Changelog

16 Dec 2024 3.2.0

fixed: missing [aria-label] attribute for Social Icons widget
fixed: <meta> tags in theme header in accordance with Google Web Vitals practices
added: widgets compatibility with "Element Caching" feature
added: widgets compatibility with "Optimized Markup" feature
improved: upgraded Swiper library to 8.4.x and avoided double loading on frontend
improved: updated widgets codebase for compatibility with Elementor 3.26.x
improved: always show wizard setup in the menu of the admin panel

05 Sep 2024 3.1.0

fixed: PHP notice related to non-existent option "hicpo_options" during theme onboarding
added: new "Theme License" page in the admin panel under the "Appearance" menu group
added: automatic theme & core plugin updates for license holders who activated their purchase code on the "Theme License" page
added: optional field to enter the theme purchase code during onboarding
added: readme.txt file and "Tested up to" tags as required by Envato Theme Check
added: automatic updates for ACF Pro plugin for users with activated theme license
improved: adjusted API endpoint for plugin updater
improved: changed URLs for downloading bundled plugins and demo files
improved: removed Envato Market from the set of recommended theme plugins
improved: moved function for registering extra mimes and file types from theme to core plugin as required by Envato Theme Check
improved: reduced size of covers for both parent & child themes
improved: removed unused favicon assets from the theme folder

22 Jul 2024 3.0.4

fixed: removed default links underlines in the newest Elementor version
improved: forcefully disabled "Optimized Control Loading" feature unless it can work properly with the responsive controls duplication mode
improved: neater styling for WP password form
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 6.3.4

13 May 2024 3.0.3

fixed: overlay menu on mobiles didn't open in some cases

18 Mar 2024 3.0.2

fixed: fonts loading issue related to Kirki plugin (please update Kirki to 5.0.1 after the theme update and empty /wp-content/fonts folder)
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 6.2.7

17 Jan 2024 3.0.1

fixed: Intuitive Custom Posts Order may stop working due to incorrect capabilities
fixed: PHP warning thrown by TGM_Plugin_Activation class in some edge cases
added: WordPress & PHP versions requirements for both theme and core plugin
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 6.2.5

02 Jan 2023 3.0.0

BREAKING CHANGE: animations codebase has been rewritten in accordance with the newest GSAP v3 syntax (opens new window)

fixed: security patch as per discovered XSS vulnerability in TGM_Plugin_Activation class
added: API for automatic update of Harizma Core plugin
added: Telegram icon to Social Media widget
added: shortcode [arts_display_current_year] to display the current year
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 6.2.4
improved: updated GSAP libraries to the latest version 3.12.4
improved: rewritten animations to GSAP ScrollTrigger replacing old ScrollMagic
improved: removed ScrollMagic and its dependents from the frontend

23 Oct 2023 2.6.3

fixed: warnings related to Gutenberg duotone filters in widgets panel

19 Oct 2023 2.6.2

fixed: security update as per discovered XSS vulnerability

12 Jul 2023 2.6.0

fixed: warnings related to TGMPA class on PHP 8
fixed: Query Monitor plugin threw PHP errors on Merlin wizard setup pages
improved: polyfilled get_page_by_title() function which is deprecated since WordPress 6.2
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 6.1.7

25 Feb 2023 2.5.1

fixed: Swiper compatibility issues in Elementor 3.11.2

21 Feb 2023 2.5.0

improved: compatibility with latest Elementor 3.11.x
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 6.0.7

09 Dec 2022 2.4.4

fixed: removed links underlines in the newest Elementor version
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 6.0.5

29 Jun 2022 2.4.3

improved: "Learn more" button label is now editable in Portfolio Slider widget
improved: updated .pot files for Harizma Core plugin

01 Jun 2022 2.4.2

fixed: disappeared icons controls in "Services Slider" widget

29 Apr 2022 2.4.1

fixed: PHP 8.x.x warning related to the incorrect visibility of magic "__wakeup" method
fixed: Elementor "deprecation" warnings in Harizma Core plugin
fixed: removed fade-out animation on page exit due to "Safari's Back-Forward cache" unresolvable bug
improved: bumped the minimum required Elementor version to 3.5.x
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 5.12.2

28 Feb 2022 2.4.0

fixed: PHP Notice: Undefined variable filters in WP_Theme_JSON::get_svg_filters()
added: theme.json manifest file for compatibility with WordPress 5.9.x+

