New Features, Module Fixes and Latest News. iSenseLabs Weekly #12
Our newest module updates are out again, and we are ready to show you what we’ve worked on during the past week. The biggest highlight of the week is that we prepared a post describing the new Event System in OpenCart’s latest 2.2.x version. Check it out in our favorite posts of the week!
DisqusComments 2.2.1 (OC 2.x)
Compatibility with OpenCart 2.2.x
ProductBundles 3.6 (OC 2.x)
Compatibility with OpenCart 2.2.x
PopupUpsell 2.3.3 (OC 2.x)
Compatibility with OpenCart 2.2.x
New feature: Added filtering by upsell name in the admin panel.
New feature: Added pagination of upsells in the admin panel.
CustomPages 2.1 (OC 2.x)
Compatibility with OpenCart 2.2.x
AlsoViewed 2.3.1 (OC 2.x)
Compatibility with OpenCart 2.2.x
LastViewed 2.1.3 (OC 2.x)
Compatibility with OpenCart 2.2.x
AlsoBought 2.4 (OC 2.x)
Compatibility with OpenCart 2.2.x
Our Favorite Articles of the Week
7 Practices to Achieve Next Level Personalization
By Andrea Fishman
One of the things that make up the concept for good customer experience in your site is personalization. The effort you put into customer research and gathering data for new solutions reflects on the personalization results. Personalizing your website towards customers requires a strategic, technological and organizational shift. Check the post to see the 7 best practices to do that.
How Customer-Centric Is Your Business?
By Jeffrey Raider
The ultimate goal of customer-centricity is to be the favorite brand of your customers. A hypothetical situation where brands deliver the most amazing and highest quality products to their customers for free is the ideal case. The author gives Harry’s as an example of a customer-centric strategy and paints a clear picture of what it takes to become your customer’s favorite.
11 Ways to Accelerate Page Load Time Before Your Prospects Bounce
By Brad Smith
Page speed is naturally one of the factors that makes or breaks your business website. This article from Unbounce gives the 11 best practices for optimizing the speed of your store, and it isn’t just about content. There is a lot of information about improving your code, minimizing redirects, upgrading hosting, etc.
Events (Script Notifications) in OpenCart 2.2.x. What Has Changed?
By iSenseLabs
With the release of OpenCart 2.2, there was an update in the Event system. This post will give you a detailed specification of what’s new, including paste-able PHP code samples and screenshots to use in your OpenCart store.
Pick of the Week
This week’s pick is the Expresso app. It’s a writer’s tool that anyone can use to improve their text, simplify it and make it easier to read and understand.