Ether Content Builder WordPress Plugin - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download

Ether Content Builder WordPress Plugin is a powerful tool for building custom content pages aided with innovative visual composer. With a robust UI you will save time and money and create new pages in minutes. No coding knowledge is required and it’s a must have brag for any serious content publisher working with WordPress. Ether Builder is actively developed by Ether with regular updates and bug fixes. Ether Builder can use 3rd party widgets as well as custom crafted ones.

Live site featuring all widgets

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Latest Update

Version 2.0.10 released on February 22, 2014

Hotfix front-end: single column displayed as two columns
Hotfix js error when trying to select row widget from widgets select metabox
    

Enjoy Smooth Workflow

Powered with a very friendly UI

Main Editor Window

Wigets Select Metabox

Wiget Edit Metabox

Features

• Works with all themes (contact us in case of problems)
• Mobile ready / Responsiveness of all builder content – ready to use with responsive layouts.
• Bunch of (40~) default widgets. Custom widgets can be added as well.
• Two-way support for sidebar widgets. You can use sidebar widgets in Ether Builder and the other way around!
• Grid Slider integration. Powers all widgets from Grid-Sliders section
• Drag & Drop interface. What you build in the admin panel is a visual representation of what you get on the page
• No coding knowledge is required from you to use this tool efficiently. However, widgets accept shortcodes and html notation if you feel up for it
• Multilingual qTranslate support (a little bit crude at the moment). See usage notes
• Translation ready (.po/.mo files included)
• Style switcher featuring dark/light
  presets to better match various themes

Full Widget List

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Rows/Columns

Rows with specified columns. Can serve as containers for other widgets. Columns cannot be nested within each other

• 1 Column
• 2 Columns
• 3 Columns
• 4 Columns
• 5 Columns
• 6 Columns
• 2/3 + 1/3 Columns
• 1/3 + 2/3 Columns
• 3/4 + 1/4 Columns
• 1/4 + 3/4 Columns
• 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/4 Columns
• 1/4 + 1/2 + 1/4 Columns
• 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/2 Columns

Grid-Sliders

Widgets featuring Grid & Slider capabilities. Content inside them can be easily organised into either static or slideable grids with plenty of custom options

• Pricing table: Showcase detailed pricing plans. Features Customizable headings, table cells and button.
• Pricing box: Displays pricing plan in a compact fashion. Each box consists of a title, price, short description and a button
• Post feed: Displays posts from selected category from the blog feed
• Page feed: Display pages from your website as a post/gallery feed.
• Custom post feed: Display custom post types as a posts/gallery feed
• Gallery: Highly customizable media gallery.
• Services: Multipurpouse widget for displaying combination of images, titles and content. Suitable for presenting team members, listing out product highlights and such
• Testimonials: Dedicated widget for groups of clients’ quotes. Comes with a few predefined styles and customizable options
• Twitter feed: Customizable display of Twitter Feed. Comes in a few different themes and options allowing for displaying only specific tweet info such as user avatar, name and tweet content.
• Flickr feed: Creates gallery from your flickr feed.

Classic

• Plain text: Simple plain text widget suitable for inserting raw content or shortcodes
• Syntax Highlighter: Implementation of code highlighting utility by Alex Gorbatchev, capable of highlighting 25 popular programming languages
• Rich text: Advanced text editor powered by TinyMCE
• HTML: Use it for inserting custom code snippets of any kind, be it HTML, CSS, or even Javascript.
• Heading: Hx elements from h1 to h6. Comes with a few customizable options such as text size, alignment, color, weight, style and font family from Google Fonts Directory
• Image: Simple Image widget with a few predefined styles
• Post Content: This widget will display content from your post editor.
• Divider: Horizontal bar for dividing separate sections of the page. Customizable options include back to top link title and source options
• Message: 6 message box types for special notifications. Comes with a few different style presets
• Blockquote: Turns given text into a blockquote.
• List: Unordered lists with custom image icons. Many layout variants available.
• Button: Turn ordinary links into buttons that will draw attention where you need it. Features default presets and customizable properties such as button size, font size and colors
• Video: YouTube, Vimeo or Blip.tv
• Table: Simple Table Generator.
• Tabs: Generate tabbed content. Customizable options include tab icons, tab orientation (horiz/vert), alignment and more. Compatible with browser history
• Accordion: Generate accordions or toggle boxes. Custom settings include: constrain, tab icons, predefined themes. Compatible with browser history
• Instagram feed: Creates gallery from your instagram feed.
• Facebook Like Button: Facebook Like Button
• Facebook Comments: Facebook Comments
• Facebook Like Box: Facebook Like Box
• Google map: Insert a google map with a specified title and location
• Contact form: Classic contact form. Available fields include name, email and message.
• Template: Allows to reuse content previously created and saved with Ether Content Builder
• Style: Add custom styles to your page using CSS.
• Link: Basic link element.
• Heading menu: Menu generator. Menu is created from headings existing in page content. Customizable options include: scrollspy menu, fixed menu position, types of headings that will be included.
• Generic Container: Generic Container can be using for grouping widgets together without imposing any additional styling to the front-end

3rd Party Sliders

• Nivo slider: The Nivo Slider is world renowned as the most beautiful and easy to use image slider on the market.
• Roundabout slider: Roundabout is a turntable-like, entertaining and interactive slider

Custom widgets

Standard widget base of Ether Content Builder can be extended with custom ones as well.

