Impreza 5 changelog

Version 5.8.1 — March 2, 2019 #

  • IMPROVED Grid items customizations – now "Custom apperance on Grid" metabox is also available for pages, posts and public CPTs. It means that you can set custom colors and size for specific item in Grid
  • IMPROVED Buttons in Headers and Grids – now "Design Options" affects directly on the button, not the wrapper, it's better for UX
  • IMPROVED Tabs and Accordion appearance – now the size of tabs and accordion sections is relevant on font size for better view
  • IMPROVED Video Player element – updated settings with actual abilities of YouTube and Vimeo
  • IMPROVED Row settings – now it's possible to add Vimeo video as background
  • FIXED issue when "Centering the middle cell" option in horizontal header affects on tablets and mobiles states
  • FIXED bug when "get_h1" is trying to load from Google fonts, if the "Heading 1" font is not set as Google font
  • FIXED extra indents of some content elements when they're shown via Page Block with fullwidth rows
  • FIXED incorrect gap between header and the first Row in a content, when it's shown via Page Block
  • FIXED bug when vertical header can't be scrolled on iPads in landscape orientation
  • FIXED background color of menu items on hover in transparent header
  • FIXED bug when Dropdown in header is shrinked on small screens
  • FIXED issue when Gallery widget didn't work

Version 5.8 — February 25, 2019 #

  • ADDED new and improved layouts for posts and grids on Impreza Blog Demo. Check examples 1, 2, 3, 4 and others. You are able to use all of them on your existing websites, just import Grid Layouts and Page Blocks via Impreza > Demo Import > Blog Demo.
  • IMPROVED Sharing Buttons:
  • IMPROVED Typography options:
  • IMPROVED pages loading speed:
    • now when you disable Font Awesome checkbox in "Optimize JS and CSS size" option, your site won't load heavy font files in case you don't use Font Awesome icons. Now for all built-in icons (like prev/next arrows) you site will load only a 5 KB fallback font file (theme-symbols.woff)
    • removed extra CSS file of WP Block Editor, when "Optimize JS and CSS size" option is ON
    • added "font-display" property for used fonts to improve Google page speed rank
  • IMPROVED Grid element:
    • added option to center items vertically for cases to show images with different sizes nicely (like in former Logos Showcase element)
    • added groups in Grid Layout selection for better UX
    • increased limit for taxonomies terms to 200 to fix cases when checkboxes not displayed if there were more than 100
  • IMPROVED Post Date, Post Taxonomy, Post Custom Field elements – added "Text before value" option. Check the example of usage
  • IMPROVED Post Image – added option to disable image stretching to the container width
  • IMPROVED IconBox – now its description field is editable via visual editor for better UX
  • IMPROVED Image Slider – added "Slide Speed" and "Pause on hover" options
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.7.2 – added new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED bug when Post Content inside Grid Layout didn't show a content, if that Grid Layout was shown via Page Block
  • FIXED issue when post with gallery format and Grid as a gallery didn't generate post preview as slider
  • FIXED appearance of Search element in header while vertical oriented header become horizontal
  • FIXED incorrect button color of Contact Form 7 inside rows with alternate content colors
  • FIXED bug when filter in Grid didn't work if a page contain several Grid elements
  • FIXED issue when text inside of Separator was cropped on small screens
  • FIXED issue when popup of Grid as a gallery didn't show image caption
  • FIXED case when prev/next arrows are shown inside popup with post
  • FIXED visual issues of Contact Form on RTL sites
  • FIXED some minor issues

Version 5.7.1 — February 12, 2019 #

  • IMPROVED Theme Options > Shop settings – added Overriding Link option to control click behavior on WooCommerce Products
  • FIXED incorrect appearance of Events Calendar page when Archives Content used any Page Block
  • FIXED issue when the shadow of Grid carousel items was cut off after update to 5.7
  • FIXED bug when buttons link in header didn't work after update to 5.7

