X-Cart 4.1.0 beta 1 released
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CHANGELOG
Below is a classified list of the main changes between 4.0.x and 4.1.x branches. For a full list of changes, please refer to the CHANGELOG.
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KUDOS!@
on releasing a beta for us to test and poke and get the kinks worked out before laying it on us. I applaud this!! :D |
PS. You can download X-Cart 4.1.0 beta 1 from your File area
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Seems to be an issue with Checkout.
Step 3: Shipping & Payment I click "continue to move to step 4 and .. IE, page jut hangs, wont load. in FF i get this error msg "Redirection Limit for this URL exceeded. Unable to load the requested page, This may be caused by cookies that are blocked" Either way, I cannot checkout. |
VERY nice...lots of features that have been asked for. Looks very promising...will be sure to play with this extensively :)
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Take a look at variations for the t-shirt products, is that image per variant I see???? can't see anywhere that it is defined though??? also anyone know what def is?
Looks interesting |
Did you also notice the wholesale prices in the variants? :)
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for some reason cant log in as admin on my test server, running this localy for now.
holds judgement and starts to write a list :-) |
ahh i see where to upload variant images now, still dont know what def is though.
Certainly seems that x-cart has listened to their customers on this, there is still quite a few bits from the wishlist that could of improved it a lot but have to say good on x-cart for listening. Arghhhhh coupons usage times per customer........ I just paid for that mod 8O |
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Is this not default? |
No, options/variants do not have specific images in the 4.0 branch of X-Cart.
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I mean, is def not reffering to default?
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The multi-language updates are good, the extra fields sort by is good, and the variant updates with images etc are good.
Now if we can tie all three together to make multi-language "extra fields" and "variants" - this would seem logical to be added. |
There seems to be a language-change bug in the international description area. When you select a language to change the title etc for, it is changing the language for the entire admin area, and unless you understand fluent german, you become Gesteckt (stuck)...
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Some very nice improvements in there, hows the upgrade from 4.0.X to 4.1 going to work will it be a database patch or a full patch upgrade? Seems alot of files have changed.
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X-FancyCategories module revised to ensure stable performance of the store with large numbers of categories (over 500);
Any chance of getting the demo site updated with the module? Was planning on not using Fancy Cat's because of speed. |
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If you have X-FancyCategories add-on license, you can download the new version of the add-on from your File area. Quote:
Most likely, it will be a database upgrade only, because of a high complexity of the full upgrade patching process. Quote:
It was made so because, when you type in the international description, you need to setup the right charset for the current page in advance. It is not so critical if you have English and German, but very important if you also have Russian or Chinese. |
Thanks for the beta!!!!!
I will play with it for a few days and post any issues. This: Quote:
MADE ME REALLY HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) |
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Hmm, could you provide some more details on this? Is real time shipping rates calculation enabled? Did you setup HTTPS for the checkout? Thank you. |
If it is going to be a database only upgrade then take this chance to go through all the templates and tidy things up. this oportunity was missed with 4.0
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Small checkout problem
When checking out, fill in the personal information checking the box for "Shipping same as Billing address".
Then go to next page in checkout process. Now click at the top of the page to go back to personal information. The "Shipping same as Billing address" check box is no longer checked. |
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Shipping same as billing address should be ship to a different address ? and the shipping address fields hidden. The less a user has to fill in or see the better |
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What's the chance of getting this new module HotFix'ed into the 4.0.x branch? That would be a VERY nice addition and a long-time coming. Thanks, Brian |
This happens on YOUR demo site.
http:www.x-cart.com/demo_preview/ Im using FF 1.0.7 all patched up. Quote:
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where do we send/post the bugs we find as I have found one
Does any one know where to post the bugs for this new v4.1.0 beta as I have found that when you move an item from the wishlist to the cart it remains in the wishlist.
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I'd say post the bugs in this thread until X-Cart says otherwise.
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found 2 bugs in 1/2 an hour who did the alpha testing!!
found another bug - this time found that if you select check as a payment method and you do not fill in any of the fields it will still accept your order!!
