This article is about the new look of Progus Store Locator, the map design launched in October 2026. If your Settings page has an Appearance tab, your store is on the classic look, and this article shows you how to switch.
The new look is a redesign of the map your customers see and of the settings behind it. Your locations, tags, groups, custom fields, marker styles and dealer form stay exactly as they are. It is available on Shopify. Stores that install the app from the launch on start on the new look.
What changes for your customers
A search box with suggestions: places and addresses, your own locations, and products on the Premium plan and above.
Tag filters as chips above the list, and in a panel when there are many tags.
Favourites: a heart saves a location on the customer's device, so it is one tap away next time.
A layout built for phones: the list slides up as a sheet over the map, and a location opens in the same sheet.
Open and Closed badges from your opening hours, with Likely open or Likely closed when the hours are uncertain, plus Get directions and Open website buttons.
Your brand: colours, font, corners, map style and pins, all set in Settings → Design.
What changes in the app
Settings gets new tabs: General, Design, Search & filters, Location content, Tags & groups, Languages, Publish and API access. Locations, Submissions and Analytics work as before. The article Where are my settings on the new look? lists where each classic setting went.
Step 1: Open the card
On the Dashboard, find the card Your Store Locator has a new look and click See what's new. The same card is on Settings → Installation.
The X on the Dashboard card shrinks it to one row, and the X on that row hides it for good. The card on Settings → Installation always stays.
Step 2: Preview it with your own locations
Click Preview with your locations, on the card or in the dialog. Your map opens on the new look in a new tab, with your real locations, without changing your store.
Step 3: Switch
In the dialog, click Switch to the new look. Your store shows the new look right away; reload your storefront page to see it.
The app takes you to the Dashboard, where a banner tells you whether any map code on your store needs replacing. If the switch fails, the dialog says so, your store keeps the classic look, and you can click Try again.
What carries over
Locations, tags, groups, custom fields, marker styles and the dealer form.
Every setting that exists on both looks, such as the map style and API keys, the distance unit, the opening hours format, the search sources and the starting view.
Your map texts: the new look starts from the translations you wrote for the classic look.
Custom CSS written for the classic look does not apply to the new look. A few classic settings have no equivalent on the new look; Where are my settings on the new look? lists them.
You can switch back for 30 days
For 30 days after the switch, Settings → Publish has a Classic look section with a Switch back to the classic look button. After that date the new look stays. See How do I go back to the classic look?
What to do next
The banner on the Dashboard after the switch is explained in I switched to the new look. What do I need to change?
Want to make it yours? How do I change colours, map style and size on the new look? covers the Design tab.
Stuck on any of this? Open the chat in the bottom right corner of the app and we will help you set it up.
Last verified on 2026-10-15 against progus-store-locator ed6c3877 (kb-ref: what-is-the-new-look-and-how-do-i-switch).