- Replace `base_path` include with `absolute_url` filter where possible.
- Allow images to be placed in other folders. Remove `/images/` only restriction and encourage placement in `/assets/images/` instead. **Full paths are now required. If upgrading from MM 3.4 add `/images/` before filenames in Front Matter and `_config.yml` variables.**
- Added missing Turkish translations for UI text. [#621](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/621)
- Make author avatar optional in sidebar.
- Update **/_includes/seo.html** for meta description. [#558](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/558)
### Bug Fixes
- Fix navigation bar animation "flicker" in Safari [#568](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/568)
- Fix `author.avatar` paths for externally hosted images.
### Maintenance
- Add documentation around `gem "minimal-mistakes-jekyll"` installation and use.
- Add note about using full image paths for eg. `assets/images/filename.jpg` (header images, overlays, galleries, feature rows, etc.) instead of assuming they will always be in `/images/`.
- Add "[Overriding Theme Defaults](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/overriding-theme-defaults/)" page to documentation.
- Add `layout` based and user-defined class names to `<body>` element for added CSS hooks. [#526](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/526)
- Add simplified Chinese localized UI text. [#532](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/532)
### Bug Fixes
- Remove duplicate include of `base_path` in category-list.html [#522](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/522)
- Make ["honeypot" `input`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/commit/06a8249a69a37dddda7e2a5bfbe32056c1a9a607) in Staticman comment form less obvious to spam bots
- Add padding to `.highlight` code blocks to better [align `overflow` scrollbar](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/commit/e4abec0a6f7f8cff72505ca0754615df294fd5b3) to the bottom.
- Add additional image options for Twitter card social sharing meta tags. [#466](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/466)
- Add structured data markup for Staticman comments. [#458](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/458)
### Bug Fixes
- Format `og:locale` tag with `_` instead of `-`. [#462](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/462)
### Maintenance
- Add note to docs about using `url: http://localhost:4000` when working locally.
- Support static-based commenting via [Staticman](https://staticman.net/) for sites hosted with GitHub Pages. [#424](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/424)
- Re-enabled Jekyll plugins in `_config.yml` in case they aren't autoloaded in `Gemfile`. [#417](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/417)
### Enhancements
- Fallback to `site.github.url` for use in `{{ base_path }}` when `site.url` is `nil`.
- Replace Sass and Autoprefixer `npm` build scripts with [Jekyll's built-in asset support](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/assets/). [#333](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/333)
### Maintenance
- Document `site.repository` and its role with [`github-metadata`](https://github.com/jekyll/github-metadata) gem.
- Add sample [archive page with content](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/archive-layout-with-content/) for testing styles on demo site.
- Add support for configurable feed URL to use a service like FeedBurner instead of linking directly to `feed.xml` in `<head>` and the site footer. [#378](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/378), [#379](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/379), [#406](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/406)
- Enable image popup on <500pxwidescreens. [#385](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/385)
- Indicate the relationship between component URLs in a paginated series by applying `rel="prev"` and `rel="next"` to pages that use `site.paginator`. [#253](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/253)
- Improve link posts in archive listings. [#276](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/276)
- Remove window width "magic number" from sticky sidebar check in `main.js` for improved flexibility. [#375](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/375)
### Bug Fixes
- Fix author override conditional where a missing `authors.yml` would show broken sidebar content. Defaults to `site.author`. [#376](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/376)
- Add support for [header overlay images](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/layouts/#header-overlay) for Open Graph images. [#358](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/358)
### Bug Fixes
- Fix `Person` typo Schema.org type [#358](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/358)
### Maintenance
- Update `github-pages` gem and dependencies.
