Release Notes v5.2

Release Date: Jan 06, 2009

Feature Updates

County Based Taxes.
Create multiple Tax Classes that can be applied separately to each product.
VAT, PST, GST and HST taxes.
Taxes can be applied to shipping costs.
Subscription Payments.
World Pay payment gateway.
Multiple Supplier Order Notification (send orders directly to one or more suppliers behind the scenes on checkout. Overridable in code).
Pricing can be hidden based on profile.
Enhanced Promotions Engine.
Enhanced Shipping Engine.
Shopping Cart class refactoring to make it easier to extend.
Analytics code now fully overridable.
User configurable promotions messages.
Buy X get Y free promotion.
Minimum order amount added to promotions.
SQL Server Session State.
Smaller memory footprint.
Order Desk speed improvements for large catalogs.
64 bit DLL Support.
.Net 3.5 Support.
Integration Middleware now included with the Enterprise Edition.
Affiliate Tracking (attribute new accounts to affiliate and pay referral fees).
PPC Campaign Tracking.
Tracking of specific events on the site through a unique URL parameter.
Google Site Search Compatibility.
Ability to set 301 redirects in the admin (can be set to automatically update when changing a URL in the storefront).
User settable default meta tags that include Product, SKU and or Page Name (overridable down to the Product, Category or Content page level).
Image ALT tags settable through the admin.
Enhancements to the default template for SEO best practices.
Analytics code can be added to the top or bottom of each page, the receipt page or any page other than the receipt (overridable in code).
Hidden input fields exposed on order receipt for Order ID, Order Total, Shipping Cost and Coupon Code to make integration with third party affiliate and tracking systems easier.
Changed Product and Category default URL parameter names to avoid name conflicts with Omniture.
Selectable Master Pages based on Product, Category or Content Page.
Add-Ons can be check boxes or radio buttons.
Cross sell items are displayed in the shopping cart.
Recently viewed Products list.
Color swatches can be displayed in the Category page.
Category navigation is enhanced to show product total number of products and only show the current category level.
Enhanced Bulk Data Management Tools (download and upload Product SKUs).
Cleaned up inconsistencies in Admin. All admin sections are now searchable.

Bug Fixes

Order Desk performance improved for large catalogs.
Fixed issue in Data Manager Upload where some items would not upload.
Data Manager Product Upload now correctly sets the CategoryID.
Fixed an issue in the Data Manager with Order downloads related to long strings.
Coupons now correctly apply to Paypal payments.
Fed Ex and UPS shipping rates are factored into Google Checkout payments.
Fixed a problem with sort order in Category Display.
Fixed a Data Bind issue in Order Search.
Added grid sort to the Manufacturer admin page.