Athens Changelog.
Version 6.6 - A visual refresh
New section, refreshed Spoke preset, fixes, improvements, and more.
A visual overhaul on the Spoke preset, a brand new section, and a multitude of fixes that address minor and major issues here and there, make this release a must-have! ### Changed - Updated "Spoke" preset. ### Added - New "Product details" section. - Main and Featured product sections: Signup block: Include price and SKU in the email, for products without variants. - Main and Featured product sections: Signup block: Include currently selected variant's information in the email. - Main and Featured product sections: Variant picker: Separately control Out of stock and Invalid variants visibility. - Main and Featured product sections: Content drawer button: New "full width" style. - Header section: Shopify accounts custom element. - Header section: Custom action icon. - Header section: Typewriter effect in search. ### Fixes and other improvements - Header section: Header search hovers and dropdown length improvements. - Header section: Improve inline expansion setting (main menu). - Rotating text bar: Fixed text size issue. - Main and Featured product sections: Suppress abort error from console, when quickly clicking on variants. - Main product section: Expandable blocks: Details and Table blocks wouldn't force other blocks to close (when "Collapse other expandables" was enabled). - Collection template: Empty collection: Improve spacing between title and button. - Key figures section: Slot machine-style animation effect. - Slideshow section: Text placement location paddings. - Various sections: Fixed layout issues when sections with mosaic layouts had more than 8 blocks. - Sections with buttons on the top right: Keep them on the right if there are no titles. - Theme settings: Fix Pill-shaped quantity inputs styles. - Product cards: Add divider character between Vendor and SKU. - Product cards: Metafields styles improvements. - Product cards: Loading/fetchpriority attributes to card snippets and parent sections based on section.index. - Rename all sections prefixed with "Flexi -" to "Flexible". - Move window.* variables from header.liquid into head-scripts.liquid. - Reduce requested sections (getSectionsToRender) from Section Rendering API (limit 5). - CSS nesting improvements. - Various minor improvements.
Version 6.5 - More sections anyone?
Four new sections and a new mega menu to be precise.
Four new sections, a new mega menu, and a lot of other additions, fixes, and improvements, make this version a big step forward for the theme. ### Added - New "Seasonal banner" section. - New "Key figures" section. - New "Flexi - Banner Mosaic" section. - New "Flexi - Features" section. - Header section: Add new "Vertical tabs" mega menu (section-level setting). - Collection tabs section: Tabs can now display an image instead of text, and is possible to auto-rotate them. - Tabbed collection lists section: Tabs can now display an image instead of text, and is possible to auto-rotate them. - Main and Featured product sections: Add setting to disable preselection of variant/options. - Banner list section: Add setting to make the section full width. - Scrolling elements: Add scrolling direction setting. - Filters section: Add additional collections setting to allow for up to 100 values. - Various sections: Sections with "overlay" settings now allow either a gradient or a solid color. - Cart template: Display store credits. - Theme settings: Product cards: Add metafield display on product cards. ### Changed - Link index section: Rename to "Flexi - Link index". - Contact form section: Rename to "Flexi - Contact form". ### Fixes and other improvements - Main 404 section name was not translatable. - Image hotspots section: Quantity picker's icon issue on product card. - Cart and Minicart: An error would be thrown when the coupon code was enabled on the cart but not on minicart. - Collection and Search templates: Active filters' X icon misaligned. - Main password section: When logo is svg, custom width is ignored and the logo is always full width. - Slideshow: 2 buttons: Mobile center alignment not working. - Main and Featured product sections: Gallery background color (between border and image) issue. - Countdown timer section: Product on mobile issue. - Duplicate ajax search html IDs (due to header-search being included twice). - Hotspots sections: Input quantity field was misaligned on the compact product card. - Typo in some breakpoint bounds (was 1119 instead of the correct 1199). - Map section: Fixed undefined index issues when geolocation would fail. - Improve Product metadata block on the main, featured, and comparison product sections. - Most sections with product cards: Show SKU setting should work independently (depends on Show vendor). - Cart template: Shipping calculator: Make sure only "---" is disabled instead of the first choice (it may be a country).
Version 6.4 - Unparalleled Customization
Fine-grained control over every aspect of your store.
Unparalleled customization possibilities. Fine-grained control over every aspect of your store, both on desktop and mobile. This update has more improvements under the hood than you'd care to know about. ### Added - Main and Featured product sections: New "Badges" block. - Main and Featured product sections: New "Product collections" block. - Main and Featured product sections: Add gallery thumbnail position setting. - Main and Featured product sections: Variant picker button size and shape settings. - Main and Featured product sections: Details block: Support more metafield types, as well as list types. - Main and Featured product sections: Text block: Add custom icon settings. - Main and Featured product sections: Buy buttons block: Add color settings. - Header section: Mobile and Textual (Text & Slogan) Logo. - Cart and minicart: Show product price discount. - Map section: Add coordinates support. - Most sections: Add Mobile Top/Bottom spacing settings. - Introduce text for customizable sale percentage text. ### Fixes and other improvements - Accessibility improvements. - Featured product section: Variants block would leave an empty space when the product had no variants. - Main and Featured product sections: Invalid default color_scheme values on some blocks. - Main and Featured product sections: An error would get thrown when changing variants, when the source variant had an expandable Table or Details block but the destination variant didn't. - Header section: Mega menu - Featured: Add setting to disable text title. - Enable more sections in Header/Footer section groups. - Performance improvements (Lighthouse suggestions). - Layout files improvements (theme.liquid, password.liquid, gift_card.liquid). - Slideshow section: Self hosted video wouldn't play if there was only one slide. - Undefined variable image_sizes in card-product-swatches.liquid - Double all custom_icon resolutions so they are clearer on retina. - Collection and Search templates: Keep filters in the same state (expanded/collapses) to avoid layout shifts. - Collection and Search templates: Fixed AJAX pagination error. - Modernize loading of Google maps (fix deprecation warning). - Main Collection section: Sidebar menu: Text overflow. - Header section: Mega menu item would break if the same menu item was assigned to two mega menu blocks. - Some HTML tags wouldn't close properly. - Collection lists section: Fixed wrong reference to description metafield, and documentation link. - Sliding panels section: Overlay background setting mislabeled as Mobile image. - Call to action section: Video background position issue. - Subscriptions app styling. - Mobile dock section: Mobile dock is now always below any footer content. - Cart section: Shipping calculator fields and button couldn't be translated. - Cart template: A JS error would get thrown when both the card and the mini cart were displaying the coupon code field.
