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[Konig]

We have been using 4.0.0A for about 2 weeks now LIVE and have had no problems with it. The only bugs we encountered were simple superficial ones like color problems in the admin area, etc. As far as functionality goes however, it works great. We average 35,000 unique visitors per month with over 20 million hits per month and the cart is taking and processing it great. Over 50 sales per day with multiple checkout methods with no problems either.

Anyone else using 4.0.0A LIVE yet?

[thewho]

1)
Example:
I have 700 product and 23 categories.
i have 120 products with the word "summer"
which are scattered in 6 subcategories.

Today:
I make a search for all the occurrence that contain the word "Summer"
And I get a list of all the products with that name in them.
(so I get a list of 120 products)

Desire:
What I would like to get is the page of the subcategory
where the word summer was found, and only then
when I click the category I desire, I will see the products in that category.
that will help the customers to find what they are looking for a lot faster.

2)
A map of the source, which files call who (that will help us to make better mods).


3)
A search on the main screen.
Today :
Search ___________ Go Advanced search

Desire:
Search ___________ Go
Category [DropDown]
SubCategory [DropDown] (depend on the Category)
MakeOrModel [DropDown] (depend on the Category and the SubCategory)
Advanced search


4)
In the registration form, the option to decide which field we are mandatory, which are optional and which we don't want to see.
And that it will be reflected in all the email that go out.


5)
Category menu.
Today when we use the default category list it look something like this
Computer
Book
TV
Map

It would be nice if we could go one level deeper like that:
Computer
-------Screen
-------HD
Book
-------Mystery
-------Comics
TV
-------21"
-------25"
-------Plasma
Maps
-------EUROPE
-------North America

And also the ability to decide if a one of the wich category will have the
Ability be open or not
Example : TV not Open
Then it will show in the menu only the Main category without the SubCategorys.
Computer
-------Screen
-------HD
Book
-------Mystery
-------Comics
TV (it won't display the subcategoy)
Maps
-------EUROPE
-------North America

[DataViking]

We just install it last night and so far the only bug we found is that the buy button doesnБ─≥t work.

The new admin look and functions are nice.

[thewho]

there should be 2 types thumbnails images folder.

one for the main page(where we see a bunch of products
and we could save those images to the size of 70*70 (for real, so it will weight only 1K),

and for the detail page of the product we will use the second
folder which will hold the more heavy thumbnail. (150 * 200, something like 3K-5K)

this way we can speed up the page upload and still use a good quality images.

[Light Speed]

Originally Posted by thewho

there should be 2 types thumbnails images folder.

one for the main page(where we see a bunch of products
and we could save those images to the size of 70*70 (for real, so it will weight only 1K),

and for the detail page of the product we will use the second
folder which will hold the more heavy thumbnail. (150 * 200, something like 3K-5K)

this way we can speed up the page upload and still use a good quality images.

Yes Yes Yes!!!

[thewho]

.

The first time I go to admin->orders->order details I can view the full order with all details.

On the same page where I view the order, I can enter my blowfish merchant key to encrypt the order. If I do, the order will be encrypted and I'll need to enter my merchant key to view it in the future

by mikebo
Member

give us the possibility to choose:
1. start blowfish every time we enter the order details(the current situation)
2. start blowfish automatically (at the moment the customer submit is order

[thewho]

admin\newsletter_modify.php(179): $smarty->display("admin/home.tpl");
admin\newsletter_modify.php(187): $smarty->display("admin/home.tpl");
admin\order.php(101): $smarty->display("admin/home.tpl");
admin\patch.php(285): require $xcart_dir.DIR_ADMIN."/safe_mode.php";
admin\patch.php(389): require $xcart_dir.DIR_ADMIN."/upgrade.php";
admin\patch.php(460): require $xcart_dir.DIR_ADMIN."/safe_mode.php";
admin\patch.php(475): require $xcart_dir.DIR_ADMIN."/patch_files.php";
admin\patch.php(506): require $xcart_dir.DIR_ADMIN."/safe_mode.php";
admin\patch.php(566): $smarty->display("admin/home.tpl");
admin\patch_files.php(39): require $xcart_dir.DIR_ADMIN."/safe_mode.php";
admin\pay_subscriptions.php(63): global $store_cc, $config, $str, $sql_tbl, $admin_language1;

use all the time the Constant "DIR_ADMIN"
Before ==> display("admin/home.tpl");
After ==> display(DIR_ADMIN"/home.tpl");

[FX]

I read that production release will be compatible with PHP 5.0 -that's great! But what about template engine, almost every PHP developer knows that Smarty is the slowest template engine system you can find out there. The latest version of Smarty offers a visible speed and security advantages over current Smarty 2.5.0. So, why not to upgrade it before xcart gets in production

I think it's about the time to upgrade, look here:
Smarty 2.5.0 Source April 11th, 2003
Smarty 2.6.3 Source June 16th, 2004

Will we be able to upgrade 4.0.0Alpha to production release down the road as with 3.5.x through admin interface, or production release will needs to be installed clean to function correctly with all the features I want to start to work on design now and be able to upgrade it later.

[mikebo]

Hi

I'm wondering what to expect with upgrading to 4.0. Will it be similar to going from 3.5.7 -> 3.5.8? Or, will it require a completely new install of X=Cart?

Also while on the subject of upgrading, it would be nice if 4.0 could complete the upgrading process even if the .tpl files have been compiled.

Thanks
Mike

[mizzlewillz]

Hello,

I think a great feature would be something like amazon has, that is when you login to your account it shows new products that you might be interested in (the feature should look at what the customer has purchased in the past and then base the new products on that).

Just my thoughts

-Mike