Hi,

The Store module version 02.01.29 beta RC is available at Codeplex!

What's New in this release?

Bugs corrected:

- Fixed a bug introduced in SqlDataProvider file of the version 02.01.27 concerning DotNetNuke instances using a database owner other than dbo only.

- Ressources Previous.Text (<<) and Next.Text (>>) from the file ProductList.ascx.resx have been replaced by << and >> to be fully XHTML compliant.

Enhancements:

- The user's full name field in the address form was splited in two fields (First Name and Last Name).

- A message is now displayed when a category do not contains product or when a search do not return product. Previously the catalog was simply hidden, this should provide a better user experience. In addition, other list of products (New, Popular, Featured) are no longer hidden when the visitor navigates between catalog pages.

- The sort column list can be controled in the catalog settings.

New features:

- Two new tokens ([SEARCH] and [SEARCHRESULTS]) have been added and may be used in the Catalog.htm template. The [SEARCH] token render several controls (Labels, TextBox, DropDownList and a LinkButton) to allow the visitor to search in the catalog. While the [SEARCHRESULTS] token displays the search results in place of the catalog product list. Three new settings have been added to the Store Catalog settings to define the search column list, the default search column and the template to use to render the results.

- The status order management have been changed, administrators and authorized users can add a comment to the confirmation email sent to the customer and they can disable the email.

- Some caching methods have been added to retrieve settings more quickly and two new settings have been added to the Store Catalog module to enable/disable image caching and to set image cache duration. Given than the catalog is built entirely dynamically, previously, parameters were read several times during the display of each section (Category, New, Featured, ...). Similarly, each product images were resized several times if they appears several times on the page. This should further improve performance. 

The previous release 02.01.28 was not submited to the release tracker as expected because the Holidays season. This release will be submited shortly to the release tracker as version 02.02.02 for official release.

All gateway providers has been reviewed for a better workflow at checkout. Moreover, the module is now XHTML compliant. Because I have rewrited all style sheets and template files, MAKE A BACKUP of your files BEFORE upgrade!!!

If you use the Store module with an other language than en-US, you have to create a localized version of graphics buttons. Please download and read the Templating Guide for more information.

For details about changes, look at the file History.txt inside the package.

At last, a dratf of the new Templating Guide rev 1.0.5 is available for web designers! Translators and administrators should read it too! ;-)

Gilles

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Hi,

Thank you! It's always pleasant to receive this kind of short message. ;-) So many users post only to complain or to request features, but "forget" to write "thank you".

Gilles

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We (team members) are Humans offering their knowledge, their work and their spare time FOR FREE to benefit the community. It would be so particularly appreciated that your messages begin with "Hello" and end with "Thank you" or any other form of politeness. Ask yourself what your reaction would be, if you were approached by me (a total stranger) on the street to ask you something without saying "Hello" nor "Thank you"? After several years of services dedicated to the community, I begin to be tired to read requests without any form of politeness.