WordPress Shopping Cart Change Log

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:14:47 +0000

Updated the shopping cart widget functions to use the new WordPress widget class.

version 2.8
- Added the option to automatically redirect the customer to the checkout page when a product is added to the cart.
version 2.6
- Added the “Free shipping” threshold option (When a customer orders more than this amount he/she will get free shipping).
- Fixed some minor alignment issues.
- Fixed a small bug with the link to the product page.
version 2.4
- Apostrophe (‘) can now be used in the product name.
version 2.3
- Added an option to specify a products page in the settings menu (when used, the shopping cart widget displays a link to this page when the cart is empty)
- Fixed an issue whereby the settings page wasn’t getting saved on a WPMU installation.
version 2.2
- Added Variation Control option.

version 2.1
- Added affiliate tracking capability so it can be easily used with the WP Affiliate Platfrom Plugin.
- Added a small tweak so the return from PayPal does not show the POST content in the URL.

version 2.0
- Fixed a minor bug with the shipping calculation.
version 1.9
- Fixed an issue whereby the base shipping cost wasn’t getting sent to PayPal.

version 1.8
- Added shipping cost functionality. See ‘how the shipping cost calculation works’ section for more info.

version 1.7
- Added a function so that the ‘Add to cart’ buttons can be added from template (.php) files by calling a function.
- Added custom style sheet file for this plugin.

version 1.6
- The WordPress Paypal Shopping Cart plugin can be integrated with the NextGen Gallery Plugin to show ‘Add to Cart’ button below the thumbnail images in a Gallery.

version 1.5
- The shopping cart image can optionally be hidden through the settings menu

version 1.4
- Now a customized image can be used as the ‘Add to Cart’ button.
- Changed the images to ‘PNG’ image as it blends in nicely for any background colour (e.g black) as different wordpress theme uses different background colours.

version 1.3
- Added feature so that the shopping cart gets reset when the buyer comes back to the site after paying on the PayPal site.
- Added some minor enhancements.

version 1.2.2
- Added an option which enables the admin to specify a text to show on the widget when the shopping cart is empty.

version 1.2
- Added built in shopping cart widget that can be used to show the shopping cart on the sidebar.

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