Less 1.6.0

Highlights From 102 Changes

  • break Author Description: Removes Author Description from all Page templates
  • break Entry Meta: Removes Entry Meta from all Page templates
  • break Reverse Site Header Layout: New Top Menu feature replaces Reverse Site Header Layout option in Display Dashboard
  • break Focus Cards: Support for Focus Cards has been removed as now it is a proprietary product
  • break Focus Omnitweet: Support for Focus Omnitweet has been removed due to developer abandonment
  • break Sidebars: Support for universal Sidebars has been removed due to niche adoption
  • break Footnotes: Replaces .footnotes class with .footnote class
  • feature Top Menu: Now features menu before Site Title for more flexible header layouts
  • feature Content Styles: Dropdown selector now includes Keyboard Input, Eyebrow, and Signpost styles
  • feature Asides: New design options for Bars, and now includes options for Breakouts and Pullouts
  • feature Impacts: New Letter Spacing and Text Case design options for Impact text
  • feature Corners: Choose up to three global corner shapes that you can easily set throughout your design
  • optimization Asides: Styles for Bars, Breakouts, and Pullouts are now conditionally optimized
  • interesting Design and Display Dashboard: Improves options organization
  • debug Drop Cap: Now Drop Caps actually work as intended
  • notice Footnotes: All footnotes must be updated with new .footnote class
  • notice Focus Cards: Migrate all Focus Cards to Less Cards
  • notice Restore Defaults: Requires Restore Default Data: Boxes, Templates, Editor CSS, CSS Variables

CORE

  • drop removes display_front(), display_page(), and display_landing() methods from display_radio() method in skin.php file
  • drop removes thesis_html_container_comments_page_show filter from display_comments() method in skin.php file per Less v1.5.4
  • drop removes display conditions for home-header and single-header from display_entry_footer_meta() method in skin.php file as they are now handled by display_byline_home() and display_byline_single() methods respectively
  • drop removes display_columns() method from skin.php file
  • drop removes $columns variable from add_body_class() method in  skin.php file
  • drop removes Sidebar options and filters from display_mode() method in skin.php file
  • edit updates site_nav hook and variable to nav_site for consistency with other nav elements in skin.php file
  • edit updates skip-nav hook and variable to nav_skip for consistency with other nav elements in skin.php file
  • edit updates box_instance_mods() method for certain Boxes in admin.php file for better organization in Display Dashboard
  • edit renames display_entry_meta() method to display_entry_meta_footer() in skin.php file for greater clarity
  • edit updates text in skin.php file throughout Thesis Admin UI for better organization in Design and Display Dashboard
  • edit replaces instances of less-centered with anchored throughout to clarify purpose
  • edit replaces instances of$w-total and accompanying calculations based on Sidebars with $w-extend variable and new calculation based on Golden Ratio throughout
  • edit reorganizes Content Styles dropdown selector with new categories for better organization
  • edit updates all unpredictably named variables to use predictable naming conventions
  • feat adds Keyboard Input, Eyebrow, Signpost, and Frame to Content Styles dropdown selector in mce_formats() method of mce.php file
  • fix adds $less object to skin.php file to control Box CSS output
  • fix adds $version object to skin.php file to provision version-controlled automatic updates
  • fix adds $version object references to asset-handler.php file to provision version-controlled automatic updates

BOX

  • drop removes hook_top_sidebar and hook_top_sidebar_alt hooks from modular_content_locations() method in boxes.php file
  • edit updates translate() method titles of certain Boxes inbox.php file for better organization in Display Dashboard

HTML

  • drop removes Author Description Box from Page and Front Page templates
  • drop removes Entry Meta Box and dependents from Page, Front Page, and Landing templates
  • edit updates Skin Box names for better organization in content options in display dashboard
  • fix adds wrap around Header and Footer elements so Extends now work
  • fix defaults Entry Header Meta Box on single template to use <div> tag instead of <p> tag

