What's New in Version 11.3

45 New Holiday Themes

45 new holiday themes to cover Mother's Day, Father's Day and Independence Day. Give your website a “Holiday Look” by switching your default theme on the layout you are using according to the upcoming holiday.

Enhancements and Fixes

• Link Exchange Enhancement: besides having the option to insert HTML code provided by a link exchange website, users can now create and insert links to favorite websites.
• More options for the Checkout page optional fields: user can now insert either a text field, or more options for payment to include payments made by check.
• Better explanation for the express order page; this form allows for a quick "Add to Cart" function when a shopper knows the item number.
• Improved functionality for Website Launch feature: we've made it easy to import your contacts (email addresses) from the information provided prior to launching your website.
• Android Icon Library: we provide a specialized image library with icon images created specifically for your Android application. Now you can pick one of the ready made icon images, or upload your own images. The images are attached automatically to the application when you create your website Android app.
• Improved functionality for the Search feature in the website: when a search query returns 0 results, the visitor lands now on the Advanced Search page where are more options to improve the search query.
• Enhanced functionality for Google Product feeds where discounted items are now easier to sort by price when searched on Google Product pages. This improvement provides better ranking opportunities for similar competing items.
• Fixed a problem with Google Product feeds where selecting a product type was not allowing to add or change this feed option.
• Fixed Price Promotions feature that allowed for creating promos for items out-of-stock. This feature now checks inventory for any product selected for the promotion and displays a warning if the product is not in stock.
• Fixed a data conflict with Product upload feature where invalid data in an Excel file was preventing correct data to be assigned to departments.
• For Coupon promotions, editing a promotion did not allow to change the validity period. This issue was fixed.
• Fixed a problem with Product Find and Replace feature where items deselected from the Find results where still replaced with new items even if these should have been excluded from this operation.
• Improved functionality for placing an order with SMC where this feature now checks if a user has the needed information on file (current credit card, membership info).
• Fixed an issue with selection of Product Departments in Site Manager. When selecting departments with multiple page displays and switching to a department with fewer items, the new department was not displayed. This option is now correctly displaying a newly selected department.

Version 11.2

Rewards Program

Every business works hard to acquire customers. But keeping customers to come back to your online store is even harder. With the new "Rewards Program", we introduce a "must have" marketing tool to transform your one time customers into loyal, repeat customers. Simple to implement, simple to use, great business return on this feature.

Android Mobile Phone Application

There's no secret that the "next big thing" in the online e-commerce experience is in the mobile devices like "smart" phones and tablets. Your customers will be able to use their "smart" Android based phones to explore your online store and access special offers available only to them.

Link Exchange

Another "must have" tool to help your online store to achieve better rankings with search engines. Links to your online store from other significant websites will improve your visibility on the Web, increase traffic to your website and potentially increase business.

2011 Spring eCatalogs

World of Products Spring edition, Bayberry Lane and the NEW World of Products Best of Spring catalogs are all available now online. In addition, you can now attach to your e-commerce website the highly popular 2010 Marketplace catalog.

15 New Valentine's Day Themes

Valentine's Day is coming soon, and there are 15 new themes for your v11 website. Dress up your website for the occasion.

