LiteCommerce 2.2 beta 1 released
 

License
 

What license can be used for the installation? I tried to install with 2.1 license, but it gives me a shop temporarily closed message...

Can you help me?

best wishes,

maurice

2.2 beta 1 License Issue
 

License # License code
Domain(s): license domain
Expires: Never
Version: 2.1

The part i have in BOLD change that to 2.2 and it will work it worked for me!

Are you planning to make an online demo available? I would like to try out some of the new features but it is difficult to set aside some time to set it up myself.. I have enough to do with the current version!
What is the procedure for reporting bugs, suggestions etc etc.
Will we be able to see comments other people have made, no point in reporting the same problem many times.
kenny

Hello Kenny,


Yes, we are planning to open an online demo soon.


You can post all comments, suggestions etc into this topic or you can always create new topic(s) in the LiteCommerce forum area.

Re: LiteCommerce 2.2 beta 1 released
 

Any idea how long before this will be released and/or when we'll be able to see a demo online?

We're not able to setup a demo version of the site locally, so I'd love to be able to see an online version to get an idea of the changes/new options.

Thanks,
Rida

Can I assume that the lack of error posts means that the beta is error free!!!

Or is it that no-one has installed and tested it yet :(

Since I am planning to move my server in the next week of so I MAY have a window of oportunity. But I am a poor tester as in my past life I was a programmer and have a habit of using a system in the way it was 'supposed' to work rather than finding the obvious bugs a real user trips over.

Not installed it yet, still waiting for some fixes to the current AOM before I will have any time free :D

I think it would be usefull if there was a more structured way of reporting bugs/issues than trawling through a forum. Perhaps something like..

Set up a new top level forum in the LC section called 'Beta testing' 8)

Each topic could be a reported problem.. if the bug is verified Sheriff could post saying that they are aware of the issue, and again when it is fixed and lock the post.

This way it would be easy to see what problems have already been reported and there current status.

I am just concerned if we start posting all our ideas into a single topic it will be difficult to keep track of where we are at.

I agree, seperate topic for each error and it would be sensible to have its own top level topic. Now lets see if common sense prevails.

LC Beta 2.2
 

I looked around for a Litecommerce beta 2.2 suggestions thread and didnt see one so i will post this here. (please move this post if there is a more appropriate place for it).

Because scripts are given low priority on search engines we need all the help we can get in getting our stores into the search engines. One good way of doing this would be to give us the option to add "alt" tags to images. I dont know if this has been discussed in the past or if it would be possible for people who store images in their databases. This has become a great tool for php, asp, cfm based documents that are generally given lower priority in search engines.

You can edit the template to add alt tags to images.

Kulture,
if you edit the template to add an alt tag you would have the same alt tag for every image because the pages are built dynamically with php pulling the data from MySQL, they are not static html pages. Like in the template product_details.tpl the image tag is:

[img]{product.imageURL}[/img]

If you added the alt tag: "Computer" to this line then every product would have the alt tag "Computer"... it wont work right.

I am suggesting that a table be added to MySQL, a varcharacter type table that is associated with the product ID number that would be polled and added to the results page the same way other info is grabbed. Then in the admin panel by the add image feature it would have a text box to enter the alt tag text. The table would be small and I dont believe it would be a resource problem for such a small addition that has such a great benefit. Alot of php programs use this.

Regarding the template fixes in beta 2.2:
Can you be more specific as to what has been fixed? In LC v2.1 there are no keywords associated with the main.tpl file which is the start page. There is a tag:

<META if="keywords" name="keywords" content="{keywords:r}"/>

But it doesnt produce any keyword results, and I cant find in the admin panel anywhere a place to enter keywords for the start page.


Also there is no way through the admin panel to change the meta description tag for the store- This has to be done through manually editing the template. So everyone who doesnt know how to edit the template in the search engines their stores description says:

"The powerful shopping cart software for web stores and e-commerce enabled stores is based on PHP / PHP4 with SQL database with highly configurable implementation based on templates."


Thanks for the input kulture but it wasnt a question of - can the template be edited. It was a suggestion for an adim panel feature.

Every products and categories now has two additional fields: Meta keywords and Meta description. Also every products and categories now has Page title field.

V2.2 php compatibility
 

Hello,

One of the features metioned in the release notes for v2.2 beta is,

" - Compatibility with less used versions and configurations of PHP server software."

My question is, will ver2.2 be compatible w/ php5?

Thank you,

adam

Re: V2.2 php compatibility
 

Yes, we are already working on it.
LiteCommerce 2.2. final release will have support for PHP5.

You can embed data in the tag, so for instance you can edit the template to repeat the product description in the alt tag. Or the category and first 300 characters of the product description.

php5 compatibility ver2.2
 

adam,

I don't suppose you have any idea when the final ver2.2 will be released? I am in limbo between a hosting company that doesn't support php4 and this new release w/ 5 sites!!

adam

I do not know of anyone testing it. Compare this thread to the ones on the xcart betas, and the xcart release candidate 1. Now look how long that has taken, and look how many people seem to have been contributing to this and testing it. I would guess that litecommerce 2.2 will take at least as long before it is released, and much longer before its stable. It would be quicker, and indeed better, to switch hosts to one who does what you want rather than one who dictates so much.

