How December updates can improve your website?

How December updates can improve your website?

We hope you had a blessed time enjoying the winter festivities. It's always good to relax while doing things that you love. Swissuplabs team is passionate about what we do. We're glad we had the opportunity to do a great job during December.  

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” -  Aristotle.  

So, let's find out what was made in December 2016 to help you achieve the perfect results in your e-commerce business.  

What’s new in Magento 2 solutions?

If you want to improve user experience in your website, you’d better go through the way your customers will. The most important way for sure is a checkout flow. In order to help your shoppers complete steps faster, we come up with new extension.

Address fields manager for Magento 2 allows you to manage address fields much easier and faster. Ask your clients to leave truly valuable information for delivering great service from your website. Overall, you will:

  • change the address form field status to optional, hidden or required for checkout address fields
  • customize address fields in billing/shipping address and payment blocks
  • change fields count on customer account page
  • change a sort order of address fields via inline edit form

Address Field Manager extension is fully compatible with default Magento checkout and Magento 2 one step checkout Firecheckout module. So, you can create more friendly checkout process now.

Have a look at Magento 2 modules updates list:

Sold Together 1.1.7 brings the adding of x-magento-init scripts for order and customer blocks. You can also see fixed bug in soldtogether admin grid after reset filter.

Product Labels 1.0.15 comes with a fixed bug in admin grid after reset filters.

Facebook Like Button 1.0.6 brings adding the default config values to all module options.

Ajax Layered Navigation 1.0.1 comes with improved price slider functionality and state items style.

Easy Banners 1.0.7 got the fixed problem inserting images from WYSIWYG editor on frontend.

Want some fresh updates for Magento extensions?

What about extra options and new changes that you likely want to implement in your online store? Do you understand that the enhancements in site's functionality are extremely essential for amazing shopping experience.

As your partner, Swissuplabs team takes a responsibility for your Magento website performance. That is why we keep working on Magento modules' updates.

Let’s see which parts of your website can be customized after December updates...

Smart Suggest 1.3.4 got the isset checks to prevent warning messages.

Improved admin security 2.1.3 comes with added export xml csv action and fixed warning for argument resource name.

Email 1.1.3 brings fixed queue adapter message table name typo bug.

Abandoned Cart 1.2.2 release has got many fixes and features. They are:

  • Fixed back url for guest abandoned carts
  • Check if order already exists before mail send
  • 'abandoned carts' item for 'Abandoned' section in permissions
  • Fixed lost tax bug (unigry_giftcert conflict)
  • Added en_Us translation
  • Added checking if the order already exists

Google reCAPTCHA 1.0.2 has got a new feature option to whitelist visitors by IP for Magento Admin login form captcha.

Ajax Pro 3.3.7 comes with the following fixes: added magento 1.9.3 integration, fixed $j undefined bug (colorswatches integration), added to defaults 'ajaxcart' block (theme logancee integration) and fixed CSV syntax error for en_US.

Helpdesk 1.6.6 brings the added departmentId param checking (close #52)tm/email up.

Ask It 2.3.2 - comes with fixes in export action, correct block type for askit_tabbed block in layout and fixed bug in vote table customer foreign key.

Advanced Checkout Success page 2.0.2 has got improved styles for mockup section in backend and added missing translations.

FireCheckout 3.10.0 comes with major changes such as:

  • Added ability to use separate values for Page Title and Meta Title fields
  • Added option to allow to place order, if VIES (Tax validation) service is busy
  • Added ability to save billing address on registration mode change. Useful, when discount for registered users is used at the store
  • Added ability to reload discount section on billing address change. Useful, when discount for registered users is used at the store
  • Fixed form field status saving logic. Global and website levels are allowed only (previously it was stored on global level only)
  • Additional fields, delivery date and customer comment fields will be rendered as optional in backend order create form despite of configuration value.

You can also see minor css and js improvements and small improvements in configuration like updated titles and comments. Now with our one page checkout you provide better customer service for sure.

Our best Magento checkout extension has got additional check to prevent double click on a submit button in Authorize.Net form and updated Authorize.Net directpost integration. Moreover the logic to restore entered data in fields after ajax update was improved.

Well, as always you have one more opportunity to make your customers happy during a checkout. December release of Firecheckout has got additional integration for third-party modules. Have a look:

  • Updated Emjainteractive_Shippingoption integration
  • Firegento_MageSetup integration improved
  • SagepaySuite compatibility updated
  • Fixed error in Aicod_Italy integration
  • Fixed conflict with Webtex_Giftcards
  • Mageworx_MultiFees integration updated
  • Webgriffe_Tntpro integration added
  • Mico_Rushpackage integration added

What else is new? Jump into the next paragraph if you are Argento friend.

Argento theme updates

First of all we announce a Quantity Switcher extension. This new built-in module allows you to add a +/- button both to the product and listing page. So, your customers will easily change the products quantity before adding to the shopping cart.

All roads lead to the enhancements in usability. Do you agree?

Thus with Argento 1.8.4 release you can improve a user experience with lot's of other enhancements. Among them you can see:

  • changes in product grid design for Argento Mall and Pure designs such as compare and wishlist buttons redesign and the display of the Add to cart button, Wishlist and Compare icons on hover.
  • new Bootstrap homepage for Argento Pure2 design
  • new Bootstrap footer markup for Argento Pure2 design
  • minor translation fixes
  • improved Testimonials integration
  • backend css was merged with rest of CSS files.

Talking about 18 professional Magento modules included in Argento, nothing has been forgotten.

  • Ajax Pro has got added +/- buttons for product quantity change on product page and improved magento 1.9.3 integration.
  • Easy Banners changes are: added columns “Store view”, “Banner content” in banner backend grid to make easier banners management; fixed grid search in banned conditions for pages (issue occurs on latest magento versions); fixed redirect issue for SEO url (.html).
  • Navigation Pro brings the fixes in incorrectly escaped entities.
  • Product Labels release comes with minor improvements for labels rendering.
  • Rich Snippets has got a possibility to show prices with/without VAT.
  • Review Reminder comes with fixed incorrect product name translation, added config to disable reminders for guests and added order number and store view columns in grid.
  • Sold Together brings fixed error 404 in config and CSS fixes.
  • Testimonials module release includes the following changes: sidebar list widget was rewritten, added feature to save product review as testimonial from review edit page, fixed missing captcha in testimonials widget, added a config to allow guests to submit testimonials.

If you still have a question “What good news have you for us?”...we have an answer “We do have much to say about our plans for this year”. We’re going to create monthly updates for our templates, develop new modules both for Magento and Magento 2 versions and also experience with new solutions for your ecommerce business growth.

So stay tuned, and join us in plans for the future.

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