Server requirements

Minimum

• PHP 5.2.3+
• MySQL 4.1.2+
• WordPress 3.1+

Optional

• GD library – used for automatic image scaling and croping
• Curl library or allow_url_fopen option set to “On” – used for downloading external feeds, e.g. latest tweets

Support

In case of any troubles use and abuse sources below as much as you need.

• Email: contact.pordesign@gmail.com – Note: When reporting WordPress Plugin/Theme incompatibility please include the following details in your message along with problem description for smoother turnaround:
  • Item purchase code you got after buying an item (It’s viewable on your Envato marketplace account under downloads section)
  • Theme files – Especially if it’s a commercial theme – so that we can run local tests if necessary (What are theme files? Theme files define your site look and functionality. You can send us the same theme files that you downloaded or zip* them yourself)
  • Are you using any other plugins? If so, zip* them together and attach to your message as well so that we can run local tests if necessary (Plugins are viewable under Plugins section in WordPress admin dasboard. Only active ones are necessary.)
  • WordPress admin dashboard access – so that we can have a direct look at the issue if necessary as sometimes we may not be able to replicate the issue in our environment. It also makes the process easier and faster.
  • FTP access details – so that we can have a direct look at the issue if necessary as sometimes we may not be able to replicate the issue in our environment. It also makes the process easier and faster.

*Use file archiver such as WinRar or other compression software. In case you don’t know how google it, it’s very very simple

Note: We usually respond within 1-7 days from reporting the issue.

Outroduction

In case of any troubles you talk to us directly so let’s get to know each other better. We’re WordPress enthusiasts. We live in Poland. We develop for web independently full-time. This should do for starters. Want to know more – message us. Cheers!

Update Log

Version 2.0.9 released on February 11, 2015

Updated Admin: Blockquote widget preview: message content in the preview has now limited length
Updated Admin: Image Widget preview tweaks
Updated Admin: Message widget preview: message content in the preview has now limited length
Updated Admin: Some more tweaks to how Rich Text widget works
Updated Admin: Spacing between input fields in widget edit box
Updated Core & Builder styles are now managed via SASS (WIP)
Updated Removed double scrollbar appearing on builder metabox popup
Updated Tweaked base admin styles
Fixed Slider accidentally initializing on all grid elements causing to show only the first row in the front end
Removed mono icons got replaced entirely with dashicons
    

Version 2.0.8 released on January 27, 2015

Added Disable top/bottom spacing options for any widget
Updated A handful of Grid Slider adjustments and tweaks here and there, a few small bugfixes
Updated Added dev version of all js sources split into chunks for all relevant scripts in locations: ether/media/scripts/dev, admin/media/scripts/dev and media/scripts/dev.
Updated Core update
Updated General tweaks to some widgets pertaining to unification of the coding style patterns
Updated Gridslider settings are now passed via data-gridslider-config HTML attribute rather than class names
Fixed (Admin) Columns height not initializing properly on switch to builder editor tab when it it not set as a default tab
Fixed (Admin) of wp editor tabs being misaligned vertically in Firefox
Fixed (Admin) Rich Text in group items
Fixed (Admin) Styles of add widget button in column widget in main editor view in Firefox
Hotfix WP41 compatibility release
    

Version 2.0.7 released on January 5, 2015

Updated Filesystem cleanup
Updated Message widget (no changes visible in the front)
Hotfix Broken columns styles
    

Version 2.0.6 released on January 4, 2015

Fixed links to online docs/support in Ether section
Fixed WP 4.1 Compatibility (invisible Builder tab issue)
    

Version 2.0.5 released on November 24, 2014

Updated user roles to user capabilities in scripts utilising specific WP functions
Fixed Css styles of TinyMCE tools (add media etc) inside group items 
Fixed Widget edit section tabs hide properly now when editing group item contents with a TinyMCE editor
    

Version 2.0.4 released on November 17, 2014

Updated Documentation section regarding creation of custom widgets
Fixed Compatibility with PolyLang Multilanguage Plugin
Fixed Posts/Page feed widget: Layout of options; Restored link to post option for featured image
    

Version 2.0.3 released on November 6, 2014

Updated Styles on mobile devices
Fixed Dynamic label not updating properly on multiple widget edit
Fixed Ether core: Ether menu disappearing upon setting DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT to true in wp-config
Fixed Pricing Box Preview
    

Version 2.0.2 released on October 27, 2014

Updated ether.js core update for dynamic label (admin)
    

