We are starting a weekly digest series about the platform. Engine updates ship every week and many of them are visible to shoppers right away — so we will honestly show what has landed and how it looks. The first issue is almost entirely dedicated to design you can now change without a developer.
Design variants: header, footer and contacts of your choice
Previously the look of the header or footer was fixed by the theme: changing it required a developer. Now it is a setting. The Settings → Design section has a "Site frame" block where the store owner picks:
- a header variant — 6 ready-made options;
- a footer variant — 6 options, some with a newsletter block (which can be switched off separately);
- a "Contacts" section variant — 8 layouts for the contacts page: form, form with a map, branch cards, manager team, FAQ next to the form and more.
The contacts page also got its own settings group: address, opening hours, an embedded map, manager slots — all editable in the admin panel, no code changes. And every builder block now has a "Variant" selector: the same block can look different on different pages.
The new "Classic store" header
A new flagship header joined the list: logo, a catalog button with a category mega panel, a prominent search bar and account, wishlist and cart icons. The header sticks smartly on scroll: it hides as you scroll down and returns the moment you scroll up. It was benchmarked against the best stores on global platforms — and now any Turboshop store gets this look in one click.
A design panel right on the storefront
The highlight of the week. An administrator can browse their own storefront and switch design variants right on the page — no round trips to the admin panel. A floating dock lists every zone of the current page: topbar, header, footer, slider, the "Popular sections" block, the blog widget. Flip through variants with arrows — the page scrolls to the changed section, highlights it, and the choice is saved immediately.
Store design is no longer "a studio order" — it is a switch the owner flips personally while looking at the live storefront.
Shoppers never see the panel — it is admin-only. On our demo store a special demo mode makes the panel available to every visitor, so anyone can play with design variants before signing up.
Topbar, marquee and popular sections
The design panel controls more than the header and footer — the same week brought variants to other storefront zones:
- the topbar (the strip above the header with the phone and service menu) — four variants plus a "do not display" option;
- "Marquee" — a new page-builder block for promo announcements scrolling across the screen;
- "Popular sections" — five looks for the category showcase on the home page;
- the product, catalog, slider and blog zones received their own variants too.
Together these changes close the typical "I want it slightly different" scenario: instead of editing the theme you flip a variant and instantly see the result on the live storefront. The admin panel itself gained breadcrumbs on every page — deep sections show the full path and any level is one click away.
Dark admin theme
The admin panel received a dark theme (now the default) and a unified brand palette. The theme toggle lives in the profile menu and the choice is remembered for a year. Dashboard charts gained a third display mode — a smooth line. The menu was tidied up along the way: the "Users" section was renamed to a clearer "Clients", and product-related items were grouped under "Shop" so the top level stays compact.
A store that works out of the box
A new store is now ready to take orders immediately. The installer ships the base dictionaries: delivery methods (courier, pickup, Nova Poshta, Ukrposhta), payment methods and 13 ready delivery-to-payment links. Previously a fresh store physically could not accept its first order until the owner configured everything by hand — now checkout works from minute one, and the dictionaries remain fully editable. The default slider template is now the three-slide "Multi" grid — a new store looks tidy even before you upload your own banners.
Catalog SEO: a proper H1 and list markup
Several important search-optimization changes:
- the category name in listings and the product name in all 16 product-card templates became a real H1 heading — the basic search-engine requirement is now met in every template;
- if a page's SEO text already contains its own H1, there is no duplicate — the platform detects it;
- catalog and search listings emit ItemList structured data with continuous numbering that correctly accounts for pagination and the "Show more" button.
This is basic SEO hygiene affecting the ranking of every catalog page — and it now works by itself, with no involvement from the store owner.
Small things worth noticing
- a guest (not signed in) now sees their wishlist hearts in product listings too — previously they always showed empty;
- the "View all sections" button got a proper page listing every catalog category;
- the Fondy and WayForPay payment integrations joined the standard package, and payment handlers additionally verify the paid amount;
- customer import over the API was fixed end to end — from the request to the record appearing in "Clients";
- the contacts page is assembled from ready-made blocks just like the home page.
What it means for your store
If you have long wanted to refresh your store's look — it now takes minutes: open "Settings → Design" or simply enable the design panel and flip through variants on the live storefront. See all the designs on the designs page, and if you don't have a store yet — start for free.