Changelog: MH Magazine WordPress Theme

MH Magazine is a flexible, widgetized and fully responsive premium magazine WordPress theme for modern and content rich online magazines, dynamic news websites or other editorial related websites. This professional magazine theme for WordPress includes several awesome custom widgets, flexible layout options and advanced theme options including colorpickers with unlimited colors to change the color scheme of the theme as you like. On this page you can view the changelog of theme updates for MH Magazine WordPress Theme.

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v3.6.0 30-10-2016

Several minor design fixes, adjustments and improvements
Added new function mh_magazine_loop_layout() to handle archive layouts
Added new archive layout to display large post and then list of posts (Layout 3)
Added new archive layout to display grid of posts (Layout 4)
Added new archive layout to display dynamic variation of posts (Layout 5)
Added 4 new layouts for widget titles
Added option to disable / hide tags on posts
Added Quicksand font to Google Webfonts collection
Added new function mh_magazine_copyright_notice() to handle footer copyright notice
Added dismiss button to welcome notice in WordPress dashboard
Added new theme support section within theme options panel in customizer
Added excerpts to posts in MH Posts Grid widget
Added options to display post meta and excerpts to MH Posts Grid widget
Added has_category() check in template parts where appropriate
Added Jetpack Infinite Scroll support for new archive layouts
Improved function mh_magazine_infinite_scroll_render() to support archive layouts
Improved handling of content on archives by reusing existing template parts
Improved handling of advertisements on archives (including new archive layouts)
Fixed rare syntax error message with older PHP versions before PHP 5.3
Removed role attribute for nav and aside elements to fix warnings in W3C validation
Removed redundant files content-loop-layout1.php and content-loop-layout2.php
Removed redundant file mh-customizer.js
Improved handling of ads on archives / within loop to avoid inclusion in feeds
Improved structured data for custom logo to fix error in rich snippet testing tool
Improved way of loading stylesheet for included child theme
Updated theme screenshot of included child theme
Updated content on theme info page in WordPress dashboard
Updated brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Updated german translation
Updated translation files

v3.5.0 17-09-2016

Improved HTML semantics for several elements
Improved header.php to load pingback URL only on posts
Improved structured data in header to ensure W3C validation for custom logo
Implemented additional structured data for better SEO
Fixed 1px resizing issue of medium sized thumbnails in Home 3 / Home 4
Fixed W3C validation for custom widgets in case of duplicate posts (post IDs)
Fixed minor alignment issue with icons for menu items in navigation
Added minor CSS tweaks to support WP User Avatar plugin (Gravatar alternative)
Improved readability of list items in content area on posts and pages
Added support for image, gallery, video and audio post formats
Added support for icons on thumbnails based on post formats
Added function to remove hentry CSS class from pages and custom widgets
Added function to handle conditional CSS classes for grid of posts
Removed redundant conditional tag in mh_magazine_scripts()
Replaced random with latest posts on 404 page to avoid performance issues
Improved archive.php to avoid duplicate author bio on author archives in WP 4.7
Updated content on theme info page in WordPress dashboard
Updated WordPress theme tags
Added russian translation files – thanks to Denis
Added arabic translation files – thanks to Salam Waddah
Updated japanese translation – thanks to Noriko Oseko
Updated brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Updated french translation – thanks to Didier Demory
Updated german translation
Updated translation files

v3.4.0 23-07-2016

This update contains the implementation of the new custom logo feature in WordPress. If you previously have uploaded your logo as header image, you need to remove the header image and re-upload your logo under Appearance => Customize => Site Identity.

