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AbanteCart 1.3.4 release

New AbanteCart v1.3.4 is officially released.
In this latest release, we are excited to introduce several significant improvements and upgrades to enhance your user experience.
133 1. Bootstrap v5 Storefront Template:
We have set the Bootstrap v5 storefront template as the new default, providing you with a modern and streamlined interface. This update brings a fresh look and improved responsiveness to your storefront.
2. Updated Embed Pages with Bootstrap v5:
Not only is the storefront template upgraded, but we have also updated all embed pages with Bootstrap v5. This ensures consistency across the entire platform and guarantees a seamless user experience.
3. Google Analytics Upgrade to GA4:
To stay at the forefront of analytics capabilities, we have upgraded Google Analytics to the latest GA4 version. With this upgrade, you gain access to new features and better insights into your website's performance and user behavior.
4. New Stripe Payment Integration:
We are thrilled to introduce a new and improved Stripe payment integration. This update expands the range of payment options available, making it easier for your customers to complete their transactions securely and conveniently.
5. USPS Update with New Shipment Methods:
We have updated USPS shipping methods to offer you more flexibility and efficiency in managing your shipments. This means a smoother shipping process and improved delivery options for your customers.
6. Other Improvements:
Additionally, we've implemented several other enhancements to optimize the platform's performance and fix minor issues. These improvements are aimed at providing you with a better overall experience.
We hope these updates contribute to making your experience with our platform even more enjoyable. As always, we value your feedback, so please don't hesitate to share your thoughts and suggestions with us.

Below are the release notes for version 1.3.4:

Core:

  • Set min Support for php8.0
  • Order product options sorting fix
  • jQuery upgraded to v3.7.0
  • Added new hooks to support extension API.
  • Fix for apdomysql driver
  • Add Logout after password change for customers and admin users
  • ACurrency lib bug fix
  • Bug fixes

Admin:

  • tinyMCE upgraded to v6.5.0
  • Improvement of settings page for extensions

Storefront:

  • Google Analytics 4 Support
  • Bootstrap v5 template set as default
  • Embed update with Bootstrap v 5
  • Fast checkout improvement and fixes.
  • Update email templates

Extensions:

  • Updated Stripe with many payment methods included
  • USPS updated with new methods
  • Paypal Commerce. added "sleep" to webhook setup method.
  • Cardnox Fast checkout fix

Where to download AbanteCart 1.3.4?

AbanteCart v1.3.4 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.3.3 to new version 1.3.4 is now available.

You can upgrade from the admin section by clicking on the message about an upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_134 installation key in the extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.3.4 and stay connected

AbanteCart 1.3.3 release

New AbanteCart v1.3.3 is officially released. AbanteCart v1.3.3 includes a number of improvements and fixes based on customer feedback.
133 In this release, we introduce a new Bootstrap 5 storefront template with page builder support.
New PayPal commerce payment integration is to combine and replace older PayPal payment options with Buy Now Pay Later support
New mailer with a wide range of mail transports supports (Amazon SES, MailChimp, SendGrid, and more)

Below are the release notes for version 1.3.3:

Core:

  • Support php8.1 into amysqli DB driver
  • added Redis cache driver
  • Memcached driver improvement
  • Aconnect class improvements
  • improvement of aMySQLi database driver
  • Mail class fix
  • Added percentage quantity discount for product's promotions ( #1536 )
  • Extension installation improvement
  • SMPT improvement & php mailer fix
  • Image cache per domain fix
  • Cli install supports 8.1 + improvement related to sample data sql-file
  • sample data cleanup, demo products data fixes and countries update
  • Regular expressions save fix
  • new Data listing block type Related Products
  • dockerfile update

Admin:

  • Data listing block: limit translatable #1518
  • php 8.0: Call to undefined function set_time_limit #1521
  • added store into customer edit form #1522
  • order recalculation fix #1529
  • Removed gravatar from admin template
  • multi-store product url fix
  • regex for product tags fix
  • new hook to category grid controller
  • hook to Product Options admin controller
  • product page default length and weight class bug fix

Storefront:

  • New Bootstrap 5 template
  • changes of default preset of default template for PageBuilder
  • fix of easyzoom.js in chrome #1526
  • default template fixes.
  • product page bugfix related to default weight class for new products #1519
  • fix of broken embedding of the invoice page
  • Fix of sale/contact button on the customer address edit form
  • XSS fix #1513

Extensions:

  • PayPal Commerce payment to replace Default Paypal
  • Avatax integration fix
  • FastCheckout. duplicate error message fix
  • FastCheckout. New setting for button "BuyNow"
  • FastCheckout. Added payment address zone.
  • Fast checkout Universal GA fix
  • Discontinued default_cashflows payment support
  • Stripe js-loading fix
  • Banktransfer improvement related to FastCheckout

Where to download AbanteCart 1.3.3?

