added ability to add several custom links in content element
added ability to change an order of links in content element
added WhatsApp predefined icon
IMPROVED Image Sizes:
now 2 older sizes predefined by the theme (600x600 and 350x350) moved to "Custom Image Sizes" option in Theme Options > Advanced, so you can change or delete them for better convenience
added ability to select custom image size, when adding an image or gallery via "Add Media" button
IMPROVED Theme Options and Header Builder interfaces:
added ability to save chages via Ctrl+S (Command+S on Mac)
now color pickers have white text on dark backgrounds for better readability
fixed several responsive issues
IMPROVED Person content element – added option to set image size of photo instead of predefined 350x350 size
IMPROVED Search header element – added options to set icon size separately on desktops, tablets and mobiles
IMPROVED Gallery widget (arrived in WordPress 4.9) – now it looks and works as theme Gallery element
UPDATED Header Builder to version 2.0.6
UPDATED elements placeholder image
UPDATED languages files
FIXED issue when Search Results page shows default header instead of header set in "Archive, Search Results Pages" option
FIXED visibility of portfolio pages without catergory, when portfolio pages use permalink "portfolio/%us_portfolio_category%/"
FIXED bug when page with carousel items (Blog, Portfolio, Logos Showcase) is not scrollable on mobiles
FIXED conflict with some plugins, when "Open Graph meta tags" option is enabled
FIXED appearance of "zoom" icon on WooCommerce product gallery on mobiles
FIXED appearance of custom image in IconBox when it exceeds available width
appearance of product gallery on mobiles – now it hovers the whole screen width
appearance of variations on product pages for better usability
appearance of "Filter Products by Attribute" widget
now disabled buttons are not hoverable and not clickable
IMPROVED Open Graph meta tags:
now when you're sharing any post or page, its image has a "large" size (1024px by default) for better quality. Also when your page doesn't have Featured Image, it will be used the first image of page content
IMPROVED Logos Showcase element – added Responsive Options tab, which allows to control:
the quantity of logos in relative to the screen width both for Carousel and Grid types
Auto Rotation in relative to the screen width for Carousel type
IMPROVED titles of Category and Author pages – e.g. "Category: Design" renamed into "Design", "Author: Alexander Black" renamed to "Posts by Alexander Black", this improves user experience
IMPROVED Typography and Buttons options – now Letter Spacing is based on "em" units instead of "px" to make headings and buttons labels more consistent for all sizes
IMPROVED Portfolio and Testimonial modules capacities – now portfolio pages, testimonials and their categories are able to edit for "Editor" user role by default
IMPROVED Portfolio categories – now its' possible to change their order in filter bar via specific plugins (like Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order)
ADDED new ability to add custom content to a menu dropdown – now it's possible to add sidebars as menu items. Create a sidebar, populate it with widgets and add it into any menu dropdown
ADDED built-in ability to upload SVG files and use them in theme elements
ADDED full RTL support of WooCommerce pages
IMPROVED generated CSS styles of site headers – now pages don't include styles which are not used of the current header, this reduces all site pages size
IMPROVED common CSS styles – added "Optimize CSS size" option, which generates all theme CSS styles into a single file
IMPROVED portfolio breadcrumbs – added option which allows to set any page as intermediate breadcrumb
IMPROVED theme update notification – now it also appears when Impreza is not activated
IMPROVED support of Visual Composer – updated elements icons for backend editor
UPDATED brand color of YouTube in social links
UPDATED Header Builder to version 2.0.4
UPDATED Translation files
FIXED bug when header elements are not shown in header area, if it disabled on default state, but enabled on tablets and mobiles states
FIXED bug when some content rows overlap others on small screens, if "Disable extra features of Visual Composer" option is turned off
FIXED issue when some options of Visual Composer > Role manager were reset when Templatera plugin is active
FIXED bug when styles and scripts of Ultimate Addons are not loaded for elements in site footer
FIXED password form on password protected posts for better support of 3rd-party plugins
FIXED accessibility issues with social links, contact form and comments form
FIXED WPML translation issues with headers and menu dropdowns
FIXED issue when website page title is not overwritable by plugins
now it's possible to set separate Header globally for Portfolio pages, Posts, Archive pages, Shop pages via Theme Options or for specific page or post via Page Options
ADDEDMaintenance Mode option – now it's possible to show only specific page for all site visitors (not logged in users), this is useful when your site is under construction. Additionally it's possible to enable "503 Service Unavailable" status for search engines.
