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IGOR SOSHKIN, Founder and CEO - Shopping Cart Elite
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Release Notes – (August 1, 2011 Release)
Major Highlights in V 2.63 Release
- 20+ new ways the search finds relevant results
- Social Media Marketing App
- Website Social Features Google +1, Facebook
- Revamped Login Page with Guest Checkout
- Added two more (very expensive) servers to our cloud cluster
- Affiliate/Effiliate Marketing Features (watch tutorials)
- Added “Search for Links” App in Link Exchange section (helps you find link partners)
- Added Woopra for better Live Analytics compared to Google Analytics (free to signup)
- Optimized APS for better ranking, and you can now add Vehicle Search to Articles
- Created the ability to export product data via XML – FTP for third parties
- Plus 6 more pages of enhancements…
What are we working on this month?
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Website
- You can now hide header button from homepage only.
- You can align buttons to start from left to right instead of right to left
- Redirect Popup has a 5 second delay on Product Page - Fixed
- Product page - By mouse over on the thumbnails they will automatically be selected.
- The functionality of the header image to be clickable was improved. The Header image was enabled to be clickable back to the homepage for all websites
- The login and registration pages on all stores were completely revamped
- Fixed issues with forgot password taking too long to reset
- You can now mouseover on the small thumbnails and the images will show up enlarged without clicking if the Item has a minimum quantity then it will default to that quantity automatically.
- We created a Guest checkout and enabled it for everyone (you can disable it from settings)
- Added Open Ticket link to WEBSITE > MY ACCOUNT > DASHBOARD
- If minimum quantity is set, you won’t be allowed to change it in the cart
- If you delete an article, it will be permanently deleted with 410 header
- If you choose a Tire Bundle with Wheels, any tires that have a quote should be excluded from the tire bundle list - Fixed
- Product Page – Select an option to see the exact price was changed to Select an option to see price
- Turned on the feature for Google Images to spider images. Enhanced a script to disable the image during preview to get you more visitors to your website.
- If you have a coupon applied; The sub total price will be crossed out next to the item in the shopping cart if discount was applied to product
- If you have an active special with a coupon, it will automatically be applied to your customer in the cart
- Changed “ANY BRAND” to read “Click Here for All Brands”
- If you have Wheel and Tire selected the pricing will show more clearer
- If you have minimum applied on the product, and you click on add to cart in application list, the minimum will be added to the cart
- You now disable the login feature on the website
- You can now control which links will show up in the footer
- Added special Facebook tags for the Like button
- If a tire is available in wheel and tire bundle, the first tire will be selected
- You can now have a side menu for searching tire sizes
- If you estimated shipping and change qty, the estimate will reset
Website – Search Results
- If a product in search results has more then 5 possible variations and your in vertical view it will show product with no options selected – Fixed
- When the search is triggered, you need to scroll to the top portion of the page to start where the filters starts
- If you click change vehicle from search it will take you to the homepage main banner vehicle search – Fixed
- 35 Items per page will be default
- If you search for specific tire size, it will display all the part numbers in the results
- If you click on a specific tire size in search results, that specific one will be pre-selected on the product page
- Improved the relevancy of correct tires showing up in the search results
- Fixed issues where certain keywords that would trigger the same product to show up twice
- Active Featured item / Active Sale item are triggered inside the search and get higher relevancy
- If item is on sale or featured it will have tags on the image
- Products that have 4 months of good sales record will get higher relevancy
- High CTR products will get higher relevancy
- Mouseover on image will flip through all images that are available for that product
- If a specific item exists when you search for a specific vehicle or part #, the specific image will show up
- Improved staggered fitment lookup
- Fixed Sort by Price to go against Web Price not MSRP
- Enhanced the indexing of Search Results
- If a vehicle matches a keyword you entered (Ex: Dodge neon neon kit) you should delete the dodge neon out of the keyword and clarify the result
- Filters will show up from left to right dynamically depending on the product on the page your are viewing. Once you select a main category, a sub category will be offered
- Only one diameter can be active in filters for wheels or tires
- Fixed issue with the price range filter
- New Filter for Tires: TIRE: Load Range, TIRE: Speed Rating
- Horizantal Search view now shows warning notes
Email Server - IMAP
- Completed IMAP server for incoming email (by end of the month SMTP will be out of production)
Keyword Rank Monitor
- Add multiple third party websites to track competition or your other websites
- Export all results via CSV
Dashboard
- Changed to 2 weeks
- Improved speed of the back office dashboard.
