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• Changelog
  • 6.3.4
  • 6.3.3
  • 6.3.2
  • 6.3.1
  • 6.3.0
  • 6.2.9 (cumulative)
  • 6.2.6 (cumulative)
  • 6.2.3
  • 6.2.2 (cumulative)
  • 6.1.4
  • 6.1.3
  • 6.1.2 (cumulative)
  • 6.0.9
  • 6.0.8
  • 6.0.7
  • 6.0.6
  • 6.0.5
  • 6.0.4
  • 6.0.3
  • 6.0.2
  • 6.0.1
  • 6.0.0
  • 5.9.9
  • 5.9.8
  • 5.9.7
  • 5.9.6
  • 5.9.5 (cumulative)
  • 5.9.2
  • 5.9.1
  • 5.9.0
  • 5.8.3
  • 5.8.2
  • 5.8.1
  • 5.8.0
  • 5.7.16
  • 5.7.15 (cumulative)
  • 5.7.13
  • 5.7.12 (cumulative)
  • 5.7.10
  • 5.7.9
  • 5.7.8
  • 5.7.7
  • 5.7.6
  • 5.7.5
  • 5.7.4 (cumulative)
  • 5.7.3
  • 5.7.2 (cumulative)
  • 5.7.1
  • 5.7
  • 5.6.3
  • 5.5
  • 5.4
  • 5.3.5
  • 5.3.4
  • 5.3.3
  • 5.3.2
  • 5.3

Changelog

6.3.4

• Fix encoded custom CSS string in header breaking custom fonts
• Make the side padding global (instead of based on media query)
• Remove custom image size filter (not working)

6.3.3

• Fix open side drawer position/translation of the handle
• Fix PHP 8+ warnings for empty menu location/name
• Fix a few WPCS warnings
• Add security checks to the Custom HTML and CSS sections
• Allow text decoration to be set for non-button links
• Update WooCommerce compatibility
• Remove deprecated Jetpack sharing filter

6.3.2

• Fix/tweak floating padded navigation
• Add more font weights to Google Fonts
• Allow short array syntax in WPCS
• Make the Supernova style Details block more flexible and style-aware

6.3.1

• Fix wrong contextual help string
• Add half-screen option to side panel
• Changed transparent (forced) header to “sticky” on the single property template
• Replace native PHP strip_tags() with WordPress’ wp_strip_all_tags()
• Remove obsolete embedded patterns

6.3.0

• Remove empty selector conflicting with block styles
• Add ID parameter to the logo carousel

6.2.9 (cumulative)

• Fix non-floated header width
• Add a new template part for below-the-menu navigation
• Add Akaricons
• Add new button variants/extends
• Update sticky header to actually use the CSS sticky property
• Change the way the floated header is displayed to fix issues with sticky navigation
• Replace more sticky headers with the actual sticky CSS property
• Only remove list styles for the side panel for child lists
• Remove extra Thin UI dependencies in favour of native HTML elements
• Remove the shortcode lister metabox and add it to Supernova’s Help tab
• Remove unused logo carousel styles

6.2.6 (cumulative)

• Fix more underlined links and <nav> element height
• Experiment with decreasing the specificity of global styles
• Further harden CSS selectors to be immune to any Core specificity updates
• Add new logo carousel module
• Allow logo to be cleared in the Design panel
• Remove extra footer padding (left and right)
• Remove extra gap from post and page templates

6.2.3

• Add workaround for WordPress 6.6 forced link underline
• Remove unused Jetpack function
• Remove several unused options

6.2.2 (cumulative)

• Fix issue with classic themes not receiving constrained layout styles
• Fix editor.css fonts
• Fix theme URL
• Revert editor.css loading on back-end to fix missing fonts
• Only enable HTML5 theme support when not using ClassicPress
• Move Supernova custom CSS after the WordPress generated ones for higher priority
• Gravity Forms: Swap thousand and decimal separators
• Changed the property title font size from 32px to 30px
• Add double off-canvas menus/drawers
• Add new Classic Details block variation
• Add ARIA labels to menu items, if a title attribute is present
• Add editor styles for padding and line height
• Add filetype to site icons and add a 48×48 icon size
• Add 2 new navigation font sizes (XL and XXL)
• Load Gravity Forms integration automatically, only if the GFForms() class exists
• Switch Patterns to Template Parts
• [EXPERIMENTAL] Introduce content size at theme.json level
• Update theme description

