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  4. 2017 – 2016

2017 – 2016

Version 2.7


New:
  • Integrated brand new designs.A modern and clean design in vertical timeline styles.
  • Added new Horizontal timeline designs with a single active story.
  • Added Modern and clean designs in the content timeline
  • Managed content timeline shortcode.
Improvements:
  • Created different-different files for layouts
  • Improved overall code.
Fixed:
  • Fixed compact timeline title issue
  • Fixed rating notice issue.
  • Fixed compact timeline issues.

Version 2.6


New:
  • Integrated Ajax load more in a compact layout.
  • Added new Horizontal content timeline shortcode generator settings in the shortcode generator.
  • Added Starting story settings in the Horizontal timeline shortcode generator.
  • Added Auto scrolling settings in Horizontal timeline shortcode.
  • Updated all languages translation files.
  • Integrated Category based filter in story timeline and content timeline.
  • Added RTL support for both vertical and horizontal.
  • Added Go back to timeline link on the story details page.
Improvements:
  • Code improvements.
  • Minor style improvements. 
  • Removed story year dropdown from story section and managed Year section with Story date.

Version 2.4


New:
  • Integrated Ajax load more feature in the Story timeline and content timeline. Users can easily enable it from the shortcode generator.
  • Added ability to quickly update the order of custom order based timeline in all stories sections.
  • Added timeline styles in the header and scripts in the footer.
  • Added pagination settings in the shortcode generator.
Removed:
  • Removed preloader from the compact timeline.
  • Removed settings panel instructions images.
Improvements:
  • The improved loading speed of a compact timeline. Improved code snippets.
  • Improved Shortcode generator UI. Integrated buttons on top.
  • Changed custom order number dropdown into the text field.
Fixed:
  • Fixed compatibility issue with the new version of google chrome(Version 61.0.3163.79)

Version 2.3.1


Fixed:
  • Fixed Fatal error: Can’t use the function return value in write context in.

Version 2.3


New:
  • Integrated Automatic update feature. Now all users receive notifications in the plugins section like WordPress.org plugin update notifications. And users can easily update the plugin with one click.
  • Single Story Color settings. You can easily set the color of each story from the story section.
  • Added image icon option and settings in the story section.
  • Integrated dynamic Alt text in the featured image.
  • Content timeline post meta settings in the plugin settings panel.
  • Filter hooks(ctl_stories_query,ctl_story_dates,ctl_story_year,ctl_story_clasess).
Removed:
  • Removed the Social timeline feature and create a standalone version of the Facebook page feed timeline. You can easily download it from WordPress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/cool-facebook-page-feed-timeline/
  • Removed common-loop.php file and converted all code into functions.

Version 2.2


New:
  •  New compact layout for the timeline. Now you can create a timeline in a masonry style without extra blank space between stories.
  • Integrated sticky footer navigation for vertical timeline.
  • New compact layout settings in shortcode generator and visual composer settings.
  • Multiple sticky navigations for multiple timelines on one page.
Improvements:
  • Overall scrolling navigation design.
  • CSS and JS
Fixed:
  • Timeline pagination problem.
  • Horizontal timeline multiple stories scrolling problem in mobile devices.

Version 2.1.1


New:
  • Custom order based stories labels and order numbers in all stories section.
  • Custom link of stories on the featured image.
Improvements:
  • Changed HTTP CDN links into HTTPs.
Fixed:
  • Custom order based timeline stories wrong ordering problem.
  • Fixed some noticed errors
  • Missing terms issue of WordPress version 4.3 or later.

Version 2.1


New:
  • Stories description setting (full/summary) inside shortcode generator.
  • Latest Font Awesome icons inside the horizontal timeline.
Removed:
  • Single story page. We are now using WordPress’s default single page to show stories.
Improvements:
  • Repetitive code using common functions.
Fixed:
  • The horizontal timeline continues the looping problem. We have disabled navigation buttons after the last story.
  • Optimized overall PHP code.
  • Content timeline short-code generator large height problem.
  • Minor fixes in CSS and JS files.
  • YouTube video full screen issue.

