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Latest updates

API Update for July 12, 2023

API

Added the following BODL events:

  • View category page

  • View product page

  • Add item to cart

  • View Cart

  • Remove item from cart

  • Add shipping information

  • Add payment information

API

Cornerstone 6.12.0 for July 10, 2023

Theme

6.12.0

  • Sync package lock file. #2373

  • The stored payment method name is not visible in Cornerstone Bold theme style. #2371

  • (sanitize product.description) in the theme results to ‘error length of description’ from Google indexing for lengthy product description. #2363

  • Added style configs to payment buttons. #2361

  • Bump Stencil utils to 6.15.1. #2365

  • Writing a review on the product page shows a blank pop-up on the second click. #2368

  • Added ACH payment method section to My Account -> Payment Methods page. #2362

  • Removed data_tag_enabled check from everywhere. #2369

  • Fixed add product to cart on iPhone x (iPhone version 11). #2370

Cornerstone
Maintenance
Theme

API Updates and Announcements for July 6, 2023

API

  • Updated the node and npm versions required to use Widget Builder.

  • Added an article about getting started with Next.js + BigCommerce, the BigCommerce-optimized version of Vercel’s Next Commerce v2. Archived the v1 Quick Start.

Announcements

  • Node-sass

BigCommerce is preparing to deprecate our current SASS compiler, node-sass fork, in favor of the more modern node-sass, which will allow us to support the latest versions of Node (Node 18) in Stencil CLI.

BigCommerce is sunsetting the node-sass fork on 11/1/2023. Sunsetting this fork means your live storefront will run into styling issues after this date unless you address these issues.

To ensure your storefront is up to date, please do the following:

  • Using the latest version of stencil-cli, run the stencil bundle command to validate your theme’s code and note any errors in the console output.

    • stencil bundle

  • For most issues, we have supplied an option to run a script to update your files with the correct formatting. You can do this by running the following:

    • To see what changes will be made without actually changing/saving said changes, we have created a dry run option.

      • stencil -scss-autofix.js --dry

    • To make the changes and revalidate simply run the following:

      • stencil -scss-autofix.js

      • stencil bundle

    • You may wish to test your site after making these changes to ensure there are no visual regressions. You can simply run stencil start as usual to preview the site.

    • If everything looks good, you can run stencil push (or follow your normal theme deployment workflow) to push the changes live to your storefront.

  • App Extensions

BigCommerce is pleased to announce the release of a new feature for App developers called App Extensions.

This new feature helps BigCommerce App developers create more deeply embedded experiences by allowing an app's functionality to augment certain pages of the BigCommerce control panel, such as View Orders, View Products, and View Customers to allow apps that help with order management, catalog management, and customer management to integrate into a merchant's existing workflow.

Using this feature, you can link directly to your app’s functionality from the relevant pages of the BigCommerce control panel to streamline a user’s workflow and allow them to accomplish tasks using your app without switching contexts or performing duplicative steps.

Developer Blog

API
Announcement
Developer Blog

API Updates for June 29, 2023

API

API
GraphQL

API Update for June 22, 2023

API

API

API Updates for June 15, 2023

API

Stencil

Developer Blog

API
Stencil
Developer Blog

API Updates for June 8, 2023

API

WordPress

API
WordPress
GraphQL

API Updates for June 1, 2023

API

WordPress

Theme

  • Added limits to the banners object.

API
WordPress
Theme

Cornerstone 6.11.0 for May 25, 2023

6.11.0

  • Reverted fix for sold-out badge appearance. #2354

  • If the gift is a variant, the button "Change" shows in the cart, and other variants are visible. #2349

  • Removes URL encoding from the 'description' in the product-rich snippet schema. #2350

  • Running the Lighthouse npm script fails in the terminal. #2345

  • Removed accelerated checkout integration. #2341

  • Added CSS classes for ApplePay Button. #2344

  • Added styling config for the Bolt smart payment button. #2356

  • Remove default whitespace from multiline input. #2355

  • Refresh the page if there are no more items in the cart. #2360

Cornerstone

API Updates for May 25, 2023

API

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