Latest Version is 4.8.2
Goodnews is Premium WordPress News / Magazine Theme Fully Customizable , has an extensive Theme Options , WPML Ready, RTL Full Support .
Key Features
- WordPress 3.5 Compatible
- Unlimited Home layout/ pages layout – (build your home with awesome page builder)
- Feature Slider
- News Box – one columns (with 2 awesome styles)
- news box 2 column
- news in pictures widget
- news in tabs widget (very nice)
- scrolling box for videos or slideshows
- blog posts with pagination option
- Ad Block (you can add it anywhere)
- Custom content
- Review System
- sticky navigation – with on/off option live example Here and Here
- Clean, Modern Design
- Built with HTML5 and CSS3
- Fully Responsive, with Enable/disable option
- Unlimited Color Options with Color Pikcer
- 500+ google fonts support – for (Content, Headings, Widgets, News boxes, Navigation)
- 7 way to display posts – (2 one columns styles for newsbox, Two column newsbox, blog post style, Tabs, Pictures, scrolling box )
- Alert bar at the top – fully customizable
- News Tabs – filtering news in nice looking tabs
- Translation Support, Includes the .po and .mo files
- Marquee News Ticker – fully customizable
- Includes xml file for one click demo import
- RTL Full Support
- 3 types of posts (articles/video/slideshow)
- Support Multipages post/page
- WPML Ready
- 2 layout options (Full width/ Fixed Width)
- SEO Optimized
- Lots of Shortcodes, as buttons in visual editor
- Unlimited Sidebars
- Full Localization Support (contains .po/.mo files)
- 14 footer layout
- Custom CSS Field
- Strong focus on typography, usability and overall user-experience- (care with every single detail)
- 20 Custom Widgets
- Latest Tweets
- 8 Advertising Widgets
- 125×125
- 120×90
- 120×140
- 120×240
- 120×600
- 250×250
- 300×250
- 300×100
- Flickr Photos
- Video Widget
- Tabbed Widget (Most Popular, Recent, comments, tags)
- Custom Text/HTML (with transparent background option)
- Recent Comments with avatar
- Social Networks Counter
- Facebook like box
- newsletter subscribe box
- posts (Recent/popular/Random)
- posts list (Recent/popular/Random)
- posts image (Recent/popular/Random)
- Extensive Theme Options
- Theme Layout (full width/ fixed width)
- Control in home page content
- Custom Logo Upload
- Custom Favicon Upload
- enable / disable share networks
- Social Icons in header and footer
- Banners Settings
- unlimited colors
- Typography with all google fonts
- Feature slider
- backup options with import/export
- Much More…
- WordPress 3.2.4 Ready
- Works in all major browsers
- jQuery Support
- jQuery Dropdown Menus
- jQuery Featured Slider
- jQuery Smooth Hover
- jQuery Carousel
- Page Templates
- Full Width (no sidebar)
- Contact Form
- Shortcodes
- Columns
- Dropcap
- Tooltip (4 directions)
- Divider (3 styles)
- buttons (unlimited customization)
- boxes (unlimited customization)
- tabs
- accordion
- Images (with light box or not)
- Google Maps
- Videos (Youtube, vimeo, dailymotion)
- Flickr
- Video Documentation – nice and easy
Theme Options :
- General Settings
- Homepage
- Social Networks
- Article Elements
- Article Share
- Typography
- Colors
- Banners Settings
- Feature Sliders
- Contact Forms
- Footer
- Custom CSS
Updates :
Goodnews v 4.8.2
Whats New in 4.8.1 :
- update option panel to fix saving problem - Fix feature image in single.php - add twitter authentication for new twitter API - Fix minor bugs
Goodnews v 4.8.1
Whats New in 4.8.1 :
- update twitter widgets to latest API 1.1 - fix responsive problem
Updating from 4.8
THE BEST WAY IS COMPLETELY REPLACE THE THEME FOLDER
Important: make a backup for you Current working theme folder</srtong>
Files To Replace from 4.7:
- style.css - js/twitter folder - copy it - framework/functions/mom_functions.php - framework/twitteroauth - widgets/twitter-widget.php - widgets/social-counter.php