ADDED"Back to top" button options – now it's possible to disable that button, change its position, background color and scroll distance when the button will be appear
IMPROVED Theme Options page:
now slider controls values are changeable via mouse scroll wheel for better convenience
now it takes into account user language set in WordPress profile settings
now main navigation is fixed on the screen for better convenience
fixed some visual bugs with RTL languages
IMPROVED Typography options:
improved preview box for Regular Text and Headings – now text sizes are changing live when you change related options
added option to enable italic style of headings H1-H6 separately
added option to set font-weight of headings H1-H6 separately
IMPROVED support of custom modifications:
added ability to add custom content to tiles of Portfolio element via 'us_before_portfolio_item_anchor_html' and 'us_after_portfolio_item_anchor_html' actions
added ability to override 'us_comment_start' and 'us_comment_end' functions via child theme
IMPROVED Dropdown element in header:
now WPML switcher flag images have alt attribute with language code
fixed bug when double slashes are added to links with "#" and "?" symbols
IMPROVED Portfolio popup window – now it doesn't show navigation arrows when "Sided Navigation" option is off in Theme Options > Portfolio Options
IMPROVED theme elements preloader – now it takes appearance type from "Preloader Screen" option (if it enabled)
UPDATED Translation files
FIXED bug when columns hidden on tablets are not shown on screens with 900-991px width when "Disable extra features of Visual Composer" is off
FIXED case of fatal error when VC original shortcodes (which are not supported by Impreza) were added to the content
FIXED bug when Author page doesn't take images size set in Theme Options > Blog Options > Archive Pages
FIXED bug when double quotes symbols added into Button text are cut on the frontend
FIXED rare bug when WooCommerce products lose its variations after theme update
FIXED bug when new image size created in Theme Options has "Any x Any" name
FIXED aspect ratio of video previews of posts with video format in all blog lists
FIXED some inconsistent appearance of Page Scroller navigation dots
FIXED bug when Tour sections are closing on scroll on small screens
FIXED bug when attachment page shows extra image near the footer
ADDEDoption to manage Image Sizes – now it's possible to specify sizes of images in most theme elements to improve page loading speed (check this article for more info)
ADDEDoption to set Site Icon, which just repeats WordPress functionality for better convenience
ADDEDoption to lazy load Google Fonts to improve page loading speed
added ability to set all Title Bar options globally for all website pages or for specific page types (portfolio pages, blog posts, archive pages, shop and product pages)
added new options to control background-repeat and background-position (both in Theme Options and in meta box options)
IMPROVED Portfolio module:
renamed "Portfolio Item(s)" to "Portfolio Page(s)" for better understanding
added ability to display breadcrumbs in Title Bar (like on regular pages)
removed navigation arrows in Title Bar to avoid user experience issues
ADDED new Page Scroller element – now it's possible to jump through page sections via mouse scroll or via swipe gesture on touch screens. Also it's possible to display navigation dots on screen side (Example)
ADDED Testimonials categories – now it's possible to display testimonials of specific categories only
IMPROVED Google Maps API key option – now it is located in Theme Options > General Settings, this allows to avoid adding the key to every Google Maps content element
UPDATED Ultimate Addons to version 3.16.8 (changelog)
FIXED issue when Responsive options of columns don't work for mobiles (columns always have been stacked into a single column)
FIXED issue when Contact Form element doesn't allow to set custom colors for its button
FIXED issue when some videos don't have fullscreen mode in Portfolio Item popup
FIXED issue when Custom Menu in Footer shows debug notice
FIXED alignment of mobile Main Menu in Vertical Header
now it's possible to add ANY content element into website Footer (instead of WordPress widgets only)
now website Footer can be customized via Visual Composer like regular page – it's possible to have 3 or more different sections in a website Footer (instead of predefined Top & Bottom) and change its colors, height, width, columns quantity and apply many other options
now it's possible to have several website Footers with different content, and display specific Footer on specific page
IMPROVED Header Builder elements – added new option to hide element when the header is NOT sticky, this allows to set defferent logo image for sticky header (you need to update Header Builder to version 1.0.2)
IMPROVED Demo Import – now all files for import are located on our server, which allows us to update them without Zephyr update, also the theme has much smaller size now
IMPROVED Responsive Options of Row Columns – now when the column has specific width for large or medium devices, it won't honor "Columns Stacking Width" global option
