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Vero Theme Release Notes

This page tracks Vero Theme releases and notable changes.

Versioning​

Vero Theme follows semantic versioning:

  • MAJOR for large, potentially breaking updates.
  • MINOR for new features and meaningful improvements.
  • PATCH for fixes and smaller, backward-compatible updates.

Changelog​

v1.5.6​

Product options and minimum quantities​

  • Expanded minimum quantity rules — Swatches, custom selects, custom multiselects, custom property fields, and file uploads can now raise the product minimum quantity when specific options are selected or fields are filled.
  • Option labels — Minimum quantity options can show a small Min-12 style note beside the option label, matching the add-on fee label style.
  • Cart enforcement — Option and line item property minimums are carried into the cart so customers cannot reduce the quantity below the selected option's requirement.
  • Smarter quantity reset — When a customer switches away from an option with a minimum quantity, the quantity can return from the auto-raised amount instead of staying unnecessarily high.

See: Minimum Quantity Setup

New sections and blocks​

  • Behind the Scenes Videos — Added a carousel section for video storytelling with playback controls, captions, autoplay options, mobile controls, typography controls, and shadow styling.
  • Contextual Callout block — Added a metaobject-powered callout block that can show logos and copy only on matching product or collection contexts.
  • SEO Hidden Heading — Added a section for visually hidden page headings when the visible heading is part of an image or design treatment.

Design controls​

  • Hero adapt to image — Added an option for image-based hero sections to size themselves from the image aspect ratio.
  • Marquee speed — Added speed controls to both the marquee section and reusable marquee block.
  • Video controls — Added optional simple play/pause overlay controls for video blocks.
  • Hat Lab card styling — Improved Hat Lab card title styling compatibility with collection card title treatments.

Fixes and improvements​

  • Multi-brand announcement bar — The announcement bar can now match the active brand's main footer color scheme.
  • Sticky header — Fixed a flash that could happen when the home-page logo was hidden.
  • Judge.me widget — Fixed review widget sizing inside theme and app block wrappers.
  • Video playback — Improved play/pause state syncing and overlay control positioning.

v1.5.5​

Multi-brand​

  • Per-brand footer colors — Brand metaobjects can now set optional color schemes for the main footer and footer utilities row.
  • Friendly color scheme input — Footer color scheme values are normalized, so entries like Scheme 2 and scheme-2 resolve consistently.
  • Footer utilities fallback — The footer utilities row can use its own brand color scheme, fall back to the brand's main footer scheme, or fall back to the section setting.
  • Active badge detection — Improved brand badge matching when Shopify metaobject IDs are unavailable.

See: Multi-Brand Setup Guide

Layout controls​

  • Group mobile alignment — Added mobile-specific alignment controls for Group blocks so mobile layouts do not have to inherit desktop alignment.

v1.5.4​

Multi-brand​

  • Brand for homepage — New optional theme setting under Theme settings → Multi-Brand: pick which Brand applies on the default storefront home (/). That brand is used for the header logo, menu, and which badge is highlighted when brand badges are enabled. The default homepage is not a Page in Shopify, so this replaces trying to assign a page metafield to “home.”
  • Use storefront home as landing URL — Optional boolean field on the Brand metaobject (use_storefront_root). When enabled, that brand’s badge links to / and can be treated as the home brand if Brand for homepage is not set. Add the field in Settings → Metafields and metaobjects → Metaobjects → Brand; existing stores are unchanged until you add it.
  • Brand badges — Fixed active-badge styling so only the current brand is highlighted (correct metaobject identity comparison).

See: Multi-Brand Setup Guide

v1.5.3​

  • Added more card style options to both collection cards and image link cards.

v1.5.2​

New blocks​

  • Badge block — A numbered or labeled badge element for use in section builder layouts (for example, step numbers in a process flow).
  • Image Link Card block — A clickable image card with link, overlay, and caption options for building visual navigation grids.

New section presets​

  • Process preset — Added to the Section Builder: a ready-made step-by-step layout using badges, image link cards, and text blocks for showcasing workflows or how-it-works content.

