X-Cart 4.3 beta testing

Dizzi · #71 08-06-2009, 01:40 PM

At the risk of being a whiner, I think its really bad that X-cart does NOT reward the beta test contest participants, especially the winners (top 3 maybe). We're all expected to help by taking our time to install, test and inevitably find errors in the software and then report these issues all in an effort to help X-cart create a better product for them. They were very quick to answer anything related to helping THEM with THEIR product, but I have asked the question here in the forum as well as sending Vladimir a PM, all with no responce.
I certainly would not help again. Why would I. I ran into problems which took up my time whcih could have been used more prodcutivley elsewhere. We are charged for anything tech related, but are expected to offer our time for FREE. Why even call it a contest.
Anyway, rant over.

X-cart, its a matter of principles.

sambamu · #72 08-06-2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by am2003

I have the same question but I did not ask it. My experience says it is far better keep focus on killing all the bugs than telling community a wrong time for a release.

We should have patience my friends.

You are absolutely right.

svowl · #73 08-06-2009, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milo

At the risk of being a whiner, I think its really bad that X-cart does NOT reward the beta test contest participants, especially the winners (top 3 maybe). We're all expected to help by taking our time to install, test and inevitably find errors in the software and then report these issues all in an effort to help X-cart create a better product for them. They were very quick to answer anything related to helping THEM with THEIR product, but I have asked the question here in the forum as well as sending Vladimir a PM, all with no responce.
I certainly would not help again. Why would I. I ran into problems which took up my time whcih could have been used more prodcutivley elsewhere. We are charged for anything tech related, but are expected to offer our time for FREE. Why even call it a contest.
Anyway, rant over.

X-cart, its a matter of principles.

Miles, sorry, I didn't manage to answer you yesterday.
We did not plan any rewards for beta-testing X-Cart 4.3.0. However if any of the most active testers contributes greatly to stabilizing the software, we will consider offering a prize after the beta-testing of X-Cart 4.3.0 is completed.
We will also consider offering a reward to the best beta-testers of the next version of the software.

rrf · #74 08-07-2009, 12:02 AM

I guess now It's too late to announce competition for beta-testers.
However, I do think that the idea is good and we should announce rewards for beta-testers when we release future versions.

cflsystems · #75 08-07-2009, 04:32 AM

A liitle bit off topic but somehow related
Watch out, developers: Here come the lawyers

Developers who 'knowingly' ship buggy software may be held liable for damages. That might be good for users -- but a sloppy set of guidelines could hurt open source

http://www.infoworld.com/t/software-licensing/watch-out-developers-here-come-lawyers-436?source=IFWNLE_nlt_blogs_2009-08-06

ncben · #76 08-08-2009, 11:38 AM

New issue with X-SpecialOffer:

If "Give product for free" is used and multiple categories are included in the promotion, even quantity is set to one for each category, the customer gets one free item from EACH category. It shouldn't work that way. The customer should only get one free item from all the categories listed.

donavichi · #77 08-10-2009, 01:31 AM

Just had a look at the x-cart 4.3 demo site and none of the products are viewable - it seems the rewrite bug from 4.2 is still present in 4.3.
(The requested URL /~xcart/demo/dispatcher.php was not found on this server.)

Not great, is there a fix for this?

TL408 · #78 08-10-2009, 06:47 PM

The "X-Cart Import/Export guide" link within admin area is dead
http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/compiled/X-Cart_430%20beta%203_import_export_guide.pdf

ADDISON · #79 08-10-2009, 09:07 PM

Use this link to report bugs and issues:

https://bugtracker.qtmsoft.com

lash · #80 08-11-2009, 09:44 PM

Will the Special offer have the function to add offer based on manufacturers and not just categories? Like buy 2 products from brand X and get product Y for free. Many of my brands offer this kind of promotions to the resellers and they are all brand specific.