– [New]: Lots of improvement to breadcrumb. now breadcrumb can follow items in nested categories too
– [New]: New option added to testimonial element for displaying author’s image
– [New]: “5 columns” layout added to sub-footer layouts
– [New]: 8 new option for portfolio added to option panel
– [New]: 8 new option for product added to option panel
– [New]: 4 new option for news added to option panel
– [New]: Visual icon selector added to service page
– [New]: 48 new google fonts added to option panel (Early access fonts)
– Added: Category and tag listing pages for portfolio added
– Added: Category and tag listing pages for product added
– Added: Category listing pages for services added
– Added: Category listing pages for FAQ added
– Added: Category listing pages for testimonial added
– Added: Category and tag listing pages for news added
– Added: pagination to portfolio, product, services, testimonial index pages
– Added: 58 new icons added to icon list
– Added: “Email this” button added to product and portfolio pages
– Improvement: Images in Galley post format now work with related images too.
– improvement: In option panel usability
– improvement: In website layout when responsiveness is disabled
– Improvement: Fundamental improvements in testimonial elements to achieve best performance on devices
– Fix: The issue with disappearing some admin menu fixed
– Fix: Draft pages Excluded from search results
– Fix: The issue with nivo slider when there is just one image slide
– Fix: The issue with last custom sidebar in sidebar generator list
– Fix: Fixed the issue with script tag in smart page builder content
– Fix: Small issue with portfolio five column layout fixed
– Fix: The issue with Unicode characters in column element
– Fix: The issue with service excerpt box
– Added: Compatibility with Disqus commenting plugin added
– Added: Google+ social button to lightbox share links
– Added: Now compatible with Better WordPress Minify plugin
– Added: Now theme is compatible with “Grunion Contact Form” too
– Update: Revolution slider updated to version 3.0.3
– Update: Twitter widget is now compatible (and works) with new twitter API
– [New]: manual ordering by order attribute added to news
– Update: Documentation updated
– Lots of improvements under the hood
– Minor bugs fixed
Lotus version 1.9
– Fix: The issue with custom numeric permalinks fixed
– Fix: Lightbox (PrettyPhoto) issue with jQuery version 1.9 fixed.
– Fix: The issue with hover transitin on buttons in webkit browsers fixed
– Improve: Now Event date in news section is localized
– [New] Pinterest social icon added to site socials
– Fix: The issue with color option for changing icons color fixed.
– Fix: The issue with quote post format on latest blog element in smart page builder fixed.
– Fix: Some shortcodes didn’t work on column element in smart page builder, now it’s fixed.
Lotus version 1.8
– [New] Now you can add captions on portfolio images in portfolio single page
– [New] Added a feature to get first image of post content as featured image if featured image is not available
– [New] New option added for changing navigation height from option panel
– Fix: navigation issue on android devices fixed – now responsive menu toggles by click, not hover
– Fix: The issue with displaying images in recent products widget fixed
– Fix: Carousel issue on iphone5 fixed
– [New] New preset background patterns added to option panel
– Fix: The bug on attachment preview page fixed
– Fix: The issue with updating plugins on some hostings
– [New] Added instagram social option to site socials
– [New] Google+ share button added to portfolio and product single page
– [New] Auto reloading color options after saving new options. Now you don’t need to clear your browser cache in order to see latest changes.
– [New] New option added in option panel to select between displying “summary” or “full content” for each blog post on blog listing page
– [New] New option added in option panel to select between displying “summary” or “full content” for each news post on news listing page
– Improve: Some improvements on services single page for displaying shortcodes
– Improve: Better SEO on images
– Fix: The issue with displaying tumblr social icon on top header fixed
– Fix: The issue with hiding price on product element(Thumb view) in smart page builder fixed.
– Update: Shortcode list updated
– Improve: Translate file updated
– Improve: jQuery updated to 1.9.1 and nivoslider to latest
– Improve: Major improvements on responsiveness
– Improve: Better styling for testimonial widget when the image is not set
– Improve: Improvement in style of lightbox in galley view
Lotus version 1.71
– Fixe: The issue with excerpt length number in page builder elements
– Improve: content preview in service single pages
Lotus version 1.7
– [New] now, lotus will expand to 1140 pixel width in big screens (also you can turn it off from option panel)
– [New] Added options for changing the background and text color in top header bar
– update: now 600+ google fonts are available
– [New] Added full and landing layout for blog category page
– [New] Added options for blog category page to option panel
– [New] Added pinterest share link to portfolio and product pages.
– [New] Included 5 demo content files in download package (agency, business, personal, showcase, food)
– [New] Added manual ordering for news posts
– [New] Added more sizes for slider element in page builder
– [New] Enabled shortcodes on tab and accordion elements
– [New] Added Feature to hide comment number on blog and news listing page when comment is close
– [New] Added Slug translation for all custom post types. now url slugs are translatable through translate file.
– [New] Added manual ordering for services, FAQs and testimonials
– [New] Added Shortcode support for services grid view
– [New] Added a feature for scaling down big logo images on small screens
– Improve: Search resault by excluding attachment type from results
– Fixed: Now browser dont scale up small images on product page
– Fixed: The issue with small feature images on news and blog posts
– Fixed: The issue with social share links on portfolio single page
– Improve: Translate file improved. now “note for translator” is visible in translate file
– Improve: Now shortcodes are enabled on portfolio and product meta labels
– Fixed: The issue with import tool in theme option panel
– Fixed: The bug in portfolio slider for youtu.be links
– Fixed: The preview feature for nivoslider and flexslider
– Updated: Several typo fixed in translate file
– Improve: Style for image with caption in page content improved. now extra minimal!
– Improve: The style for floated elements in tab element content improved.
– Improve: Added a wrapper for column shortcode. now when you click on column shortcode button a wrapper will be added too.
– Improve: wmpl flags now looks great on small screens too
– Removed: http verification from url field in contact form removed.