Theme fonts updated to avoid deprecated styles

Theme file structure updated to support Shopify’s new requirements

Blog post tags now link correctly

Local pickup now appears for products with untracked inventory

Rounded corner support

Product upload option in the offers drawer

More built-in icon options

Redesigned blog layout with filtering and article highlighting

Improved offers and local pickup drawers

Content width setting added to media with text overlay sections

Support for Shopify’s new opacity slider

Minor bug and performance fixes

Updated fonts in theme styles to avoid deprecation issues

Search redesigned into a dropdown

Minor bug fixes

Subtle animations for load-ins, images, and grids

Offers drawer for showcasing discounts in the header

Content width setting for multiple sections

Improved settings layout for a more consistent experience

Layout fix for text adverts section

Gallery slideshow usability improvements

Mega menu usability improvements

Quickview size fix

Minor bug fixes

Vertical grid spacing settings

Quick view drawer redesigned as a modal

Accessibility updates

Speed optimizations

General layout and bug fixes

Fix for single-image products not displaying on mobile when set to thumbnail display

Fix for overlay header logo display in certain configurations

jQuery

Vue from video handling

Improved alt tag handling

General performance enhancements

Minor bug fixes

Media gallery in the product template now supports a 2-column grid view and pagination, with enhanced mobile controls.

Search results are now displayed in a grid format for easier navigation.

Cart page and drawer: Recommended product support

Cart drawer: redesign

Quick view: Fix for doubled borders on collapsable tabs

Fix for gift wrap support

Personalization fields in the product form (checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns, file uploads, and text inputs)

Option to open product description block by default

Gallery section with desktop and mobile slideshow settings

Login with Shop support

Swatches now support category metafields and variant images

Button color settings are more flexible with global overrides

Redesigned Gift card template with animations

Updated to support Shopify's accelerated checkout buttons

Fixed map overlap issue

Performance optimizations

Max-width added for custom icons

Fixed alignment in info columns

Add to cart button styling fixed

Fixed footer heading font size

Preorder support

Personalization fields in the product form

Navigation banner on all templates

New 'Image with text slideshow' section

Enhanced Product description section

Additional block options to the Product form

Bottom alignment on Quick add buttons

Small gallery improvements

Flexibility improvements on Info columns, Collection header, Video, and HTML/Liquid sections

Fixed broken help document links

Fixed misaligned slider arrows on Info column section

Improved keyboard navigation for filter and sort menu

Blog article image size fix

Additional smaller bug fixes and improvements

Map: Text alignment options and box placement

Info columns: Circle image shape setting

Buttons: Choice of 3 styling options for all sections

Visual navigation banner: New color scheme and Text color overrides

Countdown timer: Height settings

[Combined listing](https://www.shopify.com/uk/enterprise/blog/combined-listings) support for Plus merchants

Swatch and image support in collection filters via the [Search and Discovery app](https://apps.shopify.com/search-and-discovery)

Visual navigation banner: Move 'Link' field to bottom of settings

Visual navigation banner: Sizing for images and small spacing change

No items removed in this update.

Video hero: Incorrect text placement fixed

Footer: Header sizes adjusted

Image with text: Padding issue resolved

Featured collection: Hover image fix

Scrolling banner: 'Restaurant' icon now displays correctly

Media with text overlay sections: Onboarding tweaks

Image with text: Onboarding improvement

Refined Architecture: Capital 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.

Fixed an issue that caused some section previews to display incorrectly.

Gift card recipient name and message support

Optional 'Follow on Shop' footer button that allows customers to follow your store in the Shop App

Fixed a bug affecting MP4 video playback on mobile devices

Fixed a bug affecting backward navigation in Safari web browser

Improved display for product images added from URLs

Shopify search query suggestions

Shopify section grouping

Fix Vimeo video loading when there are multiple video sections on one page

Added Shopify Focal Points support

Added the 'complementary products' block to the product template to support user-defined product recommendations via the 'Search & Discovery' app

Updated the presets so the theme reflects the latest demo store updates

Added support for the new theme inspector on all sections/blocks

Added mobile image selector to the Slideshow section along with "Fullscreen", "Banner" or "True to size" image size options

We've added support for boolean metafields (true or false) so that they can be used to filter collections and search results on the online store.