Version 6.3 - New sections & new blocks
More than 20 major and minor additions make this update a must-have.
New sections, new blocks, new settings, new possibilities. More than 20 major and minor additions make this update a must-have. Changed Filters section: Headings alignment setting now follows the rest of the sections. You'll need to re-set your headings alignment if you used anything other than "Left". "Right" is no longer available. Renamed 'Auxiliary announcement bar' to 'Auxiliary announcement'. Added - New “Sliding Panels” section. Added - New “Breadcrumbs” section. Added- New “Collection lists” section. Added - New “Sticky cart” section, usable in product templates. Added - Main and Featured product section: Rich text block. Added - Main and Featured product section: Copy coupon code block. Added - Main and Feature product sections: Personalization text block: Added more field types: Date, text area, dropdown, checkbox. Added - Main product section: Sibling products block. Added - Featured collection section: Collection card position (Start, End). Added - Slideshow section: Self-hosted video support in individual slides. Added - Popup section: Coupon code copy field. Added - Expandable section: Add setting to display the contents of a page. Added - Main product section: Expandable block: Add setting to display the contents of a page. Added - Header section: New mega menu type: Mega menu - Featured. Added - Footer section: Horizontal "Footer links" menu. Added - Header section: Add setting for submenu inline expansion. Added - Multiple sections: Product card: Added Show SKU setting. Added - Added setting to enable "within" URLs. Added - Zero-priced products handling: "Call for pricing" and "Free" modes. Added - Theme settings: Badges: Added Shape setting: Rounded, Square, Pill. Added - Product cards now support 3 custom badges. Fixes and other improvements Some HTML elements wouldn't close properly. CSS nesting improvements. Fixed edge case where the main product variant picker would not work properly when selecting a unavailable variant, and there was no Buy Buttons block present. A JS TypeError would be thrown on the Customize page, when adding new sections. Brands section: .section-headings-actions button / slider navigation height mismatch. Tabbed collection lists: On mobile + "Stack on mobile" combination of settings had layout issues. Removed - Filters section: Headings alignment setting. Replaced with an identically named one.
Version 6.2 - Apex
Enjoy even more flexibility with Athens' new sections and blocks.
There's nothing this theme can't do. Don't believe us? Just take a look at Apex, Athens' brand new preset! ### Added - New preset "Apex" - New section "Tabbed collection lists". - New flexi section "Contact form". - Main and Featured product sections: Add Payment Icons block. - Main and Featured product sections: Add Highlights block. - Main and Featured product sections: Add Content Drawer block. - Main and Featured product sections: Add Table block. - Various sections: Add "Open link in new window" setting. - Multicolumn section: Add center alignment for heading and subheadings. - Header section: Add option to display the search bar as an icon on mobile only. - Blog section: Add "Show excerpt" setting. - Brands section: Add "All brands" text/link. - Collection template: Subcollections: Add setting to disable padding and border. - Collection banner section: Countdown metafield. - Slideshow section: Navigation position setting. - Media with text: Added setting to disable border and padding. - Theme settings: Product cards: Add setting to set the content alignment (Left, Center). - Theme settings: Minicart: Add option to disable the cart and checkout buttons. ### Fixes and other improvements - Updated Judge.me product review widget. - Main and Featured product sections: Details and Table blocks now update when the variant is changed. - Fixed inconsistency in the width of the header search icons when shown on mobile only. - Fixed a minor quick view focus issue. - Countdown timer section: Fixed issue with background image. - Slideshow section: Improve Height & Content position. - Rich text section: Fixed class name clash. - Quick view drawer wouldn't open if the product's main section had an id of 'main-product' instead of 'main' (presets). - Quick view drawer wouldn't open if product template was missing the "variants" or "add to cart buttons" blocks. - Streamlink text link in product blocks. - Minor styling improvement for product compare row elements. - Change default top/bottom spacing options from 90 to 60 in all sections. - Improve blog styles.
