Posted on : October 04, 2024
With the holiday season fast approaching, the IndieCommerce team has been very busy addressing feedback from stores on the IC 2.0 platform and adding new features.
Code Release on Monday, Oct/07/2024
Events / Events List / Events Calendar
- Event Details page - Event Tags are moved to the right block to utilize the page better
- Event List page - Event Title and Image are links to the event detail page
- Event Type filter - Only Event Tags used to tag events are included in the dropdown options
- Event Type filter selection will be preserved when browsing between months
E-Gift Cards / Gift Cards
- E-Gift cards will NOT be automatically linked to a customer account at the time of purchase. It will be linked to a customer account the first time the customer redeems the gift card during checkout while logged into an account. Gift cards not linked to a customer can be used during guest checkout and will be available for anyone to use, as guests.
- E-Gift Card delivery date is included on the Commerce > Gift Cards page
- When processing orders for E-Gift cards, a status message is displayed confirming the E-Gift card delivery. This message is also included in the Order Activity logs.
Order Processing
- Order number is included in the subject line of order update emails sent to customers. These are emails triggered by the system when an customer order comment is added to the order
- Order receipt is redesigned to show important customer and order information at the top, make it more compact so it uses fewer pages while printing
- On the order line items, the actual shipping method name is included instead of the generic ‘Shipping’
Bug Fixes - These bugs were either reported by stores or identified during QA regression testing
- When viewing certain pre-order titles, the format selector shows the wrong format
- Background color and borders on images placed within a table in not consistent
- Auto complete of order tags during bulk operations does not work
- Special characters in the ‘Section’ field of a Local Store Inventory file causes the upload to fail
- Stamps.com exported CSV does not have the right data
- CTA blocks Title and Subtitle failed ADA compliance for color contrast again the CTA block image
- Store Merchandise with Variations - Unable to remove variations
Getting ready for the next code release (ETA Oct/16/2024)
New Features
- Admin shortcuts for managing orders
- Event Carousel - Carousel of events (similar to Product Lists) that can be included on the home page or landing pages
- Gift Card Balance Check - Balance check form available for anyone to check balance on a card not assigned to a customer. For cards assigned to customers, only the customer can check the balance
Feature Updates
- ADA Compliance - Keyboard support for menu navigation
- Staff Reviews - Bulk upload of reviews with tags
- Order Tags - Add tags to orders by just clicking on the tags
- Stores with multiple locations can configure the email footer to include a particular location or no locations
- Badges on book cover images -
- Option to disable the Preorder, New Releases, Discounted and Staff Pick badges on book cover images. This is a global setting.
- Publish Date for preorder titles - Included on products lists
Bug Fixes
- Billing First and Last name are not required resulting in orders with no billing name
- Media upload allows multiple uploads of the same image resulting in duplicates
- Homepage Slider was not mobile friendly
- Staff review was not displayed on books with no description
Under Development / Testing
- Admin order page redesign
- Sales Summary Report
- Combine capturing of payments and marking an order as completed into one step to expedite order processing
- An additional field on the book product page for stores to add custom information (eg. preorder promotion)
- POS Order Exporter - Option to exclude filter options
- Hide store merchandise weight information for customers (it will be required field for store staff when creating store merchandise
- Events & Related Books - Flag them on orders and track sales
- Exclude short discount books from search
- Deactivate E-Gift Cards if the order to purchase that gift card is canceled
- Option to hide LSI ‘Location’ information on the book product page
- Upcoming Events page - Add filter by type
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Badges on book cover images - Option to disable the badges per Product List / Catalog
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