Several design adjustments and improvements
Updated WordPress theme tags
Added theme support for custom logo (introduced in WP 4.5)
Changed position of custom header image to support additional custom logo feature
Improved handling of Header 2 widget area for more flexibility
Improved header navigation to display menu on mobile as well
Added option to enable/disable transparent header
Added notices to widget areas on Homepage template if no widgets have been placed
Added notices to widget areas on WooCommerce pages if no widgets have been placed
Added function to change default prefix of titles on archives
Added new file mh-compatibility.php to handle backwards compatibility
Added new file image.php to handle / display image attachments
Added new files archive.php and search.php
Added .mh-navigation class to optimize and improve CSS for navigation menus
Added icons for menu items to indicate if menu items have sub-menus
Added fields for LinkedIn and Xing to user profile in WordPress dashboard
Added support for LinkedIn and Xing icons in author box
Added email to friend button to share buttons on posts
Added several fixes and improvements to comments.php
Added thumbnails and post titles to post / attachment navigation
Restyled author box, comment section and share buttons
Improved markup and semantics for image attachments
Improved JS performance of back to top button – thanks to Bernhard Kau
Moved deprecated function mh_magazine_page_title() to mh-compatibility.php
Removed deprecated file content-attachment.php (replaced by image.php)
Updated SlickNav Mobile Menu to v1.0.7
Updated Font Awesome Icon Fonts to v4.6.3
Updated Modernizr script to v3.3.1
Added portuguese translation files – thanks to José Ribeiro
Added norwegian (bokmål) translation files – thanks to Jan Sandtrø & Ben Ormstad
Updated german translation
Updated translation files

v3.3.1 31-05-2016

Several minor design adjustments and improvements
Added notice to sidebars and Home 12 widget area if no widgets have been placed
Added Play and Quantico to collection of Google Webfonts
Removed hentry class from custom widgets to prevent notices in GWT
Changed links for social share buttons on posts to HTTPS
Fixed user selection in MH Author Bio widget to display applicable users only
Improved escaping of data in breadcrumbs
Updated Facebook JavaScript-SDK to v2.6
Added czech translation files – thanks to Aleš Bažout
Added finnish translation files – thanks to Ville Polvela
Updated polish translation – thanks to Andrzej Warzecha
Updated french translation – thanks to Benjamin Bonhore
Updated brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Updated german translation
Updated translation files

v3.3.0 09-04-2016

Minor CSS adjustments
Fixed issue with date in header displaying in english language only
Added workaround to fix 1px offset FlexSlider issue
Added author name to posts on archives for better structured data
Added selective refresh support for widgets (introduced in WP 4.5)
Updated translation files
Updated brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Updated german translation

v3.2.1 09-03-2016

Minor CSS adjustments
Fixed displaying issues with MH Posts Stacked widget in Chrome browser
Updated theme screenshot

v3.2.0 04-03-2016

Several minor design adjustments and improvements
Fixed issue where font size of tag cloud could not be modified in child themes
Fixed issue with alt tag of image placeholders not being translatable
Fixed minor alignment issues in RTL (Right-to-Left) layout
Fixed incorrect padding for copyright notice when wide layout is enabled
Several improvements for color options
Renamed mh-options.php file to mh-customizer.php
Decreased speed of MH Slider and MH Carousel widgets to 7000ms
Reorganized layout options into separate sections
Removed redundant options to enable/disable ticker and header search field
Added 26 new fonts to Google Webfonts collection
Added 2 new additional layouts for MH Slider widget
Added support for new slider layouts to MH Custom Slider widget
Added new additional layout for widget titles
Added helpful links to theme options panel in customizer
Added formatting support for descriptions on archives
Added styling for WordPress RSS feed widget
Added options to display content in header bars (top/bottom)
Added optional date to header bar (top/bottom)
Added optional news ticker to header bar (top/bottom)
Added optional search to header bar (top/bottom)
Added optional navigation to header bar (top/bottom)
Added optional social icons to header bar (top/bottom)
Added option to enable/disable caption with category name to several widgets
Added MH Posts Stacked widget to display block with stacked posts
Added MH Posts Horizontal widget to display small posts as horizontal grid
Added MH Posts Digest widget to display an overview of posts
Added MH Posts Focus widget to display 5 posts with focus on large post
Added MH Posts Lineup widget to display featured post and list with additional posts
Added MH Category Columns widget to display posts from specific categories
Removed redundant HTML markup for stacked social icons
Updated theme screenshot
Fixed error in italian translation file (Cerca instead of Serca)
Updated dutch translation – thanks to Jos van Oyen
Updated brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Updated romanian translation
Updated german translation
Updated translation files