Goodnews v 4.8
Whats New in 4.8 :
- Add Google Rich snippets - http://d.pr/i/sEdz - Add google authorship - fix post gallery in full width - fix mobile menu ( it was always select home ) - update timthumb
Updating from 4.7
THE BEST WAY IS COMPLETELY REPLACE THE THEME FOLDER
Important: make a backup for you Current working theme folder</srtong>
Files To Replace from 4.7:
- style.css - header.php - single.php - skin.css - responsive.css - framework/functions/mobile_menus.php - framework/scripts/timthumb.php
Goodnews v 4.7
Whats New in 4.7 :
- Update Image resizer script in - framework/scripts/aq_resizer.php
Goodnews v 4.6
Whats New in 4.6 :
- WordPress 3.5.1 Compatible - fix pinterest button in share article box - add new Ad block in page builder for using script instead image and link - add ability to add shortcodes in top and bottom banner area
Updating from 4.5
THE BEST WAY IS COMPLETELY REPLACE THE THEME FOLDER
Important: make a backup for you Current working theme folder</srtong>
Files To Replace from 4.5:
builder folder framework/metaboxes folder header.php style.css skin.css banner.php banner-bottom.php
Goodnews v 4.5
Whats New in 4.5 :
- WordPress 3.5 Compatible - add sidebar layout via options (right/left) - add abillity to hide or show rss icon with on/off button - imporove responsive layout - fix image caption in responsive - fix empty bottom space when enable skype button - fix news ticker custom text color - add author box in author page with on/off opttion - fix excerpt shortcodes iusse in feature slider, newsboxes, articles, etc...
Updating from 4.4
THE BEST WAY IS COMPLETELY REPLACE THE THEME FOLDER
Important: make a backup for you Current working theme folder</srtong>
Files To Replace from 4.4:
builder folder framework/metaboxes folder framework/admin folder framework/options_css.php framework/options_js.php js/custom.js style.css skin.css responsive.css top-social.php bottom-social.php category.php sidebar.php single.php page.php header.php author.php feature.php feature-full.php framework/functions/mom_functions.php framework/functions/news_box.php
Goodnews v 4.4
Whats New in 4.4 :
- Reviewing system (stars, percent, points) - Sticky Navigation menu (as option on/off) - add facebook share button on single post share (the old one is like button) - some improvments
Updating from 4.3
THE BEST WAY IS COMPLETELY REPLACE THE THEME FOLDER
Important: make a backup for you Current working theme folder</srtong>
Files To Replace from 4.3:
- framework/metaboxes Folder - framework/admin Folder - Builder folder - framework/main.php - framework/functions/mom_functions.php - framework/functions/new_box.php - framework/option_js.php - framework/option_css.php - header.php - skin.css - style.css - responsive.css - rtl.css - css/dark.css - custom.js - single.php
Files To add:
- framework/functions/review.php - review-template.php - images/stars.png - images/stars-small.png
Goodnews v 4.3
Whats New in 4.3 :
- Fix page builder issue - Fix Avatar broken image
Files To Replace from 4.2:
- replace Builder folder - header.php - style.css - framework/main.php - framework/mom_functions.php
Goodnews v 4.2
Whats New in 4.2 :
- Fix Social Counter widget - (feedburner issue)
Files To Replace from 4.1.1:
- framework/widgets/social_counter
Goodnews v 4.1.1
Whats New in 4.1 :
- fix top social in IE - Fix play font on IE - Fix Social Counter widget - (update twitter counter API code)
Files To Replace :
- header.php - Skin.css - RTL.css - framework/widgets/social_counter
Goodnews v 4.1
Whats New in 4.1 :
- Improving Seo - add description and keywords meta tags with on/off option - Fix Facebook Like fetch post image - fix lightbox for grid slideshow issue in RTL - Fix Related Posts by tag - add class for each widget depend on widget classname (Buyer request) - Extend feature slider short code in page builder to display what you need on each page