Chris |
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Thanks for releasing this and letting us provide feedback. Do you have a rough date in mind when you hope to release the final version? Q1 of 06? Some of our customers are very concerned about wholesale variants which is probably the #1 item in this new version. |
Hi All
My quick observations of V4.1.0 from the distribution files are: 1. Pages generated are not XHTML compliant (all HTML tags must be lowercase and must have closing tags). From the demo site (http//:www.x-cart.com/demo_preview/ ) given in a previous post: I am running Mozilla Firefox which has a plugin that checks the HTML validity of pages. The demo site has 24 errors (serious HTML compliance) and 158 warnings (usually titles for tables and images - not critical but would be nice to make compliant) Some search engines will not spider pages with errors, so this could become a serious issue in the future. Here is the link to the W3C validator for the xcart demo: Here is the link to the CSS validator for the xcart demo Also in config.php a Blowfish key is generated during the install process: Quote:
If we setup a test site and wish to import an existing live database - do we copy the blowfish key across from the live site to the test site (as a new one is generated on the test site when the software is installed)??? Here are the competitor's verifications: I am just trying to help with QA. Regards Ing. Stephen Hatton :idea: |
X-Cart ROCKS !!!
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Thats why we no longer buy custom mods anymore, X-Cart ROCKS !!! |
Importing products wether it be comma, tab or semicolon does not work for me, it dosent give me an error msg or anything..just nothing
anybody else have this problem? |
Hi Vulcan-works
Try exporting the standard cart products and then import it. If that works, then look at the output format and see how it is structured. Just a tip (it's called reverse engineering). Regards Ing. Stephen Hatton :idea: |
I had trouble logging into the admin area after installing. It appears the master passwd got corrupted. The Recover Password emailed "ц√б╓nOUе╫ц┬е╬" which has been a corruption indicator in the past.
I created a php script that uses a modified version of the blowfish.php and function call to help me create an encrypted password using the key that was generated during install. I could have reinstalled, but I'm not sure the reinstall would not have had the same results and I figured this script will come in handy down the road. So, I'm back in business but a little concerned about initial master passwd corruption. |
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same thing happened to me on my live server so i installed it localy and it worked. what waas the script you used ? |
Heres my list of things that came to mind when I first had a look. Ive not bothered to point out any good things :-) just things that could be better so it may not sound very possitive .....
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X-FancyCategories
When you have enough Categories and Sub Categories that puts the menu out in to the pages far enough that your menu goes over a Qty drop down
the Qty drop down is in front of the Menu. Making it look bad................ |
The new checkout process has a similarity to John's Easy Checkout mod so it just goes to show what a good mod it is (menus disappear for less distraction, progress bar on top, etc.).
It's also great to see there is a detailed image popup option too. Any chance of enabling this so we can see it in action? Images for variants...WOW! Just one more question... Will the new Fancy Categories module work with 4.0.XX???? |
Hi Shan and all
Shan, your list of items are very detailed and include many things talked about on the forum. Some of the issues you have touched on are issues that many people have a lot of heartache about (even over the many revisions). <font> is totally out of date and the .bottom styles in the css are too loose in definition (they can be used in font, tables, img, etc). XCART PLEASE READ W3C on stylesheets and prepare the way for compliance to XHTML. My skin1.css is 50Kbytes at this point, however it is precise control over fonts, tables, images, fields, backgrounds, etc. and is downloaded once by the customer until the customer clears their cache. With ADSL > 50Kbytes per second, it is no longer a byte/time issue. Images - Just check the forum for how many people have had issues with images. A shopping cart without images is a textbook - nice read but you most likely will never buy anything. Embedded Static Pages (not on the help menu) - I have a solution if somebody wants it now. PMAIL me. Invoice detail - define accurately and use css to control looks. Make sure excel Export/Import module works - a lot of people on the forum have many problems. As a side note - I have addressed all of these issues in my cart, however there are too many templates to fix for W3C compliance. So I re-iterate Shan's last comments (who is seeing all the forum feedback and trying to bail water on basic issues): Quote:
You will get more recommendations when you address critical basic issues first. It is nice to have features, but it's not nice if it breaks the cart and you have to become a programmer to fix problems (or have very deep pockets with money) and have the patience of a monk. From 99% of software on PC's, all upgrades work painlessly. I realise our customisation will cause issues, but look at your changelogs objectively. Do some statistical analysis on them - the more features, the more bugs/fixes and they have been increasing over the years (and what is not good is the same faults re-occuring regularly). So QA should be a priority, not a secondary item. MAKE V4.1.0 A FLAGSHIP OF EXCELLENCE, then add features. Regards Ing. Stephen Hatton :idea: |
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