Enhancements and Fixes

• Enhanced RMA Restocking Fee calculation to include unit fractions
• Enhanced shipping for non-SMC products to allow ounce or less than 1 pound weights
• Improved display for orders to include promos, coupons, gift cards under a single column header called "discount"; we also added details regarding the new "Rewards Program" activity
• Added an error message to alert the user in case invalid data is used to setup a cross promotion
• Enhanced error message for setting up a price promotion with 2 for 1 items with invalid data
• Enhanced a feature where a user can hide all departments in the navigation bar
• Fixed "Email All Affiliates" feature where sending emails to affiliates used the email address from the store profile/contact us; this option is using now the email address as setup in the Affiliate profile
• Improved functionality for Coupon Promotion start/end date in order to expedite these settings
• Fixed an issue with potential shopper distribution list for Newsletter where if a potential shopper was deleted from the list, this would not delete it from the newsletter distribution
• Fixed an issue with the Affiliate registration date where a change in a registered affiliate's data would modify the original registration date
• Fixed the default text used when posting website launch with discount on Facebook in order to comply with the number of characters allowed
• Fixed an issue with the email formatting for affiliates where line breaks in the body of the message were stripped out; same issue fixed for regular emailing to shoppers
• Fixed a problem with data update where using all SMC products and replace them with new SMC data option was deleting non-SMC child departments, even if it was supposed to preserve them
• Fixed data input for custom created checkout page fields to accept single character data
• Fixed a display issue with Auction Expeditor where images where missing when importing items using Turbo Lister
• Fixed a validation error in cross promotion when invalid data was entered
• Fixed an issue with page conversion to html with contact us page
• Fixed non-SMC product update where the product tags are not deleted when updating a product
• Fixed Global Discounts where this setting was impacting search results and the tag cloud and not displaying the discounted product if this did not have the yellow price
• Fixed login issue with eCatalogs where an item out-of-stock was added to wish list; the login state was lost when navigating back to the eCatalog
• Enhanced mailing list subscription page in order to provide more details for the safety of the data transmission and better separation between optional and required fields
• Improved captcha validation to make it relevant with submitting a form with invalid or missing required data
• Fixed layout issues for layouts 97, 103, 105 and 107, 69, 100, 110
• Fixed a missaligned image when zooming in on a product image in IE8
• Removed "back to catalog" button on the product details page when accessing it from a wish list
• Adding a link to the navigation bar in older layouts (v8 and below) to the reminder page was not consistent with the functionality of this option; after fixing, the link lands on the sign in page
• Fixed an unnecessary error message with wish list emailing when accessing this page from a wish list email
• Fixed an issue with reminder service and future event notifications date
• Due to proprietary code for social networking websites, an eroneous message was displayed instead of a shared item; this issue was fixed
• Fixed grammar and enhanced help text for edit affiliate, affiliate profile manager, shopper feedback, shipping promotion, eCatalog, data update, potential shoppers, abandoned cart reminder and promotion

Version 11.1

45 New Holiday Themes

45 new Holiday related themes released. Just in time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Winter Holidays. Give your website a “Holiday Look” by switching your default theme on the layout you are using.

Holiday Image Library

Over 90 new images for your animation widgets. Place an image slider widget in your layout and select from a growing library of ready-made images to showcase some of the products you are selling. New images specific to the Holiday Season.

Enhancements and Fixes

• Several layouts released in version 11 (97, 99, 101 and 103) did not display text and custom defined links. We fixed this issue and now these layouts display this optional text and links in all pages, including a secure page logo where necessary.
• Fixed an issue with secure pages where some content was triggering a non-secure content browser alert. This code fix improves the browsing experience by eliminating the confusion caused by this popup alert.
• An error message was displayed in layouts 106 and 107 when a registered customer was trying to review the order history. We fixed this issue and the order history page displays properly in these layouts.
• Layouts 106 and 107 were displaying a "Page can not be displayed" alert when a product found in the shopping cart had to be edited. This problem was leading to the impossibility to change or remove a product from the shopping cart before proceeding to the checkout page. We fixed this issue and these layouts are restored to normal functionality.
• When trying to view details for packages (a new feature introduced in version 10 that allows multiple or single item shipping using major carriers and their specific requirements) related to orders generated prior to version 9, the Site Manager returned a server error. Since the packages option was not available at that time, the normal behavior for this function is to show the order details.
• To increase the safety of data submitted by visitors through your website, we included the affiliate section login and affiliate sign-up pages under a secure server. From now on, these registration and login pages benefit from the same level of encryption as provided for the checkout and other personalized pages throughout the website.
• Updated certain layout images in Site Manager which were showing options not fully implemented yet.
• Fixed a display issue in layout 97 where certain pages were displaying images and product descriptions in a misaligned table.
• We found an issue where certain image widgets would not work properly when a link for a product is clicked. This problem was fixed and image widgets provide correct functionality.
• Fixed an issue where some department names were duplicated in the department navigation bar.
• Fixed a discrepancy in the sitemap.xml file where certain departments where displaying wrong id numbers. The departments’ id numbers are now in concordance with the correct id as set in the Departments section of Site Manager.
• Added the state of Alabama in the Shipping Calculator Settings in Site Manager.
• The display of the department navigation bar in layout 97 was covering certain functional elements. This behavior was specific to Internet Explorer 7. We fixed this issue and adjusted the gift card image in the Gift Card popup box which was distorted.
• Updated images to display the Sign Out links for layouts 109 and 110.
• Enhanced the PayPal payment option in the checkout process. This type of payment involves processing by PayPal which takes place on their website. There is a certain delay between submitting the payment and the actual process. Due to this delay, if a customer was returning to the checkout page before the processing finished, the order was cancelled causing unnecessary delays and confusion. Since we cannot control the PayPal processing system, there is now a warning displayed before the Purchase button in the checkout page.
• When using layout 97, the Exclusive Offers widget was missing the Submit button. We fixed this issue.
• Fixed a problem within the My Account section in the websites. After signing up or login in into My Account, a registered shopper can contact the website owner using a Contact Us page. In this page, clicking on the email address of the website owner or on the Contact Us button had the effect of signing out the shopper. After applying the code fix, this page behaves normally, preserves the login status and giving access to the contact form.
• When updating the Product Inventory for a non SMC product, or editing settings under Product Options, there is a task completion message displayed. This message was not displaying properly and it was fixed.

