Xcart 4.0 public release is finaly in your file area.
Heres a brief ouline of whats new
Code:
- improved categories management mechanism (unlimited categories);
- inventory tracking based on product options;
- new payment gateways support;
- Airborne (DHL) ShipIt API support;
- RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) add-on;
- ability to sort out products on the customer storefront;
- customer area scripts moved up to the root directory of X-Cart;
- new HTML template for invoice;
- HTML-format for e-mail notifications turned on by default;
- a more flexible tax management system;
- Smarty template engine upgraded up to version 2.6.3;
- ability to select UK or Canada pre-configuration during X-Cart installing;
- fully multilingual interface, including admin/provider part;
- considerably improved usability of administrator/provider interface;
- memory usage optimization;
- new integrated 'UPS OnLine Tools' module, supporting not only shipping rates calculation, but providing an address validation tool and the possibility to register a UPS account via X-Cart site;
- new integrated 'Manufacturers' module enabling you to classify your products by the brand names;
- new integrated 'News Management' module enabling you to have multiple news lists for your customers;
- printable version for all information pages in the customer zone;
- additional options enabling you to optimize your e-store for search engines;
- gathering of statistical data on product search queries in the customer zone and on the client's environment (browser type, screen resolution, operating system, JavaScript support);
- renewed first page in the administrative zone: new orders statistics and top sellers info are added;
- customizable product search form, extended set of search fields;
- simultaneous editing of multiple products;
- ability to adjust the registration form for different user types;
- Antifraud module: verification of the customer's address in the process of checkout (check-up information can be included into the order details);
- ability to edit the options of a product contained in the shopping cart;
- ability to export products in Froogle format.
Heres the changelog
Code:
$Id: CHANGELOG-4.0.0,v 1.1 2004/07/13 10:14:35 svowl Exp $
----------------- X-CART v4.0.0 RELEASED
Tue Jul 13 09:57:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - Minor changes in Caledon payment module.
Mon Jul 12 16:12:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - Minor changes in NOCHEX payment module.
Fri Jul 09 17:25:13 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the application of unallowed combinations of variants of the product options when editing product options in cart is fixed.
Fri Jul 09 16:30:58 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the re-creation of product options on each update is fixed.
Fri Jul 09 16:13:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - X-AOM module is modified according to the last changes in core application.
Thu Jul 08 17:32:08 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding values getting lost when adding product variants is fixed.
Thu Jul 08 17:08:17 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding wrong count of products in customer area is fixed.
Thu Jul 08 17:06:24 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding showing unavailable products to customers is fixed.
Thu Jul 08 15:57:08 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Ability to import wholesale prices when importing products is added. To do this use the following format for the price field: "membership:quantity:price". Multiple price fields for one row in csv are now accepted.
Thu Jul 08 14:35:25 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding reinstallation of X-Cart is fixed.
Tue Jul 06 17:49:09 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Import of products is corrected: ability to use multiple categories for products is added; category path separator for "category" field is added.
Tue Jul 06 15:47:43 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding deleting categories is fixed.
Tue Jul 06 14:25:12 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding assigning default category to a product when importing products is fixed.
Mon Jul 05 17:31:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - Authorization data for confirmation request is added for GZS payment module.
Mon Jul 05 16:41:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - Confirmation request is added for GZS payment module.
Mon Jul 05 15:42:34 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding importing products with undefined price is fixed.
Mon Jul 05 15:32:33 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding CC info removal is fixed.
Mon Jul 05 15:29:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - Ability to use HTTP authorization for CURL,HTTPScli,OpenSSL https modules is added.
Mon Jul 05 12:02:49 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Ability to return headers in libCURL https module is added.
Fri Jul 02 17:50:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - 2CheckOut payment module is modified: md5 hash checking is added.
Fri Jul 02 11:42:59 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding usage of fixed shipping cost in X-AOM is fixed.
Thu Jul 01 18:41:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - 2CheckOut (version 2) payment module is added: for vendorID greater then 200000
Thu Jul 01 17:20:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - X-Configurator module is modified according to the last changes in core application.