Version 6.1 - Making good things even better
New sections, smarter settings, sharper fixes. All the little boosts your store deserves
Let's make everything better, shall we? A whole host of additions and improvements that help make your store better and more customizable than ever. Added - New section "Link index". Added - Added _blocks.liquid to support AI-generated blocks via Sidekick. Added - Coupon code support in minicart and cart page. Added - Theme settings: Final discounted price color. Added - Theme settings: Show/hide vendor on minicart. Added - Theme settings: Override "Quick View" button texts. Added - Cart footer section: Button block: Add option to hide dynamic checkout buttons. Added - Filters section: Add custom height, background, and alignment settings. Added - Bulk order section: Add option to toggle variant images. Added - Main collection product grid section: Add "Hide if..." settings to the inline banner blocks. Added - Bulk order section: Add option to hide the variants' images. Added - Comparison section: New "Metafield" block for single metafields. Added - Comparison section: Add "Show current product first" option. Added - Main and Featured product sections: Countdown timer block: Add option to only display the countdown on variants that are on sale. Added - Global event listeners for mini cart control. ### Fixes and other improvements - Collection grid section: Update card heading styles. - Main and Featured product sections: Improved block.shopify_attributes placement for better editor support. - Comparison sections: Hidden lines would take up space. - Product comparison section: Section wouldn't limit number of products when they came from a metafield. - Make square radius actually square (0 pixel border radius). - Improve sticky product info offset with header detection. - Bulk order section: Hide the section when catalog mode is enabled. - Bulk order section: Hide price and other elements when "Login for price" is enabled. - Simple collections list section: Improve responsive styles. - Slideshow section: Improve autoplay and manual navigation handling. - Mega menus: When you selected products as side items, subsequent mega menus with static images on the side were not visible. - All product sections: Range indicator block wouldn't get hidden when value was empty. - Product comparison sections: Block/row title shouldn't affect whether a row is considered empty. - Bulk Order section: Fixed issue where products with no variants would display wrong title and no image. - Comparison sections: Range indicator block's colors now work in preview / placeholder product.
Version 6.0 - This may be the most important Athens update yet!
Gain full control of the theme's appearance with the all-new color schemes. Cater to your B2B customers, compare products, improve your SEO, automate visibility, and so much more!
Changed - Important: Implemented Native color schemes. Learn how to upgrade: https://trulyfinepixels.com/documentation/themes/athens/guides/upgrading-to-athens-v6-0-and-later/ Changed - Collection list section: Section's class changed from section-collections-list to section-collection-list to match the section's name. Added - Native color schemes. Please see the upgrade guide. Added - New "Bulk order" section on the Product Display Page (PDP). Added - New "Product comparison" section. Added - "Hide section if..." option in most sections. Added - Product comparison feature in collection pages. Added - Main and Featured product sections: Range indicator block. Added - Featured product section: Countdown block. Added - Main and Featured and product sections: Add Countdown timer block. Added - Main and Featured product section: Add Personalization text block. Added - Newsletter section: Add heading tag selection. Added - Main and Featured and product sections: Add mobile width setting to image block. Added - Main and Featured and product sections: Product Details block: Add support for variant metafields. Just prefix the metafield path with 'variant.', e.g. "Width: variant.custom.width" Added - Product recommendations section: Heading size and tag options. Added - Slideshow sections: Add animations. Added - Featured collection section: Button color scheme. Added - Testimonials section: Content color scheme. Added - Media with text banner section: Add content color setting. Added - Collection grid section: Add content color setting. Added - Before/after slider section: Add slider handle and arrow color. Added - Simple collection list section: Add rounded card setting. Added - Main Collection grid section: Add setting for the collection side menu sub-menus to expand only on arrow click. Added - Brands section: Add title settings. Added - Section categories. Added - Color schemes: Add auxiliary color settings. Added - Color schemes: Color settings for forms. Added - Theme settings: Custom product placeholder image. Added - Added content color schemes / Product card color settings. Added - Collapsible navigation option when header is stuck. Added - Added highlight color setting for row product layout. Added - Add Bandcamp, Discord, and Spotify social icon settings. Removed - Theme settings: Color options. Replaced by Native color schemes. Please see the upgrade guide. Removed - Media with text banner section: Remove button color scheme setting. Removed - Scrolling elements: Remove "text color" setting. ### Fixes and other improvements - Show mini cart drawer when adding a product via quantity input. - Countdown banner section: Fix text alignment in mobile. - Divider section: Remove margin. - Fix an issue where the sticky header would stay stuck if "always sticky" was enabled, even when the "enable sticky header" setting was off. - Live notifications section: Improved behavior. - Simple collection list section: Allow up to 12 columns. - Decrease backdrop opacity when opening a modal or drawer. - Remove default titles from Banner list, Image hotspots, Promotion blocks. - Countdown banner section: Adjust margins. - Increase logo font size. - Streamline image sizes. - Lazy load self-hosted video. - Announcement bar section: Dynamically adjust font size of submenus. - Slideshow section: Increase padding of slides. - Move price colors and typography to Typography and Colors sections of global settings respectively. - Newsletter section: Inherit headings text color for the section's heading. - Features section: Update titles to inherit headings text color for the headings. - Section settings reorganization. - Image hotspots section: Click on a hotspot and stay in its settings panel. - Spacing setting goes down to 0 for the Header, Announcement bar, Secondary announcement bar, and Rotating text bar sections. - Update layout of row products. - Split Advanced settings under SEO and Visibility headings. - Un-nest newsletter stylesheet. - Update all icons to improved versions and add new icons. - Update icons with outlines. - Replace Twitter with X entirely. - Main and Featured product sections: Update heading element for custom liquid block. - Main and Featured product sections: Text block: Turn inputs into inline_richtext. - Implement conditional visibility on section settings.
Version 5.0 - This update makes sure the theme is ready to support the new theme installation experience.
Updated - Theme structure to satisfy the Theme Store redesign requirements.
Version 4.1.1 - This update fixes an error message that may appear on the cart page
although no actual errors are happening
Fixed - Cart would wrongly display an error when updating its items. Fixed - Small border leftover when language/region selectors are turned off.
Version 4.1 - Big makeover alert!
