{"id":56,"date":"2009-05-20T01:25:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T01:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=56"},"modified":"2017-11-13T12:17:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T01:17:15","slug":"wordpress-estore-plugin-change-log","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wordpress-estore-plugin-change-log-56","title":{"rendered":"WordPress eStore Plugin Change Log"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WordPress eStore v8 Change Log<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Some minor inventory control updates<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to turn off sale notification email for admin<\/li>\n<li>Added a new email tag {product_details_tax_inclusive}<\/li>\n<li>Ability to enable ajax option on the add to cart button action<\/li>\n<li>Ability to show fancy template with Donate now buttons<\/li>\n<li>Fixed the {total_tax} email tag for manual checkout<\/li>\n<li>Some minor enhancements for the area specific tax checkbox feature<\/li>\n<li>Added a new feature for store pickup option (allow you customers to pickup at your store)<\/li>\n<li>Added another condition in the recurring payment check function<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;store action&#8221; page will now be hidden from the navigation menu by default<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Store pickup&#8221; option (if selected by the customer) will be shown in the manual checkout email.<\/li>\n<li>Added a new subscription button shortcode.<\/li>\n<li>Updated the standard manual checkout interface<\/li>\n<li>Added a &#8220;Add New Product&#8221; link at the top of the page in the add\/edit products interface<\/li>\n<li>Added a new option in the PayPal gateway settings to collect special instructions on the PayPal checkout page<\/li>\n<li>Added the product name data in the manage customers summary list menu<\/li>\n<li>Added a new option to enable ajax in the advanced settings menu<\/li>\n<li>Added Mad Mimi integration<\/li>\n<li>Added a copy option in the &#8220;Manage Customers&#8221; menu of the plugin<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to reset the counter tag value<\/li>\n<li>Added a new filter for doing affiliate tracking via discount coupons\/codes<\/li>\n<li>Changed the MailChimp integration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s listsubscribe call to use &#8220;updatable&#8221; parameter to have a value of true<\/li>\n<li>The AWeber signup will now work for both List name and List ID value<\/li>\n<li>The popular products list shortcode can now take category ID and exclude product IDs value<\/li>\n<li>The plugin will show a warning in the admin side when you have the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sandbox\u00e2\u20ac\u009d mode enabled<\/li>\n<li>Added more action hooks and filters in the plugin<\/li>\n<li>Added a new option to turn off the PayPal IPN validation step after a PayPal checkout<\/li>\n<li>Significantly improved the manual checkout form\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s look and feel<\/li>\n<li>Added a new option to disable the automatic encrypted link expiry feature. useful if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want the links to expire<\/li>\n<li>Added a new option to enable admin notification via email when a squeeze form is submitted<\/li>\n<li>Upgraded the shopping cart basket icon in the cart<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue with download now button type and digital product variation<\/li>\n<li>Added a new product display template (fancy 17) that can be used to show products in a grid display<\/li>\n<li>Added a new product display template (fancy 18)<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced the serial key retrieval function.<\/li>\n<li>Added a new option in the manage customers interface to export a list of serial keys that has been issued to the customers<\/li>\n<li>Improved the fixed amount discount implementation.<\/li>\n<li>Download link shortening feature now uses Bitly API<\/li>\n<li>Removed the extra &#8220;new line&#8221; character from the {product_link} email tag.<\/li>\n<li>Added an empty new line character after each download link listing in the email.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to view the corresponding member profile from a customer entry record.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to capture the subsequent recurring payment sales data in the customers menu.<\/li>\n<li>Updated the nav menu appearance in the settings interface to a better looking one.<\/li>\n<li>The sales count and available inventory columns can be sorted from the Manage Products interface.<\/li>\n<li>when &#8220;Show Quantity Update Button&#8221; option is enabled, it will show the quantity field with the up\/down arrow options in the cart.<\/li>\n<li>Added a checkbox in the &#8220;Addon Settings&#8221; so PDF files can be stamped at the time of download.<\/li>\n<li>The selected shipping variation option from a checkout is saved in the admin notes field of the manager customers menu<\/li>\n<li>Added a new settings in the advanced settings tab so the plugin can use the same timezone specified in WordPress General Settings<\/li>\n<li>Ability to apply discount code via the URL<\/li>\n<li>New feature to allow download now functionality using a text link (instead of shortcode).<\/li>\n<li>New option in the Receipt Creator addon to export the receipt entries to a CSV file.