Product Setup Module
- Increased timeout during duplicating of products to avoid session timeout
- In price update we added cost > dollar above jobber and web price > dollar above jobber
Customer Module
- Revamped the User Interface for the Customer Module
Server Resources
- Installed a new dual Hexa-core xenon server to speed up website indexing and services
- Installed a Dell MD 3620f to speed up data sharing
Effiliate Marketing
- New module in product setup promoting you to participate in affiliate marketing with eBay and Amazon
- For eBay you can choose seller, category variables, If you have Effiliate enabled and Add to Cart enabled an image will show up as Compare Us to eBay or Amazon, If you have Effiliate enabled and Add to Cart or Quote disabled an image will show up as Inventory Moved to eBay or Amazon
- You can now define a custom URL to be triggered when you press ADD TO CART
Article Marketing
- Improved APS articles to rank higher
- You can now turn on Vehicle Search inside the articles (attach products)
- You now have a select all / deselect all on the products
Data Mapper
- Added new fields to allow shipping type for USPS/Fedex/UPS
Settings
- New warning message appears when saving that you accept cash
- You can now allow to hide product dimensions from product page
General
- Improved the screen that is used to report bugs - Help > Reports Error
- Changed meta tag for the spider to make less visits to the website
Reports
- New Report - Unpaid Balances - will track to see if you have any authorizations or shipped orders that were not settled
- Bandwidth Report - Separated Search Engine from Unique Visitors
- Statistics - Fixed the chart to avoid looking one month ahead and made two new charts one for “amount” and one for “orders”
- New Report - NET Balance shows all accounts that have past due net balance and amount
Supplier
- When you press save on supplier. A message saying “Successfully Saved” will now appear. When rejecting products from active, they will be prompted to be deleted from the store.
Themes
o Improved the functionality of saving themes
o Changed default font on the main banner
o Add new class for social bar, affiliate links and product page (If you have a custom theme, review your website to make sure it looks good)
Support Tickets
- Moved the feature “if you want a service board public or not” from website setting to support desk setting
- In settings there is an option that any new ticket that gets submitted to support desk an email will be sent to: Default: primary
Marketplace
- We removed CC Accepted which is no longer valid in Turbolister
- Enhanced the export of XML of your data to a third party website
- Integrated the automation of exporting your CSV product data via FTP to your dealers
- Optimized Google Shopping to perform faster
Link Exchanges
- Added a new button “Search for Links” which will help you find link partners on Google
Quote
- Quote request will include part # and URL to the product
Social Media Marketing
- New module to export your social media contacts and import then into Facebook, Google, Twitter - tutorials coming soon
New Third Party App
· Woopra.com - Better than Google Analytics
LIST OF BUGS THAT HAVE BEEN FIXED AND ARE NOW OPERATIONAL
Settings
- Fixed issues with announcements coming up after it was read
Dashboard
- Abandon orders stopped working - fixed
Employee
- If employee is admin and you take away screen from the admin it removes it while it shouldn’t because admin has access to all screens - FIXED
Website
- Fixed URL Redirect Script
- When you press show all wheel and wheel specification duplicates and doubles – Fixed
- Application Highlight stopped working - fixed
- If you choose a car and the wheel doesn’t fit, the wheel it searched for would not fit either – fixed
- Fixed an issue with Paypal looping during step 2 of checkout on certain stores
- In search results When you click on the title or image the same results will show up as when you click on details - Fixed
- If you filter by 16” diameter tire you still have 15” showing up at the end – fixed
Product Setup Module
- Fixed ACES export for Amazon
- Fixed Export Binary Import Binary the shipping type would not save
Customer
- Subscription were not billing the setup fee
Data Sharing
- Vehicles restrictions still disables all wheels regardless if there is one that will work - Fixed
