Release Notes
28/11/08: LabelEd 3.1.0 beta 1 is now up and running for all clients with pre-release websites in client QA.
Changes since LabelEd 3.0.2
Dashboard
- Added new user and visitor data dashboard widget.
- User interface improvements
- Improved loading feedback on admin listing UIs.
- Improved consistency across the various listing UIs.
- Fixed admin display bug with long product titles.
- Performance improvements
- Added extra caching to improve page load performance.
- Various optimisations to back-end data model handling.
Shopfront (E-commerce)
The following features and changes relate to the ShopFront E-commerce component of LabelEd. Please note that the new features below are meant only as a brief summary. Full feature lists and documentation will be posted soon.
Shopping cart
- Added new shopping cart with support for sessions and users.
- Status messages which relay stock information, availability and product changes to the user.
Checkout
- User address books with support for selecting seperate billing and shipping details.
- Voucher and discount code support.
Administration Dashboard
- Added new sales data graph widget.
Product management
- New product pricing features, controllable inclusive or exclusive of VAT.
- New product variation and combination options.
Stock control
- New stock unit controls at an item or combination level.
- New combination availability controls.
VAT management
- Unlimited VAT band configurations can now be added.
- Items can be assigned a VAT band from the available pool.
Shipping and courier management
- Unlimited shipping packages, zones and couriers can now be added.
- New product shipping unit settings.
- Courier costs can be configured per-package with auto shipment pricing or globally overridden.
Promotions, discounts and voucher management
- Voucher products can now be created in the administration area depending on site configuration.
- Voucher codes can be automatically generated upon the sale of a voucher product.
- Discount codes can be created and applied to a promotion.
- Usage tracking for vouchers and discounts.
- Multiple promotions can now be created and activated simultaneously.
- Comprehensive promotion settings including date controls, availability, discount amounts, applicable products and conditions.
Order management
- Orders can be viewed from the admin order management area.
- Search functionality by fields such as order numbers, usernames, dates, status, etc.
- Flexible payment gateway support.
- Customisable order status and events.
- Auto PDF generation for invoices and shipping labels.
- Automatic e-mail system for order fulfilment and cancellations.
- Built in deferred payment and refund controls.
Payment processing
- Added support for Protx payment gateway (direct protocol).
- Added support for Paypal payment gateway (website payments pro - direct and express protocols).
Cache control
- Added new admin cache management controls.
Extra notes
3.1.0 will go live for all existing clients when this current beta stage is complete. Additional changelogs will be posted at this time.