<\/li>\n<li>The subscriber ID value is now shown in the edit customers menu (applicable for subscription payments only).<\/li>\n<li>New option to create gateway specific subscription payment via a URL.<\/li>\n<li>Added a new filter to allow customization of the &#8220;no_shipping&#8221; field value of PayPal checkout parameter.<\/li>\n<li>Created a new addon to collect customer input in the cart. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=4004\">https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=4004<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Added a new email merge tag for IP Address {ip_address} that can be used in the notification email body.<\/li>\n<li>Manage Customer menu interface has been revamped. The functionality has been redesigned using menu tabs to make it more user-friendly and easy to use.<\/li>\n<li>The conditional coupon now supports the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153category id\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153greater than\u00e2\u20ac\u009d condition.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to enforce the customer to select an option from the variation dropdown (when you don&#8217;t want to use a default option).<\/li>\n<li>Added a new email merge tag {total_minus_tax_and_shipping}<\/li>\n<li>Added a new email merge tag {discount_amount}<\/li>\n<li>Added new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=4247\">Amazon S3 integration<\/a> option.<\/li>\n<li>Added a new option to specify the checkout selector label in the cart (when using multiple payment gateways option)<\/li>\n<li>Added a new settings option to set the alignment of the checkout button in the shopping cart.<\/li>\n<li>Upgraded the shortcode inserter (TinyMCE button) to include more shortcodes.<\/li>\n<li>Replaced the paypal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deprecated page style parameter with image url.<\/li>\n<li>Added filter for the seller notification email body.<\/li>\n<li>Reworked the file uploader interface and made it more user-friendly.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Send Emails to Buyer After Purchase&#8221; feature now works for manual checkout emails also.<\/li>\n<li>The {purchase_date} email merge tag now outputs a formatted date value according to your WordPress settings.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to specify Cancel URL on a per product basis.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option (in the customer export data interface) to reset the export files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WordPress eStore v7 Change Log<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated the Add\/Edit products menu user interface<\/li>\n<li>Added a new product display template (Fancy 9 Display)<\/li>\n<li>Added a new email tag for phone number &#8211; {customer_phone} (it will work when a customer enters the phone number during checkout<\/li>\n<li>Optionally add the buyer email and some payment parameters in the admin notification email<\/li>\n<li>Ability to reset the cart when the user browse to a different WordPress install in the same domain<\/li>\n<li>Option to enable &#8220;No affiliate commission for self purchase&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>WishList Members integration for Manual\/offline Checkout<\/li>\n<li>Added a new product display template (Fancy10 product display)<\/li>\n<li>New shortcode to dynamically show a particular details of a product. Demo Product One shortcode will show the name of product 1.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to show the original price (before the coupon discount application) side by side of the discounted price.<\/li>\n<li>Added the save and retrieve cart feature<\/li>\n<li>Image set will work by default on a per product basis.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to stamp the {transaction_id} in the PDF file when used with PDF Stamper plugin<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to show an &#8220;Update&#8221; button next to the quantity field in the shopping cart<\/li>\n<li>Changed the Authorize.net checkout description field\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s value to include the Product IDs<\/li>\n<li>Increased the z-index value of eStore\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lightbox CSS<\/li>\n<li>Added a new email tag for counter. Use {counter} to add a counter in the emails<\/li>\n<li>Added a new email tag for coupon code. Use {coupon_code} to add the coupon code used for the transaction in the emails<\/li>\n<li>Added a new elegant looking compact cart shortcode<\/li>\n<li>Text link option for PayPal subscription product<\/li>\n<li>New \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Download Now\u00e2\u20ac\u009d button image for the squeeze form<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to enable tax calculation on shipping amount<\/li>\n<li>Added the quantity purchased information for a product in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Manage Customers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d area.