v2.8.1
Fix Google subscribe popup button overflowing the card
Fixed
- Modal Google Sign-In button shrunk from width 372 × scale 1.4 (~520px) to width 300 × scale 1 — no longer overflows the red card
Changelog
v2.6.6
Korea promo subscribers flow into central EDM
Added
- Verified promo subscriptions (with consent) now sync to central EDM
v2.6.5
Remove company entity disclosure from footer, keep brand only
Changed
- Removed company legal-entity line from footer; keep only B4travel brand/copyright
v2.6.3
Fix region filter — assign Tuen Mun, Tai Wai, etc. to correct regions
Fixed
- Tuen Mun, Tai Wai assigned to New Territories
- Jordan, Ho Man Tin, San Po Kong, Diamond Hill assigned to Kowloon
v2.6.2
Add Tuen Mun Phone Show + Kwai Chung Yat Digital
Added
- Tuen Mun Phone Show (Shop 40A, 1/F, Waldorf Garden Shopping Arcade; phone 3956 9854; hours 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
- Kwai Chung Yat Digital (Shop C38A(2), 3/F, Kwai Chung Plaza) — listed under Kwai Fong district
v2.6.0
PDPO direct marketing compliance — add marketing consent checkbox
Added
- promotions.astro member signup: default UN-ticked optional consent checkbox
- sendOtp API payload includes marketing_consent + consent_version='v2026-05-20'
v2.5.18
Remove 2000FUN Kowloon Bay (Amoy Plaza)
Removed
- 2000FUN (Shop S106, 2/F, Amoy Plaza Phase 2, Kowloon Bay)
- Kowloon Bay district (only store in district, section removed)
v2.5.17
Temporarily Hide Bepower (Kwai Fong)
Changes
- Hidden: Bepower (Shop B78, 1/F, Kwai Chung Plaza, Kwai Fong)
- May be restored later
v2.5.16
Temporarily Hide 2 Wan Chai PhoneStore Locations
Changes
- Hidden: PhoneStore (Shop 260, 2/F, Wan Chai Computer Centre)
- Hidden: PhoneStore (Shop 126A, 1/F, Wan Chai Computer Centre)
- May be restored later
v2.5.15
Added X Telecom (Tai Wai) as Star Partner
Added
- ⭐ X Telecom (Tai Wai) — Shop 134, Kam Hei Shopping Centre, 55-56 Tai Wai Road
- New district: Tai Wai
v2.5.14
Meta Tags SEO Optimization: OG Image, Title, Description
Added
- 1200×630 OG Image for social sharing (replaces old 512×512 icon)
- meta robots tag
- twitter:site tag (@b4travelsim)
- Independent homepage title/description translations for all 11 languages
Changes
- Homepage title changed to Q&A format for better AI citability
- Homepage description updated store count (20+ → 30+) with stronger CTA
- H1 changed from "#TrustedChoice" to "Authorized Stores in HK" for title alignment
- og:image dimensions changed from 512×512 to 1200×630 (optimal for social sharing)
v2.5.13
Unify PhoneStore Display Name + Remove Tai Po 2000FUN
Changes
- All 7 PhoneStore stores now display as "PhoneStore" (district suffix removed)
- Removed Tai Po 2000FUN store
Data Changes
- Star Partners: 29 → 28 (-1)
- Star Districts: 16 → 15 (Tai Po removed)
- Total pages: -11 (tai-po-2000fun × 11 languages)
v2.5.12
Added 7 PhoneStore (豐達) Star Partner Stores
Added
- ⭐ PhoneStore (Wan Chai 260) — Shop 260, 2/F, Wan Chai Computer Centre
- ⭐ PhoneStore (Wan Chai 126A) — Shop 126A, 1/F, Wan Chai Computer Centre
- ⭐ PhoneStore (Yuen Long) — Shop 1B, G/F, 1 Sau Fu Street
- ⭐ PhoneStore (San Po Kong Office) — Room 1208, Kenning Industrial Building (Mon-Fri 10:00-19:00)
- ⭐ PhoneStore (Tuen Mun) — Shop S123, Oi Tin Plaza
- ⭐ PhoneStore (Kwun Tong) — Shop M30, Kwun Tong Plaza
- ⭐ PhoneStore (Diamond Hill) — Shop G02, Hai Jin Plaza
- 7 stores share the same logo `/logos/phonestore.webp`
- 3 new districts added: San Po Kong, Tuen Mun, Diamond Hill
Data Changes
- Star Partners: 22 → 29 (+7)
- Star Districts: 13 → 16 (+3)
- Total pages: +77 (7 slugs × 11 languages)
v2.5.11
Restore Tak Tsai & BenBen Display Address (Map Location Only)
Changes
- Tak Tsai display address restored to "Stall 336, Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po"
- BenBen display address restored to "Stall in front of 125 Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po..."
