Influence

Added

• Personalisation fields in the product form: Now supporting checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns, file uploads and text inputs
• Product form - Description block: Open by default setting added
• Product form - Text with icon: Color option added
• Login: Login with Shop support
• Gallery slideshow: An improved Gallery section that includes a slider setting for desktop and mobile

Changed

• Swatches: Now supports category metafields and variant image support
• Button colors: Updated handling so you can set global button colors but also override those colors on all sections
• Gift card template: Redesigned to support multiple layouts and engaging animations

Fixes and other improvements

• Updated to comply with Shopify's accelerated checkout button changes
• Map: Fix for overlap issues introduced in the previous update
• Performance improvements
• Custom icons: Now have a max width
• Info columns: Fox for alignment issue introduced in the previous update
• Add to cart button: Switched to always show in the primary style when shown with accelerated checkout buttons
• Footer: Heading font size fix
• Other smaller bug fixes and improvements

Added

• Preorder support (badges, buttons and template)
• Personalisation fields in the product form (more coming soon!)
• Allowed the navigation banner on all templates and added new features and functionality
• New 'Image with text slideshow' section
• Theme styles added where relevant
• Enhanced flexibility of the Product description section on the Product template
• Additional block options to the Product form

Changed

• Bottom alignment on the product card Quick add buttons
• Made some small improvements to the gallery
• Info columns section flexibility improvements
• Collection header section flexibility improvements
• Video section flexibility improvements
• HTML/Liquid sections flexibility improvements

Fixes and other improvements

• Fixed broken help document links
• Misaligned slider arrows on info column section introduced in the last release
• Improved keyboard navigation for the filter and sort by menu
• Blog article image size fix introduced in a recent release
• Additional smaller bug fixes and improvements

Changed

Refined Architecture: Influence now operates on an advanced framework, offering enhanced stability. This update prepares the theme for upcoming Shopify advancements, ensuring seamless integration with future platform updates in 2024.

Improved Customization Options: Dive into a broader range of customization features tailored to empower merchants and increase conversion with sections like Scrolling banners and product card sliders.

Enhanced Merchant Experience: We've taken our learnings from our extensive time in the theme store to ensure that, not only using the theme, but building the theme is an enjoyable experience with merchant directed settings updates that help you build the store you want quickly.