Storefront Hooks

1.0.1

• Initial public release in support of https://nextjs.org/commerce

1.1.0

Fix useUpdateItem

• Fix typo in storefront-data-hooks repo

• Add missing types to the Cart body

Resolves #22

Login SSO

• Accept options in the useLogin hook to allow Login SSO

• Update Readme with a quick guide of using Login SSO

Resolves #11 and #13

Allow to get products of different categories

• Add a new key to useSearch: categoryIds

• Stringify categoryIds to use as a key in SWR

• Add a deprecation warning to categoryId

Resolves #9

Fix useAddItem types

• Set variantId as optional

Resolves #21

Theme

• Added improvements focusing on WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance. To learn how to develop a theme to meet the needs of all users, see Developing Themes for Accessibility.  

Developer Blog

• Building BigCommerce for Accessibility

• What’s New for Merchants in February

• What’s Trending in the Dev Community? 

API

• Moved Deprecations and Sunsets reference article to API Docs.

BigCommerce Payments

• Removed Chase Pay digital wallet from the BigCommerce platform.

Developer Blog

• What’s New for Merchants in January

• What’s Trending in the Dev Community?

• Provide a Differentiated Product Experience with the BigCommerce Custom Templates API

• What’s Trending in the Dev Community?

Theme

• Fixed cut off on Cart button when zooming up to 400%. #1988

• Category pages are creating alt attribute within the span tag. #1987

• Add alt attribute for no image placeholders. #1984

• For non-required options, when the "None" option displays on the storefront it should be deselected when another option is chosen. #1980

• Error message not announced automatically. #1983

• Fixed Discount Banner update on adding item to cart from PDP. #1974

• Make every product option group ID unique. #1979

• Fixed required checkbox message displaying. #1963

• Provided sufficient and informative text along with the color swatches. #1976

• If multiple Pick List Options are applied, customers cannot select "none" on both. #1975

• Moved phrase from compare.html to en.json for increasing localization. #1972

• Fixed focus for sort by dropdown on reloading page. #1964

• Fixed filtered selection not announced by screen reader. #1966

• Integrate accessibility scripts to product images slider on PDP. #1965

• Move focus on filter items modal after Show more button was clicked and accessibility refactoring. #1977

4.8.0

Fixed

• Addresses an issue with the Choices JS library breaking the term selection in the WP admin Product Selector UI.

• Fixed greyed out Embedded Checkout option in the settings even if site is SSL configured.

Stencil
Stencil CLI version 3.1 has split the .stencil file into secrets.stencil.json and config.stencil.json files. This change is backward compatible. .stencil will continue to exist on old themes and CLI versions.

Developer Blog

• Introducing More Facets Per Category with Contextual Filters

• Supercharge the BigCommerce Storefront Using Widgets

• What’s Trending in the Dev Community?

Theme

• Updated Cornerstone theme and respected variants to meet the verticals/industries documented in BCTHEME-387.
• Fixed selecting certain option types which pushes window view to the bottom of the page. #1959
• Fixed case when default option is out of stock add to cart button does not populate for in stock options. #1955
• Dots on carousel should have similar colors as other slider controls. #1958
• PDP - Fixed empty “Description” hiding all tabs when in tab view. #1947
• Added custom event for product price change on PDP page. #1948
• Fixed announcement of subscription message. #1952
• Error message on PLPs not announced by screen reader. #1956
• Add Play/Pause button to carousel. #1944
• Alt text not provided for ratings. #1949
• Fixed announcement for product on adding to cart. #1950
• Fixed non-text contrast on add to cart modal according to WCAG AA standard. #1946
• Fixed announcement of reCAPTCHA hidden content by screen reader. #1943
• Carousel buttons do not receive focus. #1937
• Empty cart message not read by screen reader. #1935
• No tooltips provided for carousel buttons. #1934
• Added announcement on shipping estimator errors. #1932
• Add main tag on pages like Homepage, Category, Product, etc. to define the dominant content. #1929
• Fixed unable to change product quantity several times on cart page using keyboard. #1927
• Cornerstone - loading of thumbnail image delayed on cart page. #1925
• Added narrow down pricing during option selections. #1924
• Cornerstone - image zoom does not work on Internet Explorer. #1923
• Fixed input placeholder color contrast according to AA standard. #1933
• Bump stencil utils to 6.8.0. #1945

4.7.0

Added

• Added a proxy server endpoint to add multiple products to the cart in a single request
• Added support for Gift Certificate themes drop-down

Fixed

• Fixed an error when printing a failed import time message in the Settings panel

API
It is now possible to programmatically configure your store’s Product Filtering feature, also known as faceted search, using the Search Filters endpoint of the Settings API . You can now use Contextual Filters to configure the enabled filters per channel or category.

To learn more about Contextual Filters, see Contextual Filters.

Developer Blog

• What’s Trending in the Dev Community
• What’s New for Merchants in December

4.6.0

Added

• Added time zone for import times in Settings > Product Sync.

Fixed

• Addressed an issue where missing template markup on custom template overrides caused a JS error on the page rendering the rest of the page unusable.
  Note: Where possible, please use all require markup outlined in the templates.

API

• Widgets API now supports GraphQL queries on widgets.

• Added Create Widgets Powered by GraphQL tutorial to Widgets API documentation.

• Added storefront_api_query property to Widget Template.