Download: b2evolution-5.1.2-stable-2014-09-10.zip

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  • Performance:
    • Build process using Grunt
    • Many JS and CSS files are now bundled together and minified in order to reduce the number and the size of HTTP requests
    • Non essential JS files are now loaded asynchronously
    • All bundled plugins no longer try to load their CSS if they are set to "never" render on a specific blog.
    • Dropped IE7 support + IE8 (or less) users get a warning message in the back office
    • the scroll_wide functionality has been externalized to a plugin so the extra javascript (and CSS) doesn't need to be loaded on site stat don't need it
  • Skins:
    • Added support for icon fonts like Font Awesome. See _icons.php.
    • Enhanced PureForums skin.
    • Skins API: the default display_init() features have been changed (and optimized).
    • Enhanced Username Display Settings.
    • Enhanced container discovery. b2evolution will now also find containers placed in generic templates from the /skins directory.
  • Widgets:
    • Search widget allows to target a specific collection (not necessarily to current one).
  • Plugins:
  • Back-office
    • Refactored username display settings. Added setting to decide if usernames link to user profiles or to custom URLs.
    • Responsive layout on Dashboard.
  • Other
    • Many small bug fixes...