Joomtheme Social Share Bars v3.1.12 – Bluesky Support

Joomtheme Social Share Bars v3.1.12 – Bluesky Support

This release adds native Bluesky sharing support while preserving the existing plugin structure and behaviour.

Added

• Added Bluesky as a supported social sharing platform.
• Added the official Bluesky compose intent using bsky.app/intent/compose.
• Added article title and URL sharing support.
• Added safe text truncation for Bluesky’s 300-character limit.
• Added a Bluesky SVG icon and button styling.
• Added English and Turkish language strings.
• Added Bluesky to the social button ordering options.

Compatibility

• Bluesky sharing is disabled by default to prevent changes to existing site layouts after updating.
• When enabled, Bluesky is automatically appended to the social button order if it is not already present.
• Existing configuration and social sharing behaviour remain unchanged.

Updated

• Updated plugin version metadata to 3.1.12.
• Updated Web Asset Manager cache version.
• Updated installer messages and changelog information.

Requirements

• Joomla 6.1 or later
• PHP 8.3 or later

SHA256

0b50f6a4ec3088dcf81f78c340b5604727dd7af9797bb0ccdc61d02013b78c20

Joomtheme Social Share Bars v3.1.11 – Pinterest Sharing Fix

Joomtheme Social Share Bars v3.1.11

This release fixes Pinterest sharing errors caused by missing, relative, or incorrectly formatted article image URLs.

Fixed

• Added the article image to Pinterest share URLs using the media parameter.
• Added automatic image selection with the following fallback order:
  1. Full article image
  2. Intro image
  3. Open Graph or Twitter image
  4. First image found in the article content
• Converted relative image paths to absolute URLs.
• Removed Joomla image metadata fragments such as #joomlaImage://.
• Improved URL cleanup and HTML entity decoding.
• Removed hexadecimal and octal escape usage that triggered a JAMSS false-positive warning.

Validation

• Successfully tested on a live Joomla website.
• Pinterest Pin creation and image preview verified.
• Passed JED Checker and JAMSS validation.
• PHP syntax, XML, JSON, and ZIP integrity checks completed successfully.

Compatibility

• Joomla 6.1+
• PHP 8.3+

Existing users can install this release directly over the previous version.

Social Share Bars v3.1.10 – Joomla 6.1 Maintenance Release

Social Share Bars v3.1.10

This is a Joomla 6.1 maintenance release for Social Share Bars.

What's changed

• Improved Joomla 6.1 installer checks for production use.
• Improved article share URL normalisation, including safer handling for routed and relative article URLs.
• Refreshed English and Turkish language strings.
• Updated media asset versions for Joomla Web Asset Manager cache handling.
• Improved copy link behaviour with a cleaner browser fallback.
• Refreshed frontend SVG icons for a cleaner default Joomla template appearance.
• Updated Joomla update server metadata and changelog information.

Requirements

• Joomla: 6.1+
• PHP: 8.3+

Installation

Install or update the plugin from Joomla Administrator:

System → Install → Extensions

After installation, enable or configure the plugin from:

System → Manage → Plugins → Content - Social Share Bars

Update server

This release is compatible with the Joomla Update System.

v3.1.9 - Joomla 6.1 Compatibility & About Version Fix

Joomtheme Social Share Bars v3.1.9

This release focuses on Joomla 6.1 compatibility improvements, corrected version information in the plugin About tab, and updated language strings.

Fixed

• Fixed the incorrect version number displayed in the plugin About tab.
• Updated the Joomla 6.1 plugin service provider to remove deprecated dispatcher constructor injection.
• Improved routed article URL generation for share links.

Changed

• Updated the minimum Joomla requirement to Joomla 6.1.0.
• Updated package metadata, manifest version, and Web Asset Manager asset version to 3.1.9.
• Changed language loading to runtime loading for better plugin performance.

Language

• Updated English language strings for the About tab, installer messages, and version information.
• Updated Turkish language strings for the About tab, installer messages, and version information.

Requirements

• Joomla 6.1.0 or later
• PHP 8.3.0 or later

Download

Install or update using the Joomla Update System, or download the package from this release assets.

Social Share Bars 3.1.8

Social Share Bars 3.1.8

This release fixes the asset loading issue introduced in version 3.1.7.

Fixed

• Corrected Web Asset Manager CSS path
• Corrected Web Asset Manager JS path
• Restored proper frontend styling for share buttons
• Fixed broken visual output caused by missing stylesheet loading

Updated

• Package version updated to 3.1.8
• Update XML and changelog prepared for the new release

Compatibility

• Joomla 6.x
• PHP 8.3+

Social Share Bars 3.1.7

Social Share Bars 3.1.7

This release includes the Joomla 6 update channel setup and package version synchronization for Social Share Bars.

Highlights

• Added Joomla update server support
• Added changelog XML support
• Updated package version to 3.1.7
• Synced version references across release files
• Improved asset path consistency for packaged files
• Prepared update metadata for Joomla 6 only

Compatibility

• Joomla 6.x
• PHP 8.3+

Update Information

This release is intended for the Joomla update system and uses the Joomtheme update server configuration.

Notes

• The update XML and changelog XML are published through the GitHub update repository
• The package download URL should point to the direct ZIP file
• SHA256 can be added later in the update XML