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Old 05-27-2004, 09:17 AM
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Default Xcart 3.5.8 Released With Upgrade Kits + Changelog

Xcart 3.5.8 is now in your file area along with Upgrade kits that take you from

V3.5.7 - V3.5.8

Heres the changelog


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---------------- X-CART v3.5.8 RELEASED

Wed May 26 15:12:02 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the wrong calculation of shipping cost if products with "free shipping" get into the shopping cart together with products with defined shipping charges is fixed.

Wed May 26 10:18:40 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding html tags getting lost on the "Test data encryption by PGP/GnuPG methods" page is fixed.

Wed May 26 10:13:10 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Order emails encryption is improved: now func_send_mail will use only plain-text templates if encryption is needed.

Wed May 26 10:03:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding moving states between zones if several states belonging to different countries have the same code is fixed.

Mon May 24 11:32:51 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding country selection on the "Test realtime shippings" page is fixed.

Mon May 24 11:05:56 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the processing of text in languages other than English is fixed: escape:"htmlall" is replaced by escape:"html" in skin templates.

Fri May 21 15:04:55 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding PGP/GnuPG key configuration is fixed.

Fri May 21 14:35:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding the updating of tax rates on states is fixed.

Fri May 21 13:59:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding PST calculation if a customer is from the Canadian provinces Quebec or PEI and the product has disabled 'Apply PST' flag is fixed.

Fri May 21 13:43:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding displaying the states of the disabled countries in 'Destination zones' section is fixed.

Thu May 20 12:29:46 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - "Please wait" message is displayed when order placing process starts. The function "func_header_location" now sends <META http-equiv="Refresh"...> tag when headers have already been sent.

Thu May 20 11:50:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding removing extra_data field value from xcart_order_details table after order modification is fixed (X-AOM).

Thu May 20 11:10:00 MSD 2004[*] - svowl . A border separating the components of a configurable product from the independent products on the 'Edit ordered products' page is added.

Wed May 19 17:50:09 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding updating the status of orders in IE (javascript error) is fixed.

Wed May 19 17:18:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding displaying on the preview page of a subtotal that is different from the subtotal on the order details page is fixed (X-AOM).

Wed May 19 16:22:27 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding "lost order" when using SaferPay payment gateway is fixed.

Wed May 19 15:30:53 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - SaferPay payment gateway is improved: paths to "saferpay" binary and to the config are separated.

Wed May 19 12:16:00 MSD 2004[*] - svowl - Security improvement: .htaccess files area is added into the directories 'log' and 'payment'.

Wed May 19 12:12:11 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Templates editing is improved: ability to preview a template within the default stylesheet is added.

Tue May 18 17:55:09 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding session loss when logging in from HTTP to HTTPS is fixed.

Tue May 18 17:12:50 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Debug functions "func_print_r" and "func_print_d" are improved: data is quoted using htmlspecialchars.

Tue May 18 17:01:03 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding editing some labels in Webmaster mode is fixed.

Fri May 14 11:05:45 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding wrong cart calculation when the order is paid for by a Gift Certificate is fixed.

Thu May 13 17:00:00 MSD 2004[*] - max - "Update products via CSV-file" functionality is added.

Thu May 13 16:41:36 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding incorrect transfer of parameters in web-based CC processors is fixed.

Thu May 13 10:05:52 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug in X-AOM regarding adding a disabled product or a bundled product (when used within X-Configurator) to an order is fixed.

Wed May 12 16:57:32 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug in PayPal payment method regarding incorrect session restoration is fixed.

Wed May 12 10:17:14 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - The duplicate orders catching mechanism is improved: check up for previously placed orders is protected by "func_lock" function.

Tue May 11 15:47:40 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Fancy Categories module is improved: additional links to the categories are added for increased friendliness to web search engines.

Tue May 11 11:12:36 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Deletion of old HTML Catalog is improved: files declared root static pages are ignored.

Fri May 07 17:20:46 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Modules un-installation procedure is added to X-Affiliate, X-AOM, X-FancyCategories, X-GiftRegistry & X-Configurator.

Wed May 05 17:17:20 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Generation of a unique id for a session is improved.

Wed May 05 16:04:39 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding showing the names of recomended products in the default language is fixed.

Wed May 05 14:20:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding incorrect filling out of the title, firstname and lastname fields for shipping and billing addresses during anonymous checkout is fixed.

Wed May 05 12:31:00 MSD 2004 [!] - svowl - The bug regarding the calculation of the order total if 'Use VAT taxing system' option is turned on is fixed (X-AOM).

Wed May 05 10:05:23 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding huge expansion of the categories menu when "Explorer" skin is used with "Fancy Categories" module is fixed.

Tue May 04 17:35:52 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the increase of the price when refreshing the "summary" page (last step of configuration) for a configurable product is fixed.

