Salient - Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme 16.2.1

• Updated Visual Composer to include tinymce linebreak fix.
  NOTE: In order to get this fix and ensure WP 4.9/Firefox Quantum compatibility - you must update your version of the Salient VC in the plugins section once you've updated the theme. Just updating the theme alone won't apply the fix.

• Added 6 new demos into the theme demo importer
• Added 50 new templates into the Salient Studio
• Added new "Material" skin in theme options
• Added Nectar popular posts widget
• Added option to use a shape divider in VC rows
• Added 3 new core blog styles
• Added options to choose any blog style in the VC element + now unlimited instances can be used on the same page of differing styles
• Added 5 new VC recent post styles
• Added 3 new recent post extra widget styles
• Added category selection for recent posts extra widget
• Added post pagination styling options in theme options panel, with new option to show prev & next posts
• Added related post options into theme options panel
• Added 3 new fancy box styles
  • Color Box Basic
  • Color Box Hover Effect
  • Parallax Hover Effect
• Added icon option into fancy box element
• Added in option to have OCM parent nav item (with children) be clickable as well as open submenu if desired
• Added options for ordering for recent posts/blog
• Added sticky sidebar option for blog
• Added team member social link option in fullscreen style
• Added option to make widgetized sidebar element sticky
• Added query parameters for "order" and "orderby" into recent posts and blog elements
• added new basic horizontal swipe transition
• Added new toggle style
• Added new carousel element script "Flickity"
• Added clients element hover effect option
• Added clients element spacing options
• Added the option for owl carousel to loop
• Added option for column border radius
• Added translateY and translateX options for rows
• Added hover bg options for inner columns
• Added animation + content alignment options for fancy box
• Added border radius option into single image element
• Added border radius option into nectar video lightbox element
• Added material style for cta element
• Added Yelp icon into theme options
• Added new typography option specifically for Sidebar/Footer Headers
• Added single testimonial element
• Added z-index option for VC row
• Added new .pot file for easier translating
• Updated Nectar recent posts extra widget with many more options
• Updated redux options framework with improved demo importer
• Updated team member fullscreen bio close functionality on mobile devices
• Updated Salient Studio (in VC 5.2.2) to lazy load images, improving edit page load performance
• Fixed full page screen rows with fullscreen nectar slider light/dark slide style issues
• Fixed linea in flipbox
• Fixed auto rotation speed on VC image gallery (flickity style) element
• Fixed issue where WP warning "Are you sure you want to do this?" Would show when creating new pages and using the option "Automatically add new top-level pages to this menu"
• Fixed VC pie chart not showing in VC 5.2.1+
• Fixed icon elements to display correctly in minimal toggle style

version bump to allow users that were on 8.0.1x to update to current release via Envato Marketplace plugin
Fixed VC pie chart to display correctly
Fixed wpml-config.xml file to increased compatibility
Fixed VC "in container" row to have default bottom margin as with earlier version of VC