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Dear customers,

We are introducing the Smarty3 update patch for X-Cart 4.4.x and 4.5.x

The patch has been tested on clean 4.4.5/4.5.0 installations, any feedback is welcome.

So, here are steps required to do the Smarty2 -> Smarty3 ( Smarty-3.1.8 ) engine update in X-Cart and use the new features introduced in Smarty3.

1. Prepare for update:
* Make a complete back-up of the store (DB + Files).
* Make sure you have the SSH or FTP access to your store.

2. Update:
* Apply the attached file patch (SMARTY3_4.4.x.zip, SMARTY3_4.5.x.zip) via X-Cart admin backend (or manually or via command line patch utitlity). The patch applies via X-Cart admin back-end automatically for a clean 4.4.5/4.5.0.

NOTE: the store will become non operational after this step.

* Delete the "<xcart_dir>/include/lib/smarty" folder and all its content.

* Upload the "include" folder content from the attached archive to the X-Cart's "include" directory ("<xcart_dir>/include/"). Only new files should be added (in case of a clean X-Cart 4.4.5/4.5.0). So, there should be no overwrite promt.

3. Update completed. Check your store. It should be back to normal working state.

Known limtations: Not for production sites yet! Debugging console is not fully updated, only template names are shown.