Release Notes (Portobello)

Check here for details of updates, fixes and new feature releases for the theme.

1.6.2 (March 24, 2025)

Added

  • Page builder theme information bar

Updated

  • Added nonce to scripts in checkout and account pages

Fixed

  • The hero carousel was not displaying the additional mobile images

Removed

  • The cookie component as it wasn't being used
  • The GeoTrust component as it wasn't being used

1.6.1 (Jan 08, 2024)

Fixed

  • Reverted unnecessary newsletter text changes from previous update

1.6.0 (Dec 12, 2023)

Added

  • Option to upload newsletter popup image via the image manager in store control panel
  • Phone number option for footer
  • People watching this item conversion booster
  • Recent sales popup conversion booster
  • Cart countdown timer conversion booster
  • Option to change the heading and title capitalization
  • Separate options to change the roundness for both buttons and inputs
  • Options to display product brand on category and product pages
  • Options to rearrange product sections on the homepage
  • Storyboard hero mode to distribute carousel slides throughout the home page
  • Letterbox mode so you can set a max height in pixels. Turning this option off will show a full height image
  • First slide on storyboard hero mode can be replaced with a video
  • Individual carousel slide options to add a subheading
  • Individual carousel slide options to change content alignment
  • Individual carousel slide options to add a custom second button
  • Individual carousel slide options to change custom button color
  • Individual carousel slide options to replace original image with a mobile version

Updated

  • Stencil utils search sorting
  • Webpack upgraded to version 5 to support Node 18
  • Cleanup in package.json
  • Newsletter popup default text highlighting feature
  • Theme layout adjustment for consistent spacing
  • Replacement of AddThis component with provider sharing links
  • Implementation of responsive images for Hero carousel
  • Revised generation method for sale tags
  • Wallet button support added on product pages
  • Options for PayPal Credit banner in theme editor

Fixed

  • Correct display of Paypal Credit banners across all regions
  • Resolution of blurry store logo issue
  • Adjustment to prevent videos entered via the WYSIWYG editor from altering the PDP layout
  • Resolving Recaptcha issue on the password reset page

1.5.0 (Feb 13, 2023)

Added

  • Alert colors can be changed in theme editor
  • Banner colors can be changed in theme editor
  • Bug fix stream in custom CSS options
  • Global container width control in theme editor
  • Provided a full width page template for webpages
  • Resource hints for CDN helper to improve page speed load times

Updated

  • Replaced Schema.org attributes with LD+JSON
  • Quick view icon color to prevent color clashes
  • Account navigation so it changes to a dropdown on smaller screens
  • Areas of the account needed layout widths correcting

Fixed

  • Category description reflects page heading to prevent color clashes
  • Quick view wasn't interactive

Removed

  • Google AMP support as BigCommerce are phasing out support in the control panel
  • Indicator background color removed from theme editor
  • Arrow border color removed from theme editor

1.4.1 (Aug 23, 2022)

Fixed

  • Z-index issue on certain PLP elements

1.4.0 (Jul 22, 2022)

Added

  • Hero carousel background color with opacity option
  • Option to use Taggbox Instagram feed without having to install the third party app
  • Option to use system fonts instead of Google fonts
  • Grid view option for product page images

Updated

  • New theme editor panel layout
  • Line color opacities
  • Page headers with images use carousel colors to fix text legibility
  • Header clean up
  • Navigation is now left aligned
  • Footer spacing improved
  • Featured categories layout
  • Page spacing
  • Mobile filters now reflect desktop filter style
  • Wishlist button on product page now next to add to cart button
  • Product description now the same width as the other content
  • Changed number of columns for upsell product carousels
  • Added spacing below sale tags on product page
  • Tidied up the product reviews section
  • Improved Accessibility score on Lighthouse report
  • Moved product card hover buttons to improve product image visibility
  • Improved wishlist button appearance on product page

Fixed

  • Button color inconsistencies
  • Input color inconsistencies
  • Link color inconsistencies
  • Sticky utility navigation go black
  • Wishlist dropdown colors
  • Page header inconsistencies
  • Page header color clashes
  • Sticky navigation background color
  • Category filter inconsistencies
  • Font size inconsistencies
  • Paging issue with reviews on product page
  • Product page reviews panel now opens when you click the reviews link
  • Product page availability icon alignment
  • Sub category drop down menu had color clashes
  • Sub category buttons were off center

Removed

  • Unused colors in editor
  • Unnecessary additional footer background colors

1.3.0 (Jan 17, 2022)

Updated

  • New default color variations

Fixed

  • Added missing color controls into the theme editor

1.2.5 (Sep 10, 2021)

Updated

  • Remove Promotional Pricing

1.2.4 (Aug 27, 2021)

Updated

  • BC Theme Store Holiday Pricing
  • Cache busting on Custom CSS

1.2.3 (Aug 6, 2021)

Added

  • Global SSL region support

Removed

  • Old SSL configuration in Schema.json

1.2.2 (Mar 16, 2021)

Updated

  • Bumped Lodash to 4.17.21
  • Credit card vaulting update to align with platform changes
  • Theme Store housekeeping

Added

  • Custom CSS controls in Theme Editor
  • Custom font controls in Theme Editor

1.2.1 (Jan 25, 2021)

Fixed

  • Issue with add to cart button not showing on option change when initial selection is out of stock

1.2.0 (Oct 26, 2020)

Added

  • Global Page Builder regions to header and footer

1.1.1 (Jun 30, 2020)

Updated

  • Bumped jQuery version to 3.5.1
  • Link target for reviews on product page

Fixed

  • Issues with a change on the BC backend causing special characters to render incorrectly

1.1.0 (Jun 9, 2020)

Added

  • Page builder support

Fixed

  • Issue with contentless hero images hiding themselves on mobile devices

1.0.1 (Apr 11, 2020)

Fixed

  • CSRF authentication issue on newsletter popup
  • Issue with carousel not respecting user rotation settings

1.0.0 (Aug 20, 2019)

Added

  • Initial commit for BigCommerce theme store
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