Gantry 4 Framework Plugin

Gantry 5 is now available for WordPress! Please visit Gantry 5 plugin page for more informations.

Gantry 4 is a comprehensive set of building blocks to enable the rapid development and realization of a design into a flexible and powerful web platform theme.

• Please visit http://gantry.org to download a FREE WordPress Gantry 4 default theme which can be used as a base for your own themes!

• For official RocketTheme Gantry forum please visit http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/gantry-framework

Gantry 4 is packed full of features to empower the development of designs into fully functional layouts with the absolute minimum of effort and fuss.

• True “Drag and Drop” page builder
• Support for Responsive Layouts
• LESS support
• Syntax highlight support via Google Code Prettify
• 960 Grid System
• Stunning Administrator interface
• XML driven and with overrides for unprecedented levels of customization
• Per override level control over any configuration parameter
• Preset any combination of configuration parameters, and save custom presets
• RTL language support
• Built-in CSS and JS compression and combination
• Flexible grid layout system for unparalleled control over block sizes
• Optimized codebase with speed, size, and reuse core tenets of the framework design
• 65 base widget positions
• 38 possible layout combinations for mainbody and sidebars
• Source-ordered 4 column mainbody
• Many built-in widgets and gizmos such as font-sizer, Google Analytics, to-top smooth slider, IE6 warning message, etc.
• Ability to force ‘blank’ widget positions for even more advanced layout customization
• Flexible parameter system with ability to set parameters via URL, Cookie, Session, Presets, etc.
• Table-less HTML overrides
• Standard typography and WordPress core element styling
• ini-based configuration storage for easy portability
• Automatic per-browser-level CSS and JS control

For video tutorials and documentation please visit official Gantry Framework site.

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

Using WordPress plugin installer :

1. Go to the Admin Dashboard > Plugins > Add New
2. From the top list select ‘Upload’
3. Point the Browse window to the plugin zip package
4. Activate the plugin in Admin Dashboard > Plugins

Using FTP :

1. Extract the zip package with the plugin
2. Upload the plugin directory to the wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin in Admin Dashboard > Plugins

Please note that Gantry 4 Framework plugin doesn’t come up with the default theme. In order to download the Gantry Default theme please go to the Gantry Framework site.

What are the requirements of the plugin ?

We try to ensure that any Gantry 4 theme and the Gantry Plugin specifically will work with any modern and secure server environment. The recommended minimum requirements are :

• WordPress 3.2 or higher
• PHP 5.2+
• MySQL 3.23 (5+ recommended)
• Apache 1.3 (2.2+ recommended)
• mod_mysql
• mod_xml
• mod_zlib

Where are the options of the plugin ?

The plugin itself doesn’t have any options as everything is theme powered. Gantry Framework plugin is working in the background providing the functionality to the Gantry powered themes allowing them to control everything per-theme basis . You can download a basic Gantry theme from the official Gantry Framework site.

How can I test it ?

Once you downloaded and installed Gantry 4 Framework plugin, please download also a default theme (that is intended to be used as a basis for building your own themes) from Gantry Framework site.

4.1.21

• Various PHP 7.4 fixes

4.1.20

• WordPress 5.3 compatibility fixes

4.1.19

• Menu item dropdown will not open in Android mobile theme (requires theme index-android.php file update).

4.1.18

• Top level navigation item cannot be selected on a mobile device when using Mobile theme
• Fixed issue with adding custom positions using non-unique position names

4.1.17

• Updated MooTools to resolve conflicts with WordPress 5.0
• WordPress 5.0 compatibility fixes

4.1.16

• Fixed YOAST gizmo

4.1.15

• Various PHP 7.2 fixes
• Other minor fixes and improvements

4.1.14

• Fixed JS errors caused by YOAST SEO on Gantry 4 Theme Settings page making it unusable.
• Added an Gizmo option to enable/disable YOAST SEO JS on Widgets page in order to make the Gantry 4 MooTools scripts usable. You need to copy “yoastwidgets” fields from Gantry 4 default themes templateDetails.xml to your own theme to be able to enable and disable this functionality.

