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Zephyr Changelog 6

Updated 9 months ago

Version 6.2.1 — July 17, 2019 #

  • IMPROVED Ripple Effect – added to "Full Screen" Search, "Back to top" button, Post Prev/Next Navigation with "Sided" layout, Column with a link, Interactive Banner with link
  • IMPROVED Column – added "Sticky Column Top Position" option to better control the top indent of a sticky column during page scroll
  • IMPROVED Tabs:
  • UPDATED Person element – changed "G+" social icon to simple "G"
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED bug when "Full Screen" Search in header lost its background if the Ripple Effect is enabled
  • FIXED issue when "Custom appearance in Grid" metabox didn't show in Gutenberg editor
  • FIXED bug when Slider Revolution as Row background overlaps the Row content
  • FIXED bug when CSS from the Design Options wasn't applied to Archives pages
  • FIXED incorrect output of Grid: Child terms of current taxonomy in some cases
  • FIXED case when frontend lost styles before "UpSolution Core" plugin update
  • FIXED case when some links with a hash (like "#some") may not work
  • FIXED issue when Post Custom Field didn't work for taxonomies
  • FIXED bug when Page Blocks in Menu had horizontal scroll
  • FIXED extra body white space in Internet Explorer 11
  • FIXED "Cannot declare class" PHP issue

Version 6.2 — July 11, 2019 #

  • ADDED Gutenberg (Block Editor) optimization:
  • ADDED Ripple Effect option – now it's possible to show the ripple effect when clicking on theme elements (like in Zephyr theme). Check the example
  • ADDED Sticky Column option – now it's possible to fix column content on the top of a page during scroll. Check the example
  • ADDED 5 new color schemes: Material Design, Light Tangerine, Sunny Cocktail, Green Darkness, Wet Stone. Also improved the contrast of some old schemes
  • IMPROVED Grid:
  • IMPROVED Menu Dropdowns settings:
  • IMPROVED Mobile Menu:
  • IMPROVED Accessibility:
    • added IDs to main page areas: page-header, page-content, page-footer. This improves the support of some accessibility plugins
    • added focus highlight for checkboxes in forms
    • fixed issues in Comments list and Post Author element
  • IMPROVED Post Content – added "Exclude Rows and Columns" option, which can be useful when creating custom content templates. This option is also available for "Page Block" element
  • IMPROVED Material icons font loading – now it is always loaded from the theme directory (like Font Awesome) instead of Google servers
  • IMPROVED Post Prev/Next navigation – added "Size" option, which allows changing the size of blocks on the screen sides
  • IMPROVED Post Date – now "Smart" format takes time format from the general site settings, so it may show am/pm
  • IMPROVED Page Title – now it shows corresponding titles for Day, Month, Year archives and for Post page
  • IMPROVED Progress Bar – added "Title Size" and "Title HTML tag" options to improve flexibility and SEO
  • IMPROVED Header/Grid builder interface – changed top buttons icons to words to improve UX
  • IMPROVED Separator – now its link with a hash (#some-section) has a smooth scroll
  • IMPROVED Pricing Table – added "Cards" and "Flat" styles. Check the examples
  • IMPROVED Person – added "Cards" style. Check the examples
  • UPDATED Font Awesome PRO icons to version 5.9 – added new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED Grid Layout templates:
    • Blog – removed some extra elements for old templates
    • Portfolio – "Post Date" was changed to "Portfolio Category", optimized hover effects and changed "Post Title" font to headings typography
    • Testimonials – fixed appearance for RTL sites
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED bug when changing variations in products didn't change the "Product data" element values, including SKU, weight, dimensions and custom attributes
  • FIXED issue when Comment form checkbox "Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment" didn't translated to other languages
  • FIXED work of Theme Options > Colors page, when color pickers have gradient value with color names, like "linear-gradient(red, yellow)"
  • FIXED issue when Accordion lost "Show this section after page loading" option after Impreza update to 6.0
  • FIXED bug when Sidebar Position didn't work correctly with "As in Pages" and "As in Archives" values
  • FIXED PHP notice when Grid with "Child terms of current taxonomy" used on non-taxonomy pages
  • FIXED bug when clearing "Link" option of some elements didn't remove the link on the frontend
  • FIXED bug when "Text (theme color)" value didn't work in Separator and Progress Bar elements
  • FIXED issue when custom styles from "Design Options" didn't work for Page Blocks in menus
  • FIXED conflict with "If Menu" plugin by renaming "Us_Custom_Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit" class
  • FIXED issue when WP Custom Menu with horizontal layout appears incorrectly with gradient
  • FIXED bug when Search element with "Modern" layout covers the next element in headers
  • FIXED bug when SVG image didn't appear due to lack of width and height attributes
  • FIXED bug when Grid showing "On-sale products" didn't show variable products
  • FIXED incorrect appearance of Grid items with fixed aspect ratio in EDGE
  • FIXED issue when "Search" placeholder didn't appear in Search widget
  • FIXED bug when "Portfolio" widget didn't have links to portfolio pages
  • FIXED Page Scroller glitches in Chrome when scrolling via trackpad
  • FIXED issue when hidden form fields were shown in Gravity Forms
  • FIXED issue when Breadcrumbs didn't appear on "Posts page"
  • FIXED bug in a Row background image in Internet Explorer 11
  • FIXED "Used in" indication for Page Blocks in menus
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 6.1.2 — June 6, 2019 #