Version 5.7 — February 11, 2019 #

  • ADDED ability to fully customize the layout of any page, including:
  • ADDED new Post content elements:
    • Post Content – outputs content of the current post. This element is available for Page Blocks only
    • Post Image –  shows Featured Image of the current post
    • Post Title – shows the title of the current post
    • Post Date – shows date (published or modified) of the current post
    • Post Author – shows information about the author of the current post
    • Post Taxonomy – shows all terms of selected taxonomy of the current post
    • Post Comments – shows comments amount or comments list with a response form
    • Post Prev/Next Navigation – outputs links to previous and next posts
    • Post Custom Field – outputs the value of some predefined or custom field of the current post
    • Horizontal Wrapper – outputs inner several elements in a single line. Works like in Header Builder or Grid Layout
  • ADDED Grid Layout templates:
  • ADDED ability to show Post Date in human-friendly format, like "4 hours ago", "Today at 14:50", "Yesterday at 10:32", "8 Jan at 12:57"
  • IMPROVED Grid element:
  • IMPROVED Contact Form element – added:
  • IMPROVED Image appearance inside post content – now it's possible to show image wider than its container by setting image alignment to "center". This increases readers experience in blog posts. Check the example.
  • IMPROVED Insert/edit link window (in elements with "Link" option) – removed extra post types which can't have frontend appearance to improve selection
  • IMPROVED Logos Showcase and Image Gallery elements – now they're shown via Grid element, which greatly increases appearance customization
  • IMPROVED Testimonials – added the ability to set Rating and show it via Post Custom Field as 5 stars. Check the examples
  • IMPROVED Animation Delay option in Image and Column elements – now it's possible to set any value in seconds
  • IMPROVED Demo Import – added ability to import Page Blocks separately from any demo
  • IMPROVED Popup element – added options to set Button Icon and its position
  • IMPROVED Image element – added option to show an image as a circle
  • IMPROVED Sharing Buttons – added Size option
  • UPDATED CSS class in theme elements: .w-grid-item-elm changed to .w-post-elm
  • UPDATED "Google Plus" icon and naming to simple "Google"
  • UPDATED Google Fonts list in Typography options
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED bug when default marker of OpenStreetMap is not shown with enabled "Optimized JS and CSS size" option
  • FIXED Icon Position option in Buttons for RTL websites – now it corresponds to the value (Left or Right)
  • FIXED bug when IconBox with specified Icon Circle color displays with the same background color
  • FIXED issue when built-in Gallery didn't include custom image sizes, created on Theme Options
  • FIXED issue when Grid items with random order are showing twice after loading more items
  • FIXED bug when Grid filter didn't work, if the site header menu has Portfolio widget
  • FIXED bug when Image in header always had an empty "alt" attribute
  • FIXED bug when the "Button Size" option didn't work in Popup element
  • FIXED SEO issues in Pricing Table titles via changing <h5> to <div>
  • FIXED shadows in a buttons preview in Theme Options > Buttons
  • FIXED spacing issue in Interactive Text element on page loading
  • FIXED issue when Tabs were not opened via absolute URLs
  • FIXED Facebook share counts in the Sharing Buttons element
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 5.6.1 — December 18, 2018 #

  • IMPROVED Separator element – now Responsive Options are also enabled for predefined "Height" values to better control element appearance on small screens
  • FIXED built-in WordPress gallery, when "columns", "masonry" and "image size" options didn't work after updating to Impreza 5.6
  • FIXED incorrect appearance of Image Slider in fullscreen mode, when it is located inside a column with animation
  • FIXED incorrect appearance of additional marker text in Map element after updating to Impreza 5.6
  • FIXED appearance of Image element with "Left" or "Right" alignment after updating to Impreza 5.6
  • FIXED issue when Video Player inside Popup was not shown on small screens
  • FIXED translation some content elements attributes via WPML