4.1.13

• Fix regression in widget rendering on non-existing positions
• PHP 7 compatibility fixes

4.1.12

• PHP 7 compatibility fixes

4.1.11

• PHP 7 compatibility fixes

4.1.10

• WARNING! – PLEASE MAKE A DATABASE BACKUP BEFORE UPDATING
• Auto execute script that will attempt to fix the widgets with wrong IDs in WP 4.4. Some widgets with bad data inside of them might need to be placed again.
• Fix for wrong Widget IDs when placing them in WP 4.4
• Encode the serialized cache data with base64 to avoid errors when unserializing in WP 4.4

4.1.9

• Various style fixes for WordPress 4.4
• Fixed deprecated constructor class in Divider Widget
• Fixed a bug in Taxonomy facttype where it wasn’t limited to arrays only
• Fixed StrictStandard notice in loadposition gizmo
• Updated FontAwesome to 4.5.0

4.1.8

• Fixed fallback to en_US language file if the localized .mo file doesn’t exist
• Fixed Fatal Error that could occur when WPML ICL_Language_Switcher class is missing
• Changed display of plugin name to Gantry 4 Framework

4.1.7

• Updated FontAwesome to 4.4.0

4.1.6

• Fixed XSS security vulnerability – thanks to Ingo Chao @ingochao for reporting
• Replaced .live deprecated jQuery call in gantry-widgets.js

4.1.5

• Fixed layout issues when using WPML and multilingual widgets
• Fixed strict standards error in invertPositionOrder for RTL languages
• Fixed Warning caused by $gantry being null when using WPTouch
• Fixed RTL notices caused by using deprecated get_bloginfo calls
• Added wp_nonce_field() to the Login Form widget

4.1.4

• Fixed potential security risk

4.1.3

• Updated FontAwesome to 4.3.0
• Updated compatibility for the bbPress
• Fix for the Warning in GantryGZipper
• Fixed issue that could prevent LESS from compiling on Windows machines when site directory had spaces in the name
• Improved WPML compatibility ie. assigning overrides per language, translatable Gantry Widget input fields, Widget Variations for WPML Language Switcher widget etc.
• Reverted language strings in Gantry Default Theme to WP core native approach with hardcoded text domains for WPML compatibility (some themes will require update) – please check Gantry Framework documentation for more info

4.1.2

• Fixed FontAwesome font files paths in the WordPress Multisite
• Modified get_content_template to support only current page context, leaving the post formats to the template
• Modified the Gantry Breadcrumbs widget to support more formats and support filters
• Fixed issue when wp_enqueue_scripts hook was fired too late
• It is now possible to load scripts in the footer using addScript(s), addInlineScript, addDomReadyScript and addLoadScript
• Revamped the Widget Variation Chooser to be much more flexible and usable (requires minor theme changes)
• Widget input fields should now properly use data allowed in wp_filter_post_kses ie. some HTML code
• Fixed assigning taxonomy archives to overrides
• $gantry->displayBodyTag() allows now to use the same parameters as body_class()
• Added widget_title filter to the Gantry Framework core widgets
• Added compatibility for the WP Menu Cart plugin
• Added missing BuddyPress Notifications Component to the possible Assignments list
• Moved Analytics to Universal Analytics
• Possible fix for some minor Font Awesome 3.0 issues
• Fixed compatibility for NextGen Gallery
• Minor UI improvements

4.1.1

• Fix for the JS error when editing Widgets in the overrides which could cause widgets to disappear
• Fix for the gantryUrl that could prevent some scripts from using SSL
• Changed CSS margins for the Gantry Widget forms to fix spacing
• Fixed loading font variants for Google Fonts
• Updated Google Fonts catalogue to support all currently available fonts and variants
• Fixes for the Strict Standard notices in PHP 5.4 when debug mode enabled

4.1.0

• Compatibility fix in the MooRainbow for the Visual Composer plugin
• RokBox 2 support in the Login Button widget
• Fix for the multiple body classes in Page Suffix gizmo
• Updated IE11 detection
• Updated Pretty Print JS files
• Fixed font style issues caused by FontAwesome 3.2.1 icons
• Added Font Awesome 4 assets for future use
• Fixed missing special characters with Google fonts ie. Polish characters
• Removed RocketTheme references in Copyright widget
• Fixed the display of overrided options in the theme settings
• Gantry admin UI fixes for the WordPress 3.8

4.0.8

• Added core support for the BuddyPress 1.8+ – Gantry BuddyPress plugin is no longer required and has been deprecated
• Fix for the Gizmo options not being saved/loaded in the Presets of the theme
• Compatibility fix for the NextGen Gallery plugin
• Fixed rendering of the dollar sign ($) in the site title
• You can now use the %YEAR% and %year% in the Gantry Copyright widget to display the current year
• Fix for the bad path to the font files of the FontAwesome 3.2.1

4.0.7

• Added support for Font Awesome 3.2.1
• Added in performance improvement for Menus in the Rules Engine (thanks David Fritsch)
• Added Gantry Mobile Dectect core utility (required by some premium templates ie. Lumiere)
• Added two new admin form fields – filelist and imagelist