AbanteCart v1.3.3 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.3.2 to new version 1.3.3 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_133 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.3.3 and stay connected

AbanteCart 1.3.2 release

New AbanteCart v1.3.2 is officially released. AbanteCart v1.3.2 includes a number of improvements and fixes based on customer feedback.

Below are the release notes for version 1.3.2:

Core:

  • PHP v8.0 Compatibility
  • Page builder supportability
  • Magic methods support in the hook classes
  • core/engine/extension.php improvement (see commit for details)
  • DOM Based Cross-Site Scripting fix
  • added restrictions for available shipping methods during checkoout
  • Multistore template selection fixes
  • Maximum Weight of Parcel #1497
  • Added dimensions and weight into order products
  • default Resource library Types icons + Retina fix
  • changes related to page builder + fix of extensions hook calls
  • phar internal corruption resolution #1504
  • SVG File type suppoer a& validation
  • Options value weight class follow the products base weight class
  • Query optimization for MariaDB
  • Email base64 encoding
  • Multistore subdomain fixes

Admin:

  • added validation for svg/svgz files on script calls inside.
  • Product form volume validation #1496
  • improvement of Tabs on product and category edit pages
  • tables size calculation fix
  • weight description fix in the option values table
  • extensions grid & extension summary section
  • New resource library type icons
  • Product options SKU display
  • Backup fix and improvement
  • Embed bug fixes
  • global search bug fix
  • Taxes report fix

Storefront:

  • Login Display Prices OFF block issue #1493
  • Shipping limits by weight volume #1495
  • Minimal order parcel size volume not work #1499
  • "Wrong Dimensions of product" error #1498
  • jquery.flexyslider upgraded to v2.7.2
  • custom.js improvement
  • Fastcheckout improvement and fixes
  • Coupon session fix
  • Brands block improvement

Extensions:

  • Number of new hooks for expandability
  • CardKnox payment instance id issue resolution

Where to download AbanteCart 1.3.2? 

AbanteCart v1.3.2 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.3.1 to new version 1.3.2 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_132 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.3.2 and stay connected

AbanteCart 1.3.1 release

New AbanteCart v1.3.1 is officially released. AbanteCart v1.3.1 includes a number of improvements and fixes based on customer feedback.

Below are the release notes for version 1.3.1:

In this release:

  • Core: taskManager. fix of error output
  • Core: ALoader improvement. Added debug backtrace
  • Core: added Date product option type ACORN-108
  • minimal php version now 7.3.0
  • Core: ACart minor improvements
  • Core: core/lib/config.php fixes related to seo-postfix and config store id type cast
  • Core+ SF: changes related to virtual products purchasing (gift certificates etc)
  • Core: changes related to virtual products purchasing (gift certificates etc)
  • Core: changes related to AResource::getMainThumbList() method.
  • Core: add hook to category_top, category_bottom block and manufacturer page
  • Core: add hooks to fast checkout
  • Core: changes related to virtual products purchasing (gift certificates etc)
  • Core+ SF: changes related to virtual products purchasing (gift certificates etc)
  • Core: html-class improvement (number, email input types)
  • Core: AResource minor improvement
  • Core: core/engine/extensions reformatting
  • Core: ALayout improvement related to hooks
  • Core: AResource bug fix

Admin:

  • Admin: general.js fix related to tasks ACORN-554
  • Admin: collection controller fix
  • Admin: global search improvement, added search by sku ACORN-549
  • Admin: collection controller fix
  • Admin: email templates controller and model code improvements
  • Admin: fix related to cdn-image-downloads from import csv-file
  • Admin: fix related to categories separator in the products import
  • Admin: added hook calls into customer controller
  • Admin: order details minor improvement of tpl
  • Admin: added check for extensions layouts xml into template installation and template switch processes
  • Admin: fix for storefront_order_confirm email template
  • Admin: collection model fix
  • Admin: lib configManager fix
  • Admin: order totals grid improvement (related to predefined sort and calculation orders for balance and total)
  • Admin: collection form js-fix
  • Admin: language manager fix related to auto-translations
  • Admin: package manager fix. Added "tax" extension type + reformatting
  • Admin: sale/contact email RL-image's URL fix
  • Admin: product option value url fix
  • Admin: controller for downloading file improvement

Storefront:

  • improvement related to option value images
  • ACORN-561 guest and logged in customer sessions fix
  • fast checkout payment fix ACORN-560
  • Request add cost column method (#1485)
  • ACORN-559 fast checkout order summary tax display fix
  • ACORN-552 taxes report: incorrect orders count
  • Guest Checkout Create Account feature fix ACORN-557
  • ACORN-558 base product weight field description
  • upgrade scripts fixes
  • Add product option cost (#1484)
  • ACORN-553 banner group name issue fix
  • ACORN-551 "add to cart" buttons on home page blocks
  • #1472 typo fix
  • fix ACORN-548 embed: options values images
  • #1464 wordpress embed fast checkout buttons fix
  • #1483 embed fix
  • embed code default height fix
  • ACORN-550 Typed property ControllerPagesCatalogCollections::$error fix
  • #1472 fileinfo PHP extension check to the 1.3 installation and upgrade
  • #1464 mobile add to cart buttons fix
  • fix ACORN-255 Import wizard category split separator
  • ACORN-547 FastCheckout fix
  • #1482 WordPress 5.8 SameSite cookie issue
  • #1473 default_ups. reformatted code
  • #1472 system requirements refactoring
  • #1457 extra white space in front of the email headers
  • add hooks to admin order details and order invoice (#1480)
  • Storefront: order details minor improvement of tpls
  • Collection model fix
  • Account/logout controller improvement
  • Catalog/collection model fix
  • Rounding fix related to taxes and 3 digits after decimal points. ref. https://forum.abantecart.com/index.php?topic=9072.new;topicseen#new
  • add the label id and the additional hook (#1474)
  • add hook, change hook location and change private $error to public $error (#1469)
  • FastCheckout shipping method icon fix
  • add hooks to templates and admin product options page (#1467)
  • FastCheckout: added hook vars call into tpls

Extensions:

  • avatax improvement related to getting taxLines
  • FastCheckout stripe address line fix ACORN-318
  • Default Stripe minor fix ACORN-318
  • authorizenet error in php v8 (#1479)
  • FastCheckout. changed default sort order (run order) from 1 to 10
  • FastCheckout installation improvement (adding layouts to custom templates)
  • Pickup from Store use the store address for taxes

Where to download AbanteCart 1.3.1? 

AbanteCart v1.3.1 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.3.0 to new version 1.3.1 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_131 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.3.1 and stay connected

AbanteCart 1.3.0 release

New AbanteCart v1.3.0 is officially released. In this release, we bring a few new features as well as upgrades for libraries and PHP 8.0 support. AbanteCart is now integrated with WordPress and one-page fast checkout is a standard feature.

AbanteCart v1.3.0 also includes a number of improvements and fixes based on customer feedback.

Below are the release notes for version 1.3.0:

Core:

  • Wodrpress integration support
  • PHP v8.0 support
  • jQuery upgrade to v3.5.1
  • Resource Library images path improvement
  • New Get Embed code modal. Embed links code and copy
  • Added error reporting levels support based on settings
  • SSL detection improvement
  • Same site cookies fix
  • tinyMCE editor update
  • AMail class remove of final and change private to protected properties
  • Deprecated HTML Page cache
  • Overall cache fixes and improvement

Control Panel:

  • Dashboard new icons
  • Default extensions new icons
  • Category selector multi-store display
  • Product and categories grid new bulk action
  • Grid filters improvements
  • Email preview page
  • show map for order address. Google Maps API
  • order recalculation fix related to adding total in not default currency
  • ontroller/pages/extension. added hook call
  • model language fix related to mysql8
  • Crontab help with ready to run Linux command
  • Resource library drag-n-drop fix

Storefront:

  • Multilingual store logo support
  • Same domain multi-store support
  • Improved phone validation and Regex Pattern setting
  • Allow coupons to be assigned per category
  • Reformat of account/edit controller
  • Search in product descriptions now includes blurb field
  • Controller account subscriber fix related to hook calls
  • performance improvement of onlineNow model
  • responses/product/product added backward compatibility
  • Fast checkout is now default and standard checkout is deprecated (will be removed in 1.3.2).