CSS

  • drop removes unused Header Image and Header Image Link CSS feature variables
  • drop removes nav-rtl CSS from layout.scss file
  • drop removes $columns variable from bar.scss file
  • drop removes $columns and $__sidebar variables from bleed.scss and extend.scss files
  • drop removes $__sidebar variable from extend-full.scss, featured-image.scss and presentation.scss files
  • drop removes .has-sidebar helper class from grt.heading.scss file
  • drop removes $_bg-content variable from bleed.scss, grt-entry.scss and pagination.scss files
  • drop removes unused .required class from Editor CSS
  • edit updates accessibility.scss file references from skip-nav to nav-skip
  • edit updates nav-skip.scss file references from skip-nav to menu-skip
  • edit updates grt-caption.scss file with new margin variables
  • edit updates grt-heading.scss file with better margin variables for headings
  • edit updates center.scss file to include Eyebrow centering styles
  • edit updates Editor CSS to include grt-eyebrow reference
  • edit updates Footnote class form.footnotes to .footnote in grt-content.scss file
  • edit updates grt-alignment.scss file so Pullout and Breakout use Bar alignment styling
  • edit updates admin.cssfile to remove Layout Columns display styles
  • feat adds Letter Spacing and Text Case variables to grt-text.scss file for new Impact options
  • feat adds grt-eyebrow to list of includes in grt.scss file
  • feat adds Signpost styles to grt-text.scss file
  • fix updates grt-frame.scss and grt-caption.scss files with better margins for images with Framed Captions
  • fix resolves bug in layout.scss file that renders Header and Footer elements at extended widths when No Extend is chosen in Display Dashboard
  • fix updates Pop tooltip for Horizontal Offset option with correct information
  • fix resolves margin bug on anchored layouts in extend-full.scss file
  • fix replaces deprecated word-break: break-word CSS property with word-break: normal and overflow-wrap: anywhere properties to improve compatibility with modern browsers in layout.scss file
  • fix resolves bug in extend.scss, center.scss, bleed.scss, and grt-caption.scss files that does not apply Heading Styles properly
  • fix resolves bug in css_reset() method of skin.php file where Table borders are cut off on one side
  • fix improves margins for full-width divider <hr class="bleed"> elements in grt-content.scss file

DISP

  • drop removes reverse option from display() method for header navigation in skin.php file
  • drop removes description option from display() method for Pages and Front Page in skin.php file
  • drop removes description option from display_elements() method for Pages and Front Page in skin.php file
  • drop removes page option from comments in display() method of skin.php file
  • drop removes Entry Meta options from display() method for Pages, Front Page, and Landing Pages in skin.php file
  • drop removes Sidebar options from display() method in skin.php file
  • drop removes Sidebar options from display_elements() method in skin.php file
  • edit reorganizes display() method options for better organization in skin.php file
  • feat adds display_byline_home() and display_byline_single() method to display_elements() method in skin.php file to include Headline & Byline display options
  • fix removes required star* symbol from Widgets in display() method of skin.php file

DESN

  • drop removes Sidebar options from design() method in skin.php file
  • drop removes Sidebar variables and column calculations from css_variables() method in skin.php file
  • drop removes Sidebar references from less-css-features and less-css-includes filters of css_variables() method in skin.php file
  • drop removes c-content and bg-content options from design() method in skin.php file
  • drop removes c-content and bg-content options from css_variables() method in skin.php file
  • edit reorganizes design() method options for better organization in skin.php file
  • edit updates less-css-features filter meta property with proper home and single options in skin.php file
  • feat adds variables for better Caption margins in css_variables() method in skin.php file
  • feat adds Text Case and Letter Spacing options to Impact option in design() method in skin.php file
  • feat adds impact to Letter Spacing and Text Case array in css_variables() method in skin.php file
  • feat adds Eyebrow options to design() method in skin.php file
  • feat adds Eyebrow variables to css_variables() method in skin.php file
  • feat adds grt-eyebrow to less-css-features and less-css-includes filters in css_variables() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds Signpost options to design() method in skin.php file
  • feat adds Signpost variables to css_variables() method in skin.php file
  • feat adds grt-signpost to less-css-features and less-css-includes filters in css_variables() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds new Bar options to design() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds new Bar variables to css_variables() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds Breakout options to design() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds Breakout variables to css_variables() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds breakout to less-css-features and less-css-includes filters in css_variables() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds Pullout options to design() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds Pullout variables to css_variables() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds pullout to less-css-features and less-css-includes filters in css_variables() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds Corner options to design() method of skin.php file
  • feat adds Corner variables to css_variables() method of skin.php file
  • fix resolves Drop Cap malfunction in design() method of skin.php file
  • fix adds Text Color label to Impact option in design() method of skin.php file

COMP

  • drop removes compatibility() method from skin.php file

ADM

  • edit adds thesis_post_author_description_page, thesis_post_author_page, thesis_post_date_page, thesis_post_num_comments_page, thesis_post_author_description_front, thesis_post_author_front, thesis_post_date_front, thesis_post_author_landing, and thesis_post_date_landing to display_content() method in admin.php file
  • edit adds quicklaunch(), init_menu(), and append_menu_links() methods to admin.php file to customize Thesis menu titles

DIR

  • drop removes focus-cards.php and focus-omnitweet.php files
  • drop removes sidebar.php file
  • drop removes pullout-breakout.php file
  • edit updates filename of skip-nav.scss file to menu-skip.scss
  • feat adds grt.eyebrow.scss file to /lib/scss/mixins folder
  • feat adds breakout.scss file to /lib/scss/includes folder
  • feat adds pullout.scss file to /lib/scss/includes folder

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