Enhancements​

  • Text block animations — Color cycling, typewriter, and a new text highlighting effect are now available on all text presets, not just headings.
  • Collection title block — Added a font weight setting (normal / bold).
  • Team Stores Hub — Added a "Hub group filter" setting so merchants can create multiple hub pages that each show only a specific group of team stores.
  • Mobile Toolbar — Added a Spacer block so merchants can reserve empty space in the toolbar to prevent overlap with third-party chat widgets or other floating elements.

v1.5.0​

  • Auto hide team store collections from general public. No longer need to use catalog visibility. -Fix aspect ratio issues for team store banners.

v1.5.0​

  • Theme rename: The theme is now Vero (formerly documented and marketed as The Maker Theme). This avoids confusion with another Shopify theme named Maker that has been on the platform since 2016 and returned to the theme store after our original naming.
  • Added Mobile Toolbar — a fixed bottom navigation bar for mobile with configurable buttons for Shop, Contact, Cart, Account, Search, and custom links. Supports custom icons via LineAwesome or image uploads. See: Mobile Toolbar Setup Guide
  • Added Contact Panel — a persistent side tab that opens an info card with your phone, email, address, store hours, and custom links. Integrates with the Mobile Toolbar on mobile as a bottom sheet. See: Contact Panel Setup Guide

v1.4.10​

  • Added mobile padding for the header logo.
  • Added spacing controls for the Info Card block.
  • Design selector: optional hide after a customer selects a design, with bulk-order flow support so hide-when-design and related visibility stay in sync.
  • Design Gallery → Bulk Order: customers can choose whether to land on step 1 (add or change products) or step 2 (customizations and designs) when bringing a design into the bulk order flow.

v1.4.9​

  • Added variant button logic for swatch-enabled variants: per-option overrides so specific option names can render as buttons or dropdowns when the picker is in swatch mode (comma-separated lists in the variant picker block settings).

v1.4.8​

  • Improved unavailable swatch visibility so sold-out swatches are easier to recognize without feeling heavy-handed.
  • Added typography controls and a low-stock suffix option to the Product Inventory block.
  • Added an optional stock visibility setting for Bulk Order product cards, with support for simple and variant products.
  • Updated Design Gallery to Bulk Order redirects so selected designs enter Bulk Order at Step 1 instead of skipping ahead.

v1.4.7​

  • Added a native Linked Products block for product pages, making it possible to present separate products as option-like cards and switch between blanks without modeling them as variants. See: Linked Products

v1.4.6​

  • Fixed Bulk Order issues.
  • Updated Bulk Order discount price display logic.
  • Added a compact dropdown menu option.
  • Fixed Design Gallery issues.

v1.4.5​

  • Fixed Bulk Order issues.
  • Added multi-day event support for the Events section.

v1.4.4​

  • Normalized multi-file uploads so product file upload blocks submit each selected file as its own indexed line item property.

v1.4.3​

  • Fix for Bulk Order feature not always rendering steps 2 and 3.

v1.4.2​

v1.4.1​

  • Team Store fixes.

v1.4.0​

  • Updated base to Horizon 3.4.0.
  • Fixed menu issues.
  • Added support for multiple Hat Lab instances.

v1.3.2​

  • Fixed Bulk Order CSS.
  • Added click-to-open submenu option.

v1.3.1​

  • Updated base to Horizon 3.3.1.
  • Fixed menu issues.
  • Added note block to advanced form.

v1.3.0​

v1.2.3​

v1.2.2​

v1.2.1​

  • Fixed mega menu hover behavior on some stores.

v1.2.0​

  • Updated base to Horizon 3.3.0.
  • Fixed default image keys for Product Swatch Group.

v1.1.2​

v1.1.1​

v1.1.0​

v1.0.10​

v1.0.9​

  • Fixed Hat Lab inventory issue.

v1.0.8​

v1.0.7​

v1.0.6​

v1.0.5​

v1.0.0​

  • Initial release.