16 Dec 2021 2.3.0

fixed: JS error when "Improved assets loading" Elementor feature is turned on
fixed: Elementor accordion widget didn't animate smoothly
added: smooth fade-in/fade-out for the styled Bootstrap modal windows (Contact Form 7 messages)
improved: replaced all FontAwesome icons with EIcons in Elementor widgets controls
improved: minified vendor CSS & JS assets to improve loading speed
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 5.11.4

01 Sep 2021 2.2.0

fixed: PHP notices related to "Additional Custom Breakpoints" Elementor's feature
added: support for anchors scrolling from the overlay menu
improved: renamed deprecated _register_controls() methods to register_controls() for the theme Elementor widgets
improved: renamed deprecated _content_template() methods to content_template() for the theme Elementor widgets
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 5.10.1

24 Jul 2021 2.1.1

fixed: PHP 7.4 notices thrown by Harizma core plugin
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 5.9.9

02 Feb 2021 2.1.0

added: compatibility with Elementor 3.1.x
added: compatibility with "Improved Assets Loading" Elementor's latest feature
added: panel to enable/disable the outdated browsers notification in Customizer -> Theme Options -> Outdated Browsers
improved: constant "ARTS_THEME_VERSION" now uses the parent actual theme version
improved: under the hood improvements in frontend
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro to the latest version 5.9.4
improved: removed source maps references so they don't throw warning messages in console
improved: cut some polyfills to reduce the total JS and improve the loading speed

14 Dec 2020 2.0.0

fixed: frontend failure if there is a system or fallback font selected in Typography panel
fixed: disappearing Masonry grids in Elementor preview editor
added: compatibility with WordPress 5.6
added: compatibility with TranslatePress multilingual plugin
added: experimental compatibility with Elementor Theme Builder
added: support for wp_body_open() hook
improved: implemented singleton pattern for all the theme widgets classes
improved: better compatibility with WPML
improved: minimized database queries from dynamic theme widgets
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro plugin to the latest version 5.9.3

27 Aug 2020 1.5.3

fixed: incorrect import of some demo pages when running on Elementor 3+
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro plugin to the latest version 5.9.0

30 Mar 2020 1.5.2

fixed: intro slider didn't load an image if there was only one slide
fixed: image alignment in Merlin setup
fixed: PHP warning for Adobe Fonts

11 Mar 2020 1.5.1

added: compatibility with Elementor 2.9.5+
added: backward compatibility for Elementor 2.8.5 and below

14 Feb 2020 1.5.0

added: widgets compatibility with Swiper 5.x
added: theme compatibility for upcoming Elementor 2.9.x
added: styled modal windows for Contact Form 7 (error/submit events)
added: on/off option for new styled modal windows for Contact Form 7 (Customizer -> Options -> Contact Form 7)
updated: handlers and versions for the frontend assets

27 Dec 2019 1.4.0

fixed: Kirki plugin didn't activate automatically during theme wizard setup
fixed: OC Demo Import conflict with Merlin wizard setup. Now loads only 1 demo importer at the same time

25 Nov 2019 1.3.1

fixed: setup wizard threw error message "Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page" after the theme initial activation in WordPress 5.3 
improved: updated bundled ACF Pro plugin to the latest version 5.8.7

07 Nov 2019 1.3.0

added: new options for multi-column footer in Customizer
added: new options for boxed/fullwidth layouts for header & footer in Customizer
added: selective posts control for Services Grid and Services Slider Elementor widgets
improved: updated .pot files for both theme & core plugin
improved: increased global posts per page value to 10 during Merlin wizard setup

26 Oct 2019 1.2.0

added: WPML compatibility
added: language switcher area
added: support for self-hosted custom fonts as a new option in admin page (please install ACF Pro recommended by the theme)
added: support for Adobe Fonts (Typekit) via 3rd party plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-typekit-fonts/)
added: option in Customizer to force load all fonts variations
added: bundled ACF Pro plugin to the theme package
improved: better code structure in Harizma Core Elementor extension class
improved: regenerated .pot files
improved: removed plugin-territory <head> tags
improved: dynamically add pingback URLs to blog posts

11 Sep 2019 1.1.0

added: compatibility with Elementor 2.7+

16 Aug 2019 1.0.1

added: portfolio slug customization (Customizer -> Portfolio -> Enable custom portfolio slug)
added: services slug customization (Customizer -> Services -> Enable custom services slug)

08 Jun 2019 1.0.0

initial release