Core Extensions:

  • Aditional extension hooks for AOrder and ACartclases and improve extensions API
  • Allow extending of ADownload class
  • Cardknox new payment extension
  • PayPal standard store logo fixes
  • 2Checkout sandbox deprecated
  • PayPal Express totals details
  • Local delivery Tax class selection
  • Update default local delivery to work with asterisk/wildcard
  • Fast Checkout summary tax fixes
  • Fast checkout downloads email fix
  • Fast checkout require a phone number for registered customer
  • Fast checkout form validations improvements
  • cardconnect currency admin display fix
  • Neowise deprecated
  • Stripe account transactions list fix
  • Stripe Added Account ID
  • Stripe publishable key fix
  • shipping extensions grid fix

Additional improvements and bug fixes reported on the forum and GitHub.

Where to download AbanteCart 1.3.0? 

AbanteCart v1.3.0 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.2.16 to new version 1.3.0 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_130 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.3.0 and stay connected

New AbanteCart v1.2.16 is now ready. In this release, we bring a few new features, such as one-page fast checkout, product collections, email templates, local delivery, and others. AbanteCart v1.2.16 also includes a number of improvements and fixes based on customer feedback.

Below are the release notes for version 1.2.16:

Core:

  • PHP v7.4 support
  • Webp image format support
  • Append php call stack into db-driver exception
  • HTML Cache deprecated
  • Improve tax class
  • Add Mustache library
  • Parameter tampering fix: Price manipulation of products
  • Enforce same-origin iframe use only

Control Panel:

  • Additional settings for local business into the store details page
  • Products/categories/brands collections
  • New product review settings and management
  • Stock auto-disable fix
  • Order edits, currency handling on different browsers
  • Bugfix with multi-currency order recalculation
  • Email templates and management
  • Product import bug fix
  • Listing grid icons and CSS updates
  • Set minimal search chars of 2 for ajax chosen
  • mce-editor JavaScript fix
Storefront:
  • Google Recaptcha V3 support
  • Fast one-page checkout
  • improvement validation of parameters for a few methods of catalog/product model.
  • A country without States issue fix
  • Google Tag Management
  • Products/categories/brands collections
Core Extensions:
  • New Fast one page checkout
  • New Local Delivery shipment
  • Stripe added 3d-secure support and library updated
  • COD fixes
  • LiqPay upgrade
  • Realex upgrade
  • Authorize.net update
  • Cardconnect upgrade
  • Payza payment deprecated

Improvements and bug fixes reported on the forum and GitHub.

Where to download AbanteCart 1.2.16? 

AbanteCart v1.2.16 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.2.15 to new version 1.2.16 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_1216 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.2.16 and stay connected

New AbanteCart v1.2.15 is now ready. This release comes with improvements, bug fixes, and payment extension updates.

Below are the release notes for version 1.2.15:

This is unplanned release to provide clarity and better interface for multi-location stock management.
Release includes fixes to multi-location stock management as well

Core:

  • Stock multi-locations support improvement
  • Mysql strict mode improvement (#1236)
  • Added default value for invoice_prefix
  • Add ability to import product option images
  • Added buffering into apdomysql driver
  • Tax order total's calculation order improvement
  • Package manager sql error handle
  • Added Manila zone to location data

Control Panel:

  • Added multi-locations support to order edit page
  • Menu and dashboard display now reflects user permissions
  • Return to stock order edit page corrections.
  • Balance order total now readonly

Storefront:

  • Shopping Cart page fix related to tax included in the price (#1269)
  • Correction to images display for product options in shopping cart and product details pages
  • Listings Out of Stock and Call to Order fixes
  • Availability fix in product details page

Extensions:

  • PayPal express minor fix (#1267)

Improvements and bug fixes reported on the forum and github.

Where to download AbanteCart 1.2.15? 

