The Latest Changes to the Nova Theme
Nova
INFORMATION
- Major Nova theme updates will happen every 3 months.
1.9.x
LATEST CHANGES
1.9.0
FEATURES
All Styles
- – Organized third party integrations in the customizer into their own section (#289)
- – Payment area in checkout will now display top of area instead of bottom (#85)
- – Product page zoom effect has been improved (#240, #298)
- – There is now less whitespace under product cards (#256)
- – Cart preview modal will now display Upsell Magic Upsells with a better continue functionality (#313, #302)
- – Related product text display is improved (#311)
- – Mobile Help Center tabs display is improved (#301, #315)
- – Verbiage in the customizer for forcing billing same-as-shipping has been improved (#247)
- – Mobile emenu font spacing improved (#312)
Modern
- – Mobile product pages have been improved (#307, #306)
BUG FIXES
All Styles
- – Product page prices will now have all applicable styles (#310)
- – Broken footer links are now working (#304)
- – Basic Navigation banners are working now (#308)
- – Mobile footer subscribe button is working now (#300)
- – Testimonial navigation will no longer overlap on mobile (#299)
- – Returning to shipping info will no longer clear the name fields (#247)
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- – Product card overlays will no longer break when user sorts category pages (#293)
- – Header shopping cart will no longer appear off screen (#275)
1.8.x
LATEST CHANGES
1.8.7
FEATURES
All Styles
- – Added toggle in the customizer to remove container on category pages (#243)
- – Users can now specify a custom mobile logo in the customizer (#276)
- – Banners added to default navigation can now be linked (#277)
- – eMenu will now display 3rd level child categories (#278)
- – Improvement to Currency Selector UX (#281)
- – Customizer settings organized to be more navigable (#285) (#288)
- – Tied the payment icons in the footer to the footer text color (#286)
- – New “subtle” animations available for mega-menu (#287)
- – New toggle added for removing google translate (#289)
Clean
- – Enhanced the style of the header tabs (#282)
- – Header tab content can now be disabled (#295)
BUG FIXES
All Styles
- – Removed a duplicate setting from the customizer (#280)
- – Google script fonts fixed in the customizer (#291)
1.8.6
FEATURES
All Styles
- – Category pages can now have thumbnail navigation (#157)
- – eMenu navigation can be disabled in favor of a non-app navigation (#275)
- – A new setting was added for order status buttons (#258)
- – The Loyalty+ modal now links to the account page
- – Users will have more control over number of displayed products on the home page (#238)
- – Brand pages now match the category page design (#264)
- – Brand Pages now support brand images
- – Store top-bar navigation now responds to account visibility settings in admin panel (#268)
- – Multiple Currency support added (#269)
- – Gift Cards now respond to visibility settings in admin panel (#270)
- – Theme credits are now togglable (#272)
- – Geotrust SSL seal is now togglable (#273)
- – Copyright, year, storename are now togglable (274)
BUG FIXES
All Styles
- – Upsell Magic will no longer have issues with the continue button
- – Newsletter signups will now show the proper message on submit (#241)
- – eMenu sale badges on products will now be positioned properly (#254)
- – Mobile navigation top level links now work (#257)
- – Fixed server error message on account pages (#259)
- – Banners now appear on their proper pages (#266)
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- – Product cards will no longer have overlapping text (#242)
1.8.5
FEATURES
All Styles
- – Customizer Setting renamed from “Show sidebar” to “Show Category Filters Sidebar” (#236)
- – Improvements to appearance on apple devices (#250)
- – Product Pro will now work with faceted search
Elegant
- – Update to Product page layout (#235)
Bold
- – Product card improvements (#242)
Modern
- – Improvements to header (#246)
BUG FIXES
All Styles
- – Product options set to “Not required” will no longer be required.
