This brief release provides crucial fixes and updates like reCaptcha for combating bot activities, improvements to category pages and custom footer, additional reports and a couple of bug fixes.
New Features
reCaptcha: A new tool to combat bot activity on websites. The setup link for Google’s reCaptcha is located under Site Configuration > General Site Settings. Once the Site and Secret Keys are entered, reCaptcha will protect the following pages: User Account Registration, Password Reset, Contact Us, and Guest Checkout.
Order of Payment Methods: Stores can now reorder payment methods on the checkout page (e.g., move PayPal above Pay At Store).
Feature Updates
Description field for Tags: An optional 'Description' field with basic editor options is now available for creating or editing Event, Staff Review, and Blog Tags. This field can display descriptive text (including images) on category pages and can be used internally to share tag purposes among staff.
'No Tags' filter: Event and Staff Review listing pages, as well as all order-related reports, now include an option to filter for untagged content.
Customizable Footer: Further improvements have been made to enhance the user-friendliness of the customizable footer. The custom footer can include up to 4 columns of left-aligned links with a heading. The Upcoming Events block can also be included. The custom footer can be enabled and configured from Dashboard > Configure > Site Settings > Custom Footer Block Setting.
Export Orders: Orders listed on the Manage Orders (BETA) page can be downloaded into a spreadsheet and will include the same columns as seen in the admin view. Manage Orders (BETA) will soon become the default Manage Orders page on all websites.
Sales Report by SKU: For orders of Book Variations, Services, etc., that gather additional customer information, all customer-provided details will be available in the Sales Report by SKU. This report is accessible under Dashboard > Commerce > Reports > Sales Report by SKU.
Password Reset: The password reset email and customer-facing message during password resets have been a source of confusion. The password reset URL will no longer be truncated in the email, and instructions and error messages have been modified for clarity.
Bug Fixes
Order number added to order emails to store: Order numbers, which were accidentally removed in the previous update, have been restored to store order email subjects. Their absence led to order emails stacking into one thread, making it difficult for store staff.
Import books for new categories: When managing Browse Categories, store staff can now create new categories and import books simultaneously without encountering a white page error.
Book and product title font in emails: Order emails previously had different fonts for book and product titles, resulting in formatting issues. This formatting discrepancy has been resolved.