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Phoca Cart Version 3.5.0 Stable Released

13 April 2020

Phoca Cart component version 3.5.0 Stable has been released.

See demo: Joomla! Templates Directory

Changelog:

Added new feature: Ajax filtering and searching
Added new feature: Parameters and Parameter values
Added new feature: Submit items
Added new feature: Email attachments
Frontend ordering values can be defined in options
Added ordering by most popular items, most viewed items
Download expiration time can be set for each file
Displaying of documents in frontend Orders View can be defined - possible backward compatibility issue: After update to 3.5.0, please edit all order statuses and define documents which can be displayed in Orders view because as default, no document is displayed.
Images can be pasted into products using the clipboard
Specific SQL queries can be disabled to improve speed and performance
Category view can be disabled and it can be completely replaced by Items view
Output of size options in Item view changed
Output of related products in Item view changed
Added new parameter: Create Invoice Number Based On Order Status
Added new parameter: Load Minified Javascript Libraries
Added new parameter: Category Alias Prefix
Added new parameter: Order Global Top Description
Added new parameter: Order Global Middle Description
Added new parameter: Order Global Bottom Description
Added new parameter: Remove IDs from URLs
Added new parameter to Order Status: Email Attachments
Added new parameter: Limit Parameters By Product Count
Added new parameter: Enable Copy & Paste Images
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image Width
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image Height
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image - Creating Folder
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image - Specific Folder
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image - Overwrite File
Added new parameter: Manufacturer Alias
Added new parameter: Display Tags (Category, Items View)
Added new parameter: Display Manufacturer (Category, Items View)
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Access
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Customer Group
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Attributes
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Category Type
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Tax
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Access
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Customer Group
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Attributes
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Category Type
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Tax
Added new parameter: Skip Category View
Added new parameter: Ajax Searching And Filtering (Items View)
Added new parameter: Ordering Ascending/Descending - Arrows
Added new parameter: Product Ordering Values
Added new parameter: Display Parameters (Item View)
Added new parameter: reCAPTCHA Language
Added new parameter: Display Document (Orders View)
Added new parameter: Attribute Price
Added new parameter: Image Folder (Submit Item)
Added new parameter: Image Folder (Submit Item) - Specific Folder
Added new parameter: Submit Item - Registered Only
Added new parameter: Submit Item - Convert Markdown When Creating Product
Added new parameter: Deleting Submitted Item When Creating Product
Added new parameter: Send Email (Submit Item)
Added new parameter: Maximum Characters (Submit Item - Textarea)
Added new parameter: Submit Item Form Fields
Added new parameter: Submit Item Form Fields (Contact Info)
Added new parameter: Submit Item Form Fields (Parameters)
Added new parameter: Maximum Image Upload Count (Submit Item View)
Added new parameter: Maximum Image Upload Size (Submit Item View)
Added new parameter: Enable Submit Item
Added new parameter: Submit Item Description
Added new parameter: Display Submit Item Privacy Checkbox
Added new parameter: Submit Item Privacy Checkbox Label Text
Added new parameter: Enable Captcha In Form (Submit Item)
Added new parameter: Enable Hidden Field (Submit Item)
Added new parameter: Absolute Path (Upload)
Added new parameter: Maximal Upload Size (Frontend Upload)
Added new parameter: Allowed MIME Types (Frontend Upload)
Added new parameter: Allowed MIME Types (Backend Upload)
Added new parameter: Display Header - Type
Added new parameter: Hide Header - View
Added new parameter to Category: Icon Class
Added new parameter to Products: Update Date
Added new parameter to Products: Features
Added new parameter to Products: External Link (2)
Added new parameter to Products: External Link Title (2)
Added new parameter to Products: Download Expiration Date (Days)
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Filter Parameters
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Parameters To Active Category
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Parameter Ordering
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display filter input form for custom parameters
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Parameters To Active Category
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Parameter Ordering
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Categories By Product Count
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display Product Count (Categories)
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Tags By Product Count
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display Product Count (Tags)
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Parameters By Product Count
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display Product Count (Parameters)
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Manufacturers By Product Count
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display Product Count (Manufacturers)
Bar Rating Library updated
Magnific Popup Library updated
Ready for Joomla! 3.9.16
Ready for PHP 7.4

Updated:

Download: Phoca Cart download site

If you find any bug or you have some feature request idea, please post it to Phoca Forum. Thank you.

