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 Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:32 pm GMT Post subject: SearchFit Shopping Cart v4.24 (Oct 27, 2004) |
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SearchFit Shopping Cart v4.24 (Oct 27, 2004)
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changes and new features
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1. NEW FEATURE: a categorytype can be configured to be of type "Generate Manufacturers", which means that the engine will generate static pages for all manufacturers that have products assigned. The structure of the new generated menu will be as follows:
- CategoryType (of generation type = Manufacturers)
--- manufacturer 1
------ category
------ category
--- manufacturer 2
------ category
------ category
--- manufacturer 3
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2. NEW FEATURE: new keyword that can be used in the products' templates:
a) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_MANUFACTURER_NAME - the name of the manufacturer that is assigned to the product
3. NEW FEATURE: new keyword that can be used in the products' templates:
a) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_PRICE_FINAL_TAX - will be replaced with the final price of the product that includes the tax for the default country as well (requested from customers in the UK)
4. NEW FEATURE: products of type separator can be imported
5. NEW FEATURE: every order has a new textarea property named "Internal Notes", which can be used to keep notes about the order that will be hidden for the customer
6. NEW FEATURE: a new keyword ORDER_NOTES can be used in the templates for receipt emails. It will be replaced with the notes of the order.
7. NEW FEATURE: the 2nd phase of the Wish List implemented
8. NEW FEATURE: new keyword can be used in the templates of products
a) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_LINK_ADD2WISHLIST - will be replaced with the "Add to WishList" link
9. NEW FEATURE: search/show/export orders by customer's email
10. NEW FEATURE: new keyword can be used in the categories' descriptions
a) AUTO_GENERATED_CONTENT_CATEGORYTYPE - will be replaced with the description of the category type that the category belongs to
11. NEW FEATURE: the discounts now support rules like:
a) buy X items and buy Y of them at Z% discount (example: buy 2 t-shirts and buy the 2nd one at 50% off)
12. NEW FEATURE: added 2 more supported languages: English II and English III. These can be assigned to users to allow them to have different descriptions of the same categorytypes, categories, products
13. NEW FEATURE: SearchFit supports internetsecure.com real-time creditcard processor
14. NEW FEATURE: SearchFit supports ecs-world.com real-time creditcard processor
15. NEW FEATURE: enable/disable a partucular customized link/page to be included in the generated SiteMap
16. NEW FEATURE: if all S&H methods are configured to work for only US orders then on the 1st checkout page the buyer will be asked for the ZIP shipping information only (the country, city, and state will be hidden and shown on the 2nd checkout page as before)
17. NEW FEATURE: added CSS item for SCART/CSS, which is for the frame of the scart on the checkout pages. The name of the CSS item is between the quotes ".scart_frame". WARNING! all customers: please include the line bellow in your SCART/CSS to keep the white frame of the cart on the checkout pages if you want:
.scart_frame { background-color: #FFFFFF; }
18. NEW FEATURE: the "My Choices" dropdown on the checkout pages can be disabled by making the "My Choices" label empty using the MISC/Labels-Msgs function
19. NEW FEATURE: (Columns under CategoryType Menu) added an option to the "configuration per user" that allows dual or more categories navigation (2 or more columns under the categorytypes' menus)
20. NEW FEATURE: (Checkout Layout (2nd page)) added an option to the "configuration per user" that allows the layout of the 2nd checkout page to be changed. So far 2 layouts are available: a) standard b) parallel billing+shipping
21. NEW FEATURE: added 4 new statuses of orders: On Backordered, Refunded, Follow Up, In Transit
22. NEW FEATURE: (Credit Card Security ID Help URL) added an option to the "configuration per user" that allows the help link for the Credit Card Security ID field on the 2nd check out page to be customized
23. CHANGE: the max quantity of an item in the cart is changed from 99,999 to 999,999
24. BUG FIXED: the export products function skips all products that belong to inactive categorytype or category
25. BUG FIXED: if a navigation bar like 1-10 11-20... was shown for subcategories then it was not working properly
26. BUG FIXED: the orders were failing if the names of the item's options in the cart had an apostrophe
27. BUG FIXED: it was rare, but there were orders that were showing "[the product has been removed from the store]" for some items
28. BUG FIXED: even rare, the emails of some orders had amounts with ? character like US?$95.99
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imagen
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:40 pm GMT Post subject: SHIPPING CHANGES AAAAAHHHHHH! |
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Stan,
I was wondering what prompted the shipping changes, as far as the 1st page of the shopping cart. And is there any way to get it back to the way it was before. We use a calculation method, that is based on the weight of the order and the destination weight. Customers used to be able to get a shipping quote on the first page of the Shopping cart, and decide if that was what they want to do, now they think they are going to get one rate and then on the next page when they enter their location, and then when they pay the total is going to be higher and customers are going to pretty upset. so what I am trying to say is that WE REALLY NEED IT HOW IT WAS BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!