<\/li>\n<li>Updated the encrypted link shortener feature to use the new Google API with the API Key<\/li>\n<li>New dynamic eStore and eMember protected buttons using the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153restricted\u00e2\u20ac\u009d parameter<\/li>\n<li>New AWeber API integration<\/li>\n<li>Ability to return to a product specific \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d page for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Add to Cart\u00e2\u20ac\u009d type button for one item checkout<\/li>\n<li>Serial number\/license key selling feature<\/li>\n<li>Ability to reset the cart action messages on page load<\/li>\n<li>Google base feed addon for your products<\/li>\n<li>New shopping cart template (Fancy Shopping Cart 2)<\/li>\n<li>Order summary shortcode (to list a summary of current shopping cart items)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to customize the anchor text of the download links on the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d page to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Click here to download\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li>Better WP Super Cache integration<\/li>\n<li>Added a new product display template (Fancy 11 Product display template)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to turn off the email that gets sent after the eStore squeeze form submission<\/li>\n<li>Added an \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Admin Notes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d section in the manage customer area<\/li>\n<li>Added links to the product in the purchase history shortcode<\/li>\n<li>New checkout redirection option to minimize session conflict on some servers<\/li>\n<li>An option to allow coupon stacking (if you want to allow your customers to apply multiple coupons and stack them in one checkout)<\/li>\n<li>When a refund is issued via PayPal, it will update the order management addon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s transaction too<\/li>\n<li>Ability to display the Unique Registration Completion URL on the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d page<\/li>\n<li>Ability to enforce shipping variation selection before shipping price is shown<\/li>\n<li>Option to show the currency symbol after the amount<\/li>\n<li>Ability to POST the refund IPN to an external URL for 3rd party integration<\/li>\n<li>Added a site diagnostic section in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Admin Functions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d menu of the plugin<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to stamp the PDF file at the time of download.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option in the eStore settings menu to show tax inclusive price<\/li>\n<li>The total price amount dynamically gets updated when a user changes the variation drop down options<\/li>\n<li>Added an option that will allow you to create a squeeze form that can redirect the user to a particular page after the squeeze form is submitted<\/li>\n<li>Fixed some minor fancy2 product display template CSS glitch<\/li>\n<li>All payment gateway compatible &#8220;Buy Now&#8221; type button shortcode (previously this was only available to PayPal)<\/li>\n<li>Upgraded the settings menu tab look and feel<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to specify a language by force for the PayPal checkout page<\/li>\n<li>Updated the CSS classes of the squeeze form so it can be customized easily from the CSS file.<\/li>\n<li>Upgraded the checkout with paypal image to make it look better.<\/li>\n<li>Added a check to make sure a customer has to select and update a shipping variation before he\/she can checkout (if you are using the shipping variation feature)<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to show the eMember\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s memberhsip level IDs next to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Reference Text\u00e2\u20ac\u009d field (only if eMember is used together with eStore)<\/li>\n<li>Updated some of the delete entry confirmation to be more user friendly<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to turn off the welcome email sending for mailchimp autoresponder signup when double opt-in is disabled.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to generate a list of unique customer email addresses (comma separated)<\/li>\n<li>Added a new shortcode to create PayPal donations buttons to accept Donation via PayPal for a cause<\/li>\n<li>Added a new shiny default \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sold Out\u00e2\u20ac\u009d button image<\/li>\n<li>Ability to specify a custom button image in the add to cart button shortcode to override the button image<\/li>\n<li>Added more filters in the shopping cart output<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to apply interest grouping\/list segmentation for MailChimp signups<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to bulk delete products in the products management interface<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to open the download links on the thank you page in a new window.<\/li>\n<li>New shortcode to display the purchase history of a customer.<\/li>\n<li>Updated the eStore order management addon to do manual checkout &#8220;unpaid&#8221; and &#8220;paid&#8221; status handling<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to specify a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Text\u00e2\u20ac\u009d instead of an image for the sold out button message<\/li>\n<li>Added a coupon start date field so you can create a coupon that for a future event<\/li>\n<li>Added a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Go to Page\u00e2\u20ac\u009d option in the eStore product display pagination area for easy navigation<\/li>\n<li>When uploading product thumbnail image, you can choose the thumbnail size in the uploader and it will use that version<\/li>\n<li>Added a settings option to customize the price display format.