[iSenseLabs Weekly 48] New OpenCart Features & Fixes, Video Tutorials and Latest E-Commerce News
Happy New Year! We hope your holidays were awesome and glad to be up and running again!
2016 was a year that can hardly be described with a few words. Even a few sentences wouldn’t be enough. Surely, it was an awesome year for us at iSenseLabs and hopefully it was for you as well.
We are ready to show you our latest updates and all the OpenCart extensions we’ve improved during the holidays.
May 2017 be even more exciting and successful!
AbandonedCarts 5.3.4 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
This update is mandatory for all store owners running OpenCart 2.3.x and using coupons in their email reminders.
Improvement: Added a new file in the ZIP called "Scheduled Tasks (CRON Jobs)" which includes information on what the "Scheduled Tasks" feature is, how it can be used and troubleshooting steps
Improvement: Added a new file in the ZIP called "Emails & SPAM" which includes information on how to make sure that the emails coming from the module do not end up in the SPAM sections of the mail servers
Bug fix: Fixed issue with the checks for created/used coupons created from the module
Promotions 2.1.1 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
New Feature: Discount after or before taxes option
Bug fix: Displaying promotions in product page fixed
AutomatedNewsletter 2.5.1 (OC 2.0.3.x - 2.3.x)
Improvement: Added error message when subject is missing
Improvement: Improved queries for selecting newsletter receivers and newsletter products
Improvement: Code refacturing
Bug fix: Fixed Custom Sender Name and Email
Bug fix: Fixed select recipients based on customer group
Bug fix: Fixed pagination in Newsletter templates listing
AutomatedNewsletter 1.7.1 (OC 1.5.x)
Improvement: Improved queries for selecting newsletter receivers and newsletter products
Improvement: Code refacturing
Bug fix: Multistore settings
HowDidYouHearAboutUs 2.3.8 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
Bug fix: Journal 2 compatibility
OrderReviews (OC 1.5.4.x to 1.5.6.x)
Improvement: Order and customer data security.
WhatsAppShare 2.3.2 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
Bug fix: Fixed cancel link in the admin panel.
Bug fix: Support for SSL URLs
AutoDetect 2.6.7 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
Updated IP database
AutomatedNewsletter 2.5.2 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
Bug fix: Fixed missing language string
Bonus Section: Our Favorite Articles of the Week
[Gifographic] Better Website Testing – A Simple Guide to Knowing What to Test
By VWO
Something you’ve probably not encountered yet - a Gifographic! VWO talk about website testing once again, and it’s about people who are struggling to decide what exactly they should test. If you want to test your site and are not sure where to begin, no worries. Give this Gifographic a quick view and you will learn the first steps of testing what matters the most.
5 Surprising Marketing Predictions for 2017 – and What We’ve Learned from 2016
By Kissmetrics
2016, what a year. A lot of unexpected things happened and a lot of lessons were learned. Digital marketing continued evolving and tech innovations kept changing the E-Commerce landscape. What’s more important is that 2017 has already began and we should be strapping up for new challenges. See what the experts from Kissmetrics predict for this year.
10 Tips to Teach Yourself Design & Boost Your Design Skills
By Canva
We love design, and we love good design tools. Canva is definitely part of our arsenal and we want to share some effective tips for people who want to make awesome designs the easy and lazy way. These 10 tips from Canva will open your eyes for a lot of things you surely thought were more difficult than they actually are. Your social media strategy is just one of the things that will definitely flourish with this knowledge.
Top 15 Most Alluring Slideshows We Found in OpenCart Websites
By iSenseLabs
The slider in your website is always part of the content above the fold. This means that it immediately nails the eyes of your new store visitors. In this post, we have collected the 15 most beautiful and captivating slideshows we found in OpenCart stores so you can get some inspiration and see how other shops present their products with nice images and promotions.
iSenseLabs Videos
How to Set Up Multi-Store in OpenCart 2.x
Pick of the Week
UI Names is a generator of random fake names and people you can use for designs or any other purposes that require an example with a fake person. Just press Spacebar!
