slscart release notes

Here are the major features, bug fixes, and improvements for each release. Some of the featues have clickable links for further explanation.

10.14.0

Mostly SEO improvements in this release.

• Each blog category has a unique meta title
• Each blog tag has a unique meta title
• Admin prompted before a category is deleted
• Wishlist and registry pages have unique meta titles.
• Tag manager
• Each tag can have its own unique meta description
• Bug fixes

10.13.0

• Blog has tags taxonomy
• Google verification code can be entered in store admin
• KB uses page menu or page title for breadcrumb home
• Bug fixes

10.12.0

• Custom menu can use %SITE_URL%
• Blog can show number of posts in a category (see blog settings)
• If someone logs into store admin, an alert can be sent out to the store admin
• Store can be in maintenance mode but store admin still accessible
• Each KB entry can have a custom breadcrumb wording
• Bug fixes

10.11.0

• KB can have breadcrumbs
• During site update, it is put in maintenance mode automatically
• Custom menu entry can have a tooltip
• If using slscart for CMS, 'Cart' can be turned off in mobile version
• Moved 'show fonts' to fonts & colors
• Bug fixes

10.10.0

• Added ability to put content below generated output on a page
• Added a 'Save' button for editing kb content
• Bug fixes

10.9.0

• Intra navigation capability for pages
• Added meta keywords for blog entry, article, kb, blog static page
• Added meta title for blog static page
• Bug fixes

10.8.0

• Custom menu capability
• UseDesc taken out of items, categories
• Slideshow (not mobile-friendly)

10.7.1

• Bug fixes only

10.7.0

• Alert banner - put an alert banner at the top of the site
• Blog: moved settings to Administration tab
• Blog: each blog entry can have a custom meta title
• Blog: blog can be viewed as an image gallery
• Blog: entry has older, newer post navigation links at bottom
• KB: each knowledgebase article can have a custom meta title
• Articles: each article can have its own custom meta title

10.6.1

• bug fixes only

10.6.0

• Blog: Ability to specify blog widget order
• Improved 2 factor login
• Fixed several bugs

10.5.4

• Improved attribute wizard performance
• Fixed several bugs

10.5.3

• Reviews: product reviews can be optional, required, or not used.
• Wishlist: improved security
• Social: added product facebook share option
• Cron: improved cron (background processing)
• Blog: added check for logging in too fast
• Fixed several bugs

10.5.2

slscart is PHP 7.2 ready.

• Blog: posted date is short date format, blog entry date is long date format
• Blog: home page has own text color
• Blog: meta menu now vertical
• Blog: new blog entry notification subscription available
• Blog: pages heading can be set to any text
• Blog: can unsubscribe from notifications
• Nav horz page: View cart link available
• Nav: can display extra links in all caps
• Wishlist: list type (shopping, wish) displayed when listing out listers
• slscart now works in PHP 7.2

10.5.1

This upgrade is mostly blog related. Read more about the blog features here.

• Blog: list categories either vertically or horizontally
• Blog: ability to add static pages
• Blog: store admin can reply to a comment
• Blog: added Posted By field.
• Blog: simplified the blog home page looks
• Blog: can have View All link and certain number of recent posts
• Blog: new account must be verified
• Blog: added ability for users to be notified upon a new blog entry
• Blog admin: can view all users and certain attributes
• Photo gallery updated
• Admin: added univesal YYYY-MM-DD date format
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

10.5.0

This upgrade has a new wish list/shopping list feature. Create a wish list or personal shopping list.

• Added wish list/shopping list
• Improved registry security
• Improved store admin forgot password security
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

10.4.11

This upgrade is mostly registry related.

• Registry: add registry FAQ
• Catalog: add way to toggle verbiage,search from catalog page
• KB: add optional search bar for KB
• Wholesale: non required website did not take an unfilled field
• Registry: got rid of superfluous menu
• Wholesale: change login/logout to sign in/out
• Registry: change login/logout to sign in/ sign out
• Catalog: mprove nebulous message if product has no inventory
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

10.4.10

This upgrade is mostly blog related.

• Blog admin: Show number of pending comments and users
• Blog: Add 'All' link for showing categories
• Blog: login, logout messages show on same page as blog
• Blog: ability to add blog only search bar on blog home page
• Blog: form buttons conform to slscart form buttons meaning
• Blog: Added 'Back to blog' link on several pages
• Test email: show how email will be sent (e.g. SMTP) before sending test email.
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

10.4.9

• Ability to use Mals discount coupon selector
• Add Page Menu: to pages to differentiate between a page's title and navigation link
• Put 'Add' button at top in storeadmin blog page for ease of use
• Put 'Add new page' button at top of storeadmin pages for ease of use
• Put 'Logout' near top of storeadmin pages
• KB: Indented excerpt line
• Fix SendGrid not being able to send an attachment or html body
• Fix: SendGrid now sends emails on blog's forgot password, new account, comment notification
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.8

• KB: Added knowledgebase site extra.
• Performance improvements
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.7

• Improved category custom sort so it has no limits on number of categories that can use it
• Performance improvements
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.6

• Add new template include code, %NAVIGATION_CATDROPMENU%
• The blog category can be renamed
• Showing the blog post date can be turned off on blog homepage
• Text, memo field option can be set as required
• A datepicker has been added for date entries (e.g. registry wedding date)
• noindex, nofollow added to catalog and site search results
• Performance improvements
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.5

• Added template code %CATEGORY_LOWERDESC%
• Able to delete a blog category
• Able to delete pending blog comment
• Blog new account has a verify link sent via email
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.4

• Able to put View Cart on horizontal menu
• Categories now have separate meta description field
• New template codes
• Performance improvements
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.3

• 12 images instead of 5 for a product
• Blog has comments closed date capability
• Blog has draft, publish status
• Much better encryption. Salt does not have to be fixed length.
• Wholesale login has much better spam rejection
• Added %BLOG_RECENT_ENTRIES% template site code. Shows last 5 blog entries.
• Added %%CATALOGNUM%% layout code. Shows Catalog: catalog#
• In a category page you can put only a url in and it will be the link (instead of a link to the category)
• 2 factor login now has SMS (texting) capabilities
• Moved many constants to store admin
• Performance improvements
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.2

• Added View All link to categories with more than one page
• Create your own favicons (for most devices)
• Create links to your own social media pages
• Improve image creation
• Soft maintenance mode
• Improve temp inventory control (for flash sales, etc)
• Added setting of start of copyright year
• Ability to use a usemap in header logo
• Performance improvements
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.1

• Much easier user interface for digital downloads add-on
• Added ability to add Google Analytics to the template
• Some images optimized better
• New %STYLE_LOWER% template code
• Minor bug fixes

10.4.0

• slscart now has blogging capabilities
• minor bug fixes

Here is a list of the current slscart features.

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