Tracks Changelog

1.71 – November 19, 2019

• Feature: added Pocket to social icons
• Fix: PHP notice in WP admin fixed
• Fix: style fixes for image captions

1.70 – July 31, 2019

• Update: removed Layout section in Customizer advertising Tracks Pro layouts
• Update: removed redirect when first activating Tracks
• Update: changed Customizer ad for Tracks Pro

1.69 – May 7, 2019

• Feature: added option to display the last date posts were updated
• Update: added ArtStation social icon
• Update: added Czech translation
• Update: shortcodes can now be used in the footer text

1.68 – February 24, 2019

• Fix: posts showing today’s date on non-English sites using WP 5.1

1.67 – December 5, 2018

• Update: added Goodreads social icon
• Fix: Gutenberg fixes

1.66 – November 23, 2018

• Fix: image captions always displaying in one line
• Fix: Google Fonts not loading in post editor

1.65 – November 19, 2018

• Update: full Gutenberg compatibility
• Update: styled classic post editor like front-end

1.64 – November 5, 2018

• Update: redesigned Tracks Dashboard
• Update: changed Customizer ad
• Update: screenshot changed to 1200x900px instead of 880x660px

1.63 – October 31, 2018

• Feature: added Discord, Medium, Mixcloud, Patreon, Stack Overflow, and phone to social icons
• Update: upgrade Font Awesome to version 5.4.2

1.62 – October 18, 2018

• Fix: fatal PHP error from incorrect function name

1.61 – October 18, 2018

• Feature: added WooCommerce support
• Update: reordered social icons in Customizer
• Update: security enhancements
• Update: jQuery compatibility updates
• Update: made social site names translatable
• Update: added Portuguese translation
• Update: made custom post type support simpler
• Fix: date format set in General settings not used on Attachment pages

1.60 – March 23, 2018

• Feature: added Bitbucket and OK.ru to social media icons
• Update: added German and Costa Rican Spanish translation
• Fix: textures not showing in Tracks Pro

1.59 – August 11, 2017

• Feature: added full-width page template
• Update: admin prompt asking for a review after 14 days
• Update: switched Tracks Pro image in Customizer to a GIF
• Update: minor security enhancementss
• Fix: Facebook descriptions created by Yoast no longer included “Read the post…”
• Fix: styling for author bios on author post archives
• Fix: Raleway font now loaded in the post editor
• Fix: style fix for search bar widget in footer

1.58 – June 13, 2017

• Feature: added Twitch to social icons
• Update: using WP functions to get “Tracks” name in translatable strings
• Update: added mobile app ad to theme options page
• Fix: no longer adding ellipsis after custom excerpts

1.57 – April 3, 2017

• Update: added hook for new After Main Content widget area in Tracks Pro

1.56 – February 20, 2017

• Update: added three new social icons: Amazon, Google Wallet, and Yelp
• Update: added support for 2nd and 3rd tiers in footer menu
• Update: reduced theme size by compressing screenshot.png file
• Update: improved excerpt handling (back-end updates)
• Update: added more context to certain phrases to make translation easier
• Fix: Customizer links in Tracks Dashboard now works for sites with WP installed in a subdirectory
• Fix: texture images in Customizer showing properly for sites with WP installed in a subdirectory
• Fix: comment replies to post author no longer inherit the “(author)” label

1.55 – January 3, 2017

• Update: updated French translation
• Update: added Vietnamese translation
• Update: reduced Tracks’ filesize
• Update: updated Fitvids for responsive videos

1.54 – December 5, 2016

• Update: tested & updated for WP 4.7
• Update: added Snapchat social media icon
• Update: Tracks dashboard reorganized and improved

1.53 – November 21, 2016

• Update: added seven new social icons
• Update: added Slovak translation
• Update: added redirect to options page with welcome message upon activating Tracks
• Update: minor style improvements
• Update: blockquote styling now shown in the editor

1.52 – September 13, 2016

• Update: many improvements to harden security
• Fix: comment threading/nesting can now be turned off via the Discussion Settings
• Fix: additional bug fixes and improvements (see github changelog for more detail)

1.51 – July 11, 2016

• Update: updated Font Awesome (new Instagram logo)
• Update: added Persian translation
• Fix: Search bar hiding input text on RTL sites

1.50 – April 25, 2016

• Update: updated French translation
• Update: changed customizer ad style and text

1.49.1 – April 7, 2016

• Update: attachment pages now show full size version of images, descriptions, and captions
• Update: improvements to heading structure
• Update: logo now uses image’s alt text if available
• Update: updated Font Awesome to 4.5
• Update: social icons now have text for screen readers
• Update: removed redundant “title” attribute on site title
• Update: updated French translation
• Update: improvements to heading structure
• Fix: pagination links now translatable
• Fix: fixed RTL style issues

