Thank you for an incredible 2018. We have big plans for the next year. We promise you more new modules, special deals and nice blog articles in 2019.
While striving for perfection in our software nothing is stopping us. In December we significantly improved Argento theme, created new features for Magento 2 modules, and picked up for you 6 ways to beat the competition. And that’s the result. Read over.
New in Argento for Magento 2
The major updates of Argento 1.7.2 release are:
- Magento 2.3.0 and 2.2.7 compatibility
- Fixed horizontal scrollbar on mobile devices
- Added missing image size config in view.xml (Magento 2.3.0 fix)
Among the modules updates of Argento package you can see:
swissup/module-ajaxpro — 1.4.2 (was 1.4.1)
- Fixed 404 error (swatches.css file) in Magento 2.3.0
- Prevent accident shopping cart popup window when browsing across the site
swissup/module-ajaxsearch — 1.4.1 (was 1.4.0)
- Added 2.2.7 and 2.3.0 compatibility
- Fixed broken CSS styles on the iPhone devices
- Fixed not working “Search” button on iOS devices
swissup/module-attributepages — 1.1.1 (was 1.1.0)
- Widget template updated according to the latest SlickCarousel module
swissup/module-highlight — 1.4.1 (was 1.4.0)
- Widget template updated according to the latest SlickCarousel module
- Prevent possible non-SEO links
swissup/module-hreflang — 1.2.1 (was 1.2.0)
- Remove not used use statement (Magento 2.3.0 compatibility)
swissup/module-lightboxpro — 1.2.1 (was 1.2.0)
- Magento 2.3.0 fixes
- Added correct alt text for preloading image
swissup/module-navigationpro — 1.8.1 (was 1.8.0)
- The improved column-count calculation in Chrome browser
swissup/module-pro-labels — 1.2.2 (was 1.2.1)
- Performance improvements
- Improved javascript stability
- Slightly improved admin styles
- Improved logic to check if the product has discount
swissup/module-seo-pager — 1.1.1 (was 1.1.0)
- Added a note in config about SEO Pagination
swissup/module-seo-urls — 1.5.0 (was 1.3.2)
- New option added to enable rel=”nofolow” in the layered navigation links
- Fixed possible js error when color swatches are used in a product listing
- Improved autogenerated URLs values
- Fixed possible fatal error when toggling canonical URL option in a config
swissup/module-seo-xml-sitemap — 1.1.1 (was 1.1.0)
- Use the same images as used on a storefront. (Previously Sitemap generated images that do not exist at storefront)
swissup/module-slick-carousel — 1.3.0 (was 1.2.0)
- SlickCarousel library updated 1.8.1
swissup/module-sold-together — 1.4.0 (was 1.3.1)
- Template updated according to the latest SlickCarousel module
- The correct order for items at admin edit product page
- Fixed “Item with the ID already exists” error
- Source code improvements
swissup/module-testimonials — 1.2.1 (was 1.2.0)
- Template updated according to the latest SlickCarousel module
New in Magento 2 modules
From the FireCheckout 1.16.0 release the page looks more structured with the title above “Billing Address” form, checkout fields in “Order Summary” section, and compact mode to display saved shipping addresses.
New Features
- Added ability to configure billing address block placement and show title above billing address section
- Move.js utility added that allows to move some blocks around
- Added ability to add title above “Order Review” block
Fixes and Improvements
- Reduce too long “Shipping Address” block when customer has many saved addresses
- Removed not needed ajax request when trying to save invalid billing address
- Fixed Auth popup divider color in “Midnight” theme when using Social Login
- Small css fixes and improvements
- Swissup_SocialLogin integration: fixed login popup positioning
- Fixed conflict with Braspag_Pagador module (misplaced credit card types selector)
- Fixed invalid street line labels
- Minor CSS fixes
The FireCheckout modules updates
swissup/module-address-field-manager — 1.4.2 (was 1.4.0)
- Fixed field validation on the latest Magento versions
swissup/module-checkout-fields — 1.2.0 (was 1.1.0)
- Fixed drop-down field options save issue in Magento 2.2.6
- Added ability to show checkout fields at the CheckoutSuccess page
- Added ability to show fields in backend order grid
- Checkout fields added to backend’s new order form
swissup/module-checkout-success — 1.3.2 (was 1.3.1)
- Prevent Warning/Error when trying to render child block that doesn’t exist
- Added third-party modules blocks support via di.xml instructions:
- CheckoutField
- DeliveryDate
- OrderAttachment
- Added margin for delivery date block
swissup/module-delivery-date — 1.4.0 (was 1.3.2)
- Added ability to show delivery date information at the CheckoutSuccess page
- Fixed ‘undefined’ word inside calendar icon
swissup/module-geoip — 1.1.2 (was 1.1.1)
- The corrected path to the MaxMind database in config field
swissup/module-orderattachment — 1.3.0 (was 1.2.0)
- Added ability to show attachments at the CheckoutSuccess page
Navigation Pro 1.8.1-1.9 updates are:
- Added ability to stick menu when you scroll the page
- Improved column-count in Chrome when using vertical mode
SEO Suite 1.3.0 module has got 2 new modules - Cross Links and Canonical URL. Also, there are some minor tweaks and improvements for included modules.
