Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Hi everyone!
Many of you are already looking forward to a long weekend. It's coming=) But before you leave for vacations, take a look what we prepared!

The new version integrates with Alibaba! This very module is already available for testing, but is still in beta. Please give us your feedback and it will go stable soon!

There are many other improvements, the overview is available in our blog, or, if you prefer "technical docs" instead, I'll post the changelog shortly:

https://blog.x-cart.com/4-7-3-released.html

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

------------------ X-CART v4.7.3 CHANGELOG------------------

*DESIGN AND APPEARANCE*
[!] 19 May 2015, mixon - Bug (0138060): The applied special offers panel title at checkout had an incorrect width. Fixed.
[!] 18 May 2015, mixon - Bug (0138010): The display space for shipping method names in the OPC shipping column was too narrow (not enough to show longer shipping method names on one line). Fixed.

*BACKOFFICE*
[*] 23 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144957): Added 42 supported countries for 'AuthorizeNet - eCheck' and 'AuthorizeNet - SIM' payment methods. It affects the filter select box on the "Main page :: Payment methods" page in the Admin area.[*] 01 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0143845): Added a warning in the Admin area about the modules 'News Management' and 'MailChimp' both being enabled at the same time - which may cause a conflict.[*] 18 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0144230): All numeric variables are now displayed in the '1999.53' format on configuration pages to avoid problems with php logic in comparison (i.e. all config variables are shown as saved in DB).[*] 07 May 2015, aim - Improvememt (0144387): The list of files with the status "OK" is no longer displayed as collapsed during simple patch application in the "Patch/Upgrade center".
[!] 20 May 2015, mixon - Bug (0134301): The cron.php script was not started if the shop was closed. Fixed.

*USERS*
[!] 13 Jun 2015, aim - Bug (0144827): Email Account Activation: Address book was not saved on user registration when the module Email_Activation was used. Abandoned carts were not saved for the same reason. Two-Factor phone was not updated for the same reason. Fixed. [Abandoned Cart Reminder module, Two-Factor Authentication module]

*SHIPPING*
[*] 19 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144928): DHL: Updated the Track an order by the tracking number feature for DHL. ['Order Tracking']
[!] 18 Jun 2015, mixon - Bug (0144865): Australia Post: Shipping cost was calculated incorrectly if the store was using dimensions other than lbs / inches. Fixed.

*PAYMENTS*
[*] 23 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144378): PayPal Advanced iframe issue using mobile device. Fixed. Thanks to Paul Harris.[*] 27 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0144620): Renamed 'First Data Global Gateway e4 - Hosted Payment Pages' to 'First Data Payeezy Gateway (ex e4) - Hosted Payment Pages'.
[!] 29 Jun 2015, mixon - Bug (0145006): PayPal Express: Updated In-Context checkout to recent API. PayPal In-Context Checkout not working. Fixed. [Incontext-checkout]
[!] 13 Jun 2015, aim - Bug (0144820): Quantum Gateway (In Line Frame): The Credit Card form was not displayed completely on a mobile device. Fixed.

*CHECKOUT*
[!] 05 May 2015, mixon - Bug (0144326): Ideal responsive: The 'delete-product-from-cart' button (for GC) was misplaced in One Page Checkout. Fixed.

*CART*
[!] 19 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144542): The Edit options in cart feature on the cart page was not working for some module configurations. Fixed.

