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.

10.47.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed item number dropdown
• Fixed cron not working properly
• Fixed site search leaving out kb articles
• Fixed storeadmin search by date in registry
• Fixed storeadmin product search by option

10.46.0

• Wholesale application date shown when editing wholesaler
• Last modified date shown on KB, FAQ, Blog entry, Blog page, Articles
• %PAGE_TITLE_H1% - seo enhancer.
• Added 'show failed logins' to logins mgr
• Logins now saved timezone-aware
• All remote files are now included

Blog new features

• Be able to show latest post date (newest) first or earliest post date first when showing entries on blog home page
• sa: add last modified date to post, page

Looks

• sa: improve login mgr listing looks
• Use large img's alt text for thumbnail's.
• Fix wholesale settings to look better

Blog fixes

• Add closed cmts customizable text

Bug Fixes

• Improved auto-updater
• Make sure ZipArchive exists before installing
• Fixed showing webfonts
• Fixed site search
• Improved instructions help for photogallery
• Fixed several minor bugs

10.45.1

• Put link to home page on mobile text
• Fixed closed comments
• Fix cleaning email queue
• Fixed several minor bugs

10.45.0

• Fixed several minor bugs

10.44.1

• Fixed several minor bugs

10.44.0

• Blog: custom verbiage for searchbar placeholder
• Left-justified store admin menu selections
• Various blog bug fixes

10.43.0

• Various blog bug fixes

10.42.1

• Improved image loading
• Various bug fixes

10.42.0

• Blog now has sticky comments
• Improved comment selection
• KB has 'cancel editing'
• Various bug fixes

10.41.0

• New version number is shown if new version available
• Custom prev and next verbiage for blog nav
• Blog user admin page
  • Admin can edit blog user acct
  • Admin can create blog account
• Blog comment admin page
• Added date submitted to guestbook
• Shows last time update was performed, upon storeadmin login
• Bug fixes

10.40.0

• Place to add notes on a site
• Background color for breadcrumbs
• Improved blog settings
• Bug fixes

10.39.0

• Sending admin emails is optional on blog
• Bug fixes

10.38.0

• Improved site search
• Improved maintenance mode
• Bug fixes

10.37.0

• KB articles can have intra navigation
• More than one KB can be created
• Bug fixes

10.36.0

• Bug fixes

10.35.0

• 2 factor code available through email
• Bug fixes

10.34.0

• Improved security
• Can use slscart as only a blog
• kb breadcrumb can be on top, bottom, both, or none
• Bug fixes

10.33.0

• Auto update: add new update alert when logging into sa
• 2 factor: add option to only ask for auth code if profile changes
• Bug fixes

10.32.0

• Blog login uses email instead of log id
• A product's option can have its own wholesale discount
• Custom category can be enabled/disabled/delete custom category's customization
• Warning given if existing catalog number exists
• Bug fixes

10.31.0

• Can use blog title as navigation text (instead of next, prev)
• Bug fixes

10.30.0

• Wholesaler can determine whether to apply discount to sale items
• Redesigned blog settings interface
• Redesigned log logins interface
• Bug fixes

10.29.0

• Add 'remember me' checkbox on store admin login
• Organization logo can be displayed on store admin login page
• Wishlist: now uses email address to sign into a wishlist or shopping list
• Improved updater
• Bug fixes

10.28.0

• Moved 'forgot password' to blog sign-in screen
• You can login to blog using email or user id.
• Name of article displayed when deleting it

10.27.0

• Tools menu
• Duplicate catalog number detector
• kb entry can have its own password
• If admin email changes, an alert can be sent to old, new email addresses

10.26.0

• Show categories that are using custom item sort
• Category custom sort works correctly
• Bug fixes

10.25.0

• Show blog comments in ascending or descending order
• Auto close blog comments N days after last comment entered
• Unsubscribe from a blog notification has a time limit
• Listing registrants or wishlist users shows last login time
• Many bug fixes

10.24.0

slscart is PHP 7.4 ready

• PHP 7.4 ready

10.23.0

• Blog entry password has better security
• Bug fixes

10.22.1

• Bug hot fix

10.22.0

• Articles schema
• Bug fixes

10.21.0

• Blog schema
• Blogpost schema
• Blog entry can have a password
• Blog navigation choices
• Bug fixes

10.20.0

• Consolidate security settings
• Bug fixes

10.19.1

• Bug hot fix

10.19.0

• Added organization schema
• Added recaptcha v3 capability for login and account forms
• blog and kb entries now have canonical links
• Bug fixes

10.18.0

• Feature: site review capability
• kb: custom wording in kb search bar
• kb: ability to have url as kb article link
• breadcrumbs: able to bold last entry
• kb: add breadcrumb prefix
• Bug fixes

10.17.0

• KB can have its own image directory
• Custom breadcrumb separator
• Pages can have custom breadcrumb title
• Bug fixes

10.16.0

• Log store admin login attempts
• Bing site verification code entry
• Bug fixes

10.15.0

• A page can specify index/noindex and follow/nofollow meta tags
• A product can have a custom breadcrumb title
• The blog admin can specify a default category
• A page can specify whether or not to show the site message
• Image optimizer add-on
• Bug fixes

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

Here is a list of the current slscart features.

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