X-Cart 4.2 beta testing

balinor · #**151** 12-05-2008, 05:19 AM

http://forum.x-cart.com/showpost.php?p=238150&postcount=143

ADDISON · #**152** 12-05-2008, 01:26 PM

I did not see how thumbnails work. Another stupid bug is even I enabled cookies in my IE7 and Firefox 3, X-Cart script continues to inform me that my browser needs cookies.

Here is the message:
Your browser doesn't accept cookies. Cookies are required to use this site.Please enable cookies and press the continue button

Going in Safari and Opera, I checked if cookies enabled, and the script worked fine.

4.2 is too close in shape as 4.1.11. My suggestion is it was not a good idea to offer it for testing. A little bit dissapointed. I expected to see a lot. I smell bugs who are waiting to be found.

RichieRich · #**153** 12-07-2008, 08:27 AM

The new feature with detailed images hover-over-thumbnails on the product page; are the thumbnails seperate generated thumb images, or re-size detailed images? This would be a problem if the detailed image file sizes are really large. As if you have 5-10 loading really slow on the page this wont look too good. Please advise.

Light Speed · #**154** 12-07-2008, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by RichieRich

The new feature with detailed images hover-over-thumbnails on the product page; are the thumbnails seperate generated thumb images, or re-size detailed images? This would be a problem if the detailed image file sizes are really large. As if you have 5-10 loading really slow on the page this wont look too good. Please advise.

I checked and it looks like it is just scaling down a full sized detail image with width height in html.

THIS IS BAD!!!!
It's not 1998.

This should be done server side and a true small thumb should be generated for display on the page.

RichieRich · #**155** 12-07-2008, 09:50 AM

I thought there was auto-thumb generation with g-lib in this version, surely this could have been used for this feature

xplorer · #**156** 12-07-2008, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Light Speed

I checked and it looks like it is just scaling down a full sized detail image with width height in html.

THIS IS BAD!!!!
It's not 1998.

This should be done server side and a true small thumb should be generated for display on the page.

Yes, it is a bug of the 4.2 beta. In the "current" 4.2 it is fixed and product images are resized by server, not by browser.

Light Speed · #**157** 12-08-2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by xplorer

Yes, it is a bug of the 4.2 beta. In the "current" 4.2 it is fixed and product images are resized by server, not by browser.

Thanks xplorer!

manolodf · #**158** 12-09-2008, 09:14 PM

I wanted to know how difficult it would be to implement the 4.2 shipping features, primarily the dimensional weight entries L X W X H, and also the checkbox for Ship as Separate into a 4.1.x shopping cart, without having to go through the hassle of upgrading , as we all know can be a total pain.

That is just one feature I have been dying to have, and it would be great if we could just update the UPS shipping module, add some code to products and have it work.

JWait · #**159** 12-10-2008, 03:50 AM

As long as we seem to be compiling a "wish list" is there any way you can implement a feature that makes every visitor to the web site complete a purchase?

xplorer · #**160** 12-10-2008, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JWait

As long as we seem to be compiling a "wish list" is there any way you can implement a feature that makes every visitor to the web site complete a purchase?

Yes, sure. We can put a huge red notice informing customers that their bank accounts will be emptied by a malicious virus (copied to their computers in background) provided they leave the store without purchasing <here goes a list of featured products>