X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

Hello, X-Carters!

We would like to announce beta testing of X-Cart v4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6). Feel free to download it from your personal HelpDesk account -> File area.

Note: we do not recommend using beta versions for running live stores. If you want to use 4.5.0 for a live shop you▓d better wait till the official version is released.

Should you find any issues related to the new functionality please post them to our open bugtracker at https://bugtracker.qtmsoft.com/

We decided to release new X-Cart version as 4.5.0 and not as 4.4.6 because we added several new major features and did a few serious changes to the existing ones. Here is the list:

• All background/on-site/merchant hosted credit card payment methods removed due to PCI-DSS requirements (see the list of removed methods below). You can still use them via X-Payments software.
• Two new built-in skins
• New demo products and related data.
• USPS module completely revised and updated to meet the latest USPS APIs requirements.
• UTF-8 is now supported
• TaxCloud module integration for better and more accurate tax calculation.
• Updated shipping methods. Weight limits corrected for the USPS First Class methods
• Protection from SQL injection attacks has been improved.
• Completely removed the subscriptions module.
• Updated a bundle of CA Root Certificates.
• Below payment gateway integrations updated: PSiGate, DIBS (cc_dibs.php), Authorize.Net SIM, Paypal, Checkout by Amazon, ProxyPay3
• Removed some unused CSS classes and obsolete language labels
• International product descriptions are now stored in separate tables (Multi-language stores performance optimization).
• Socialize module update - Pinterest available.

X-Cart 4.4.x users are welcome to contact us for a patch to cut all the background methods off from their shopping carts in order to meet the PCI-DSS requirements.

PAYMENT MODULES REMOVED FROM X-Cart (AVAILABLE VIA X-Payments)
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- PayPal WPP Direct Payment
- GoEmerchant - EZ Payment Gateway Direct
- Virtual Merchant - Merchant Provided Form
- USA ePay
- SkipJack
- SecurePay - Non-Recurring Interface
- PSiGate - XML Direct
- Sage Pay Go - Direct protocol
- iTransact (Process USA) - XML scheme
- PlugnPay - Remote Auth method
- PayFlow - Pro
- Ogone - Direct
- NetRegistry e-commerce
- Netbilling gateway - Direct
- First Data Global Gateway - LinkPoint
- Innovative E-Commerce
- DIBS (cc_ideb.php)
- HeidelPay
- GoEmerchant - XML Gateway API
- eWAY Merchant Hosted Payment
- eSelect Plus - Direct Post
- eSec - Direct
- eSec - ReDirect
- eProcessingNetwork - Transparent Database Engine
- ePDQ - MPI XML
- HSBC - XML API integration
- ECHOnline
- DirectOne - Direct Interface
- CyberSource - SOAP Toolkit API
- Caledon
- BluePay
- RBS WorldPay - Global Gateway
- Bean Stream
- ANZ eGate - Merchant-Hosted
- AuthorizeNet - AIM

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

Here are some screenshots of new X-Cart 4.5.0 look:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32617685/X-Cart%204.5.0%20screenshots/home%20page.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32617685/X-Cart%204.5.0%20screenshots/Your%20Company%20Name%20%20%20%20Apparel%20%...nary%20Mom.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32617685/X-Cart%204.5.0%20screenshots/Your%20Company%20Name%20%20%20%20iGoods.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32617685/X-Cart%204.5.0%20screenshots/Your%20Company%20Name%20%20%20%20Your%20shopping%2 0cart.png

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

Another new built-in skin:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32617685/X-Cart%204.5.0%20screenshots/Skin2/01_home.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32617685/X-Cart%204.5.0%20screenshots/Skin2/02_category.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32617685/X-Cart%204.5.0%20screenshots/Skin2/03_product.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32617685/X-Cart%204.5.0%20screenshots/Skin2/04_product_minicart.png

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

Installing X-Cart database

Updating config.php file... ... [OK]

Creating tables...
[FAILED] You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '-4.5.0 CHARACTER SET=utf8' at line 1

Fatal error: A fatal error occurred during the installation of the database. Make sure all the conditions required for the installation of the database are met and try again..

Please correct the error(s) before proceeding to the next step.

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

This is a the second time of my installation. I downloaded again the file, extracted. Same thing. For the error message, you can find the screenshot as attachment.

Update: Zip archive is working fine. Something is wrong with tgz archive.

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

Judging by the error message you've used dots (".") in MySQL database name which is not permitted according to MySQL Schema Object Names:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/identifiers.html

please try to use another database name which corresponds to MySQL rules

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

Please tell me you don't need to start over to upgrade from 4.4 to 4.5 with a completely new set of files.

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

My question too - did you decide to just name this release 4.5.x or it will be like a new branch? Will there be aregular normal upgrade for 4.4.x carts or again just a database uprgade?

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

Please either make this patch available via Help Desk files area or post it here

Re: X-Cart 4.5.0 (ex 4.4.6) is available for beta testing
 

I tried to install on a lazy workstation. I got the following error:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in D:\WAMP\www\xcart\include\install.php on line 958

Then I changed in php.ini max_execution_time from 3000 to 10000. Same results, so I searched inside your script for set_time_limit. I found it @set_time_limit(300) in /include/install.php. You almost killed me with this setting.