*MODULES/ADD-ONS*
[*] 25 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144855): Added the 'Facebook app ID' setting. [Advanced_Customer_Reviews, Socialize][*] 16 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144855): Advanced Customer Reviews, Socialize: Added the ability to use the Facebook comments block with the Advanced_Customer_Reviews module. [Advanced_Customer_Reviews, Socialize][*] 16 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144837): Socialize: Updated Facebook comment API to the lastest asynchronous version(2.3) used in the 'Customer Reviews' section.[*] 05 Jun 2015, mixon - Improvement (0144000): New module added: Alibaba wholesale catalog browser integration with support for product import.[*] 02 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144709): Socialize: Updated Facebook allowed languages for 'send'/'share' buttons.[*] 20 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0144056): Replaced the module 'MailChimp Basic' with 'MailChimp' (Advanced) in the 'Gold' X-Cart edition.[*] 14 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0144346): Socialize: Facebook share button now sends product images according to Facebook best practices. Fixes related to small images.
[!] 24 Jun 2015, aim - Bug (0144976): Socialize Facebook/Twitter/Google_plus did not share counts/likes/tweets between http/https for the same url. Fixed.
[!] 18 Jun 2015, mixon - Bug (0143370): Product Wizard: Both the buttons - 'Add to cart' and 'Add to configuration' - were shown on the product details page when a customer was adding products with options to a configuration slot. Fixed. [Product_Configurator]
[!] 15 Jun 2015, aim - Bug (0106476): Product Wizard: The 'Default' field was not updated when 'allow multiple items' checkbox was used in the 'Slot rules' section for the 'Product Wizard' module. Fixed. [Product_Configurator]
[!] 15 Jun 2015, aim - Bug (0144843): Socialize Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest/Google "+1" buttons were working incorrectly on the same page without reload after a 'Buy now' button had been clicked. Fixed.
[!] 15 Jun 2015, aim - Bug (0144836, 0044808): Email Account Activation: Bad link text in account activation email. Fixed. Thanks to Mike White (totaltec).
[!] 28 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144641): Ecommerce tracking did not work correctly in some cases for Google Universal Analytics version. Fixed. Thanks to Paul Harris.
[!] 25 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144147): X-Payments Subscriptions: Re-billing via cron did not work in some cases. Fixed. Thanks to Isden and Random. [XPS, XPayments_Subscriptions]
[!] 21 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144576): MailChimp: Settings were not saved on the Main page :: General settings :: MailChimp page in the Admin area. Fixed.
[!] 14 May 2015, aim - Bug (0139766): Socialize: When a customer clicked to share a product on Facebook, HTML code was displayed instead of normal text. Fixed.
[!] 08 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144435): Socialize: A product could have a wrong description in Pinterest sometimes. Fixed. ["Pin it" button in Socialize module]

*IMPORT/EXPORT*
[!] 12 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0144455): Last failed productid is now added to the error message related to thumbnail generation.

*LANGUAGES*
[*] 15 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0079707): Adjusted the text label related to the "Destination" field and Defined shipping methods. Thanks to Dohtur.

*SECURITY*
[*] 08 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144771): Security improvement related to mail server settings.

*PERFORMANCE*
[*] 25 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144986, 0138631): Updated Google +1 API to the lastest asynchronous version. Google PageSpeed Insights improvement.[Socialize].[*] 23 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144950, 0138631): Updated Twitter API to the lastest asynchronous version. Google PageSpeed Insights improvement. [Socialize].[*] 15 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144821, 0138631): Updated Facebook like/send/share API to the lastest asynchronous version(2.3). Google PageSpeed Insights improvement. [Socialize].[*] 10 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144799): Small improvement for the 'New Arrivals' module.[*] 02 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0144694): Small optimization related to categories. Thanks to Abr.[*] 14 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0144491): Adjusted search/spider bots definitions to decrease site overload by the bots.[*] 06 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0144385, 0117788): Decreased var/cache/smarty_cache folder overflow. Thanks to Jeriko.

*MISCELLANEOUS*
[*] 28 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0134731): SEO friendly 404(Page not found) http code is now used for disabled/unavailable products instead of the "Unavailable product(error_message.php?product_disabled)" page. Thanks to Mike.[*] 07 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0144393): Updated to jQuery 1.11.3 and 2.1.4 iOS Fail-Safe Edition.[*] 06 May 2015, aim - Improvement (0117788): Added debug code to smarty include_cache function.
[!] 25 Jun 2015, mixon - Bug (0133941): An enabled module that did not pass the system requirements check could not be disabled. Fixed.
[!] 18 Jun 2015, aim - Bug (0144880): Double quotes in static pages caused a blank page when the 'Social Login' module was enabled. Fixed.
[!] 04 Jun 2015, aim - Improvement (0101549): X-Cart did not send mail when smtp.gmail.com was used. Fixed. Added a new 'Secure protocol' setting. Thanks to Abr.
[!] 22 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144527): The 'Subscribe' link did not allow to subscribe to two or more lists. Fixed. [Mailchimp]
[!] 14 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144460): The 'default' smarty modifier did not work correctly for false and 0 values. Fixed.
[!] 08 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144431): Smarty error like "Unable to load template file 'customer/main/unknown_template.tpl'" causing a white blank page and "PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 1073741824 bytes exhausted". Fixed.
[!] 07 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144386): Deprecated: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_callback instead.
[!] 05 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144350): X-Cart did not work in Windows XAMPP when 'Use cache for language variables' was disabled. Webmaster mode did not work in Windows XAMPP. Fixed.
[!] 30 Apr 2015, aim - Bug (0144310): The Hot_Products module was not upgraded within the X-Cart Gold edition. Fixed.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

really good news. hope x-cart can support alipay soon.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

after x-cart supports alipay, i think x-cart will offer Chinese language package soon.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

really good news that x-cart will support Chinese currency soon.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

I'm afraid we do not speak Chinese to offer a high-quality translation by our own means. If you speak Chinese and ready to translate and share your package with our community ( say, in exchange for X-Cart license as a gratitude from our side), please PM me.