v3.1.0 16-12-2015

Overall code maintenance
Fixed issue with WordPress comments appearing on BuddyPress pages
Fixed issue with unapproved comments displaying in MH Tabbed widget
Fixed incorrect placeholder image for MH Spotlight widget
Fixed minor inconsistencies with changes through color options
Fixed issue with pagination of paginated posts displaying in excerpts of widgets
Fixed issue with max-width of main container in wide layout when two sidebars enabled
Fixed issue with links in comments that were not highlighted anymore
Fixed HTML5 validation notices for Google Webfonts
Minor CSS fixes for right-to-left layout (rtl.css)
Adjusted margins in comment form to support new layout in WordPress 4.4
Improved handling of excerpts when more-tag is present
Added missing structured data (hentry) on archives
Added options to MH Tabbed widget to set number of posts, tags and comments
Added option to MH YouTube Video widget to enable autoplay
Added option to MH YouTube Video widget to display video title / information
Added option to MH YouTube Video widget to display player controls
Added option to MH YouTube Video widget to enable recommended videos
Modified iframe of MH YouTube Video widget to allow fullscreen mode
Escaped all translation strings in theme customizer
Removed duplicate IDs for MH Slider and MH Carousel widgets (fixed W3C warning)
Updated brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Updated italian translation – thanks to Vakhtang Naskidashvili
Updated german translation
Updated translation files

v3.0.0 21-10-2015

Important: This is a major update for MH Magazine, basically almost all aspects of the theme have been recoded, restructured and greatly improved. Please do not update the theme by overwriting files with FTP clients, but upload and re-install the theme through your WordPress dashboard. Please see the release post for more information about this major update.

Recoded and optimized codebase for widgets, functions and template files
Increased site width from 980px/1300px to 1080px/1431px
Improved responsive layout on mobile devices
Improved styling and added several CSS adjustments
Improved markup and semantics on posts/pages
Reorganized custom hooks in functions.php
Renamed page template files to improve consistency
Renamed image placeholder files to improve consistency
Changed theme folder name to mh-magazine
Changed text domain to mh-magazine
Optimized functions to easily unhook in child themes
Replaced and restyled social buttons on posts
Fixed incorrect string for post count in author box
Redesigned author box on posts
Redesigned related content to display grid of posts
Prefixed grid to improve plugin compatibility
Improved handling of site title and tagline for better SEO
Improved function for Google Webfonts to load fonts via HTTPS
Improved and reorganized options panel in customizer
Improved handling of slider and carousel widgets
Improved and redesigned MH Social widget to support Font Awesome icons
Improved options to enable/disable post meta data
Improved names of widget areas for better usability
Improved breadcrumb navigation to display parents of parent pages
Improved existing color options and added new color options for more flexibility
Moved color options to separate file/functions for better handling in child themes
Moved typography options from file mh-options.php to mh-google-webfonts.php
Added HTML5 markup support for search form, comments, gallery and image captions
Added Google Webfonts character subsets for arabic, hebrew and vietnamese language
Added several new Google Webfonts to fonts collection in customizer
Added search box to header right next to news ticker
Added option to hide search box in header
Added back to top button to easily scroll back to top of the site
Added option to enable/disable back to top button
Added link to comment count to refer to comment section
Added date to small posts in MH Custom Posts widget
Added MH Author Bio widget to display user information in sidebar
Added MH Posts Grid widget to display a grid of posts including thumbnails
Added MH Posts Large widget to display a list of large sized posts
Added MH Posts List widget to display a list of posts including thumbnails
Added MH Tabbed widget to display latest posts, tags and comments
Added category name to MH Slider (Layout 2) widget
Added new additional style (Layout 3) for MH Slider widget
Added widget area for advertisements in header next to logo
Added hooks to header/footer for flexible layouts within child themes
Added custom menu slot for social icons in header
Added custom menu slot for social icons of MH Social widget
Added option to MH YouTube Video widget to link title to custom URL
Added support for Font Awesome icons v4.4.0
Added CSS classes based on widgets to widget areas for flexible styling
Added header navigation and social icons above header
Added separate panel for theme options in customizer (introduced in WP 4.0.0)
Changed excerpt length from characters to words for better support of exotic languages
Removed modified wp_trim_excerpt(); function to improve support for 3rd party plugins
Removed redundant social icons / image files
Removed redundant layout options (due to improvements or new functionality in WP 4.3)
Removed redundant files comments-pages.php, author.php and searchform.php
Removed redundant custom controls for WP customizer
Removed redundant MH Advertising widget (text widget can be used instead)
Removed redundant MH Affiliate widget (text widget can be used instead)
Removed option to add favicon in favor of Site Icon feature in WP 4.3
Removed optional teaser text on posts
Removed backwards compatibility of title tag (introduced in WP 4.1)
Updated image dimensions to support increased site width
Updated jQuery FlexSlider to v2.5.0
Updated SlickNav Mobile Menu to v1.0.3
Updated child theme files to support renamed template
Updated grid in MH Magazine Shortcodes plugin
Updated theme screenshot with new version
Added romanian translation – thanks to Alice Calin
Added indonesian translation files – thanks to Widiyanto Saputro
Updated brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Updated german translation
Updated translation files

