HeightWind 2.1.0

What's Changed

• #9 HeightWind now supports Dark Mode by @mattsimpson in #14
  • Added light/dark color scheme support with admin controls in Customizer
  • Added front-end color scheme toggle for visitors (sun/moon icons)
  • Color scheme respects system preference when set to Auto
  • User color scheme preference persists via localStorage
  • Converted hardcoded colors to CSS custom properties for theming
• #7 Added ability to upload a custom logo, which will replace the Gravatar when present.
• #5 Added a few block styles.
• #6 Added several block patterns, including: Hero Section, Two Column Feature, Call to Action, and Testimonial.
• #11 #12 #13 Fixed several accessibility issues, including skip links, keyboard navigation, and underlined links.

New Contributors

• @Copilot made their first contribution in #15
• @mattsimpson made their first contribution in #14

Full Changelog: v2.0.0...v2.1.0

HeightWind 2.0.0

HeightWind is a lightweight, free WordPress theme designed to showcase content. It features a clean, responsive design with a strong focus on typography, plus a bunch of presentational options and widgetised regions allowing you to give your site a unique touch. HeightWind is based on Highwind, initially developed by James Koster in 2013.

Features and Fixes

• Major - Modernized and rebranded Highwind as HeightWind
• Update - Upgraded FontAwesome from 4.0.3 to 7.0.0 Free
• Update - Migrated from LESS to SCSS/Sass
• Update - Migrated from @import to @use syntax (Sass modules)
• Update - Added modern npm-based build system
• Update - Improved list styling for better readability
• Update - Added Text Domain and WordPress version requirements to stylesheet header (WordPress.org best practices)
• Update - Updated all @SInCE tags to 2.0.0 (rebrand from HighWind to HeightWind)
• Fix - Fixed menu item height inconsistency
• Fix - Fixed third-level submenu positioning to appear to the right of parent items
• Fix - Improved submenu contrast by darkening background color for better visibility
• Fix - Removed navigation bottom border and list item padding for cleaner, more compact layout
• Fix - Fixed WordPress block search widget styles and button visibility
• Fix - Fixed WordPress block quote styling (removed border, adjusted spacing)
• Fix - Replaced scroll event listener with Intersection Observer API for better performance
• Fix - Updated back-to-top button to be square (44x44px) for WCAG compliance
• Fix - Fixed Sass slash-div deprecation warnings by migrating to math.div()
• Fix - Added translator comments to all strings with placeholders for better i18n support
• Fix - Fixed 8 output escaping issues for improved security (esc_url, esc_html, esc_attr, wp_kses_post, absint)
• Fix - Fixed WooCommerce array offset errors when options don't exist in database
• Fix - Changed print to echo in heightwind-functions.php (WordPress coding standards)
• Cleanup - Modernized WooCommerce CSS by removing obsolete legacy code
• Cleanup - Removed unused FitVids and Modernizr plugin files and references
• Cleanup - Removed legacy translation files (outdated, broken references to old file paths)
• Dev - Added build scripts for CSS and JavaScript
• Dev - Added watch mode for development
• License - Updated to properly credit original HighWind by James Koster