- Map marker positions retained from v2.5.10 (Tak Tsai → 127 Kweilin A1; BenBen → 121 Kweilin)
v2.5.10
Fix Tak Tsai & BenBen Address and Map Location
Fixes
- Tak Tsai: address now includes "127 Kweilin Street Shop A1"; Google Maps URL uses text address search
- BenBen: address changed to "121 Kweilin Street"; coordinates adjusted to 22.33115, 114.16220
v2.5.9
Fix 4 Stalls Coordinates (Apliu × Kweilin Intersection)
Fixes
- 4 stalls coordinates updated to Apliu Street × Kweilin Street intersection (22.33125, 114.16215)
- Fixes map marker position drift
v2.5.8
Fix 4 Stalls Google Maps URL (Invalid Dynamic Link)
Fixes
- 4 stalls (Tak Tsai, Kanang, BenBen, Leng Leng) Google Maps URL changed from maps.app.goo.gl (Firebase Dynamic Links) to standard Google Maps Search API URL
- Fixes "Invalid Dynamic Link" error when clicking "View Map"
v2.5.7
Apliu/Kweilin Stall Logos Changed to Circular
Changes
- 4 stall logos (Tak Tsai, Kanang, BenBen, Leng Leng) changed from square to circular shape (black bg + white number retained)
- Service Worker cache bumped to v2.5.7 to force reload of new logos
v2.5.6
Add Leng Leng SIM Star Partner (Stall 206, Apliu Street)
New Store
- Added "Leng Leng" as Star Partner (Stall 206, Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po)
- Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
- Logo: Black background with bold white "206"
- Star Partners: 21 → 22 (+1)
- Total pages: 429 → 440 (+11)
v2.5.5
Add BenBen SIM Star Partner (125 Kweilin Street)
New Store
- Added "BenBen" as Star Partner (Stall in front of 125 Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po)
- Location: 10 seconds walk from MTR Sham Shui Po Exit C2
- Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
- Logo: Black background with bold white "125"
- Star Partners: 20 → 21 (+1)
- Total pages: 418 → 429 (+11, 1 slug × 11 languages)
v2.5.4
Add 2 Apliu Street SIM Star Partners
New Stores
- Added "Tak Tsai" as Star Partner (Stall 336, Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po)
- Added "Kanang" as Star Partner (Stall 278, Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po)
- Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
- Logos are black background with bold white numbers (336 / 278)
- Star Partners: 18 → 20 (+2)
- Total pages: 396 → 418 (+22, 2 slugs × 11 languages)
v2.5.3
Teledom Moved to Partner + Map Fix + Remove Partner Desc
Changes
- Teledom (Lai Chi Kok) downgraded from Star Partner to Partner Store; no longer shown on map
- Removed Partner Stores category description text
- Star Partners: 19 → 18 (-1); Partner Stores: 5 → 6 (+1)
Fixes
- Fixed map display: Leaflet assets now self-hosted under /leaflet/ to avoid CSP and third-party CDN load issues
- CSP tightened: removed unpkg.com, self-only
v2.5.2
Add Ho Man Tin Man Fung Store
New Store
- Added Ho Man Tin "Man Fung" as Star Partner
- Address: 73A Waterloo Road, Ho Man Tin
- Hours: Everyday 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
- Shares same logo and Facebook page as Hung Hom Man Fung
- Star Partners increased from 18 to 19 (14 districts)
v2.5.1
Fix Map Display + Man Fung District Changed to Jordan
Fixes
- Fixed CSP (Content-Security-Policy) blocking Leaflet map loading by adding unpkg.com to script-src and style-src
- Man Fung new store district changed from "Yau Ma Tei" to "Jordan", slug changed from yau-ma-tei-manfung to jordan-manfung
v2.5.0
Add Jordan Man Fung Store + Remove Partner Stores from Map
New Store
- Added Jordan "Man Fung" as Star Partner (Ocean Building, 80 Shanghai Street)
- Hours: Everyday 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
- Star Partners increased from 17 to 18 stores (13 districts)
- Uses same logo and Facebook page as Hung Hom Man Fung branch
Map Improvement
- Removed Partner Stores (blue markers) from map view, showing only Star Partners (red markers)
- Simplified map legend by removing Partner Store indicator
v2.4.0
GEO Round 2: WebSite Schema, Speed Comparison Table, Methodology, Footer Legal Links
Schema Structured Data
- Added WebSite JSON-LD + SearchAction schema to all pages (search speed test pages)
- Enhanced Person schema: added jobTitle, worksFor, sameAs (speed test country pages)
Content + E-E-A-T
- Added 8-country speed comparison table to speed test Hub (country, top speed, avg speed, network, locations)
- Added testing methodology section to speed test Hub (device, app, conditions, sources)
- Changed country card titles to question-style (e.g., "How fast is Japan 5G?")
