Some simple improvements lead to big results. Could your website get even more updates? Okay, just because we released new versions for Magento 2 modules and themes, and that is the way to improve your store again.
On a mission to bring the best to your website functionality, we updated 26 extensions. We added the new module to the Argento Breeze template - the fastest theme for Magento 2. Read the post to learn about these and other enhancements for e-commerce sites.
Updates for the Argento Breeze theme
When we talk in figures, we'd like to remind you that the Argento theme is the 4th most popular on the Entire Internet in the Magento Theme category. And many users keep choosing it for their best mobile and desktop site versions. Since the Argento template became compatible with the Breeze module, both products keep bringing the best of the fastest frontend for Magento 2 stores.
Our clients highly value the Argento Breeze theme - both Force and Stripes designs. These lightweight Magento templates with only 1.6 seconds of load time truly help to engage an audience and drive sales.
In July 2023 we updated the 2.1 theme version with the next improvements:
- Magento 2.4.6 and PHP 8.2 compatibility in all modules.
- ChatGPT Assistant module added
- Tabs are no longer transformed into accordions on mobile devices by default to meet accessibility requirements.
- Accessibility fixes in EasyTabs and NavigationPro modules.
- Performance improvements in SeoSuite and SoldTogether modules.
- Added ability to set active_from and active_to properties for each of EasySlider slides.
- Pagebuilder added to backend description and short description fields of AttributePages module.
- Added ability to sort NavigationPro menu items in alphabetical order.
- Minor fixes and improvements in all bundled modules.
Updates for Breeze front
In the previous paragraph, we mentioned the Breeze product. Our high-performance frontend for Magento 2 keeps serving a faster experience for visitors on numerous websites around the world.
The latest versions of the Breeze module (2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.4) as well as Breeze Blank(2.5.3, 2.5.5) and Evolution(2.1.4) themes were updated with the next improvements and fixes:
- Added ability to drag slider with the mouse.
- Removed: hover styles from buttons on touch devices to prevent a stuck “active” state when clicking the button.
- Added ability to store objects using $(element).data function.
- Added ability to change turbo status programmatically using PHP plugin.
- breeze:config:dump command added. This command is useful when using pipeline deployment without DB access.
- Added focus state style for input fields in BreezeEvolution theme.
- Added missing $.fn.uniqueId and $.fn.removeUniqueId methods.
- Fixed not visible global loading indicator when the modal or slide panel is opened.
- Fixed the “Cannot apply bindings” error when scripts moved to the bottom.
- Fixed possible incorrect products price when using Wageworx_AdvancedProductOptions.
- Fixed not working Google Analytics when using google/gtag/analytics4/active option.
- Fixed email validation logic when the email is not required.
- Fixed not working gallery in Ajax popup when customer pages are excluded from Breeze.
- Fixed js error when authenticationPopup or checkoutConfig options are not available on the page.
- Fixed double reload at the shopping cart page after the discount code.
Updates for Magento 2 modules
- Ability to enable autocomplete in backend forms. Customer Address and Order Address forms are supported.
- Breeze fixes for slideouts and simple menus.
Highlight 1.8.9, 1.8.10, Easy banner 1.9.9, 1.9.10, Easy slide 1.8.1, Delivery date 1.7.8, 1.7.9, Geoip 1.5.7, Address fields manager 1.6.15, Checkout success 2.0.7 extensions were updated with stability improvements.
- JS improvements for Breeze-powered storefronts to reduce the number of initially loaded assets.
- Fixed dynamic property creation error in PHP 8.2.
- Improved Breeze integration.
Code improvement for all included modules.
swissup/module-hreflang — 1.6.1 (was 1.5.8)
- NEW: set hreflang link for Catalog Category in Magento Admin. It can be useful when have multiple stores at your Magento instance and you need to link categories.
- NEW: import and export hreflang links for CMS Pages and Catalog Categories.
swissup/module-rich-snippets — 1.6.3 (was 1.6.1)
- Fix exception “Product that you are trying to add is not available”. This occurs when a product is not for sale and the module tries to build shipping details for it.
- Improve (and fix) shipping details calculation.
swissup/module-seo-pager — 1.3.3 (was 1.3.0)
- Fix not updated title of paginated content when page cache is enabled.
- Fixed not working “Relevance” sorting option on the search results page.
swissup/module-seo-URLs — 1.5.43 (was 1.5.41)
- Fixed error - category not found at attribute page filtered by category.
- NEW! FAQ data snippet widget added.
- Cache shipping details snippet data to avoid too many shipping requests to online carriers.
- Source code quality improvements.
- Breeze integration fixes.
Ask it 1.13.0
- Support of Google ReCaptcha v3 for question and answer forms at the storefront.
- Fix some minor errors.
- Added createVote graphql mutation (like, dislike)
- Added ‘provide the graphQL can return the product (item) data’.
- Fixed not-working slides_to_show widget config
- PHP Stan code fixes
GDPR 1.5.18 and Order attachments 1.4.27 modules were updated with stability improvements and Breeze integration fixes.
- NEW condition for manual labels - final price. But it has one downside. The final price condition requires a lot of calculations. So labels with this condition take much more time to apply.
- Source code tweaks and improvements.
- Added ability to cache block results. This option is useful when the block is rendered inside the navigation dropdown (Same EasyCatalogImg content on all pages).
- Reduced count of generated responsive images from 6 to 3.
- Improved checkbox field validation.
- Prevent redirect to shipping step when validation is failed.
- Stability improvements.
- Do not add PDF attachments to emails when entityId is missing.
- Fixed access to undefined constant.
- Added module-media-gallery-renditions integration (close #53).
- Added RJS configuration level
Page builder 1.5.5 version got PHP 8.2 compatibility.
Ajax Layered Navigation 1.14.12, 1.14.14, and Attributes pages 1.6.2, 1.6.3 module versions got minor bug fixes.
Conclusion
The July monthly report aimed to help you monitor the performance of the e-commerce website. In fact, you got tools from SwissupLabs: new modules, features, and enhancements. Time to use them to create a great customer experience in your store.
We are ready to repeat - simple improvements lead to big results. The July updates for Breeze products and 26 Magento 2 modules bring the best for your business. Are you ready to reap the benefits?
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