6.1.4

• Add a blank page template
• Add custom CSS per post/page
• Do not display the custom CSS panel for anything other than posts, pages, properties and FAQs
• Only load CodeMirror styles on the Supernova settings page

6.1.3

• Fix missing global border radius for the Media & Text block
• Add dark editor style support (inactive)
• Update Supernova Aside block styles
• Update Gravity Forms currency filter to switch EUR symbol position
• Remove missing color from Thin UI
• Delete legacy supernova_contact_form and supernova_valuation_form shortcodes

6.1.2 (cumulative)

• Fix mobile responsiveness for the testimonials carousel slides
• Fix undefined elements when using the Aside feature
• UI fixes for navigation, testimonials and body content
• Remove box sizing property from Thin UI
• Only allow administrators to have author pages
• Allow the landing page template to be applied to both posts and pages
• Change Media & Text variation to use box-shadow instead of a pseudo-element
• Refactor the testimonial carousel
• Increase footer font size
• Increase mobile breakpoint from 320 to 480 (devices are getting higher resolution)
• Add equal height functionality for buttons, testimonials and more
• Add a Google Rating badge shortcode and a new Google Places API option
• Add options for setting title (H1) alignment and border style
• Add core block extends
• Add logo options to override the Customizer
• Add design presets (alpha)

6.0.9

• Fix issue with content width being overridden in WordPress 6.3
• Fix broken WordPress thumbnail image for non-property content
• Add block extends and lay out the foundation for more
• Add missing author box when the post template has a sidebar
• Clean up the Aside block and prepare to deprecate and remove
• Improve author box layout
• Improve author template
• Improve category badges on blog layouts
• Update Thin UI to latest version (2.1.1)
• Remove old code

6.0.8

• Add ARIA label to menus for accessibility
• Add ARIA label to the side panel for accessibility
• Add ARIA label to mobile menus for accessibility
• Remove the “Read more” link from blog articles for a better “best practices” score
• Remove AddThis integration
• Replace all instances of “Reusable Block” with “Pattern” for WordPress 6.3 compatibility
• Remove transient caching from the latest articles block
• Merge side panel JS for better performance
• Tweak regular (not relaxed) navigation layout
• Make sure Yoast’s breadcrumbs are enabled before displaying them
• Improve the Snackbar with layouts and themes
• Update Thin UI to latest version (2.1.0)
• Add theme support for the latest block editor (WordPress 6.3)
• Add native Gravity Forms integration
• Add an available shortcode lister feature for developers

6.0.7

• Add a count-up feature for numerical values
• Add slide count for the testimonial carousel

6.0.6

• Expand footer colour options (add text, link and hover options)
• Tweak primary navigation to eliminate some gaps
• Make the blog post author box optional
• Remove hardcoded list font size for the Side Panel module

6.0.5

• Change Snackbar position to be hidden completely, regardless of the content

6.0.4

• Fix colour well field when WP Property Drive is not present
• Add author schema for blog posts
• Add Thin UI to Supernova’s back-end
• Make sure the header colour is inherited by the “above-menu” reusable block
• Only remove emojis if not in the Dashboard
• Allow Reusable Blocks menu item to be visible when WP Property Drive is not present
• Check if Supernova Aside exists before attaching an event listener

6.0.3

• Add new above-menu block for more menu/navigation customizability
• Add custom theme updater
• Introduce a Masonry layout for testimonials based on Stackgrid JS
• Update Flexbin and LightGalleryJS
• Remove cinematic property hero from Supernova (moved to WP Property Drive)
• Remove old Git Updater functions