- Added 16 translation keys × 11 languages (comparison table, methodology, question titles, legal links)
Brand + Trust
- Added LinkedIn link and icon to SocialBar
- Created Footer component replacing inline footer
- Added Privacy Policy and Terms of Service links to footer (linking to b4travel.shop)
v2.3.1
Add 4 Taiwan 5G Speed Test Locations
New Data
- Added 4 Taiwan speed test locations — Zhongshan Station (180Mbps), Zhongyuan Park (178Mbps), Taipei Dome (174Mbps), Dihua Street (168Mbps)
- Taiwan test locations increased from 9 to 13
- Source: manhung.tech March 2026 Taiwan 5G SIM card test report
- 3 duplicate locations (Taipei Station, Songshan Cultural, Taoyuan Airport) kept existing higher speed data
v2.3.0
GEO Optimization: AI Crawler Directives, Speed Test Dates, Article Schema, Security Headers
Technical GEO
- Added 9 AI crawler explicit Allow directives to robots.txt (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, ChatGPT-User, Google-Extended, CCBot, OAI-SearchBot, anthropic-ai, cohere-ai)
- Added security headers to firebase.json: X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Content-Security-Policy
- Added LinkedIn company URL to llms.txt
Content E-E-A-T
- Added test date labels to all speed test data (testDate field)
- Each country page displays "Data last updated" date
- Speed table shows test date per row
Schema Structured Data
- Added Article schema to speed test pages (datePublished, dateModified, author Person, publisher Organization)
- Added speakable property (SpeakableSpecification) to speed test pages
- Added LinkedIn company page to Organization sameAs
- Added image (store logo URL) and url (store detail page) to Store schema
- Upgraded non-zh Organization schema from minimal to full version (with sameAs, contactPoint, description)
v2.2.2
Add Switzerland 5G Speed Test Data
New Data
- Added Switzerland 5G speed test data — Swisscom 5G network
- Covers 6 test locations: Zurich Airport, Zurich Train Station, Bern, Bern Hotel, Zermatt Ski Resort
- Top speed 184Mbps (Zurich Airport), all 6 locations on 5G
- Source: manhung.tech field test report (B4travel Europe 30-day 10GB unlimited SIM, iPhone 15 Pro)
Page Changes
- Speed test countries increased from 8 to 9 (added Switzerland)
- Added /speedtest/switzerland page (× 11 languages = 11 pages)
- Speed test hub page now includes Switzerland country card
v2.2.1
Fix Missing Store Data: Add Bepower + Upgrade Teledom to Star Partner
Background
- cleanup-v1.7.0-backup branch previously contained Bepower and Teledom upgrade changes (commits ec8fcd3, 9174f26)
- When main branch was rebuilt with 608b423 Initial commit from Astro, links.ts was rewritten from scratch, losing backup branch store data
- Bepower was completely missing from main branch; Teledom was placed back in cooperative partners (should be star partner)
- This version restores both missing changes from the backup branch
New Store
- Added Bepower to Star Partners — Shop B78, 1/F, Kwai Chung Plaza, Kwai Fong
- Address: Shop B78, 1/F, Kwai Chung Plaza | Phone: 9345 1473
- Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00-20:00
- Social: Instagram @bepower_b78 | WhatsApp 852-9345-1473
- Added bepower.webp logo (converted from backup branch PNG to WebP, 8.25 KB)
- Product tags: eSIM + Physical SIM (full range)
Store Upgrade
- Upgraded Teledom from Partner Store to Star Partner (Lai Chi Kok)
- Teledom product tags upgraded from "Physical SIM" to "eSIM + Physical SIM" (full range)
