Salient - Responsive Multi-Purpose Themes v18.0.1

v15.0.2 (8/19/22)​

Fixed​

• Fixed Highlighted Text "Hand-drawn scribble" style to render line in correct position
• Fixed Testimonial Slider "Multiple visible minimal" style to correctly create equal heights on quotes
• Fixed "Advanced" column padding to apply to columns using "sticky" position
• Fixed "Material" product style gallery image hover in Safari

Updated​

• Updated Salient WPBakery Page Builder to 6.9.1
  • Fixed WPbakery Page Builder on allow columns to be correctly reordered by dragging

v15.0.1 (8/15/22)​

Fixed​

• Fixed Custom "Single Product Image Dimensions" theme option to work with WooCommerce 6.8
• Fixed dynamic element CSS to correctly generate when adding page builder elements to the WooCommerce product "short description" field
• Fixed linked elements to not trigger an unintentional click on mobile devices when starting a swipe from the top of the page

v15.0 Major Release (8/13/22)​

v15 is a major release. After updating, remember to clear the cache from any performance plugins you have active as well as your browser cache.

Once you've updated your theme, make sure to also update your Salient plugins to get access to the features listed below.

Added​

• Added deep Lottie integration with new dedicated page builder element
  • Create complex animations using After Effects and render them via SVG elements for high performance/crisp rendering. You can also easily import external lottie animations from LottieFiles.
  • Control animation playback by various methods (Scroll/Hover/Auto etc.)
  • View documentation here
• Added new "Mask" option to Single Image page builder element + Column page builder element background
  • Allows you to easily set a shape mask from our predefined library of shapes or via a custom uploaded shape
• Added new page builder element "Star Reviews"
• Added new page builder element "Circle Images"
• Added new page builder element "Price Typography"
• Added new page builder element "Responsive Text"
• Added "Animated Shape" page builder element
• Added new performance option to Delay JavaScript Execution - Improves Lighthouse Mobile page speed score
• Added "Animated Gradient" row background option. This animates one or more colors in subtle blury blobs that move in a lavalamp-like fashion
• Added ability to specify custom padding for columns within the page builder
• Added option to define text alignment on columns per device viewport
• Added option to define custom easing per column/image animation to override the global easing
• Added Clip path animation options for columns and row background
• Added new reveal animations for columns
• Added new "Hand drawn scribble" style to "Highlighted Text" page builder element
• Added various new options to "Testimonial Slider" element
• Added autorotate "Ticker" continuous movement option to Carousel page builder element -> Flickity style
• Added additional column options to Carousel page builder element -> Flickity style
• Added ability to add an icon to "Call to action" page builder element
• Added option to specify custom hover text color to "Call to action" page builder element
• Added ability to specify positioning/transforms for "Call to action" page builder element
• Added custom shadow option for "Single Image" page builder element with full UI for controlling all aspects of shadow parameters
• Added option to allow "Single Image" page builder element to open videos in a lightbox
• Added new positioning/animation options for "Single Image" page builder element
• Added theme option to add a background blur to header navigation bar - creates a frosted glass effect.
• Added option to specify "Header Navigation Entrance Animation" delay
• Added new "Toggle Panels" page builder element styling option
• Added new tabbed section "Toggle Button" style
• Added option to allow self hosted video player element to autoplay only after scrolled into view
• Added option to specify "sticky" position for page builder rows
• Added new "scale" and "transform" options for page builder rows
• Added option to specify nofollow link for "Video lightbox" page builder element
• Added "Patreon" to header/footer social media selection
• Added new options to "text with inline images" page builder element
• Added new secondary menu hooks "nectar_hook_secondary_header_after_nav_open" & "nectar_hook_secondary_header_before_nav_close"
• Added option to skip lazy loading on "Post Grid" page builder element
• Added support for Yoast & Rank Math sitemap images with WPBakery dynamic elements that query for content such as blog, post grid, portfolio.
• Added salient theme option colors to color picker element in Salient WPbakery frontend editor
• Added ability to link directly to "register" tab with ?tab=2 within WooCommerce /my-account section
• Added theme accent/extra colors to CSS variables for easier reusability via child themes
• Added 33 new section templates to the Salient Studio
• Added new importable demo: SaaS

Fixed​

• Fixed "Cascading Images" parallax effect to calculate correctly inside of tabbed section element
• Fixed "Post Grid" page builder element to allow random order to work correctly without duplicates when using pagination
• Fixed page transitions "Material Design" Loading Icon Style to render correctly in Chrome
• Fixed "Fullscreen rows" on the frontend editor to reload animated elements correctly
• Fixed animated anchor scroll position when using lazy loaded images
• Fixed Animated elements that follow large lazy loaded images to trigger in correct position on screen
• Fixed Fancy box parallax hover style to allow minimum height field to use units other than px
• Fixed WooCommerce Product Bundles to work correctly with quickview
• Fixed WooCommerce Products carousel to swipe correctly on latest iOS
• Fixed Post Grid item clicking when using "Lightbox Only Grid Item" option
• Fixed Image with animation to not output CSS error "border-radius: none"
• Fixed Off canvas menu overflow scrolling on iPad
• Fixed team member page builder element to correctly display close indicator after opening external social link
• Fixed FancyBox3 lightbox to automatically play self-hosted videos on iOS when opening lightbox
• Fixed mouse indicator to only show when enabled in Split Line Hading element
• Fixed submenu from being able to overflow out of window on the right when using "Centered Logo Menu Alt" layout
• Fixed parallax row background position when using flex slider inside of row
• Fixed parallax single post navigation "Parallax contained" style to position correctly when using WP Block editor instead of WPBakery
• Fixed PHP warning on single post "Parallax contained" navigation style on last post in blog
• Fixed Nectar Slider autorotation in Safari
• Fixed Global section to allow image gallery -> image grid style to load in correctly
• Fixed "Call to Action" page builder element open new tab click event from opening two tabs in Safari/Firefox
• Fixed WooCommerce product quick view to correctly display placeholder image when main product image is not specified

Improved​

• Improved CSS generation/output for slimmer file sizes
• Improved JavaScript performance

  • Updated​

    • Updated "Medium" social media icon to current brand logo
    • Updated various blog elements to use img tags instead of BG images for better SEO
    • Updated Leaflet map library to current release
    • Updated Salient WPBakery Page builder to 6.9.0
    • Updated Salient Core to 1.9.5
    • Updated Salient Portfolio to 1.7.2
    • Updated Salient Demo Importer to 1.5