Files To Replace :
- header.php - style.css - skin.css - rtl.css (fix lightbox issue for rtl) - single.php (fix related by tags) - framework/functions/sidebar_generator.php - framework/main.php - framework/functions/mom_function.php
Goodnews v 4
Whats New in 4 :
- Unlimited Home/pages layout with new drag and drop page builder - add new elements (news in tabs, news in pictures, new newsbox style) - Merge timthumb and non-timthumb by simple button on options panel - All google fonts inside for headings, content, widgets title, navigation, newsboxes title - add new top alert bar for any kind of notification or any thing such as ads and it fully customizable (content/colors) - add ability for replace the search box with awesome squared social icons - Add ability to make css changes depend on the device (screen/tablet/phone) by new fields in custom css panel - improve the images function for faster loading - General improvements
Goodnews v 3.5
Whats New in 3.5 :
- Optimize excerpt with options – ability to ad HTML in excerpt or use the default excerpt with on/off button in options - add ability to hide/show social icon in blog/ category with option - Fix : Shortcodes in Widgets - Fix : facebook like button inside the article – for non-English languages
Goodnews v 3.4
Whats New in 3.4 :
- Fix : Mobile top menu - add Sidebar for category and single article - add ability to add HTML (links, text with custom color, bold text, etc … ) in excerpt
Goodnews v 3.3
Whats New in 3.3 :
- Update Timthumb - Fix: Post by in single post - Fix simple bugs
Whats New in 3.2 :
- Add : !-nextpage- support for add pages/posts with multiple pages - Add : comments for pages option - Add : 728 × 90 banner as option in header - Fix : Tabbed Widget in no-timthumb version - Fix : Search box issue - Fix : Sticky Class for blog style - Fix : Dark Contact Form Style - Fix : Images Caption Style
Whats New in 3.1 :
- Simple Chrome fix
Whats New in 3.0 :
- Responsive Design - Add gallery Shortcode - Add New Slideshow layout - Add Pin it button
Goodnews v 2.4
Whats New in 2.4 :
- add Automatic Update Notifier - add XML Dummy Content - ability to add custom text in news ticker - make a new version without timthumb (using the wordpress native function) - Fix single.php issue
Goodnews v 2.3 – Fab 29 2012
- add full width slideshow - fix newsletter widget - fix newsletter widget - fix Skype Link - update timthumb script - update theme framework
Goodnews v 2.2.1 – Jan 15 2012
- Fix Simple bug in 2.2
Goodnews v 2.2 – Jan 15 2012
Add :
- Social Counter Widget – http://d.pr/Euwb - show slider and latest video in category page with on/off – http://d.pr/skhl - news ticker marquee colors – http://d.pr/9jQW - show home page as a blog – http://d.pr/aJlE - Extend feature slider options with display (latest posts, category and Tag) – http://d.pr/ZtLz
Fix :
- google plus icon in categories - fixed width background in dark skin and ability to colorize it - navigation bottom color add control – http://d.pr/U2cb - news box banners issue with static images – here - video thumbnails in related posts
Goodnews v 2.1 – Jan 8 2012
- breadcrumb with on/off option - news ticker marquee here - Add new ad widget 120 × 90 - ability to make full width post, option for all posts & metabox for each post here - automatic generate thumbnails from external videos (youtube, vimeo, dailymotion) - add vimeo, Tumblr icons to social icons - add tabbed widget - option to show feature on top of post, option for all posts & metabox for each post - improve seo
Goodnews v 2.0 – Jan 2 2012
- Add new homepage style - Add 7 ad Widgets - Add Dark Skin - News Box Control - Related Posts More
Dec 23 2011
- improve SEO Tags - Add Unlimited Colors - Add Custom CSS Field in options panel - add ability to show and hide article elements
Dec 24 2011- Minor bug fixes