AbanteCart v1.2.15 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.2.14 to new version 1.2.15 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_1215 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.2.15 and stay connected

New AbanteCart v1.2.14 is now ready. This release comes with improvements, bug fixes, and payment extension updates.

Below are the release notes for version 1.2.14:

Core:

  • Stock multi-locations support for products and options
  • Testing with PHP 7.3 and warnings resolution
  • Testing with MySQL 8.0 and warnings resolution
  • Error backtrace and handling improvement
  • Refactoring related to csrf-tokens and backward compatibility
  • Cache related bug fixes and improvements
  • MySQL driver improvement
  • Fix to get remote IP while server behind Cloudflare or proxy
  • Product sorting cross-site scripting vulnerability fix

Admin:

  • improvement of scheduled tasks running
  • Added column sku into order_products and order_options tables
  • Improve product tags filtering on product create and update
  • Improved UI for switch (on/off) buttons
  • Multi-store custom block content support
  • Product tags improvement
  • Multi-store blocks handling improvement
  • Form Manager fix for checkboxgroup/multiselectbox field type

Storefront:

  • Added product listing layout
  • Manufacturers listing block fix
  • Menu language related bug fix
  • added new data-sources for auto-listing block (manufacturers, featured, bestsellers,latest)
  • Show options specific image for product in the cart and after purchase
  • Set logo container to be fixed width/height
  • Embed mode JavaScript error bug fix.
  • Google Analytics eCommerce tracking fix

Extensions:

  • Deprecated Authorize.net AIM payment and replaced with new one
  • Stripe API and SDK update
  • Fix for partial payment issue with PayPal payment (in case of partial store credit)
  • Resolved issue with PayPal refund with non-default currency.

API:

  • Added subcategories handling to Storefront API

Where to download AbanteCart 1.2.14? 

AbanteCart v1.2.14 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.2.13 to new version 1.2.14 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_1214 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.2.14 and stay connected

New AbanteCart v1.2.13 is now ready. This release comes with improvements, bug fixes, and default extension updates.

Below are the release notes for version 1.2.13:

Core:

  • Testing with PHP 7.2 and warnings resolution
  • ARouter fix related to \0 at the end of route and further improvement
  • cache file driver minor fix
  • sql fix in store_description table
  • improved error handling in response controllers when not found
  • Fix for duplicating images on import
  • PHP files reformating to PSR

Admin:

  • TinyMCE updated to v4.7.10
  • improve SQL error handling in product creation
  • Added save to store ID in case of missing category
  • extension settings saving improvement
  • task modal js-fix related to attempts on fail requests

Storefront:

  • minor fix of product-controller related to "rating" html-field
  • Add activation link resend option
  • Add CSS class to BODY tag to identify pages.

Extensions:

  • PayPal Standard and Express Improvment
  • Avatax integration
  • Fixes in CardConnect
  • Stripe payment update
  • Twilio update
  • Neowize terms and conditions link update
  • Update for encryption extension

Extensions:

  • Add SEO data returned to API
  • Fix for latest product API and currency conversion rounding (rare case)

Where to download AbanteCart 1.2.13? 

AbanteCart 1.2.13 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.2.12 to new version 1.2.13 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_1213 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.2.13 and stay connected

AbanteCart 1.2.12 is now released

New AbanteCart v1.2.12 is now ready. This release comes with minor improvements, JQuery update, and bug fixes.

Below are the release notes for version 1.2.12:

Core:

  • jQuery update
  • AResponse fix related to compression and embed-js
  • cache file driver minor fix

Admin:

  • fixed quantity field in products grid. Now calculation based on option quantity
  • added registration date to customer profile
  • content pages SEO improve
  • coupon grid refine fix

Storefront:

  • localization/country model improvement
  • minor improvement of guest_step_1 page post-data values validation
  • product page tpl js-improvement

Extensions:

  • banktransfer minor js-fix
  • worldpay fix contribution
  • paypal standart improvements
  • paypal express improvements
  • USPS domestic methods improvements

Where to download AbanteCart 1.2.12? 

AbanteCart 1.2.12 can be downloaded at Github


What about older versions?

Core upgrade from 1.2.11 to new version 1.2.12 is now available.

You can upgrade from admin section clicking on message about upgrade or using abantecart_upgrade_1212 installation key in extension installation section.


Enjoy new AbanteCart 1.2.12 and stay connected