IMPROVED Blog Options – now it's possible to set specific sidebar for Blog Posts, Blog Home Page, Archive Pages, Search Results Page separately from regular pages
IMPROVED Image Slider element – now it loads only first 3 images, which greatly improves page loading speed and performance when slider has dozens of images
IMPROVED Tabs element – now all its sections are closed on small screens (when Tabs transformed to Accordion), this improves User Experience on mobiles
IMPROVED Custom Heading element – now its font size on small screens (less than 768px) uses relevant values from Typography options
ADDED support of the official Material Icons – just use its names in Icon fields of any element or option (all old Material Design icons will be migrated automatically after theme update)
ADDED website perfomance and page loading speed management:
added new option "Move jQuery scripts to the footer", which allows to load WordPress jQuery core scripts in the page footer
added new option "Dynamically load theme JS components", which allows to load theme components scripts asynchronously without external HTML requests
reduced quantity of requested theme JS files on all pages to only 1 file instead of 7 (or 2 instead of 13 when all theme JS components are used)
now all theme JS files are minified
added new option "Minify theme CSS files", which allows to use pre-minified theme CSS files with smaller size
reduced quantity of requested theme CSS files on all pages to only 3 files instead of 6
removed old "font-mdfi" font files, which are always loaded on all site pages
IMPROVED IconBox element:
now Icon Size option is based on font size value, so you can set any size of IconBox icon instead of 5 predefined values, it also works for custom images
now when IconBox has "Left" icon position and doesn't have description, its icon and title are always centered vertically
now IconBox supports SVG files as custom image
IMPROVED Pages basic layout:
now most sizes (paddings, margins, etc) have relative values to the font-size of "Regular Text" for better appearance and flexibility
now footer is always sticky to the bottom of a page with small amount of content
IMPROVED WooCommerce support:
imporved appearance of filter dropdown on Shop page for more modern look
fixed visual appearance of "Smart Coupons" plugin on Cart page
fixed minor responsive issues
IMPROVED Video Player element:
added option to disable suggested videos when the video finishes (for YouTube videos only)
added option to hide video title (for YouTube and Vimeo videos only)
ADDED new Sticky Header Initial Position option – now it's possible to display website header at the bottom of (or below) the first content section on specific page (example)
IMPROVED WooCommerce integration:
improved semantics of Shop page – now custom content (added through admin editor) will be shown in a separate section above the products grid
ADDED new CodeLights addon which provides very flexible high-end content elements and widgets: Modal Popup, Interactive Banner, Interactive Text, FlipBox, Stats Counter, Testimonial
ADDED support for Custom Post Types – added option to enable appearance of any custom post type as regular page (with Header, Title Bar, Sidebar, Footer options)
IMPROVED Sidebar (widget area) generator – now it based on theme framework:
now sidebars (widget areas) can be added/deleted on Widgets page
added option to set default sidebar (widget area) for all regular pages
added option to set specific sidebar (widget areas) for all Portfolio Items pages
added options to set separate sidebars (widget areas) for Shop and Product pages (if WooCommerce is enabled)
improved interface and user experience of sidebar meta box when editing a page
IMPROVED Image Gallery – now gallery with 1 column shows its images in "large" (1024px by default) size
IMPROVED Portfolio Slug option – now it's possible to remove "portfolio" word in URL of Portfolio Items
IMPROVED Image Slider element – added option to show Title and Description for every image
IMPROVED WordPress visual editor appearance – now it has more relevant typography styles
IMPROVED Tabs and Tour elements – now its tabs also have extra CSS class, if it was added
IMPROVED Accordion element – now all its sections are closed by default
UPDATED Demo content for import
UPDATED Translation files
FIXED Open Graph meta-tags of WooCommerce Shop page – now they aren't related to the first product in the list
FIXED issue when section of Tabs or Accordion is not opened by hash link, if this link is located on the same page
FIXED bug when the "Show Titles and Description" option didn't work in default WP gallery
FIXED html validation error of empty <img> tag in preloader screen
FIXED rare visual bug of Portfolio Grid widget in Chrome
FIXED incorrect position of columns for RTL languages – now they always invert their position including appearance in VC Backend Editor. Now first column in a row will be shown at the right side on desktops and at the top on mobile devices (when columns are stacked), as it should to be.
