Emerge release notes
Version 6
Version 6.2.0 - Sept 11 2023
- added Shop the look, Scrolling content, Countdown and Image comparison sections
- added animation effects throughout the theme for more eye-catching appeal
- added support for non-English latin characters for swatch names
- added plus and minus buttons to Quantity selector block on Product page, Featured Product section, and Quick add drawer.
- added thumbnail scroll bar when a lot of media is present on the Product page's thumbnail view
- changed icons and references from Twitter to 𝕏
- corrected an issue that prevented subscriptions from being registered
- renamed Map Javascript to avoid clashes with Google Maps
- fixed an issue that cause swatches to not render on some stores
Version 6.1.1 - April 28 2023
- Added translations for ES, DE, FR and IT.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Slideshow section with the auto slide feature to speed up in the Theme Editor
- Fixed an issue where videos, when cropped horizontally in the Featured Video or Slideshow section, weren't centered properly
- Fixed an issue where the main product image wouldn't display under certain conditions
- Improved page load performance when uploading a video in the Featured Video or Slideshow sections
- Improved logic for hiding "Sold out" or "Unavailable" options in the Featured Product section, Quick Add drawer and Product page
- Added a background to transparent images when using the "Zoom" feature in the Featured Product section and Product page
Version 6.1.0 - April 10 2023
- Added quick add to complementary products block on product page
- Added custom liquid block to the footer
- Added video block to the Slideshow section
- Improved search interface with support for suggestions and quick-add
- Added back
snippets/custom-styles.liquid
in case media queries are required - Improved page load performance when quick-add is enabled
- Added aspect ratio settings and the option to upload videos directly to the Featured Video section
- Fixed a layout issue when empty blocks are present in the Slideshow section
- Fixed a problem where swatches with slashes in their name wouldn't work correctly
- Fixed pinterest sharing on article page
Version 6.0.0 - March 10 2023
- Completely redesigned product page with support for 4 separate views
- Added support for the new Section groups feature
- Added a new Testimonials section
- Added a border width setting
- Added new layout settings and blocks to the Featured product section
- Added more sharing options to the article page
- Moved swatch configuration from
snippets/swatch-colors.liquid
file toTheme settings > colors
- Removed
snippets/custom-styles.liquid
, please switch to Shopify native custom CSS
Version 5
Version 5.6.5 - February 7 2023
- fixed cart integration for older money formats
Version 5.6.4 - February 6 2023
- minor styling fixes
Version 5.6.3 - January 25 2023
- fixed featured image size on article page
- minor styling fixes
Version 5.6.2 - January 10 2023
- Added support for the new focal points feature
- Added an option for a mobile image to the Banner, Grid with overlay and Image with text sections
- Added settings for foreground image width in the Banner section
- Added aspect ratio settings to the Blog page (featured image), Collection page (header image), Slideshow section, and the Image with text section
Version 5.6.1 - November 10 2022
- New Complementary products block on product page
- Added event listeners for external use with developer documentation
- Added Background color setting to Product recommendations section
- Added Max products setting to Featured Collection section
- Improved accessibility landmarks
- Fixed disclosure focus states in desktop
- Fixed instances of Product pickup block not appearing in iOS
- Fixed banner not displaying in mobile
Version 5.6.0 - October 12 2022
- Added image size option to: Product grid (global), Featured Blog section, Blog page, List collection page's thumbnail view, Featured collections section, Article search results page, and Text columns section
- Added a setting for a mobile image in the slideshow
- Added variant information to the product page's out of stock form
