Avenue

Added

• New preset/demo
• Testimonials section
• Free shipping messaging has been added to 5 areas of the theme:
  • Header announcement
  • Header promo block
  • Cart dropdown
  • Product page content block
  • Cart page
• Product gird/row metadata display
• 15 more metadata options were added to the compare option for a total of 20
• Product page price size option
• Product page divider block
• Product page option to disable automatic tax and shipping message
• Collection title size options for sections and sub collections
• Additional color options for the Advanced & Basic Filter dropdowns
• Add headline text uppercase option
• Option to add code to the via the Theme Settings

Changed

• Recently viewed section was redeveloped for faster loading
• Mobile/Desktop height settings for sections
• Provided scroll bars for wide tables on mobile
• Zoom on products has been improved to consider image size and provides better clarity
• Faster loading for product tooltips and icon pop up content
• Smoother animation transitions
• Pagination has been restyled to included multiple pages, along with the next and previous option
• Option to control sub collections per row, similar to product and collection sections
• New layout for mobile slider products and collection grids, 2.5 to 1.5 for better readability
• To accommodate the use of metafields and metaobjects, sections were updated to ensure the primary content, i.e. content blocks, will ensure the section is displayed or not loaded

Fixes and improvements

• Logo section slider was hidden
• Collection page vendor and sub menu block '+ More' was not loading
• Overlay colors relied on image opacity, which caused issues. Overlays have been restyled to sit over images, and opacity is applied to the color or gradient
• Section button colors had an issue with text being the same color as background

Fixes and improvements

• Correct a bug affecting long menus on mobile

Added

• Sections and templates now feature a lazy loading setting to provide control over "above the fold" lazy loading

Changed

• Based on user feedback, now when a desktop menu is too long, only the menu will revert to mobile, opposed to the entire header
• After consulting Shopify performance experts, images have been updated to add features to increase Lighthouse LCP scores

Removed

• Lazy loading Javascript libraries have been removed, and the theme now relies on browser lazy loading
• Mailchimp and AddThis options

Fixes and improvements

• Corrected a bug in the header cart link when the cart is empty
• Improved anchor link scrolling options related to sticky headers