Dear Customers,
We are pleased to announce that the new X-Cart branch 4.3.x is now available for beta testing, which is scheduled to continue till August 3, 2009. This beta release aims primarily at regular X-Cart users and developers who now have a great opportunity to test and evaluate the next X-Cart branch and help us make X-Cart 4.3. better.
Important: X-Cart 4.3 is not yet recommended for production use at this stage.
What's new in X-Cart 4.3
The new X-Cart branch includes numerous little enhancement and refinement, and a number of considerable improvements, most of which go behind the scene.
The visible changes introduced with X-Cart 4.3 include:
* AJAX technology for the mini-cart, product rating, etc.
* Quick Search panel
* X-Fancy Categories, X-AOM and X-RMA are now included into the X-Cart distribution package
* Two new skin templates
For a more detailed list of improvements please refer to the file NEW-4.3.0 in the distribution package for X-Cart 4.3 Beta.
How to Obtain
To download a distribution package for X-Cart 4.3 Beta:
1. Log in to your HelpDesk account at
https://secure.qtmsoft.com/ and go to the My Licenses section.
2. In the My Licenses section, find the entries marked as "Not for resale license". The two licenses are available for X-Cart Gold 4.3 Beta and X-Cart Pro 4.3 Beta.
3. Click the
Accept button corresponding to the necessary license (X-Cart Gold 4.3 Beta or X-Cart Pro 4.3 Beta). This will reload the page and open the X-Cart 4.3 License Agreement.
4. Put your signature into the special form below the License Agreement and click the
Accept button.
5. After you have accepted the Agreement, go to the File Area section of your HelpDesk account and download the necessary distribution package.
How to Report
We encourage all registered users of X-Cart 4.3 Beta to report about any bugs, errors, flaws and illogical software behavior through the bug-tracking system at
https://bugtracker.qtmsoft.com/ . For instructions on how use the bug-tracking system please refer to
https://bugtracker.qtmsoft.com/help/ .
UPDATE:
1. To list the licenses correctly, setup the filter as specified below:
Brand = X-Cart
Status = -- Select status -- (no filter)
This will list all X-Cart licenses regardless their status.
2. When signing the Agreement, put your name between two slashes. E.g., /Your Name/
UPDATE 2:
X-Cart 4.3.0 beta 2 has been released on July 09, 2009. You can find it in the File area of your Help Desk.
UPDATE 3:
Starting from July 13, an online demo for X-Cart 4.3 beta is publicly available at
http://dev.qtmsoft.com/~svowl/demo. The online demo will be updated periodically and will include all the latest updates and hot fixes.
UPDATE 4:
X-Cart 4.3.0 beta 3 released on August 05, 2009. You can find the distribution packages in the File area of your Help Desk account. The online demo for X-Cart 4.3 beta was updated as well.
UPDATE 5:
October 17, 2009 X-Cart 4.3.0 beta 4 was released. The distribution packages can be found in the File area of your Help Desk account. We also updated the online demo for X-Cart 4.3 beta.
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Sincerely yours,
X-Cart Team