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i-BikeShop System Upgrades & Updates

This page details the last 40 system upgrades and updates that have taken place to the iBS system.

All new features added will be listed, plus any system modifications.
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Order Admin

updated 2010-06-26 00:35:49
System added to enable order creation from within back office. Option to transfer items from shopping cart, or freehand addition.

Products

updated 2010-06-15 01:33:12
New configuration options to allow control of the structure and content for each of the 8 product type pages, allowing you to customise the titles to better suit your needs

General System

updated 2010-06-09 16:13:06
New option for the two automated product listing panels within the homepage editor.

It is now possible to select to have the panel(s) display newly added product rather than just randomised products.

This effectively gives the option for the content of the current "latest additions" block to feature in the centre of the homepage.

The system may also be instructed to limit to new products from a defined category.

Media Browser

updated 2010-05-30 02:08:47
New Media Manager deployed

The new system gives you new tools to help keep your image library in order. It allows you to upload and resize images into ANY folder, delete unused images, rename images, delete empty folders and create new folders.

Additionally, and for the first time, the media manager now allows the upload of files other than images. You may now upload WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, ZIP, PDF and a number of audio and video formats.

The Media Manager is split into two sections. The left panel contains a directory tree view where the numbered folders which correspond to brands will have their relevant brand name displayed alongside, and the right (main) panel will display folder contents and file details including file URL, relative path and html tags to embed the content into the vaious editors.

Whilst this new tool is standalone, media usage is reported. Indeed, used files cannot be edited to prevent the inadvertent breaking of sections of a site where the file may be in use. Every section of the database which could contain embedded html is checked for references to the file being viewed.

Functions:
Add new sub-directories (up to 5 levels)
Upload new image (resized to user specified dimensions); GIF, JPEG or PNG
Retrieve image from any website (excluding password protected images) by specifying the image URL
Upload new document/file; DOC, XLS, PPT, PPS, PDF, ZIP, MP3, MPEG, AVI, WMV
View file usage.
Download file.
Copy releative file path, URL or html tag
Rename file (only if unused)
Delete file (only if unused)
Delete Folder (Only if empty)

Product Editor

updated 2010-05-25 01:51:38
New field to the Brands Editor screens (Add and Update) which allows specification of the URL of an image (logo) to remotely retrieve.

General System

updated 2010-05-15 01:54:29
Option to enable an embedded "WYSIWYG" html editor.

Once enabled, the advanced WYSIWYG editor will be embedded for editing of the main page body in the fixed pages editor, the main article body within the news editor and both of the open text panels within the homepage editor.

For those with less skill in HTML, a WYSIWYG editor allows you to work in a word processor style environment, but clickable buttons to add links, set text bold etc.

The embedded editor is an open source product called "FCK Editor" and you can google it if you want to find out more.

Product Editor

updated 2010-05-04 01:33:56
The global price updates panel has been amended to enable the Offer Price to be amended as a standalone value in the same way that RRP and Our Price can be amended.

Please note however that any current 0 value will be unaffected.

Order Admin

updated 2010-04-28 22:41:46
New system to enable you to:
1) edit the names of any of the predefined system order statuses to make them more relevant to your operation
2) create any number of new order status options, each of which you can define the name for.
3) control the sorting order so that you can place specific order statuses into your own selected order

The only exceptions are that you cannot modify or control the labelling for the following three status settings as they are defined for system purposes:
NEW
COMPLETED
DECLINED

Product Editor

updated 2010-04-26 16:55:11
Clicking in to any of the four pricing fields within the editor subcategory, brand or sku results list views will now preselect the relevant product as one to include in an en-masse update.

Product Editor

updated 2010-04-26 16:53:54
Auto Product Alert system added;

As with Order Comments, Product Alerts are often used repetitively, ie the same message(s) is deployed regularly.

A mechanism to predfine a list of product alerts has now been added which is displayed with the product editor at subcategory, brand and SKU result list level and the specific product editor screen.

In list views, revealing the alert field or alert options drop down will present the item as one to be modified.

Order Admin

updated 2010-04-19 23:11:49
Anti Fraud measures imporved.

All orders are now cross checked against a list of some 140000+ known UK call boxes / public telephones.

