Theme

• Added a localization tutorial which gives you the tools to localize most areas of your theme.

Apps

• Updated the order of the app listing tabs in the Developer Portal, making Technical the second tab instead of Details. 

Theme

• Incorrect focus order for product carousels. #2034

• Removed duplicates of main tag.#2032

• Hamburger menu icon missing on Google AMP pages. #2022

• Wish List drop down is truncated on product page. #2001

• Improve performance of analyzing homepage carousel images. #2027

• Added keyboard support on radio buttons. #2028

• Replace SSL settings in Page Builder with global region for SSL certificate. #2026

• Fixed email address validation in forms. #2029

• Fixed unnecessary horizontal scroll on swatch options on PDP. #2023

• Always showing product counts for Category facet in the faceted search results page. #2035

4.10.0

Added

• Added styles for Twenty Twenty One theme. Expanding the default content area width. Added button styles, link styles, colors, and updating CSS variables.

• Added support for global customer login, with a default of on for all new installs and channels, and the ability to turn on for existing channels.

• Added template and route for checkout completion to better support checkout processes utilizing a hosted payment processor with redirection.

Fixed

• Fixed Onboarding Settings not showing the correct list of channels.

• Fixed Shipping Calculator enable/disable toggle in the Customizer (Github issues: #243, #244).

API

• Product and product set widgets now respect user-selected currency. Add the activeCurrencyCode property to the storefront_api_query field to return the user’s active currency at the time of page load.

BigCommerce Payments

• You can now process payments using stored cards and credit cards with the Barclaycard Fuse payment gateway. For setup information, see Connecting with Barclaycard Smartpay Fuse.

API

• Added the Get Stored Instruments(Beta) endpoint which lists all available stored instruments for a customer.

• Added the Tax Provider API which allows you to provide business-to-consumer sales tax estimates to shoppers on the storefront and to merchants in the control panel; it can also be used to submit documents for tax reconciliation purposes. For more information, see the Tax Provider API overview and Tax Provider API reference.

Developer Blog

• Introducing New BigCommerce Tax Provider API

• What’s New for Merchants in March

Theme

• Remove AddThis for social sharing, replace with provider sharing links. #1997

• IE11 - Clicking on search does not display search bar. #2017

• Alt text should include product name for ratings. #2015

• Changed insufficient "Change" link text on cart page. #2014

• Added labeling for edit fields on cart page. #2016

• Add placeholder for failed to load carousel images and update scalability. #2009

• Fixed insufficient button label on cart page from action controls. #2013

• "Skip to main content" now is visible when top banned is absent. #2010

• Announce subscribing email field as mandatory. #2011

• Changed insufficient link text for "Read More" links. #2012

• Added sold out badges on products within PLP. #2003

• Update focus trap in Modal. #1998

• Added unique identifiers to product cards on product list pages. #1999

• Fixed line breaks on dropdown menu display mode. #1996

• Added notifications on Carousel's content change through 'Next/Prev' buttons. #1986

• Add error message when faceted search fails on search, category, brand pages #2005

API

• Added business-to-business functionality to the BigCommerce platform with the B2B Edition of BigCommerce

Developer Blog

• My Experience at DeveloperWeek 2021

• Introducing BigCommerce Transactional Email Templates

• MACHathon 2021: Building the BigCommerce Weather Alert Merchandising Tool

• Creating a Standout GitHub Profile README

4.9.0

Added

• Added support for Product Category images

• Added additional error message when attempting to create a channel with an existing name

• The UPC, MPN, and GTIN fields are now available on both product and variant nodes in the GraphQL Storefront API

On April 30, 2021, the Coupon API will limit the characters allowed in a coupon name. An error will result if any special characters other than the following are used in the Coupon code field:

• Alphanumeric values

• White spaces

• Underscores ( _ )

• Hyphens ( - )

To prevent a disruption in service, remove special characters from all coupon codes.