Version 11

Back By Popular Demand

We took a look at our most popular layouts we have offered throughout the years and have updated them with the latest "bells and whistles". Ten updated layouts make your website more dynamic and attractive.

Ten Brand New Layouts

More layouts loaded with the latest features available in version 11. Bigger, bolder, more attractive and user friendly.

Customizable Distribution Lists

The secret to a solid e-commerce business is great customer communications. Now you can separate your shoppers into groups and target them with personalized messages.

Send Website Launch Email

You've got a brand new e-commerce website. Now what? How about announcing your "Grand Opening" with an email message to your friends and family.

Upload Your Products to Google Shopping

If you want to attract more traffic to your e-commerce website, you should expose your products to as many potential shoppers as possible. By making your product list available to Google Product Search, you get links back to your website on the most popular search engine.

Promote Your Products on Facebook

Every time you update a product on your website or add a new product, you can now share it with your friends on Facebook.

Optional Outgoing Email Setup

Want to use your existing Gmail or Hotmail account with your new e-commerce website? Now you can opt between using the built-in email capabilities of your website, or use an existing account to send out your messages. This new feature brings more flexibility and speed to your customer relationships.

Enhancements and Fixes

• Buzz and Twitter sharing options for certain website packages.
• Enhanced spamming protection for your website by requiring visitors who use the “tell-a-friend” emailing feature to register with your website. Until now, anybody could sent emails using this feature and potentially list your website as a spam generator.
• Until now, a certain payment option was selected by default, even if the administrator didn’t want to use that specific option. In version 11 we enhanced this selection process and the administrator can now use any payment options without any default conditions.
• Auction Expeditor/Turbolister requires additional information from .csv file in order for products to be submitted into eBay. We added a return policy setting in order to comply with Turbolister requirements.
• Image slider in the widget library was missing an option to allow scrolling images from right-to-left. The image slider now has this option.
• In order to provide more information on the product tag cloud links we used certain code to display this information. We improved this code in order to comply with Web standards.
• Enhanced functionality for the Newsletter feature: the selected subject now includes an option related to the launching of a new website.
• In previous versions, when a user wanted to change a layout theme, the current theme was reset to “default” before the new selection. We now display the selected layout with a link to directly change the theme, overriding the reset process.
• Improved user instructions in regards to the recently introduced enhancements to the security of your website. This includes changing your password and user name.
• Fixed an error when entering single quotes in the “search for affiliates by email address”. The search function now accepts single quotes.
• Fixed an issue with the calendar display cutoff in the Affiliate program payout page.
• Fixed a display alignment issue present in the Safari browser for the product detail page.
• Fixed a display issue for the Promotions page in the website in order to make it more flexible and improve appearance. The same fix was applied to the "About Us", "FAQ", "Privacy Policy" and "Return Policy" pages.
• Fixed an issue with uploading sales tax files with blank spaces in the file name. Now the file name can include blank spaces and will upload successfully.
• Fixed a code related issue for the account login page where text entered in the Site Manager was not displayed properly.
• Fixed functionality of the account ID display which was affecting the display of certain layouts.
• Fixed an error where an administrator could not delete 50 products in the Site Manager when the Product list was displaying 50 products.