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Removing support for Node 6 in stencil-cli
by BigCommerce
Due to Node 6's End of Life, we've removed support for it in stencil-cli from version 1.16.0 and we'll be working on phasing it out of other Stencil-related projects. As of this writing, the only supported version of Node for use with...1559225700001
Change to image resizing behavior
by BigCommerce
Starting May 30, images requested via the {{getImage}} helper will always be returned at the requested size, even if the original image has lower pixel dimensions than the requested size - it will be upsized in this case. We recommend...1559086980001
Change to Google Fonts to improve performance
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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...1558116000001
API and Theme Documentation Updates
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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...1556563680001
Smart Buttons now available for PayPal Express Checkout
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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...1553277600001
Store Design & V3 Customers API
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Announcement Sunset Theme Editor & Store Design Release The Stencil Theme Editor tool has sunset and has been replaced by the new default tool called Store Design.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...1550847600001
Optimized One Page Checkout Moving to React
by BigCommerce
In March 2019, BigCommerce will be making changes to Optimized One Page Checkout. To improve rendering and loading performance, we will be updating the underlying JavaScript framework from Angular to React. This update will lay the...1548435720001
Handling Customer Sign Out from Checkout
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Note: This only applies if you have Persistent Cart enabled and are using a custom checkout built with the Checkout JS SDK. Persistent cart is now in the process of rolling out to BigCommerce stores. With this new feature, when a...1547245620001
Recent Cornerstone Breaking Changes
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Due to a breaking change made in the release of Cornerstone 3.0, you can no longer load Cart resource on non-cart pages in the Cornerstone theme PR #1401. While the theme itself doesn't depend on this resource on non-cart pages, this...