Changelog

All notable changes to Vertex are documented here. Versions follow semantic versioning — MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.

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v1.0.0 — Initial Shopify Theme Store release

Release date: 2026-06-02

Headline features

• Native B2B end-to-end — volume pricing tables, quantity-rule enforcement (MOQ / max / case-pack), NET-30 / NET-60 / NET-90 payment-term badges, tax-exempt badges, multi-location company switcher, B2B catalog scoping. Zero companion apps required.
• Bulk paste-to-cart quick-order page — /pages/bulk-order template. Paste SKU,qty rows from a spreadsheet; validates against the buyer's catalog; adds the whole basket in one click.
• Quick reorder — line-by-line or full-order reorder from the customer account dashboard.
• Request-a-Quote page — /pages/rfq template using Shopify's native contact-form pattern.
• Sales-rep contact pill — per-company mailto: and tel: from vertex.rep_* metafields. Sticky pill in desktop header (≥1170px); full-width card at bottom of mobile drawer (<1170px).
• Side-by-side product compare — sticky compare bar + /pages/compare template. Max 4 SKUs. Session-only (not a wishlist).
• B2B greeting bar — amber band with company name, NET-terms badge, tax-exempt badge, lang/currency/ship-to switchers.
• Storefront mode toggle — Hybrid (auto) / B2B-only / B2C-only.
• 4 demo storefronts in one theme — Vertex (industrial), Throttle (auto parts with Make/Model/Year finder), OfficeIT (office & IT), Inkline (print supplies with Printer Brand/Model/Color finder). One license, four storefront looks.
• 5 languages shipped — English, French, Italian, German, Spanish. Full RTL auto-detect for Arabic / Hebrew / Farsi / Urdu / etc.
• WCAG 2.1 AA accessible — keyboard, focus, contrast, touch targets, ARIA roles.
• Performance-first — vanilla ES modules, no bundler, no framework, no jQuery, zero third-party scripts at runtime. Per-section CSS. Server-rendered pricing. Lighthouse Performance 65–100 mobile / 90+ desktop.
• Full SEO — Organization, WebSite + SearchAction, BreadcrumbList, Product (with GTIN, shippingDetails, returns), BlogPosting, ContactPage + LocalBusiness, FAQPage, ItemList JSON-LD. Open Graph + Twitter card meta on every page. hreflang for all 5 locales. rel=next/prev on pagination.

Sections

• 57 sections in total, including the full customer-account suite (dashboard, single-order view, addresses, login, register, reset-password, activate-account, B2B greeting bar, sales-rep card).
• 30+ marketing sections (hero rotator, featured collection, multicolumn, CTA banner, FAQ accordion, testimonials, logos, stats bar, industries, resource hub, press coverage, timeline, services grid, countdown, featured bundles, promo banner, promo popup, recently viewed, sticky cart, product tabs, dual brands+quickorder, dual resources+FAQ).
• 3 finder section variants: Make/Model/Year (auto parts), Brand/Category/Capacity (office), Printer Brand/Model/Color (print supply).

Custom page templates

• page.about.json — About with hero, timeline, image-with-text
• page.contact.json — 2-column contact (form + info card)
• page.faq.json — Standalone FAQ
• page.rfq.json — Request-a-Quote
• page.bulk-order.json — Bulk paste-to-cart
• page.compare.json — Side-by-side comparison
• page.services.json — Services grid
• page.special-offers.json — Curated discounted products + bundles

Privacy

• Uses Shopify's native Customer Privacy banner (no custom cookie banner)
• Theme Store policy compliant — no third-party tracking, no affiliate links, no designer credits inside theme files

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Versioning policy

Bump	Triggers
MAJOR (1.x.x → 2.0.0)	Breaking changes — settings schema rename, removed sections, Liquid template incompatibilities. Will document migration steps.
MINOR (1.0.x → 1.1.0)	New features — new sections, new theme settings, new metafield support. Backward compatible.
PATCH (1.0.0 → 1.0.1)	Bug fixes, performance improvements, copy/text changes. No new features or settings.

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All future releases will be documented here.