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title: "7.3.0 - 2019/28/08"
manual: "News system"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/georgringer/news:7-3-0-2019-28-08@main"
source: "Misc/Changelog/7-3-0.rst"
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# 7.3.0 - 2019/28/08 {#7-3-0-2019-28-08}

-   [Important changes](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/georgringer/news:important-changes@main)
-   [Features](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/georgringer/news:features@main)
-   [All Changes](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/georgringer/news:all-changes@main)

## Important changes {#important-changes}

### Starting of major refactoring {#starting-of-major-refactoring}

This release is the starting point of next major refactoring project. The main target is to **support TYPO3 9 & 10 LTS**.
Providing support for 2 LTS versions has got the following advantages:
\- People using 9 already get the new features
\- Upgrade to 10 is therefore easier because it means that the extension is already compatible

So what is it all about:

-   *SEO*: Support for MetaTag-API, custom TitleTag-Provider, custom Sitemap-Provider
-   *Translations*: With 9 the translations changed a lot, so this needs to be all checked and tested
-   *Code adoption*: Fix deprecations, remove code specific to 8
-   *Best practice*: The extension is used for a lot of developers as best practice example. Some code parts need to be improved to fit the expectations.
-   *Features*: I got a couple of features in my mind as well
-   *Breaking changes*: Those won't be many and will be feature like but as those change behaviour those are still breaking.

You can follow the next steps at [https://github.com/georgringer/news/projects/3](https://github.com/georgringer/news/projects/3).

## Features {#features}

The following features have been added.

### Custom Sitemap Provider {#custom-sitemap-provider}

A custom sitemap provider `NewsXmlSitemapDataProvider` has been added to improve the sitemaps generated by EXT:seo in version 9.
Read about its configuration in the chapter Best practice > SEO.

### XLF Translations {#xlf-translations}

Instead of using the translation server ([http://translation.typo3.org](http://translation.typo3.org)) the service [https://crowdin.com/project/typo3-extension-news](https://crowdin.com/project/typo3-extension-news)
is being used. The translations are now included in the extension itself.

## All Changes {#all-changes}

This is a list of all changes in this release:

```php
2019-08-28 [TASK] Update translations (Commit f2b95587 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-19 [TASK] Fix CI issues (Commit 209bc55d by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-19 [TASK] Prioritize local language files over global ones (Commit 0bf8c488 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-18 [FEATURE] Support hrDate in sitemap (Commit f5fd8def by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-17 [BUGFIX] Fix wrong handling of singal dispatcher result (Commit f21ff259 by Dmitry Dulepov)
2019-08-17 Apply fixes from StyleCI (#1009) (Commit cdcf2c70 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-17 [TASK] Finish docs (Commit 340e47f9 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-16 [DOC] Start 7.3.0 notes (Commit 7b165f3d by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-16 [TASK] Update german translations (Commit b01b0b6f by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-15 [DOC] Example how to render news with same tags (Commit 1d69a13a by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-15 [BUGFIX] Use correct lenght attribute in rss feed (Commit f109bf49 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-15 [FEATURE] Add itemprop="image" to image elements (Commit ff368f09 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-15 [BUGFIX] Get only last defined optiongroup (#963) (Commit daa6f485 by 123AltmarkAgentur)
2019-08-15 [TASK] Change slug generation for 8 and wizards (#1002) (Commit b9aedf7a by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-15 [BUGFIX] Respect dates before 1970 in datemenu (Commit a2795e21 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-15 [BUGFIX] Provide identifir for RealurlAliasNewsSlugUpdater (Commit 34d7023f by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-14 [TASK] Add more translations (Commit fcd1b573 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-14 Update Crowdin configuration file (Commit 4dec05e7 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-14 [TASK] Add translations to the extension (Commit ad9e13bd by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-14 [TASK]Apply fixes from StyleCI (Commit 1717655a by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-14 [BUGFIX] Add support for tag lists with pagination in twb template (#988) (Commit 889920c9 by Johannes)
2019-08-14 Update Crowdin configuration file (Commit 43bbad50 by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-14 [TASK] Add isRegistered check for custom icons (Commit ebad625e by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-14 [BUGFIX] Check for the category setting to exist when adding category constraints. (#905) (Commit db50d859 by Simon Fischer)
2019-08-13 [BUGFIX] #960: SQL error in the search module (#961) (Commit 81fb114d by Dmitry Dulepov)
2019-08-13 [TASK] Remove DebugConsole from import js (Commit aa96a55b by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-12 [FEATURE] Provide custom Sitemap provider (Commit 8f3c7a8d by Georg Ringer)
2019-08-12 [DOC] Use 7.2.3 instead of 7.2.2 in Changelog/7-2-3.rst (#959) (Commit e47ed862 by Georg Tiefenbrunn)
2019-08-08 [TASK] Replace deprecated constant TAB (Commit b9f72a82 by Georg Ringer)

```

This list has been created by using `git log 7.2.3..HEAD --abbrev-commit --pretty='%ad %s (Commit %h by %an)' --date=short`.