v2.4.3 29-07-2015

Several minor design improvements
Updated constructor method for WP_Widget to fully support WordPress 4.3.0

v2.4.2 27-06-2015

Added missing escaping where necessary
Added CSS class to image placeholders
Added CSS class to body tag to replace redundant functions for sidebar position
Added theme support for title tags (introduced in WP 4.1)
Improved homepage template (Home 6 changes position like regular sidebar)
Improved author box to allow HTML in author bio

v2.4.1 27-05-2015

Overall improved markup and code structure
Improved sanitization of options in customizer
Moved post titles on archives (layout 1) next to thumbnails
Moved built-in shortcodes to MH Magazine Shortcodes plugin
Added MH Magazine Shortcodes plugin to /add-ons folder
Replaced default logo with new version
Updated MH Affiliate widget with new banner
Removed redundant banners of MH Affiliate widget
Updated theme screenshot
Updated child theme with new theme screenshot
Added croatian translation files – thanks to Emir Kurtovic
Updated brazilian portuguese translation with some corrections
Updated french translation – thanks to Florent Guignard
Updated german translation
Updated translation files

v2.4.0 20-04-2015

Minor CSS adjustments
Improved handling of responsive embeds
Added proper copyright attribution to readme.txt
Added MH Facebook page widget (replaced MH Facebook likebox widget)
Removed MH Facebook likebox widget (deprecated from June 23rd 2015)
Updated Facebook SDK
Updated child theme to load stylesheet with wp_enqueue_scripts() instead of @import
Updated translation files
Updated german translation

v2.3.1 31-03-2015

Fixed small CSS issue with copyright notice on some mobile devices

v2.3.0 20-03-2015

Several minor CSS adjustments
Fixed issue with footer navigation if no footer content exists
Fixed issue where category filter for news ticker did only accept one category ID
Fixed small syntax error in mh_head_misc();
Replaced theme screenshot
Removed theme dashboard widget (replaced by theme info page)
Added licensing information for images on theme screenshot
Added theme info page to WordPress dashboard
Added conditional for caption in MH Spotlight widget to check if title exists
Added option to MH Spotlight widget to filter multiple categories by ID
Added wpml-config.xml for future WPML compatibility
Added MH YouTube widget to easily display responsive YouTube videos
Added minor improvements to responsive layout
Improved sanitization of data in custom widgets
Improved handling of options in MH Facebook Likebox widget
Improved function for prev/next post links to prevent unnecessary markup
Improved function for breadcrumb navigation
Included css3-mediaqueries.js because Google Code will cease operations
Updated theme description
Updated strings in translation files
Updated german translation
Updated brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Added bulgarian translation files – thanks to Red Line Group ltd.

v2.2.1 20-12-2014

Improved handling of options for customizer in WP 4.1
Fixed issue with audio attachments on attachment page
Moved child theme to add-ons folder
Added ukrainian translation files – thanks to Nestor

v2.2.0 02-12-2014

Minor CSS adjustments
Fixed issue with colors of caption text in galleries
Fixed another issue with content width on full-width page template
Improved responsive layout for smartphones in landscape mode
Improved validation for custom excerpt length
Improved validation for custom font size (added fallback)
Improved handling of FlexSlider
Improved function for titles to support custom post types
Simplified function for post / image navigation
Added conditional for pagination markup
Added support for Jetpack Infinite Scroll
Added brazilian portuguese translation – thanks to Luis Antonio Paludetti
Added dutch translation – thanks to Yves Wens
Updated spanish translation – thanks to Xavier Lopez
Updated italian translation – thanks to Vakhtang Naskidashvili

v2.1.0 26-08-2014

Important: This update includes some major changes and improvements. In case you are using a child theme, please test the new version with your child theme before you update your website as your child theme might not be compatible anymore.