Say "Hej" to more customers with the newly included Danish and Swedish translations
All new RTL support, live notifications, a slick mobile dock, and fancy new product views like QuickView. Plus, refined layouts, improved accessibility, and fixes across various UI issues. Removed - Removed .no-js / noscript support. Removed - Remove icon partial files. Added - RTL support. Added - Quick View support on product cards. Added - Quantity quick add support on product cards. Added - New "Live Notifications" section. Added - New "Mobile Dock" section. Added - New "Age Verification" section. Added - Various sections: Advanced options (Desktop/Mobile visibility, Heading tag). Added - Swedish translations. Added - Danish translations. Added - Add flags to country/region selector. Added - Mega menu can now display products or collections instead of banners (side items). Added - Collection product grid section: Added new "Rows" layout. Added - Collection list: Custom description per block. Added - Color swatch / Visual filters settings (Shape, Columns). Added - Add unique classes to buttons of the Rich text section. Changed - Most sections are now wrapped in a section element and include a section-specific class. Changed - Refactor media gallery to activate media based on main images and not thumbnails. Changed - Use all icons from base icons file. Other fixes and improvements Improve - Most sections' headings are now inline_richtext and can accept limited HTML. Improve - Breadcrumbs: Add .breadcrumb-separator and .breadcrumb-item classes. Improve - Replace text alignment select settings in all sections, with the new text_alignment setting. Fix - Fix scrolling when collapsibles in PDP are automatically closed. Fix - Filters section: Title and preset name weren't translatable. Fix - Fix variant selection appearance on the Safari browser. Fix - Fix header search icon width in mobile Safari. Fix - Fix Shopify's payment terms text alignment in the cart. Fix - Event context for card product media layout. Fix - Restore accessibility resets in base stylesheet. Fix - Avoid whitespace between cart items. Fix - Fix incorrect share_on_linkedin strings. Fix - Critical path styles for the password template. Fix - Mobile menu button losing its border.
Version 4.0.1 - Bugfix release
Minor release
Reverted the relocation of some JS code, which raised errors on some configurations and could potentially disrupt the customer's purchase flow.
Version 4.0 - It's all about performance
and a necessary cleanup
This major update brings improvements all across the board, including performance improvements, and cleans things up a bit by eliminating a few unnecessary settings. Removed - Important: Removed theme-level search result types options. They can now be controlled via the "Search & Discovery" app, "Settings" > "Search relevance". Removed - Important: Removed SVG Logo input option. Merchants that used this option will need to upload and select their logo via "Customize" > "Header" > "Header section" > "Logo Image". Added - Add icon option to header contact info. Added - Add region/currency in footer (with settings). Added - Featured collection section: Add "Hide description" setting in the collection card. Added - Main and Featured Product sections: Add option to Signup block to only display when out of stock. Added - Main and Featured Product sections: Add "Add a divider at the bottom of this block" option on all blocks. Added - Collection banner section: Description cut off (Read more button). Added - Image banners section: Add mobile image. Added - Gift card: Custom image and width. Added - Rotating text bar section: Add Font size option. Added - Auxiliary announcement bar section: Add Font size option. Added - Font size in announcement bar & region and currency dropdowns. Added - Mobile menu position (Left or Right). Added - Main menu option for center alignment (if a secondary menu is not set). Added - New settings (Layout > Cards style). New round corner values for cards and forms. Changed - Move pickup availability styles in main product stylesheet. Changed - Remove product description from review widgets. Changed - Accessibility adjustments in placeholder versions of sections. Changed - Update image sizes in blog posts section. Changed - Social media gallery section: Default icon instagram. Changed - Global search and Newsletter are following the card roundness setting. Changed - Banner list section - Use picture tag . Changed - Countdown banner section - Use picture tag. Changed - Countdown timer section Use picture tag. Changed - Critical path styles moved to theme.liquid. Changed - Move list payment styles to section-footer.css Changed - Move component-tabs.css into base.css Changed - Adjust icon size in scrolling elements. ### Other fixes and improvements - Product sections: Stock bar would sometimes display the backorder text on products with untracked stock. - Truncate product titles: First truncate, then escape. - Fix a few focus elements. - Improve CSS, visual styling and responsiveness of the header.
Version 3.1 - The first update of 2025 is here!
Following last month's humongous update, this version smoothens some rough edges, and adds a few very handy features.
Added - Add product gallery navigation arrows setting for mobile. Added - Add read more button for page results in search template. Added - Add the full product title in a title attribute when the truncate title option is on. Added - Add "Open in a new window" setting in the Image hotspots section. Added - Setting to reveal cards on hover in the Image hotspots section. Added - Header search (predictive) now searches SKUs as well. Updated - Do not output unnecessary markup when secondary menu does not exist. Updated - Improve lazyload performance of inline banner images on the collection page. Updated - Update visual filters display. Updated - Increase visual filter columns to 4. Updated - Update the heading element of the complementary products block. Updated - Adjust font weight of b elements. Updated - Update position of main menu font settings. Updated - Animate the transparent circle of each hotspot in the Hotspots section. Updated - Increase the header search input height. Fixed - Fix a JS error when the collection has filters off. Fixed - Automatically calculate height of rotating text bar section on browser resize. Fixed - Product "Details" block: Text container should not be rendered if empty. Fixed - Improve appearance of strikethrough on prices. Fixed - Fix the color of half rating stars. Fixed - Improved the alignment of the add to cart button in media product cards. Fixed - Fix an issue where disabling all blocks in the Scrolling elements section would impact store performance. Fixed - Recently viewed: Arrows on slider mode should be displayed conditionally. Fixed - Fix appearance of mobile product scrollers when they contain οnly 1 product. Fixed - Fix inline card banner image size. Fixed - Cart template: Shipping calculator would not display province dropdown when a country with provinces was the only shipping zone defined.
