Zephyr Changelog

Version 5.3 — December 25, 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
  • 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 5.6.3, see the changelog
• UPDATED Google Fonts list
• UPDATED languages files
• 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 appearance of "Contact Form 7" buttons to be relevant to the "Default Button" style
• 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 5.2 — November 8, 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:
  • added "Width" option, which allows to set width, max-width or make the fullwidth button
  • added "Size on Mobiles" option, which changes button size when the screen width is below 600px
• 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:
  • added Typography options for all elements – now it's possible to change font, text styles, font-size and line-height of every Grid Layout element
  • added ability to show product weight, dimensions and attributes via "Product data" element
  • added ability to show slider of product images via "Post Image" element
  • added ability to use URL from any post custom field in all elements
  • added option to show author's avatar in "Post Author" element
  • removed values filtering in Design options tab – now it's possible to use any units
• 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 Separator element – now it's possible to set custom height and also change it on small screens. Also "Empty Space" element was swapped by Separator with custom height
• 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 encoding of Custom HTML element in headers, which will prevent headers crashes in further theme updates
• IMPROVED interface of Backend Editor – now IconBoxes and Buttons have icons preview for better user experience
• 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 5.5 – 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 5.1 — September 13, 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:
  • added "Product data" element to show product price, ratings, sale badge or SKU
  • added "Use Add to cart button" option for Button element to correspond to products
• IMPROVED Shop options:
  • added option to select Grid Layout to display products on default Shop pages
  • improved option to display Shop title and breadcrumbs
• IMPROVED Grid element:
  • added ability to sort Specific items via drag & drop
  • added ability to order items by "Order" values or as in "Specific items" order
• 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:
  • added ability to show Featured Image of current post as Row background image
  • added ability to show YouTube video as Row video background
  • now it's possible to change Row height via top & bottom padding values
• IMPROVED Counter element:
  
  • added Number Font option
  • added ability to set custom value of Number Size instead of 3 predefined
• 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 5.0 — August 1, 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 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
• ADDED Font Awesome 5 icons– now it's possible to use all 1295 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)
• ADDED option to add more Google Fonts on Theme Options > Typography, added fonts can be set for different theme elements
• ADDED ability to upload font files and use them in all font options
• ADDED Smooth Scroll Duration option – it sets duration in milliseconds of page scrolling via "hash" links
• 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)
  • now columns in a Row always have the same height, and don't collapse when empty
  • added ability to align content of the Full Screen Row to the bottom
  • added option to set a link to the whole Column in a Row
  • now single posts, archive pages and search results page depend on "Row Height by default" option in Theme Option > Site Layout
  • now all Impreza content elements have vector icons in admin interface of Page Builder
• 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 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 Social Links element (check demo examples):
  • now it's possible to change the order of icons and add unlimited custom icons in header element
  • added new 5 predefined brands: Discord, IMDb, Reddit, Telegram, WeChat
  • now predefined brands are sorted alphabetically for better UX
  • added option to set Gap between Icons (in content element only)
  • added option to select Icons Shape (in content element only)
  • added "With colored background" icons style (in both content and header elements)
  • added "Fade" hover style (in both content and header elements)
  • added rel="nofollow" attribute to all links
• IMPROVED Separator content 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
  • now Icon and Title are shown together at the same time (check the example)
  • now Font Size option is applied for Icon too
  • added option to set link for Title
  • added option to align Title and Icon
• IMPROVED Header Builder:
  • added ability to set padding and border to all header elements, separately for Default, Tablets, Mobiles states
  • added "Extra class name" option to all header elements, which allows to customize them via CSS
  • added option to apply Bold, Uppercase, Italic styles in Menu and Text elements
  • added option to change an icon in Search element
  • now in Text element all HTML tags except <br> are not rendered on the frontend
  • now it's possible to add several Search, Cart, Social Links elements (and duplicate them too)
  • now it's possible to select websafe font combination or uploaded font in all elements
• IMPROVED color pickers:
  • 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 Contact Form element:
  • added ability to display checkbox with custom text, which is required to send a message. User's consent will be added into email message
  • added option to set button icon
• IMPROVED Login widget:
  • now user input errors are showing below fields without page reload
  • added preloader on frontend to improve user experience
• 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 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 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 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 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 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 Testimonials module – added Author Company field, when edit a Testimonial. You can show it in any Grid Layout via Custom Field element
• IMPROVED comments form – enabled default WordPress checkbox "Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment"
• IMPROVED Tabs and Tour elements – added option to select HTML tag of section titles, which are shown in the Accordion mode
• 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 WPML support – added an ability to translate Pricing Table, Logos Showcase, Social Links elements
• 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 Logos Showcase element – added option to select images size
• 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 bug when 404 page and Maintenance page didn't show WPML translation on multilingual site
• 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 issue when Headers, Footers, Testimonials are shown in generated XML sitemap
• FIXED bug when it's not possible to save unchecked checboxes in Header page options
• 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 bug when NextGEN gallery plugin can't work with Zephyr theme
• FIXED bug when Text header element don't shrink on small screens
• FIXED appearance of buttons in WooCommerce widgets
• FIXED some HTML validation errors
• FIXED some minor bugs

Versions 4 and older #

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