Google Base (Froogle)

updated 2010-03-31 19:54:30
Configuration field added to insert Google Base / Google Merchant Center / Google Webmaster tools verification META TAG

Products

updated 2010-03-18 23:05:53
Sales promotions systems upgrade:

Value Linked Discount (x% value of item X in other free goods) (PRODUCT Specific)
AND
Reward Discount (£x.xx in other free goods) (PRODUCT Specific)

Both now have an option to create these promotions en-masse, by selecting a brand of product and all the categories where products appear that you might wish to add product specific rewards to.
This might not seem particularly practical until we explain why this feature has been added.

In both category based versions of the above, there is no mechanism to exclude any products from the global reward scheme. So for example, if you were to create a reward scheme worth 10% of the value of any purchased bike in free accessories, there would be no way of limiting which bikes the promo was applied to (with the exception of existing offers). Product specific versions allowed you to create different levels of reward on different products, but if you wanted to offer 10% against all specialized, but 15% against all Giant, this could not be done EXCEPT by creating each bike reward manually.
The second benefit is that I have also amended the system such that if it finds a product specific reward with a value of 0, it removes that product from any category based offerings.

So now, to have all bikes EXCEPT Marin, for example, you create the category based reward on bikes, then use the product specific reward, specifying all bikes from marin and assigning a reward value of 0. Now, your site will display the reward offering on all bikes except marin.

Shopping Cart

updated 2010-03-06 00:03:43
Item order quantity fields now configurable in back office.

Default selection quantities may now be set at the product level (current 5) up to 200.
Default selection quantities may now be set at the checkout level (current 20) up to 200.

Product Editor

updated 2010-02-07 14:57:15
Addition of 2 further 2 SKU fields (total 4) plus configuration options to show either 1,2,3 or 4 in editors.

Product Editor

updated 2010-02-01 02:40:23
Global updates system improved

Alter status per product, set pricing, set stock levels against variants AND enter/edit product alert values in one process, moreover, product status can be different for different products in the same action.

Altering the product status dropdown (new) for any product will tick it's modify? selector box, as will altering any one of it's variant stock values.

This multiple event global modification is now the DEFAULT in brand list view, subcategory list view AND in SKU search view

Order Admin

updated 2010-02-01 01:14:14
Anti Fraud measure improved.

All orders now cross referenced against previous orders placed in the preceding 28 days looking for repeated data, eg email addresses, telephone numbers, IP addreses etc.

Many fraudsters "test" a site with a small level order prior to going for the kill.

They will often submit a small value order to see whether it gets through undetected using the stolen credit card. If it does, they will then often place a sequence of orders for other items within a short period of time. It would be 4-6 weeks before you'd get the chargebacks and as such you would carry on blindly, often believing that as it's a previous customer, you can let your guard down a little.

Where the same details have been used on previous orders (within the month) you will be alerted, giving you the opportunity to check those other orders to see if there might be anything suspicious.

The checked data fields are:

Telephone number: checked against telephone, landline and delivery telephone fields.
Landline number: checked against telephone, landline and delivery telephone fields.
Deleivery Telephone number (if applicable): checked against telephone, landline and delivery telephone fields.
Billing Postcode; checked against both billing and delivery postcodes
Delivery postcode (if applicable); checked against both billing and delivery postcodes
Email address
IP address

Google Base (Froogle)

updated 2010-01-16 02:41:58
Exemptions added, anabling admin to prevent specific sub-categories and brands of product from being submitted to Google Base / Google Merchant Centre

Order Admin

updated 2009-12-21 14:43:42
Auto Comments system added. Many comments added to customer orders by admins are of a repetative format, ie the same message with just small tweaks.

A system to predefine and subsequently select comments and add them as admin comments has now been deployed.

Auto comments are defined as one of two types: internal or customer and appear in the relevant list in order admin.

Intro Editor

updated 2009-12-02 20:57:57
Homepage (Intro) editor amended to allow automated random products to be displayed in a highlight (block) format or super highlight (full width block) format.

Mailing List

updated 2009-11-24 01:23:04
System sending modified to cater for larger databases and prevent browser timeout causing partial sends.

