Category: Blocks Theme

• Popout post recommendation ported from plugin into Blocks theme
  • Now uses ElasticPress to handle post curation

JIRA: EVW-81

• Migrated all plugin CSS into new stylesheet, blocks_plugins.css
• Loaded blocks_plugins.css stylesheet asynchronously with wpc_load_async_styles()
• Moved all blocks’ and block widgets’ CSS into own stylesheets to optimise style loading
• Added globals.php file, containing $style_tags global array for inline <style> tag loading
• Added wpc_insert_tag() loader to all block (and block widget) templates
  • Adds inline <style> tags containing each block’s styles
  • Checks $style_tags global to ensure non-repetitive loading
• Added wpc_insert_tag() loader to template parts:
  • Gallery
  • Premium – Default
  • Premium – Main
• Refactored shared block styles for independent styling:
  • Full Width Posts
  • Top Stories With Sections
• Removed blocks_layouts.css (old blocks styles)
• Minor CSS migrations and updates

Jira: NP-766; NP-764

• Add header and context to search bar section
• Add header to filter by author section
• Header for search listings
• Add header to pagination
• styling to account for new elements

JIRA: FE-2673

• New theme option to force all external links in the_content() to open in a new a tab

JIRA: NP-685

• Added podcast page templates
  • Podcast landing page template added to display available podcasts
  • Podcast listing template added to display information about a specific podcast

JIRA: NP-818 NP-819

Bump note

• Added defer/dns-prefetch to enqueued scripts:
  • jQuery Cookie
  • jQuery Cycle2
  • jQuery Cycle2 Carousel

Jira: NP-783

• Updates to Top Story and Simple Posts block styling.

JIRA: EVW-45

Removed Blaize button styling

[NP-631]

• Rebulid of Simple Posts block post list CSS

JIRA: EVW-45