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Goodvibes Version 1.1.3

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New Features in Version 1.1.3

We have some new improvements to share! We have made a video talking about the key points here:  http://www.screencast.com/t/cfyfmwvq2v but further explain the details of this update in the words below.

Wish List Improvements

A common issue outstanding in various themes with Bigcommerce is the 'Add to Wishlist' feature. This feature in most themes is likely working, but not functioning 100%. To explain this we have to extrapolate our thoughts a bit and imagine what happens when your customers have multiple wish lists. If a customer wants to add a particular product to wishlist A, the need an interface in which to do so. 

By default Bigcommerce does have a Panel called "SideProductAddToWishList.html" which has this correct interface, however as the theme environments have changed over the years, most product pages don't have a side bar, and the Bigcommerce templates started to just see a static 'Add to wishlist' button.

We have solved this problem altogether by providing a modern and fully styled solution to this add-to-wishlist feature.

My Account Quick Links Added

In version 1.1 we released a pretty cool feature that will test against the user log in state and grab a securely exposed email address (run it through an md5 hash) then check to see if the user has an associated gravatar image. This gave the whole goodvibes theme a unique feel for the customers as they could see their first name and photo after they logged into the website.

Previously the pull down section for this was a simple 'sign out' button, but we have expanded on this even further to allow a full range of account menu items to show in this area. Check it out!

Various Updates & Bug Fixes

In addition to these new features we were able to solve some minor aesthetic issues for the site and have listed a general list of commit messages below for anyone who wants this information:

  • updates forgot password page to have breadcrumb in correct location
  • update styles.css to set max-width on "list view" products to undo previous responsive update made to category list
  • updates styles.css making product grid not cut off images (properly resize) them on ipad
  • update cd-scripts to not inject html for signout button on user logged in dropdown, extract that information to TopMenu Panel and show/hide with css
  • add new panel that holds account links for both side account menu and top menu account pulldown on login
  • adds margin bottom to top add to cart button in my cart preview pull down
  • add some in-template javascript to handle the show/hide of the add to wishlist button
  • add edit warning to styles.css

Upcoming Changes

These changes have been sent to Bigcommerce for official release so we should be seeing this version hit the stores in 4-5 days.

We are also currently working on tying in the style editor to the theme so Goodvibes users can modify different aspects of the theme design like colors, fonts, and a few other things.

Thank you to everyone and your patience with us as we progress this theme.

Enjoy Goodvibes!

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