Version 5.6 — December 13, 2018 #

  • ADDED new Popup element – now it's possible to place any content inside popup window and set its opening conditions. Check the examples
  • ADDED new FlipBox element – now it's possible to diverse your website content via two-sided box, which flips on hover. Check the examples
  • ADDED new Interactive Text element – now it's possible to show dynamically changing text. Check the examples
  • IMPROVED Recommended Plugins (Addons) admin page – now it's possible to quickly install free popular plugins supported by Impreza, which greatly increase theme abilities:
    • Custom Post Type UI
    • Advanced Custom Fields
    • TablePress
    • Contact Form 7
    • Yoast SEO
    • The Events Calendar
    • Smush Image Compression and Optimization
    • WP Super Cache
    • UpdraftPlus Backup
  • IMPROVED editing of content elements – now all elements have improved "Design Options" tab in their settings window, which allows to manage margin, border, padding values, set extra class name and element ID
  • IMPROVED editing of Header elements – now it's possible to set most options values in any units instead of "px" only: example 1, example 2, example 3
  • IMPROVED Social Links header element – added "Icons Style" and "Gap between icons" options, so now it has the same options as content element
  • IMPROVED Text header element – added options to control line height on default, tablets, mobiles states
  • IMPROVED Separator content element:
    • added option to set custom height
    • added Responsive options to change height depending on the screen width
    • reworked setting window UI for faster editing
    • disabled "Empty Space" element, all of them will be migrated into Separators after theme update
  • IMPROVED WPBakery Backend Editor UI:
    • added icons preview to IconBox and Button elements
    • reworked "Add New Element" window for faster elements selection
  • IMPROVED Website Performance settings – added "Remove "http/https" from paths to files" option, which allows to fix issues with some caching plugins
  • IMPROVED color palette in color pickers – if the palette is empty, it is being filled with colors from Theme Options > Colors > Content colors
  • IMPROVED Header Builder – added "Center the middle cell" option, which allows to align elements in the middle cell to accurate center
  • IMPROVED Typography Options – added ability to set Headings font size in "rem", "em" units, and line height in "px" units
  • IMPROVED preloader in Grids popups – now it shows custom image, if it set on Theme Options
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.6.1 – added tons of new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED Google Fonts list
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED appearance of "Gravity Forms" and "Contact Form 7" buttons to be relevant to the "Default Button" style
  • FIXED output of Grids when The Events Calendar has enabled "Include events in main blog loop" option
  • FIXED bug when Map element with OSM provider didn't work in inactive tab of Tabs and Accordion
  • FIXED incorrect behavior of Grid when Specific items didn't respect "Items Quantity" value
  • FIXED incorrect appearance of breadcrumbs on The Events Calendar archive pages
  • FIXED bug when Design Options for Row and Column didn't work on 404 page
  • FIXED incorrect width of Search field with "Simple" layout in vertical header
  • FIXED bug when Search field in header didn't take focus on iPhones
  • FIXED appearance of Pricing Table element on small screens
  • FIXED appearance of The Events Calendar "view as" filter bar
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 5.5.3 — October 31, 2018 #

  • IMPROVED encoding of Custom HTML element in headers, which will prevent headers crashes in further theme updates
  • FIXED issue when header elements didn't change their position on different screen sizes, while "Optimize JS and CSS size" option is enabled
  • FIXED incorrect buttons appearance on shop pages when using some WooCommerce addons
  • FIXED validation error when Single Image element has a custom link
  • FIXED styling issues on The Events Calendar pages

Version 5.5.2 — October 26, 2018 #

  • IMPROVED icons appearance in buttons without text – now they have the equal width and height (120% of font-size). It's useful to create circle and square buttons, check the examples
  • IMPROVED "Load More" pagination for Blog Home, Archive, Search Results pages – added options to select button style
  • FIXED incorrect sizes of Separator on small screens after theme update to 5.5

Version 5.5.1 — October 25, 2018 #

  • FIXED incorrect appearance of buttons from Ultimate Addons plugin because of new button styles
  • FIXED icon alignment in buttons without text
  • FIXED blinking mobile menu on page loading
  • FIXED gap in the beginning of posts content

Version 5.5 — October 24, 2018 #

  • ADDED new Button Styles management – now it's possible to create unlimited button styles with different colors, sizes and use them in all website buttons. New abilities:
    • now it's possible to change appearance of buttons separately (instead of global options for all buttons)
    • now it's possible to set custom colors for Background, Border and Text (instead of predefined colors)
    • now it's possible to change the Border width (instead of 2px predefined)
    • now all buttons are responsive and may have a text on several lines (removed "white-space: nowrap"). You can use <br> tag to force button text to the next line
  • IMPROVED support of WPBakery Frontend Editor – now most content elements (including Rows and Columns) are working and shown as they should (like in Backend Editor)
  • IMPROVED Shop options – now all WooCommerce buttons use new button styles, and it's possible to change buttons appearance for primary and secondary actions
  • IMPROVED Button element:
  • IMPROVED Grid element – added options to customize "Load More" button via new button styles
  • IMPROVED Contact Form element – added options to customize button via new button styles
  • IMPROVED Grid Layout editor:
  • IMPROVED interface of Theme Options > Colors:
    • now Color Schemes are located in a separate window to improve access to color pickers on small screens
    • added "Active Menu Item Background in transparent header" color picker
    • now the color picker value is selected by first click
    • removed extra "color" wording in all color pickers
  • IMPROVED image placeholder in theme elements:
    • now Single Image and Prev/Next navigation show a square with a primary background color when image is absent
    • now Logos Showcase doesn't show the item without an image
  • IMPROVED support of SVG images – now they are shown correctly in Single Image, Image Gallery, Image Slider and Person elements, and also in popups
  • IMPROVED Map (former Google Maps) element – now it's possible to use free OpenStreetMap provider to display your maps
  • IMPROVED Cart element in header – added ability to change colors of a quantity badge
  • IMPROVED Portfolio Pages – added ability to change the author (like in posts)
  • IMPROVED appearance of comments on all site pages
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.4.1 – added tons of new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED Google Fonts list
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED inconsistency of "Apply when the screen width is less than" option in Header states
  • FIXED incorrect font-weight of Post Title in Grid elements in some cases
  • FIXED Login widget issue because of insecure cookie via SSL
  • FIXED missing of "alt" attribute of Image Slider element
  • FIXED HTML validation error in "ul.w-nav-list" block
  • FIXED bottom valign of fullscreen row in IE11
  • FIXED some styling issues in shop pages
  • FIXED validation issues in breadcrumbs
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 5.4 — September 11, 2018 #

