Changelog

New releases, improvements, fixes and notable changes for Format theme. To update the theme, follow the steps in Updating Theme article.

v1.5.2 - Nov 15, 2024

• improved texts for Sign In and Sign Up pages when different membership registrations are enabled
• fixed discount calculation in membership page pricing
• minor changes

v1.5.1 - Nov 9, 2024

• restored the possibility to hide “Published with…” section from footer copyright using custom CSS. Learn more in Footer article

v1.5.0 - Oct 28, 2024

• added support for Featured Video in posts. Learn more
• added support for existing rel attributes on links when use custom external links feature to prevent overriding them
• added automatic language detection to code highlight. Learn more about supported languages
• added support for tags colors
• added aria-expanded attribute to toggle navigation button
• added excerpt to the post card in posts list (not only support custom excerpts)
• added view transition between pages
• improved templates usage:
  • added home.hbs template for the Home page for better template customization
  • improved possibility to add collections for posts
  • various changes in templates
• added possibility to insert HTML tags in footer copyright
• added possibility to customize and remove URLs for built-in pages: /docs/format/page-custom-urls
• added proper conditions for displaying the subscription form (only when membership is enabled)
• added example of using custom heading levels in TOC here: /docs/format/custom-table-of-contents/#custom-heading-levels
• improved TOC to properly work if heading levels is not in correct structure
• fixed dark mode for signin, signup and error pages
• fixed missing translations in some components
• fixed color for most of custom SVG icon packs
• fixed error page template status code and message
• fixed subscription form error message text
• fixed scroll top button position on mobile devices
• fixed border radius for featured image in posts
• fixed meta charset placement in head
• unified some code components and moved to the PVS framework
• changed featured post star icon to flame
• changed Swiper bundle to custom made, which is smaller
• removed padding from lightbox to maximize enlarged image size
• removed unused icons
• a lot of small fixes and changes

v1.4.1 - Sep 25, 2024

• added support for “Unlock full content” link in TOC of locked posts
• fixed line breaks in long lines
• fixed popup comments width on mobile screen
• renamed ‘X/Twitter’ to ‘X’
• minor fixes

v1.4.0 - Aug 31, 2024

• added support for Table of Contents. Learn more
• added support for copy button, line numbers and language badge to the Code Syntax Highlight component. Learn more
• added empty CSS and JS files for user customizations. Learn more
• added styled success and error messages to subscription form
• added aria-label to all nav tags
• fixed styles of components updated in Ghost v5.90.0
• fixed dark mode background in Ghost portal and in comments iframes
• fixed paged page site title
• fixed announcement bar top offset
• fixed inputs zoom on iOS devices
• fixed horizontal scroll on home page on mobile devices
• a lot of minor changes in templates and styles

v1.3.0 - Jun 19, 2024

• added Featured posts carousel to the homepage. If you have more than one featured post, a visually appealing carousel will automatically display all featured posts.
• added search button to the homepage before the latest posts section
• changed tag buttons style from bordered to filled

v1.2.0 - Jun 15, 2024

• added support for alphabetical order in tags lists. Learn more
• changed cursor to pointer in dark mode toggle button
• fixed slow page loading on large sites with a lot of posts
• fixed section title link chevron position

v1.1.0 - May 28, 2024

• added support for code syntax highlight. Learn more
• fixed iframe embeds automatic 16:9 format ratio. Use it for video embeds only
• fixed scroll progress button overflowing footer on small screens
• minor changes and fixes

v1.0.0 - Apr 30, 2024

• Initial release