Changelog

This changelog lists every releasedNo version of TranslatePilot, the most recent first.

Version 0.12.0 – 7 September 2026

Added

Besides Claude and Mittwald, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral and DeepSeek can now be chosen as providers — with a built-in address, so only the key is needed. For any further OpenAI-compatible service there is the "Custom" option with a freely chosen base address.

Changed

For the new providers TranslatePilot shows the estimated token count per run; a USD limit can be set by entering the price per million tokens in the options.

Version 0.11.0 – 7 September 2026

Changed

The dashboard now leads straight into the wizard with a large button — labelled "Start" or "Resume" depending on the state. The wizard's step bar is more compact: numbered circles instead of long text tabs that wrapped on narrower screens. Every run now begins with a result summary; the full transcript sits below it, collapsible. The wizard now has a single way forward, and writing actions stand out in colour from plain navigation. The run transcript appears only under the step that triggered it, and the rarely used API base address now lives in an "Advanced" section.

Version 0.10.0 – 6 September 2026

Fixed

The wizard validates input right when saving: an invalid base address or an unknown provider is rejected with a notice instead of being taken over silently. On YOOtheme sites the module mirroring offered to duplicate the already mirrored footer. Builder modules are now left to the footer and template steps.

Language

All run transcripts, gate messages and error texts now follow the backend language — English-speaking administrators no longer see German messages.

Version 0.9.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

The new wizard guides through the whole translation in eight steps: provider and access, languages, setup, profile, scope, sample and approval, mirroring, summary. Every step judges its own state, allows corrections right in place and blocks moving on while required settings are missing. When saving the access data, the connection is verified immediately by loading the model list from the provider — a wrong key surfaces in step one, not in a failed run. The summary shows every decision on one page; from there either the free dry run or the live run starts.

Changed

The analysis page is now a pure report; all actions happen in the wizard.

Version 0.8.4 – 6 September 2026

Changed

The dashboard is now the control centre: tiles and check rows link straight to the matching place, and a new card leads to every function including the manual. The options button now sits at the top right of every page of the component, as does the way back to the overview. Green checks show a check mark instead of the text "OK".

Fixed

The yellow "review" for articles set to language "All" now leads straight to the filtered article list, and to the language manager when the site default language deviates.

Version 0.8.3 – 6 September 2026

Changed

TranslatePilot now has its final product mark — the translation sign "A文" with an arrow in the style of the Graup-IT family; the installation panel shows it instead of the previous placeholder.

Version 0.8.2 – 6 September 2026

Changed

The dashboard now opens with four key-figure tiles (readiness, source-language articles, target languages, mappings) and carries version and vendor at the bottom — like the other Graup-IT extensions.

Fixed

The dashboard's language list showed the language code twice when the language name already contained it ("English (en-GB) (en-GB)").

Version 0.8.1 – 6 September 2026

Added

TranslatePilot now has a complete manual in German and English; the links in the installation panel lead straight there.

Fixed

Outdated notes about a "wizard following later" are removed — translating, mirroring and scheduled tasks have long been there. Read-only users now learn which permission is missing for translating instead of being pointed at an upcoming version.

Version 0.8.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

TranslatePilot is now provider-open: besides Claude (Anthropic), Mittwald AI Hosting and other OpenAI-compatible providers can be chosen as the translation service. The model list is queried directly from the chosen provider and appears in the options for selection once the API key is saved. For providers with a flat plan (such as Mittwald) the USD cost estimate is dropped; shown instead is how many tokens count against the monthly quota.

Changed

The quality approval now applies per provider and model: after switching providers, the first real run requires a freshly reviewed sample.

Version 0.7.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

New and changed articles can now be translated automatically: the bundled task plugin runs the translation through Joomla's task scheduler. Scheduled runs stand behind the same safeguards as the backend: profile approval, cost limit and batch limit apply per run; without approval nothing runs. The backup confirmation becomes a standing declaration for scheduled runs: without confirmed automatic backups the task does not run. Optionally the task also checks before every run that a named backup file exists and is young enough.

Notes

The mirror passes (menu, footer, templates) deliberately do not run on a schedule — they remain click actions with a preview.

Version 0.6.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

The multilingual setup now runs in the backend: content languages, language filter, one home page per language and the language switcher — with a free preview and without duplicate creations. The menu mirroring creates menu twins of translated content per target language, sorts them into the source structure and puts the home pages straight; internal links are repaired afterwards. YOOtheme footer and templates can be mirrored per language: texts translated, categories and links switched to the translations. Without YOOtheme these steps simply do not apply.

Notes

Menu, footer and template mirroring translate texts and therefore stand behind the same profile approval as the articles; the setup itself translates nothing.

Version 0.5.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

Custom fields (com_fields) now travel along: text, textarea and editor fields get translated, every other type is taken over unchanged — changes to field values trigger the update.

Notes

Language-bound fields are left out; Joomla does not show them on the other language anyway.

Version 0.4.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

Modules pinned to the source language can now be created as translated twins: title and content translated, settings taken over, the page assignment switched to the menu twins. The analysis shows which modules would be missing on the translated pages — with a free preview before creating anything. The dashboard warns when the site's default language differs from the source language — otherwise the target language would sit at the root and the source language behind a language prefix.

Notes

Module settings are taken over unchanged, and edits to the source module do not yet propagate to the twin.

Version 0.3.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

The component now actually translates: a quality sample with source and translation side by side, profile approval, then the real run in batches — with cost gate, backup confirmation and transcript. When a batch runs out of time, the run stops cleanly and the next click continues exactly there. The analysis now states explicitly what gets translated and what does not, and the already current articles can be inspected too.

Notes

The real run stays locked until a sample has been reviewedreleased and approved. Any change to profile or model demands a fresh approval.

Version 0.2.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

New analysis view: it shows per target language which articles are new, changed or current, what the next run would cost and whether the translation profile is approved — read only. The options now cover the full translation profile: target languages, website context, tone, glossary, additional instructions, link mapping and exclusions.

Notes

The analysis spends no money and changes nothing. The wizard that actually translates follows in one of the next versions.

Version 0.1.0 – 6 September 2026

Added

First version of the component: the dashboard shows the multilingual state of the website — languages, language filter, associations, articles per language and the mapping table. The options hold the Claude access, model, source language and a cost limit per run.

Notes

The translation wizard itself follows in one of the next versions. This version sets up the frame and does not change any content. yet.

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