Required stencil-cli version is now 2.0.0

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As of August 11, 2020, the required stencil-CLI version for local development is now 2.0.0. To update to the latest version of stencil-cli, simply run npm install -g @bigcommerce/stencil-cli. We recommend using the latest Node 10.x...
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Per-Device Image Resizing based on user agent has been disabled; use srcset

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As of August 11, 2020, the BigCommerce CDN will no longer downscale the resolution of images when it detects that an end user is shopping from a mobile device with a small screen. In order to make sure that file size & quality is...
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Control Panel URL change now live

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The URL used in all store Control Panels will now reflect the store's Permanent Address (i.e. store-abc123.mybigcommerce.com). Previously, if a store had an SSL certificate installed, the store URL (i.e. my-store.com) and the Control...
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Cart Suggestions removed from Stencil context Cart model

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As of June 16, the ability to request a list of suggested products relevant to the user's current shopping cart has been removed. If this information is requested using Front Matter or a stencil-utils call, it will not be returned. This...
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Extend the BigCommerce Page Builder with custom Widgets!

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Beginning April 8, BigCommerce stores will have improved content management capabilities in the new Page Builder feature. This new capability is being slowly rolled out, starting with new BigCommerce stores. BigCommerce provides several...
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Chrome's SameSite changes have been temporarily reverted by Google

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In a previous changelog entry, we warned you about changes to Chrome's handling of cookies via the new SameSite attribute, which affects the behavior of cookies in iframes, and thus affects the loading of BigCommerce apps. Google has...
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GraphQL Storefront API Updates - April 3, 2020

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Bugs Fixed An issue where product description and relatedProducts would sometimes return null when the product was looked up via a route has been fixed. New Features The GraphQL Storefront API now supports running requests in the...
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New control_panel_base_url property on Store Information API

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A new controlpanelbase_url property has been added to the Store Information API. This will always return the appropriate URL for the store's control panel, so you should use it for any instance where you need to link back to the control...
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Stencil-CLI 2.0.0 Release

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The local Theme Editor has been removed, as it is no longer representative of the production experience. To test theme settings, we recommend pushing your theme up to a store and using the real editor. Add-to-cart issues when developing...
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