Version 3.0 - New sections & blocks
Additions & fixes
Added - New section: Social media gallery. Added - New section: Before / after slider. Added - New section: Media with text banner. Added - New section: Divider. Added - New section: Recently viewed products. Added - Collection template: Add new scroll to top setting after clicking a filter. Added - Collection template: Add support for inline row banners in collection templates. Added - Collection template: Add support for inline card banners in collection templates. Added - Collection template: Filters toggle setting. Added - Search template: Filters toggle setting. Added - Header section: Add icon option for the header search bar. Added - Main and featured product sections: Add product metadata block. Added - Main and featured product sections: Add new Stock bar block. Added - Main and featured product sections: Add new "Sign up" block. Added - Main and featured product sections: Add new "Info box / Payment details" block. Added - Main and featured product sections: Add new "Image" block. Added - Main and featured product sections: Add new setting to control image ratio. Added - Main product section: Add setting to close all other expandables when one is expanded. Added - Main product section: Reviews block can now display the number of reviews on its title. Added - Main product section: Add "Details" block. Added - Main cart section: Shipping cost estimation calculator. Added - Added setting to show total price on mini cart. Added - New font size setting for main navigation. Added - Border setting for product cards. Added - Letter spacing setting for headings. Added - Add uppercase setting for Badges. Added - Add new account icon text settings on the header. Added - Mobile columns setting on Featured collection and Collection tabs sections. Added - Video background setting in collection list and banner list sections. Added - Badge overlays on Collection list and Banner list sections. Added - Add stack on mobile and mobile columns settings on Collection grid section. Added - Add compact product layout setting in Hotspots section. Added - Card ratio setting for Product list section. Added - Product padding and border radius settings for product cards. Added - Add custom liquid block in footer. Added - Add setting to truncate product titles in product cards. Added - Add uppercase setting for main header navigation. Added - Add button size and uppercase settings for buttons. Added - Add uppercase setting for headings typography. Added - Add "send on" field on gift card products. Added - Add newsletter form option in the password template. Added - Brands section: "Auto-rotate slides" option when layout is set to Slider. Added - Main collection and Search sections: Option to toggle visibility of filters' product counts. Added - "Login to view price" feature. Can be enabled globally, per collection or per product. Added - Global setting to limit color swatches in product cards and show the rest of variations as a number. Added - "Show SKU" theme setting to make SKUs visible on cart and minicart. Added - Product templates that have their suffix start with "pre-order-", will now inherit the pre-order layout. Added - Collection templates that have their suffix start with "brand-", will now inherit the brand collection banner layout. Updated - Custom related products section: The section is now deprecated and can no longer be used. Existing installations will not be affected and can continue using the section, however it is strongly recommended merchants switch to the "Product recommendations" section and the "Search & Discovery" app. Updated - Automatically calculate total width of scrolling elements section. Updated - Moved some theme-level settings from the Product Grid section to the new Product Cards section. Updated - Replaced manual structured data (ld+json) generation with the Shopify-managed 'structured_data' filter. Updated - Align footer text to the center if it's the only element in the footer. Updated - Update font weights for system fonts. Updated - Update uppercase transform for various labels. Updated - Close the mobile menu when an anchor link is clicked. Updated - Update judge.me reviews to inherit colors from the app. Updated - Remove uppercase from stock badges. Updated - Adjust subcollection card title font size. Updated - Adjust textual logo font size. Updated - Subcollections section: Increased maximum number of columns on desktop to 8. Fixed - Fix unavailable variant selection when "hide other variants media" setting is enabled. Fixed - An error would get thrown when product variant was changed and the Add to Cart button was hidden. Fixed - Fix issue where the Collection and Search pages would error out when subsequent requests contained different number of filters. Fixed - Main and Featured product sections: Dropdown variant selectors sometimes wouldn't show non-available options correctly, depending on the options that were already selected. Fixed - Fix an issue where the mini cart icon would not refresh correctly. Fixed - Fix collection and banner list block selection in editor in mosaic layout. Fixed - Fix scrolling behavior of product thumbnails.
Version 2.6 - Accelerate checkout
and boost your store's performance and customization with new product sections, enhanced mobile features, and optimized design updates.
Added - New Product lists section. Added - New Countdown banner section. Added - Main Product and Featured Product sections: New "Contact details" block. Added - Countdown Timer section: Add setting to hide the product on mobile. Added - Simple collection list section: Support up to 8 columns. Added - Simple collection list section: Add option to disable border and padding. Updated - Update default colors: Accent 1 and Accent 2. Updated - Update padding in Countdown Timer section for mobile. Updated - Card ribbons are now disabled by default. Updated - Optimized default spacing on header. Updated - Minor typography improvements in collection page. Updated - Upgrade accelerated checkout buttons. Updated - Update box shadows across all elements. Fixed - Fix image focal point in Slideshow and Video background sections. Fixed - "Redirect to cart page after adding a product to cart" option would always redirect to the default language.
Version 2.5 - A focus on performance
This update brings improvements all over the place, with a focus on performance.
Added - Add gallery swiping in mobile on the Main and Featured Product sections. Added - Slideshow section: New height settings. Added - Video Background section: New height and other settings. Added - Featured collection section: Add option to hide section instead of showing placeholder products. Added - Collection grid section: Add option to hide section instead of showing placeholder collections. Updated - Improve image loading in slideshow section. Updated - Remove stylesheet from product card templates. Updated - Update cart consent checkbox to remember its checked state. Updated - Aria label in header mini cart toggle (accessibility enhancement). Fixed - Filters section: Filters wouldn't work in non-default languages when filter labels were translated.
Version 2.4 - New Shopify features
All-new support for native color swatches and combined listings. As always, tweaks, fixes, and improvements make this version even better.