- Remove `minutes_read` to avoid awkward reading time wording [#356](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/356)
- Remove `cursor: pointer` that appears on white-space surrounding author side list items and links. [#354](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/354)
### Maintenance
- Add contributing information to `README.md`. [#357](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/357)
- Fix error `Liquid Exception: divided by 0 in _includes/archive-single.html, included in _layouts/single.html` caused by null `words_per_minute` in `_config.yml`. [#345](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/345)
- Improve text alignment of masthead, hero overlay, page footer to be flush left and remove awkward white-space gaps. [#342](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/342)
- Add support for image captions in Magnific Popup overlays via the [`gallery`](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/helpers/#gallery) helper. [#334](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/334)
- Fix missing category/tag links in post footer due to possible conflict with `site.tags` and `site.categories`. [#329](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/329#issuecomment-222375568)
- Fix `Liquid Exception: undefined method 'gsub' for nil:NilClass in _layouts/single.html` error when `page.title` is null. `<h1>` element is now conditional if `title: ` is not set for a `page` or collection item. [#312](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/312)
### Maintenance
- Remove duplicate `fa-twitter` and `fa-twitter-square` classes from `_utilities.scss`. [#302](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/302)
- Document installing additional Jekyll gem dependencies when using `gem "jekyll"` instead of `gem "github-pages"` to avoid any errors on run. [#305](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/305)
- Small fix to avoid underlying the whitespace between icons and related text when hovering. [#303](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/303)
- SEO author bug. If `twitter.username` is set and `author.twitter` is `nil` bad things happen. [#289](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/289)
- Explain how to use `nav_list` helper in [documentation](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/helpers/#navigation-list).
- Reduce left/right padding on smaller screens to increase width of main content column.
### Bug Fixes
- Fix alignment issues with related posts [#273](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/273) and "Follow" button in author profile [#274](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/274).
- Rebuilt the entire theme: layouts, includes, stylesheets, scripts, you name it.
- Refreshed the look and feel while staying true to the original design of the theme (author sidebar/main content).
- Replaced grid system with [Susy](http://susy.oddbird.net/).
- Replaced Grunt tasks with `npm` scripts.
- Removed Google Fonts and replaced with system fonts to improve performance (they can be [added back](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/stylesheets/) if desired)
- Increased the amount of sample posts, sample pages, and sample collections to throughly test the theme and edge-cases.
- Moved all sample content and assets out of `master` to keep it as clean as possible for forking.
- Added new layouts for `splash` pages, archives for [`jekyll-archives`](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-archives) if enabled, and [`compress.html`](https://github.com/penibelst/jekyll-compress-html) to improve performance.
- Added taxonomy links to posts (tags and categories).
- Added optional "reading time" meta data.
- Improved Liquid used for Twitter Cards and Open Graph data in `<head>`.
- Improved `gallery` include helper and added `feature_row` for use with splash page layout.
- Added Keybase.io, author web URI, and Bitbucket optional links to sidebar.
- Add `feed.xml` link to footer.
- Added a [UI text data file](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/ui-text/) to easily change all text found in the theme.
- Added LinkedIn to optional social share buttons.
- Added Facebook, Google+, and custom commenting options in addition to Disqus.
- Add Soundcloud, YouTube ([#95](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/95)), Flickr ([#119](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/119)), and Weibo ([#116](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/116)) icons for use in author sidebar.
- Fix typos in posts and documentation and remove references to Less
- Include note about Octopress gem being optional
- Post author override support extended to the Atom feed ([#71](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/71))
- Only include email address in feed if specified in `_config.yml` or author `_data`
- Wrap all page content in `#main` to harmonize article and post index styles ([#86](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/86))
- Include new sample feature images for posts and pages
- Table of contents improvements: fix collapse toggle, indent nested elements, show on small screens, and create an `_include` for reusing in posts and pages.
- Include note about running Jekyll with `bundle exec` when using Bundler
- Fix home page path in top navigation
- Remove Google Authorship ([#120](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/120))
- Remove duplicate author content that displayed in `div.article-author-bottom`
- Reworked top navigation to be a better experience on small screens. Nav items now display vertically when the menu button is tapped, revealing links with larger touch targets.
- Fix top navigation bug issue ([#10](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/10)) for real this time. Remember to clear your floats kids.
- Removed [Typeplate](http://typeplate.com/) styles. Was [causing issues with newer versions of Less](https://github.com/typeplate/typeplate.github.io/issues/108) and is no longer maintained.
### Enhancements
- Added [image attribution](http://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/theme-setup/#feature-images) for post and page feature images.