Several code improvements and CSS adjustments
Reorganized file structure
Reorganized and improved options panel
Added CSS class to teaser text on posts for better styling
Fixed issue with repeating teaser text on paginated posts
Fixed issue with repeating featured image on paginated posts
Fixed issue with $content_width variable when using full page template
Fixed issue where image captions were not shown for gallery images
Fixed issue where custom admin scripts were loaded on every admin page
Improved navigation on mobile devices
Improved responsive layout / handling of second sidebar
Improved handling of page titles
Improved author box function to prevent plugin conflicts
Improved readability of footer copyright notice
Improved functions/filters to handle ads on posts and archives
Improved MH Recent Comments widget to not display trackbacks anymore
Improved alignment of images
Improved implementation of native WordPress gallery
Improved support for WooCommerce 2.1
Improved support for Contact Form 7
Improved appearance of <input> elements on mobile and desktops
Improved styling of news ticker
Improved title of news ticker (is now optional and can be disabled)
Improved implementation of Google Webfonts
Improved color options
Removed integration of prettyPhoto lightbox (plugin recommended)
Removed optional slider on category archives (will be replaced with better solution)
Removed redundant option to set site width to 1300px (depends on sidebars now)
Added prefix to important CSS classes to improve plugin compatibility
Added option to link featured image to attachment page
Added option to MH Custom Slider widget to open links in new browser window / tab
Added styling for default WordPress pages widget
Added two more fonts to collection of Google Webfonts
Added option to disable Google Webfonts
Added option to choose character sets (subsets) for Google Webfonts
Added option to modify imported font styles of Google Webfonts
Added nofollow-tag to footer credit link
Replaced the_title() with the_title_attribute() for link title attributes
Reduced HTML markup of loop output
Updated Modernizr script to latest version (v2.8.3)
Updated FlexSlider to latest version (v2.2.2)
Changed FlexSlider from fade to slide due to temporary bug in FlexSlider (v2.2.2)
Updated readme.txt with licenses of bundled resources
Updated stylesheet for RTL languages (rtl.css)
i18n improvements for better translations
Added japanese translation file
Added .pot file for easier translations
Updated translation strings
Updated german translation
Updated spanish translation – thanks to Xavier Lopez

v2.0.3 11-06-2014

Reduced font size for blockquotes
Several small improvements of responsive layout
Added 404 template for improved handling of 404 errors
Stopped duplicate loading of jQuery migrate
Updated text of theme support dashboard widget
Theme support dashboard widget will now only be shown for site admins
Added danish translation – thanks to Niklas Andersen

v2.0.2 29-03-2014

Improved plugin compatibility
Removed redundant [heading] shortcode
Some small CSS adjustments

v2.0.1 24-03-2014

This is a maintenance update to improve the theme codebase and compatibility
Fixed color option to change border-color of MH Carousel widget (Layout 1)
Moved SEO options to optional child theme (recommended plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast)
Moved option to enable breadcrumbs from “SEO Options” to “Posts/Pages Options”
Redesigned layout for archives (Layout 3)
Changed size of small thumbnails back to 70x53px
Switched to WordPress internal jQuery version

v2.0.0 17-03-2014

Several small code improvements and CSS adjustments
Added custom excerpt support for pages
Added MH Custom Pages widget to display pages based on page IDs
Added optional slider for use on category pages
Added option to set number of slides for category pages
Added new layout option to set layout for category slider
Added new layout option to enable sidebars
Removed depreciated option to enable second sidebar
Added new layout option to select responsive or fixed layout
Removed depreciated option to disable responsive layout
Added option to several custom widgets to filter posts by multiple categories
Added option to link title of MH Custom Posts widget to custom URL
Added MH Custom Slider widget to display custom content in slider
Added option to ignore sticky posts for news ticker
Improved slider widgets can now be used multiple times per page
Improved slider shortcode can now be used multiple times per page
Improved options for several custom widgets
Improved handling of page title layouts
Improved loading of stylesheet to prevent caching issues after theme updates
Improved implementation of custom header support
Custom header can now display a logo and site title / tagline at the same time
Added option to change color of site title / tagline for custom header
Increased size of small thumbnails to 80x60px
Combined options to display social buttons on posts to one single option
Combined options to display author box to one single option
Combined options to display related articles to one single option
Removed redundant quote shortcode
Moved option to scale background from “General Options” to “Background Image Options”
Moved option to disable prettyPhoto from “General Options” to “Posts/Pages Options”
Updated translation strings
Updated german translation

