PHOTOLUX THEME CHANGELOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.4.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Implemented support for the new WordPress 5.5 sitemaps feature, including: * Made the nivo slider post types non-public so they are not added to the sitemap * Added a section under Photolux Options -> General -> SEO -> WordPress 5.5+ sitemaps allowing you to customize the portfolio items added to the sitemaps. In this section you can exclude items from sitemaps based on their type and also disable the portfilio category taxonomy sitemap. - WordPress 5.5: Fixed a JavaScript error on the grid gallery page - Other minor code improvements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Fixed: Fullscreen slider images squished/mispositioned in the upcoming WordPress 5.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - WordPress 5.0 Preparation: Make the Classic Editor plugin required by default. This theme supports the classic editor only and a major part of its elements rely on the classic editor. You can learn more in this article: https://pexetothemes.com/support/knowledgebase/gutenberg-and-pexeto-themes/ - Load the gallery YouTube and Vimeo lightbox video players over https ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Added support for the WordPress 4.9.6 comment form cookie checkbox. The commenter cookie is used to pre-fill the name, email and URL fields of the comment form when the commenter intends to post another comment. It also allows the commenter to preview and delete any comments awaiting moderation. WordPress 4.9.6 automatically includes the cookie checkbox in the comments form, however you need to update the theme to version 2.3.8 in order for the checkbox to be displayed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Updated the contact form reCAPTCHA widget to version 2, since version 1 of the reCAPTCHA API is now deprecated and will be shut down in March 2018. This requires generating new API keys - please refer to the Contact Form Page section of the documentation for more details. - General code improvements and minor bug fixes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Major change affecting the automatic updates from the dashboard: removed the Envato Toolkit Library that handles automatic updates due to the retirement of the old Envato API (that Envato Toolkit uses). Implemented a script to install the Envato Market Plugin, which is the new tool to install automatic updates from the dashboard. For more information please refer to the Updates section of the documentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Fixed: Hovering last menu item on Safari makes it blink - Fixed: Image URLs displayed in red in the Nivo slider management section with WP 4.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Fixed: Tabs and Accordion elements not working properly with WordPress 4.5 - Code Improvements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Fixed: Grid gallery slider not working properly on the latest version of Firefox (41.0.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Security fix: Updated the PrettyPhoto lightbox plugin to version 3.1.6 to fix the recently found XSS vulnerability ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Security fix: escaped the URLs every time the add_query_arg() function is used to prevent the recently found XSS vulnerability of the WordPress add_query_arg() function - Fixed: editor buttons lightbox dialog - media window displayed behind the dialog on Chrome - Fixed: the navigation button display of the simple google map widget ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Added: Social sharing icons for the pages, blog posts and portfolio posts - Improved: Pexeto Panel redesigned - Pexeto Panel now comes with a fresh new design - Improved: Replaced Timthumb image resizing script with the Aqua Resizer script - Improved: Replaced the image upload functionality with a Media Library image select - Improved: Updated the Envato WordPress Toolkit library to the latest version - Improved: Contact form - added a sender email option to avoid messages failing to be sent due to the Yahoo DMARC reject policy. - Improved: Print the custom CSS styles applied from the options panel into the head of the document instead of loading them as a separate file - this will improve the performance of the page load - Fixed: Compatibility issues with the upcoming WordPress 4.1: - Photolux -> Nivo slider -> Add New slider dialog's background displayed over the dialog - Automatic Updates page: The install update dialog's background displayed over the dialog - Other general improvements and minor bug fixes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Implemented a CAPTCHA option for the contact form - Implemented a Custom Order functionality to the Portfolio section ( Portfolio -> Custom Order section) that allows reordering the portfolio items by dragging and dropping them. Please note that the "By Custom Order" option should be selected in the "Portfolio item order" field of the gallery page in order the custom order to be applied to the gallery items. - Fixed: recent posts widget date mispositioned when the "Display post date" option is enabled - Fixed: page editor buttons -> Add Button dialog -> color picker displayed behind the dialog - Other improvements and minor bug fixes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Implemented social network sharing buttons in the gallery slider - you can activate them in the Photolux Options -> General -> Social -> "Social Sharing Buttons" section - WooCommerce improvements - added a custom woocommerce template for some layout and style improvements - General code improvements and minor bug fixes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - WordPress 3.7 Update: in this update WordPress removed the titles added to the WordPress Gallery (or as we call it Quick Gallery) items and therefore the titles are not displayed in the lightbox preview. We have applied some filters to the generated markup so that the titles are displayed in the lightbox. - Mobile menu functionality improvements - Other code improvements and minor bug