FIXED bug when the hover state of Social Links creates horizontal scroll on touch screens
ADDED Author page – now it's possible to see all blog posts by one author (example)
ADDED basic semantics microdata of Schema.org vocabulary to improve SEO
IMPROVED Header Builder addon:
added ability to change links of header elements depending on language
added ability to open links of header elements in a new tab
now Dropdown element is closing on a second click
now Image element always has the ALT attribute
returned back "Header Scroll Breakpoint" option
fixed bug when Header Builder is not working, if any menu has quotes symbols in the name
fixed bug when the second "Custom HTML" header element shows content of the first one
IMPROVED Button and Social Links elements – now their size depends on font-size value, so it's possible to set any custom size instead of the predefined "Small", "Medium", "Large" values ( example1, example2)
IMPROVED Styling – added "Link Color" and "Link Hover Color" options for content colors, which can differ from "Primary" and "Secondary" colors
IMPROVED Blog Options – now it's possible to set "Infinite Scroll" pagination for Blog Home, Archive and Search Results pages
UPDATED Revolution Slider to version 5.2.5.3 (changelog)
UPDATED Demo content for import
UPDATED Translation files
FIXED bug when portfolio category is not shown in Portfolio Grid filter bar, if the category was translated by WPML
FIXED bug when Portfolio Grid shows only 5 items if there are no portfolio categories
FIXED incorrect Image Slider appearance with "Thumbs" additional navigation
FIXED highlight color of active Main Menu item when it has a custom link
ADDED theme activation – now to unlock all benefits you need to activate the theme (read more)
ADDEDability to set custom image in the preloader screen
ADDED Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch languages
IMPROVEDAddons page (former "Bundled Plugins" page) – now theme addons (Visual Composer, Slider Revolution, Ultimate Addons for Visual Composer) can be installed via a single click
IMPROVED Typography options – now it's possible to change letter spacing of headings
UPDATED Font Awesome to the latest 4.6.0 version (added 23 new icons)
UPDATED Visual Composer to version 4.11.2 (changelog)
UPDATED Revolution Slider to version 5.2.4.1 (changelog)
UPDATED Translation files
FIXED incorrect vertical alignment of search input's placeholder on Chrome
FIXED bug with WooCommerce related products quantity
FIXED bug with separator icon inside an Animation Block
IMPROVED WPML support – now all page options (Header, Title Bar, Sidebar, Footer) on translating pages are disabled for editing if they don't mean translation ability
IMPROVED Typography – added basic styles for regular HTML tables (example)
IMPROVED Accordion element – added option to change Tabs Title size
UPDATED Demo content for import (including XML file)
UPDATED Translation files
FIXED incorrect posts position of some Blog layouts when filtration is enabled
FIXED glitchy animation of Portfolio Grid tiles when switching the filters
FIXED columns responsive behavior of Portfolio Grid and Blog elements
FIXED incorrect color of AcionBox title when its HTML tag is changed
FIXED captcha appearance in built-in Contact Form element
now image uploading option is integrated with WP media library
now it's possible to choose size of set image
now the data for export is formed in readable format
IMPROVED Forms (including Contact form element, comments form, search forms and protected post form) – now they have equal semantics for better compatibility with theme framework
IMPROVED site appearance when responsive layout is disabled – now pages are scaled to the screen size on first load
IMPROVED Smooth scroll via anchors – now it works more clear and improves site perfomance
IMPROVED Gallery lightbox – now it has "close" button for better user experience
UPDATED Demo content for import (including XML file, theme options and sliders)
UPDATED Revolution Slider to the latest 5.0.6 version (changelog)
UPDATED Ultimate Addons to the version 3.13.4 (changelog)
UPDATED Visual Composer to the version 4.7 (changelog)
UPDATED Translation files
FIXED blog post navigation – now "Previous post" link is related to the early post and "Next post" link to the late post – for proper user experience
FIXED Blog Home (former Default Front Page) options – now they are also related to a "Posts page", which is set in "Reading settings"
FIXED availability of Round Chart and Line Chart elements, which are fully compatible with the theme
FIXED incorrect appearance of columns when they are located in Advanced Carousel element
FIXED fullscreen view of Image Slider when it is located in column with enabled animation
FIXED bug when Portfolio Grid doesn't display items, if portfolio categories not exist
FIXED bug with "Fade" transition effect of Image Slider element
FIXED alt tags for Single Image and Image Slider elements
ADDED Preview for blog posts – now it’s possible to choose how a Featured Image will be shown on post page (2 layouts) or just disable it (example 1, example 2)
ADDEDAuthor Box for blog posts – now it’s possible to display a block with information about post author on post pages
ADDEDNavigation for blog posts – now it’s possible to display Previous/Next Post navigation block on post pages
IMPROVEDPortfolio Grid element – now it’s possible to enable random order of portfolio tiles
IMPROVED Logo image resizing behaviour – now it uses only CSS with media queries without JavaScript, so it is much better for page loading and display on mobiles
IMPROVED WooCommerce support:
now it’s possible to display Title Bar at shop page (with all available options like on regular pages)
enabled breadcrumbs on product pages
UPDATED Visual Composer to the latest 4.4.3 version (changelog)
FIXED menu links behaviour – now main menu shows active item correctly when a few menu items have anchors at the same page
FIXED incorrect logo image position on fourth Header Layout on small screens
FIXED titles of Portfolio tiles on touch screens – now they are visible
FIXED incorrect paddings of menu dropdown with columns
FIXED “Indents” option in media gallery – now it works
FIXED blinking of the transparent header on mobiles
FIXED font of tabs titles - now it applied correctly
updated appearance of all new features and changes of WooCommerce 2.3
fixed few minor styling issues
IMPROVEDContact Form 7 support - now plugin form fields can work and look as built-in Contact Form. Read the corresponding article in the documentation
IMPROVED Portfolio element - now tiles not depend on image dimensions ratios, so small images (which not resized) don't break the portfolio grid