v1.9.1 23-01-2014

Several code improvements and CSS adjustments
Changed theme tag flexible-width to responsive-layout (new in WP 3.8)
Changed theme screenshot size to 880x660px due to new WordPress recommendations
Optical improvements for breadcrumb navigation
Fixed post title will no longer have border if no subheading is set
Fixed color option to change link color now only affects links on posts and pages
Fixed MH Slider Widget layout 2 navigation issues in Safari browser
Fixed author box will no longer be displayed on attachments
Fixed issue where MH Advertising widget did not output JavaScript properly
Improved excerpts will now display more-link also for manual excerpts
Improved 404 page template (content-none.php)
Improved sitemap template (sitemap.php)
Improved styling of header image / logo fallback
Updated text of theme support dashboard widget
Added new file sidebar.php
Added new additional layout for archives
Properly hooked wp_link_pages() to fix issue with paginated posts
Replaced jQuery Migrate v1.2.1 with minified version for better performance
Added polish translation – thanks to Elik Kamedula
Updated translation strings

v1.9.0 12-12-2013

Several CSS adjustments
Improved responsive layout
$content_width variable will now be set properly depending on site width
Added featured image size to media gallery selection
Added support for WooCommerce plugin
Added widgetized sidebar on WooCommerce pages (only when plugin is active)
Added option to disable featured image for specific posts
Added options to disable date and comments for MH Custom Posts widget
Added option to disable comments for MH Spotlight widget
Added options to disable date, author, category and comments in post meta
Added option to change position of share buttons on posts
Added option to change layout of author box
Added new additional layout for author box
Added authors template to list all authors on a page
Added option to change layout of MH Slider & MH Carousel widget
Added new additional layout for MH Slider & MH Carousel widget
Added option to disable large thumbnails in MH Custom Posts widget
Added option to disable small thumbnails in MH Custom Posts widget
Added additional navigation below main navigation menu
Added Asap font to Google Webfonts collection
Added MH Advertising widget to display ads (Square Buttons) very easily
Changed color of widgets in admin dashboard to match design of WP 3.8
Updated mh_page_title() does now support custom taxonomies
Updated MH Affiliate widget to support Creative Market Affiliate Program
Updated dashboard theme support widget with Creative Market access
Updated markup for Facebook like button
Updated translation strings

v1.8.6 10-11-2013

Fixed issue where disabling the prettyPhoto lightbox produced an error
Fixed issue where author name was not displayed properly on author archives
Fixed issues with news ticker markup
Changed title of spotlight widget from H1 to H2
Changed default excerpt length to 175 characters
Replaced cp_large thumbnail for Facebook Open Graph with spotlight thumbnail
Added option to change layout of archives / loop
Added option to change layout of widget titles
Added option to change layout of page titles
Added option to change layout of related articles
Added Tumblr and deviantART icons to social widget
Added affiliate widget so users can earn money by promoting MH Themes
Updated jQuery to v1.10.2
Added italian translation
Updated translation strings

v1.8.5 28-10-2013

Several code improvements
Improved readability of typography
Reorganized file structure to improve performance
Added “Theme Support” dashboard widget to WordPress admin
Removed option to change layout – layouts will be available as separate themes
Fixed issue where shortcodes for content ad on posts did not work
Removed option to change position of share buttons
News in Pictures widget now only displays posts which have a featured image
Improved [box] shortcode / new attributes “toggle” and “height”
Highlighted MH widgets with a darker color in WordPress admin
Added multi-purpose [slider] shortcode to insert e.g. custom image sliders
Added [testimonial] shortcode to display styled testimonials
Added some useful theme action hooks
Added breadcrumb rich snippet support
Added swedish translation – thanks to Joel Sannemalm
Added hebrew translation – thanks to Yosi Avneri