Version 2.0.3


New:
  • Added styles and scripts on a particular timeline page.
Improvements:
  • Timeline Page Loading Speed Improved.
  • Minimize JS and CSS files.
  • Optimized timeline loading speed.
  • Optimized Google fonts loading speed and also added on the particular timeline page.
  • Added CSS and scripts based on timeline types.
Fixed:
  • Timeline stories wrong orders problem.
  • Fixed timeline styles loading to each page bug.

Version 2.0.2


New:
  • Added new custom order based timeline feature. Now users can add anything to a timeline.
  • Added support for custom text like(BC, Weeks, Months, and date ranges(event start date/event end date).
  • Added support for post formats in the content timeline (video, audio, and galleries, etc).
Improvements:
  • Integrated new version(4.7.0) of font awesome icons.
  • Minor js and CSS fixes.
Fixed:
  • Syntax error, unexpected end of file, expecting function (T_FUNCTION).
  • Shortcode generator errors with other languages special characters.
  • Improved code snippets

Version 2.0.1


New:
  • Story date format settings in the shortcode generator.
  • Custom link option in the story section.
  • Translation ready and translated in 4 languages (German, French, Indonesian & Italian).
  • Stories read more text managed from the settings panel.
Compatibility:
  • Compatibility with the free version. – Fixed: Horizontal slider disable looping
Improvements:
  • Improved timeline loading speed.
Fixed:
  • Fixed fatal errors generated by the plugin while the free plugin is active.
  • Minor bug fixed.

Version 2.0


New:
  • Added new designs for Vertical timeline and one-sided (Default, Flat Design, Elegant Design, Classic Designs).
  • Added new designs for the Horizontal timeline (Default, Flat Design, Ele.
  • Added new designs for Content timeline (Default, Flat Design, Elegant Design, Classic Designs).
  • Visual Composer support(Story timeline, Content timeline, social timeline)
  • Content timeline Horizontal layout.
  • Content timeline with a specific category.
  • Content timeline Support category, tag, custom taxonomy.
  • Social timeline( Facebook Page Timeline).
  • Popup gallery.
  • Added new animation effects.
  •  Categories filter in all stories pages.
Improvements:
  • Shortcode generator.
Fixed:
    • Fixed the Footer extra space issue.
    • Minor style issue fixed
    • Minor bug fixed.
    • Minor frontend script(JS) changes

    Version 1.9


    Fixed:
    • Minor style issue fixed.
    • Minor frontend script(JS) changes.

    Version 1.8


    Fixed:
    • Minor Bugs Fixed.

    Version 1.7


    Improvements:
    • Migrates Google fonts from HTTP to HTTPS.
    Fixed:
    • Cannot load cool_timeline_page. Unable to access the plugin settings page when you have mentioned
      define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_MODS’,true); content in wp-config file
    • Horizontal Timeline minor bug fixings.
    • The shortcode problem with Divi Builder fixed.

    Version 1.6


    New:
    •  Disable the stories images option in the settings panel.
    Improvements:
    • Minor CSS fixes
    Fixed:
    • Multiple timeline issues on the same page.
    • Story single page height issue.

    Version 1.5


    New:
    • Horizontal timeline.
    • Content timeline
    • Icons for timeline.
    • Categories filter in all stories pages.
    Fixed:
    • Minor bug fixes.
    • Minor style fixes.

    Version 1.4


    Fixed:
    • Custom styling Bug fixing.

    Version 1.3


    New:
    • Single sided timeline layout.
    • Timeline multiple skins(Light, dark, default).
    • Stories Pagination feature.
    • Added year disable features in the settings panel.
    Improvements:
    • Overall view of the timeline.
    • HTML and CSS of the time.
    Updates:
    • Shortcode generator with layout and skin features.
    Fixed:
    • Minor bug fixings.
    • Minor CSS fixes.

    Version 1.2


    New:
    • Time option to set the story time
    • Title color option to set the story title color.
    • Stories orders(ASC/DESC) feature in shortcode.
    • Created plugin translation file.
    Updates:
    • Extended story year from 1850 to 1700.
    • Timeline z-index with a fixed menu bar.
    • Minor changes.
    Fixed:
    • Extra space with Full HTML option.
    • Story date translation issue.
    • Minor CSS fixes.

    Version 1.1


    • Improved features, small errors fixed

    Version 1.0


    • Version 1.0 Initial Release