Genesis Theme Framework v1.8.1

The Genesis Framework empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress. Whether you're a novice or advanced developer, Genesis provides the secure and search-engine-optimized foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go.

Among the many features that come with the Genesis Framework are automatic theme updates, comprehensive array of SEO settings, enhanced security audit from Mark Jaquith, 6 default layout options, custom widgets and a huge selection of child theme designs.
State of the art code and smart design architecture mean search engines clearly see your content. And with automatic updates to Genesis, you never have to think about it again.
The 34 Genesis turn-key designs give you an array of beautiful frames for your content. The Genesis design settings give you unprecedented control of the framework without coding.

Admin Pages
Fixed issue with menu separator having a class.
Improved settings page user interface (UI) to match new UI for WordPress 3.2.
Improved settings pages to be a single column.
Improved organisation of settings by combining some settings into other meta boxes and removing other meta boxes.
Improved UI on User Profile page by amending widths of input and textarea fields.
Improved wording on all admin pages to be clearer.
Improved wording in notices, and to use WordPress wording where possible.
Improved naming of layout choices.
Added new layout images and visual selector feature.
Added link to support forums on Theme Settings page.
Removed NOTE prefix for settings descriptions.
Removed Header Right theme setting sidebar now always registered but only shown if it contains a widget.

Security
Fixed wrong escaping on comment permalink.
Improved performance and security by sanitizing widget option values on save, instead of on display.
Added a capability check before displaying Header and Footer scripts meta box.
Added complete new settings sanitization class and API, aimed at core, extendable to child themes.

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