Release Notes (Kings Road)

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

1.8.0 (May 28, 2024)

Added

• Option to rename warranty box label

Updated

• General spacing improvements to the additional checkout buttons
• Improved the performance of the hero carousel images
• Improved the layout and scalability of the featured categories section
• Storyboard hero slides needed additional spacing
• Improvements to the video hero slide's functionality within the current hero carousel settings

Fixed

• Video added in WYSIWYG editor was not respecting size set
• Quick PayPal payment button was displaying in front of sticky header on page scroll
• Page builder region content wasn't displaying correctly
• Infinite scroll load more button was not crawling pagination pages correctly
• Newsletter popup was previously only set to appear on category pages
• Video hero slide wasn't displaying on mobile devices

1.7.3 (May 1, 2024)

Fixed

• Pattern Swatches on product cards not displaying correctly

1.7.2 (February 28, 2024)

Added

• Theme info bar in the page builder

Fixed

• Handlebars bug in accounts/orders/invoice.html
• Display bug in recently purchased products conversion booster

1.7.1 (Aug 31, 2023)

Added

• Home page blog posts can be turned off in the theme editor

Fixed

• Facebook Like Button was interfering with other product page elements
• Newsletter sign up text in the footer

1.7.0 (Aug 3, 2023)

Added

• Alert colors can be changed in theme editor
• Option to change the heading and title capitalization
• Option to upload newsletter popup image via the image manager in store control panel
• Separate options to change the roundness for both buttons and inputs
• Storyboard hero mode to distribute carousel slides throughout the home page
• First slide on storyboard hero mode can be replaced with a video
• Individual carousel slide options to add a sub heading
• Individual carousel slide options to change content alignment
• Individual carousel slide options to add custom second button
• Individual carousel slide options to change custom button color
• Individual carousel slide options to replace orginal image with a mobile version
• Option to stack carousel content below the image on mobile
• Option to offset and overlap storyboard content to reflect modern design trend
• Option to change the roundness of the carousel content background
• People watching this item conversion booster
• Recent sales popup conversion booster
• Cart countdown timer conversion booster
• Options to rearrage product sections on the homepage
• Phone number option for both header and footer
• Wallet button support on product pages
• Paypal Credit banner options in theme editor

Updated

• Cookie message design and layout. It also uses store color scheme now
• Newsletter popup default text to highlight feature
• Letterbox mode so you can set a max height in pixels. Turning this option off will show full height image
• Carousel text color options now combined as it didn't feel necessary having both
• Stencil utils search sorting
• Webpack to version 5 to support Node 18
• Package.json cleanup
• Account navigation so it changes to a dropdown on smaller screens
• Replace AddThis component with provider sharing links
• Adjusted the way sale tags are generatedRemoved
• Google AMP support as BigCommerce are phasing out support in the control panel

Fixed

• Store logo being blurry
• Blog image on home page no longer pixelated
• Instagram header now reflects heading font weight
• Grid/list switcher remaining on mobile when option to hide is enabled
• Load more button glitch when refreshing last page of a category
• Paypal Credit banners now appear correctly in all regions
• Videos entered via WYSIWYG editor changing the PDP layout
• Quantity field was cutting off large quantities
• Recaptcha issue on password reset page

Removed

• Restricted price text now centered to reflect theme
• Indicator background color option in editor as it wasn't needed

1.6.0 (Jan 16, 2023)

Added

• Bug fix stream in custom CSS options

Fixed

• Issue with image ratio bug on product page

Removed

• Google AMP support as BigCommerce are phasing out support in the control panel

1.5.0 (Dec 14, 2022)

Added

• Resource hints for CDN helper to improve page speed load times

Updated

• Category page positioning

Removed

• "As low as" pricing label display bug
• UPC display bug
• Newsletter popup display bug

1.4.0 (Sep 12, 2022)

Added

• Option to use system fonts instead of Google fonts
• Option to animate page elements
• Option to use Taggbox Instagram feed without having to install the third party app
• Provided a full width page template for webpages
• Products cards now have their own icon colors
• Cart counter text color option now in theme editor
• Added border color option to footer button
• Margin bottom to category page image

Updated

• New theme editor panel layout
• Screen width carousel option now flush with header
• Compare button can now be changed in theme editor (Cart counter background color)
• Default global container width now set to 1400px
• New default font variations
• New default color variations
• Adjusted line height on buttons
• Mobile carousel text color is now more legible
• Mobile carousel content now has equal padding
• Mobile navigation now left aligned and spacing has been improved
• Price layouts have been improved to work at all screen sizes
• Product page thumbnails now remain centered under main product image
• Thumbnails in cart now have improved spacing
• Pagination arrows now styled better to theme
• Custom fields and extra details on product page now appear below image on mobile
• Replace schema microdata with LD+JSON tag
• Adjusted jsdelivr path for developer CSS to improve refresh time

Fixed

• Alert boxes used two primary buttons
• Utility navigation dropdown border color now works
• Main navigation dropdown border color now works
• Mobile carousel now looks as intended when not in letterbox mode
• Active product option border color can now be changed in theme editor (Input field border active color)
• Main navigation colors now all work
• Fixed product page wishlist dropdown colors
• Featured category link now hidden in footer
• Blog image on home page no longer pixelated
• Main product page image no longer distorts
• Characters now escaped properly on reviews
• Main product image size can now be changed in theme editor
• Thumbnail image size in product page can now be changed in theme editor
• Product options now show in product cards on the homepage

Removed

• Two footer button colors in theme editor now consolidated into one
• Unused image sizes in editor
• Unused colors in editor

1.3.5 (Sep 10, 2021)

Updated

• Remove Promotional Pricing

1.3.4 (Aug 27, 2021)

Updated

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

1.3.3 (Aug 6, 2021)

Added

• Global SSL region support

Removed

• Old SSL configuration in Schema.json

1.3.2 (Apr 16, 2021)

Fixed

• Missing titles on related/customers also viewed panels

1.3.1 (Mar 16, 2021)

Updated

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

Fixed

• Swatches on grid when more than 50

1.3.0 (Feb 24, 2021)

Added

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

Updated

• Theme store housekeeping

1.2.2 (Feb 15, 2021)

Fixed

• Removed rogue title element in product carousels

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 (Dec 15, 2020)

Changed

• Base variation configurations

Fixed

• Carousel transparency option should now work
• Carousel content width now fits to content on medium and large screens
• Optimized Checkout font options now reflect store settings

1.1.0 (Oct 26, 2020)

Added

• Global Page Builder regions to the header and footer

1.0.2 (Aug 26, 2020)

Fixed

• Add control to hide brands in navigation

1.0.1 (Aug 8, 2020)

Fixed

• Update demo store links

1.0.0 (Aug 7, 2020)

• Initial release