  • ADDED ability to display WooCommerce products via Grid element – now it's possible to strongly customize product lists via all existing Grid features
  • ADDED ability to optimize theme JS files – now it's possible to disable unused components to reduce size of single JS file (as it works with CSS)
  • ADDED Portfolio Tags – now it's possible to use built-in tags for all Portfolio Pages like in Posts
  • ADDED preview of SVG images in Media Library
  • IMPROVED Grid Layout editor:
  • IMPROVED Shop options:
  • IMPROVED Grid element:
  • IMPROVED IconBox element:
    • added ability to set "Right" icon position
    • added option to align IconBox with "Left" icon position to the center of its container
    • fixed bug when IconBox with link and "Left" icon position has an empty anchor
    • fixed bug when the icon circle without title becomes an ellipse
  • IMPROVED Row element:
  • IMPROVED Counter element:
  • IMPROVED comments form:
    • added ajax notification for incorrect values of Name, Email, Message fields
    • added checkbox dependency on "Show comments cookies opt-in checkbox" WordPress setting
  • IMPROVED customization of "404 Page Not Found" – added option to set specific page instead of default message
  • IMPROVED php template of single blog post – added "us_after_single_post_content" action for developers
  • IMPROVED Typography options – added ability to set different colors for h1 - h6 headings
  • IMPROVED Logos Showcase element – added Smooth Rotation option for carousel mode
  • IMPROVED headers customization – added unique CSS class name based on Header ID
  • IMPROVED Columns – now its links has a smooth scroll to elements with ID
  • IMPROVED popups – now page with opened popup is not scrolling
  • IMPROVED Tabs & Tour elements – added Tabs Title Font option
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.3.1 – added tons of new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED Header Builder to version 2.2.1
  • UPDATED Google Fonts list
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED bug when Ultimate Addons scripts were not loaded on Page Blocks, 404 page, Search Results page
  • FIXED images size of posts with Gallery format when they are shown via Grid Layout with media preview
  • FIXED issue when vertical header on mobiles appears as horizontal on first page loading
  • FIXED issue when Product Category element stretches a single product to the full width
  • FIXED bug when Grid carousel starts autoplay on mobiles with disabled Auto Rotation
  • FIXED bug when color picker with RGBA value lose transparency after saving options
  • FIXED bug when scrolling to anchors is not working in popups on iPhone and iPad
  • FIXED issue with inability to click some elements inside wrappers of Grid Layouts
  • FIXED issue when WPBakery frontend editor breaks a page with disabled Row
  • FIXED bug when Chrome keeps playing sound in background in closed popup
  • FIXED issue when Slider Revolution scripts were not loaded on Page Blocks
  • FIXED height of the first Fullscreen Row when site header is not sticky
  • FIXED calculation of custom Aspect Ratio values in Grid Layouts
  • FIXED appearance of The Events Calendar pages
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 5.3.1 — August 1, 2018 #

  • IMPROVED Social Links in header – added "Icons Shape" option to correspond to the content element
  • FIXED issue when some CPTs (custom post types) are not available to show in Grid element
  • FIXED issue when Post Custom Field text appears below its icon inside Grid Layout
  • FIXED appearance of star rating of WooCommerce products inside widgets
  • FIXED rare bug when posts inside Grid carousel are not opened in a popup
  • FIXED appearance of "Post Comment" button in the comments form
  • FIXED rare bug of duplicating Title Bars after update to Impreza 5.3

