Release Notes (Kings Road)

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

1.8.1 (March 17, 2025)

Updated

  • Added nonce to scripts in checkout and account pages
  • Page builder theme information bar

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

1.8.0 (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
  • The infinite scroll button was preventing Google from crawling 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
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