There's also a Google Translation available in X-Cart marketplace.though, but I have no idea how far it is from a human-made one:
http://marketplace.x-cart.com/addons-modules/Languages-translations/google-translations/CHINESE-LANGUAGE-PACK

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

How about enabling the export of other products to Alibaba wholesalers? If I have a product to advertise to Alibaba salers, can this modue do so? Is this module just oneway to Alibaba and not 2 ways to both Alibaba and the manufacturer in Europe or U.S.A.? Can a manufacturer or a saler in Euro or U.S. sale to Alibaba using this module? If so, please display a creen shut of this. Thanks.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Currently it's planned as a one-side integration ( from Alibaba to your store). If what you're describing is supported by the integration API of Alibaba, and there will be requests of this feature from a number of merchants of ours, we will consider adding it too.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Yes, Alibaba API does support uploading products to their site.
There will be more people wanting to sell in Alibaba, especially when Alibaba is growing internationally so fast.
I would love to see this feature soon!

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

there doesn't seem to be a 4.6.6 to 4.7.3 upgrade file. ETA?

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Go from 4.6.6 to 4.7.2. Then from 4.7.2 to 4.7.3.
I hope this helps.
Thanks.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Upload to who in Alibaba? The module is a one-sided module.
Read again the reply from X-Cart.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Read my post again carefully. I was replying to their comment and letting X-Cart team know that Alibaba has released upload API.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Yes, rokonkwo is right. There is no direct upgrade path from 4.6.6 to 4.7.3, 4.7.2 is the highest possible version to upgrade from 4.6.6 directly. After you get 4.7.2, you should apply the second upgrade patch up to v 4.7.3.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

ok, good to know.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Can you please clarify this bug for me,

[!] 28 May 2015, aim - Bug (0144641): Ecommerce tracking did not work correctly in some cases for Google Universal Analytics version. Fixed. Thanks to Paul Harris.

Many thanks

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

You can read my bug report here --> https://bt.x-cart.com/view.php?id=44730

Thanks,

Paul

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Many thanks for your kind assistance.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

A Huge Thank You to the whole Qualiteam Team for your continued work on X-CART 4 !!

The upgraded of my development store from 4.6.6-->4.7.2-->4.7.3 went very smoothly. Your new template syntax checker tool really helped clean up my templates. All of my current template files checked out fine but since I started with v4.1.6 in 2007 and have done upgrade after upgrade to 4.7.3. I had accumulated quite a few template files from older mods that I no longer used and was able to clean them all out.

Tools-->Maintenance-->Check the syntax of all templates
Thank you again!

Paul

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

I'm having customers with regular PayPal errors during payments.
This is the error in the log from today:


[code]21-Sep-2015 13:57:43 PAYMENTS message:
Payment processing failure.
Login: USERNAME_OF_CUSTOMER
IP: IP_OF_CUSTOMER
----
Payment method: PayPal Pro: ExpressCheckout
bill_output = Array
(
[cvvmes] => not set /
[code] => 2
[billmes] => Declined Status: Error: (Code: , Severity: )
)
original_bill_output = Array
(
[cvvmes] => not set /

The payments come through eventually, I don't know whether this particular payment was done multiple times or just once & came through, but honestly I don't expect an error from PayPal at all.

Is there any way to find out what causes this error & get it fixed?

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

1)Add the code
in your config.php

2)Analyze x-errors_paypal-<date>.php and x-errors_payments-<date>.php files

3)Remove the debug code

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Thank you, it has been added. Will leave it in there for now and see if it catches any strange errors.

The error I posted is also in there, which is quite an empty error
[code]
Payment method: PayPal Pro: ExpressCheckout
bill_output = Array
(
[cvvmes] => not set /
[code] => 2
[billmes] => Declined Status: Error: (Code: , Severity: )
)
original_bill_output = Array
(
[cvvmes] => not set /

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Is anyone experiencing any cache issues with 4.7.3 and when stock is reduced to 0?

I have seen a few instances where stock is reduced to 0, yet the product still shows on the website even though out of stock items should not appear.

Clicking on the product does provide the usual out of stock message, but unless clear the x-cart cache directory it will continue to appear incorrectly within the category.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

Could you check which cache is related to the problem
var/cache/smarty_cache/
or
var/cache/search_cache/
?

Thank you.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

How do I update from 4.6.1 to 4.7.x? I dont see any update scripts in my file area.

Re: Meet X-Cart 4.7.3 with Alibaba Integration aboard
 

In two steps

1) 4.6.1-4.7.1
2) 4.7.1-4.7.x

There is should be a link `Upgrades` in your help desk.