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New releases, improvements, fixes and notable changes for Aspect theme. To update the theme, follow the steps in Updating Theme article.

v1.7.1 - Jun 23, 2025

  • fixed featured carousel responsive styles
  • fixed incorrect sharing dropdown position in some post templates
  • fixed featured carousel arrows position when small excerpt
  • fixed avatars position in overlay card
  • fixed missing template error when installing theme
  • fixed incorrect aspect ratio on featured videos
  • fixed video card volume slider hide on tablet screens

v1.7.0 - Jun 17, 2025

  • added new settings to change home featured section style
  • added new settings to change post card style
  • added possibility to add home hero section. Learn more in Custom Hero Section
  • added footer when sidebar is hidden
  • improved gaps on small screens in all pages
  • improved post cards hover effect (better animation performance)
  • fixed signin links in post CTA section
  • fixed top margin for pages without featured image
  • fixed displaying private Pages - we now display CTA section here
  • fixed displaying CTA on private posts without featured image
  • fixed date format in posts
  • minor fixes

v1.6.0 - May 18, 2025

  • !important - removed the AJAX pages loading, as it does not needed in this theme. This change is breaking and changes the way pages are loaded
  • !important - added support for navigation dropdowns and changed how to add navigation sections. In short - you now have to start your section using the # symbol
  • added support for navigation dropdowns. Learn more in Navigation
  • added configs for developers to build theme sources. Learn more in the Editing Theme Code article
  • added possibility to change code syntax highlight theme. Learn more in Code Syntax Highlight
  • added possibility to change target and rel attribute in custom social links. Learn more in Social Links
  • added possibility to disable image lightbox. Learn more in Image Lightbox
  • added support for additional video vendors for featured post video. Learn more in Video Embeds
  • added video icon to posts list items that contain featured videos
  • added support for custom Table of Contents headings. Learn more in Table of Contents
  • added support for more social accounts for staff profiles in Ghost v5.118.0. Learn more in More staff social links
  • added styles for new Call to action card in content. Learn more in Custom content for every subscriber
  • added date to featured posts in home page carousel
  • changed Geist font to use font-weight without font-variation-settings. Rewrote all variable font weights in the theme to support changing font-weight CSS directly
  • fixed author photo quality on home page Authors section on mobile devices by arranging them in 2 columns instead of 1
  • fixed sign up form position in comments popup when click on reply button
  • fixed scrolling to top of the image when lightbox closed
  • fixed displaying empty avatar in navigation for member without photo
  • fixed comments count placed inside the body after reload comments script
  • fixed alignment of iframe placed directly in post content
  • a lot of minor js, css, hbs changes and fixes

v1.5.0 - Mar 13, 2025

  • added possibility to manage which pricing to display in Membership page in Settings -> Membership -> Portal settings
  • improved styles of loading, success and error messages when sending forms
  • fixed membership Yearly pricing button click goes to the Monthly pricing
  • fixed word breaking in Code card when click on Copy button
  • changed membership and signin/up page template classes and styles, so you may need to update your custom CSS if you have any
  • minor style fixes and improvements

v1.4.0 - Dec 20, 2024

v1.3.0 - Nov 15, 2024

  • improved TOC active link styles
  • improved featured carousel arrows styles
  • improved texts for Sign In and Sign Up pages when different membership registrations are enabled
  • fixed visible empty image in the pages with split layout
  • fixed horizontal scroll in split post layout
  • fixed opening search popup when typing in any form field / or CMD+K
  • fixed hiding the Sign In link when membership is disabled
  • fixed discount calculation in membership page pricing
  • fixed comments count reloading after AJAX (for some reason ghost comments adds count to the end of the body)
  • minor changes

v1.2.2 - Nov 9, 2024

  • restored the possibility to hide “Published with…” section from footer copyright using custom CSS. Learn more in Footer article

v1.2.1 - Nov 8, 2024

  • fixed AJAX styles reloading to prevent issues with 3rd-party vendors and also Ghost announcement bar styles