Added - Add support for native Shopify color swatches. Added - Combined listings app support. Added - Video background section: Add 'preserve ratio' setting. Updated - Disable search filter type setting by default. Updated - Improvements for the Scrolling text section.
Version 2.3 - The one with the pop-up
Enjoy the new Pop-up overlay and Rotating text bar sections, enhanced mega menus, and the option for an always-on sticky header, along with improved image loading and various bug fixes!
Added - Add new "Pop-up" overlay section. Added - Add new "Rotating text bar" section. Added - Add support for more side items on mega menus. Added - Add "All products" template settings (hero visibility and description). Added - Add policy page consent checkbox in mini cart and main cart. Added - Add navigation badge blocks for the main and mobile menus. Added - Add "Sticky header always on" setting. Updated - Add learn more button on all "Show product rating" settings. Updated - Improve collection filtering logic to consider only filters for the onChange event. Updated - Improve image loading in slideshow. Fixed - Fix positioning issue with the image banner section. Fixed - Add to cart button should read "Select options" on product cards for pre-order and backorder products with multiple variants. Fixed - Wrong product recommendations translation in German. Fixed - Backorder-able products would not display correct backorder buttons/badges when stock fell below 0. Fixed - Some sections would sometimes not display the placeholder content properly.
Version 2.2 - New sections
4 brand new sections. Visual filters. Backorder support. What more would you want? Ah, yes. Improvements across the board. This update has it all!
Added - "Tabbed media with text" section. Added - "Call to action" section. Added - "Image hotspots" section. Added - "Scrolling elements" section. Added - Video Background section: Added heading size setting. Added - Main product and Featured product sections: Added "Request information" block. Added - Collection banner section: Setting to hide the collection banner's heading. Added - Map section: Image setting. Added - Features section: Added mobile auto-rotate setting. Added - Added support for visual filters. Added - Added styles for Shopify's subscription app. Added - Backorder support on availability badges and Add to cart button. Refer to the documentation to set it up. Updated - Show number of items in stock, even if "continue selling" is enabled. Updated - Remove visually hidden collection title text. Updated - Improve lazy loading of images. Updated - Optimized lazy loading on section images. Updated - Update review apps support. Updated - Improve touchability of mini cart buttons. Fixed - Do not hide the filters section in collections when there is an active menu. Fixed - Fix product modal persisting in the editor after removing the featured product section. Fixed - Fix slideshow fade mode issue with 2 slides. Fixed - Sales badge would sometimes render wrong percentages. Fixed - Swatches options should not get affected by presets.
Version 2.1 - New features for 2024
The first update of 2024 brings two new sections, support for Shopify's latest features, and quite a few other improvements.
Added - New "Video background" section. Added - New "Tabbed content" section. Added - Support for Shopify's filters "AND" operator. Added - Support for Shopify's visual filters. Added - Various sections: Subheading setting. Added - Media with Text section: Heading and text font size settings. Added - Rich text section: Heading and description font size settings. Added - Expandable section: Heading alignment option. Added - Slideshow section: Secondary button on slides. Added - Shape selection for color swatch buttons. Updated - Rich Text section: Removed limit of blocks. Updated - Update usability of tabbed sections in the Shopify editor. Updated - Center the announcement bar text when there is no menu or social icon on the right. Fixed - Image Banners section: Fixed 1 column layout.
Version 2.0 - All new Filters section, more review apps support
and a whole lot more additions.
Added - New section: Filters. Added - Support for Judge.me, Stamped, and Yotpo review apps. Added - Display cart discounts in mini cart drawer. Added - Support for up to 8 columns on Image Banners section. Added - Option to hide empty filters in product lists (collections and search). Added - Font size and color settings for prices (grid and single product). Added - Image disclaimer field in main product and featured product sections. Added - Setting to hide ratings when there are no reviews. Added - "X" icon as an alternative to the twitter bird. Added - Custom badges support on single product pages. Added - Layout setting to remove decorative ribbons from overlay cards. Added - "Time to read" block on blog posts. Added - Option to hide the page's heading. Added - Position option for mega menus side items. Added - Icon option in main product's description block Added - "Info" icon on all icon settings. Added - "None" option on product lightbox with the ability to disable it. Updated - Enabled Image Banners sections on footer group. Updated - Increased maximum limit of products shown per page in collections and search. Updated - Improved spacing in nested list items on rich text elements. Updated - Improved table content style. Updated - Translations. Fixed - Fixed an issue where the cart and mini cart would not display the line item error when adding a product with less quantity than requested. Fixed - Fixed price color in accent backgrounds (featured product).
Version 1.10 - Zoom on hover
and custom product badges!
Added - Main/featured product section: Zoom on hover option. Added - Add support for custom badges on product cards. Added - Add collection grid section in initial onboarding content. Added - Add WhatsApp icon and social media link setting. Updated - Updated admin link for country/region configuration. Fixed - Multicolumn section: Add missing translation. Fixed - Empty link label in NL translation. Fixed - Page title elements "page number" and "tagged" can now be localized. Fixed - Fixed label of country/region selector checkbox.
Version 1.9.2 - This version addresses minor issues
making sure your shop is in tip-top shape!
Fixed - An issue where products in a slider would not equalize their dimensions when they had variable dimensions. Fixed - The countdown timer’s section background gradient sometimes interfering with the section’s height.