Also, we've fixed the logo display on mobile view, so that it is always visible whether overlay-logo is enabled or not.

We've reintroduced the Language selector and adjusted it to support the Country/region setting from Markets

"Currency" selector has been changed to a "Country/Region" selector to support Shopify Markets

"Language" selector has been removed, to use the region based settings from Markets

Update the cart drawer when adding a product from the cross-sell block on the product template

Added new Quick add (Upsell/Cross sell block) block in Product form.

Added new Accordion with image section.

Added new Info columns section.

Added new Visual navigation banner section.

Added new Navigation banner section.

Added new Accordion section.

Added new Image with offers block in Product form.

Added new Text with icons block in Product form.

Added new Article text slide show section.

Added new Product testimonials section.

Products sorted by "new to old" and "Best selling" display correct badges.

Support for Vimeo videos added to product media.

Fixed Product media slider/zoom icons so that they don't overlap video controls.

Links hover style consistent across templates and sections.

Removed incorrect stock message on cart drawer when automatic discount is enabled and item quantities are changed.

Fixed Local pickup info so that it updates when thumbnail changes variant.

Fixed default functionality on alternative templates for Product, Collection, Blog and Blog post.

Image with text section: fixed image alignment.

Fixed cart count when quantities are changed from cart drawer.

Footer menu alignment improvements on mobile.

Product recommendations heading is editable.

Recently viewed number of products consistent with Recommended products.

Dynamic sections can be displayed at top of page on Collection pages.

Removed duplicate Collection title on mobile Collection image.

Added option to hide page title on Page and Contact page templates.

Fixed Sort/filter on Safari pre v14.

Fixed Scrolling text animation.

Requirement: Product rating block added.

Requirement: Custom Liquid section added.

Requirement: Apps section added.

Collection grid layout improved on Safari.

Collection page - "filter/sort" button removed from mobile view when filtering and sorting are disabled.

Collection page - sections stack order improved so that sidebar content will always sit above the grid on mobile view, regardless of its desktop position.

Collection page - custom sidebar was integrated into the filtering sidebar. Standalone Collection header section was removed as it became redundant.

Update to remove some unused javascript in the compiled theme

Collection title removed from collection image on mobile (collection page)

Spacing changes in navigation list section, features section and image with text overlay section and collection filtering

Option to hide page titles on page and contact page templates

Increase number of recently viewed products displayed

Improve display of scrolling text in scrolling text section

Dynamic sections available on all pages (excluding gift card, checkout and customer pages)

Product form restructured to support blocks and app blocks

Product image gallery and product form split into two sections

Collection page restructured into header, grid and sidebar sections, with support for blocks

Faceted search filtering section added to collection page

Cart page restructured to support blocks and app blocks

Header search input and submenu navigation links navigable via keyboard

Touch targets increased to a minimum of 44 x 44px

Alt tag added to secondary product images

Visible focus states on inputs when navigating via keyboard

Fallback mobile menu when no Javascript

Blockquote styling on blog post pages made consistent with wider theme

Shop name added to gift card template

Settings labels terminology improvements

Presets update

Enhancement - 'Show low stock indicator' setting was relabelled.

Bug - Blog post placeholders reflect the value selected in the 'Posts to show' setting.

Bug - Animated banners display the correct text in French.

Enhancement - Removed redundant link setting on Announcement bar.

Enhancement - Spacing below success message on contact form increased.

Bug - Removing deprecated shop.taxes_included tag.

Enhancement - Improved placeholder and transition on product page/section image loading.

