Articles about Theme

  • Hooks in the Hummingbird theme

    Visual representation of the hooks in the Hummingbird theme

    Hummingbird is the new theme set to be introduced in PrestaShop 9. This theme represents a complete overhaul of the Classic theme, featuring a fresh design and new functionalities. The Product Design team at PrestaShop has developed a visual guide to the hooks available in this theme, aimed at simplifying customization for front-end developers who want to work with it.

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  • Hello 2022, meet our new Front office theme

    Here are some more details about it

    April 2024: Hummingbird situation In 2023, it was decided that Hummingbird should be implemented in PrestaShop 9. While we would love to see Hummingbird in PrestaShop 9, integrating it as a default theme comes at a price. It impacts the entire ecosystem, and we are currently evaluating the feasibility of this move. We will keep you updated on the progress.

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  • How to solve the search bar issue after upgrading to PrestaShop 1.7.8

    Everything you need to know to fix the issue

    We have recently been informed that many of you have encountered a display problem with the search bar in Front office, right after upgrading to PrestaShop 1.7.8. This problem also affected shops using the built-in “classic” theme.

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  • A journey to improve the Time To Interactive metric in Classic Theme

    When the lazy loading allow us to improve the LightHouse Score

    The project Core Web Vitals from Google has announced that loading time and performance will have an impact on the website ranking in search results. Google mentions lazy loading in their suggestions. Lazy loading will be available on Classic Theme in version 1.7.8 thanks to Progi1984 and it will definitely improve both user experience and loading time on your site!

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  • Update your store for GDPR

    Modules and PrestaShop core have been updated

    Almost all of our merchants have to comply with the law. That’s why we have released the GDPR official module by PrestaShop (1.6 and 1.7 live, 1.5 to be released very soon), helping merchants and contributors to comply with the law.

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  • Parent/Child theme feature in PrestaShop 1.7

    Luke, I am your father

    There is a feature introduced in PrestaShop 1.7.0 that we would like to dive back in: the child theme feature!

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  • How to translate your theme in PrestaShop 1.7

    Theme builders: this is for you!

    By now you’re probably aware that the 1.7 version comes with a new translation system and that the theme you are building can benefit from it. However, we didn’t give much details on how it works yet, so here is what you should know if you want to translate your theme for PrestaShop 1.7.

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  • Designing the new PrestaShop default theme

    How we rebuilt the front office to suit any merchant

    When merchants use PrestaShop for the first time, they’re offered a basic shop with demo products and a default theme. This basic theme is essential for the merchants to have a clear insight of what their new shop will look like. For the 1.7 version of the software, we’ve decided to revamp this default theme which we called “Classic”.

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