4.0.6

• Cart66 support added to compatibility gizmo
• Shopp plugin compatibility fix
• Fixed parseQueryString method on override widgets that wasn’t allowing the “+” caracther in text
• Google Web Fonts should now use proper protocol when SSL detected
• Filter in Title gizmo should now have all required parameters
• Changed the way how Gantry outputs header and footer which can solve potential issues with scripts and regular expressions
• Gantry Menu cache should now respect the get_locale();
• Other minor improvements

4.0.5

• Fixed Google WebFonts and breaking fonts caused by s: and g: added to font body class
• You can now keep your Gantry Framework translation files (.mo) in the WordPress languages directory ie. wp-content/languages/gantry/
• Gantry is now going to automatically add the templateName-custom.css file if found under css/ directory
• Added fix for the WP SEO when “Force Rewrite Titles” enabled
• Title gizmo should now respect the wp_title filter

4.0.4

• Fixed a bug introduced in 4.0.3 where CSS files could load with double slashes

4.0.3

• Fixed compatibility with WordPress Multi Site installations
• Fixed a notice where siteurl option didn’t had path set

4.0.2

• Reverted some CSS changes in gantry.css which could cause some bad color appearance in couple themes

4.0.1

• Next Gantry Framework Major Release. Please always do a full backup (files + database) of your site before upgrading!
• Fixed incompatibility with PHP 5.2

4.0.0

• Next Gantry Framework Major Release. Please always do a full backup (files + database) of your site before upgrading!
• LESS support
• Responsive layouts are fully supported
• Brand new Admin UI
• Caching improvements
• Filtering in the Assignments tab
• Ability to choose a chrome per widget
• Support for the new Dropdown menu
• New Search Highlight gizmo to allow to highlight search query without losing page content formatting
• Added back the gantryjson.class.php file for backwards compatibility with Crystalline
• Many more!

1.31

• Fix for the caching issue which caused the “Fatal error: Call to a member function getGridcss()”
• Please clean your site/browser cache after updating Gantry to 1.31

1.30

• Fix for the “Fatal error: Call to a member function isEnabled()” in some rare cases
• Fixed Notices appearing after enabling Debug mode
• Fix to keep accessibility mode disabled
• Fixed overrides behavior involving presets
• Fixed overrides badges opacity
• Removed some unnecessary CSS for the future theme compatibility
• Framework modifications to allow usage of responsive layouts in the future

1.29

• BBPress is now fully supported
• Added Maintenance Mode gizmo
• Jigoshop compatibility fix
• Fixed JS issue with gantry-layer that could block admin in certain themes (ie. Panacea)
• Compatibility fixes for WordPress 3.5

1.28

• Much improved 3rd party plugin compatibility – please note that you need to update your theme for this to work
• WooCommerce gizmo is now Compatibility gizmo which will be used to add support to various 3rd party plugins and keep them in one place
• Add to Cart should now work fine with the WooCommerce product variants

1.27

• Small CSS fix for the RTL featured image
• Updated the version of MooTools to 1.4.5 with compatibility layer

1.26

• Gantry now properly loads the widget_admin.css file
• Added missing CSS and JS code for the “selectedset” field type
• Added missing charset tag in the displayHead function
• Proper fix for the Children items in the Mobile Menu
• Display Single Post Category in Breadcrumbs widget is on by default

1.25

• Fix for custom post types and loop hierarchy not properly supported
• Fix for missing $this in the gantrybodylayout.class.php
• Custom Post Type archive theme files should be now loading properly
• Fix a bug when certain options wouldn’t be activated after reloading override settings
• Fix for the overflow in the admin area
• Fix for CSS overflow in the Mobile Menu
• Added WooCommerce support

1.24

• Fix for the Warning:preg_match() on the Widgets page when The Events Calendar plugin was activated (possible solution for similar issues with other plugins)
• Added some small CSS fixes for font-size of the meta elements
• Gantry iPhone Menu is now a Gantry Mobile Menu as it works both on iPhone and Android platforms
• Fix for the same domain check which could cause issues ie. with WordPress MU Domain Mapping
• Fixed some Ajax behavior on the widget overrides page

1.23

• Fixed the z-index of WordPress screen meta tabs on the widgets page
• Added CSS code used for multi-column blog view

1.22

• Added support for the custom variations in widgets (custom CSS classes)
• Fixed the count widgets in WP 3.3 theme settings page
• Fixed the z-index value of the WP 3.3 flyout menus on admin pages with Gantry Overrides bar
• Fixed Clear Cache button and Presets switcher

1.21

• Fixed the incrementation bug in the bugfix.php script which could cause a widgets id conflict