<\/li>\n<li>The donation type buttons can also use the product specific return URL<\/li>\n<li>Moved the email settings fields to a new tab called &#8220;Email Settings&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Added an option so you can now send the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Purchase confirmation email\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as a HTML type email.<\/li>\n<li>You can now customize the squeeze form email via the eStore email settings menu<\/li>\n<li>You can now specify a download expiry time and download count limit on a per product basis<\/li>\n<li>There is now a settings option in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Advanced Settings\u00e2\u20ac\u009d menu to enable the alternative redirection method<\/li>\n<li>Ability to add email tags in the product specific instruction section of a product<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to create buy now text link for any gateway available in the plugin<\/li>\n<li>Ability to use a simple anchor text for the download links on the thank you page<\/li>\n<li>Added a next product and previous product link in the edit product menu of the plugin<\/li>\n<li>The {product_details} email tag will show a modified details for a subscription product<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WordPress eStore v6 Change Log<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Added an option to specify a number of products to show for each category when using the category fancy shortcode<\/li>\n<li>Added IP address capture option for every customer in the customers database<\/li>\n<li>Added a shortcode to display purchase history with product download option (Useful for eStore and eMember use)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to use a text link for a Buy Now button. Example: http:\/\/www.your-domain.com\/?wp_eStore_buy_now=2 (this can be used to post a link on your facebook or twitter page)<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to disable the double opt-in email confirmation feature for MailChimp Autoresponder.<\/li>\n<li>Made the package product download option more robust so you are allowed to nest package product inside another package product or a multi-part product.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to allow the admin to sort the products or categories by their name in the admin dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to make a product tax exempt even when using the PayPal profile based tax option.<\/li>\n<li>Added an email tag to include the shipping variation selected by the user in the email. {shipping_option_selected}<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced the download now shortcode to work with digital variation<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced the authorize.net post payment processing check to include the failure reason (if any) in the transaction result display.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option whereby the admin can choose to automatically shorten the encrypted download URL to make it look cleaner.<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to specify a commission override on a per product basis when using the revenue sharing option<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to POST the PayPal IPN to a 3rd party script which can be used for additional 3rd party integration purpose.<\/li>\n<li>Satellite Affiliate plugin integration option<\/li>\n<li>Added the &#8220;Do Not Award Commission if Coupon Used&#8221; feature<\/li>\n<li>Ability to left or right align the checkout button section in the shopping cart via CSS.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to specify the variation addition symbol to your liking (by default it is the &#8220;+&#8221; sign but you can make it whatever you like)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to POST the payment notification (IPN) to an external URL\/script for all payment gateway (previously this was only available to PayPal gateway)<\/li>\n<li>When shipping variation is used it will always prompt the customer to hit the &#8220;Update&#8221; button at least once to adjust the selected shipping choice.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to specify multiple notification email address (the plugin can notify multiple email addresses after each sale)<\/li>\n<li>Added a new email tag {product_link_digital_items_only} This will only list the products links for digital items in the shopping cart.<\/li>\n<li>Made the pagination section for products more user friendly and customizable via CSS<\/li>\n<li>Ability to hide the quantity in the shopping cart. Helpful if you are selling digital items only.<\/li>\n<li>Download now button also tracks the sales\/inventory counter<\/li>\n<li>Added Mod X-Sendfile method for file download<\/li>\n<li>Changing quantity or removing items after a coupon is applied won&#8217;t reset the cart anymore.<\/li>\n<li>Added more email tags {total_tax}, {total_shipping}, {total_minus_total_tax}<\/li>\n<li>Quantity limit per customer for individual product (this need to go to the features page).