2.0.0 - 2013-08-07 #

Added #

• Add semantic HTML5 elements across all output.
• Add attributes markup functions genesis_attr() and genesis_parse_attr(), allowing key elements to have their attributes filtered in.
• Add default microdata that covers itemtypes of WebPage, Blog, SearchResultsPage, WPHeader, WPSideBar, WPFooter, SiteNavigationElement, CreativeWork, BlogPosting, UserComments, and Person, and their corresponding properties.
• Add role attributes to assist with accessibility.
• Add more classes for pagination elements.
• Add HTML5-specific hooks that better match the new semantic structure and be post type agnostic.
• Add HTML5 shiv for Internet Explorer 8 and below.
• Add archive settings for custom post types that are (filterable conditions) public, show a UI, show a menu, have an archive, and support genesis-cpt-archives-settings.
• Add contextual help to settings pages, allowing better explanation of settings, and potentially reducing some visual distractions amongst the settings.
• Add distinct admin menu icon, instead of using default favicon.
• Add an unsaved settings alert, when the user is about to navigate away from a settings page after changing a value but not yet saved.
• Add semantic headings setting for using multiple h1 elements on a page.
• Add permalink on posts with no title.
• Add recognition of SEO Ultimate plugin, to enable Genesis SEO to automatically disable.
• Add iframe to CSS to cover responsive video.
• Add new clearfix method for block elements.
• Add rtl.css file to automatically display sites set-up as right-to-left language better, and gives theme authors a good starting point.
• Add updated screenshot.
• Add JSLint Closure Compiler instructions to Superfish args non-minified file.
• Add minified JavaScript (-.min.js) files that are used by default, unless SCRIPT_DEBUG is true.
• Add minified admin style sheet (-.min.css) files that are used by default, unless SCRIPT_DEBUG is true.
• Add early registration of Superfish files.
• Add header logo files.
• Add absint and safe_html new settings sanitization types.
• Add sanitization for custom body and post classes.
• Add filter to disable loading of deprecated functions file.
• Add filter to Superfish args URL.
• Add filter to initial layouts.
• Add filters to structural wraps – attributes and output.
• Add ability to wrap markup around output of genesis_custom_field().
• Add two new breadcrumb-related filters, genesis_build_crumbs and genesis_breadcrumb_link.
• Add $args to sidebar defaults filter.
• Add $footer_widgets to genesis_footer_widget_areas filter.
• Add context arg in genesis_get_image() to allow for more control when filtering output.
• Add fallback arg in genesis_get_image() to decide what thumbnail to show if a featured image is not set.
• Add array type hints where possible. Methods with the same name in classes extended from WP can't have them, not can methods which accept array or strings arguments.
• Add global displayed IDs variable to track which posts are being shown across any loop.
• Add setting to Featured Post widget to exclude already displayed posts.
• Add third parameter to shortcode_atts() to utilize new WordPress 3.6 filter.
• Add network-wide update, to eliminate the need to visit each site to trigger database changes.
• Add blank line at the end of each file for cleaner files and diffs.
• Add some preparatory functions for Theme Customizer (full support not until at least Genesis 2.1)
• Add archive description box markup around search result page heading for consistency.
• Add common class for all archive description boxes.
• Add common class for both Featured widgets.
• Add widget-title class next to widgettitle.
• Add lib/functions/breadcrumb.php for breadcrumb-related functions.

