SearchFit Shopping Cart v7.3 (Jul 10, 2007)

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SearchFit Shopping Cart v7.3 (Jul 10, 2007)
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changes and new features
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1. NEW: ability to create "Category Template" and change the default category template to a custom one at Configure/PerUser/Generation. Ability to specify more than 1 category per row. Ability to specify the category template for all category types at Configure/PerUser or per category type.

2. NEW: ability to create "Website Menu Template" and "WebLinks Menu Template" and change the default menu templates at Configure/PerUser/Generation. For more information about these templates, refer to the help and examples.

3. NEW: ability to create "Manufacturer Template" and change the default manufacturer template to a custom one at Configure/PerUser/Generation. Ability to specify more than 1 manufacturer per row. Ability to specify the manufacturer template for all category types at Configure/PerUser or per category type.

4. NEW: ability to specify the minimum quantity of a product that can be ordered by the customers. If zero is specified (the default value) then there is no restriction about the minimum quantity to order. Ability to specify the property for all users or a particular user.

5. NEW: the following optional hidden input fields can be used in the login form:
a) <input type="hidden" name="login_success_redirect_back" value="yes">
redirect back to the URL where the user has logged from in case of a successful login
b) <input type="hidden" name="login_success_redirect_url" value="[full URL here]">
redirect to the given URL in case of a successful login
c) <input type="hidden" name="login_fail_redirect_url" value="[full URL here]">
redirect to the given URL in case of a failed login

6. NEW: ability to submit amounts in GBP (British Pounds) to google checkout

7. NEW: ability to update the "progress history" and "internal notes" of an order by clicking on the order's "status" icon on the main orders page

8. NEW: show the additional properties "progress history" and "internal notes" on the printer-friendly version of the order

9. NEW: when products have options with settings "Use Different Prices" and "Accumulate Product Base Price" then options names are like "...add $XX.XX"

10. NEW: the product template supports the following additional keywords:
a) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL: will be replaced with the thumbnail image of the product
b) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_URL: will be replaced with the URL of the thumbnail image
c) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_IMAGE_SMALL: will be replaced with the small image of the product
d) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_IMAGE_SMALL_URL: will be replaced with the URL of the small image
e) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_IMAGE_BIG: will be replaced with the big image of the product
f) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_IMAGE_BIG_URL: will be replaced with the URL of the big image
g) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_IMAGE_LARGE: will be replaced with the large image of the product
h) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_IMAGE_LARGE_URL: will be replaced with the URL of the large image
i) AUTO_GENERATED_PRODUCT_LAYOUT3_SPECIALTIES - will be replaced with the names of all available specialties (discounts) using layout3 (see the help). Layout3 is the same as layout2, but without the expiration column.

11. NEW: the order confirmation email template supports the following additional keywords:
a) ORDER_SHIPPING_FULLNAME: the full name of the customer
b) ORDER_SHIPPING_FIRSTNAME: the first name of the customer
c) ORDER_SHIPPING_LASTNAME: the last name of the customer
d) ORDER_SHIPPING_COMPANY: the company name of the customer
e) ORDER_BILLING_FULLNAME: the billing full name of the customer
f) ORDER_BILLING_FIRSTNAME: the billing first name of the customer
g) ORDER_BILLING_LASTNAME: the billing last name of the customer
h) ORDER_BILLING_COMPANY: the billing company name of the customer

12. NEW: for advanced usage, PHP snippets can be included in the product templates. Use PHP snippets only if necessary, because they will slow down the generation of the pages. Example of simple PHP snippet:
<php>
if (trim($productProperties['property_01']) != '') {
echo 'From PHP snippet, productProperty01 = '.$productProperties['property_01'];
}
</php>

13. NEW: if <title-skip/> is in the content of the AUTO_GENERATED_HEADER of the products or custom web pages then the generation is not going to add a default title tag when omitted

14. NEW: ability to download "Helper Files" and "Files Repository" files

15. NEW: ability to link different websites generated by SearchFit by custom HTML links and have the original referrer in the order when the visitor becomes a buyer. Example of a custom HTML link:
<a href="http://mywebsite.com" onclick="return linkAddReferrerAndForwardToOriginalLink(this)">Link to another WebSite of mine</a>

16. CHANGE: send ssl_cvv2=bypassed for Viaklix payment gateway if the credit card security id is optional and not provided

17. CHANGE: the product's "Quantity Incremental" can be specified per user

18. CHANGE: the "zoom in" feature shows the next bigger available image of the product instead of always showing the largest one

19. CHANGE: "Order's Receipt Email" was changed to "Order's Confirmation Email"

20. CHANGE: only detailed product pages have the "show larger image" function, when clicking on the images on the brief pages then the customer is forwarded to the detailed product page

21. CHANGE: improved GoogleCheckout notification web services to handle some special cases, where google sends a notification for an unknown order

22. CHANGE: the product's "Add Default Tags" link does not change the description tag to lower case anymore

23. FIX: in case of google checkout, changed the 3rd checkout page to show google checkout button with correct https location to avoid "Do you want to display nonsecure items" messages

24. FIX: the standard coupons per product were not able to be modified

25. FIX: helper functions at main template were not showing properly

26. FIX: the fully customized product page names (those that start with the "=" character) were always generated with lowered extensions, but not the way they were entered

27. FIX: Google Checkout was having problems to consume SearchFit web services to report transaction statuses due to unsupported php function version

28. FIX: option names can contain double quote characters

29. FIX: if external shipping calculator was returning successfully 0 (zero) shipping fee then the incorrect "Warning! Service is not available for the Recipient" message was shown on the 1st checkout page
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Stanimir Stanev (Stanley)
SearchFit Architect and Lead Developer
www.searchfit.com
www.stanev.com