  • UPDATED UpSolution Core plugin to version 6.1.2
  • FIXED incorrect appearance on WooCommerce pages due to double CSS styles, when "Optimize JS and CSS size" option is OFF
  • FIXED rare case when image in transparent header shows 2 images with WP Rocket plugin enabled
  • FIXED issue when "Raw HMTL" and "Raw JS" elements didn't appear in Maintenance Mode
  • FIXED bug when extra CSS class didn't work in Button element inside Grid Layouts
  • FIXED case when Image and Button header elements lose links after update to 6.1
  • FIXED issues on WooCommerce pages with RTL languages
  • FIXED incorrect appearance of Rows ID in backend editor
  • FIXED PHP notice when Revolution Slider plugin is active

Version 6.1.1 — June 5, 2019 #

  • IMPROVED site performance via adding rel="noopener" attribute to all links with target="_blank". Read about it
  • IMPROVED Post Content element on Archive pages – now it outputs shortcodes of categories description
  • UPDATED UpSolution Core plugin to version 6.1.1
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED case when the theme update was not accessible on server with PHP 5.6 (now it's minimum required version)
  • FIXED case when Grid didn't show items, that were already displayed in new menu dropdowns via Page Block
  • FIXED case when site header was gone after update to 6.1, if the "Header Builder" plugin was not used
  • FIXED incorrect appearance on WooCommerce pages due to double CSS styles
  • FIXED bug when some scripts may not work due to "objectFitPolyfill" JS error
  • FIXED bug when "jquery-migrate" script is not loading, even if it's enabled
  • FIXED extra top and bottom margins of Vertical Wrapper in header
  • FIXED rare issue when Theme Options tabs didn't switch

Version 6.1 — June 4, 2019 #

  • ADDED UpSolution Core bundled plugin to provide the main functionality, read about it
  • ADDED ability to show Page Block in Menu as dropdown. It allows to significantly customize menu dropdowns. Check the examples
  • ADDED Interactive Banner element (from the CodeLights plugin) – it shows image and text with hover effect. Check the examples
  • IMPROVED "Link" option for Button, Image, Post Image, Post Title, Post Custom Field and Text elements – now it's possible to select link related variables:
    • "Use the element value as link" (e.g. adds "mailto" link, if the value is an email)
    • Custom appearance in Grid: Custom Link
    • Testimonial: Author Link
    • "URL", "Link", "File" field types of ACF plugin
  • IMPROVED Tabs and Vertical Tabs (former "Tour") elements:
  • IMPROVED Grid element:
    • added METRO type to display items, check the example
    • added "Invert order" option to improve convenience (also appliable for Carousel element)
    • added ability to select private posts for manually selected items (also appliable for Carousel element)
  • IMPROVED Post Content element:
  • IMPROVED Icons usage – now it's possible to apply icons (inside elements with "Icon" option) from Fallback icon font, when main Font Awesome icons are disabled
  • IMPROVED Google Fonts loading – added option to select "font-display" property
  • IMPROVED product category image – now it's possible to display it via Post Image element and via Row background set as Featured Image
  • IMPROVED Post Custom Field element – added option to select HTML tag
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.8.2 – added new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED CSS class: .w-tabs.layout_timeline to .w-tabs.style_timeline
  • UPDATED Facebook icon and color to correspond to new brand
  • UPDATED languages files
  • FIXED issue when Content template didn't work for Product attribute archives and for custom taxonomies linked to Products (WooCommerce)
  • FIXED issue when Design options styles didn't work on frontend with new 6 version of WPBakery Page Builder
  • FIXED password protected Product (WooCommerce) – now it shows nothing except password input form
  • FIXED WooCommerce "block" extra CSS file – now it is removed, if "Optimize JS and CSS size" is enabled
  • FIXED bug when Grid showing Upsells (WooCommerce) didn't output the Post Content with full content
  • FIXED bug when Body background image is not shown, if its background color has RGBA value
  • FIXED bug when "Sidebar width" option didn't work, if "Optimize JS and CSS size" is enabled
  • FIXED bug when Extra class didn't apply for Custom HTML element in header
  • FIXED Cart in header – removed hidden <h2> heading to avoid SEO conflicts
  • FIXED broken aspect ratio of images in Grid items in Internet Explorer 11
  • FIXED bug when Accordion titles didn't output <h5> HTML tag
  • FIXED some minor bugs