fixes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 2.0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Photolux is now responsive - the responsive layout will set a fluid size to the main content elements, so they are resized proportionally according to the window size. This layout mainly improves the experience on mobile devices with smaller screens, as the elements are resized to fit the screen. The responsive layout is enabled by default in version 2.0.0, you can disable it in the Photolux Options -> General -> Main Settings -> Responsive Layout section. - Updated Nivo slider to the latest version - Updated the Mousewheel plugin to the latest version - Updated PrettyPhoto to the latest version - Added Instagram and 500px icons to the default footer icons set - Prepared the theme's code for the upcoming WordPress 3.6 - it will include the new jQuery 1.9 which has removed many of its functions. The theme code does not use any of these functions now. - General code, design and functionality improvements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 1.4.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Changed the way the lightbox items description is retrieved in the gallery - in all versions of Photolux up to version 1.4.0 the lightbox description was retrieved from the Alt Text field of the image. In version 1.4.0 it was set by mistake to retrieve the text from the Description field which is now reverted back to the Alt Text field. You can also use the Caption field of the image to set a description. - Made the Portfolio Posts Loader widget retrieve the preview image URL when a gallery is inserted into the content of the item and there is no Preview Image set - in this case the first image from the gallery will be used as a preview image. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 1.4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Implemented support for the new WordPress 3.5 Media Gallery management. Now you can insert images into fullscreen slideshows and gallery items also by inserting a WordPress gallery into the content of the page/item. This allows using images that are already uploaded to the Media Library. - Grid gallery - implemented preview image generation from the first image of the item images set. If you don't set an image in the "Preview Image URL" field, the first image from the image set will be used as a preview image. - Updated the documentation instructions for WordPress 3.5 - Updated Timthumb to the latest version - Small code improvements and issue fixes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 1.3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Fixed a blog pagination issue, that was raised in the new WordPress 3.4 - when the number of blog posts to show per page in the theme's options and the one set in the WordPress general reading settings were different, a 404 page was opened when trying to access some of the blog pages. - Fixed a positioning issue in the fullscreen slider for iPhone that was raised in the last update of the theme (1.3.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 1.3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Implemented an image partial loading functionality for the horizontal slider in the Grid Gallery. With this functionality, the slider can be displayed before all the images are loaded and the rest of the images are loading dynamically while you can browse trough the already loaded images. You can enable this functionality in the Edit Page screen of the Grid Gallery page by selecting "Enable" in the "Partial image loading in horizontal slider" option. Also in the "Number of images to load before displaying the slider" field below you can set the number of images that should be preloaded before displaying the slider - Implemented an Automatic Theme Update functionality by using the Envato WordPress Toolkit Library. Now you can update your theme just by pressing one button - Updated Timthumb to the latest version - Added a Pinterest button to the social icons set - Fixed an issue about positioning the fullscreen background image - Added some other small improvements and fixed some small issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 1.2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Implemented a Full-height fullscreen slideshow template which is suitable for both portrait and landscape oriented images. - Included an option to link directly to an item in a slider in the Grid Gallery - Included an option to add descriptions in lightbox to the additional images in the Grid Gallery - use the "Alternate text" field of the image to add a description. - iPhone/iPad improvements - Updated Timthumb to the latest version available - Added some other small improvements and fixed some small issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 1.1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Improved even more the fullscreen slideshow functionality and the fullscreen background image for the different window sizes - Added an option to append a "Back to gallery" button in the end of the gallery slider - Added an option to disable the overlay pattern on the fullwidth images - Updated Timthumb to the latest version available - Fixed the issue about footer not sticking to the bottom of the page on larger screens - Added some other small improvements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 1.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Improved the fullwidth slideshow functionality for the different window sizes - Added an option to set a different full width background image for the different pages - you can do it in the "Custom full width background image" custom field of the page - Added an option to disable right click - you can do it in the Photolux Options -> General -> Main Settings section - Improved the contact widget functionality - to return the default input text if the user click on an input and goes back without inserting any data - Added some other small improvements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION 1.1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - In this version we have implemented a full width slideshow page