- Search results are now cached for repetitive queries
- Reduced unused CSS on each page
- Improved mobile carousel dot animation
- Updated product schema to Google's newest requirements
- Fixed logo resolution on some non-retina devices
- Fixed rare instances of grid layouts breaking in Safari
Version 5.5.0 - June 21 2022
- New Featured products section
- Faster search experience with ability to search collections, pages, articles, and products
- Added support for boolean metafield filters
- Fixed header disabled when in the editor's inspect mode
- Collections list section now uses the
collection_list
setting instead of collection-type blocks - Collections list template is now built with the
collection_list
setting - Fixed unresponsiveness in cart on iOS
- Fixed main-menu dropdowns on large tablets
- Fixed rare cases of broken grid style layouts
- Fixed scripts from not loading correctly in the theme editor
Version 5.4.0 - May 2nd 2022
- Improved JavaScript performance
Version 5.3.0 - February 1st 2022
- Added support for Shopify Markets, including country selector with flags
- fixed some scenarios where YouTube videos would not load
- fixed issue that prevented items from being added to cart page
- fixed issue that prevented feedback on the contact section
Version 5.2.1 - January 10th 2022
- Fixed issue that broke links in some sections
Version 5.2.0 - January 4th 2022
- Updated Collections List page with two new views
- Broke-up product form block into price, variant picker, buy buttons, low stock notice, quantity, local pickup and unavailable form blocks
- Updated CSS theme-wide to utilize Flexbox gap property
- Updated pagination design to work better with small mobile devices
- Improved cart accessibility
- Fixed problem that prevented products with no quantity tracking from being added to the cart
- Fixed broken hover images on the Collection and Search results pages
- Fixed section heading line-heights
- Prevented header logos from being squished on small screens
Version 5.1.0 - November 17th 2021
- Price filter improved on collection page
- Color swatch filter setting added on collection page
- Updated product filters extended to search results page
- Updated article search results page
- Bug fixes
Version 5.0.0 - October 22nd 2021
- Now compatible with Shopify OS2
- New product rating and collapsible tab blocks on product page
- New recent products, collapsible tabs and contact sections
- New FAQs, lookbook, about and contact page templates
- Improved filtering on Collection page
- Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
Version 4
Version 4.0.3 - August 5th 2021
- Product forms now show sold out options
- Bug fixes
Version 4.0.2 - July 8th 2021
- Bug fixes
Version 4.0.1 - June 29th 2021
- Bug fixes
- Add narrow page template
Version 4.0.0 - June 1st 2021
- New collection page with advanced filters and recent product section
- Removed jQuery
- Added Shop Pay installments support
- New theme-wide quick add feature
- Updated slideshow section
- Updated featured collection section
- Accessibility and performance improvements
- Bug fixes
Version 3
Version 3.8.0 - January 29th 2021
- Added support for subscriptions
Version 3.7.0 - November 18th 2020
- New grid with overlay section
- New grid with text below section
- Image with text - parallax setting
- Blog - parallax setting
Version 3.6.0 - October 20th 2020
- Performance improvements
- Pickup availability
Version 3.5.2 - September 29th 2020
- Social sharing - add option for featured image
Version 3.5.1 - September 22nd 2020
- Product grid - out of stock and sale labels
Version 3.5.0 - September 10th 2020
- Unit pricing
- Product page - low stock notification, image zoom, out of stock sign up, size chart settings added
- Featured product - low stock notification, out of stock sign up, size chart settings added
- Accessibility - skip to content link
Version 3.4.1 - June 24th 2020
- Parallax banner issues on mobile
- Featured grid - container widths
- Password page - Safari fix
Version 3.4.0 - June 16th 2020
- Swatches
- Collection page - alternative grid view
Version 3.3.4 - May 5th 2020
- Renamed theme from Local to Emerge
Version 3.3.3 - April 9th 2020
- Preset updates
Version 3.3.2 - March 27th 2020