<\/li>\n<li>Quantity limit per shopping cart checkout for an individual customer.<\/li>\n<li>Changed how the revenue sharing calculation is calculated when affiliate campaign is used together.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to use the email tags in the email subject area too.<\/li>\n<li>New shortcode for recent products list<\/li>\n<li>New shortcode for random products list<\/li>\n<li>New shortcode for popular products list<\/li>\n<li>Added Some Charts in the stats menu<\/li>\n<li>Additional security check for free product download option (check the &#8220;Enforce Zero Price Checking on Free Product Download&#8221; option in the eStore settings)<\/li>\n<li>Digital variation robustness when used in conjunction with normal variation<\/li>\n<li>Upgraded the look and feel of the checkout redirection to the payment gateway<\/li>\n<li>Ability to specify a minimum and maximum cart amount checkout limitation value<\/li>\n<li>Ability to place the manual checkout form on a WordPress post or page<\/li>\n<li>Fixed commission per transaction option<\/li>\n<li>Ability to display the links on the thank you page for Authorize.net and Manual transactions (the same way PayPal transactions work).<\/li>\n<li>Ability to add reCAPTCHA on the squeeze form.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed\u00c2\u00a0analytic\u00c2\u00a0bug with Yoast&#8217;s Google Analytics Plugin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WordPress eStore v5 Change Log<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Added the ability to specify product specific commission for tier2<\/li>\n<li>Ability for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=994\">customer to enter a price they wish<\/a> to pay for the product<\/li>\n<li>Added a new shortcode to display a list of latest products (recently added products)<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to copy the details of an existing customer when manually entering details of a new customer<\/li>\n<li>Added the option to display products from a category using any of the fancy display options<\/li>\n<li>Added an option whereby you can sort the product displays from a category<\/li>\n<li>Added a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/forums\/topic\/wp-estore-download-methods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">few different download methods<\/a> for sites having download issues<\/li>\n<li>Ability to clean the encrypted download links table by performing bulk delete<\/li>\n<li>Added the option to use PayPal&#8217;s PDT feature to display the links on the thank you page<\/li>\n<li>Added CSS class for the variation select boxes so it can be customized with CSS<\/li>\n<li>Added an option for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=1056\">shipping variation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Added support for Multiple categories per product (you can now assign more than one category for a product)<\/li>\n<li>Added option to display Terms and conditions checkbox for buy now and subscription type buttons<\/li>\n<li>Added option to display multiple product image in lightbox<\/li>\n<li>Added Fancy6 display option in the extra shortcodes plugin<\/li>\n<li>Added Fancy7 display option in the extra shortcodes plugin<\/li>\n<li>Added Fancy8 display option in the extra shortcodes plugin<\/li>\n<li>Added more download method option in the &#8220;AddOn Settings&#8221; tab<\/li>\n<li>Added a check to verify if a specified Image URL is valid when creating or updating products<\/li>\n<li>Manual payment gateway displays a summary of the items a customer is checking out<\/li>\n<li>If using with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/?p=1706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP eMember (WordPress membership plugin)<\/a> then the manual checkout will auto fill in the form with the logged in member&#8217;s details<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to reset the settings options to default<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to reset the sales data so you can reset all the test transactions before going live<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=1101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon S3 Integration<\/a> so that the downloadable files can be stored on Amazon S3<\/li>\n<li>NextGen gallery auto integration for &#8220;Add to Cart&#8221; type buttons<\/li>\n<li>Ability to capture lead on squeeze form submission (check under the addon settings menu)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to automatically create affiliate accounts for buyers after purchase<\/li>\n<li>Ability to specify an old price for a product (the old price is displayed as a slashed out price in some fancy displays)<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to specify an expiry date for a coupon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WordPress eStore v4 Change Log<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Analytics e-Commerce tracking<\/li>\n<li>Ability to display purchase history of members when used with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/?p=1706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress Membership plugin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NextGen gallery <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternate integration<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Added smart thumbnail options. 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