Spring is in the air. The days are getting warmer. People become happier. The number of active customers is growing up.
We are not only sharing our feelings and observations. We are going to share the latest news about Swiss Up Labs’s work in February 2017. Good news is that 16 modules were upgraded in order to help you advance your website with new functionality.
Keep reading to know what interesting you can get out from Magento extensions.
Magento modules updates
Magento one step checkout - Fire Checkout 3.11 release has got a lot of changes and enhancements. You have one more chance to improve a checkout process in your store.
Major changes
- Added ability to place the order by using saved address with missing required fields. Nice popup with missing address fields and “Place Order” button will appear.
- Fixed bug with missing password in account create/confirmation emails.
- Comment and additional fields moved to account information block on the order view page:
- Section numbers rewritten with css counters instead of js solution.
Warning! If you’ve change the original javascript for section numbers, you have to remove your modification to prevent possible issues with css counters
- Checkout Success was updated to 2.0.3
Fixes and Improvements
- Fixed cart weight calculation for configurable products
- Fixed total recalculation, when discount depends on cart weight
- Fixed checkout fields options visibility on store level
- Fixed delivery date options per store level
- Fixed cvv description popup positioning on mobile devices
- Fixed ‘Missing Shipping Method’ error
- Fixed persistent loading state, when error is occured during ajax request
- Fixed invalid item qty display after ajax request, when more than X items are not available
- Fixed popup size to always to fit screen size on small devices
- Small css improvements and fixes
Javascript improvements for developers needs
- New features in FC.Window component:
- Added ability to set error messages
- Added ability to call callback after hide
- Improved actionbar usage syntax
- Improved default triggers value
- Added ability to set after and before setResponse callbacks
- Added ability to update any checkout section with separate method (checkout.updateSection)
As always, we try to enable using as much third-party modules as you wish. Have a look at new integrated third-party modules:
- Updated integration with Netresearch_OPS module
- Improved Webshopapps_Premiumrate integration (Fixed the case when shipping methods depends on items qty in the cart)
- Improved Firegento_MageSetup integration (Added ‘Checkout Options’ support)
- TIG_Myparcel2014 integration
- Updated integration with Lemonline_Smartpost
- Fixed missing detailed taxvat row when Fooman_Surchage is used
- Fixed free order placing, when Cryozonic_Stripe method is available
Easy Banners 1.6.0 version brings new banner conditions and lots of changes.
New Banner Conditions
- Product attribute conditions were added
- Page URL condition was added
- “Day of Week” condition was added
- “Day of Month” condition was added
Improvements and fixes
- Great performance improvements for stores with long-lived banners
- Improved conditions dropdown organization
- Added new ‘type’ field to create Lightbox and Awesomebar banners
- Lightbox and awesomebar placeholders made invisible in placeholders grid
- Added placeholder field descriptions
- Sort order column removed from grid as is takes too much space
- Improved banner save logic
- Added js validator for placeholder’s position field to simplify it’s filling
- Fixed resize exception, when width is not set
- Fixed possible invalid display count calculation
Note: there is a deprecated functionality in this module. Lightbox and Awesomebar banners could no longer be linked to another placeholder. In case you use this feature, you need to duplicate those banners to attach to placeholders separately.
Helpmate 1.6.7 improvements and fixes are:
- Knowledge base module was updated to 1.6.7 version
- New style changes, mobile styles, modified markup according to HTML5
- Recent block was added
- afterLoad total count was fixed
- Unix encoding
- Improved auto-generated url identifier
Among Ajax Search and Autocomplete 1.6.3 changes you can see:
- Config option notfoundtext title was fixed and set default value
- CMS search attributes option was added
- Knowledge base integration was added
Testimonials 1.2.0 release comes with:
- Export product reviews to testimonials feature was added
- Sidebar testimonials list widget was improved
- Missing CAPTCHA in testimonials widget was fixed
- Added config "Allow guests to submit testimonials"
Image Slider 2.5.0 release has got TM_Amp support.
Page Speed 1.2.3 - 1.2.4 releases are full of enhancements:
- AMP compatibility added
- Fixed compatibility with Argento backend css. Now it’s merged together with other css files
- Improved logic to work with non utf8 encoding
- Image lazyload improvements and fixes
- Fixed php notice in system configuration
- Fatal error when using JSMinPlus::min was fixed
- Other minor stability improvements
- Lib mrclay/minify was updated to 2.3
- Fix depracated method call (JSMinPlus:minify => JSMinPlus:min)
- Mime_content_type function undefined bug was fixed
- Copy func allow_url_fopen=0 bug was fixed
- Resmushit CURLFile checking was added
- Catch exception logic was improved
- Curl error debugging was added
- Check service available was fixed (get_header function)
Our new Magento AMP extension got upgraded and improved. Follow the changes:
- Added compatibility with: TM_lazyload, TM_Pagespeed, TM_DeferJs, TM_Botprotection
- Magento 1.7 compatibility was added
- Fixed AMP homepage rendering via cms/page/view action
- Catalog “subscribe to rss” link made hidden
- Improved font rendering on iMac
- Fixed missing “Shop By” button on catalog pages without layered navigation, but with “catalog/navigation” block
- Added compatibility with lazyload images (data-src and data-lazy attributes)
- Added tmamp registry key, that can be used by third-party modules to modify their logic, when AMP theme is used
- Fixed duplicated AMP themes in configuration drop down list
- Improved stability, when layered navigation block is missing in layout
- Fixed errors, when third-party library is already included by theme:Leafo/ScssPhp, Mobile_Detect, Fastimage
- Improved header template markup to make possible to disable search with xml layout update only
Easy Tabs 3.0.1 comes with updated user guide. Managing the extension is easier than ever now. You can also see the following module improvements:
- Product tabs and Widget tabs. The extension has its own widget. Now you can place tabs anywhere you want.
- Group attributes in "Additional Information" tab (optional)
- Improved tab title rendering for proper use of Magento inline translation
Advanced Checkout Success Page 2.0.3 version has got:
- New variables in bottom HTML (customer email, currency, payment method and other)
- Improved styles of mockup section in Magento Admin (based on styles of Chosen library)
- Few translation fixes
- Warning in Magento Admin if connection is insecure (it can cause problems with preview feature)
Now you are also allowed to send an email to customer after his registration on checkout success page via quick registration form.
Bot Blocker 1.0.7 comes with added TM_AMP compatibility.
Among Easy Catalog Images 2.4.0 release changes you can see:
- Translation fixes
- Css styles moved to tm/easycatalogimg subfolder
- Fixed possible division by zero
- Improved responsive style rules. Updated media for tablets
- TM_Amp integration
Ajax Pro 3.3.10 comes with fixed related_product param flush bug.
Our Magento 2 solutions are always up to date. Continue reading…
Magento 2 modules’ updates
Product questions Ask It 1.2.3 release comes with fixed admin email notification.
Easy Flags 1.0.1 for Magento 2 has got the following changes:
- Acl added
- Php version require removed from composer.json
- Added Enabled system configuration check
- Subscription checker ignore added (free module)
Delivery date and time 1.0.1 fixes are:
- unserialize holydays warning was fixed
- getExtensionAttributes() result checking was added
- add setup:di:compile command to README.md
As you can see, we never stop working. Every month brings new ideas about what else can be improved in Swiss Up Labs extensions.
However we still need your participation to create new Magento solutions. Please share your ideas with us.
