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Marketers Delight 4.9.0.2 1 change

Released: January 24, 2019

  • Fixes PHP warning messages when generating MD's design.css file on install

Marketers Delight 4.9 23 changes

Released: January 11, 2019 | read announcement →

  • New: The new Pro Integrations panel makes connecting and managing 3rd party services/email providers easy from one interface
  • New: Refresh your email integrations with a simple "Refresh" button!
  • New: Connect to multiple email services at a single time with the Pro Integrations panel
  • New: Always have the ability to use custom HTML form codes from email form settings
  • New: Email Forms admin interfaces redesigned for simpler usage
  • New: The MD Design system will now sync to your Gutenberg editor so you can preview the same fonts, widths, and frontend styles in the Blocks Editor!
  • New: Add versatile email signup forms throughout the new post editor with the new Email Signup Form Block
  • New: Primary and Secondary color pickers added to the Site Design panel
  • New: Google Analytics tracking code integrations now part of the MD Integrations panel
  • New: "Design Tools" settings panel renamed to "Advanced" on MD settings page
  • New: Combat the flash of unstyled text with custom webfonts with the new Webfonts loader in the Advanced settings panel
  • New: Typekit settings moved to new Integrations panel
  • Fix: Removed z-index stacking on Stream template (fixes nav menu hiding underneath Stream))
  • Fix: Fixed Popup redirect screen broken link when closing out Popups Customizer editor
  • Fix: MD Admin "Settings" tab now shows active state when on main settings page
  • Fix: Fixed broken parameters in md_email shortcode
  • Improved: Removed email form from 404 page
  • Improved: Changed search input label to more mobile-friendly "Search this website" text
  • Improved: Removed oftentimes redundant "Visit website" link from Author box
  • Improved: Removed MD4.7 updater from core, now available as Drop-in
  • Improved: Massive file reorganization and code cleanups
  • Fix: Make sure Content Spotlight title text is always white
  • Improved: New text color option on email form widget

Marketers Delight 4.8.6.1 1 change

Released: December 10, 2018

  • Moves Page Leads set to load after the header to the md_hook_before_content_box hook.

Marketers Delight 4.8.6 11 changes

Released: December 8, 2018

  • New:a You can now upload a secondary logo for use in alternate color schemes on your site.
  • New: Adds a direct link to the Site Design customizer options from the MD admin menu.
  • Adds the most basic support for new Gutenberg editor in WordPress 5.0 (more enhancements coming soon).
  • Simplifies up z-index stacking so elements like the nav menu do not hide underneath other layout elements.
  • Improves the underlying Featured Image Position settings and fixes display bugs on category pages.
  • Fixes a bug to now show Featured Image captions on any position.
  • Teaser layout adjustments for better spacing and responsiveness.
  • You can now change the color of the mobile menu trigger from the Site Design settings (Header Menu Link color).
  • Fixed broken color picker option in Customizer
  • New hooks: md_hook_headline_top, md_hook_headline_bottom.
  • Various spacing adjustments and internal file reorganization.

Marketers Delight 4.8.5.6 2 changes

Released: December 3, 2018

  • Fixes media uploader in Testimonial widget
  • Refines check to better detect custom sidebars

Marketers Delight 4.8.5.5 2 changes

Released: November 28, 2018

  • Fixes bug where featured image covers load the wrong image size ('large' to 'md-full')
  • Modifies the md_filter_content_text_classes filter for simpler usage (see support thread)

Marketers Delight 4.8.5.4 1 change

Released: November 25, 2018

  • Fixes broken media uploader on Content Spotlight and Testimonial widget

Marketers Delight 4.8.5.3 3 changes

Released: November 18, 2018

  • New: Use the [book] shortcode to embed books anywhere on your site!
  • Bookshelf file and code reorganization
  • Bookshelf display improvements

Marketers Delight 4.8.5.2 1 change

Released:

  • A simple but important enough performance update - restricts checking for the latest MD version to the MD admin settings and Themes screen.

Marketers Delight 4.8.5.1 5 changes

Released: November 17, 2018

  • This is a bug fix/improvement update for MD4.8.5 (see details below)
  • New: Added bookshelf template to the Stream
  • Bookshelf frontend template improvements
  • Bookshelf admin/code reorganization
  • New .block-half-top CSS helper class

Marketers Delight 4.8.5 8 changes

Released: November 15, 2018

  • New: Build your own library of books on your site with The Bookshelf. Click "Enable Bookshelf" from the Features Manager to get started!
  • New: Regenerate design.css file and flush your site's permalinks each time you save the MD settings admin.
  • New: Query string at end of assets URL now shows time up to the second for maximum cache-busting impact.
  • Improved: Styled the image popups in the Stream to have a black background and center-align images
  • Improved: Added strong tag to list of allowed HTML tags to save on text fields
  • Improved: Adjusted teaser headline font size for better readability
  • New: .block-half-tb helper CSS class
  • New: md-book uploaded image size (180x270)