Version 2.0.10 released on February 22, 2014

Hotfix front-end: single column displayed as two columns
Hotfix js error when trying to select row widget from widgets select metabox
    

Version 2.0.1 released on October 20, 2014

Added Divider Widget live preview
Added Widget: Generic Container: can be using for grouping widgets together without imposing any additional styling to the front-end
Fixed Front-end: Default bullet for List Widget when no icon was selected 
Fixed Front-end: List Widget vertical spacing when using column layout with more than one column
Fixed Main editor css styles minor adjustments
Fixed Widget edit metabox disappearing when hide this widget option is on and mouse pointer goes out of the metabox bounds
    

Version 2.0.0 released on October 16, 2014

Updated Documentation, minor tweaks
Updated JS & CSS core
Updated Widget: Heading Menu: Tweaked Front-End styles; Updated Admin UI
    

Version 1.9.9 released on September 25, 2014

Added Admin: Ether: Hide "Ether Board" widget from the Dashboard Widgets option
Added Admin: Ether: Hide "Ether" entry from the Admin Toolbar
Updated Ether JS Core tweaks
Updated Front-End: Widget: Services: Source changes
Updated Renamed admin/media/stylesheets/builder-preview-theme.css to admin/media/stylesheets/ether-builder-preview-theme.css
Fixed Front-End: Widget: List Icon: One icon not showing up properly
Fixed Icon chooser UI not showing up after 1.9.7 update
    

Version 1.9.8 released on September 11, 2014

Updated Brand new video preview
Fixed Front-End: Tabs & Accordion widget always getting auto focused on page load
Fixed Live Previews: got hidden in the previous WP 4.0 compatibility update, show properly now
    

Version 1.9.7 released on September 7, 2014

Added Widget options: Divider: Custom top/bottom spacing
Updated Tweaked: Front-end: Widget: Button: Medium button icon alignment
Updated Core: Minor Javascript tweaks
Fixed Front end: Widget: Nivo: Sldier width getting applied incorrectly sometimes
Fixed WordPress 4.0 Compatibility: (main editor tabs overlapping builder widgets modal window)
    

Version 1.9.6 released on August 23, 2014

Added Builder > Grid settings: default grid spacing size
Added Widget: Accordion: option to toggle tab state marker on/off
Added Widgets: New Icons
Updated Admin UI tweaks
Updated Gallery widget: Option added: Show links in new tab
Fixed Admin UI: Drag&Drop behaviour when inserting widgets into/out of columns
Fixed Admin: Slider Nav Preview: controls positioning not updating properly
Fixed Admin: Testimonials widget: Javascript error when adding/editing widget
Fixed Front end: Custom spacing for grid slider widgets now works as expected
Fixed Front end: Divider, List, Message, Post Feed, Page Feed, Custom Feed: Tweaked styles
Fixed Front end: Tabs/Accordion widget: page scroll to widget position on a page load even when no hash was set
Fixed Front+Admin: Divider widget: Tweaked styles
Fixed Javascript core: Conditional fields: multiple [OR] conditions
    

Version 1.9.5 released on August 16, 2014

Updated Admin & front-end: Javascript core tweaks
Updated Admin pages: Ether, Builder, License
Updated Admin UI: UI Tweaks
Updated Widget: Button: Options added: Border radius, border color; Updated preview
Updated Widget: Divider: Options added: Border style, width, color, text color; Updated preview
Updated Widget: Heading: Options added: Font size, font family (500 fonts from Google Fonts Directory), font color, font weight, font style; Updated preview
Updated Widget: Nivo Slider options added: slices, box_cols, box_rows, direction_nav, control_nav, pause_on_hover, prev_text, next_text, random_start, theme, start_slide; Updated preview
Updated Widget: Nivo Slider version (v.3.2)
Updated Widget: Roundabout: inits with more reasonable defaults now. Reorganised and simplified options interface; Updated preview
Fixed Admin UI: Layout of some of the toggle checkboxes was broken
Fixed Admin UI: Nivo Slider inits with more reasonable defaults now
Fixed Core: Conditional fields issue with multiple and-conditions per group
    

Version 1.9.4 released on August 9, 2014

Added Admin UI: Builder widgets filter clear button
Added Admin UI: Unwrap row option for column widget
Added Admin UI: Widget move up/down quick access buttons
Updated Admin & Front: Javascript core tweaks
Updated Admin UI: Revisited column widget UI
Updated Admin UI: Revisited tooltips gfx & behaviour
Updated Admin UI: Revisited widget edit metabox checkboxes visual feedback
Fixed Admin UI: Page not scrolling up anymore upon widget removal
    

Version 1.9.3 released on August 5, 2014

Updated Revisited Twitter Feed Options (all options available within twitterfetcher are available now)
Updated Widget Icons - Heading, HTML, List, Message
Fixed Pause autoplay on mouse hover
Hotfix Minor CSS tweaks
Hotfix twitterfetcher.js replaced with twitterfetcher.min.js
    

