Canvas 5.7.0

Will I have to switch to Projects? I guess so … what if I liked Portfolio?

It looks more and more like Canvas will be leaner and leaner and rely more on (WOO) plugins and add-ons than being the Swiss army knife that it currently is. For example, see below, but there is now even a clear notice that Portfolio will be replaced by the Projects plugin. Bummer if you’ve been using Portfolio … even bigger bummer if you’ve been using it extensively.

What does this mean for Canvas? What’s left under the hood that makes it better / different / worth buying than other WOO themes or other themes from other developers? Off the top of my head and if I do a quick scroll of features still in Canvas, let’s see: Magazine layout(s) are still handy, Business layout is still a good slider (I sometimes like it better than WOO Slider), the mega Google fonts options are found nowhere else in such depth as far as I know (but I don’t know all that much about other WOO themes … ), boxed layout, full-width layout, styling for nav, widgets, footer, header, a cool contact page. But that’s about it. So if I sum up: layout options and major styling Point & Click for most areas of the site. Can other themes do that? Sure. But Canvas still does it really well. IMHO, Canvas is still a rockstar and let’s see how these plugins work together and if the make the final product better and by how much.

Here’s the long list of changes for 5.7.0.

2014.05.01 – version 5.7.0

* Fix – Hide comments from private posts in the “Comments” tab.
includes/widgets/widget-woo-tabs.php

* Tweak – When search scope is set to “Products”, the WooCommerce search widget is used.
includes/theme-actions.php,
includes/theme-functions.php,
includes/theme-woocommerce.php,
search-form.php,
style.css

* Fix – Respect more tag in Magazine featured posts.
content-magazine-featured.php

* Tweak – Converted Less into Sass
css/partials/*,
css/modules/*,
css/vendor/*

* Tweak – Removed layout.css and moved desktop styles into style.css.
style.css,
includes/theme-actions.php

* Tweak – Changed namespace of FontAwesome icons.
includes/theme-actions.php,
includes/theme-functions.php,
includes/theme-shortcodes.php,
search-form.php

* Fix – Make sure the Slider JavaScript is only loaded where needed.
includes/theme-js.php

* Tweak – Added deprecated notice to Portfolio section in the Theme Options panel.
includes/theme-options.php

* Tweak – Moves WooCommerce into plugin integrations folder.
css/woocommerce.css (deleted),
includes/theme-woocommerce.php (deleted),
includes/integrations/woocommerce/*,
includes/theme-plugin-integrations.php,
functions.php

* Fix – Disable Map Scroll option for Contact Page now works.
includes/theme-functions.php

* Tweak – Adds styling for testimonials on single project pages.
includes/integrations/projects/css/projects.css
includes/integrations/projects/setup.php

* Fix – Fixed auto height in WooSlider.
includes/integrations/wooslider/css/business.css
includes/integrations/wooslider/css/magazine.css

* Fix – Fixed issue with excerpt preventing the image link from working in WooSlider.
includes/integrations/wooslider/css/magazine.css

* Fix – Fixed bug where Primary Navigation bottom margin did not take effect when full width was enabled.
includes/theme-actions.php
style.css

* Tweak – Added proper Features by WooThemes integration.
style.css
includes/theme-plugin-integrations.php
includes/integrations/features/*

* Fix – Fixes styling on the remove button in the WooCommerce cart page.
includes/integrations/woocommerce/css/woocommerce.css

* New – Archives by WooThemes integration.
includes/integrations/archives/*,
includes/theme-plugin-integrations.php

* New – Subscribe and Connect by WooThemes integration.
includes/integrations/subscribe-and-connect/*,
includes/theme-plugin-integrations.php

* New – Sensei integration.
includes/integrations/sensei/*,
includes/theme-plugin-integrations.php