v1.8.1 25-09-2013

Several CSS adjustments
Improved options panel of several widgets for better usability
Improved responsive layout for “MH Custom Posts” widget
Added option to several widgets to ignore sticky posts
Added option to several widgets to select a category
Added option to several widgets to set custom excerpt length
Added option to “MH Spotlight” widget to change image size
Added option to “MH Spotlight” widget to disable excerpt
Added option to “MH Spotlight” widget to disable post meta
Title of “MH Custom Posts” widget will now link to category archive
Improved handling of automatic excerpts
Changed option for excerpt lengths from words to characters
Removed option to use more-tag for excerpts
Added option to enter custom more text for excerpts
Moved CSS for RTL support to separate stylesheet rtl.css
Changed image size of small thumbnails back to 70x53px
Custom CSS won’t be included anymore if font size is set to default
Updated french translation – thanks to Olivier Copetto
Updated translation strings

v1.8.0 16-09-2013

Several code improvements
Several CSS adjustments
Improved typography
Changed default font from Droid Sans & Droid Serif to Open Sans
Converted font-sizes from % to rem
Removed Customizer link in appearance menu because it’s now default in WP 3.6
Renamed responsive [video] shortcode to [flexvid] due to conflicts in WP 3.6
Added new file loop.php to handle content output of loop / archives
Added new options section for typography settings
Added option to choose from a selection of Google Webfonts for headings and body text
Added option to change default font size on posts and pages
Added new options section for advertising settings
Added option to display ads after every x posts on archives
Added new options section for layout settings
Added option to select a different layout / CSS styling
Added option to increase site width to 1300px
Added option to enable a second sidebar (will force site width to 1300px)
Featured image on posts will be replaced by slider image size if site width is 1300px
Slightly changed responsive layout to support new large site width
Slightly changed layout of “Homepage” template and added “Home 11” widget area
Removed “Homepage 2” template because same can now be done with “Homepage”
Added “Home 12” widget area to “Homepage” template if site width is 1300px
Added “Contact 2” widget area for contact template when second sidebar is enabled
Position of sidebar on default page template can now be changed
Removed “Page – Left Sidebar” template because it does not make sense anymore
Breadcrumb navigation does now support custom post types
Added “entry-title”, “author” and “updated” structured data for Google Rich Snippets
Added option to “MH Slider Widget” to change slider image size
Removed option of “MH Custom Posts” widget to enable mobile excerpts – it’s useless
Increased image size of small images on “MH Custom Posts” widget to 100x75px
Increased image size of “MH News in Pictures” widget to 100x75px
Removed date in post meta of “MH Custom Posts” widget (small size)
Main content now always will be displayed first before sidebars on mobile devices
Updated translation strings

v1.7.6 23-07-2013

Slightly changed markup of slider to solve issue if caption contains links
Fixed issue where widget areas on posts/pages did not work since v1.7.5
Added fallback in case that no main navigation/menu is set
Improved breadcrumbs by adding parent categories on category archives
Fixed content ad now will be displayed properly if paragraphs are HTML formatted
Reduced the number of HTTP requests to improve performance
Updated translation strings

v1.7.5 12-07-2013

Several small CSS adjustments
Several code improvements
Changed image ratio of spotlight and carousel widget to 16:9
Main color of fonts is now darker
Increased size of dropcap a bit
Added responsive header and footer navigation menu
Added option to custom posts widget to enable responsive excerpts
Disabling post meta now affects archives too
Fixed some small CSS issues with the RTL layout
Improved handling of long titles in navigation
Added fallback in case that no header image is set
Added [video] shortcode to embed responsive videos
Added jQuery migrate plugin to restore deprecated and removed functionality
Added function to take care of page title output
Added filter to output wp_title()
Added missing markup to social widget
Added navigation with previous/next links to single post and attachment view
Added option to enable navigation links on posts / attachments
Combined breadcrumb options to one single option (enable/disable)
Improved breadcrumb output
Select elements with long texts will no longer be cut off
Removed markup of footer when no footer widgets are active
Updated translation strings

v1.7.1 20-06-2013

Switched back to 4:3 image ratio for large images of custom posts widget
Changed default excerpt length to 60 words
Improved media queries for custom posts widget
Code improvements
Updated translation strings

