X-Cart:What's New in X-Cart 4.2 - Revision history

Dohtur: /* SEO improvements */

2012-05-29T15:32:34Z

‎SEO improvements

Admin: /* Design and appearance */

2011-10-13T13:47:10Z

‎Design and appearance

Ivka: /* Payment modules */

2010-09-09T06:53:58Z

‎Payment modules

Admin at 13:59, 29 January 2010

2010-01-29T13:59:37Z

Admin at 10:33, 29 January 2010

2010-01-29T10:33:18Z

Ivka at 14:32, 14 January 2010

2010-01-14T14:32:35Z

Ivka at 14:30, 14 January 2010

2010-01-14T14:30:32Z

Ivka at 14:29, 14 January 2010

2010-01-14T14:29:26Z

Ivka at 14:28, 14 January 2010

2010-01-14T14:28:57Z

Admin at 14:23, 14 January 2010

2010-01-14T14:23:04Z

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 As before, the 'General settings/SEO options' section of the Admin area allows you to provide description and keywords meta tags for your store site in general; however, these meta tags are now used differently: they are now applied only to those pages that do not have any meta description and keywords tags of their own and are not using any other meta description and keywords. For more information, see the section Using Page Title and Meta Tags.
-Images
+== Images ==
 * Automatic generation of product image thumbnails (GDLib 2.0 or better is required)
 When creating or editing a product, it is now possible to automatically generate a product thumbnail from a previously uploaded product image. The resulting product thumbnail will be a reduced-size version of the product image from which it is generated. The size of automatically generated product thumbnails can be set by the store administrator. For more information, see the section Defining Product Details.
 == Shipping ==

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 == Design and appearance ==
-'''CSS based layout'''
+* '''CSS based layout'''
 The pages of X-Cart's Customer area now use a DIV-based, tableless layout. The <tt>&lt;table&gt;</tt>  tag is no longer used for layout purposes; tables are used only to display tabular data. The appearance of the Customer area is now fully controlled by CSS.
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 It has become possible to enable such a mode of display of detailed product images where all the detailed images of a product will be displayed in the Customer area on the Product details page of the respective product as thumbnails below the main product image. When the mouse hovers over one of the detailed product image thumbnails, the respective detailed product image will be displayed in the place of the product's main product image; the size of the detailed product image in this case will be reduced to the size of the main product image. When a mouse click occurs on a detailed product image thumbnail, the respective detailed product image will be displayed at full size in a modal window. The modal window used to display detailed product images provides simple navigation controls allowing the user to view the next/previous detailed image of the product or select a specific detailed image of the product from the set. For more information, see the section Detailed Product Images.
 == SEO improvements ==

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 The system of X-Cart order statuses has been changed to accommodate the ‘Auth only’ mode: Now, when a payment is performed as ‘Auth only’, the order is assigned the status ‘Pre-authorized’. Later on, after the authorized amount is successfully captured, the order status is changed to ‘Processed’. If the initial authorization is voided, the order status is automatically changed to ‘Declined’.
 In connection with the Pre-authorization support feature, the following options have been added:
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 * Allow customers ordering egoods to use only payment modules that support Pre-Authorization (General settings/Egoods options)
 == Payment module changes ==

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	* [[:File:X-CART CHANGELOG.txt\|X-Cart Changelog]]		* [[:File:X-CART CHANGELOG.txt\|X-Cart Changelog]]
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		+	[[Category:X-Cart release notes]]

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	Smarty has been updated to the version 2.6.20 and moved from X-Cart root to the directory /include/lib/smarty.		Smarty has been updated to the version 2.6.20 and moved from X-Cart root to the directory /include/lib/smarty.
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		+	==See also==
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		+	* [[:File:X-CART CHANGELOG.txt\|X-Cart Changelog]]

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	Here's a list of improvements introduced in X-Cart 4.2:		Here's a list of improvements introduced in X-Cart 4.2:

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 Two modes are supported: “Auth and Capture” and “Auth only”:
-- In the “Auth and Capture” mode, the customer’s card is billed at once as soon as the customer completes the payment (the authorization and capture actions are completed simultaneously; the store administrator does not have to perform any additional actions to capture the funds).
+* In the “Auth and Capture” mode, the customer’s card is billed at once as soon as the customer completes the payment (the authorization and capture actions are completed simultaneously; the store administrator does not have to perform any additional actions to capture the funds).
-- In the “Auth only” mode, when the customer completes the payment, only authorization is performed to make sure the required funds are available on the customer’s account; the action of capturing the funds that have been authorized is postponed until the moment the store administrator manually performs the capture. The administrator may choose not to capture the authorized amount and unlock the temporary hold placed on the customer’s funds; in this case the administrator can void the authorization. For PayPal, Authorize.Net, LinkPoint, Protx VSP Direct and NetRegistry e-commerce, the capture and void actions can be performed through X-Cart’s administration back end (using the 'Capture' and ‘Decline’ buttons on the order details page) or through the respective payment system account backoffice; for VirtualMerchant, the capture and void actions can be performed only through the VirtualMerchant account backoffice.
+* In the “Auth only” mode, when the customer completes the payment, only authorization is performed to make sure the required funds are available on the customer’s account; the action of capturing the funds that have been authorized is postponed until the moment the store administrator manually performs the capture. The administrator may choose not to capture the authorized amount and unlock the temporary hold placed on the customer’s funds; in this case the administrator can void the authorization. For PayPal, Authorize.Net, LinkPoint, Protx VSP Direct and NetRegistry e-commerce, the capture and void actions can be performed through X-Cart’s administration back end (using the 'Capture' and ‘Decline’ buttons on the order details page) or through the respective payment system account backoffice; for VirtualMerchant, the capture and void actions can be performed only through the VirtualMerchant account backoffice.
 The system of X-Cart order statuses has been changed to accommodate the ‘Auth only’ mode: Now, when a payment is performed as ‘Auth only’, the order is assigned the status ‘Pre-authorized’. Later on, after the authorized amount is successfully captured, the order status is changed to ‘Processed’. If the initial authorization is voided, the order status is automatically changed to ‘Declined’.
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 In connection with the Pre-authorization support feature, the following options have been added:
-- Number of days in advance that you want a reminder to be sent to the Orders department e-mail address about an order in Pre-authorized status for which the authorization period is going to expire (General settings/General options)
+* Number of days in advance that you want a reminder to be sent to the Orders department e-mail address about an order in Pre-authorized status for which the authorization period is going to expire (General settings/General options)
-- Maximum fraud risk factor value after which an online payment transaction is performed in 'Auth only' mode, even if the payment module is set to work in a different mode (General settings/Antifraud options)
+* Maximum fraud risk factor value after which an online payment transaction is performed in 'Auth only' mode, even if the payment module is set to work in a different mode (General settings/Antifraud options)
-- Allow customers ordering egoods to use only payment modules that support Pre-Authorization (General settings/Egoods options)
+* Allow customers ordering egoods to use only payment modules that support Pre-Authorization (General settings/Egoods options)

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 It has become possible to enable such a mode of display of detailed product images where all the detailed images of a product will be displayed in the Customer area on the Product details page of the respective product as thumbnails below the main product image. When the mouse hovers over one of the detailed product image thumbnails, the respective detailed product image will be displayed in the place of the product's main product image; the size of the detailed product image in this case will be reduced to the size of the main product image. When a mouse click occurs on a detailed product image thumbnail, the respective detailed product image will be displayed at full size in a modal window. The modal window used to display detailed product images provides simple navigation controls allowing the user to view the next/previous detailed image of the product or select a specific detailed image of the product from the set. For more information, see the section Detailed Product Images.
 == SEO improvements ==
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 When creating or editing a product, it is now possible to automatically generate a product thumbnail from a previously uploaded product image. The resulting product thumbnail will be a reduced-size version of the product image from which it is generated. The size of automatically generated product thumbnails can be set by the store administrator. For more information, see the section Defining Product Details.
 == Shipping ==
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 It has become possible to specify an individual seller address for each provider and to use this seller address for shipping rates calculation by online real-time shipping rate calculation services. This improvement makes it possible to use X-Cart PRO for warehouse stores in which a common storefront is used to showcase the products of several different stores that ship products from different locations. A provider’s seller address can be specified in the provider’s user profile.
 == Payment modules ==
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 - Allow customers ordering egoods to use only payment modules that support Pre-Authorization (General settings/Egoods options)
-* Payment module changes
 The following payment modules have been removed and are no longer supported:
-- 2Checkout ver.1
+* 2Checkout ver.1
-- World Swift
+* Bank of Asia
-- Bank of Asia
+* Cambist
-- Cambist
+* EZTP
-- EZTP
+* GZS:PayMaster
-- GZS:PayMaster
+* IO*NGATE
-- IO*NGATE
+* Secure-I
-- Secure-I
+* Smart people
-- Smart people
+* SmartPag
-- SmartPag
+* SurePay
-- SurePay
+* Trolley Gateway
-- Trolley Gateway
+* Velocity Pay
-- Velocity Pay
+* viaKlix
-- viaKlix
+* viaKlix 2.0
-- viaKlix 2.0
+* Bank of America
-- Bank of America
+* Bank of America (web-based)
 == Miscellaneous ==