Enhancement - Better spacing when no reviews present on product page.

Bug - Fix JS error occasionally preventing cart drawer opening.

Enhancement: Allow the collection image to display as a banner at the top of the page

Bug Fix: The "default title" text was removed from the store pickup modal

Bug Fix: The text size setting did not work for the navigation list section

Bug Fix: Could not change the heading for the footer newsletter block

Enhancement: Visual fixes applied to the mobile filter and sort drop-downs

Bug Fix: The 'view all' button was broken on the featured collection section

Enhancement: Changed the color of the placeholder SVG in the Shop the look section

Enhancement: Contact form success and error messages styling

Bug: Prevent search icon from overlapping search text when set to 'minimal'

Bug: Overlay opacity not responding to setting in promotional grid and features sections

Enhancement: Header overlay improvements, including support for image with text overlay section and auto updating when reordering sections

Enhancement: Add badge text color setting.

Rebrand to 'Eight'

Shop Pay Installments support

Presets updates

Improve button spacing and hover animations

Vertically center text within the announcement bar

Remove redundant explanatory text for overlay header setting

Reduce number of products in Recently Viewed section

Remove white space beneath slideshow when slides have different aspect ratios

Improve product page variant selection behaviour

Header design improvements on desktop, including search bar, icons and navigation link hover effect

Button letter spacing setting

Improve load in animations

Enhance design of collection sliders

Support for unlisted Vimeo videos

Separate settings for button color and link color

Animate collection list items on hover

Newsletter pop up

Support for special characters in collection tag filtering

Resize subscribe button in footer

Boxed style search design improvements

Fix page shift when viewing gallery image on product page

ReCaptcha icon replaced with text disclaimer

Ensure featured product thumbnail selection updates main media image

Announcement bar spacing and size settings

Option to enable or disable local pickup

Optimize font sizing on mobile devices

Enable predictive search on mobile devices

Add cart drawer

Improve design and UX of collection list page

Option to display second product image on hover in the product grid

Optimize spacing between elements on all non-homepage pages

Align scrolling text banner with bottom of product image

Display full screen slideshow on mobile devices

Improve layout and UX of collection page

Add custom.css file

Correct font color of first variant swatch if out of stock

Display product details correctly on hover when scrolling banner is present on product image in featured collection section

Center main nav more precisely

Set maximum width of text in rich text section and image with text section

Increase maximum width of all pages/sections

Add animation when loading in image or video

Ensure menu links display correctly for large logo sizes

Store pickup icons color update

Enable display of vendor name on product grid items

Add custom HTML homepage section

Various improvements to search functionality and display

Improve design of image with text section

Improve fade in animations on homepage

Remove empty box when typing in predictive search

Enhance typography settings

Include pop up link to cart page when adding items via the featured product section

Improve design of slider arrows

Improve layout of collection list page

Optimize grid item heading size in featured collection section

Shop the look section

Improve design of features section

Allow map to display in theme editor before saving

Optimize spacing between homepage sections

Support for subscriptions

Support for multiple sliders on the homepage

Add plus and minus buttons on quantity selector

Add image carousel to the product page

Improve hover effect on product grid items to show variant options

Featured Collection section layout improvements, and 'show additional info on hover' setting enabled

Add Image With Text Overlay section

Slideshow placeholder image improvements and text alignment option added

Add option to remove spacing in Features section

Add Rich Text section

Enable mobile search and improve layout of search results

Lock scrolling when mobile menu is open

Fix for when mega menu sub item on mobile

Improved code with automated testing: Themechecker, Eslint, Stylelint.

