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Marketers Delight 4.9.4.2 1 change
Released: August 23, 2019 | read announcement →
- Ensures ActiveCampaign outputs https:// form URLs (after updating, refresh AC data in MD > Integrations)
Marketers Delight 4.9.4.1 5 changes
Released: July 5, 2019
- Adds spacing to top of blog teasers on mobile
- Adds textdomain path to style.css
- Fixes searchform translation string
- Moves Page Leads into proper hooks if shown "after header"
- Minor CSS tweaks
Marketers Delight 4.9.4 24 changes
Released: June 3, 2019 | read announcement →
- New: Enable WooCommerce integration from the MD > Features Manager panel!
- Adds layout and style integration with WooCommerce
- Bonus WooCommerce features including the Header shopping cart, Minimal Checkout, and more!
- New: Remove unused Plugin scripts on a page by page basis from the Tracking Scripts meta box
- Revamped CSS compiler, introducing CSS Templates
- New: Improved CSS handling for Dropins, MD will now remove CSS from Dropins you disable from the Features Manager
- MD now loads it stylesheets after Plugins so you can more easily override their styles from your child theme
- Set the default featured image position programmatically with the new
md_filter_featured_image_position
filter - Adds
video_lead_hook_bottom
to programmatically add content after the video in Video Leads - Vertically centers the featured image background cover image
- Fixes potential layout break in MD Share inline buttons
- Fixes broken Like button on posts without any post meta saved
- Fixes current admin menu indicator on MD Settings page
- New hook:
md_hook_header_logo_bottom
- Reoriented header and nav menu links for better vertical alignment and spacing adjustments
- Fixed alpha color picker control in Customizer
- Fixed missing email form popup from Main menu Hotspot
- Redesigned header for better vertical alignment, left-direction header dropdown
- Adjusted various MD Site Design settings
- Template files changed:
header.php
,/content/logo.php
,/content/menu.php
- New hook:
md_hook_header_aside
- New hook:
md_hook_header_triggers
- Changed
.header-wrap
CSS class to.header
(update in child themes) - Deprecated
.header-menu-wrap
CSS class (update in child themes)
Marketers Delight 4.9.3.x 3 changes
Released: April 5, 2019
- Fixes potential bug that moved headline out of the Full Header Cover area
- Vertically centers Full Header cover featured image with CSS
- Fixes save issue that prevented select boxes from saving in repeatble fields
Marketers Delight 4.9.3 11 changes
Released: April 1, 2019 | read announcement →
- New: Content Upgrade Gutenberg Block
- New: Callout Gutenberg Block
- New: Bouncing Arrow Gutenberg Block
- Improved MD Blocks API for faster Block development
- Reorganized Email Form Block settings for easier usage
- Opens all MD Blocks settings on active click
- Improved Blocks Editor styles
- Introduced Font Icons Library that makes use of the new
md_icons()
data array - Theme files reorganization
- Resolves a potential warning message that shows when saving categories
- Added
add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode' );
to MD by default (can remove from child themes)
Marketers Delight 4.9.2.x 3 changes
Released: March 11, 2019
- Fixes warning message when MD share is not active on the Stream
- Fixes minor PHP7 warning message when posting to the Stream
- Fixes a glitch that will prevent popups from showing in Customizer.
Marketers Delight 4.9.2 21 changes
Released: February 20, 2019
- New: A Like button has been added to MD Share! Activate on any post, page, or custom post type
- New: The Stream gets a total redesign! New layout, sidebar, page title, and many tweaks
- New: Configure settings from the new Stream settings panel
- New: Add a LinkedIn share button to MD Share
- New: Change the style of your share buttons from Bold to Minimal!
- Google+ share icon has been disabled by default in MD Share
- The email share button now shows a
mailto
link by default, can still override with popup if chosen - MD Share removed text labels
- Removed HTML character codes from showing in share button URLs
- Default font set to Helvetica Neue
- Adjusted typography to calculate better mobile font sizes
- Responsive header menu + button improved spacing
- Added new font icons to the MD Icons library
- Updated social media icons to more modern icons
- Fixes email widget warning messages on save
- Adds author box to top of Author archives page
- Content Box markup altered for more flexible layouts
- Content Box CSS classes removed:
.is-teasers
,.is-content-box
,.is-full-width
- Template files changed:
content/content-box.php
,content/headline.php
- Gutenberg editor enhancements
- File reorganization and code cleanup
Marketers Delight 4.9.1.2 2 changes
Released: February 9, 2019
- Fixes error that prevents repeatable fields from saving on
post-new.php
screen. - Hides empty popup overlay from showing on Customizer screens
Marketers Delight 4.9.1.1 1 change
Released: February 7, 2019
- Fixes broken meta box layout on category pages (Page Leads)
Marketers Delight 4.9.1 5 changes
Released: February 5, 2019
- New: Clean our your sites
head
with the new Site Performance settings panel! - New: MD main stylesheet file has been rewritten and highly optimized now loads 15KB less CSS per page load.
- New: All JavaScript has been rewritten and now loads in a tiny 8kb file - no jQuery required!
- New: WebFont loader performance update - less flash of invisible text!
- Minor Site Designer bug fixes
Marketers Delight 4.9.0.3 1 change
Released: January 31, 2019
- Prints title + tagline custom settings to design stylesheet
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