1.48 – March 4, 2016

• Update: added Catalan translation
• Update: updated French translation
• Update: Tracks Pro ad in Premium Layouts section now translatable
• Update: Featured Images in Full-width Images layout are now clickable when displaying the title under the image
• Update: added a Leave a Review box to the Tracks Dashboard
• Fix: mobile menu no longer breaks if open and device is rotated
• Fix: mobile menu no longer out of position if there are two rows of social icons

1.47 – February 10, 2016

• Feature: added new feature for displaying posts without Featured Images (Appearance > Customize > Additional Options)
• Feature: new social icon added for a contact form URL
• Update: posts without Featured Images now show full-width by default
• Update: Skype social icon now works with Skype’s custom URL protocol
• Update: update French translation
• Fix: “Comments closed” message no longer showing outside post box

1.46 – January 27, 2016

• Update: updated French translation
• Update: Custom CSS now accepts direct descendant selectors and quotes
• Fix: removed opacity transition on blog posts to prevent display glitch in IE 11

1.45 – January 11, 2016

• Update: updates made for upcoming Tracks Pro upgrade
• Fix: category/tag/author descriptions in archive pages no longer capitalize every word
• Fix: pagination no longer shows when Jetpack infinite scroll is active
• Fix: Jetpack infinite scroll “load more” button now always shows beneath posts
• Fix: Tracks admin styles no longer making Yoast post editor narrow
• Fix: remove space before periods in Tracks Dashboard page

1.44 – December 22, 2015

• Feature: option added to change the Read More button’s text
• Feature: added support for Yoast SEO breadcrumbs
• Update: additional data sanitization/validation for enhanced security
• Update: refactored, cleaned up, and reformatted code across entire project
• Update: adjusted spacing around widgets after post/page content
• Fix: marked numerous English strings for translation that had been missed
• Fix: category widget dropdown now has space between title and selector
• Fix: site title in footer updates instantly too when changed in Customizer
• Fix: comments display by default on all posts, pages, and attachments

1.43 – November 13, 2015

• Feature: new option to show Youtube captions by default added to Featured Videos
• Update: Custom CSS now updates instantly
• Update: added “for” attribute to comment form labels
• Update: additional data sanitization for security
• Update: updated Swedish translation
• Fix: hide/show option for previous/next post working again
• Fix: footer now moves down when secondary menu is opened
• Fix: footer was appearing briefly next to posts in two-column layouts

1.42 – October 25, 2015

• Update: nicer labels for social media icons in Customizer and User page
• Update: updated French translations
• Update: RSS icon now uses square icon version
• Update: two column layout now works properly with jetpack infinite scroll
• Update: featured videos now display on the search results page
• Update: site title and tagline now update instantly in the Customizer
• Fix: center-aligned images now fill width of content container
• Fix: return to blog links now lead to blog even if blog isn’t front page
• Fix: fixed XSS vulnerability on search results page
• Fix: search box now always shows at bottom of page when infinite scroll is active

1.41 – October 9, 2015

• Update: added Jetpack infinite scroll support
• Update: added category descriptions to archive pages
• Update: added Dutch translation
• Update: added Swedish translation
• Update: two-column layout more reliable now
• Update: git icon switched to Github
• Update: added 10 new social site icons
• Fix: Jetpack Carousel gallery now displaying properly and not scrolling to the top of the page when opened
• Fix: mobile menu no longer has streaks of white in background on certain Android devices
• Fix: featured videos no longer display after license deactivated

1.40.2 – September 14, 2015

• Update: added Turkish translation
• Update: improved gallery styling and markup
• Update: added more data sanitization/validation for security
• Fix: empty “Color” section no longer showing up in Customizer
• Fix: fixed incorrect text domains

1.39 – August 20, 2015

• Update: exerpts now removed when word count is set to 0
• Fix: premium layout options showing conditionally based on selected layout again
• Fix: lazy loading no longer being applied unnecessarily to Post pages

1.38 – August 19, 2015

• Update: Featured Videos now support youtu.be shortlink for Youtube controls
• Update: social icon arrays can now be overridden and filtered in child themes
• Update: added Danish translation
• Update: updated Font Awesome to v4.4.0
• Update: renamed “Logo Upload” section to just “Logo”
• Update: profile image option removed
• Fix: avatars added with WP User Avatar always perfect circles now
• Fix: tagline no longer running into site title at mobile widths
• Fix: removed unnecessary “menubar” ARIA roles on menus
• Fix: iframe content no longer overflowing content container at small screen sizes