Version 1.9.2 released on July 28, 2014

Added Front+Admin: Accordion 'enable current constrain 'option allowing toggling of a current active item even when the accordion is constrained
Added Front+Admin: Tabs 'tabs alignment' option
Added Group Item Duplicate option for widgets utilizing Grid Slider functionality
Updated Changed: Admin Core: Removed widget excerpts, replaced them with widget summary
Updated Admin: major admin javascript core update
Updated Front+Admin: Tab/Accordion core update
Updated Front: Minor javascript core updates
Updated Revisited Admin Interface styles
Updated Revisited Widget Summary description for all Widgets
Fixed Admin: builder widgets metabox tabs behaviour when specific widget group is empty after filtering
Fixed Front+Admin: Accordion 'constrain' option
Fixed Front: Flickr Feed issues with requests where images count exceeded actual existing filtered images
    

Version 1.9.1 released on July 5, 2014

Updated Changed: Reorganised Builder Widgets in Ether > Builder > Visibility section
Updated Changed: Reorganised Builder Widgets Select Metabox
Updated Admin Pages Layout and Styles
Fixed Javascript Uncaught ReferenceError: dynamic_label is not defined error when inserting new images to a Gallery Widget via Insert Image button (bug introduced in 1.8.9)
    

Version 1.9 released on June 26, 2014

Fixed Admin: Live Preview of widget alignment not being updated
Fixed Pricing Table Widget issues: Aside column disappearing when no title was set
Hotfix HTML content breaking the page layout and rendering the admin page unusable within widgets such as Services, Pricing Boxes, Testimonials etc.
    

Version 1.8.9 released on June 24, 2014

Added Heading Widget: Text Alignment option
Added Live Previews for separate items for all widgets utilizing Grid Slider.
Added Pricing Box Widget: 3 predefined styles. New options (Title icon, title icon alignment, button icon, button icon alignment, button size, button style). Live Preview.
Added Pricing Table Widget: Live Preview. New options (Title icon, title icon alignment, button icon, button icon alignment, button size, button style). Brand new user interface for adding columns. Slightly updated front-end styles
Updated Admin: Minor CSS adjustments
Updated Live Preview is now more interactive
Updated Optimized Widget edit metabox loading times
Updated Unified Icon Chooser for all Widgets that utilize icons (List, Button, Pricing Box, Pricing Table, Tabs, Accordion etc.). Currently available sets include recently introduced WP Dashicons and Ether List Icons.
Fixed Widgets Previews not showing in Appearance > Widgets
    

Version 1.8.8 released on June 11, 2014

Added 1 new border style for Image Widget + Old styles tweaks
Added Tab Icons with Customizable Color (powered by WP DashIcons) for the following widgets: Tabs, Accordion
Added Blockquote Widget Options: Author and Url
Added Button Widget Icons; 2 predefined styles: Thin Border 
Added Live Previews for: Image Border Style, Blockquote, Button, Testimonials, Services, Slider Nav Live Preview for all Widgets utilising Grid Slider (Services, Testimonials, Gallery, Flickr Feed, Twitter Feeed, Post Feed, Page Feed, Custom Post Feed)
Updated Changed: Admin: Widget Preview Styles in main editor: Divider, Heading, Tabs, Accordion
Updated Changed: Front-end: Styles for the following widgets: Tabs, Accordion, Button, Testimonials, Blockquote
Fixed Admin: Slider navigation style switcher (8 different types available)
Fixed Front-end: Several Slider issues with more than one slider on a page
Fixed Front-end: Slider navigation dark theme variants get applied now (before this light were selected regardles of Theme field selected value)
Fixed Front-end: Slider navigation position shift gets applied properly now
Fixed Front-end: Table content not getting 100% width of the table by default
    

Version 1.8.7 released on May 23, 2014

Added Admin: <strong>Clearfloat</strong> option for most of the Widgets for an easier control of content alignment and positioning relative to one another
Added Admin: <strong>Toggle visibility</strong> option for all widgets allowing for quick toggle of a widget without the need to delete/remove it. It's accessible both in Widget Modal Edit under the Misc section or upon hovering over the ite
Added Admin: <strong>Visual feedback</strong> for widget <strong>alignment</strong> and <strong>width</strong> in WP Editor for all widgets
Added Admin: More subtle visual feedback in WP Editor focused on highlighting widget-specific properties for the following widgets: Image, List, Heading, Syntax Highlighter, Blockquote, Video, Post/Page/Custom Feeds, Button, Services, Testimonials, Galle
Added Gallery Widget "Elements Height" Custom option
Updated Admin: CSS tweaks, revisited some styles
Updated Changed: Admin: Reorganised Widget Metabox - separated columns from widgets
Updated Changed: Admin: Widget Icons: Syntax Highlighter, Video, Button, Tabs, Posts Feed, Custom Posts Feed, Pages Feed, Rich Text, Services, Testimonials, Blockquote, Divider, Google Map
Updated Admin: Ether > Builder settings page
Fixed Admin: Disapearing widgets
Fixed Admin: Jerky behaviour of content generated with Ether Content Builder when loading WP Editor just before Ether Builder css gets applied
Fixed Front-end: Behaviour of some non-aligned widgets when placed adjacently to a left/right floated one for the following widgets: Blockquote, Message, Lists
Fixed Front-end: Gallery Widget "Elements Height" field not getting applied with default "Image Mode" 
Fixed Front-end: Gallery Widget "Image Mode" "Fit" fits image within container right now instead of stretching it with no regard to image ratio
Fixed Front-end: Image Widget not showing in all IE + Image Widget related whitespace bug in Chrome
Fixed Front-end: Sliders getting 0 width when aligned
    