Thu Jul 01 10:11:54 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding increasing of the quantity in stock of ordered products in X-AOM when products are deleted from an order is fixed.
Thu Jul 01 09:35:19 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Increasing of the quantity in stock of ordered products is added when administrator deletes an order with the status "Not finished" or "Queued".
Tue Jun 29 18:21:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - PayPal payment method is moved to the online payment modules.
Tue Jun 29 18:04:32 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Decreasing of product's quantity in stock is added when the status of an order from "declined" or "failed" becomes "completed", "processed" or "queued".
Tue Jun 29 16:53:49 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the check up of product amount in cart and at checkout is fixed.
Tue Jun 29 14:27:56 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding "empty" orders when a customer tries to buy a product which became "out of stock" at the last step of checkout is fixed.
Tue Jun 29 11:31:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - Download links for ESD products are added on order details page.
Tue Jun 29 10:48:00 MSD 2004 [+] - svowl - Second address line for user profiles is added.
Mon Jun 28 17:09:46 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bugs regarding customer and partner registration are fixed (user already exists, wrong page after partner registration).
Mon Jun 28 13:19:00 MSD 2004 [+] - svowl - The ability to view/update products assigned to display under some category in 'Categories' section is added.
Mon Jun 28 10:55:34 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding adding a Gift Certificate to cart is fixed.
Mon Jun 28 10:35:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding SQL error on category page when default sort method is selected is fixed.
Mon Jun 28 09:57:54 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding wrong links to some scripts in HTML Catalog is fixed.
Fri Jun 25 17:24:59 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding showing the latest news item in "News Management" module in "News box" is fixed.
Fri Jun 25 17:01:00 MSD 2004 [+] - svowl - The ability to clone a zone and all zone information is added.
Fri Jun 25 14:34:11 MSD 2004 [*] - max - 'Send customer IP address to Anti Fraud server' functionality is added.
----------------- X-CART v4.0.0 beta 1 RELEASED
Thu Jun 24 17:30:16 MSD 2004 [*] - max - Customer area is moved to X-Cart root directory.
Thu Jun 24 15:47:52 MSD 2004 [+] - max - The ability to change the order of products on the customer side is added.
Thu Jun 24 15:21:10 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Ability to install pre-configurations for Canada and UK is added.
Thr Jun 24 10:00:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - Caledon payment module is added.
Wed Jun 23 24:51:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - PayByCheck payment module is added: XML method.
Wed Jun 23 14:11:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - Cheque checkout form is modified.
Wed Jun 23 11:33:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - The numeric A3 and N3 country codes support is added to VelocityPay, HSBC, Jettis payment modules.
Wed Jun 23 11:27:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - "Insert into xcart_cc_pp3_data..." is replaced by "Replace into..."
Wed Jun 23 11:19:00 MSD 2004 [!] - sdg - The bug regarding wrong section sequence in Scopus payment module is fixed.
Tue Jun 22 18:29:10 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - HTML Catalog is improved: converting of embedded static pages is added. Also HTML Catalogs may be generated for all languages installed in the store.
Tue Jun 22 18:27:44 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - New function "func_normalize_path" is added for the path (local, and web) normalization.
Mon Jun 21 16:11:09 MSD 2004 [*] - max - New HTML-based template for order invoice is designed.
Mon Jun 21 16:11:09 MSD 2004 [*] - max - The function func_send_mail is modified to support the attached data in the e-mails.
Mon Jun 21 13:50:47 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding quotes in Speed Bar is fixed.
Mon Jun 21 11:06:01 MSD 2004 [+] - mclap - Airborne (DHL) ShipIt API support is added.
Mon Jun 21 10:52:09 MSD 2004 [+] - max - Statistics page for 'Users online' module is added.
Fri Jun 18 10:55:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - The taxes management system is modified to allow a more flexible setup of taxes for the store.
Thu Jun 17 18:08:06 MSD 2004 [*] - max - button.tpl template is improved in order to make buttons look the same in all browsers.