- Added Lai Chi Kok district to Star Partners
- Removed Lai Chi Kok district from Partner Stores (Teledom was the only store)
Data Changes
- Star Partners: 15 → 17 stores (+2)
- Partner Stores: 6 → 5 stores (-1, Teledom upgraded)
- Total stores: 21 → 22 (+1, Bepower added)
- Star districts: 10 → 12 (+2: Bepower in Kwai Fong, new Lai Chi Kok district)
- Total pages: 352 → 363 (+11, new kwai-fong-bepower page × 11 languages)
v2.2.0
Remove Cloud Run Deployment, Unified Firebase Hosting
Removed
- Completely removed Cloud Run deployment system
- Deleted deploy.sh — Cloud Run deployment script
- Deleted Dockerfile — Docker container configuration
- Deleted nginx.conf — Nginx server configuration
- Deleted .dockerignore — Docker ignore rules
- Decommissioned GCP Cloud Run service
- Cleaned up 40+ old container images (kept last 3 versions for backup)
Improvements
- Unified deployment workflow — Firebase Hosting only
- Simplified deployment: just run ./deploy-firebase.sh
- Removed Docker and containerization complexity
- Deployment time reduced from 2 minutes to 30 seconds
- Built-in global CDN and automatic SSL certificates
Backup
- Git tag v1.6.4-with-cloud-run preserves pre-cleanup code
- Git branch backup/cloud-run-deployment-system available for emergency recovery
- Cloud Run configuration backed up (recoverable within 15 minutes)
Rationale
- Static websites don't require containerization
- Firebase Hosting provides simpler, faster deployment experience
- Reduced maintenance complexity
- Lower operational costs
v2.1.0
11-Language i18n + Comprehensive SEO Upgrade
Internationalization (i18n)
- Expanded from 2 languages (zh/en) to 11 languages — Chinese (HK), English, French, Dutch, German, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese (TW), Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese
- Adopted subpath routing architecture — each language has independent URLs (e.g., /en/, /fr/, /ja/), Google's recommended best practice for SEO
- Expanded from 32 pages to 352 pages (32 × 11 languages), all pre-rendered as static HTML by Astro SSG
- Added centralized translation system (translations.ts) — 80+ translation keys × 11 languages covering UI labels, country names, FAQ content
- Added i18n utility module (i18n.ts) — localePath(), isChinese(), stripLocale(), getNonDefaultLocales() helpers
- Added language selector component (LangSelector.astro) — replaces old zh/en toggle, supports 11 languages
- Removed old CSS language toggle mechanism — no more lang-zh/lang-en CSS classes or data-lang attributes
- Removed localStorage language preference — each URL represents one language, no JavaScript switching needed
- Refactored all components to accept locale prop — ProfileHeader, LinkButton, LinkSection, SpeedtestSection, MapView, Breadcrumb
- Multilingual map component — all popup text, button labels, distance display, geolocation alerts translated per language
- Smart Chinese address detection — zh (HK), tw (TW), sc (CN) show Chinese addresses, others show English
SEO Improvements
- Every page includes 11 hreflang tags + x-default in HTML head — tells Google about all language versions
- Dynamic sitemap.xml generation — upgraded from static 31 URLs to dynamic 352 URLs, each with xhtml:link hreflang annotations (dual hreflang signal)
- og:site_name translated per language — Chinese shows "B4travel 電話卡", English "B4travel SIM Cards", Japanese "B4travel SIMカード", etc.
