Examiner 4.4 - Magazine Theme

Examiner Magazine Theme

Examiner is a WordPress magazine theme built to consolidate improvements from its predecessors, delivering a polished, responsive publishing experience for articles, reviews, blogs, and more. This history highlights fixes, additions, and new features across multiple versions.

Version 1.5.3 — Examiner 1.5.3

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the 'Wait till Images Load' option that prevented it's use when site was accessed from mobile devices.
• The responsive aspect of the Blogroll 2 widget was improved when viewed on mobile
• Fixed a bug that caused the views count to be hidden when you select 'hide' for Author/Date.
• Improved the Slider widget and also the option to display the category was added.
• The option to hide the date was added to the Slider widget.
• Improved the responsive aspect of the post page when viewed on mobile for better performance and clarity.

Additions

• The font Oswald was added to the font library.

Version 1.5.1 — Examiner 1.5.1

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused an 'overuse' of h2 tags in the super menu
• Fixed a bug in widget_presets.php file that caused conflict with some plugins such as MailPoet and Ultimate Member.

Version 1.5 — Examiner 1.5

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused the 'Carousel widget' command to 'show/hide' the author to not respond.
• Fixed an issue that limited the user to only 5 'alternative homepages'. Now there is no limit.
• Fixed a bug that caused a problem to the social medis links on the Author page.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the users to scroll down when viewing the category page on mobile devices.
• Fixed a minor bug in the search form and search page.

Additions

• Added the option to select whether you want the site to load progressively, or display after loading is complete.

Version 1.48 — Examiner 1.48

Fixes

• Improved the responsivness of the theme on mobile devices.
• The ads, and other 1/4 widget will not appear at the bottom of the homepage anymore when viewed on mobbile device.
• The 'loading icon' has been removed from the theme.

Additions

• LinkedIn has been added to the social media optins.

Version 1.47 — Examiner 1.47

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Tv Ajax widget excerpt was displaying code in some cases.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the popular posts on the category page to be accessed when on a mobile device.
• Fixed a bug that created a gap when the Ticker was placed above the Super Slider.
• Fixed a bug on the Trending Posts widget that caused it to display posts older than intended.

Version 1.45 — Examiner 1.45

Fixes

• Minor bug fixes regarding the WooCommerce site wide notice.
• Fixed the problem the theme had with the tagline in WordPress version 4.4.
• Fixed a small problem with the social media sharing buttons on the post page.

Version 1.4 — Examiner 1.4

Fixes

• Fixed a problem that caused the menu not to expand, when there are more than 6 items in the sub-menu.

Additions

• A new simpler header variation has been added.
• Added an option to select trending(popular) articles on the ticker widget.
• Loading icon has been added for when the site is loading.
• Auto load more option has been added to the widgets that can display the 'Load More' button.
• The theme now recognizes if you use SEO plugins and automatically disables the internal SEO, facebook tags, etc..
• The footer links hover color can now be changed independently in the Colors section.

Version 1.35 — Examiner 1.35

Fixes

• Fixed the problem with the last floating widget overlapping with the Ad space above the footer.
• Fixed the 'Newsroll widget' bug that caused it to appear broken in some cases.
• Fixed a category page bug that caused the page to appear wider when viewed on some tablet devices.
• Fixed a bug that caused the ads not to appear on the category page sometimes.
• Fixed minor issues to slightly improve the load speed.

Additions

• The mobile menu now also can display the subcategories
• When viewed on a tablet, the menu can be scrolled left/right if there are many items.

Version 1.3 — Examiner 1.3

Additions

• Added an option to disable the floating(last) widget in the sidebar.
• Added an option that allows to change the widget titles font to bold.
• Added an option that lets you insert ads at the bottom of the post page.
• Added the option to display the lates comments in the most commented widget.

Fixes

• Fixed the problem with the Ad space when used with the Full-Width featured image.
• Fixed a validation issue in the comments section.

Version 1.25 — Examiner 1.2.5

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused problem on the load more option on the 'Huge featured images' and 'Big featured images' Widgets.
• Ad spaces bug that caused them to display the code, instead of the ad has been fixed.
• Validation of feedback form added.
• Small changes made to the Italic version of widget titles.

Version 1.2 — Examiner 1.2

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that messed up the layout on the 'Trending Posts' widget when viewed from a mobile device.
• Fixed the bug in the comments form that duplicated the 'name' field.
• When sharing posts on Twitter a new small pop-up window appears and grabs the title too.
• Fixed a bug with the Tv-Ajax-Widget, that caused layout problems.

Additions

• Added the option to display the views count on the post page.
• Added 2 new places for ads, between the header and the body, and between the body and the footer.
• Added a new titles variation for widgets.

Version 1.15 — Examiner 1.15

Fixes

• Fixed a bug on the category page that added extra width to the page
• Fixed related posts bug on the post page.

Additions

• Additional translation fields in the translation panel relating to the review system.
• Added the option to hide/show the floating social media buttons on the post page.
• Added the options to hide/show the author and date section under the featured image on the post page.

Version 1.1 — Examiner 1.1

Additions

• A new widget has been added. The Blogroll 3 widget is another way to display your posts in a bolg style layout.
• Added RTL support. The theme can now be used with RTL languages.
• Added pagination as an alternative to the 'Load More' option.
• The 'Load More' option has been added to the 'Big' and 'Huge Featired Images' widgets.
• Added the search option and menu icon to the mobile responsive layout.

Fixes

• A bug that did not allow the other videos to be played except for the first one in TV-Ajax video widget has been fixed.
• Added responsiveness to the videos embedded in the post.
• Fixed the Slider widget to correctly display selected slides.

Version 1.05 — Examiner 1.05

Fixes

• Ad Widget bug that caused it not to function properly with Google AdSense is fixed.
• Social widget bug malfunction when inserting YouTube link is fixed.
• Fixed a bug when users did not select a widget load effect, the header posts were invisible.