Athens 6.4 – Unparalleled Customization

Athens 6.4 delivers fine-grained control over every aspect of your store, with powerful new blocks, enhanced mobile flexibility, and comprehensive improvements under the hood. This release gives you unprecedented customization possibilities across both desktop and mobile experiences.

Powerful new product page blocks

Athens’ main and featured product sections gain two versatile blocks that expand your storytelling capabilities.

Badges block

Display custom badges assigned to your products—like “New,” “Hot,” or any label you create—directly on the product page. These badges automatically appear based on your product settings, creating visual consistency across your collection listings and product pages.

Product collections block

Show which collections a product belongs to, helping customers discover related items and navigate your catalog more intuitively.

Enhanced product page controls

This update brings deeper customization to your product pages.

• Gallery thumbnail positioning – Choose where product thumbnails appear for optimal layout flow.
• Variant picker styling – Control button size and shape to match your brand aesthetic.
• Details block expansion – Now supports more metafield types, including list formats, for richer product information.
• Text block custom icons – Add visual interest with custom icon uploads.
• Buy buttons color settings – Customize button colors to align with your design system.

Mobile-first improvements

Mobile and textual logos

Upload separate logos optimized for mobile screens, or choose text-based logos with custom slogans for a distinctive brand presence on smaller devices.

Mobile spacing control

Fine-tune top and bottom spacing independently on mobile for most sections, ensuring your store looks polished on every screen size.

Smarter cart and pricing features

• Product price discounts – Cart and minicart now clearly display savings on discounted items.
• Customizable sale percentage text – Control how discount amounts are presented to customers.

Enhanced sections with new capabilities

• Map section now supports coordinate-based positioning for precise location display.
• Header section mega menu adds a setting to disable featured text titles for cleaner navigation.
• More sections enabled in Header and Footer section groups for greater layout flexibility.

Performance and accessibility upgrades

Athens 6.4 includes meaningful technical improvements. We’ve implemented Lighthouse performance recommendations, modernized Google Maps loading, enhanced layout file structure, and made several accessibility improvements to ensure your store is fast, reliable, and inclusive.

Fixes and refinements throughout

• Fixed variant picker leaving empty space when products had no variants.
• Resolved variant switching errors in expandable Table and Details blocks.
• Corrected invalid default color scheme values on some blocks.
• Fixed self-hosted video playback in single-slide slideshows.
• Doubled custom icon resolutions for sharper display on retina screens.
• Fixed layout shifts in collection and search filters by maintaining filter states.
• Resolved AJAX pagination errors in collection and search templates.
• Fixed mega menu breaking when the same item appeared in multiple blocks.
• Corrected collection lists metafield references and documentation links.
• Fixed overlay background setting mislabeling in sliding panels section.
• Resolved video background positioning in call to action section.
• Ensured mobile dock always appears below footer content.
• Added translation support for cart shipping calculator.
• Fixed JavaScript error when coupon fields appeared in both cart and minicart.

Upgrade to Athens 6.4 today

Athens 6.4 brings unparalleled customization, mobile-first enhancements, and powerful new tools that help you craft exactly the store experience you envision. With expanded product blocks, granular spacing controls, performance improvements, and comprehensive refinements, this update makes Athens more flexible and capable than ever.

Try Athens free today and experience total control over your store design.