Changed #

• Improve in-post scripts box by moving it to its own box, that won't be hidden when an SEO plugin is active.
• Improve feedback for navigation settings.
• Improve What's New page with new content, and random order of contributors.
• Improve admin styles to work better with MP6 plugin.
• Improve wording for email notification setting.
• Improve labels containing URI to use URL instead.
• Improve widget areas by only showing default content to those who can edit widgets.
• Improve organization of style sheet into a more logical grouping.
• Improve reset styles by switching to normalize.css.
• Improve selectors by removing all use of ID selectors in style.css, down from 107 in Genesis Framework 1.9.2.
• Improve development speed, by switching to 62.5% (10px) default font-size.
• Improve Google Web Fonts usage by using a protocol-less URL.
• Improve Featured Page and Featured Post widgets to utilize the global $wp_query so that is_main_query() works correctly against it.
• Improve code that toggles display of extra settings, to allow extra settings to be shown when checkbox is not checked.
• Improve inline settings for Closure Compiler so it uses the latest jQuery externs file (1.8).
• Improve Superfish by updating to the latest version (1.7.4) that supports the version of jQuery that ships with WP 3.6, and has touch event support. Includes back-compat file for arrows support.
• Improve support for languages with multibyte characters by replacing both instances of substr() with mb_substr().
• Improve widgets by calling parent::__construct() directly when registering widgets.
• Improve output from get_terms() by making Genesis term metadata available.
• Improve genesis_do_noposts() to be post type agnostic.
• Improve genesis_do_noposts() to use consistent entry markup.
• Improve admin metabox abstraction so that it hooks in the previously hard-coded metabox container markup.
• Improve import feature to only import Genesis-related settings.
• Improve multi-page navigation code, by moving it out of post content function into its own hooked in function.
• Improve menus by not showing empty markup if there are no menu items.
• Improve unpaged comment navigation by not showing empty markup.
• Improve filtering of terms, by doing nothing if term variable is not an object.
• Improve genesis_get_custom_field() by allowing custom fields to return as arrays.
• Improve checkbox inputs to utilize WP admin styling, by wrapping label element around them.
• Improve the organization of the lib/structure/header.php file.
• Improve JavaScript classes, by adding js- prefix to them.
• Improve breadcrumbs class to refactor large methods into several smaller ones.
• Improve default sidebar contents by refactoring it into a single re-usable function.
• Improve genesis_search_form() escaping and logic.
• Improve check for presence of Header Right sidebar before displaying markup.
• Improve internationalization so that menu location names are translatable, by moving loading of text domain earlier.
• Improve internationalization by simplifying strings.
• Improve README file by changing it from a .txt to .md file.
• Improve single line comment format to be consistent, allowing easier block-commenting around and from the single line comment.
• Improve overall code by using identity comparisons wherever suitable.
• Improve inline documentation throughout.

Removed #

• Remove display of entry-footer for everything except posts.
• Remove loading of Superfish script by default. Can be added back by filtering genesis_superfish_enabled to be true, or use Genesis Fancy Dropdowns.
• Remove Microformat classes such as hentry.
• Remove global $loop_counter since $wp_query->current_post does the same job.
• Remove back to top text.
• Remove custom comment form arguments, resulting in default "Leave your Reply" and "You may use these HTML tags and attributes…" showing.
• Remove Fancy Dropdown settings for each menu in favour of more explicit Load Superfish Script setting.
• Remove the now empty Secondary Navigation settings, and which just leaves Primary Navigation Extras.
• Remove Theme Information setting, since parent and child theme information is publicly available in the style sheets.
• Remove child theme README admin menu item.
• Remove RSS and Twitter images.
• Remove device-specific subheadings.
• Remove support for five-column layout.
• Remove previously deprecated eNews widget. Use Genesis eNews Extended plugin as an enhanced replacement.
• Remove previously deprecated Latest Tweets widget. Use Genesis Latest Tweets plugin, or official Twitter widget.
• Remove ternary part of genesis.confirm() JavaScript function.
• Remove (deprecated) genesis_show_theme_info_in_head().
• Remove (deprecated) genesis_theme_files_to_edit().
• Remove (deprecated) g_ent().
• Remove (deprecated) genesis_tweet_linkify().
• Remove (deprecated) genesis_custom_header_admin_style().
• Remove (deprecated) genesis_older_newer_posts_nav().
• Remove GENESIS_LANGUAGES_URL constant.
• Remove redundant calls and globals from various functions.
• Remove redundant escaping on in-post meta boxes save.
• Remove post templates functionality. Use Single Post Template plugin as a replacement.
• Remove all remaining style attributes.
• Remove all but two of the remaining inline event handlers (on- attributes). Only onfocus and onblur remain on the XHTML search form in lieu of no placeholder attribute support.
• Remove closing element HTML comments.
• Remove empty files and a directory.
• Remove the Older Posts / Newer Posts archive pagination format in favour of existing Next Page / Previous Page.

Fixed #

• Fix mis-alignment of settings page boxes.
• Fix inconsistent term meta user interface.
• Fix Closure Compiler output file name for admin.js.
• Fix wp_footer() so it fires right before </body>, now after genesis_after hook.
• Fix duplicate IDs on top and bottom submit and reset admin buttons.
• Fix invalid HTML output in user profile widget.
• Fix duplicate calls to genesis_no_comments_text filter.
• Fix structural wrap function so support for them can be removed completely.
• Fix incorrectly linked label on noarchive post setting.
• Fix out-of-date Theme and SEO Settings defaults and sanitising.
• Fix redundant parameter in genesis_save_custom_fields().
• Fix breadcrumb issue for date archives.