extensions.Siliana.com

Home arrow Blog arrow Update to sh404sef status and changes
Advertisement
Update to sh404sef status and changes

Hi all,

First, I'd like to say I am 100% overwhelmed by the number of incredibly nice comments on posts and various emails I got since the announcement of last monday. Let me thank you all who have taken the time to come here and other places and post thankfull and positive comments on all that was done over the last few years.

Among all the messages I received, some of them were offers to help in providing a long term solution to sh404sef development and support and I'd also like to thank all the people who sent such proposals.

As hinted in my last post, I do want to continue sh404sef development, for

a/ I like it very much,

b/ i still have many ideas to enhance it,

c/ I do not want to let down its many users.

Yet, I cannot spend the required free time anymore. However, I can now announce that I am talking with a well established Joomla company, and we should very shortly find an agreement allowing sh404sef to continue to exists and, of course, expand in the future, with me as main developer. There are still a few details that need to be worked out, but we can consider this a done deal and that's why I am annoucing it today.

Over the week-end I will start preparing for the move. Within 2-3 days, we will finalize the details of the new organization and I will post again to keep you updated.

I'd like to add that I was really afraid the extension would just disappear though it is so much widely used (FYI : http://www.sigsiu.net/statistics/joomla_statistic.html). Honestly, I am relieved that I could find a continuation solution so quickly, one that will allow me to make new versions of the software, something I have not been able to do for most of 2009 basically.

We'll be in touch :)

Yannick

Comments
brian teeman - great news 28-08-2009 22:16
Thats really great news. See I said it was a new beginning and not an end ;)
Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlog - Happy for you! 28-08-2009 22:35
That's great, Yannick! I have sh404SEF on each and every site I make and it was very nice to hear that it's going to work out. Good luck!
Mark Rosser - Excellent News. 29-08-2009 07:35
Yannick, thank you for the update, great news.
Marcel - Great News 30-08-2009 14:56
I was hoping this !!!
Nick F - Stay Free 31-08-2009 02:44
As I read this I am concerned that sh404sef will no longer be free. I started using Joomla a few years ago and everything was free. It seem like all the good components come with a price tag now. I am using Joomla for my Church and home sites, I can't afford to pay for everything.

This is my 2 cents for what it is worth. I really like the sh404sef and I feel it is the last of its kind.

Nick F
Mike - I agree with Stay Free 31-08-2009 20:28
I agree that sh404sef should stay free. I like the model that Joom!fish and JEvent setup. Have the component free and setup a Club for advanced support and plugins. That way you make money but the core is still free.
Carlos M. - Free as in speech, not as in b 01-09-2009 06:25
sh404SEF is really great extension, and it is worth a great amount of money.

If demanding a price for it makes it better and as long as it continues being free as in speech, I can't see the point.

There is a lot of work behind sh404SEF and we can't pretend to get this work for free.

Joomla! brings you SEF functions for free. Use them if you can't afford paying a little sum of money (that for sure would be less than its real value)
Ivo Apostolov - Great News Yannick 01-09-2009 18:46
Congrats for all of your work till the moment and I am happy that you will be still involved in the development.
IMO, from knowing Yannick, I don't believe that the product will become commercial. However only the time will show.
Nic - Web Nut 02-09-2009 19:55
Yannick,

Great News!!

I look forward to continuing to use this excellent component and see it develop further.

Your openness and communication with users like myself is much appreciated and a few developers could learn a lot from your approach.
Maxim 06-10-2009 14:13
good
Kang Doel - Doel Tutorial 06-02-2010 23:39
yes it's OK Information. I hope your information be updating
Read on or write comment
Name:
Title:
Please type in the input box the security code displayed in the image at the far right, then press Send button.
Security Image