Further since Litecommerce does not currently run on PHP 5 it is a fair bet that no one here is testing the beta on that version of PHP. We all use 2.1 and thus are on PHP 4.x Therefore you could be the first! not an enviable position.

test time
 

I am installing the 2.2 beta version now and I'll see if it works w/ php5.

adam

Please let us know how you get on.

Simon.

Re: test time
 

LC beta 1 hasn't suppport for PHP5 yet.

Re: test time
 

Not very well I suspect.

Not in this forum they dont. This is not the place and certainly not the thread to discus a different cart.

Moderators, if you are going to delete a post, then why not delete the next post, i.e. this one, where leaving it in looks silly.

I am new here, and installed beta 2.2 as I couldn't get 2.1 to install on our Ipowerweb server / host.

So far, it is running better than what tried to run as 2.1, but i have a few problems that need to be resolved...

1) I can't edit the html in FrontPage. I tried to export, and it gives me a weird error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/silverho/public_html/webstore/var/run/classes/base/Base.php on line 159

Trying to use CPanel doesn't get me anywhere, and so I tried to edit via CSS for the time being and the image editor that is built into the admin panel.

When I do that, if I change the background color, I lose the wallpaper and / or logo images, and the wallpaper image doesn't repeat like you would expect a wallpaper to (at least how I'm used to it in FP).

2) Their are a lot of Network TCP errors, but I am guessing this is coming from Ipowerweb, although I am not sure. It's more annoying than anything else, as you have to go back, make a change over and over, and tell it to keep updating until it takes.

Any thoughts or ideas on this?

Well LC themselves do not recommend using the beta version in the real world. If you have just purchased a LC license I think it may be worth contacting the official support desk and get them to help you install it. 2.1 which has different problems, but more people know about them. :roll:

I have been here for a while but technical matters are not my strong point, so I stand to be corrected on this, but I am not sure there is a lot of support for FrontPage - if any at all.

Well I have bitten the bullet and installed 2.2 for one of my new sites. First impressions are nice. It finnaly allows the display and selection of counties/states/etc baised on the country input. So you no longer get a long list of states etc.
It also has a parameter to allow the showing of VAT and shipping before the customer logs in. The site default country being used.

The admin skin looks more pretty and more usable. I will start playing with it more soon.

Obviously I will only be playing with the bits I know. This will NOT include downloading and editing the templates as I do them in stitu.

I also do not use the windows control panel.

Can't wait to hear your impressions, considering your extended knowledge and use of LC.

I really wish I could install it on a test server because I'm dying to get my hands on it...

Thanks,
Rida

Don't hold your breath. The site I have installed it on does not have any products yet! I might, for the sheer hell of it, upload some dummy products and let you play. See if you can break the customer front end. I am being gentle with it so far. Loading the free modules in one by one and seeing what breaks.

Cool, I'd be happy to help. Just let me know. I'm pretty open, schedule-wise, and available via most of the chat services.

Thanks,
Rida

Ok play with www.stbenedictsstreet.co.uk. I am changing admin settings as we speak. You will need to use the full url, www.stbenedictsstreet.co.uk/cart.php as I will be putting up a holding index page soon.

When we finish playing I will erase all users. Please do not use real credit card numbers as there is no SSL and no encryption.

This is basic out of the box 3 column skin. I have added the default out of the box VAT scheme and put a basic shipping charge in. Have fun

1st bug. Changing shopheader wallpaper does not work

2nd bug. Still got that bad VAT shipping error/inconsistancy. Only way to get it to work properly is to zero rate shipping.

I don't use the three column format for my current store, so I'm not sure if this is how it works now, but when I add two of one item into my cart, it registers as only having one item in my cart. It doesn't consider that it's two pieces because it's two pieces of the same item.

print invoice
 

after placing an order, when you get the successfully place order screen, it allows you to click the print invoice button. with 2.1 that opens a new window for you to print the invoice...with this ver is opens in the same window, then you're stuck with an invoice and no way to get back to the store. (you can, of course, click back, but who knows if that breaks something, or if users will comprehend that). You want to be able to keep users at your store and able to browse without confusing them or losing them.

Well still like it. Just loaded the free modules and AOM and it still works. Will have to edit some of the dummy aom templates to ensure that it works properly. But off to bed for now. Have fun.

The mini cart item count bug existed in 2.1 nice to see thatthey are consistant!

I haven't used AOM. Is that what you did to split up my order? It changes the order # when you do that, which might be confusing to people.

Re: print invoice
 

Using the print invoice button from the account page opens a new window so you can print the invoice, then close the window and view the store again.

WISH
 

It would be good if the new version had a feature that allowed admin to turn off the store to the public during periods of maintenance, but that still allowed admin to see the store to check the installation went well.