Version 5.3 — July 25, 2018 #

  • ADDED ability to customize Title Bar via Page Builder – now you can create and edit Title Bars like Footers via new Page Blocks (former Footers).
  • ADDED new Page Title content element:
    • now it's possible to select font and set "bold" and "uppercase" text styles
    • now it's possible to set font size, line-height, alignment and color of title
    • now it's possible to change <h1> html tag
  • ADDED new Breadcrumbs content element:
    • now breadcrumbs show CPTs (custom post types) taxonomies with links to archive pages
    • now it's possible to change separator between links (icon or custom symbol)
    • now it's possible to change "Home" label of the first link
    • now it's possible to set font size and alignment
    • now it's possible to hide current page label
    • now breadcrumbs use actual microdata markup
  • IMPROVED management of Headers, Title Bars, Sidebars and Footers via new combined Pages Layout options:
    • now it's possible to hide Headers and Footers globally for specific post type
    • now it's possible to manage Headers, Title Bars, Sidebars, Footers globally for any public CPT (custom post type)
  • IMPROVED Dropdown element in header:
    • added ability to add unlimited custom links (instead of 9 predefined) and change their order
    • added ability to display widgets of selected Sidebar (check the header on Main Demo)
    • added ability to show icon near the title and links
    • added option to show dropdown list on hover (instead of click)
    • added option to choose Dropdown Effect
    • added option to choose Dropdown Direction
    • now if drodown content bigger than screen height, it becomes scrollable
    • now dropdown navigation is available via keyboard to improve accessibility
  • IMPROVED Grid element:
  • IMPROVED Related Posts options:
    • added ability to show posts of the same categories (instead of tags only)
    • added option to change the posts order (instead of "random" only)
    • added option to change "Related Posts" wording
  • IMPROVED Google Maps content element:
    • added ability to set custom image for every additional marker
    • removed "Longitude" and "Latitude" extra fields to improve user experience, now you can set coordinates into "Address" field
  • IMPROVED Login widget:
    • now user input errors are showing below fields without page reload
    • added preloader on frontend to improve user experience
  • IMPROVED Custom HTML field in Theme Options – now it is divided into 2 fields: Code before </head> and Code before </body>, so it's possible to add custom scripts into website <head> section
  • IMPROVED support of CPTs (custom post types) – now every CPT page is shown as Page by default, but you can change its appearance as Post on Theme Options > Blog > Posts
  • IMPROVED WPBakery Page Builder support – now it's possible to build Row with 5 columns (also with different combinations of 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5 widths)
  • IMPROVED Custom Post Field element for Grid Layouts – now text value has correct line breaks, if it was populated via WYSIWYG editor
  • IMPROVED Row content element – added ability to align content of the Full Screen Row to the bottom
  • IMPROVED Contact Form content element – added option to set button icon
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.2.0 – added new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED Header Builder to version 2.2
  • UPDATED Google Fonts list
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED issue when "Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment" checkbox in Comments form is checked by default
  • FIXED issue when Headers, Footers, Testimonials and Grid Layouts are shown in generated XML sitemap
  • FIXED bug when Separator custom color doesn't appear in rows with Alternate, Footer color styles
  • FIXED bug when opening posts in a popup doesn't work in carousel mode in Grid element
  • FIXED issue when {{us_testimonial_link}} value doesn't work in all Grid Layout elements
  • FIXED work of Font Awesome modificators (like fa-3x, fa-2x etc.) inside icon name field
  • FIXED bug when it's not possible to save unchecked checboxes in Header page options
  • FIXED bug when carousel auto rotation in Grid element doesn't play on small screens
  • FIXED issue when Grid element doesn't show categories with private posts
  • FIXED issue when Testimonials are showing on search results page
  • FIXED bug when Text header element don't shrink on small screens
  • FIXED bug of doubled checkboxes in Comments form
  • FIXED appearance styles for The Events Calendar
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 5.2.1 — June 4, 2018 #

  • IMPROVED comments form – enabled default WordPress checkbox "Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment"
  • IMPROVED WPML support – added ability to translate Grid Layouts and Testimonial Author Company field
  • FIXED bug when it's not possible to change or remove Title Bar background image and Portfolio Page custom image
  • FIXED bug when search icon overlaps fullscreen mobile menu in a header

