Product Updates and New Releases - March 2021

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Product Updates and New Releases - March 2021

1. Pearl Theme for Magento 2 

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

New Features:

  • Product Page - Added a Show More/Less functionality for tabs on the Product Page when being displayed in List Mode.
  • Layered Navigation - Added a new Horizontal Design version whereby you can now add borders and change the border-radius, button colors and hover colors for filters in the Horizontal Design.
  • Owl Carousel - Added an integration with our Product Labels module which now allows for displaying Product Labels on Product Carousels, both via widgets and Related/Up-Sell Carousels on Product Pages.
  • Product Labels - Added an integration with our Owl Carousel module which now allows for displaying Product Labels on Product Carousels, both via widgets and Related/Up-Sell Carousels on Product Pages.
  • Rich Snippets - Added Rich Snippets functionality for CMS Pages.

Fixes, Improvements, Compatibility adjustments:

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Design Elements - Made optimizations to various aspects of the Design Elements module which improve overall LCP scores (Largest Contentful Paint) for Core Web Vitals.
  • Custom Header - Made optimizations to various aspects of all 4 Header versions to improve overall CLS scores (Cumulative Layout Shift) for Core Web Vitals.
  • Custom Header - Fixed a design issue related to the transition between the Normal Header and Sticky Header.
  • Custom Header - Adjusted Global Promo Message for better use of space on mobile devices.
  • Custom Header - Fixed various CSS design issues related to the Header V4 and Header V2.
  • Custom Header - Minor CSS adjustments for menu text shadow on hover.
  • Category Page - Fixed an alignment issue on Category Pages related to the Wishlist and Compare buttons when displayed next to each other.
  • Category Page - Fixed an image alignment issue that appeared when using the 1 column layout for the Category Page.
  • Product Page - Fixed a bug that prevented adding Single Product elements to other page types.
  • Advanced Category Sorting - Made small optimizations to logic that determines Product Collection type.
  • Ajax Search Autocomplete - Fixed an issue that prevented the module from correctly creating a dependency on code Backend extension.
  • Email Template Editor - Fixed a bug that prevented color options configured in the Magento Admin from applying to certain H1 and H3 titles in Email Templates.
  • Email Template Editor - Fixed a code typo that prevented the Preview Mode from working correctly on WeltPixel Email Templates.
  • Google Tag Manager - Added compatibility adjustments with a new Product Labels extension functionality.
  • Google Tag Manager - Added new Magento Admin comments for clarity related to JSON Import option.
  • Google XML Sitemap - Fixed a popup display issue that occurred when deleting a record from the Magento Admin.
  • Layered Navigation - Fixed an issue related to the Horizontal Design mode that caused pages to duplicate on Category Pages.
  • Mega Menu - Added various improvements to the Mega Menu and Header section to decrease the CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) Core Web Vital, thus increasing performance.
  • Mega Menu - Fixed an issue which prevented Font Size values configured in the Design Options section from applying correctly.
  • Mega Menu - Fixed a hover issue that affected the last element from the Mega Menu.
  • Multi-Store - Fixed an issue which sometimes prevented store-views from showing in the menu on mobile.
  • Owl Carousel - Added additional verifications to prevent errors when certain product attributes were missing from the Magento instance.
  • Owl Carousel - Fixed a bug that prevented scrolling on mobile when touching a Product Carousel or Banner Slider.
  • Owl Carousel - Fixed a small misalignment of the old price discounted price in Product Carousels.
  • Owl Carousel - Added minor CSS adjutsments to the Next/Prev arrows functionality.
  • Owl Carousel - Fixed a minor height calculation issue for Banner Sliders.
  • Owl Carousel - Removed an unused library for improved performance.
  • Product Labels - Fixed an issue which prevented proper functionality with the Stock Condition. Product Labels would not disappear from the frontend when a product went out of stock.
  • Product Labels - Fixed a bug that prevented images from being uploaded via the Product Labels Magento Admin configuration.
  • Product Labels - Fixed a popup display issue that occurred when deleting a record from the Magento Admin.
  • Quick Cart - Fixed a bug (Magento 2.4.2 only) that prevented the "Open Quick Cart after item is added" functionality from working, as well as editing the Qty via the Quick Cart.
  • Quick Cart - Made various optimizations to increase ADA accessibility.
  • Rich Snippets - Fixed a bug that prevented images from being uploaded via the Product Labels Magento Admin configuration.
  • User Profile - Added a new Magento Admin comment for the inline User Profile edit functionality.