Version 1.8.6 released on March 28, 2014

Fixed ether.js error when in Appearance > Customize
Fixed inserting images into the Image Widget
Fixed inserting images via add media button into the visual editor
    

Version 1.8.5 released on March 24, 2014

Fixed fixed alignment for "add media" button
Fixed fixed alignment for builder-widget-title
Fixed fixed height for builder-widget-bar
Fixed fixed tinyMCE in wordpress 3.9
Fixed fixed WordPress 3.9 compatibility
Fixed Ether > Update
Removed removed mysql_real_escape_string() in ether.php and replaced it with esc_sql
    

Version 1.8.4 released on March 10, 2014

Updated Changed: Revised all ether-builder.js javascript source.
Updated Changed: Revised widget edit modal box layout for some widgets.
Updated NOT FIXED: Ether 
Fixed Google maps issues
    

Version 1.8.3 released on December 30, 2013

Fixed 1.8.2 Release Hotfix
    

Version 1.8.2 released on December 30, 2013

Fixed Builder tab visibility for Custom Post Types
Fixed Cannot recdeclare ether_builder_metabox class error
Fixed Image title display options for images (including galleries, post feeds etc.)
Fixed Sidebar_admin_setup hook replaced by sidebar_admin_page
    

Version 1.8.1 released on December 16, 2013

Fixed Builder tab in Wordpress 3.8
Fixed Link to post in builder feed
Fixed Random order option for sliders
    

Version 1.8 released on December 3, 2013

Fixed Checkbox display without MP6 Plugin activated
Fixed Insert images display hidden by builder widget modal window
Fixed Widget edit modal window save/discard buttons not visible IE9 bug
    

Version 1.7.9 released on November 27, 2013

Added Custom Post Types Feed Widget
Added id parameter to wp_editor() function
Added Post Feed option enabling linking of image preview to full article
Updated Changed: 3rd party widgets are disabled by default. They can be enabled from Ether > Builder > Enable widgets from sidebars/external plugins in the Ether Builder" 
Fixed cache directory is required only when cache option is enabled
Fixed Disappearing Widgets on page update
Fixed MP6 Compatibility
Fixed undefined tinyMCE error in ether.js
Fixed Widgets Screen styles in WP admin panel
    

Version 1.7.8 released on September 5, 2013

Added New slider options (alternative arrow styles, navigation position, a few others)
Fixed Hybridconnect compatibility
Fixed Revised layout of some widgets' settings
Fixed Scripts and styles load only when necessary
Fixed Validation of automatically converted sidebar widgets (sometimes not all 3rd party widgets can be converted and in such cases they won't be displayed instead of throwing an error)
    

Version 1.7.7 released on July 31, 2013

Added Image and Gallery widget can now open links in new window
Added Option to turn off Ether Content Builder widgets in sidebars
Fixed Javascrip error (switchEditor.go(...) in the dashboard
Fixed Jerky tabs transitions
Fixed Twitter Feed
    

Version 1.7.6 released on June 11, 2013

Added Column options
Fixed additional classes for divider widget
Fixed heading menu nested inside a column not showing up
Fixed infinite loop in canvas
Fixed issue with facebook official plugin (unfortunately widgets from this plugin won't be available within ether builder)
    

Version 1.7.5 released on May 5, 2013

Fixed Internal Server Error (500)
    

Version 1.7.4 released on March 20, 2013

Added Custom label for Rich Text widget
Added Start item position for sliders (Gallery, Testimonials, Services widgets)
Added TED video support for video widget
Added Video support for Services widget (youtube, vimeo, ted, blip)
Updated Changed: Documentation updates (mainly regarding custom CSS rules)
Fixed Ether Builder takes into account password protected posts
Fixed issue with thesis theme
Fixed Navigation arrows getting partially cut off in Gallery Widget
Fixed Rich Text
Fixed Rich Text widget error in sidebar widgets
Fixed Simplekey theme issue
Fixed Visual composer compatibillity
    

