New Features, Module Fixes and Latest News. iSenseLabs Weekly #27
The week is over which means it’s time to share what we’ve been up to for the past few days. Two of the week’s highlights are the new release of NitroPack and the new multi-store feature of FacebookMessage.
We hope you like the improvements. Don’t forget to check the bonus knowledge in our favorite weekly E-Commerce articles!
NitroPack 2.4.1 (OC 2.x)
New feature: Ignored routes for the CDN
Improvement: Improved Multistore compatibility
Improvement: Added a button to automatically optimize just the images reported by the PageSpeed service
Improvement: Rework the image optimization JavaScript code for better network utilization and stability
Improvement: If the page cache widget will never be shown, its AJAX code will now be excluded from the HTML
Improvement: Clear cache on product insert/copy
Improvement: Clear the search cache on product edit
Improvement: Improved CDN compatibility with Journal
Improvement: ProductManager compatibility
Bug fix: Fix a bug in the error reporting of the CSS and JavaScript serving scripts
Bug fix: Fix an issue which happens if HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING is not defined in the CSS and JavaScript serving scripts
NitroPack 1.7.1 (OC 1.x)
New feature: Ignored routes for the CDN
Improvement: Improved Multistore compatibility
Improvement: Added a button to automatically optimize just the images reported by the PageSpeed service
Improvement: Rework the image optimization JavaScript code for better network utilization and stability
Improvement: If the page cache widget will never be shown, its AJAX code will now be excluded from the HTML
Improvement: Clear cache on product insert/copy
Improvement: Clear the search cache on product edit
Improvement: ProductManager compatibility
Bug fix: Fix a bug in the error reporting of the CSS and JavaScript serving scripts
Bug fix: Fix an issue which happens if HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING is not defined in the CSS and JavaScript serving scripts
FacebookMessage 2.1 (OC 2.0.3.x to 2.2.x)
New feature: Added Multi-Store
Bug fix: Mixed language file from another module
SmartBar 2.0.1 (OC 2.0.1.x to 2.2.x)
New Feature: Choose time interval for each SmartBar.
New Feature: Option to add a close button for each SmartBar.
New Feature: Option to set how many times the SmartBar will be seen by the customer.
OrderReviews 1.8.4 (OC 1.5.4.x to 1.5.6.x)
New feature: two review mail options - send a review form or a link to the form on your website.
FreeShippingTeaser 2.3.3 (OC 2.x)
Improvement: Added colorpicker in the admin panel
Bug fix: Fixed container in the multilingual settings in the admin panel
Bug fix: FreeShippingTeaser message is no longer displayed in the cart page if it's not activated there.
ExtensionUninstaller 2.0.2 (OC 2.x)
Added Opencart 2.2.0.0 compatibility
Bonus Section: Our Favorite Articles of the Week
Your eCommerce Store is Leaking Money [Infographic]
By Digital Information World
E-Commerce conversion is one of the hottest topics in the industry and it’s the foundation upon which you build a business online. In this infographic, you can clearly see some of the greatest starting points for conversion rate optimization, practical and proven advice, as well as some useful statistics to let you know how much of a contribution different conversion tactics have.
50 Most Popular OpenCart Websites
By MultiMerch
A huge collection of the 50 most popular websites running on OpenCart. You can see the themes they are using, what their industry is, and what are their competitive advantages. There’s definitely a lot to learn from here and see what are the best practices used by experienced OpenCart store owners.
10 Effective Colors to Use in the Design of an OpenCart Store
By OpenCart
Finding the right mix of colors for the design of an E-Commerce store is a tricky and delicate task. Color psychology plays a huge role in the customer shopping behavior, decisions and the entire experience they get from your online store. Check the examples of the colors picked by the stores in the articles and get inspired for your own OpenCart design!
[Infographic] How to Ensure the Very Best Customer Experience Each and Every Time
By iSenseLabs
This is a guest post by Amanda DiSilvestro and an infographic designed by Salesforce about the potential impact that great customer service has on your entire brand. Customer experience is a term that features a lot of support methods as well as design and marketing tactics that are used to enhance the entire experience your users have with your store both on and offline.
Pick of the Week
Primer is a mobile app developed by Google packed with awesome lessons that will improve your skills and knowledge about marketing. It’s easy to use, each lesson takes no more than 5 minutes and you can learn a lot.
