Development

Themify Updater plugin has been a super time saver tool for auto updating & installing Themify themes/plugins with a license key. Today, we are making it even faster and easier for users to batch install all themes and plugins. Just check the "Batch Install" checkbox, then select the items that you want to install (or check "Select All") and then click the install button. Instantly, the selected items will be installed one-by-one in a batch. The whole process of installing all themes/plugins is extremely smooth and easy. If you haven't updated your Themify Updater plugin yet, update it to save your time.

We are excited to announce another highly demanded feature, the Ajax post filter. We've extended our existing post filter feature with Ajax capability. The old post filter we had was only able to filter the posts already queried on the page. With the new Ajax feature, users can filter and query posts on the whole site (including the posts that are not queried on the page). The new Ajax post filter is perfect for sites with a lot of posts/products. It allows users to select categories from the post filter navigation and then click on the "Load More" button to load more posts infinitely until there is no more post. To see this in action, view our Post Filter and WooCommerce product filter demo.

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We are thrilled to announce more new features in the recent framework updates. In this round of updates, we've made the Builder's Post module more powerful and dynamic with the new hook content and query filter function. The tooltip feature has been requested by many users before and we are happy to fulfill that demand. Lastly, we have 2 new time saver features: a quick lightbox to add new Builder pages and a child theme generator. If you haven't updated your Themify theme yet, update it to the latest version to experience all these new features.

In case you've missed our updates, there are many new features that have been added in recent releases. Some of the exciting features include the inline editor with live image resizer and the Google Fonts importer. Editing and formatting text with the Builder is so much faster with the inline editor — just click and type. The Google Fonts importer allows you to host your own Google fonts without having to download/upload the font files manually.

We are excited to anncounce a new styling feature in the Themify Builder – Transform styling. The transform styling lets you rotate, scale, skew, or translate an element. The new styling feature gives you more control and possibilities for layout design. Now you can manipulate the appearance of any row, column, or module without having to use a graphic software or write any custom CSS code. You can move elements around, stretch them, flip them upside down, or spin them however you want it. With the easy to use Builder styling interface, applying transform styling is fun and quick. Go have fun and be creative with the new Builder transform styling feature!

For any users creating a website, accessibility should always be prioritized as part of your process from the very beginning. Themify has put significant efforts to ensure that all of the themes are WCAG compliant, paying special attention to accessibility in theme design. By being compliant with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Standards), users using Themify themes can be assured that they can build and maintain a website that is compliant with the accessibility standards.

What Is WCAG and Why It Is Important

The WCAG is part of a series of accessibility guidelines which are published by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consurtium (W3C) which is the leading standards making body for the Web. An overview of these guidelines can be accessed at W3C, explaining how to make web content more accessible to everyone, especially those with disabilities.

Although we know that the WCAG is the gold standard or benchmark in accessibility, it is also very important to understand that conforming with the WCAG may be required by the law and that site's owner may get fined if it fails to be compliant. The Standard on Web Accessibility in Canada requires the adoption of WCAG 2.0 across its websites and Web applications. The WCAG 2.0 states: "Following these guidelines will make content accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity and combination of these. Following these guidelines will also often make your Web content more usable to users in general."