Products

updated 2009-11-09 02:36:29
Configuration option added to allow override of default behaviour for initial price entry where one or other of Our Price and RRP was left set to 0.
Default behaviour is that the price is duplicated across both fields. Configuration now allows this to not occur.

Products

updated 2009-10-30 15:33:49
Option to view all current Special Offer items added to product editor allowing quicker editing access and bulk editing options.

Shopping Cart

updated 2009-09-11 01:15:50
Added options for Trade to Trade EC Sales with VAT Number collection requirements. VAT Exempt orders

Order Admin

updated 2009-08-19 23:33:30
Order admin has been upgraded to allow the editing of ordered products:

VOID an item in an order to remove it: use this where a customer rings to change their mind.

UNVOID an item you have previously VOIDED to reinstate it in an order.

CLONE an order item: use this method where you need to alter the ordered quantity OR the price of an item. The original item will be auto-voided, the clone taking its place.

Add any number of items from the site by using the public shopping basket and then "converting" the basket into an order.

Add a single item "freehand": use this to add an item which does not exist in the website OR where you are entering a special discretionary comment or discount or similar. The price for this "item" may be positive OR negative.

Change the carriage levvied for the order, either by manually typing in a value OR by allowing the system to auto-calculate based on the revised order items. You may also alter the stored carriage/delivery region.

General System

updated 2009-08-12 02:20:57
Added user admin to CMS to allow multiple access users, on two permission levels. PRIMARY users have access to all admin systems, LIMITED users have access to most admin systems.

Product Editor

updated 2009-07-28 14:26:45
Added the option to set a default product display sorting order on a category specific basis.

Data Importer

updated 2009-07-06 22:21:30
The data importer has beeen amended to impose a lock when the system is run. This is to prevent multiple users from inadvertently importing or exporting at the same time.

If you see the lock, you need to check who is running an import or export before clearing the lock manually.

General System

updated 2009-07-06 22:20:11
I have amended Google Base and Google Adwords tracking to now exclude orders which you subsequently decline.

Please note, this may affect the reported figures.

General System

updated 2009-07-06 17:31:37
I have amended the Google Base (Froogle) tracking reporting so it now removes any declined orders from it's reporting.

Shopping Cart

updated 2009-06-26 01:35:08
11 automated sales promotion types added to product editor.

Buy One Get One Free (The BOGOF!)
Buy Two Get One Free
Buy One Get One 1/2 Price
Multi-Buy Discounts
Link Saves (Buy two related products to save x% or £x.xx)
Value Linked Discount (x% value of item X in other free goods) (CATEGORY Based)
Value Linked Discount (x% value of item X in other free goods) (PRODUCT Specific)
Reward Discount (£x.xx in other free goods) (CATEGORY Based)
Reward Discount (£x.xx in other free goods) (PRODUCT Specific)
Free Delivery (Item Only) (Edit System Icon)
Free Delivery (Complete Order) (Edit System Icon)

Each with customisable templates.

Data Importer

updated 2009-06-26 01:32:48
Product Condition field added to data import / export tools.

Product Editor

updated 2009-06-26 01:31:19
New product condition field added to meet the revised Google Base feed requirements

Google Base (Froogle)

updated 2009-06-26 01:30:41
Google Base Feed updated to include new required product condition field.

Shopping Cart

updated 2009-06-26 01:23:44
Added a new admin option to create a minimum order value if required. Message shown to customers who do not fulfil the minimum order is customisable.

General System

updated 2009-06-26 01:21:21
Order Admin Order search extended to allow keyword searching against all name and address data fields.

General System

updated 2009-06-26 01:20:09
Order Admin
Three new order status settings have been added:

Awaiting Payment
Awaiting Despatch
Goods need ordering

General System

updated 2009-06-26 01:19:19
Fraud Recorder
The fraud recorder has been extended to allow the entry of wildcard email addresses.

Each recorded data field is matched now against both customer and delivery data regardless of whether entered as customer or delivery data..

Shopping Cart

updated 2009-06-26 01:15:41
Added options to alter labels and descriptions for checkout methods.

Shopping Cart

updated 2009-04-27 14:08:30
Checkout Option labels can now be edited within the back office.

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