We’re pleased to announce the release of Astroid Framework 3.5.0, bringing a new set of tools and improvements designed to make building and managing Joomla websites more flexible, reliable, and secure.
This update focuses on content control, user experience, security, privacy, and compatibility, while also refining several existing Astroid features.
✨ What's packed in Astroid Framework 3.5.0
✅ More Flexible Article Filtering
The Articles Widget now provides additional filtering options, allowing you to filter articles by Tags and Article Type. This makes it easier to create more targeted content sections and display exactly the articles you need.
For developers, Astroid 3.5.0 also introduces new onBeforeDisplayContent and onAfterDisplayContent triggers, providing greater control over article content processing.
✅ Improved Design and Interactions
Astroid 3.5.0 introduces several improvements for creating engaging website experiences:
- New
astroid-embed-responsivestyle for responsive embedded content - Countdown.js included for countdown displays
- Improved Sticky Menu conditions
- Refined hover overlay and avatar positioning in the UK Testimonials Widget
- Improved Megamenu behavior in click mode
- Fixed sub-submenu overlapping issues
- Fixed menu-item image links
These improvements help create smoother and more consistent interactions across different website layouts.
✅ Stronger Security and Privacy
Security and privacy remain important priorities in Astroid 3.5.0. This release addresses an HTML injection issue in the Form Builder and prevents security-sensitive attributes from being overridden.
Menu output has also been improved by avoiding inline styles, helping Astroid work more effectively with Content Security Policy (CSP) configurations.
For greater privacy control, you can now disable Google Font Preview when needed.
✅ Updated Core and Compatibility
Astroid 3.5.0 also includes several technical improvements under the hood:
- Updated Composer library and GSAP
- Removed jQuery dependency from
script.js - Bundled third-party packages into Astroid Core
- Improved local font handling, including
.woff2files - Fixed preset import and export issues
- Improved compatibility with different content and link structures
- Fixed issues with article data handling and negative
str_repeat()values
Astroid Framework 3.5.0 is a practical update for Joomla site builders and developers who want more control over content, smoother interactions, and stronger security and privacy. Let's update to the latest version and take advantage of the new improvements in Astroid Framework 3.5.0.