1.20

• Added a fix to prevent frozen widgets and widgets appearing in wrong overrides
• Added a script that should automatically fix all existing frozen widgets and overrides
• Added support for WordPress Multi Site installations
• Added check for instance settings of WordPress widget classes
• The $ signs in page titles should be now displayed properly
• Added require_once parameter to the locate_type function
• Updated the SmartLoad gizmo JS file to fix XPath Ignores
• Fixed the situation when the MooTools would only get loaded when the Build Spans gizmo is enabled
• Fixed the situation when front-page.php file wouldn’t get loaded from the proper location
• Modified the MU Register gizmo to add very basic width settings to the activate and signup pages

1.19

• Adjusted for WordPress plugin directory

1.18

• Fixed oddity in PHP 5.2.9 where some settings in the backend wouldn’t load
• Added support for additional content type dirs
• Added ability to filter out page title in Title gizmo
• Added support for the 9 grid layout
• Ability to define author name to appear as the page title in the theme settings page

1.17

• Added widgets tooltips support
• Fixed styling for the multiple instances of inner-tabs
• Multiple instances of inner-tabs are now having default item selected
• Changed Cache classname to RokCache for better compatibility
• Upgraded mootools version
• Upgraded RokNavMenu version to fix couple issues

1.16 Release

• Added WP version check for compatibility with WordPress 3.2
• Added new Google WebFonts
• Added support for All In One SEO home page title in Title gizmo

1.15

• Added support for the All In One SEO single post and single page titles
• Added check to see if there’s more than 1 widget before any of the dividers in position
• Fix for bad URL generated by the getCurrentUrl

1.14 Release

• Fixed support for the ordered body layouts

1.13

• Fix for fusion menu dropdowns
• JS Speed Optimization: Toggles, SelectBoxes, Gradients, ColorChooser, use a more smart way to get initialized and on load time nothing is initialized until you interact with a field (backward compatible).
• Admin Tips now allow IDs to better manage the tips XML files (backward compatible).
• Load page size saved by 35-40%
• Ability to display single post category in breadcrumbs
• Added styling for textarea admin field
• Removed Recent Comments default avatar styling in favor of rt-image class
• Fix for widget divider first with nothing above in sidebar
• Added LoadPosition gizmo which lets you to load different widget positions in your content using shortcode and positions ID ie. [loadposition id=”showcase”]
• Fix for nested layout object reverts

1.12 Release

• Added Categories admin field

1.11

• Change to help prevent conflict with template modifiers like wptouch

1.10

• Added input and tokens to the title gizmo
• Added accessibility css code
• Fixed bug with currentUrl not being set right
• Moved base init to template redirect
• Added user css code
• Added Category field to the Recent Posts widget

1.9

• Added better Cookie Path handling
• Fixed widget override selection bug! Yee Ha!

1.8

• Fixed Menu Items Assignments in Overrides
• Fixed Preset Saver in the backend
• Added RokStyle gizmo
• Added AutoParagraph gizmo
• Updated MooTools to 1.3

1.7

• Added RTL css file support from gantry
• Added Page Suffix gizmo
• Modified the default comment styling
• Logo points now to the Site URL not WP URL
• Breadcrumbs ‘Home’ button points now to the Site URL not WP URL
• Added default styling and home image for the breadcrumbs
• Moved the Home button in breadcrumbs to be widget powered
• Fixed pagination position in RTL mode
• Swapped left padding to right one for lists in RTL
• Added get_header, get_footer, and get_sidebar actions to help plugin compatibility
• Fixed Push pull for sidebars in RTL
• Added Overlay field type
• Added spans to links in certain widgets
• Added default styling for Recent Comments widget
• Breadcrumbs pathway will only appear on the single post or custom page

1.6

• Fixed swapping widget IDs in overrides

1.5

• Added check for empty widget positions in render
• Gantry Logo widget ‘Per Style’ setting is no longer hidden
• Changed some JS binds to follow the new ES5 specs
• Fixed Colorchooser and Gradient fields
• Added cache removal to default widget and override widget ajax actions
• Gantry Pages widget is adding extra ‘active’ class for current page
• Gantry Categories widget is adding extra ‘active’ class for current category
• Changed width and padding for the MU Register form
• Fix for cache clear issues
• Made widget instance overrides available to ajax calls

1.4

• Added displayFooter function and supporting renders for themes.
• Add mootools script in jstools gizmo
• Fix for calling wp_head on the admin side.

1.3

• Fix for layouts not reversing in RTL mode
• Fix for Duplicating and missing CSS files

1.2

• Added Minefield to the list of Browsers
• Add support for Signup page to template page overrides
• Force Widget Accessibility Mode off for Gantry Themes
• Fixed addStyle to better handle -override files and get proper css file overrides from template
• Moved cache to be WP Transients based.
• Added base level diagnostics

1.1

• Fixed support for non WP_Widget based classes.

1.0

• Changelog Creation