Hi Team. We’re pleased to annouce Beta 5.
Tomorrow morning NZT we will be uploading Release Candidate 1. This is your last chance to comment on the WP e-Commerce 3.7 Beta releases.
By now you will have seen the awesome list of new features and improvements in previous Beta versions. If not you can peruse the Beta 4 blog post.
The most note worthy improvement is that the 3.7 Beta 5 now integrates with the the most recent version of the All in One SEO Plugin (that would be AIOSEO plugin version 1.7 beta 3) thus making it the most Search Engine Optimized e-Commerce solution on the planet.
Please post any feedback or comments here.
31 Comments
As a major release, testing WPEC 3.7 b5 in less one day in recent WP 2.8RC, is a dream… we try to do our best in the next 3 days…
Brilliant. Good luck with that – also some good news for you. Thomas has already integrated those hooks into the templating engine for you :)
Awesome thanks Dan!
It works great, thank you so much for this.
but i was wondering is there any way to arrange products?
i mean how can i move the product number 5 to become after product number 1
I’m Installing Hope it Works Perfect, Thanks for the Great WORK!!! =)
I believe that I saw a thumbnail cropping tool was added to Beta 4. Where is it located within wp e-commerce?
Thanks for your help!
Beth
Hi, the crop tool currently only works in FireFox, we are trying to get a hold of the developer of the jQuery plugin jCrop to have a look for us. The crop tool is found on the edit products page, if you upload an image for a product click on the thumbnail on te right hand side of the page and the Cropping tool should appear.
Hmmm, still no luck. Not sure why it’s not showing in Firefox for me. Would be a nice feature, will keep watching in future releases.
Hi, Just checked it out. There does seem to be a bug in the cropping tool. Will try and get it full functional for the RC. Thanks for the bug report !
This feature simply MUST be added, I think it should be rather simple.
When you go to “your account” while not logged in it says:
“You must be logged in to use this page. Please use the form below to login to your account. ”
But it doesn’t give the use the option to REGISTER if they dont have an account. That option should be added and it should look as great as the new register option at the checkout does.
I think this is a bug. When adding or editing Variation Values. Clicking the Edit button to save my changes there is a very long load time to save before the alert box says the Variation has been updated.
I’ll keep looking at my site, it could be a performance issue but I thought I’d mention it before it was too late.
How may variations are you adding, and how many variation values are in each variation set.
Variations may start to become slow if you add a lot of variation sets or a few with a lot of values in them to a product.
For example, if you add 3 variation sets to a product, each with 10 values in them, the plugin will have to generate 10 * 10 * 10 values for all the combinations. Then display 1000 form fields on the products page so that you can edit all the combinations.
However, we have tested with 576 combinations of variations on a product and it was not too slow.
We will be looking at adding loading bars and possibly loading the variation form fields in sections for very large sets.
Regarding variations… Would love to be able to save pricing along with the variations, instead of reentering it for each product.
Thanks for the quick fix of the category edit problem. You guys are great!
Beth
Using beta 5, it all works well except on the Product Categories page. As soon as I click Edit Group, I get:
Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in C:\xampp\htdocs\CapitalCamping\wp-content\plugins\wp-e-commerce\wpsc-admin\display-groups.page.php on line 261
Even if I don’t make any changes to the settings, I always see this message. I’ve not found it on any other admin pages.
Damn you windows damn you… nah just kidding. We’ll take a quick look at this.
re: breadcrumbs issue (comments are closed on that post).
The WordPress URL is — and must be — set to /wp/ where the install is. Would it not make more sense to use the blog location? (Found below WordPress location in the general settings.)
BUG: WordPress 2.8, e-com 3.7 beta 4
The “Off Site Product Link” is NOT overriding the add to cart function and is, instead, directing people to cart > paypal.
Product page: http://indietravelpodcast.com/store/?category=4&product_id=4
Product link: https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=243664&c=ib&aff=33234
Just upgraded to beta 5 and this is still happening.
is there a way to have a live and demo version of the cart running so one is not functional while u r setting it up and then hit live once it is all completed for the public?
Great plugin! Using the Beta 5 and cannot crop product images. I get a loader bar at the bottom of the page but no popup. Worked in the last beta but not the latest. Using FireFox. Cheers!
Image crop = all fixed for RC1.
Well at least on Firefox :P
Awesome :) Thanks Dan!
Perhaps it’s just Safari 4, but “edit” buttons aren’t working in the Edit Products screen. I’m having to copy/paste the URL into the browser address bar.
(WP2.8, E-com Beta 5)
Strange. I’m using the same spec’s as you (well 2.8.1 actually) and its working fine. Can you try the following and let us know the results:
1) force refresh your cache
2) try disabling javascript and tell us what happens
Hi,
I was looking at the code trying to get the UPS Shipping Calculator to work.
ups.php, Line 90
function getMethod($dest) {
if ($dest == ‘US’) {
Which calls to line 139
$dest = $_SESSION['delivery_country'];
These session calls don’t appear to be updating correctly. Sometimes it is stuck on one of the international arrays and other times it’s stuck on the array for the US. If a customer visiting the site is presented with the default location (in my case the US), and they want to ship to Italy, the ajax calls to update the $_SESSION['delivery_country']; don’t refresh properly. They only get the option for the US rates.
(WP2.8, E-com Beta 5)
We”ll take a look at this on Monday NZT and try to integrate it with Release Candidate 2 due out next week.
Hi,
I’m currently developing an ecommerce website for a client who would like a WP solution. So I’m looking into your plugin – one of the things I’m noticing is that you have regional tax settings in a number of markets. In Germany, where I’m based, there are no regionally different VATs, but different VATs based on product categories. Maybe it’s possible to implement this easily, as you already have the tax differentiation variables implemented. Another thing required for ecommerce in Germany is that the customer has to actively confirm that he has read the ToS as well as his right to return the purchase. Currently, this isn’t possible with your plugin without hardcoding it in, apparently. Thanks!
We will try to look at this for RC2.
I’m not sure I understand where you want the “ToS confirmation”. Are you saying you want it somewhere other then on the checkout page where it currently is?
Hmm actually you need to enter your “ToS” into the admin section before they will show on your site. We should probably move that to the checkout settings page. Have a play.
They VAT stuff will probably require closer consultation with you and that said we would prefer to do a whole EU solution before we roll out a just German solution.
Also wanted to congratulate you on a great plugin! It’s so easy, I was able to setup a fully functioning site within 3 hours with no experiance with the plugin. After coming OScommerce and Mal’s Cart, what previously took weeks to setup with extensive hard coding is as simple as click, click, click. And you get props for being from New Zealand–I lived there for a glorious bit of time.
Ok–So here’s my bug–and it’s an easy setup to the form setup–the sales tax for many States have a few decimal points. For example, my local tax sales rate is 6.25%. Some areas have 6.125% as a tax. But the form only allows me to enter 6.2.
So in tax_and_shipping.php, Line 67
size=”3″ maxlength=”3″ ought to be changed to
size=”5″ maxlength=”5″
That should be enough to appease our decimal-happy governments.
Sales tax support is a huge addition and I congratulate you on adding it with such simple presentation.
And what I wouldn’t give for a steak & mushroom meat pie right about now! I miss those things!
(WP2.8, E-com Beta 5)
Thanks, I have added this change.
Comments are closed for Beta 5. Please checkout the new Release Candidate 1 blog post and continue your efforts there.
Best Regards,
Dan