Useful article: How to upgrade Pearl Theme to latest version - step by step guide

 

2. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) With GTM Support for Magento 2

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021 

  • Added compatibility adjustments with a new Product Labels extension functionality. Requires the WeltPixel Product Labels extension.
  • Added small Magento Admin label adjustments.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

  

3. OWL Carousel and Slider (new features exclusive to PRO version) 

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • New feature: Added an integration with our Product Labels module which now allows for displaying Product Labels on Product Carousels, both via widgets and Related/Up-Sell Carousels on Product Pages. Requires the WeltPixel Product Labels extension.
  • Added additional verifications to prevent errors when certain product attributes were missing from the Magento instance.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented scrolling on mobile when touching a Product Carousel or Banner Slider.
  • Fixed a small misalignment of the old price discounted price in Product Carousels.
  • Added minor CSS adjutsments to the Next/Prev arrows functionality.
  • Fixed a minor height calculation issue for Banner Sliders.
  • Removed an unused library for improved performance.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

4. Google Analytics Enhanced Ecommerce UA GTM Tracking

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Added compatibility adjustments with a new Product Labels extension functionality. Requires the WeltPixel Product Labels extension.
  • Added new Magento Admin comments for clarity related to JSON Import option.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

5. Quick View & Ajax Cart (both free and PRO version) 

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

6. Rich Snippets schema.org (both free and PRO version)

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • New Feature: Added Rich Snippets functionality for CMS Pages.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented images from being uploaded via the Product Labels Magento Admin configuration.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

7. Mega Menu

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Added various improvements to the Mega Menu and Header section to decrease the CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) Core Web Vital, thus increasing performance.
  • Fixed an issue which prevented Font Size values configured in the Design Options section from applying correctly.
  • Fixed a hover issue that affected the last element from the Mega Menu.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

8. Full Page Scroll

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

9. Instagram Widget Advanced

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 8, 2021

  • New Feature: Added the possibility of displaying the image caption when hovering over the Instagram Feed.
  • Fixed a CORS error that prevented the Instagram Feed from loading onto the page.

 

10. Lazy Loading Enhanced

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

11. CMS Product Reviews Widget

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

12. Smart Product Tabs

What’s new in v.1.10.5 - March 5, 2021

  • New Feature: Added a whole new Smart Product Tab creation method whereby Smart Product Tabs can be very easily created and assigned to Product Pages based on Magento Conditions.
  • New Feature: Added addtional options for customizing default Magento Product Page Tabs.
  • Deprecated old method of creating Product Tabs which was based on Dropdown Attributes.

 

13. SEO Page Title Overwrite

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

14. Maxmind Fraud Prevention

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • New Feature: Added options for including/excluding Device Tracking from specific page types. This granularity ensures the tracking script only initializes where it needs to and avoids performance issues.
  • New Feature: Added options for including/excluding MaxMind scoring for specific Payment Methods. This ensures MaxMind credits are only used for required Payment Methods and saves costs.
  • New Feature: Added the possibility of enabling/disabling Device Tracking from the Magento Admin options.
  • Removed time zone from device tracking data. This prevented the device tracking from functioning in certain cases.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

15. CMS Block Scheduler

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

16. Enhanced Quick Cart

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Fixed a bug (Magento 2.4.2 only) that prevented the "Open Quick Cart after item is added" functionality from working, as well as editing the Qty via the Quick Cart.
  • Made various optimizations to increase ADA accesibility.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

17. Google XML Sitemap

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Fixed a popup display issue that occurred when deleting a record from the Magento Admin.
  • Added compatibility for latest versions of MySql and MariaDB.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

18. Enhanced Multi-Store Multi-Brand

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Fixed an issue which sometimes prevented store-views from showing in the menu on mobile.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

19. Custom Thank You Page

What’s hot in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

20. Ajax Catalog and Infinite Scroll

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

21. Ajax Search Autocomplete

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the module from correctly creating a dependency on code Backend extension.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

22. Email Template Editor with Gmail Markup Support.

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Fixed a bug that prevented color options configured in the Magento Admin from applying to certain H1 and H3 titles in Email Templates.
  • Fixed a code typo that prevented the Preview Mode from working correctly on WeltPixel Email Templates.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

23. Layered Navigation

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • New Feature: Added a new Horizontal Design version whereby you can now add borders and change the border radius, button colors and hover colors for filters in the Horizontal Design.
  • Fixed an issue related to the Horizontal Design mode that caused pages to duplicate on Category Pages.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

24. Enhanced Newsletter Popup - FREE

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

25. Advance Category Sorting

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Made small optimizations to logic that determines Product Collection type.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

26. Product Labels - New, Sale, Discount

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • New feature: Added an integration with our Owl Carousel module which now allows for displaying Product Labels on Product Carousels, both via widgets and Related/Up-Sell Carousels on Product Pages. Requires the WeltPixel Owl Carousel and Banner Slider extension.
  • Fixed an issue which prevented proper functionality with the Stock Condition. Product Labels would not disappear from the frontend when a product went out of stock.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented images from being uploaded via the Product Labels Magento Admin configuration.
  • Fixed a popup display issue that occurred when deleting a record from the Magento Admin.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

27. Recently Viewed Products Bar

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

28. Social Login

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

29. Advanced Wishlist and Share

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

30. User Profile

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Added a new Magento Admin comment for the inline User Profile edit functionality.
  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

 

31. Speed Optmization

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

  • Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
  • Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

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