Version 1.7.3 released on April 5, 2013

Added support for https protocol when including css/js
Fixed "wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/en.js 404" Error
Fixed Ether does not use built in get_called_class function as it caused too many problems in cases where 3rd party theme/plugin used own implementation of the function and ether assumed it to be a core function (Double from prev update)
Fixed jQuery 2.0 compatibility
Fixed Removed conditional ( ! user_can_richedit()) - rich text editor should be more stable now
Fixed removed deprecated wp_tiny_mce() function from builder.php
    

Version 1.7.2 released on February 4, 2013

Added Resave with the same name to update layouts
Fixed Behaviour of galleries in ie8/7
Fixed Behaviour of tabs in ie8/7
Fixed bug with generating wrong slugs (caused by sidebar widgets using wp_query and the_post when moving them from sidebars to builder)
Fixed Ether does not use built in get_called_class function as it caused too many problems in cases where 3rd party theme/plugin used own implementation of the function and ether assumed it to be a core function
Fixed IE7 Columns issues
Fixed IE7 Form Fields issues
Fixed Lightbox issues
    

Version 1.7.1 released on December 13, 2012

Added Widget label (misc tab) - allows to provide custom title/label for a widget that appears in admin view (so you can have a widget titled 'Image - custom image description' rather than 'Image - /path/to/image/or-other-cryptic-stuff')
Added Support for strong Post Revisions (beta) - it's turned off by default and can be turned on in Ether 
Fixed Conflicts with some theme/plugins interfering with searching posts for Ether Content Builder content
Fixed Links in admin bar removed for users without proper permissions
Fixed pods plugin conflict
Fixed Saving/Loading Ether Content Builder templates
Fixed Scroll Spy issues
Fixed Warnings caused by changes applied to $wpdb->prepare() method in WordPress 3.5
Fixed 'output buffering' issue causing fatal error
    

Version 1.7 released on November 1, 2012

Added Blank Canvas option via Builder metabox for creating landing pages without any theme styles and only Ether Content Builder widgets
Added CSS style widget for adding extra css rules on a single page
Added Custom href destination for divider widget
Added Ether > Builder > Custom CSS field for any global css changes
Added Filter for adding new color presets in Ether > Builder - ether_builder_presets
Added Filters for defining new selectboxes in widget styles (ether_image_frames, ether_blockquote_styles, ether_table_styles, ether_multi_styles (tabs and accordion), ether_testimonials_styles, ether_pricing-table_styles, ether_heading-menu_styles)
Added ID attribute for heading widget
Added Link Widget
Added Support for default featured image for post feeds. If Ether Builder does not find one set in Builder metabox it will try and search for it in featured image.
Added Template Widget - Allows templates to be added to a page the same way widgets are
Added Heading menu / Scrollspy menu that takes headings that exist within the content and creates a menu out of them
Fixed Error in WordPress 3.5 beta2
Fixed Javascript error: "undefined switchEditor" 
Fixed New Twitter api compatibility
Fixed Unit type input in field widgets (px / % / em)
    

Version 1.6.9 released on September 30, 2012

Fixed Divider back to top link not working sometimes
Fixed Form button color in dark Ether Builder theme
Fixed Gridslider height and navigation not adjusting after window resize
Fixed Gridslider responsiveness issues in some cases (including IE7/IE8 fix)
Fixed Loading templates from the builder metabox
Fixed Post/Page feed featured image frame not changing styles (Now you can choose between no frame or two predefined ether styles
Fixed Random disappearing of some widgets in dense column combinations in some cases.
Fixed Roundabout width and alignment issues
Fixed UI tweaks
    

Version 1.6.8 released on September 18, 2012

Added One Column Widget (Duplicating of multiple widgets is easier when they're packed into one container ;-))
Fixed gallery titles
Fixed hardcoded strings in builder.js that prevented a few phrases from being translated to other languages
Fixed image insert in image related widgets (galleries) (it used to break sometimes so that inserted images would line up in one column instead of three)
Fixed issues with post feed and some galleries overlapping other widgets due to their height being incorectly calculated
Fixed metabox builder
Fixed rich text issue with visual editor tab turned off
Fixed shortcodes conflicts (shortcodes from all plugins should wor flawlessly now)
    

Version 1.6.7 released on September 2, 2012

Added Cancel button in widget modal window
Added Spanish translation thanks to <a href="http://codecanyon.net/user/elpuntografico">elpuntografico</a>
Updated Roundabout options
Fixed "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in .../wp-content/plugins/ether-builder/modules/builder.php on line 674" 
Fixed Aligned Images popping out of testimonials
Fixed All remaining admin panel menu issues
Fixed Quform compatibility error
Fixed Several widget issues after duplicating (Tabs and tooltips within builder widget modals not working after duplicating + others)
    

Version 1.6.6 released on August 28, 2012

Added Hide excerpts option to post feeds
Fixed Bug: columns widget breaking up after saving changes to a page (last update fixes were insufficient)
Fixed Hide 'more' button in post feeds widget
Fixed Widget alignment issues
    