6.0.2

• Remove the Secondary Pipes menu
• Clean up all Secondary Pipes setup actions
• Remove the forced testimonials module activation

6.0.1

• Fix Flexbin gallery
• Add navigation spacing option (regular or relaxed)
• Add new full width navigation option
• Add 2 new custom fonts
• Suppress notices and messages from WooCommerce and Jetpack

6.0.0

• Add option to switch testimonials on/off
• Add preconnect rule for Google Fonts
• Remove obsolete block editor button variations
• Code refactoring (WPCS)

5.9.9

• 4Leads Fix missing thumbnails for the category taxonomy and the article grids
• Fix homepage query loop
• Add :focus-visible to main menu to complement the :focus pseudo-selector
• Add support for Gutenberg’s appearance tools
• Use a variable for the login URL

5.9.8

• Fix list items in the property brochure template
• Remove the user restriction module and move to separate client module

5.9.7

• Add option to switch to menu click display instead of menu hover display
• Add user restriction module (useful for membership websites)
• Minify main stylesheet

5.9.6

• Add author template for SEO purposes (alpha)
• Add author meta details to the singular.php post template
• Add column gap for the sidebar post template
• Merge all reusable block (wp_block) queries for performance reasons
• Remove linked testimonial property (never used)
• Remove bottom padding from the logo

5.9.5 (cumulative)

• Update property-brochure-template-2.php
• Add wrap--content class to constrain full-width elements to content width
• Add property sidebar block pattern
• Change property sidebar block pattern viewport width
• Fix missing SVG images in the Dashboard

5.9.2

• Remove related posts functionality due to PHP issues with similar_text()
• Add Font Awesome 5 CSS for non-property websites
• Add optional AddThis sharing buttons integration (for blog posts only)
• Add property brochure template (beta)
• Fix Dashboard menu icon size

5.9.1

• Add center alignment for main navigation
• Add configurable highlighted button background colour
• Add presets feature (beta)
• Remove alpha version of colour presets
• Fix Dashboard SVG logo
• Fix Supernova menu item SVG size
• Remove old, unused styles, interfering with some plugins

5.9.0

• Add new header navigation options and better Flex CSS UI
• Add new Supernova branding
• Add new “Related Articles” feature
• Tweak z-index for side panel to avoid overlapping issues
• Change footer message to avoid copyright issues

5.8.3

• Fix issue with undefined font size and weight
• Add missing text colour for the Enterprise Blue #1 preset

5.8.2

• Add custom link and link hover colours
• Refactor header navigation styles

5.8.1

• Fix full alignment for Gutenberg 12.8+
• Add color well feature to non-WP Property Drive websites (Supernova only)
• Register Supernova pattern category

5.8.0

• Fix typo(s) and improve readme.txt description
• Fix WooCommerce templates indentation
• Add Changelog and Shortcodes buttons to Supernova’s Welcome panel
• Add new Wiki links to Supernova’s Help panel
• Update WPCS ruleset
• Remove unused parameters from several shortcodes
• Remove unused shortcodes
• Remove WordPress ESLint rules

5.7.16

• Remove email custom post type

5.7.15 (cumulative)

• Fix responsive issue with percentage buttons
• Remove related products from WooCommerce single product template

5.7.13

• Fix button wrapping on really small screen sizes

5.7.12 (cumulative)

• Add default styling for [areas] shortcode
• Add “eye-candy” features (momentum scrolling and follow cursor)
• Add a wrap class to the nav inside the header reusable block
• Replace sanitize_uri() with trim() to avoid fatal AJAX errors
• Amend WooCommerce templates to work with no widgets/sidebar
• Close div element and re-indent code

5.7.10

• Add WPCS (WordPress Coding Standards) ruleset
• Add faceted search
• Add Cascadia Code font for faceted search results
• Add new Help tab with a few shortcodes
• Add status parameter to area and county taxonomies
• Remove block patterns (too early and unused)
• Remove unused timeline images
• Remove potential PHP 8+ issue with vsprintf()
• Improve Supernova back-end UI
• Code refactoring (WPCS)

