Less 0.8.0

Highlights From 30 Changes

deprecate CSS Typography Variables: GRT variables to replace Temporary Variable Conversions in Less v0.9.0
feature Responsive Menu: New hamburger menu to optimize screen space on mobile devices available in Display Dashboard
feature Skip Menu: New tab key activated menu to navigate directly to content or footer available in Display Dashboard
feature Attribution: New attribution options for structured and methodical output available in Display Dashboard
feature Read More Link: New “Read More” links on Blog and Archive templates available in Display Dashboard
feature Pagination Numbers: New paginated numbers on Blog and Archive templates available in Display Dashboard
accessibility Responsive Menu: Includes keyboard-accessible semantic HTML and screen-reader-accessible ARIA attributes for people using assistive technologies
accessibility Skip Menu: Includes keyboard-accessible semantic HTML and screen-reader-accessible ARIA attributes for people using assistive technologies
accessibility Read More Link: Includes keyboard-accessible semantic HTML and screen-reader-accessible text for people using assistive technologies
accessibility Pagination Numbers: Includes screen-reader-accessible text for people using assistive technologies
interesting Temporary Variable Conversions: Allows seamless transition from old $typography variables to new $grt variables
notice Restore Defaults: Requires Restore Default Data: Templates, CSS Variables

CORE

edit adds display_pagination() method to skin.php file to include custom display handling of Pagination Links
edit adds add_dependents() method to skin.php file to include dependent Boxes inside Post and Query Boxes
feat adds Attribution Box to boxes() method in skin.php file to register Box
feat adds Skip Menu Box to boxes() method in skin.php file to register Box
feat adds Read More Link Box to boxes() method in skin.php file to register Box
feat adds Read More Link Box to add_dependents() method in skin.php file to register Box for inclusion in Post and Query Boxes
feat adds load_menu_responsive() method to skin.php file to initiate support for keyboard-accessible Responsive Menu

BOX

feat adds Skip Menu Box to box.php to include keyboard-accessible skip links
feat adds Attribution Box to box.php to include standardized options and replace native Box
feat adds Read More Link Box to box.php to include screen-reader-accessible read more links
feat adds Pagination Numbers Box to box.php file to include screen-reader-accessible paginated number links

HTML

feat adds Skip Menu Box inside of Skip Nav Box to top of all templates, excluding Landing templates
feat adds Attribution Box to Footer Box on all templates, excluding Landing templates
feat adds Read More Link Box to Entry Box on Blog and Archive templates
feat adds Pagination Numbers Box to Pagination Box on Blog and Archive templates

CSS

edit adds $grt object conversions for line-height and spacing units to Skin CSS for migration

DISP

feat adds Attribution options to display_elements() method in skin.php
feat adds Attribution options to display() method in skin.php
feat adds Skip Menu options to display_elements() method in skin.php
feat adds Skip Menu options to display() method in skin.php
feat adds Pagination Numbers options to display_elements() method in skin.php
feat adds Pagination Numbers options to display() method in skin.php
feat adds Read More Link options to display_elements() method in skin.php
feat adds Read More Link options to display() method in skin.php

DESN

drop removes deprecated Thesis Skin API Object $typography from css_variables() method of skin.php file in favor of Thesis Skin API Object $grt per Thesis v2.7
edit updates typographic scales in css_variables() method of skin.php using $typography object’s scale() method to use $grt object’s scale() method
edit updates typographic line-heights in css_variables() method of skin.php using $typography object’s height() method to use $grt object’s height() method
edit updates layout spacing in css_variables() method of skin.php using $typography object’s space() method to use $grt object’s spacing() method

DIR

edit creates /js folder in root directory to include core JS files
feat creates menu-responsive.js file in /js folder to include support for keyboard-accessible Responsive Menu