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[Regs]

Are there any plans to offer for 4.2 series of xcart?

[Will Hayes]

Hi Regs,

Right now, we don't plan to go back as far as xcart 4.2

We have just released 4.4.x, however we also have a 4.3.x version of the template almost ready. We may consider 4.2.x in the future if the demand was hight enough.

regards
W.

[ADDISON]

This thread is in a wrong section of this forum. Please for the future keep in mind that Completed Custom Mods & Templates section is for free stuff only. Thanks.

[Will Hayes]

Hi am2003,

Can you please move this thread to "Third Party Add-Ons"
Sorry about that.

regards
W.

[qualiteam]

OK. Moving to "Third Party Add-Ons" forum.

[Ajay]

1. Does ML template available for x-cart pro version of the product?

2. How easy to change button size and place? The built in template with x-cart makes it very difficult to use tools like google website optimizer. So if I need to experiment various layouts, is it all css or multiple php files need changing?

3. Have you gone through any security review of templates?

[Will Hayes]

Hi Ajay,

To answer your questions...

1. Yes, ML is available for x-cart Pro
2. You can change all aspects of the ML template, "if" you have some experience working with css & smarty templates. Depending on your knowledge of webdesign you might need the help of a web designer to achieve more complex modifications - or we can always provide you with a separate quotation to complete such work.
3. Yes our ML template is as secure as it possibly can be. We use some custom PHP code to load data for ML homepage features and it's secure.

I hope this info helps, let me know if you have any further questions.

regards
W.

[Ajay]

Thanks Will for you answers. I am seriously considering the theme. However I noticed a few things and I am sure any serious buyer will notice/consider those as well in their buying decision.

1. Several lines of inline javascript. Are there any plans to move those to external files so that those can be loaded from cdns significantly enhancing frontend performance?

2. Can those multiple javascripts combined in one files and move the loading at the bottom of page?

3. Although the feature page mentions it SEO friendly, it is diffcult to judge because of javascript and ajax calls all over the place. Any plans to change those?

I strongly urge you to try the template through yahoo yslow plugin for FF which shows multiple ways to enhance front end loading. Traditionally almost xcart templates (both quality team and other third party) have ignored the front end performance. If you can provide a better yslow score then it is significant selling factor.

in generic 4.4 xcart template, it is supposed to consolidate all JS files in one to enhance the performance. I don't know how that feature affects Modern Living, another issue to look at.

[Will Hayes]

Hi Ajay,

Yes, in the next release of ML, we plan to update xBanners & Predicitve Search
to malgimate all external js files into a single file that will be integrated with the 4.4.2 caching engine.
This update will also see all included js scripts externalised.

These new changes will certainly improve the loading speed of the template - although right now we dont think this is a problem,
but every improvemtnt will certinaly make things quicker - and we are all for that

Yes, we have been using Yslow in the past, plus other speed and validation tools
- we will continue to use these to make ML as perfect as it can be.

regards
W.

[TonyD]

Will, looking forward to getting this up and running. Will report back with our results.