Thu Jun 17 16:30:48 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding selecting images using URL as the source is fixed.
Thu Jun 17 15:24:02 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding entering javascript code when modifying a product is fixed.
Thu Jun 17 10:42:11 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding usage of array_map in prepare.php with some versions of PHP (in particular 4.3.2) is fixed: function call is replaced by wrapper "func_array_map".
Thu Jun 17 10:22:29 MSD 2004 [*] - max - 'Global Product options' functionality is moved to 'Group editing of products'.
Thu Jun 17 10:17:01 MSD 2004 [*] - max - Pagination in 'Group editing of products' is added.
Wed Jun 16 17:27:50 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding slow import of big numbers of products is fixed.
Wed Jun 16 16:53:40 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding adding a product with free price to the cart is fixed.
Wed Jun 16 15:28:03 MSD 2004 [+] - mclap - X-Cart is integrated with Smarty-2.6.3
Wed Jun 16 13:31:08 MSD 2004 [*] - max - Product Options module is improved: now options can be defined as simple modifiers (as before) or product variants (which means each product variant has its own price, weight, SKU).
Wed Jun 16 09:49:23 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding applying patches using Patch/Upgrade center is fixed.
Tue Jun 15 16:26:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - The destination zones management mechanism is modified to allow more detailed zone definition (including countries, states, counties, city masks, zip/postal code masks and address masks).
Tue Jun 15 10:30:01 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding importing products detailed images when images are stored on the filesystem is fixed.
Tue Jun 15 10:13:09 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Multi-language installation wizard.
Tue Jun 15 09:57:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - BeanStream payment module is improved: additional error messages are added.
Sat Jun 12 10:40:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - Nochex payment module is rewritten as one of payment gateways.
Sat Jun 12 09:47:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - PSW Billing payment module is added.
Sat Jun 12 09:22:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - Trolley payment module is added.
Sat Jun 12 09:11:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - WebCraft payment module is added.
Sat Jun 12 08:47:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - Ogone payment module is added: web form.
Fri Jun 11 18:14:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - TripleDeal payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 17:59:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - EasyPay payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 17:45:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - HSBC payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 17:33:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - VeriSign Link payment module is improved: new callback mechanizm is applied.
Fri Jun 11 17:25:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - ePDQ payment module is improved: new callback mechanizm is applied.
Fri Jun 11 17:19:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - Pasat Internet payment module is improved: new callback mechanizm is applied.
Fri Jun 11 17:11:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - LaCaixa/CyberPac payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 17:03:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - YellowPay payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 16:44:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - OnLine payment modules are improved: callback scheme support is added.
Fri Jun 11 16:04:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - A1M platform XML integrator payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 15:57:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - iDeb payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 15:52:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - EZtp payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 15:46:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - Smart people payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 15:40:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - CardiaShop 2.0 payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 15:23:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - PayWeb payment method is added.
Fri Jun 11 15:17:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - PlugnPay payment method is added: Smart Screen.
Fri Jun 11 15:10:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - uSight payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 15:03:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - Epoch/PayCom payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 14:58:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - FirePay payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 14:51:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - Bean Stream payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 14:44:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - DPI Link payment module is added: Hosted payment page.
Fri Jun 11 14:39:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - YourPay payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 14:35:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - NetPay payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 14:28:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - CyberSource payment module: CVV/AVS support is added.
Fri Jun 11 14:23:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - ANZeGate (MIGS payment client) payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 14:16:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - Way2Pay payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 13:51:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - GoEmerchant payment module is added.
Fri Jun 11 13:42:00 MSD 2004 [*] - sdg - PlugNPay payment module: Phone line is added. DPI Link payment module: CVV/AVS support is added.
Fri Jun 11 12:43:00 MSD 2004 [+] - sdg - The payment system management is modified to allow payment via several online payment modules.
Fri Jun 11 09:45:44 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding disappearing debugging console is fixed.
