Athens 6.6 – A visual refresh
Athens 6.6 brings a complete visual refresh to the Spoke preset, introduces a brand new Product details section, and delivers a long list of improvements across product pages, the header, product cards, and overall theme performance. Combined with dozens of fixes and refinements, this release makes Athens even more polished and flexible.
A refreshed Spoke preset
The Spoke preset has received a complete visual overhaul, bringing a fresh new look to one of Athens’ most popular starter designs. The updated preset showcases modern layouts, improved styling, and a more refined shopping experience.
New Product details section
The new Product details section gives merchants an additional way to present detailed product information in a clean and organized format.
Whether you’re highlighting specifications, materials, dimensions, shipping information, or other important details, this new section helps customers make more informed purchasing decisions.
Product page improvements
The Main and Featured product sections receive several important enhancements.
Smarter signup notifications
The Signup block now includes product pricing and SKU information in notification emails for products without variants.
For products with variants, signup emails now include information about the currently selected variant, providing more accurate customer requests and notifications.
Greater control over variant visibility
The Variant picker now offers separate controls for Out of stock and Invalid variants visibility, giving merchants more flexibility over how unavailable options are displayed.
New full width content drawer button
The Content drawer button now includes a new full width style option, making important actions more prominent on product pages.
Header enhancements
The Header section continues to evolve with several new features and improvements.
Shopify accounts custom element
A new Shopify accounts custom element provides additional flexibility when displaying customer account functionality within the header.
Custom action icon
You can now add a custom action icon to the header, allowing for additional shortcuts and store specific functionality.
Typewriter search effect
The search experience becomes more engaging with a new typewriter effect that dynamically displays search suggestions within the search field.
Navigation and search refinements
Additional improvements to search dropdown sizing, hover states, and inline menu expansion settings create a smoother browsing experience throughout the store.
Better product cards and performance
Product cards continue to receive attention with several improvements.
A divider is now displayed between Vendor and SKU information for improved readability.
Metafield styling has been refined to better integrate with existing product card layouts.
Loading and fetch priority attributes are now optimized based on section position, helping improve page loading performance and resource prioritization.
Behind the scenes, Athens also reduces unnecessary section rendering requests and includes several CSS optimizations for a more efficient storefront experience.
Flexible sections become even more flexible
To better reflect their purpose, all sections previously prefixed with “Flexi” have been renamed to “Flexible.”
Renamed sections
- Flexi – Banner Mosaic → Flexible – Banner Mosaic
- Flexi – Features → Flexible – Features
- Flexi – Link index → Flexible – Link index
- Flexi – Contact form → Flexible – Contact form
Fixes and refinements throughout
Athens 6.6 also includes a large number of fixes and quality of life improvements.
Product pages
- Fixed console abort errors when rapidly switching variants.
- Fixed expandable content blocks not collapsing correctly when configured to do so.
Layout and sections
- Improved spacing on empty collection pages.
- Added slot machine style animation effects to the Key figures section.
- Refined slideshow text placement paddings.
- Fixed layout issues in mosaic sections containing more than eight blocks.
- Improved button positioning when section titles are omitted.
Header and navigation
- Improved search dropdown sizing and hover behavior.
- Enhanced inline menu expansion functionality.
Styling and code quality
- Fixed styling issues with pill shaped quantity inputs.
- Moved global JavaScript variables into a more appropriate theme asset.
- Improved CSS organization and nesting.
- Included numerous performance, stability, and code quality improvements throughout the theme.
Upgrade to Athens 6.6 today
Athens 6.6 focuses on the details that make a difference. From the refreshed Spoke preset and new Product details section to smarter product pages, improved performance, and dozens of refinements, this release continues to make Athens one of the most capable and flexible themes available.
Try Athens free today and experience everything new in version 6.6.