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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 to Theme 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)