Free X-Cart 4.2 skins

xplorer · #1 03-02-2009, 04:53 AM

Hi folks,

We glad to announce release of the following free css-based skins for X-Cart 4.2:
- Artistic Tunes: Business
- Artistic Tunes: Car Tires
- Artistic Tunes: Fragrances
- Artistic Tunes: Water Colour
- Fashion Mosaic: Blue
- Fashion Mosaic: Green
- Fashion Mosaic: Grey
- Fashion Mosaic: Pink
- Neon Lights: Flowers
- Neon Lights: Household
- Neon Lights: Music
- Neon Lights: Sport
- Vivid Dreams: Aquamarine
- Vivid Dreams: Lotus
- Vivid Dreams: Violet

You can see the skins at http://xcart-demo.qualiteam.biz/

Skins are available under "Files" section at https://secure.qualiteam.biz

Comments are appreciated

Best regards,

balinor · #2 03-02-2009, 04:55 AM

Well done - W3C compliant as well!

roband · #3 03-03-2009, 01:51 AM

Amazing, thanks a lot, this will finally make us able to upgrade to 4.2!

One minor issue:
I love the way the new skins dynamically adapt to the width of the browser window. However the Fashion Mosaic skin doesn't, it's still fixedwidth optimized for a 800x600 browser. Would it be hard to also make this skin variable width?

Regards, Robert.

ARW VISIONS · #4 03-03-2009, 06:17 AM

4.2 is still not stable.

lostcan · #5 03-04-2009, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley

4.2 is still not stable.

Why do you say that? Just wondering. We actually just switched to xcart, but we are not sure what version to us right now to set up our store.

What do you recommend?

ARW VISIONS · #6 03-04-2009, 02:20 PM

I say it because its true

lostcan · #7 03-04-2009, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley

I say it because its true

I will go ahead and use v4.1.11 until v5 is released I guess.

Any suggestions on what addons are a must?

We will be ecommerce for health and beauty products, so easy 1 page checkout is a must.

hramani · #8 03-04-2009, 04:44 PM

[quote=lostcan]I will go ahead and use v4.1.11 until v5 is released I guess.

4.1..x or any vesion. Does it make any difference.
Have you thought about future plans. Any 4.1.x cart is not PA-DSS certified. As you may know, as of July 1, 2010 you will be required to use a PA-DSS certified shopping cart if you want to accept credit card payments ON your site. So if QT decided not to make carts certified my suggestion wait for v5.

lostcan · #9 03-04-2009, 04:53 PM

[quote=hramani]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostcan

I will go ahead and use v4.1.11 until v5 is released I guess.

4.1..x or any vesion. Does it make any difference.
Have you thought about future plans. Any 4.1.x cart is not PA-DSS certified. As you may know, as of July 1, 2010 you will be required to use a PA-DSS certified shopping cart if you want to accept credit card payments ON your site. So if QT decided not to make carts certified my suggestion wait for v5.

I won't be able to wait for a year we will lose revenue. I will upgrade once v5 is released and its stable. It says the v5.0 will be PA-DSS certified as far as I read in the forum. Also if they are really releasing it end of 2009 now. I believe it should be a stable version hopefully within month after the release

xplorer · #10 03-04-2009, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostcan

I won't be able to wait for a year we will lose revenue. I will upgrade once v5 is released and its stable. It says the v5.0 will be PA-DSS certified as far as I read in the forum. Also if they are really releasing it end of 2009 now. I believe it should be a stable version hopefully within month after the release

I recommend you to create your online store with X-Cart 4.2 (that has more useful features than 4.1.x has) unless you need a third-party add-on unavailable for 4.2. Although it has a few bugs, patches are already available and will be provided to you by our support staff upon your request.

There are X-Cart users not recommending 4.2 for live stores because they remember how many bugs had been found in 4.0.0 and 4.1.0 version. It is not the case for 4.2 and the list of known 4.2 bugs is very limited when compared to 4.0.0 and 4.1.0 versions.

X-Cart 4.2.0 has almost the same code base the most recent 4.1.x version has; the changes to the core functionality are minimal (4.0.0 has a new core when compared with 3.5.x, the same for 4.0.x->4.1.0). You can even say that 4.2.0 is 4.1.x with several new features and a css-based skin. The main reason why it is 4.2.0 and not 4.1.12 is our decision to not mix new features and bug-fixes in minor releases. All future 4.1.x versions will include bug-fixes only that will make applying of the patches much easier for you.