Version 1.6.5 released on August 24, 2012

Added Other widgets featuring Rich text can have images added now, too
Added Prevention of caching js/css files in admin panel after new releases
Updated UI adjustments to the backend
Fixed allow_url_fopen removed from required dependencies list (so the error caused by it won't appear anymore
Fixed Bug: columns widget breaking up after saving changes to a page
Fixed images tab in media library can insert images into visual editor now, too
    

Version 1.6.4 released on August 23, 2012

Added New gallery option: Front Image Only - displays only one image, the rest is available in the lightbox
Added Updated Roundabout widget
Added Upload/Insert button for Rich Text widget (comming soon to other rich texts within tabs, services, testimonials etc.)
Updated UI upgrade: Tabbed widget options, enhanced labels and tooltips
Fixed Search results bug
    

Version 1.6.3 released on August 19, 2012

Added <strong>Duplicate Widget Button</strong>. You can duplicate Single widgets or whole groups (via columns widget)
Added <strong>WPML integration (beta; Ether Builder widgets are copied automatically when creating pages for translation) </strong>
Added Added image widget title on hover option + capability of setting any explicit size including % for either linked or not image elements (earlier all entries were converted to pixel values
Added Ether menu can be now additionally toggled in the top admin bar (manage its' visibility via screen options)
Added ether_builder_header action is called only once now (it used to fire multiple times earlier in some cases)
Added Gallery / Nivo / Flicker can now be aligned and have explicit width set (they were always 100% of the container width before)
Added More prominent indication of active tab/accordion in tab/accordion widget
Added Price Box Text gridslider functionality + color option (There was a background option only present before
Updated Revised gui interface in some widgets
Updated Single list widget can be now arranged into (1-10) columns or inline
Fixed Appending builder styles for pages where Ether Builder Widgets are present only in sidebar area
Fixed Builder display issues in some specific cases for reported single pages
Fixed builder widgets missing in "widgets area" 
Fixed Gallery grid height modes and image stretch mode. Galleries are now more badass and customizable than anywhere.
Fixed Gridslider overflow when items are not manipulated in any way (it was affecting - cropping - testimonials style decoration earlier)
Fixed IE7 display issues
Fixed Nasty textarea bug within Ether Builder modal window that prevented user from changing its' size + caused a display glitch in chrome
Fixed Services widget styles issue with left/right aligned images
Fixed Video Widget display isssues
    

Version 1.6.1 released on August 7, 2012

Fixed fixed bug in ether_builder_widgets filter
Fixed fixed builder widgets in sidebars
Fixed fixed button text alignment
Fixed fixed custom bullet list styles (this time for real :P)
Fixed fixed dark/light themes inconsistiencies
    

Version 1.6.0 released on August 4, 2012

Added added <strong>posts feed</strong> + <strong>pages feed</strong> widgets + option to make specific pages featured / set featured image (for display in pages feed)
Added added <strong>rich text editor for widgets</strong> wherever applicable
Added added <strong>style switcher</strong> (light/dark styles available for now) (BETA)
Added added alternative styles for accordion and tabs widgets
Added added constrain ratio for gallery widget constrain option (so now you can have relative rectangles rather than squares only)
Added added ether_builder_widget and ether_builder_{WIDGET_SLUG}_widget filters
Added added support for utf-8 serialized data and a new method of fixing it
Updated <strong>significantly revised documentation</strong> - updated with common faqs and custom Ether Builder filters description
Updated refreshed ether builder admin pages layout and look
Updated revised template manager with a more compact look
Fixed fixed "invalid argument supplied for foreach" warning" 
Fixed fixed 404 errors in ether-builder.css (reset-16px.png and save-16px.png)
Fixed fixed alignment of linked images (image widget)
Fixed fixed gallery display issues (images overflowing vertically)
Fixed fixed pricing tables styles
    

Version 1.5.2 released on July 14, 2012

Added Lightbox option for single images
Added Option to turn off default lightbox and plug in custom one (functions.php -> add ether: ether::config('builder_lightbox', FALSE))
Added Template tags: ether_builder::the_content and ether_builder::get_the_content as custom wordpress template tags equivalents (useful in custom loops)
Fixed <strong>JigoShop compatibility</strong>
Fixed <strong>Migration issues (if serialized data gets damaged during migration Ether Builder will try to fix it automatically)</strong>
Fixed Accordion constrain option
Fixed Custom Bullet List styles and alignment
Fixed Displaying nivo slider and roundabout on mobile devices
Fixed Images issue in product categories in WooCommerce plugin
    

Version 1.5.1 released on June 18, 2012

Added ether_builder_widgets filter (you can now hook up and manipulate registered widgets in Builder)
Added Option to enable/disable displaying Ether Builder content on archive pages (Ether > Builder screen in admin panel)
Fixed Displaying Ether Builder content on archive pages
Fixed Nivo Slider styles overwriting
    

