Photo Gallery X3.28.0
New SEO options, PHP 7.4 compatibility, updated plugins, encrypted passwords, bug fixes and various improvements.
Photo Gallery X3.28.0
It's been a while since last X3 update, mainly because we have been working on our new Files app (read more at bottom of page), which will eventually become new X3 Panel 2.0. Back on track with X3 updates, this release includes features and fixes that have been lined up for a while, including new SEO options, PHP 7.4 compatibility, updated plugins, encrypted passwords and bug fixes.
Expect several feature-specific X3 updates in the coming months!
How to update?
Navigate to Panel › Tools › X3 Updates See X3 Docs
Highlights
New SEO options
New SEO section in the panel allows you to set unique title, description and keywords meta tags on a per-page basisscreenforumread more
SEO options allow you to customize certain meta tags which may improve page SEO (Search Engine Optimization). These options will not display for visitors, but are added to meta tags which are used by search engines. Check this guide for more info on SEO.
Title
This option will populate the page title tag, which otherwise is populated from page title or page name. In terms of SEO, this is the most important tag.
moz.com/learn/seo/title-tag
Description
This option will populate the page meta name="description" tag, which otherwise is populated from page description. This tag does not affect page rankings, but may still be used by search engines to provide a brief summary of your page in search listings.
moz.com/learn/seo/meta-description
Keywords
This option will populate the page meta name="keywords" tag, which is no longer relevant for search engines. We recommend leaving this option blank, although it does not hurt to add the keywords tag if you really want to. What are meta keywords?
PHP 7.4 Compatibility
All X3 PHP code updated to comply with latest PHP 7.4 release without warnings or errors.
Updated Panorama plugin
Updated panorama plugin improves progressive loading of tiles and automated support for KRPano flat format forumforum
Encrypted passwords
Panel login password is now encrypted for improved security forumread more
With encrypted passwords, the password field in panel settings will appear emptyscreen This is because encrypted passwords are irreversible and although X3 can "verify" the login, it cannot decrypt or read the password. Passwords will NOT automatically be encrypted after updating existing X3 websites. If you want to encrypt your password, go to Settings › Panel, re-enter your password and click save. Upon save, new password will be encrypted and stored.
Panel lazy load images
X3 panel will now "lazy load" images, meaning image will load and appear as you scroll the page. This prevents slow loading and server request overload for folders with lots of images.
Updated plugins
Loads of updated plugins in both the panel and the X3 website.
Various Updates
- Added support for additional video formats webm, ogv, m4v and mov forum
- Added support for webp image format forum
- Symlink request cache disabled in preparation for removal in next X3 release screen
- Content editor insert image now injects alt="..." attribute if image has title forum
- Index (home) folder can now be selected as assets folder for other gallery pages forum
- Pagenav can now use label instead of folder name forum
- Don't show "0 images" in menu carousel forum
- Chatra chat now supports actions and pageview statistics triggered by X3 forum
- Added new Russian.php language, and improved French.php language for panel.
- bug Topbar dropdown menu now works on iOS/iPad touch devices forum
- bug Popup now exits fullscreen on GPS map click forum
- bug Slideshow does not disappear when disabling gallery > clickable forum
- bug Fixed slideshow keyboard controls bug forum
- bug Fixed so that mega menu preview images do not appear too small forum
- bug "Invalid license" warning no longer appears in unlicensed version of X3 forum
- bug Page name with "render" no longer creates error in image resizer forum
- bug Fixed Windows-compatible ZIP file created from panel forum
- bug PHP 7.4 image resizer bug fixed forum
Files App
Finally, a few words about our new "Files" app. Files is a single-file PHP app that can be dropped into any dir on server, instantly creating a gallery of files and folders. This is an early version of what will eventually become X3 Panel 2.0, but for now it simply exists as a standalone app. Files has many cool features that will be imported into X3, including live search/filter/sort, CSS-based grid layouts and popup slideshow. Visit the website files.photo.gallery or check the demo.
- Supports all file types and allows you to preview images, video, audio and code.
- Single file. Simply drop it into any directory on your server.
- Search, sort and toggle layout in real-time.
- File manager capabilities [upload, move, copy, delete] coming soon.
Please help test and post questions or comments the new Files forum. If you want to receive notifications about Files updates, please sign up for the Files newsletter.
Happy updating 😎