Changelog

New releases, improvements, fixes and notable changes for Thesis theme.

v1.4.1 - May 8, 2024

improved the method for adding custom icons to navigation items. Now, you can use the menu item label instead of the slug, which is the preferred method
improved the content container size to stack correctly on multiple screen sizes. Previously, there was an issue with the content width being too small when using larger containers, this has now been resolved.
changed breakpoints for responsive styles
changed background colors of tag cards and tag circles in sidebar to match
fixed responsive styles for iframe embeds to only apply to video platforms like Vimeo, YouTube, and Kickstarter, maintaining the chosen height for all other embeds. There was a problem with Spotify embeds, now it is working correctly
fixed active tag link in sidebar
minor changes

!IMPORTANT: there are breaking changes. Read this changelog to understand what exactly changed
changed tags:
- changed tags sort from alphabetical to popular
- added settings for tags lists, learn more here: /docs/thesis/settings-sitewide/tags/, /docs/thesis/settings-homepage/tags/
- fixed rare problem when tags available, but nothing displayed in sidebar and on homepage
added a lot of style changes and improvements for content elements and cards
added support for sidebar navigation categories
added responsive table support
added styles for checkbox and radio in forms
added tooltip for icons in the posts list (featured and paid posts)
improved mobile sidebar and navigation - more intuitive toggles now
improved dark mode colors (now lighter)
improved secondary menu dropdown, and dark mode dropdowns:
- opened by click
- WCAG compatible
fixed 3rd-party comments loading after AJAX
fixed page loading animation stretching content
fixed displaying Socials section in sidebar when no social links added
fixed invalid HTML in head section
fixed icon color in select
fixed displaying description on tag page
fixed Twitter embed loading after AJAX
fixed click on links with portal hash (skip AJAX for such links)
fixed reloading page when clicking on the current page link
changed predefined icons for sign up and account pages in sidebar
a bunch of minor style improvements

added new smooth and modern animation for page transition (when navigate over the site)
added support for navigation separator
added blog templates: Blog, Blog Grid, and Blog Empty
added posts list in the Empty Blog template on small screen, so use can see posts even when sidebar is hidden
added max height to the logo CSS to prevent it from being too large
improved theme code, to deeply work with our framework script
simplified dark mode code inserted in the head
improved dark mode colors
fixed homepage hero jumping on fist load
fixed some strings missing translation
fixed large dropdown menu - added possibility to scroll it
fixed current link color in mobile menu
fixed rendering of some bold fonts on iOs devices
renamed Categories to Tags, as it is more accurate for Ghost
minor changes and fixes

added Authors page template with list of authors of your blog
added separate templates: Post No CTA and Page Not CTA
added setting for customize Footer Copyright text
improved image sizes and lazy loading for better performance
improved post comments section heading
improved hero sections in the most of pages
fixed some WCAG issues - added aria attributes and hidden labels
fixed author Twitter social link
fixed AJAX cache of the first loaded page
changed sidebar with posts order to be after main content
removed settings to hide sections from homepage (hide these section using custom template or CSS)
minor changes and fixes