Version 1.5.0 released on June 12, 2012

Added Custom linking for images from Gallery, Image and Services widgets
Added Option to toggle HTML/Visual tabs on/off in Ether > Builder
Added Video/Image responsiveness in galleries as well as separate items
Fixed cannot read property 'slideshow' of undefined
Fixed Rich Text does not break anymore when visual editor is turned off in user settings
Fixed Services classes
    

Version 1.4.8 released on June 2, 2012

Updated Ether Framework 1.6.0
Fixed Minor classes glitches in tables and testimonials
Fixed Problem with sidebar widgets after deactivating Ether Builder
Fixed Removed Default sidebar
Fixed Visual-HTML tabs toggling
    

Version 1.4.7 released on May 30, 2012

Fixed Missing argument warnings
Fixed Rich text translation issues for non-english languages
Fixed Vertical Tabs
    

Version 1.4.5 released on May 25, 2012

Added Framework and plugin version info
Added Server-feature-test for easier troubleshooting
Fixed missing prefixes for some css classes (alignment etc.)
    

Version 1.4.4 released on May 23, 2012

Fixed Fixed Nivo Slider responsive
Fixed Fixed warnings
Fixed Nivo Slider pause time
Removed error handler in production environment
    

Version 1.4.3 released on May 19, 2012

Added <strong>Autoupdate</strong>
Fixed Accordion and tabs broken after the last update
Fixed Nivo slider and Roundabout disappearing content issue
Fixed Removed error handler in a production environment
    

Version 1.4.2 released on May 16, 2012

Fixed Duplicate entries in search results
Fixed Ether_prototype class renamed to ether which should prevent all "Fatal error: Class 'ether' not found" errors from occurring
Fixed Woothemes admin panel conflict
    

Version 1.4.1 released on May 6, 2012

Added <strong>Builder Templates</strong> (metabox in the top right)
Added 3 Facebook widgets (like button, comments, like box)
Added Code view (syntax highlighter) widget
Added Custom classes for sidebar widgets available in Ether Builder
Fixed Button widget
Fixed Services widget
    

Version 1.4 released on March 20, 2012

Added Adding custom classes for some widgets
Added Blockquote styles
Added Color picker for color inputs
Added Contact Form widget
Added Ether Builder configuration page: Define what Custom Post Types use Ether Builder and what widgets to display in it. Set builder as a default tab. More options to come soon! 
Added Flickr feed widget with built-in gallery-like gridslider options
Added Frame type select for image and gallery widget
Added Heading widget -> h1 tag option added
Added Pricing box widget
Added Pricing table widget
Added Services widget style selectbox
Added Show/hide address bubble in google map
Added Three predefined button styles - small, medium and big
Added toggle on-hover titles for images in gallery widget
Added Ether Builder gui enhancements
Fixed Fixed WP e-commerce plugin compatibility (disable builder tab for product custom post type in builder admin page)
Fixed Disappearing Ether Builder content after page update
Fixed Ether Builder stylesheets loaded only when necessary
Fixed ithemes compatibility
Fixed Sport Edget theme compatibility
Fixed Volt themes compatibility
Fixed Whitelight theme compatibility
Fixed WP search engine finds matches within content from Ether Builder now, too
    

Version 1.3 released on April 23, 2012

Added <strong> functionality included</strong> (works with gallery, testimonials and services widget)
Added <strong>Two-way support for sidebar widgets</strong>. You can use sidebar widgets in Ether Builder and the other way around!
Fixed Colorbox conflict if a theme already had colorbox included
    

Version 1.2.1 released on April 15, 2012

Fixed Apex theme compatibility
Fixed Bones responsive theme compatibility
Fixed General code formatting in some themes
Fixed Images tab issue when dealing with large amounts of images. 8000 should be no problem anymore 
Fixed Localization issues
Fixed Tabs/Accordion widget compatibility
Fixed W3 Total Cache Plugin compatibility
    

Version 1.2 released on April 13, 2012

Added Alternative frames for image widget
Updated Visual GUI improvements
Fixed <strong>Woocommerce compatibility</strong>
Fixed Proper selection of tabs in admin panel
Fixed Selection of inputs and textareas in Firefox
    

Version released on April 11, 2012

Added Accordion can have toggle box functionality
Added Default lightbox (colorBox) in case a theme doesn't provide one
Added Highly customizable Services widget
Added IE7 support for generated content
Added Multilingual qTranslate support (a little bit crude at the moment).
Added New Google Map widget options (zoom level, display mode)
Added New Nivo widget options (transition, animation speed, pause time)
Added New Table Generator options (styles selectbox)
Added Support for all Custom Post Types by default + manual selection possible
Added Testimonials widget
Updated Further improvements to Ether Builder UI
Updated Refreshed builder ui
Fixed Builder tab will show up even with Visual editor disabled
Fixed Responsiveness of images in image widget
Fixed Responsiveness of videos in media grids in gallery widget