New Features, Module Fixes and Latest News. iSenseLabs Weekly #34
This was the week that officially put an end to Summer 2016. To mark it’s finish, we are releasing iSenseLabs Weekly number 34. You will find out what are the latest improvements and new releases that the team made, and learn about our latest announcement! Read on...
Radiance 1.0 (OpenCart 2.3.x)
Fully Responsive & Mobile-Friendly OpenCart Theme
Modern Search and Cart View
SEO-Ready
Custom-Built Brands Module
Multi-Lingual Support
Wide Browser Compatibility
Integrated the Popular Font Awesome
Free License!
AdminMonitor 1.1 (OpenCart 2.0.x - 2.3.x)
New feature: Added tracking of order insert/edit/delete events
New feature: Added tracking for admin logins
New feature: Added button for event rehooking. Useful when updating AdminMonitor
Improvement: Event list is now sorted by date in descending order
Improvement: Filter drop-downs are now sorted alphabetically
Improvement: Compatible with OpenCart 2.3.x
ProductManager 3.0 (OC 2.0.3.x - 2.3.x)
Bug fix: Sorting was not kept as a filter and was lost after a quick edit of a product
New feature: Bulk adding of additional images
New feature: Filters for quantity and price now support operations (more than, less than, equal to and between 2 values)
FacebookStore 2.5.1 (OC 2.0.3.x - 2.3.x)
Bug fix: Blank page appearing when added to Facebook
PopupWindow v2.3.2 (OC 2.0.3.x to 2.3.x)
New Feature: Custom CSS box.
ProductBundles 2.6.1 (OC 1.5.x)
Bug Fix: Fixed 'Add To Cart' button not working for some stores for the widget and for the bundle listing
iAnalytics 3.3 (OC 2.x)
New Feature: First implementation of the Enhanced Ecommerce Tracking for Google Analytics.
Improvement: You can now choose between the regular tracking and the enhanced tracking from the "Ecommerce Tracking Code" setting in the "Settings" tab.
SimilarProducts 2.1.1 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
Improvement: Compatible with OpenCart 2.3.x
Bonus Section: Our Favorite Articles of the Week
E-Commerce 2016: Trends that will live today, tomorrow and forever
By Acodez
Some things change, some things stay the same. This is the E-Commerce world in a nutshell. We decided to share this post because it has some practices that are the same they have always been, some of them have evolved, and others are relatively new for the industry. But if you are still skipping some of these tactics, then it’s time for you to evolve. Right now.
Tausendkind: How Two Mothers Built a Million Dollar Online Shop
By Userlike
Who doesn’t like an interesting success story? Well, this one is about two moms that were united around the idea of creating a one-stop-shop for children’s products. So far, their progress is quite impressive and the way they came together with the idea is nothing less than inspiring. Check them out!
How to Localize Your Marketing Campaigns to Increase Conversions
By KissMetrics
Please note that this article is not about targeting your audience with location-specific keywords. It’s about adapting your brand and product to the market you are about to engage. There are very few products that can be considered global, meaning that people from all areas and cultures can appreciate them somewhat equally. That is why, localisation and diversification is a necessary process when you are expanding to a new local market.
Free Responsive OpenCart Theme Official Release - Radiance
By iSenseLabs
For the past few weeks, one of our designers was doing some deep work crafting a brand new OpenCart theme. It’s called Radiance and it’s completely free. There are some new features that are different from any other template that has been developed for the open-source platform so far, so check out the specifications and feel free to try it out on your OpenCart shop!
Pick of the Week
For this week, we chose Gratisography - a free source for high-resolution images you can use for any web purposes. Enjoy!