Marketers Delight 4.8.4.1 3 changes

Released: November 7, 2018

  • Ensures email form from MD > Email Forms > Show on all posts ONLY shows on blog posts
  • Ensures post editor admin scripts only get loaded on edit action screen
  • Fixes potential PHP7.2 error notices when using get_the_excerpt() on save

Marketers Delight 4.8.4 10 changes

Released: October 31, 2018 | read announcement →

  • The Stream is a new feature that allows you to post quick updates, share posts, and more. Activate the Stream on your site from the Features Manager in your WP admin.
  • The MD admin panel has been revamped to make crucial site settings much easier to find.
  • Use the new md_has_content_box filter to remove the content box from any page.
  • Admin file reorganization and cleanup, optimized scripts for fewer backend HTTP requests.
  • Add #footer ID to footer, change #content-box to #content_box
  • Footnotes spacing adjustments
  • Added cache-busting query string to end of stylesheets to always show the latest CSS changes even with cache enabled.
  • MD API work, including the new upload field type. Further optimized license status checks to be less resource intensive.
  • New font icons: md-icon-code, md-icon-share, md-icon-eye
  • Simplified pagination styling

Marketers Delight 4.8.3.3 4 changes

Released: September 18, 2018

  • Fixes template error on Table Page Lead
  • Fixes ConvertKit API connection
  • Fixes possible error messages from showing on post/page save screen
  • Fixes possible error message in generated CSS

Marketers Delight 4.8.3.2 4 changes

Released: September 12, 2018

  • Fixes ConvertKit email forms sometimes not submitting
  • Fixes collapsed header when opening header menu on mobile
  • Fixes warning messages in CSS design system
  • Slight file reorganization

Marketers Delight 4.8.3.1 4 changes

Released: July 27, 2018

  • Fixes sub-sub menu spacing on desktop
  • Mobile headline styles improvements
  • Image overlay z-index improvements
  • After post custom HTML form display fixes

Marketers Delight 4.8.3 17 changes

Released: July 24, 2018 | read announcement →

  • NEW: Full Header Cover featured image position
  • Set custom image overlay colors and transparency on any Featured Image Cover
  • Set the default featured image position, background cover and image, text, and more from the new Post Settings panel
  • Readded the white button helper class
  • Added a button-outline class for every colored button
  • Added back the /languages/ folder to the MD library
  • Added missing “Mobile/Tablet” labels on some Site Design text fields for responsive view
  • Better scaling of submit buttons on attached forms with different font sizes
  • Added caption back to featured image header cover (if enabled)
  • Adjusted archive title shadow on certain layout configurations
  • Improved category archives title to use less markup and logic to render
  • Adjusts h1 font size on archive listing page
  • Moved some settings in Site Design to new Post Settings panel for better organization
  • Fixed misaligned range field formatting in Site Design panel
  • Removed Email Lead warning messages in some cases
  • Fixed ugly spacing on content box shadow when sidebar background color enabled
  • Removed PHP7 deprecation function warnings on certain MD features

Marketers Delight 4.8.2.3 3 changes

Released: July 17, 2018

  • Prevents blockquote from overlapping image in post
  • Restores .green.button helper class
  • You can now change the submit button text in the MD email shortcode. See documentation for instructions: https://marketersdelight.com/styles/#email-form-shortcode

Marketers Delight 4.8.2.2 1 change

Released: July 4, 2018

  • Schema updates

Marketers Delight 4.8.2 6 changes

Released: July 2, 2018

  • Fixes potentially site crashing search query
  • Adds new md-block featured image size
  • Adds background color to search menu so search bar doesn't clash with nav menu links
  • Fixes potential error messages when saving MD options
  • Recompiles MD styles on frontend if CSS file is missing
  • Fixes Action Lead warning messages

Marketers Delight 4.8.1 7 changes

Released: June 27, 2018

  • Bug fixes from the massive MD4.8 release! See changelog above to learn about the new MD design system
  • Adjusts content box drop shadow on Teasers layout, adds drop shadow to pagination and archives title if enabled
  • Fixes spacing issues on mobile and desktop with the aligncenter class
  • Fixes links color in Content Spotlight widget
  • Fixes save error on Email Widget
  • Adds bottom margin to the archives title
  • Corrects display bug with Pro Share floating icons

Marketers Delight 4.8 1 change

Released: June 23, 2018 | read announcement →

  • Introducing the MD Live Preview Designer! See announcement for details.

Marketers Delight 4.7.4.4 1 change

Released: May 29, 2018

  • NEW filter: adjust the image sizes added to MD with the new md_filter_image_sizes filter. Read here to learn more.

Marketers Delight 4.7.1 1 change

Released: May 21, 2018

  • Fixes MailChimp and other email connectivity issues

Marketers Delight 4.7.4.3 1 change

Released: May 2, 2018

  • You can now save HTML to the email description field in Appearance > MD > Emails Forms > Email Description
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