Version 1.9.1 - New features
and a few minor fixes
Added - A pre-order template. Added new sections. So many things were added, that we should have named this version "added" instead of 1.9.0 Added - New “Countdown Timer” section. Added - New “Testimonials” section. Added - New “Collection grid” section. Added - Pre-order product template. Added - Support for boolean collection filters. Added - Color swatches on product cards. Added - “XXL” heading size on the Banner list, Collection list, Promotion blocks, and Slideshow sections. Added - Support for “Follow on Shop” functionality. Added - “Gift card recipient” support for gift products. Added - Featured Product section: Added Heading setting. Added - Simple Collection List section: Added Heading size setting. Updated - Store logo is now an H1 only on the home page. Updated - Translations. Fixed - Placeholder issues in EL and DE translations.
Version 1.8.2 - Slideshow enhancements
and more
Added - Slideshow section: Add “fade” animation type. Added - Slideshow section: Add image preloading. Updated - Theme settings: Set button default colors. Updated - Translations. Fixed - Search section: Search actions wouldn't get displayed if filtering was disabled. Fixed - Collection grid section: Layout wouldn't become full width when no filters exist (i.e. when a collection has more than 5000 products).
Version 1.8.1 - New translations
Dutch & Brazilian
2 new translations and one minor (but very important) improvement Added - Dutch translation Added - Brazilian Portuguese translation Updated - Adjust color of links inside header/mobile nav contact details
Version 1.8 - Codename: Electron
and a new section ;)
It's the little things that make everything better. Like the new preset "Electron" that you can use as a starting point. Or the really simple "Image banners" section, where you can display a bunch of images without a fuss. Heck, you can even show a page's contents in other pages. And of course all-round fixes and improvements. Added - New preset: Electron. Added - New section: Image banners. Added - Main collection section: Add setting to make the filters bar sticky on mobile. Added - Main search section: Add setting to make the filters bar sticky on mobile. Added - Rich text section: Alignment setting. Added - Rich text section: Page block. Added - Features section: "Icon size" setting. Added - Support for free shipping messages on the cart and mini cart, and respective theme options. Added - Option to have the entire card clickable on desktop on the Promotion blocks, Collection list, and Banner sections. Fixed - Remove the header's bottom border in mobile when the navigation's border is turned off. Fixed - Minor adjustment to Features icon alignment. Fixed - Re-organized the Product Grid's options to be on par with the Main search section. Updated - Translations. Updated - Features section: Icons are center aligned when a feature block's title or description are empty Updated - Color swatches on facets are now rendered via liquid, to avoid flash of unstyled content.
Version 1.7 - Color swatches
Because they are cool
Added - Implemented Header and Footer section groups. Added - Subcollections sections in Collections and Brands template Added - Color swatches Added - Breadcrumbs structured data (JSON-LD) Added - Added auxiliary announcement bar Added - Support for Search Recommendations on predictive search. Added - Sale badge mode: None. Added - The footer's Text block image can now be linked. Added - Added submenu support for the announcement bar's menu Added - Added up to 4 text lines on the "Text" block for the main product and featured product sections Added - Add color scheme for the filters bar in Search and Collection templates Added - Add mobile image option in banner block Added - Add options to remove border from Main navigation, Newsletter, and Announcement bar Added - Add option to hide header and select columns on Blog templates Fixed - Fix an issue where the top level variant options would be disabled if they contained unavailable variants. Fixed - Breadcrumbs' "Home" and "Search" crumbs wouldn't get translated. Updated - Translations. Updated - Revert positioning of "Inc. VAT" badge on mobile Updated - Remove box shadow from header global search and newsletter inputs when using an accent color scheme Updated - Make the slideshow behave like a banner when only one slide is selected
Version 1.6.1 - Set up Athens in your own language!
FR, IT, DE, ES
Added - Back-end (schema) translations for German (de), Spanish (es), French (fr), and Italian (it).
Version 1.6 - Focal points
and a few additional improvements
Freshly baked Focal Point support will make sure that your visitors will always be seeing the most important point of your images. A few additional improvements were made here and there, to make your experience (and your website) better. Added - Add support for image focal points. Added - Add Social media icons in the announcement bar section of the header. Added - Add custom link override in brands section. Updated - Update responsive wrappers for tables and iframes in the theme editor when it refreshes. Updated - Improve accessibility of expandable facets. Updated - Improve accessibility of brand cards. Updated - Improve accessibility of dropdowns. Updated - Make all cards entirely clickable on mobile by default. Updated - Optimize width of product cards for related products and custom product recommendations. Updated - Change markup of multicolumn section to "div". Fixed - Collection Tabs section: Fix appearance of tab buttons when buttons are outlined and the section is using an accent color scheme. Fixed - Main collection/search product grid: Price filter facet wouldn't get collapsed by default, when appearing after the 5 first most important filters. Fixed - Fix svg logo vertical alignment. Fixed - Don't show "order by" when there is only one product/result. Fixed - Facets' "show more/less" are now properly translated. Fixed - Fix appearance of header global search button when header in mobile is using "accent 1" color scheme. Fixed - Hide the "back to top" button earlier.
Version 1.5 - Go international!
5 languages and some minor improvements.
Added - German translations. Added - Greek translations. Added - Spanish translations. Added - French translations. Added - Italian translations. Added - Arrows on product thumbnail carousel. Added - Add collection tab custom labels. Added - Support for 5 columns on product grids. Updated - Update mini cart buttons to accommodate for larger labels. Updated - Update stock product badges to accommodate for larger labels. Fixed - Fix an issue where the brands and simple collection list section would not load the card stylesheet. Fixed - Fix small height issue on the last card of some mosaic variations. Fixed - Fix promotion block appearance in mobile on some mosaic variations.
Version 1.4.1 - This version fixes some minor issues
to make sure your shop is in tip-top shape!
