{"id":4393,"date":"2018-07-04T17:35:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T12:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2020-03-13T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T10:31:21","slug":"prestashop-stable-1-7-4-version-released-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/prestashop\/prestashop-stable-1-7-4-version-released-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Prestashop 1.7.4.0 stable version Released: What are New Features?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prestashop has continually evolved with improvements and enhancement for a better user interface. This release includes new features that will enhance the merchants\u2019 experience, like UI and performance and technical improvements for developers. Here are the highlights of Prestashop 1.7.4.0, which is introduced in latest update.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ht-sub-heading\">What\u2019s new?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ht-small-heading\">Improved back office design<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>It will works better on mobile devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7.4-Mobile-View.png\" alt=\"Prestashop 1.7.4 Mobile View\" width=\"867\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7.4-Mobile-View.png 867w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7.4-Mobile-View-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7.4-Mobile-View-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7.4-Mobile-View-676x481.png 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New menu design and it\u2019s scrollable.<\/li>\n<li>Improved header<\/li>\n<li>Now, it\u2019s based on Bootstrap 4 final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7_dashboard.png\" alt=\"prestashop 1.7_dashboard\" width=\"1366\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7_dashboard.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7_dashboard-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7_dashboard-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7_dashboard-1024x490.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7_dashboard-676x324.png 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ht-small-heading\">Theme customization<\/p>\n<p>Here is one amazing feature introduced in Prestashop 1.7.4: <strong>Main Theme Modules Cartography!<\/strong> As each part of the backend belongs to a dedicated module, every little change brings back to the &#8220;Modules&#8221; page to find the related module to access its configuration page which is instinctive for merchants. Now the theme modules cartography in homepage configuration tab allows a quick theme customization!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7_Homepage-Config.png\" alt=\"Prestashop 1.7_Homepage Config\" width=\"1366\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7_Homepage-Config.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7_Homepage-Config-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7_Homepage-Config-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7_Homepage-Config-1024x490.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Prestashop-1.7_Homepage-Config-676x324.png 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the left side, you can see an illustration of the homepage which enables you to find out the part in which you want to modify. It shows a simplified view of the PrestaShop front office with this interactive wireframe. On the right side, a mirrored view shows different category tab, where you can select the module you want to configure.<\/p>\n<p>Here homepage is divided into 7 different categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Menu<\/li>\n<li>Slider<\/li>\n<li>Home Products<\/li>\n<li>Text Block<\/li>\n<li>Banner<\/li>\n<li>Social &amp; Newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Footer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each category has a collapsible tab to display related features from both core pages and native modules. Where features can be installed, configured or disabled. By clicking on the Configure button, the merchant will be redirected to the feature configuration page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ht-small-heading\">Advanced Customization<\/p>\n<p>This tab is for technical developers and merchants who want to customize their theme using the Parent\/Child theme feature, which has been introduced in prestashop 1.7<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7.4_Customization.png\" alt=\"prestashop 1.7.4_Customization\" width=\"1366\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7.4_Customization.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7.4_Customization-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7.4_Customization-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7.4_Customization-1024x490.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hiddentechies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/prestashop-1.7.4_Customization-676x324.png 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1- Download your current theme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By clicking on &#8220;Download theme&#8221;, you can get a zip of the current theme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2- Edit the child theme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once the child theme created, next step is to apply the changes you want within the desired files, it will handle the customization part without touching parent files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3- Upload the child theme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here you can upload your child theme zip.<\/li>\n<li>Once uploaded, the child theme will be shown in your Theme &amp; Logo section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ht-small-heading\">Added support for PHP 7.2<\/p>\n<p>In Prestashop 1.7.4 stable version, they have added support for php 7.2 also.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ht-small-heading\">SEO improvements<\/p>\n<p>To improve SEO, HTML tags has been improved in Homepage, Product page and Category pages of \u201cClassic\u201d theme. To develop theme based on \u201cClassic\u201d, you have to update them. Pages with multiple language versions include \u201chreflang\u201d links in the \u201chead\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ht-small-heading\">Updated dependencies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Symfony 2.8 -&gt; 3.4<\/li>\n<li>PHP 5.4 -&gt; 5.6<\/li>\n<li>(BO) Bootstrap 4 beta 2 -&gt; Bootstrap 4.0.0 final<\/li>\n<li>PrestaShop UI Kit 1.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, now that you have understood what\u2019s there in the latest version of Prestashop 1.7.4 stable? Download Prestashop 1.7.4 Stable now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prestashop has continually evolved with improvements and enhancement for a better user interface. This release includes new features that will enhance the merchants\u2019 experience, like UI and performance and technical improvements for developers. Here are the highlights of Prestashop 1.7.4.0, which is introduced in latest update. What\u2019s new? 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