Change Log

Version 2.0.3

• Added – A new „Network partners“ block has been added, including a status badge to highlight partners with no active status.
• Fixed – Translations across the theme were not appearing in the block editor, even though they already worked correctly on the frontend; this has been fixed.
• Fixed – Several places in the theme were showing the wrong (fallback) language instead of the site’s actual language; this has been fixed.

Version 2.0.2

• Fixed – Translations for custom content blocks (including „Latest News“ and „Target audiences“) were not appearing in the block editor, even though they already worked correctly on the frontend; this has been fixed.
• Fixed – Several icons (e.g. in the corporate grid section) were being read aloud incorrectly by screen readers, announcing the wrong icon name; these purely decorative icons are now correctly hidden from screen readers.
• Fixed – The image and name fields in the „Target audiences“ block editor were missing proper labels for screen reader users; this has been fixed.
• Changed – The „Target audiences“ block has been renamed to „Personas“ internally; existing content across all affected sites in the network was updated automatically, so nothing changes for editors or visitors.
• Changed – The „Release date“ label is now always shown in English, regardless of the site’s language.
• Changed – The „Span“ field label in the grid column settings is now always shown in English, regardless of the site’s language.
• Added – A visual style has been added to the „Latest News“ block’s editor preview, making it easier to recognize while editing.

Version 2.0.1

• Added– Posts from master.brand-guideline.de are now automatically displayed across every subdomain in the network.
• Added – A new „Latest News“ block has been added that automatically shows the newest post from a chosen category, but only for a limited number of days.
• Added – A dismiss button has been added to the „Latest News“ block, allowing visitors to hide the current post until a newer one is published.
• Added – A „jump to year“ navigation list has been added to the Change Log page, letting visitors quickly jump to a specific year’s entries.
• Changed – The blog posts page has been updated to only show posts from the „Change Log“ category.
• Changed – The „Latest News“ block now displays the full post content instead of a short excerpt.
• Changed – The post date label has been updated to read „Release date“, and the date format has been changed to the English style, with the month name always shown in English regardless of the site’s language.
• Fixed – A bug has been fixed where the „Latest News“ block did not display anything on the frontend, caused by a rendering issue in the block’s PHP template.

Version 2.0.0

• Added – A „Dashboard“ section has been added as a dedicated top-level navigation item, with introductory messaging framing the guideline as the foundation of collaboration.
• Added – A „Zusammenarbeit“ (Collaboration) section has been added, including a „Kontaktpersonen“ (Contact Persons) page listing the internal brand team and agency contact.
• Added – A „Strategie“ (CORE) section has been added, grouping positioning, brand foundation, target audience, tonality, and touchpoints under one top-level menu item.
• Added – A comprehensive FAQ page has been added, covering six categories: Getting Started, Collaboration, Strategy (CORE), Design, Applications, and Analytics.
• Added – A dedicated „Layoutprinzipien“ (Layout Principles / Stylescape) page has been added under the Design section.
• Added – A „Color Gradients“ section has been added to the Colors page, with two new gradient presets.
• Added – Two new downloads („theme.json“ and „shades.css“) have been added to the Colors page.
• Changed – The navigation has been reorganized: the previously flat top-level items (Corporate Identity, Corporate Design, Logo, Colors, Typography, Visuals) have been grouped into new „Strategie“ (Strategy) and „Gestaltung“ (Design) sections.
• Removed – The standalone „Corporate Identity“ and „Corporate Design“ landing pages are no longer linked in the main navigation — their content now appears to live under the new „Strategie“ section instead.
• Removed – The „Brand Performance“ maturity-assessment page is no longer linked in the main navigation.

Version 1.5.0

• Added – A new „Analytics“ page has been added.
• Changed – The brand performance years have been adjusted.
• Changed – The Quicksheet download has been adjusted.

Brand Guidelines Published