Version 6.0.4 — April 24, 2019 #

  • IMPROVED Text Blocks appearance – added "Text Blocks bottom indent" option, which allows to set "margin-bottom" for all Text Blocks globally. This is useful to avoid usage of Separator between Text Block and the next element.
  • IMPROVED sidebars appearance – turned back "Sidebar Width" option (the content area width is calculated automatically)
  • FIXED inverted direction for "By Order values from Page Attributes box" option in Grid element
  • FIXED Lazy Load issue when background images of Revolution Slider are not shown
  • FIXED Lazy Load issue when transparent PNG images have gray background
  • FIXED cases when "Page Layout" options didn't work for some posts
  • FIXED bug when Grid filter didn't work on pages with Titlebar

Version 6.0.3 — April 22, 2019 #

  • ADDED Titlebars & Sidebars module, which enables all former options in Impreza versions 5.8.1 and below. When you update the theme all your Titlebars and Sidebars will remain on their places to avoid some conflicts after update to Impreza 6.
  • FIXED bug when "[lang]" variable in Link options breaks elements link (e.g. Logo in site header)
  • FIXED case when "Product ordering" element wasn't shown
  • FIXED background image position in FlipBox elements

Version 6.0.2 — April 19, 2019 #

  • IMPROVED custom link option in Post elements – now it also supports value as http://{{custom_field_name}}
  • FIXED bug when Logo in header doesn't have a link to home page, if Header Builder is not used
  • FIXED several cases when Grid shows items without Post Content
  • FIXED appearance of "password protected post" form

Version 6.0.1 — April 18, 2019 #

  • IMPROVED custom link option in Post elements – now it supports variable value as {{custom_field_name}} to get URL from any custom field
  • FIXED bug when Post Comments element didn't show already existing comments, if commenting is disabled in Discussion Settings
  • FIXED bug when Grid showing "Child terms of current taxonomy" shows posts, if a taxonomy doesn't have child terms
  • FIXED bug when Search Results Page assigned in Theme Options > General didn't show results on frontend
  • FIXED incorrect appearance of "password protected post" form in some cases with Page Block layouts
  • FIXED bug when the update process is not possible with Wordfence plugin, even when it is deactivated
  • FIXED bug when Header assigned to Posts or Products in Theme Options is not shown on frontend
  • FIXED issue when Carousel Auto Rotation is running, if items count is less then columns count
  • FIXED issue when Post Content showing Excerpt didn't take into account line breaks
  • FIXED bug when Grid with selected taxonomies shows items without post content
  • FIXED bug when "Specific items" selection didn't work in Carousel settings
  • FIXED minor code issues while editing Page Blocks and Post elements
  • FIXED bug when Body Background Image is not shown
  • FIXED Google Maps script loading issue