1.37 – July 6, 2015

• Feature: added Blog only option for displaying Featured Videos
• Update: profile image uploader set for removal
• Update: date format in comments now using global setting like all other dates
• Update: Customizer returns to Tracks dashboard when accesses with button
• Update: more video site embeds now supported by Featured Videos upgrade
• Update: more tags now used even when show full post setting is on (full-width layout only)
• Update: added Greek translation
• Update: added Polish translation
• Update: performance improvements in Customizer
• Fix: textures no longer disappearing at times in background textures upgrade

1.36 – May 28, 2015

• Feature: added Youtube controls for Featured Videos: turn on/off the title, related videos, and/or Youtube logo
• Update: simplified sanitization of featured video URL
• Update: restyled and reposioned Customizer ad
• Update: added link to layouts from Premium Layouts section in Customizer
• Fix: date still showing today’s date in some languages and formats
• Fix: Full-width Images featured images sometimes not showing
• Fix: Dailymotion videos not responsive

1.35 – May 10, 2015

• Update: added German translation
• Update: removed Tracks menu from admin tool bar
• Update: dates now work with timestamps and are more reliable across languages
• Update: ct_tracks_featured_image() greatly simplified
• Update: content.php greatly simplified
• Update: move archive header content into template file from index.php
• Update: search page styles now the same as other archives
• Fix: still using deprecated functions
• Fix: search page styles broken for premium layouts

1.34.1 – April 2, 2015

• Update: vendor prefixes add in menu JS to improve reliability
• Update: refactored JS to improve performance

1.34 – April 2, 2015

• Feature: Featured Videos now available for Pages
• Update: added Spanish translation
• Update: improved i18n for search results heading
• Update: search boxes and heading on search results page centered
• Update: more secure sanitization filter for custom css
• Update: content functions now easier to override with child themes
• Update: comment display checked moved from index.php to comments.php
• Update: toolbar links now lead to ‘https’ versions of competethemes.com
• Fix: No space before pipeline character (|) in homepage title tag
• Fix: incorrect default for comment display set in Customizer
• Fix: unnecessary function setting defaults in database for comment display
• Fix: post editor styles hooked on front-end and back-end (“init”)
• Fix: Homepage title tag set unnecessarily when empty
• Fix: date format set on admin_init instead of after_swith_theme

1.33.1 – February 16, 2015

• Update: Removed Google Analytics tracking from footer/customizer links

1.33 – February 16, 2015

• Feature: Full-width Image layout – image size can now be set independently on the blog and post pages
• Update: improved compatibility with WP 3.8 and below
• Update: using WP 4.1 preferred method for adding title tag
• Update: removed Bold Template
• Update: min-height of page now includes footer height
• Fix: featured videos set to display on post only not displaying featured image on blog
• Fix: full-width images in posts not working with captions
• Fix: floated images at end of posts/pages moving into content below
• Fix: invalid markup in comments

1.32 – December 19, 2014

• Update: added WordPress resources to Tracks Dashboard
• Update: added Russian translation
• Update: changed Customizer ad text and style
• Fix: Disqus poor alignment on wide screens
• Fix: background images not centered
• Fix: comments closing section markup invalid

1.31 – November 15, 2014

• Feature: new footer widget area
• Feature: post images can now be made the full-width of the post (how-to)
• Feature: prev/next post links can now be hidden from the Customizer
• Fix: if mobile menu taller than current page, site height expands to fit full menu
• Fix: backwards compatibility with WP greatly enhanced. Now supporting 3.5 and above
• Fix: fixed alignment issues with Two-column layout
• Fix: now compatible with Jetpack gallery functionality
• Fix: smaller images no longer being loaded on archive pages in Full-width layout

1.30.3 – October 31, 2014

• Update: Background textures moved into plugin

1.30.1 – October 31, 2014

• Update: changed how <title> is added to head
• Fix: changed incorrect get_the_permalink call to get_permalink

1.30 – October 31, 2014

• Feature: added Bold Template upgrade
• Update: changed how categories/tags are gotten to reduce plugin incompatibilities
• Update: added obfuscation to email social icon
• Fix: name & email inputs in comment form no longer display * if not required
• Fix: customizer link in Tracks toolbar now uses current page
• Fix: re-included gallery formatting

1.29 – October 8, 2014

• Update: added “Tracks Dashboard” section in admin toolbar
• Update: added small ad for Tracks upgrades in Customizer
• Update: social icons now fade and slide out of view to prevent overlap when search opened
• Fix: search icon doesn’t stay lit up until outside click after closing