v1.2.0 - Oct 28, 2024

  • added support for Featured Video in posts. Learn more
  • added support for existing rel attributes on links when use custom external links feature to prevent overriding them
  • added automatic language detection to code highlight. Learn more about supported languages
  • added aria-expanded attribute to toggle sidebar button
  • improved templates usage:
    • added home.hbs template for the Home page for better template customization
    • added new default-simple template for signin, signup and error pages
    • improved possibility to add collections for posts
    • various changes in templates
  • added possibility to insert HTML tags in footer copyright
  • added possibility to customize and remove URLs for built-in pages: /docs/aspect/page-custom-urls
  • added example of using custom heading levels in TOC here: /docs/aspect/custom-table-of-contents/#custom-heading-levels
  • improved TOC to properly work if heading levels is not in correct structure
  • improved AJAX page loading to properly reload scripts, styles and meta tags
  • fixed displaying excerpt in post featured card
  • fixed lightbox displaying under the locked post teaser
  • fixed TOC progress line visible when TOC in the content
  • fixed label visible in button when load more clicked
  • fixed dark mode for signin, signup and error pages
  • fixed translation in reading time helper
  • fixed featured card overlap latest posts on the homepage
  • fixed missing translations in some components
  • fixed color for most of custom SVG icon packs
  • fixed Split template header styles
  • fixed error page template status code and message
  • fixed subscription form error message text
  • fixed meta charset placement in head
  • unified some code components and moved to the PVS framework
  • changed excerpt to custom_excerpt in membership page
  • changed featured post star icon to flame
  • changed All Posts link from tags page to Home page
  • changed Swiper bundle to custom made, which is smaller
  • changed max-width for the featured image in posts
  • removed padding from lightbox to maximize enlarged image size
  • removed unused icons
  • a lot of small fixes and changes

v1.1.2 - Oct 1, 2024

  • fixed portal links after AJAX page load
  • fixed JS error in console when loading posts without a TOC

v1.1.1 - Sep 27, 2024

  • fixed pagination loading incorrect posts in Tag and Author pages
  • fixed mobile navigation menu is not closing
  • fixed button animation in authors page
  • fixed button animation when no label available

v1.1.0 - Sep 26, 2024

  • added support for “Unlock full content” link in TOC of locked posts
  • added smooth scroll to top after page loading transition
  • added JS function to disable AJAX pages loading if needed
  • added “Back to Home” button and footer copyright to the Sign In and Sign Up pages
  • added Split Subscription template for pages and posts. Learn more
  • added conditions to subscription forms to prevent displaying it when members registration is disabled in your Ghost
  • added arrow when hovering category links in the sidebar
  • added animation to all buttons hovers
  • added side area to Sign In and Sign Out pages also when Featured Image is not specified
  • improved handling links with [download] attributes
  • improved count badge on the Comments button
  • improved Table of Contents progress bar to follow the active link ?? - fixed line breaks in long lines
  • fixed category link when sidebar is collapsed
  • fixed subscription forms and sign up section after AJAX
  • fixed reloading comments count after AJAX
  • fixed comments popup open after AJAX pages load
  • fixed open pages without AJAX support
  • fixed js error in AJAX when fast clicking back and forward browser buttons
  • fixed outline in subscription input in posts sidebar
  • fixed member dropdown gaps
  • fixed height of Sign In and Sign Up pages when Announcement bar is enabled
  • renamed ‘X/Twitter’ to ‘X’
  • minor fixes and changes

v1.0.2 - Sep 18, 2024

  • improved content teaser styles
  • improved pages sidebar and toc
  • fixed container width in hero sections
  • renamed Posts Split template to Split, as it now supported in Pages

v1.0.1 - Sep 16, 2024

  • changed TOC displaying on pages to absolute positioned element
  • fixed displaying sidebar on the post with restricted access
  • fixed author social icons position in Safari
  • fixed dark mode switch closing dropdown
  • fixed wide and full cards size
  • fixed Product card width
  • fixed X card alignment
  • minor changes for styles and templates

v1.0.0 - Sep 10, 2024

  • Initial release
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