- 3D model thumbnail alignment
Version 3.3.1 - March 26th 2020
- Currency converter - variants fix
- Footer - transparent background fix
Version 3.3.0 - March 24th 2020
- Language selector
- Currency selector
- Scss deprecation
- Feature video - button link fix
Version 3.2.0 - February 14th 2020
- Product videos
- Product 3D models
- New icons
- Instagram feed removed in conjunction with their API changes
Version 3.1.3 - December 13th 2019
- Accessibility improvements
- Performance improvements
Version 3.1.2 - August 27th 2019
- Header button colors fix
- Video mobile playback fix
- Image alt text flash fix
Version 3.1.1 - August 27th 2019
- Comment pagination
- Image with text - show link fix
Version 3.1.0 - August 9th 2019
- Updated video section
- Dynamic checkout buttons
Version 3.0.0 - June 25th 2019
- New blog design
- Featured blog updates
- Additional typography settings
- Product recommendations
- Automatic discounts
- New cart page and drawer
Version 2
Version 2.4.1 - December 17th 2018
- Mobile menu - anchor tags links (/#) closing menu fix
Version 2.4.0 - December 5th 2018
- Featured product - added variants and buy buttons
Version 2.3.0 - August 23rd 2018
- Search - improved layout
- Typography updates
- Featured grid - Firefox hover fix
- Icon colors - Firefox fix
Version 2.2.0 - July 3rd 2018
- Payment icons - more supported, new look
- Optimize LazyImages plugin
- Font weight fixes
- New and more flexible Instagram feed
Version 2.1.0 - May 30th 2018
- Font picker - more font families and weights
- Newsletter - richtext setting to allow for linking to privacy policies
- Custom content section
- Menu - dropdown height fix
- Search - fix
- Contact page - remove older settings
Version 2.0.1 - April 18th 2018
- Product page - variant images for mobile
- Resizing window fix for featured products
Version 2.0.0 - April 3rd 2018
- Dynamic payment buttons
- Responsive images
- Home page - new sections
Version 1
Version 1.4.2 - February 15th 2018
- Contact page fix
Version 1.4.1 - January 16th 2018
- Nested navigation - level 3 repeating level 2 fix
Version 1.4.0 - January 8th 2018
- Nested navigation - updated syntax
- CSS browser prefixing - updated for latest browser requirements
Version 1.3.3 - October 12th 2017
- Menu drawer - fix for closing animation when not initially open on touch devices
Version 1.3.2 - October 6th 2017
- Menu - fix for mega-nav showing above
- Menu - feature to avoid conflicts with matching sub menus
- Typography - Abel moved to san-serif group, Vollkorn typo
- Customer Order page - more explicit fulfilment info
Version 1.3.1 - October 3rd 2017
- Instagram - use 1:1 aspect ratio images
- Products - allow excerpts to have new lines
Version 1.3 - September 25th 2017
- Navigation UX improvements
- Mobile drawer for navigation
- Improved mobile navigation and search
- Modal search layout adjustments
Version 1.2 - July 26th 2017
- Incorporate range sliders into settings
- Product page - price meta
Version 1.1 - July 19th 2017
- Light preset - Popup - white text on white background bug
- Typography - changes for presets and new list to choose from
- Spacing and minor style fixes
Version 1.0.5 - June 30th 2017
- Payment icons - Added Shopify pay icon to fix gap in list
- Footer - hide from home page setting (useful for splash pages)
- Header - decrease padding on home page with banner
- Contact modal - checkbox for enable/disable
- Gallery - spacing setting
Version 1.0.4 - May 29th 2017
- Google font - Eczar rendering fix
- Product page - handle small excerpts and long descriptions better
- Product page - smoother animation when expanding more info
Version 1.0.3 - May 20th 2017
- Contact modal - fallback logo
- Popup - missing form field
Version 1.0.2 - April 25th 2017
- Removed lag when opening contact modal from mobile
Version 1.0.1 - April 21st 2017
- Bug with multiples of the same product on the collection page, caused variants to populate incorrectly
- Orientates main menu dropdown responsively
- Service list - handles multiple lines better
- Product page - Expanded info box is more responsive
- Image with overlay - removes overlap when panel color matches body background (as seen in the light preset)