1.28 – October 4, 2014

Please read this notice concerning your use of the “advanced” widgets before updating to v1.28

• Feature: Tracks is now internationalized/translation-ready
• Update: added partial French translation
• Update: added Weibo and Tencent Weibo to social icons
• Fix: no longer enqueueing two JS files on Post Editor unless Featured Videos upgrade active
• Fix: removed trailing comma in Comment display setting
• Fix: parent menu items no longer require two clicks on mobile

1.27 – October 4, 2014

• Fix: mobile menu auto-closes if open and resized to desktop width
• Fix: removed extra parenthesis in featured image markup causing validation errors
• Fix: social icons clickable again
• Fix: top-navigation no longer shows when social icons only displaying in footer
• Fix: bug in Chrome causing hamburger menu icon to display out of position when window resized from desktop to mobile width

1.26 – September 23, 2014

• Fix: featured video license activation fix
• Fix: featured video added to licenses page

1.24 – September 23, 2014

• New Upgrade: Featured Videos
• Update: refactored styles

1.23 – September 18, 2014

• Update: bbPress style improvements
• Fix: 404 with Custom Post Types
• Fix: improved reliability of Upgrade license activation
• Fix: comments now aligning properly at over 1280px
• Fix: archives working again when bbPress active

1.22 – September 13, 2014

• Feature: Added Footer Text option to Customizer
• Feature: Added Comment Display option to Customizer
• Update: Added 1280px max-width to site content and menu
• Update: Added styling and improved integration for bbPress
• Update: Added email icon to social icons
• Fix: site description no longer overlapping logo
• Fix: site description not showing in mobile menu with dark header active
• Fix: only showing User social icons and profile image upload to Contributors and above

1.21 – September 3, 2014

• Fix: Background Textures – textures not fitting properly in 3 columns
• Fix: Dark header option now affecting mobile menu
• Fix: Theme Options Licenses page style update

1.20 – August 27, 2014

• New Upgrade: Background Images
• New Upgrade: Background Textures
• Feature: improved hamburger menu icon alignment
• Update: improved styling for Disqus
• Update: licensing page improved styling
• Update: normalized color of elements in header
• Update: added VK social icon
• Fix: no longer outputting “uncategorized” category if only category in post pages

1.18 – August 21, 2014

• Feature: added profile image upload to User menu
• Feature: added option to hide post author info to Customizer
• Feature: added Custom CSS option to Customizer
• Update: Theme Options content and style

1.17 – August 19, 2014

• Feature: added Post Meta display option to Customizer
• Update: Search bar now usable on mobile
• Update: social media icons now open in new tabs
• Update: only shows bottom search box if Search results has one or more results
• Fix: stray search icon removed from Search page

1.16 – August 6, 2014

• Feature: turned lazy loading into opt-in option in Customizer
• Fix: cleaned up markup errors

1.15 – July 28, 2014

• Feature: added prev/next pagination to attachment pages
• Update: better cross-browser compatibility with premium layouts
• Update: style and copy updates to Theme Options page
• Fix: made Two-column Images layout more reliable
• Fix: input styles no longer affecting file and image input types
• Fix: images in posts now center properly

1.14 – July 21, 2014

• Feature: added lazy loading
• Update: refactored functions.js for faster performance
• Update: rebuilt two column images layout to be more reliable
• Fix: got rid of 1px black border between post excerpt and featured image
• Fix: turned off zoom-in on device orientation switch on iOS
• Fix: attachment page images showing up too small

1.13 – July 5, 2014

• Feature: added Premium Layouts to customizer
• Feature: added four premium layouts and licensing system
• Update: added Theme Options page

1.11 – June 24, 2014

• Feature: added Secondary and Footer menus
• Feature: added featured images to Pages
• Feature: added search bar
• Feature: added social media icons
• Update: featured images now maintain consistent aspect ratio
• Update: added site description output at desktop screen widths

1.10 – June 19, 2014

• Feature: return to top arrow
• Feature: image zoom effect
• Feature: after post content widget area
• Feature: after page content widget area
• Fix: mobile nav bug
• Fix: attachment pages displaying improperly

1.08 – June 12, 2014

• Fix: blog images no longer showing on same side

1.06 – June 9, 2014

• Update: updated Hybrid Core to v2.0
• Update: internationalized search page
• Update: added search result page language for no results
• Update: cleaned up conditional logic for IE
• Update: decreased size of images loaded on homepage
• Fix: Disqus now working
• Fix: radio button and checkbox input styling in post content
• Fix: improper data escaping