Thu Jun 10 16:36:00 MSD 2004 [+] - svowl - The option 'Use counties' is added. If this option is turned on, additional field is added in the address forms on registration and contact us forms.
Thu Jun 10 16:30:49 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the increase of times of discount coupons usage is fixed.
Thu Jun 10 16:17:16 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding updating a gift certificate in Wishlist is fixed.
Thu Jun 10 16:08:12 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding "empty" wishlist in Gift Registry when wishlist contains only gift certificates is fixed.
Thu Jun 10 10:59:21 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding adding configurable product to cart with a slot containing an "out of stock" product when "Disable inventory tracking" option is turned on is fixed.
Thu Jun 10 10:34:10 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding changing the amount of ordered products in X-AOM when "Disable inventory tracking" option is turned on is fixed.
Thu Jun 10 10:14:59 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - The tag "<SCRIPT" now is allowed for use in Language variables.
Wed Jun 09 15:36:47 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the JavaScript function "checkEmailAddress" is fixed: missing '\' in regexp.
Wed Jun 09 12:26:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - The option 'Include user password in e-mail notifications to the Users department' is added (General settings/Email options).
Wed Jun 09 10:22:56 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding creating user profile from admin area is fixed: admin was unable to fill in customer-specific fields.
Tue Jun 08 15:03:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - FancyCategories module is corrected according to modifications in the categories architecture.
Tue Jun 08 14:46:09 MSD 2004 [+] - max - Search engine bots & spider identificator is added
Mon Jun 07 17:15:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - Categories architecture is improved: now products can be assigned to an unlimited number of categories.
Mon Jun 07 16:49:44 MSD 2004 [+] - max - Setup page for all email notifications is added to the 'General settings' section.
Mon Jun 07 16:13:32 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding CanadaPost shipping processor is fixed.
Mon Jun 07 14:17:52 MSD 2004 [+] - max - RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) add-on is added.
Mon Jun 07 11:46:48 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding improting products into a category with quotes in its name is fixed.
Fri Jun 04 18:29:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - Displaying category icon mechanism is improved: if no icon is defined for the current category, then one of the parent category icons is displayed.
Fri Jun 04 16:51:00 MSD 2004 [*] - svowl - Categories architecture is improved: categories using the same name and slashes "/" in the names of categories are now possible.
Fri Jun 04 15:02:10 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Memberships editing section in admin area is improved: check for previously added level with the same name is added.
Fri Jun 04 13:30:39 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding importing thumbnails of products when thumbnails are stored on the filesystem is fixed.
Thu Jun 3 17:58:19 MSD 2004 [+] - Setup page for 'Contact us' page is added to the 'General settings' section.
Thu Jun 03 17:11:26 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding importing products with stored layout is fixed.
Thu Jun 3 15:58:07 MSD 2004 [*] - max - Authorize.Net: AIM payment module is modified according to the certification requirements.
Thu Jun 3 15:43:48 MSD 2004 [+] - max - 'Multi-type transaction CC processors' and 'Individual templates for CC/CH processors' - general functionality is added.
Thu Jun 3 12:03:41 MSD 2004 [!] - max - Email checking scripts (.php and .js) are corrected.
Thu Jun 03 10:45:47 MSD 2004 [*] - mclap - Optional encoding mail headers using "Base 64" is added.
Thu Jun 03 09:29:40 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding getting email of currently logged admin on the "Test data encryption by PGP/GnuPG methods" page is fixed.
Wed Jun 2 15:45:49 MSD 2004 [+] - max - 'Mark/unmark checkboxes' common functionality (on javascript) is added.
Wed Jun 2 15:44:56 MSD 2004 [+] - max - Stop list module is added.
Wed Jun 02 12:20:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding redirect after some action in the 'Files' section (provider area) is added.
Wed Jun 02 11:15:50 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding importing products from a file located on the server is fixed.
Tue Jun 01 18:03:52 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding extracting data for languages other than English is fixed.
----------------- X-CART v4.0.0 alpha 1 RELEASED
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