- og:image:alt translated per language — improves accessibility for social media sharing
- apple-mobile-web-app-title translated per language — localized PWA install name
- Simplified meta keywords — removed overly long Chinese keyword list, using concise universal keywords
- Dynamic og:locale — each language page sets correct Open Graph locale (e.g., zh_HK, en, ja)
- Per-language canonical URL — ensures Google correctly indexes each language version
Page Routing Architecture
- Chinese (HK) as default language — keeps root path / (no prefix), other languages use /{lang}/ prefix
- Added [lang]/ dynamic route directory — includes index, speedtest/index, speedtest/[country], store/[slug], changelog/index
- Each [lang] page uses getStaticPaths() with getNonDefaultLocales() to auto-generate 10 language versions
- Root pages hardcode locale="zh" — ensures default language has no prefix
- Sitemap migrated from static public/sitemap.xml to dynamic Astro endpoint (src/pages/sitemap.xml.ts)
v2.0.0
Multi-page SEO Major Upgrade
New Features
- Expanded site from 1 page to 31 pages using Astro SSG dynamic routes (getStaticPaths)
- Added speed test hub page (/speedtest) with country overview cards showing top/avg speed and location count
- Added 8 country speed test pages (/speedtest/japan, /speedtest/korea, etc.) with full city speed tables, stats bar, FAQ, cross-country linking
- Added 21 store detail pages (/store/kwai-fong-anlander, etc.) with address, phone, hours, Google Maps, social buttons, same-district linking
- Added breadcrumb navigation component for all subpages
- Added version number in footer (linked to /changelog)
- Added changelog page (/changelog) with detailed version history
SEO Improvements
- Independent Dataset JSON-LD for each country page (country-specific speed test keywords)
- Independent FAQPage JSON-LD for each country page (3 FAQs)
- Independent LocalBusiness JSON-LD for each store page (better for local SEO than Store)
- BreadcrumbList JSON-LD for all subpages
- Per-page canonical URL and OG URL (BaseLayout url prop)
- Sitemap expanded from 1 URL to 31 real URLs
- Internal linking section on homepage linking to all country speed test pages
- Homepage JSON-LD Dataset URLs changed from fragment (#) to real page paths
- Hub-and-spoke internal linking architecture with cross-linking between pages
Data Architecture
- Extracted speed test data to shared file (src/data/speedtest.ts) used by homepage and country pages
- Added per-country slug, description (zh/en), networkOperator fields
- Added speedNum numeric field for stats calculation (max/avg speed)
- Added getCountryStats() helper function
- Added getAllStores() helper function to links.ts
v1.6.3
WebP Image Compression + Security Headers
Performance
- Converted all 28 store logos from PNG/JPEG to WebP (PIL quality=80)
- Image size reduced from 436KB to 88KB (80% reduction)
Security
- Added Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin to Firebase deploy config
- Added Permissions-Policy header to Firebase deploy config
v1.6.2
Deep Optimization — Critical Bug Fix + Performance + Accessibility
Critical Fix
- Fixed astro.config.mjs site URL missing "s" (location → locations) — affected all canonical/OG URLs
- Removed invalid fragment (#) URLs from sitemap.xml — Google ignores fragment URLs
Performance
- Deferred Leaflet map loading — dynamic script injection instead of static (saves ~320KB initial load)
- Added GA4 preconnect hint
SEO
- Added OG image dimensions (width/height) and alt attribute
- Changed Twitter card from summary to summary_large_image
- Added hreflang en language tag
Accessibility
- Added aria-labels to social media buttons (Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp)
- Added aria-label to share button
- Improved text contrast (opacity 0.5→0.7 / 0.75→0.8)
- Enhanced manifest.json (scope, orientation, lang, categories, maskable icons)
v1.6.1
GA4 Analytics + Enhanced SEO Structured Data
New Features
- Added Google Analytics GA4 (G-NVWBJCR5XY) tracking
- Added 8 per-country Dataset JSON-LD schemas with city speed data
- Added BreadcrumbList JSON-LD structured data
- Added country anchor IDs to speed test section
v1.6.0
Security Fixes + SEO Foundation
Security
- Added XSS protection to MapView.astro (escapeHtml + safeUrl functions)
- Added regex whitelist for hash validation in index.astro (prevents injection)
SEO
- Added Organization + WebPage JSON-LD structured data
- Added Store JSON-LD for all stores (address, phone, hours, coordinates)
- Added FAQPage JSON-LD (4 FAQs)
- Updated title and description with 5G keywords and speed figures
- Expanded meta keywords
v1.5.x
Firebase Hosting Migration + Custom Domain
Infrastructure
- Migrated from Google Cloud Run + nginx to Firebase Hosting
- Configured custom domain locations.b4travel.shop (auto SSL)
- Created deploy-firebase.sh deployment script (Firebase REST API, no firebase login needed)
- Created GitHub repo (git@github.com:Stoneip/locations.b4travel.shop.git)
v1.4.x
Store Data Enhancement + Logo Compression
Content
- Added social media buttons for stores (Facebook / Instagram / WhatsApp)
- Added store details (address, phone, hours)
- Added online retailer information
- Compressed store logos (4.3MB → 480KB)
- Updated multiple store addresses and links
v1.0.0
Initial Release
Features
- Astro v5 static site generator
- Store information display (Star Partners + Partner Stores)
- Interactive map (Leaflet.js)
- Speed test data display (8 countries, 70+ locations)
- Chinese/English bilingual toggle
- PWA support (Service Worker + manifest.json)
- District filter functionality