5.7.9

• Fix undefined variable
• Add WooCommerce template support
• Blog UI tweaks

5.7.8

• Add property county taxonomy support for WP Property Drive

5.7.7

• Add New Developments class to body
• Avoid reading theme files to get the version number

5.7.6

• Add readme.txt for compliance with WP.org
• Remove unused option
• Remove old code and combine all header/footer related actions

5.7.5

• Fix testimonials responsiveness

5.7.4 (cumulative)

• Remove old SA resource hint
• Add landing page template for posts
• Fix .alignwide class
• Add support for block templates (FSE)
• Add better support for Yoast SEO breacrumbs
• Add post views count to pages

5.7.3

• Remove agents (CPT) and recommended plugins

5.7.2 (cumulative)

• Remove old, unused code
• Remove block support for widgets
• Update block_categories_all filter name for WordPress 5.8
• Update testimonial blocks
• Remove extra styling for the Snackbar buttons
• Add Jetpack Offline Mode toggle
• Minimize the Supernova Aside by default
• Update Git Updater override filter
• Preconnect to analytics.designbricks.ie
• Add property area taxonomy title for SEO

5.7.1

• Fix missing stylesheet for agent post type

5.7

• Fix issue with block dependencies being enqueued on front-end
• Add header template options (alpha)
• Remove FLoC prevention temporarily as it might be enabled natively in WordPress
• Update Supernova description
• Move Agents functionality to the plugin
• Clean up and minify admin styles
• Change Dashboard icon
• Only enqueue scripts and styles when needed

5.6.3

• Add new lead-generating pop-up element
• Add button block styles (currently “small” and “fat” buttons)
• Fix Google Fonts being enqueued twice when headings and body text have the same font

5.5

• Refactor Google Fonts to not require an API key (?)
• Implement CSS variables in more places (?)
• Move custom CSS to a separate file to remove inline CSS (?)
• Refactor JS to use event delegation instead of event listeners
• Refactor header navigation to use Flexbox CSS
• CSS: Remove all vendor prefixes
• CSS: Remove all floats

5.4

• Remove page-highlight.php template
• Move agents to WP Property Drive as it makes more sense to have the CPT there
• Improve mobile responsiveness
• Fix dropdown Unicode arrow issue on MacOS – example here
• Use event delegation instead of event listening
• Pass data to template files in WordPress 5.5

5.3.5

• Add external stylesheets à la Codepen
• Remove widgets
• Clean up Settings page -> Dashboard
• Move “Timeline” feature to a custom plugin (Coonan)
• Check for links inside contact message

5.3.4

• Remove own GitHub updater code (PDUpdater)
• Remove Google reCAPTCHA (implement SendGrid Email Validation API + Honeypot statistics)
• Remove Supernova referral form (unused)
• Improve mobile responsiveness for homepage

5.3.3

• Remove “Inline Search Form” feature (MKProperty) and replace with a reusable block
• Clean up and tweak side panel and side drawer UI
• Refactor more JS to event delegation and ES6
• Move browser detection to PHP from JS to speed up script start-up time

5.3.2

• Allow oEmbeds for YouTube videos
• Implement a module loader
• Remove mobile-widget-below-menu and replace with a reusable block

5.3

• Add notice about the forced white navigation only being applied to landing pages (might break some sites) (requires manual action)
• Add option to remove padding from the floated navigation menu (new padded navigation option on by default) (requires manual action)
• Add option to set a post template (“Has Sidebar”) and a post sidebar reusable block (Supernova -> Design -> Post Sidebar Reusable Block)
• Integrate with GitHub Updater by implementing this fix. GitHub Updater (reportedly) works for the WordPress 5.5 auto-update feature.
• Performance: Remove WordPress 5.5 Core Block Patterns
• Change side drawer to use a reusable block (GORHomes) (requires manual action)
• Update side drawer to ES6
• Update side drawer to include a “Close” button
• Update side drawer to be responsive and fill the screen on mobile devices