1.8.4
FEATURES
All Styles
- – New page layout created for landing pages with featured products (#166)
- – Visual and CRO updates to Upsell Magic (#229)
- – Visual enhancements to the search bar (#230)
- – Show eMenu has been moved to the epicToolbox section of the customizer (#232)
Elegant
- – Update to header layout (#231 & #233)
Bold
- – Product page enhanced with eLocal (#234)
1.8.3 (5/15/18)
FEATURES
All Styles
- – Customizer/Schema cleaned up after cornerstone merge (#220)
- – Ability to toggle off the epicToolbox emenu added to customizer (#186)
- – Search results page redesigned (#193)
- – The Fixed navigation menu can now have a custom image (#219)
BUG FIXES
All Styles
- – Quickview now supports the eLocal calendar (#217)
- – Mobile store logo will no longer display to large (#226)
Bold
- – Product cards will now equalize properly (#221)
- – Shop info overlay will now use the background color in the customizer (#225)
Modern
- – Hero Banner/Carousel will no longer get cutoff (#222)
1.8.X
FEATURES
All Styles
- – Cornerstone elements have been updated to cornerstone 1.15.0, see BigCommerce change log for updates.
- – Image in About Area now uses shorter image names (#180)
- – Top Products section added to homepage (#182)
- – New Google Fonts added to customizer in Font Palette (#188)
- – Footer top bar CSS improvements (#189)
- – All epicToolbox settings are now located in the same area of the customizer (#191)
- – New Style picker in the customizer now available: Blog Style (#192)
BUG FIXES
All Styles
- – Message cards now working on new installs (#174)
- – Homepage body background in customizer now working properly (#178)
- – Disabling cart preview payments will now work properly (#194)
- – Quickview will now work properly (#195)
- – All hard coded references to the toolbox have been removed (#200)
- – Discounted products will no longer push text into image cards (#215)
Elegant
- – br tags will work in the Header area now (#196)
1.7.x
LATEST CHANGES
1.7.X
FEATURES
All Styles
- – 3 Step Product Page now available (#143)
- – Sidebar for featured products on homepage now available (#151)
- – Home Content Snippets added to customizer (#155)
- – Sales Badges are now available for all product card styles (#183)
Elegant
- – New Product cards now available (#156)
BUG FIXES
All Styles
- – Ability to set a background for the footer top-bar restored (#153)
- – Typos in Help Center template have been corrected (#158)
- – Custom Dropdown will be disabled by default. Enable in custom theme file (#171)
- – Removed bugged settings from customizer (#181)
- – Quick Search is now working again (#184)
1.6.x
LATEST CHANGES
1.6.X
FEATURES
All Styles-
- – Product cards appearance has been improved on category pages (#130)
- – Placeholder images will now use HTTPS (#132)
- – 3 step product page now available for product pages (#143)
- – Ability to remove category sidebar via the customizer (#150)
- – Sticky header will now include icons for Cart and Account pages (#154)
- – Setting added to control the number of recent blogs displayed on the home page (#170)
Bold
- – New Homepage Blog layout style now available (#142)
- – Enhancements to the product cards (#176)
Elegant
- – Site Logo will now be centered in the header (#152)
BUG FIXES
All Styles-
- – Homepage “Featured Products” Section can now be contained via the customizer (#133)
- – Datepicker will now work on apple devices
Modern
- – Modern Testimonial style can now be selected via customizer (#134)
- – Enhancements made to the CSS for product cards (#149)
Bold
- – Enhancements made to the testimonials section display (#175)
1.6.0 – 3/6/18
FEATURES
All Styles
- – You can now choose the style of your Shop Info Overlay (#117)
- – All Styles: Carousel now has additional style settings (#125)
- – You can now set the default country for the billing step in checkout
- – Yotpo is now integrated into the theme and can be enabled in the customizer (#124)
- – There is now an option to contain (make not full width) the home page featured products section (#133)
Modern
- – You can now set the background image of the header (#119)
- – Revamped the CSS file structure for better addition of new styles
BUG FIXES
All Styles
- – Datepicker will no longer allow the entry of past dates (#126)
- – All Styles: Product Page input fields will now update their colors to match the setting in the customizer (#91)
- – Quickview Messages will no longer auto-fill all fields on the page (#127)
- – If no card messages are setup in the epicToolbox the link to “click for message ideas” will no longer appear in the store product page (#128)
- – Placeholder images are now all called via HTTPS
Elegant
- – The testimonial background image will no longer pull from a static site
Modern
- – Blog Area on homepage will now display correctly (#123)
- – Product Cards will now display the new style (#114)
Upsell Magic
- – Code for this feature has been temporarily removed to solved related conflicts (#121)
- – Disabling upsell magic on epicToolbox will now disable it on the store (#122)