[iSenseLabs Weekly 74] New OpenCart Features & Fixes, Video Tutorials and Latest E-Commerce News
A lot of OpenCart 3 users are asking for compatible extensions, so the team at the labs is purposefully updating our tools for the latest version of the E-Commerce platform.
View the new additions to our list of OpenCart 3 compatible modules below and make sure to update all of your iSenseLabs extensions as soon as a new version is released!
A few new functionalities you can now install in your OpenCart 3 setup are product bundles, cart abandonment email automation, and in-stock notifications for interested customers.
Enjoy!
ProductBundles 5.3 (OC 3.x) & 4.3 (OC 2.x)
Initial release of the product for OpenCart 3.0.x.
From this version on, all 4.x. and 5.x. versions of ProductBundles will be compatible with OpenCart 2.x and OpenCart 3.x. respectively
Bug fix: Fixed product name and the plus button being not correctly positioned
Bug fix: Reworked language strings in the admin panel
AbandonedCarts 6.5.2 (OC 3.x)
Improvement: OpenCart 3.0.x compatibility
Improvement: Support '+' sign and unicode characters when validating an email address
New feature: Add option to skip the out-of-stock products when sending reminder emails
Bug fix: Resolve an issue where the ordered abandoned cart entries were getting modified for logged in customers
Bug fix: Fix an issue with displaying the charts
Bug fix: Fix the duplicate coupon_history entries, which were causing issue in the ADV reports extension
AbandonedCarts 5.5.2 (OC 2.x)
New feature: Add option to skip the out-of-stock products when sending reminder emails
Improvement: Support '+' sign and unicode characters when validating an email address
Bug fix: Resolve an issue where the ordered abandoned cart entries were getting modified for logged in customers
Bug fix: Fix an issue with displaying the charts
Bug fix: Fix the duplicate coupon_history entries, which were causing issue in the ADV reports extension
FacebookStore 3.0.2 (OC 3.0.x)
Bug fix: Searching products from the Facebook page now works correctly
NotifyWhenAvailable 3.8 (OC 3.0.x)
Improvement: Updated OpenCart 3.0.x compatibility
WishlistDiscounts 2.2.2 (OC 2.0.x to 2.3.x)
Improvement: Better management of customer's wishlists in admin panel
Improvement: Better multilingual support
Improvement: UI and UX changes
Improvement: Reworked logic for email sending
SocialDiscounts 3.4.10 (OC 3.x)
Improvement: Compatible with OpenCart 3.x
Improvement: Deprecated the Facebook custom caption, description and image in the feed dialog since they are no longer supported by the Graph API
PopupWindow 3.3 (for OpenCart 3.0.x)
Improvement: Updated OpenCart 3.0.x compatibility
Bonus Section: Our Favorite Articles of the Week
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How to Remove Common/Home in OpenCart 2.3.x and 3.x
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iSenseLabs Videos
OpenCart 3.0 Marketplace Overview - Installing and Uninstalling Extensions
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