Version 3.2.8.0-PRO - 2021-04-06

• + Added Optimise inline elements option - With this option, also inline elements are optimised and minified. Note: This could lead to unexpected behaviour if the data has to be created dynamically on each page request. Thanks to Michael K. for reporting it!
• ^ Updated 3rd party libraries - voku/simple_html_dom (4.7.29)
• ^ Changed the version number specification. The first number stands for the supported major Joomla! version. The following three numbers follow the Semantic Versioning Specification (SemVer), as it used to be previously.

Version 3.2.7-PRO - 2021-04-01

• ^ Removed possible TypeError issue with old JavaScript code
• ^ Changed the way how the optimised CSS file is minified (correct @import position)

Version 3.2.6-PRO - 2021-03-29

• + Added Head section only option - With this option, the general optimization is only applied to files and code in the loaded pages' head section. This approach will solve or at least mitigate issues with scrips that require to be loaded after specific HTML code parts and therefore must be executed within the body tag.
• ^ Revised the minification process for better flag recognition - Files are minified separately and then concatenated into one file without losing the ID checks' required information.
• ^ Improved check for external JS files - External files are not removed from the optimised output.

Version 3.2.5-PRO - 2021-03-24

• # Fixed the positioning of the optimised combined cache file if the first JavaScript instruction is an inline tag

Version 3.2.4-PRO - 2021-03-23

• ^ Improved the handling of loaded static files not going through Joomla!'s API
• ^ Changed the positioning of the optimised combined cache file to mitigate JavaScript conflicts
• ^ Adjusted the recognition and processing of the inline elements
• ^ Updated 3rd party libraries (dependencies)
• ^ Code optimisations

Version 3.2.3-PRO - 2021-01-31

• ^ Maintenance release
• ^ Updated 3rd party libraries (HtmlMin 4.4.8 & Minify 1.3.66)
• ^ Updated htaccess template file to the latest version
• ^ Updated language files
• ^ Code optimisations

Version 3.2.2-PRO - 2020-06-28

• + Order of plugins - Plugins are ordered correctly in the installation process automatically
• # Added a check whether cached files exist while trying to create symbolic links to avoid an error

Version 3.2.1-PRO - 2020-05-24

• + New option Create symbolic links automatically - With this option, the symbolic links are created automatically on each static file creation process. This option should be enabled if the website has many pages and Easy Performance Booster creates numerous cache files. By activating this functionality, identical cache files are replaced with symbolic links, and only one target file copy is stored. Keep this option disabled if you want to have more control over this functionality or does not want to use it at all!

Version 3.2.0-PRO - 2020-05-17

• + New option Create Symbolic Links - With this option, identical cache files are replaced with symbolic links, and only one target file copy is stored. This feature reduces the required space drastically!
  
• # Messages from AJAX requests are returned in the selected language

Version 3.1.0-PRO - 2020-04-26

• + Technical requirements: Increasing Technical Requirements - Joomla! Core & PHP for Pro & Free Extensions
• + Added German translation files
• + Improved .htaccess optimization handling - Now each optimization rule (GZIP, Expires, Headers and .htacces creation) can be added or removed separately with one click.
• + Added Expires rules for Fonts - Thanks to Michael K. for the suggestion!
• ^ Updated 3rd party libraries (HtmlMin 4.4.3 & Minify 1.3.63)

Version 3.0.2-PRO - 2019-11-18

• ^ Updated 3rd party library for HTML Minification (HtmlMin 4.0.7)
• ^ Updated the way 3rd party libraries are loaded - Completely using Composer, not just for dependencies.

Version 3.0.1-PRO - 2019-11-14

• + Option JS attribute - How should the cached Javascript file be loaded? Normal - JavaScript fetching and execution pause the HTML parsing. Async - JavaScript fetching runs asynchronously, execution pauses the HTML parsing once the file was fetched. Defer - JavaScript fetching runs asynchronously, the script is executed once the HTML parsing was completed.
• + Option Exclude User Groups - The plugin is not executed if the user is in one of the selected groups.
• ^ Updated 3rd party libraries
• # Fixed wrong variable usage for Converter class

Version 3.0.0-PRO - 2019-08-27

• + First release for Joomla! >= 3.8

Version 3.1.0.0-FREE - 2021-05-13

• Maintenace release based on 3.2.8.0-PRO with all improvements available in the free version
• ^ Changed the version number specification. The first number stands for the supported major Joomla! version. The following three numbers follow the Semantic Versioning Specification (SemVer), as it used to be previously.
• ^ Improved optimisation of CSS files with conditional rules and media attributes

Version 3.0.2-FREE - 2020-05-17

• ^ Maintenance update

Version 3.0.1-FREE - 2020-05-03

• + Added German translation files
• ^ Updated 3rd party libraries (HtmlMin 4.4.3 & Minify 1.3.63)

Version 3.0.0-FREE - 2020-01-04

• + First free release based on version 3.0.2-PRO
• + Technical requirements: Increasing Technical Requirements - Joomla! Core & PHP for Pro & Free Extensions
• + Modern, optimized code
• ^ Updated 3rd party libraries (HtmlMin & Minify)