We’ve just released the latest version of Socrates, Version 2.2.9.
Here are version notes for this release.
Version 2.2.9 Notes
CHANGES
- The Socrates Admin Menu has been moved up to just below the Dashboard Admin Menu
- Changed the option in the Layout section for posts to optionally show/hide the author from a radio button to a checkbox
- Reformatted the main CSS to make it easier to navigate
- Bug fixes
NEW FEATURES
Templates
- Added a new Squeeze Page template that lets you use a WYSIWYG editor for the content
Post Listings
- Added the utility meta information on the bottom of a post listing on the home page (tags, categories, comment link, edit link, etc.)
- Added a custom option for posts to customize the text for the “Read More…” link. This is set on an individual post basis.
- Added an option for individual pages to turn off the page title
Socrates Settings
- Added links to the top of the Socrates settings pages to easily get to the other settings pages
- Added a setting section for “Language” settings. This area is to replace default text with whatever you want, or leave the text blank to display nothing at all.
Navigation Section
- Added the ability to turn off custom Socrates menus and use the native WordPress 3.0 menus with primary navbar drop down.
Layout Section
- Added two more layouts: Double Right Sidebars and No Sidebars
- Added an option (where you set the three ads in the rotation banner) to specify the length of delay in seconds that the ads will rotate
- Added an option for posts to use h1 instead of h2 tags for the title
- Added an option for pages to use h1 instead of h2 tags for the title
- Added an option for pages to optionally show/hide the author
- Added an option to turn off the search box all together
- Added an option section to display a custom search box
Styling Section
- Added a setting to change the CSS body font family.
- Added a setting to change the content padding
- Added a field for any custom CSS
- Added a short explanation about child themes and why to use them for customizations
- Added a CSS style for sticky posts
- Added a CSS style for blockquotes
- Added a customized search.php page