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 '''CSS based layout'''
-The pages of X-Cart's Customer area now use a DIV-based, tableless layout. The <code><table></code> tag is no longer used for layout purposes; tables are used only to display tabular data. The appearance of the Customer area is now fully controlled by CSS.
+The pages of X-Cart's Customer area now use a DIV-based, tableless layout. The <tt>&lt;table&gt;</tt> tag is no longer used for layout purposes; tables are used only to display tabular data. The appearance of the Customer area is now fully controlled by CSS.
 The advantages brought about by using CSS instead of tables include the following:
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 * '''New method of displaying detailed product images'''
-It has become possible to enable such a mode of display of detailed product images where all the detailed images of a product will be displayed  in the Customer area on the Product details page of the respective product as thumbnails below the main product image. When the mouse hovers over one of the detailed product image thumbnails, the respective detailed product image will be displayed in the place of the product's main product image; the size of the detailed product image in this case will be reduced to the size of the main product image. When a mouse click occurs on a detailed product image thumbnail, the respective detailed product image will be displayed at full size in a modal window. The modal window used to display detailed product images provides simple navigation controls allowing the user to view the next/previous detailed image of the product or select a specific detailed image of the product from the set. For more information, see the section Detailed Product Images.
+It has become possible to enable such a mode of display of detailed product images where all the detailed images of a product will be displayed in the Customer area on the Product details page of the respective product as thumbnails below the main product image. When the mouse hovers over one of the detailed product image thumbnails, the respective detailed product image will be displayed in the place of the product's main product image; the size of the detailed product image in this case will be reduced to the size of the main product image. When a mouse click occurs on a detailed product image thumbnail, the respective detailed product image will be displayed at full size in a modal window. The modal window used to display detailed product images provides simple navigation controls allowing the user to view the next/previous detailed image of the product or select a specific detailed image of the product from the set. For more information, see the section Detailed Product Images.
 == SEO improvements ==
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 - In the “Auth and Capture” mode, the customer’s card is billed at once as soon as the customer completes the payment (the authorization and capture actions are completed simultaneously; the store administrator does not have to perform any additional actions to capture the funds).
-- In the “Auth only” mode, when the customer completes the payment, only authorization is performed to make sure the required funds are available on the customer’s account; the action of capturing the funds that have been authorized is postponed until the moment the store administrator manually performs the capture. The administrator may choose not to capture the authorized amount and unlock the temporary hold placed on the customer’s funds; in this case the administrator can void the authorization. For PayPal, Authorize.Net, LinkPoint, Protx VSP Direct and NetRegistry e-commerce, the capture and void actions can be performed through X-Cart’s administration back end (using the 'Capture' and ‘Decline’ buttons on the order details page) or through the respective payment system account backoffice; for VirtualMerchant, the  capture and void actions can be performed only through the VirtualMerchant account backoffice.
+- In the “Auth only” mode, when the customer completes the payment, only authorization is performed to make sure the required funds are available on the customer’s account; the action of capturing the funds that have been authorized is postponed until the moment the store administrator manually performs the capture. The administrator may choose not to capture the authorized amount and unlock the temporary hold placed on the customer’s funds; in this case the administrator can void the authorization. For PayPal, Authorize.Net, LinkPoint, Protx VSP Direct and NetRegistry e-commerce, the capture and void actions can be performed through X-Cart’s administration back end (using the 'Capture' and ‘Decline’ buttons on the order details page) or through the respective payment system account backoffice; for VirtualMerchant, the capture and void actions can be performed only through the VirtualMerchant account backoffice.
 The system of X-Cart order statuses has been changed to accommodate the ‘Auth only’ mode: Now, when a payment is performed as ‘Auth only’, the order is assigned the status ‘Pre-authorized’. Later on, after the authorized amount is successfully captured, the order status is changed to ‘Processed’. If the initial authorization is voided, the order status is automatically changed to ‘Declined’.
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 * More efficient management of news list mailing lists
-X-Cart now provides an easy method to export the entire list of subscribers of any news list to a CSV file. It has also become possible to remove selected subscriber addresses from a specific mailing list or from all the mailing lists by importing them into X-Cart as a list in CSV format.  For more information, see the section Mailing Lists.
+X-Cart now provides an easy method to export the entire list of subscribers of any news list to a CSV file. It has also become possible to remove selected subscriber addresses from a specific mailing list or from all the mailing lists by importing them into X-Cart as a list in CSV format. For more information, see the section Mailing Lists.
 * Adjustable page filename format for the HTML catalog
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 * Smarty changes
-Smarty has been updated to the version 2.6.20 and moved from X-Cart root to the directory <xcart_dir>/include/lib/smarty.
+Smarty has been updated to the version 2.6.20 and moved from X-Cart root to the directory /include/lib/smarty.