The major changes for other Magento 2 SEO modules are:
Rich Snippets:
- Integrated with Swissup AMP module.
Metadata templates:
- Price directive can return product price with tax. You have to add an attribute (tax=”include”) to it.
SEO URLs:
- New feature - added rel=”nofollow” to filters in layered navigation.
- Fixed JavaScript error in Swatched renderer caused by module’s mixin.
- Fixed fatal error when toggling canonical URL option in Magento admin system config.
- Improved auto generated labels and values of filters in URL. Remove single quote mark (cause problems for ajax requests).
XML Sitemap:
- Forced to use the same images (same dimensions of images) as used on a storefront. Previously Sitemap generated images that didn’t exist at a storefront.
In ReCaptcha 1.1.2 release we changed google/recaptcha requirement to get the latest stable version.
- Checkout fields groped into a single block for easier styling
- Fixed error in orders grid on Magento 2.1.x
- Checkout field values are copied now when editing order in admin
- Fixed drop-down field options save issue in Magento 2.2.6
- Added ability to show checkout fields at the CheckoutSuccess page
- Added ability to show fields in backend order grid
- Checkout fields added to backend’s new order form
GeoIp 1.1.2 release has got the corrected DB path in config field comment.
- Fixed wrong image size on Magento 2.3.0
- Fixed wrong body class in Magento 2.3.0
- Added correct alt text for preloading image
- Prevent Warning/Error when trying to render child block that doesn’t exist
- Added third-party modules blocks support via di.xml instructions:
- CheckoutField
- DeliveryDate
- OrderAttachment
- The added margin for delivery date block
- Fix swatches.css doesn't exist in 2.3 bug
- Small code improvements
- Added fix to don't show old windows (modal-manager.js)
SMTP Email 0.2.3 improvements and fixes:
- Added Magento 2.3 compatibility
- Replace Zend_Mail (ZF1) with Zend\Mail\Message (ZF2)
- Move transports classes to Mail dir
- One point for test connection and real mail sending
- Add verification code to check service action
- Fixed backward compatibility with Magento 2.2
- Fixed drop-down field options save issue in Magento 2.2.7
- Indicate plugin purpose in its name
- Fixed field validation on the latest Magento versions.
- Added ability to show delivery date information at the CheckoutSuccess page
- Fixed ‘undefined’ word inside calendar icon
- SlickCarousel update
- Fixed slick-carousel dependency
- Prevent possible non-SEO links
Ajax Search and Autocomplete 1.4.1
- Fix СSS styles broken in iPhone fix
- Add 2.2.7(2.3) compatibility /js/ widget mixin
- Fix for bug 'Search button on ios keyboard does not submit the form
- IFixed broken charts on slow networks.
- JSCS fixes
- Improve logic of manual labels applying
- Some simple products were missed from indexes if they were children of a configurable product.
- Fix error during labels applying at Magento Commerce (Enterprise)
- During applying manual labels at Magento Commerce instances may occur integrity constraint violation error.
- Init labels on product page only when there is something to init
- We can call this commit optimization.
- Improve javascript stability
- Prevent infinite loop on frontend (... subscribe of undefined...).
- Slightly improve admin styles
- Add min-height for the image in a preview to prevent it from full collapsing when image src is broken.
- Improve logic to check if the product has a discount
- A better way to check show 'On sale' label or not.
- Fixed integrity constraint violation during reindexing when a store has orders where ordered product deleted.
- Integrate with Magento MSI modules and Magento 2.3.0. Fix error ‘at_inventory_in_stock’.’stock_id’ column not found.
Address Fields Manager 1.4.3 and Customer Fields Manager 1.1.2 releases get fixed drop-down field options save issue in Magento 2.2.7.
New in Magento modules
Google ReCaptcha 1.2.1 release got fixed missing reCaptcha at contact form for some Magento instances.
In summary
As we promised at the beginning of the post, we share the tips to beat the competition. We share the information about 2019 trends in e-commerce, and by doing this we can help you in building the most successful sales strategy.
Stay up to date with the latest trends. We wish you all the best for your website.