Version 6.0 — April 16, 2019 #

  • ADDED ability to fully customize WooCommerce pages, including:
  • ADDED Page Block element – now it's possible to add predefined content to several pages and edit it in a single place. Page Block allows to exclude Rows and Columns, so you can show only one predefined element (which is not possible in Templatera)
  • ADDED gradients as color values – now color pickers accept "linear-gradient" values and you're able to use them in backgrounds of the theme elements. Check the Main Demo for example.
  • ADDED Media categories module – now it's possible to set categories to images in Media library and then create image galleries with filter via Grid
  • ADDED Lazy Load option, which allows load images when they're in the viewport only, this will improve pages loading speed
  • IMPROVED Minimalist Shop demo – updated content to fit to new abilities, like custom Product layout. Also Revolution Slider was replaced by Carousel to improve performance and page loading speed
  • IMPROVED Grid:
    • now Carousel type is a separate element, this improves UX while editing (e.g. when "Pagination" and "Filter" options didn't apply for carousels but were showing in settings window)
    • added ability to show only "Sale" or "Featured" products (when WooCommerce is enabled)
    • added ability to show "Upsells" for the current product (when WooCommerce is enabled)
    • added ability to exclude "Out of stock" products (when WooCommerce is enabled)
    • added 4 order values for products: by sales, by price, by rating (when WooCommerce is enabled)
    • added ability to order items by number of comments, this works for all post types with comments (in WooCommerce products comments mean reviews)
    • added ability to show "Terms of selected taxonomy" and "Child terms of current taxonomy" with relevant options. This may be useful to customize archives
    • added option to change "No results found" text, also it's possible to show nothing when Grid doesn't have items (leave new option blank)
    • added ability to show results of "Gallery" and "Post Object" options from ACF PRO plugin
    • added carousel "Auto height" option for 1 column
    • now when Grid showing Media (attachments) without specified images, it will show images attached to the current post (instead of all images from the library)
  • IMPROVED Theme Options admin page:
    • added link "Edit selected" for all options allowing to select page, page block or header
    • changed UI accent color from green to blue to match the default WordPress admin colors
    • all WooCommerce related options moved into Shop tab
    • decreased page size to improve its loading speed
  • IMPROVED Row and Inner Row:
    • added ability to reverse order for columns on small screens, which is useful to have a different layout for mobiles
    • added ability to set any value with any units for columns "Additional gap" option
    • improved settings window UI via separated "Columns" tab
  • IMPROVED Text element in header – now its icon is located inside the link if it is set. This allows creating clickable icons in a header
  • IMPROVED Post Taxonomy – added ability to output terms as buttons with any Button Style. The same in Grid Layout element.
  • IMPROVED Post Comments – added "Hide this element if no comments" option. The same in Grid Layout element.
  • IMPROVED Product data element – now it won't show Star rating if reviews are disabled in WooCommerce settings
  • IMPROVED Tabs, Tour switch animation – now they use simple "fade", which improves site performance
  • IMPROVED Page Block edit screen – added "Used in" metabox to show where this block is used
  • IMPROVED Tabs, Tour, Accordion – now they don't show tabs and sections with empty content
  • IMPROVED Page Layout metabox options – added link "Edit selected" for better UX
  • IMPROVED Horizontal Wrapper – added ability to justify inner elements
  • IMPROVED Sharing Buttons – added ability to select any text to share
  • IMPROVED Portfolio Pages admin screen – added image previews
  • UPDATED Font Awesome icons to version 5.8.1 – added new icons, see the changelog
  • UPDATED CSS class: .l-content to .l-main
  • UPDATED languages files
  • UPDATED WPML config
  • FIXED accessibility issues in Carousel dots, Social Links, Sharing Buttons, Search, Message Box and "Back to top" button
  • FIXED issue when Events pages (from The Events Calendar plugin) ignore "Content template" option
  • FIXED issue when Grid didn't show posts content if that Grid is shown via Page Block template
  • FIXED bug when any post without Post Image preview didn't show the video in its content
  • FIXED bug in Grid when posts didn't show their content after post with empty content
  • FIXED issue when Sharing Buttons didn't share the URL including "&" character
  • FIXED bug when Grid filtering didn't work when called via Page Block
  • FIXED issue when a vertical header is always scrolled on desktops
  • FIXED loading of Google Maps script to correspond to their API
  • FIXED issue when Separator text didn't support <strong> tags
  • FIXED appearance of prev/next navigation on small screens
  • FIXED empty alt attribute of Image in transparent header
  • FIXED code issue for support PHP 7.3
  • FIXED some minor bugs

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