Fixed - Fixed an issue where the overlay gradient would not be applied on the Collection list section cards when in "Grid" layout. Fixed - Update overlay gradient CSS so that it doesn't render when it is empty. Fixed - Moved button link options below their respective button labels. Fixed - Made titles clickable in cards. Fixed - Adjusted cards clickable areas.
Version 1.4 - More flexible
and a few bug fixes
Added - "Promotion blocks" section. Added - "Custom Related Products" section to show the theme's custom related products (fixed, or based on metafields). Added - Main collection product grid: Setting to turn off title. Added - Main search product grid: Setting to turn off search terms / result count. Added - Main product section: "Complementary products" block. Added - Main product section: Text block: Icon control. Added - Main product section: Expandable block: Option to start as expanded by default. Added - Main product section: Liquid block: Added title and icon options. When a title or an icon is set, it becomes expandable (only when positioned on the left). Added - Announcement bar section: Top / Bottom Spacing options. Added - Banner List section: Gradient overlay, Heading size, Content position, Button settings (plus mobile layout equivalents). Added - Collection List section: Gradient overlay, Heading size, Content position, Button settings (plus mobile layout equivalents). Added - Collection Tabs section: Support for hand-picked products. Added - Features sections: "Stack on mobile" setting. Added - Featured collection section: Support for hand-picked products. Added - Featured product section: Liquid block: Added title and icon options. Added - Header section: Top / Bottom Spacing options. Added - Header section: Menu/mobile menu typography setting. Added - Header section: SVG Logo option. Added - Newsletter section: Available for use in any template. Added - Predictive search: Results now have result type titles before the respective results (e.g. Collections, Pages, etc). Added - Rich text section: Background image and gradient overlay setting. Added - Slideshow section: Mobile image, Title size, Text color, Gradient overlay. Added - Theme options: Button settings: Style, Shape, Font (Settings → Buttons). Added - Theme options: Primary and Secondary button colors (Settings → Colors). Added - Theme options: Add to cart button style (Settings → Product grid). Added - Theme options: Product title font option (Settings → Product grid). Added - New icons: Activity, Aperture, Assembly, Award, Box 2, Certificate, Disabled, Refund-Receipt, Truck. Added - New stock availability string when the quantity is untracked or "continue selling" is enabled. By default is still "In Stock" but can be changed from the languages page under Products > Product Availability > Always in stock. Changed - The theme's custom related products (based on metafields) have been moved from the "Product Recommendations" section to "Custom Related Products" (available only on the product template). Changed - Removed accent color from button icons. Changed - Featured collection: Moved "Number of products" under "Select collection". Changed - Featured collection: Moved "Overlay background" under "Image". Fixed - Show provinces according to country selected when creating/updating addresses. Fixed - Main product section: Expandable block: Don't show block if there is no content (Text). Fixed - Stock availability text would not get updated properly on variations, when "Show number of items" was enabled. Fixed - Newsletter section: Consent text is now rich text (can have links and basic formatting). Fixed - Fix color scheme of quantity input on Featured Products placeholder. Fixed - Changed slide subheading to richtext.
Version 1.3 - New theme style
and quite a few new features
Added - Theme style "Pharm". Added - AJAX pagination in products grid and search template. Added - "Simple collection list" section. Added - "Map" section. Added - "Features" section on the header. Added - Theme settings: Added "scroll to top" button option. Added - Theme settings: Added "Show number of items" option, to display the number of in-stock items available. Added - Product sections: Display Barcode field in the Title block. Added - Product sections: Hide unavailable variants, and added option to hide or disable out-of-stock variants. Added - Product section: Custom Liquid block position option. Added - Featured Product section: Custom Liquid block. Added - Multicolumn section: Custom image width option on blocks. Added - Newsletter section: Added consent checkbox option. Added - Collection banner section: Option to make the description fullwidth. Added - Collection banner section: Gradient opacity control. Added - Product section: Color scheme selector on the Text block. Added - Collection list page: 2 columns option. Added - Features sections: Inline mode. Added - Image ratio option "Landscape" on all sections that have a ratio option. Added - Option to open mobile menu submenus by clicking on the arrow only. Fixed - Show search term on search results texts. Fixed - Adjust long tables in RTE content. Fixed - Justify center brand cards. Fixed - Empty collections now show the banner section. Fixed - Handle wider logos better in mobile. Fixed - Fixed catalog mode internationalization. Fixed - Newsletter gaps in mobile. Fixed - Update animations on link hovers. Fixed - Revert to 1:1 in mobile for banner and collection list cards that are landscape. Fixed - Featured Product section: Collection card wouldn't show the collection's description. Fixed - Product section: Custom Liquid block would output elements even if empty.
Version 1.2 - New features
and some bug fixes
Fixed - Always load Slideshow assets in the Theme editor page. Fixed - Slideshow alignment issues. Fixed - A whitespace issue in the search bar. Fixed - Minor typography issues. Fixed - Minor stylistic issues. Fixed - Improved wording of some options. Fixed - Issues in various sections with 2col and 1col on tablet. Fixed - Fixed issue in search page's ajax results, when no results would be returned. Added - Theme style “Spoke”. Added - “Add to cart” button on product cards. Can be enabled via a theme option. Added - “Hide single variant” option on the Variant Picker block of the Single/Featured product sections. Added - Full width page template. Added - In the Featured Collection section, the collection card can bow be customized by overriding individual values (image, title, description, etc). Added - Card Ratio option in the Banner List and Collection List sections. Added - Catalog mode. Can be enabled via a theme option. Added - Custom image size on footer's text block.
Version 1.1.1 - Welcome to Athens
Initial release
This version contains the default preset.