New feature type: multiple values
A new type of product feature is now available that allows to list several values all of which apply to the desired product. For example DVD movies can have a multiple values feature defined to list actors in the cast. Once you created a general list of actors (say George Clooney, Harrison Ford and Julia Roberts) you can select from that list the actors that participate in each movie (i.e. George Clooney and Julia Roberts only) without having to type their names again and again for each product.
In this example the E-Shop web interface will show the list of actors for each DVD and will also allow to click on the name of one of them to get a list of other DVDs (or other products) with the same actor in the cast.
E-Shop web interface improvements
The Preferences link was replaced by more intuitive flag icons to select a different language (if any available) and by a small select box to select a different currency (if any available).
The login box is now more informative and contains links to perform several actions.
New Payment methods
Added support for Bankpass (a wallet based online payment system) and PostePay credit card "recharge". Multilanguage support was also added for extra information fields available for certain payment methods.
Manufacturers management improvements
The ability was added to delete a manufacturer even in case one or more products are associated with it, in this case all the related products would be deleted as well, after an appropriate request for confirmation of course. The ability was added to define the manufacturer name in multiple languages.
Optimization of languages and currencies management
The "Language/Currency" section of the control panel was removed. From now on, if you want, you can set a default currency for one or more language directly in the Languages section or in the Currencies section of the control panel, so when visitors switch to a different language the E-Shop can automatically switch to that currency.
Statistics
VAT is not included any more in the user's orders total amount.
Search engine indexing improvements
The ability of page contents to be indexed by search engines was improved. The traffic overhead produced by some search engine spiders was reduced.
Fast search improvement
The fast search function now searches for the keyword in the values of product features too.
Performance improvements
Some sections of the control panel performed slowly in case the product catalog was huge. Their performance was improved.
Web Services
The product availability information was added to web services output.
Many bug fixes and adjustments
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Added countries (and groups of countries) management with support for registrations/ordering/shipping availability per country/group
Improved support for minimum order thresolds. They can now be set for each price list both per amount and per product quantity and they can vary per country or group of countries
Improved frontend: search and login/register fields/links are now more visible and easy to use, an editable page footer text was added
Improved the graphic interface of the Users management and Email templates sections of the control panel
Reorganized sections of the control panel: moving of request for info and tip to a friend sections under forms and fields section; moving of Email templates sub-section of General settings to the main sections list
Added support for minimum price and manufacturer in the advanced product search
Added email verification field in forms where the email field is requested
Added CV2 field in the credit card input form
Added ability to sort payment plans as needed
Added ability to set availability of each payment plan depending on the type of products in the shopping cart (physical, file, service)
Added ability to reset download counters of ordered files (in case of file-type products)
Added support for begin and end dates of product discounts in the data import function
Improved html catalog export function: more detailed progress bars were added and waiting for the process to be completed without leaving the export page is no more needed.
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