Version 5.2 — May 22, 2018 #

  • ADDED ability to upload font files and use them in all font options
  • IMPROVED frontend & backend HTML semantic – now most of theme elements and options filter user input values, to avoid cases when unclosed HTML tags may break page layout
  • IMPROVED Optimize CSS size option – now it automatically regenerates CSS file after theme update or after changing website URL, to avoid cases when theme styles don't work
  • IMPROVED Contact Form element – now it's possible to display checkbox with custom text, which is required to send a message. User's consent will be added into email message
  • IMPROVED Social Links – turned back a widget located in Appearance > Widgets, which was removed in Impreza 5.1, for better management of Social Links in sidebars
  • IMPROVED Text element in Headers – now it's possible to enable Bold, Uppercase, Italic text styles. Now all HTML tags except <br> are not rendered on the frontend
  • IMPROVED Testimonials module – added Author Company field, when edit a Testimonial. You can show it in any Grid Layout via Custom Field element
  • IMPROVED font selection option in Grid Layouts and Header elements – now it's possible to select websafe font combination or uploaded font
  • IMPROVED Breadcrumbs – now they show shorter titles of archive pages (category, tag, author) and search results page
  • IMPROVED Column element – added option to set a link to the whole column in a row
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.0.13 – added new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED Header Builder to version 2.1.2
  • UPDATED Material icons to version 37
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED issue when site Header breaks after theme updates, if it contains Custom HTML element with quotes
  • FIXED issue when duplicated site Header becomes empty, if it contains Custom HTML element with quotes
  • FIXED doubled scrollbar in dropdowns in Theme Options when WPML plugin is active
  • FIXED bug when NextGEN gallery plugin can't work with Impreza theme
  • FIXED bug when breadcrumbs show doubled "Home" word
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 5.1 — May 2, 2018 #

  • ADDED new appearance of Impreza Blog Demo – now it has new Blog layouts, which were created with best UX practices and trends of magazine sites
  • ADDED ability to import Grid Layouts from Impreza Demos separately
  • ADDED Smooth Scroll Duration option – it sets duration in milliseconds of page scrolling via "hash" links
  • IMPROVED Social Links element (check demo examples):
  • IMPROVED Grid Layout builder:
  • IMPROVED Grid content element:
  • IMPROVED Separator content element:
  • IMPROVED image sizes management – now hidden built-in WordPress size "medium_large" is removed. After update you'll have a "768 x 0" size in Theme Options > Advanced > Custom Image Sizes
  • IMPROVED site layout – now single posts, archive pages and search results page depend on "Row Height by default" option in Theme Option > Site Layout
  • IMPROVED Blog and Portfolio widgets – now they don't show a post (or a page), when you are on that post (or that page)
  • IMPROVED Grid Layouts admin page – added "Used In" column like in Headers and Footers admin pages
  • IMPROVED columns in a row – now they always have the same height, and don't collapse when empty
  • IMPROVED color management – added separate option to set toolbar color in Chrome for Android
  • IMPROVED Typography options – added options to set Line Height for headings (h1-h6)
  • IMPROVED contrast of predefined color schemes
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.0.11 (added 300+ new icons, see available packs and changelog)
  • UPDATED Header Builder to version 2.1.1
  • UPDATED Google Fonts list
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED issue when Search, Tabs, Accordion and Grid elements don't work, while using some optimization WP plugins like Autoptimize
  • FIXED issue when Post Content element trims HTML tags of Excerpt – now it always shows all words and tags of Excerpt field
  • FIXED issue when Intermediate Breadcrumbs Page in Portfolio Pages doesn't take translated text of WPML
  • FIXED bug when Image Slider doesn't open full image in fullscreen mode on a second atempt
  • FIXED bug in Grid element settings, when category with all private posts is not shown
  • FIXED visual appearance of IconBox icons with "Left" position and "Simple" style
  • FIXED bug when menu links are not clickable in a sticky row above grid element
  • FIXED bug when Mobile Menu isn't scrollable, if default header isn't sticky
  • FIXED bug when each header Cart element increases number of its items
  • FIXED some issues of a gap between items in a Grid element
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 5.0.1 — March 27, 2018 #

