Dev Center Updates

Change to Google Fonts to improve performance

by BigCommerce
Starting May 29, the {{getFontsCollection}} Handlebars helper in Stencil themes will use Google Fonts' newly released support for font-display. The default behavior of this helper has been changed to return a Google Fonts URL with...
Stencil
Enhancement

API and Theme Documentation Updates

by BigCommerce
API Updated Price Lists API to show that doing more than one bulk update at a time will return a 429 error. Order quantity maximum and minimum allowed return a 409 error instead of a 500 error. Updated list of available APIs was updated...
API
Stencil

New Shipping Provider API Sample App

by BigCommerce
API A new sample add was added to the Shipping Provider API. Use it as a base to offer custom shipping to merchants. Sample Shipping Provider PHP & Silex Developer Blog Learn all the ways you can customize a BigCommerce checkout. The...
API
Developer Blog

Smart Buttons now available for PayPal Express Checkout

by BigCommerce
Smart Buttons are now available on store checkouts using PayPal Express Checkout (as well as PayPal powered by Braintree). Smart Buttons can also be made customizable via the Store Design tool with some modification to your theme's...
Enhancement
Stencil

New Payments API

by BigCommerce
New The Payments API will allow developers to accept payments for orders using either a credit card or a stored card. With the addition of Payments, merchants can now fully customize the entire shopper experience by using the server to...
API
Announcement
Enhancement

New Shipping Provider API

by BigCommerce
The Shipping Provider API opens the possibility to create custom shipping apps. The application can be for a single store or submitted to our app marketplace. Use it to sync orders, create a combination of shipping such as in store and...
API
Announcement

Store Design & V3 Customers API

by BigCommerce
Announcement Sunset Theme Editor & Store Design Release The Stencil Theme Editor tool has sunset and has been replaced by the new default tool called Store Design. For more information on the new Store Design tool and experience, see...
Announcement
API
Cornerstone
Stencil

Wishlist API is Now Available

by BigCommerce
Announcement As of March 20th 2019 the Wishlist API is now available. The Wishlist API allows developers to create and edit customer wishlists on the store. Use wishlists to send targeted email campaigns to users, create wishlists based...
API
Announcement
Enhancement

Widgets API is Now Available

by BigCommerce
Announcement As of March 11, 2019 the Widgets API is available. Use Widgets to create custom, reusable content blocks without needed the heavy lifting of changing the template files and css. See our BigCommerce Developer Blog post on...
API
Announcement
Enhancement