www.peoplesfurniture.net
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stanley@searchfit
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:03 pm GMT Post subject: |
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I noticed that you have "S&H fee State adjustment" records, which should make the shipping fields visible on the 1st page
this is a bug, which I am going to work on and fix it ASAP
we will release v4.24.1 in 2-4 days and you will have the fix there
I am sorry about that
Stan
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stanley@searchfit
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:38 pm GMT Post subject: |
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see your 1st checkout page now
enjoy,
Stan
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:19 pm GMT Post subject: |
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PERFECT!!!!!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:14 pm GMT Post subject: |
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Thank you so much stanley. Waiting sooo long for this bad boy.
I suggest you make smaller update more often so it is easier on us to learn all the new functions.
Now to figure out the whole css..... |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:12 pm GMT Post subject: |
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What is the code to put into the template to have the Manufacutres links in a new menu as we discussed earlier.
Should go something like this......
AUTO_GENERATED_OPTIONS_MANUFACTURERS |
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stanley@searchfit
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:21 am GMT Post subject: |
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Steve,
you do not have to add anything to the main template
just create a new CategoryType and select the "Generation Type" for it to be "Manufacturers" and you should be done
good luck,
Stan
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Steve
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:28 am GMT Post subject: |
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| Pure Geneous..... |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:52 am GMT Post subject: |
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| Stan can you check my site. I did it but it did something wierd. |
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stanley@searchfit
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:34 am GMT Post subject: |
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hm,
it generates the pages, but I see a couple of small problems:
1. the number of the items in the menu is not always correct
2. when I select a category many categories got highlighted
this was the first production release of the manufacturers generation and seems like we have to fix a few things
apart of that, I see all your pages generated
any other problems that I did not nitice?
Stan
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Steve
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:46 am GMT Post subject: |
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It creates catagories under the manufacturer which is not needed.
It should be only the products under each manufacturer. |
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stanley@searchfit
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:30 pm GMT Post subject: |
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yes, it creates categories, this gives you more pages grouped by manufacturers
there has been several requests about this as well
if you want to hide the categories on the main pages, just select to generate without the categories expanded
Stan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:12 pm GMT Post subject: |
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This will not serve the purpose for static manufacturers.
Infact this tactic will hurt you.
The whole point to static manufacturer is to have the same products grouped differently.
By generating the entire category the specific product is in is redundant and serves no purpose whatsoever to search engines or consumers. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:39 am GMT Post subject: |
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the generation with the categories is used from some customers right now
I have to work then to enable you to generate without categories included, so you will have the products grouped by manufacturers only
I am sorry, this generation ended to be of a big change of our engine and seems like we did first the more difficult part (to include categories).
We will work on the second phase of this generation
Stan
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So far this is a great new feature. I'd like to see two changes though.
Please display the manufacturer image on the generated manufacturer pages. Also, please add functionality so that we can enter AUTO_GENERATED_HEADER and AUTO_GENERATED_CONTENT for each manufacturer.
That would give the Products by Manufacturer pages a more professional look and feel and would allow us to briefly describe each manufacturer's products in general.
Thanks and keep up the good work.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:15 am GMT Post subject: |
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yes, those are 2 things we must work on...
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:17 am GMT Post subject: Please explain "Columns under Category Type Menu" |
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19. NEW FEATURE: (Columns under CategoryType Menu) added an option to the "configuration per user" that allows dual or more categories navigation (2 or more columns under the categorytypes' menus)
Please explain what this does and how I can use it. Thanks.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:00 am GMT Post subject: |
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also.
When you generate the manufacurers catagories, the img click link goes to the wrong directory. The text link is correct. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 2:56 pm GMT Post subject: |
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oh, you are right,
we will fix this
thanks for finding it,
Stan
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:51 pm GMT Post subject: |
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This looks like it will be helpful to others though it's not for me.
Thanks for explaining.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:35 pm GMT Post subject: |
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yes, it came as a requirement for specific stores
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