[iSenseLabs Weekly 65] New OpenCart Features & Fixes, Video Tutorials and Latest E-Commerce News
We hope you already got the biggest news in the OpenCart community - 3.0 is finally released! You can see info about it in our articles section below.
Time for our OpenCart updates as well. We released the new improvements in our extensions, so check them out below and don’t forget to download the latest versions and keep your modules up to date!
Enjoy!
Mastercard 2.0.1 (OC 2.x) & 1.0.1 (OC 1.x)
Changelog for the new version (OpenCart 2.x):
Improvement: Better compatibility with the Journal 2 Checkout.
Improvement: Better styling of checkout error/warning messages for Journal 2.
Improvement: OCMOD is no longer automatically added/removed and modifications are no longer automatically refreshed.
Bug fix: Transaction links no longer throw errors in order history.
Bug fix: Empty callback street, zip and city are now allowed.
Bug fix: Missing transaction redirect links in admin panel are now working.
Bug fix: API is no longer throwing errors for product models exceeding 15 characters.
Changelog for the new version (OpenCart 1.5.1.3 - 1.5.6.4):
Improvement: Better compatibility with the Journal 2 Checkout.
Bug fix: Empty callback street, zip and city are now allowed.
Bug fix: Missing transaction redirect links in admin panel are now working.
Bug fix: API is no longer throwing errors for product models exceeding 15 characters.
Bug fix: Guest checkout working properly.
iBlog 2.7.7 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
Bug fix: Fixed link to iBlog search for OpenCart 2.3.x
Bug fix: Fixed iBlog feed for OpenCart 2.3.x
AskForQuote 2.4.7 (OC 2.x to 2.3.x)
Bug fix: Fix the double apear of the required fields in the popup.
Bug fix: Fix the problem with the related products - image and name.
Improvement: Create the options required;
Bug fix: Fix the problem with the single (') and the double ('') quote in the admin panel from the htmlspecialchars_decode;
Improvement: Include the options in the email;
Bug fix: Fix the problem with the quantity of the related products;
AutomatedNewsletter 2.5.3 (OC 2.x)
Improvement: Improved fetching of sent newsletters
Improvement: Added check for newsletter subscribtion When selecting receivers by customer group or products bought
Bug fix: AutomatedNewsletter link is now displayed in the admin menu
OrderReviews 2.8.5 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
New Feature: Remove all expired coupons generated by OrderReviews.
Bug fix: Added missing 5th star to review form.
SuperQuickCheckout 2.2.5 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
Bug fix: Fixed the discard order button issue.
Bonus Section: Our Favorite Articles of the Week
How a Fast Growing Fashion Retailer Use Triggered Email Marketing to Grow Revenue per Subscriber
By Rejoiner
This case study is about how a fashion E-Commerce store grew their revenue per subscriber with a triggered email marketing campaign. They gathered an entire email marketing team and shared the results of all their efforts. Goes to show what a powerful tool email still is in 2017.
How to Solve the Customer Retention Problem (And Make Your Customers Happy!)
By Kissmetrics
Making anyone happy first requires you to show some appreciation. One way is to create a customer loyalty program and reward your most active users. Also, an accurate feedback system can help you improve your service and show that you are listening to what your customers are sharing. All of that leads to increased customer retention.
How To Increase Website Conversions With The Right Messaging
By VWO
VWO give a lot of relevant examples of how to use the right messages and content in your website to increase conversion. Whether it will be in the banners or popups, choosing the right words and tone is vital to the actions your users take. Check the post out to see how different sites approach their on-site content and steal some ideas.
OpenCart 3.0 is Officially Released! Here's What's New!
By iSenseLabs
The long awaited new version of OpenCart is now released. 3.0 is available for download in the official website of the platform. We made a review of all the changes that were applied to the final version that you can view in this article.
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