v1.7.0 18-06-2013

Code improvements
Improvements in layout, design and font-size
Changed order of related posts from date to random
Changed file structure to prepare for implementation of post formats
Changed layout of custom posts widget
Extended options of custom posts widget to display excerpts for every post
Extended options of slider and spotlight widget to display random or popular posts
Added option to disable post meta
Added option to disable post meta of custom posts widget
Updated Facebook Likebox code to new version
Added options to disable faces, stream, header and border of Facebook Likebox widget
Added option to upload a favicon
Added option to enable comments on pages (disabled by default)
Added feature to display teaser text at the beginning of posts
Added option to disable teaser text on posts
Added option to use more-tag instead of automatic excerpts
Added option to social widget to open links in new window / tab
Added option to social widget to set links to nofollow
Replaced icons of social widget – thanks to G. Pritiranjan Das
Added YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Pinterest, Instagram, Myspace to social widget
Removed Xing from social widget
Reduced amount of image ratios to two (4:3 and 1:2.35)
Fixed rel=”prettyPhoto” now will be added automatically
Added option to disable prettyPhoto lightbox
Comments and pingbacks / trackbacks are now displayed separate
Added caption text to featured images on posts
Improved output of alt and title of featured images on posts
Improved output of image captions
Improved support for post attachments
Fixed links of carousel widget now work on mobile devices
index.php is now more generic and has replaced several archive templates

v1.6.0 17-05-2013

Some minor code improvements
Some minor CSS adjustments
Added SEO option to set several archives to noindex to prevent duplicate content
Added SEO option to set attachments to noindex
Added option to verify site for Google Webmaster Tools
Added comments support on static pages
Replaced theme logo and theme screenshot in wp dashboard
Fixed og:type now gets correct data on archives
Fixed og:title now gets correct data on archives
Fixed authorbox now gets properly displayed on author archives
Moved child theme files to parent folder to prevent upload issues using wp uploader
Updated spanish translation – thanks to Samuel Galiano Parras
Updated translation strings
Replaced changelog.txt with readme.txt

v1.5.0 22-04-2013

Removed unused tags for page title on index.php when no static front page is set
Enabled threaded comments in functions.php instead of header.php
Some minor CSS improvements
Several code improvements
Fixed CSS after Contact Form 7 plugin update
Fixed CSS ordered lists
Fixed message box animation
Fixed automatic formatting of shortcodes
Reorganized theme options
Removed option to set social language because theme recognizes automatically now
Added posts/pages options section
Added SEO options section
Added SEO option to set a custom meta description on posts/pages
Added SEO option to use post tags as meta tags/keywords
Added SEO option to set meta keywords manually for each post/page
Added SEO option to set a seo optimized title tag on posts/pages
Added SEO option to set Google Publisher Page
Added SEO option to clean up head section from “junk”
Added Google Authorship support
Added Facebook Open Graph support
Added option to display content ads on posts
Added option to disable featured image on posts
Added option to disable images on custom posts widget
Added option to recent comments widget to change size of avatars
Added widget area/sidebar on contact page template
Added new widget to display authors including the number of posts published
Added new widget to display linked social media icons
Added new fields to user profile (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube)
Added contact information of authors to author box
Added option to disable author box on posts/archives
Added option to hide contact information in author box
Added spanish translation – thanks to Samuel Galiano Parras
Updated translation strings
Added child theme files

v1.3.0 27-03-2013

Some minor improvements for better SEO
Some minor CSS adjustments
Added Droid Sans webfont to style headings
Improved typography
Added option to set position of share buttons
Related posts are now displayed as list including title and subheading
Removed jQuery PowerTip support because of problems on mobile devices
Added option to scale background image to full size of browser window
Fixed issue wpSEO plugin regarding remove_action(‘shutdown’, ‘wp_ob_end_flush_all’, 1);
Updated translation strings

v1.2.0 17-03-2013

Updated translation strings
Added dynamic copyright date to footer
Added option to set language for social buttons and likebox

v1.1.1 20-02-2013

Replaced blog template with homepage templates

v1.1.0 19-02-2013

Minor code improvements
Minor CSS fixes
Added flex-height and flex-width to custom header support
Deleted shortcodes for slider, spotlight and carousel because they will be replaced with custom widgets
Replaced homepage templates with fully widgetized homepage templates
Added 3 new widgets => slider, spotlight and carousel to setup custom homepage templates
Updated translation strings
Added slider to blog template

v1.0.0 15-02-2013