  • IMPROVED Menu header element – added option to apply "Bold" style
  • FIXED issue when Regular Text and Menu don't use font weight set in Theme Options > Typography
  • FIXED not clickable elements inside Grid Layout wrappers in IE11
  • FIXED appearance of Grid Layout wrappers in IE11
  • FIXED some minor issues of the update process to Impreza 5.0

Version 5.0 — March 26, 2018 #

  • ADDED new Grid Layouts builder – now it's possible to create any layout of grid items instead of using only predefined Blog layouts, Portfolio styles, and Testimonials styles. Grid Layouts builder is like Header Builder, but for all items lists on your site. It's possible to use Grid Layouts in:
    • new Grid content element
    • Theme Options > Blog > Related Posts
    • Theme Options > Blog > Blog Home Page
    • Theme Options > Blog > Archive Pages
    • Theme Options > Blog > Search Results Page
    • Portfolio sidebar widget
    • Blog sidebar widget
  • ADDED new Grid element – now it's possible to display a list of Posts, Pages, Portfolio Pages, Testimonials and Custom Post Types with any layout and new settings:
    • option to skip a certain number of grid items from the beginning
    • ability to set custom responsive breakpoints for a certain grid
    • option to set any custom gap between grid items
    • option to change the alignment of filter bar items
    • ability to order grid items by date of update
    • option to change "Load More" button text
    • and all other settings of former Blog and Portfolio elements
  • ADDED option to add Custom Fonts on Theme Options > Typography, added fonts can be set for:
    • Buttons globally in Theme Options > Buttons
    • Menu header element
    • Text header element
  • ADDED Font Awesome 5 icons including Pro – now it's possible to use all 2481 icons instead of 675 of the previous version
  • ADDED icon selection option in all elements where you can set an icon – now it's possible to choose one of 5 icon sets and see a preview of an icon while entering its name (one more example)
  • IMPROVED Header Builder:
  • IMPROVED color pickers in Theme Options:
    • now it's possible to save any color into the palette, which allows applying saved colors in all other color pickers, including elements of Page Builder and WordPress visual redactor
    • now it's possible to enter color in RGB or RGBA formats, try paste 244,35,122 or 23,155,2,0.5 in color picker
    • now it's possible to enter "transparent" and "inherit" values, which can be useful in some cases
  • IMPROVED support for keyboard accessibility:
    • now it's possible to navigate a menu, search and cart elements in a header via TAB key
    • now it's possible to navigate filter items, "load more" button, accordion sections via TAB key
    • added "Highlight theme elements on focus" option, which helps to indicate clickable elements without a mouse
  • IMPROVED Separator element:
    • now when adding it in Page Builder, it has "Invisible" type by default, because it's more usable
    • now when adding it in Page Builder, it doesn't show settings window for better UX
    • now invisible separators don't output extra HTML semantics on a frontend
  • IMPROVED WP Gallery, Image Gallery, Image Slider, Single Image elements – now if an image has a caption, it's shown instead of "alt" attribute. When "alt" is empty, an image will show its title
  • IMPROVED Tabs and Tour elements – added option to select HTML tag of section titles, which are shown in the Accordion mode
  • IMPROVED WPML support – added an ability to translate Pricing Table, Logos Showcase, Social Links elements
  • IMPROVED coloring of the address bar in Chrome for Android – now it uses Content Primary color value
  • IMPROVED admin interface of Page Builder – now all Impreza content elements have vector icons
  • IMPROVED interface and user experience of managing color schemes in Theme Options > Colors
  • IMPROVED Logos Showcase element – added option to select images size
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.0.8
  • UPDATED Header Builder to version 2.1
  • UPDATED Material icons to version 32
  • UPDATED Google Fonts list
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED bug when 404 page and Maintenance page didn't show WPML translation on multilingual site
  • FIXED work of "Use Defaults" setting in Theme Options > Headers > Archive, Search Results Pages
  • FIXED issue when "Fade" animation of elements appearance was not disabled on small screens
  • FIXED issue when columns are stacking into the one, when Responsive Layout is disabled
  • FIXED bug when Portfolio Pages are not showing in 1 column list with enabled pagination
  • FIXED bug when private Portfolio Pages are not showing in lists for authorized users
  • FIXED lack of "screen-reader-text" CSS styles for WordPress related elements
  • FIXED Open Graph meta tags – "name" attribute changed to the "property"
  • FIXED appearance of buttons in WooCommerce widgets
  • FIXED some HTML validation errors
  • FIXED some minor bugs