Tue May 04 16:15:30 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding applying global discounts to purchases by customers with membership is fixed.

Tue May 04 16:01:40 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the log in of users with "Fulfillment staff" membership in "Simple mode" is fixed.

Tue May 04 15:47:22 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the loss of
tags in product short and detailed descriptions when editing a configurable product is fixed.

Tue May 04 14:37:18 MSD 2004[*] - mclap . Product search is improved: ability to search by secondary categories is added.

Tue May 04 12:26:16 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding the wrong path to uploaded product thumbnails under Windows is fixed.

Wed Apr 28 17:12:22 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Subscriptions module is improved: now admin can withdraw money from the customers accounts without setting up the "Secret key to avoid non-authorized usage of Subscriptions module" option in "General settings/Modules options" page.

Wed Apr 28 15:17:19 MSD 2004[*] - mclap . The function "func_is_allowed_file" is improved: now it can process values of "General settings/Secutity/Comma separated list of file extensions disallowed for uploading" entered in any case.

Wed Apr 28 10:15:46 MSD 2004[*] - mclap . The look of "Explorer" skin of Fancy Categories is improved: the name of a category is enclosed in <NOBR> tag.

Mon Apr 26 17:19:19 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding javascript validation of credit card numbers for Switch & Solo credit cards ("General settings/General options" => "Enable Credit Card info validation") is fixed.

Mon Apr 26 15:23:13 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding stripping tags while modifying a configurable product is fixed.

Mon Apr 26 10:17:22 MSD 2004[*] - mclap - Database backup is improved: memory usage is reduced (by selecting 200 rows per query); comments are added when dumping into file.

Thu Apr 22 17:06:45 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding renaming categories
with slashes is fixed.

Thu Apr 22 10:18:47 MSD 2004 [!] - mclap - The bug regarding wrong links to images in Fancy Categories module under Windows is fixed.

---------------- X-CART v3.5.7 RELEASED
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Old 05-27-2004, 08:08 PM
 
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This upgrade has caused some MAJOR problem with MySQL after the upgrade. MySQL suddenly jumps up its memory to 99% on Windows when clicking on a category with products in it. Apparently this has also caused problems with our web hosting provider as well. Last time I tried to view a category on our remote server, there was not response from that point on. Nothing. We can't access ANY part of Xcart hosted at our web hosting provider.

I will have to contact them and have them terminate whatever process is running.
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Upgraded okay here, apart from about 4 files .... which for some strange reason, patched okay, when i chose them manually (one by one) !
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I cannot figure what could be causing the problem. It seems to revolve around the setting of sessions.

Ahh well, ignore my warning for now. Could be something that is my own fault. I will have to investigate and find out.
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I've had issues with getting pages in the Admin area to load since upgrading =/ In particular, "Users" and "Language" are the affected areas I've noticed so far. Just reloads the page when I click on links in those sections.

I did have to manually edit some of the files that couldn't be patched, but did so accurately to my knowledge, and I went over it 3-4 times. It seems like an HTTP post/get request issue.. however that was modified in this upgrade.
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Well, I tracked down our problem. I am one of those Xcart users that decided to add on more categoryids to the products table (4 more). However, with the new $category_condition statement under the func_search_products() function in func.php, all 8 of our categorids are searched instead of the old 3.5.7 method of just searching the first categoryid. On our remote linux web host this can result in a slow down of up to 144 seconds to procress that one segment of code in the func_search_products() function.

However, on our Windows testing server....it just dies. The SQL satement is so overwhelming that all of the CPU cycles are used up by mysqld-nt.exe to the the point that there isn't enough processing power to gather the database records from the hard drive which simply ceases to spin but once every 60 or so seconds.

So for those who did this modification to their Xcart, beware! I made the 'mistake' of correctly updating that $category_condition statement with our four additional categoryids.

It is now my task to find a way to improve that section of code and/or the structure of the products table, or devolve our cart back to 3.5.7.
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Well, problem somewhat solved. I went through and carefully optimized the structure of the Xcart database. Tough to do and still ensure that nothing is broken. Then I commented out the $category_condition statement and put the old 3.5.7 one in its place. Not as thorough, but at least our site is loading in a reasonable time now.

This is what I used, if anyone is wondering.
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$category_condition = " AND $sql_tbl[products].categoryid=$sql_tbl[categories].categoryid";
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My cart will not checkout after the upgrade.
[update] I did fresh full install and I have to say that it seems pretty buggy.
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Everyone please remember that this is not considered the "stable build".

I usually wait until all of the "keeners" have installed and there seems to be no major issues in the first few days. Then I know it might be ok to upgrade.
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GM, according to Xcart Tech the Xcart shopping cart is not fully compatible with Smart 2.6.2 yet. You may want to consider returning to 2.5.0.

Anybody have an idea where thse incompatibilities may lie?
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