Sofia demo store update

Page speed improvements: Add preload attribute for the CSS, fonts and JS

Page speed improvements: Add font-display: swap to render text as quickly as possible

Page speed improvements: Load CSS specific to the page

Predictive search

Tidied display of video with text overlay section when no text is added

Redundant links removed from password page

Option to show shipping and tax information on product page

Show placeholders when empty collection selected in the Featured Collection section

Surface pickup/Stock location added

French translation updated for 'added to cart' message

Improved slider functionality on mobile

Set maximum slideshow limit to 5

Updated Footer contact section to be more customizable

Make Mega menu integrate with Shopify nested menus

Improve font alignment and letter spacing on scroll text section on Homepage

Swatch alignment optimized on Collection page filter

Recently viewed added to Cart page

Added an option to choose specific blog posts for Featured blog section on Homepage

Update default preset to Berlin

Remove spacing from around newsletter and scrolling text section on homepage

New irregular layout (collage) feature for product grid

Tidy up filter functionality

Move mobile footer out of header menu

New slider design for horizontal scrolling sections

New: Scrolling text section

Header color improvements

New: Chunky nav list section

Custom badges feature

Mobile filter and sort redesign

Improve variant option design on product page

New option to animate product badges

Custom cursor for product page gallery

Add Shopify Product Reviews support

Improve swatches functionality

Horizontal scroll for larger menus

Language and currency drop-down color update

Swatch fix to ensure sold out options cant be selected

Video button width update to match theme

Improve featured collection slideshow load in

Hide default swatch when no variants available

Loading animation for zoom functionality on product images

Update search button alignment

Remove heading setting for Recently Viewed section

New section: Video Hero

Improve Collection filtering UX

Remove 'Wide display' setting for Newsletter section

Remove Google+ from social media options

Add Tiktok to social media options

Show collection list section title even when no collection is added

Remove Lookbook page template

Removal of 'Use default theme colors' across the theme

New 'Full height' option for Slideshow

Add multi-language and currency support

Make unit pricing available to all countries

Improve tag filtering functionality

Add unit pricing support for German and French stores

Improve spacing on homepage product tiles

Improve slideshow design

Improve Map UX and design

Mega Menu transition improvements

Improve Blog section design

Added support for product media: 3D models and video

Removed the Instagram Section from theme as per Shopify requirements

Expand functionality and options for 'Featured collections' section

Translated into English, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese

Added in Routes property

Product page image right aligned in Berlin demo

Match onboarding font size with user specified size

Spacing improvement between 'sold out' button

Mega menu full width when header is full bleed

Footer content fills space when less than 4 columns

Editable titles in footer blocks

Allow 'Image with text overlay' text to display even if no header is present

Ensure featured product image shows on load

Link product images in grid (collection page etc) to product page

Logo and navigation to use 'header' font not 'body' font

Products per row setting reflected when no sidebar enabled

Option to add or remove titles on homepage sections

Enable variant switching when clicking product thumbnails

Featured collections enhanced functionality - info on hover or below, view more button, number of items per row, number of rows

Onboarding wording improvements

Switched background images to standard images

Ensured 'Map address and hours' always show

Added a message to guide the user on how to upload a map

Allow filtering to work with uppercase tags

Add an option to show Collection description on the collection page

Improved "Added to cart" alert position so always visible

Button text alignment improvement

Fix header onboarding configuration and duplicate color reference

Title option for all homepage sections

Options to choose badge colors (Sale, New, Sold out, Low stock, Best selling)

Highlight chosen variants on product page

Improved onboarding layout

Show search form on search page

Improved text alignment on logo text

Feature product slider text updated to follow typography settings

Feature product header updated to H2

Removed footer theme reference

Changed default preset to Sofia

Removed duplicate price on Product page

Onboarding improvements - Sample text and images used to improve UX

Slideshow improvements - Added optional overlay

Dropdown improvements - Added more spacing, and typography option to change font size

Header improvements - Option to have logo on left

Announcement Bar - Moved outside of header to make it easier to find

Typography improvements - Formerly no option to change header alignment, added in with option to change case

Changed presets based on new demo stores

Product page improvements - Option to have images on left/right, and buy now above/below product description

Home page animations and page fades - Slight anims to soften the homepage design