Details: Category: News; Created: 13 April 2020

Phoca Upgrade System Plugin 3.1.6 Released

06 April 2020

Phoca Upgrade System plugin version 3.1.6 has been released.

Changelog:

Added new parameter: Enable New jQuery Version
Added new parameter: Remove Front Editing Javascript
Added new parameter: Remove jQuery Migrate Javascript

Documentation:

Phoca Upgrade System plugin documentation site

Download:

Phoca Upgrade System plugin download site

Demo:

Phoca Upgrade System plugin demo site.

If you find any bug, please report it to Phoca Forum. Thank you.

Details: Category: News; Created: 06 April 2020

Phoca Cart Development Version 3.5.0 RC Released

05 April 2020

Phoca Cart component version 3.5.0 RC has been released. This is development version and should be used only for testing. Don't use this version on production websites and don't upgrade your production websites to this development version!

If you update from 3.5.0 Beta, two SQL queries need to be executed in your database:

ALTER TABLE `#__phocacart_order_statuses` ADD COLUMN `email_attachments` text;
ALTER TABLE `#__phocacart_orders` ADD COLUMN `terms` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0';

Change #__ to your database prefix.

See demo: Joomla! Templates Directory

Changelog (compared to Beta version):

Added new parameter: Load Minified Javascript Libraries
Added new parameter: Category Alias Prefix
Added new parameter: Order Global Top Description
Added new parameter: Order Global Middle Description
Added new parameter: Order Global Bottom Description
Added new parameter: Remove IDs from URLs
Added new parameter to Order Status: Email Attachments
Added new feature: Email attachments
Bar Rating Library updated
Magnific Popup Library updated
Ready for Joomla! 3.9.16
Ready for PHP 7.4

Download (RC version): Phoca Cart download site

Demo: Joomla! Templates Directory

If you find any bug or you have some feature request idea, please post it to Phoca Forum. Thank you.

Details: Category: News; Created: 05 April 2020

Phoca Cart Development Version 3.5.0 Beta Released

10 March 2020

Phoca Cart component version 3.5.0 BETA has been released. This is development version and should be used only for testing. Don't use this version on production websites and don't upgrade your production websites to this development version!

See demo: Joomla! Templates Directory

Changelog:

Added new feature: Ajax filtering and searching
Added new feature: Parameters and Parameter values
Added new feature: Submit items
Frontend ordering values can be defined in options
Added ordering by most popular items, most viewed items
Download expiration time can be set for each file
Displaying of documents in frontend Orders View can be defined - possible backward compatibility issue: After update to 3.5.0, please edit all order statuses and define documents which can be displayed in Orders view because as default, no document is displayed.
Images can be pasted into products using the clipboard
Specific SQL queries can be disabled to improve speed and performance
Category view can be disabled and it can be completely replaced by Items view
Output of size options in Item view changed
Output of related products in Item view changed
Added new parameter: Limit Parameters By Product Count
Added new parameter: Enable Copy & Paste Images
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image Width
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image Height
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image - Creating Folder
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image - Specific Folder
Added new parameter: Copy & Paste Image - Overwrite File
Added new parameter: Manufacturer Alias
Added new parameter: Display Tags (Category, Items View)
Added new parameter: Display Manufacturer (Category, Items View)
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Access
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Customer Group
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Attributes
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Category Type
Added new parameter: SQL - Products - Skip Tax
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Access
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Customer Group
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Attributes
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Category Type
Added new parameter: SQL - Product - Skip Tax
Added new parameter: Skip Category View
Added new parameter: Ajax Searching And Filtering (Items View)
Added new parameter: Ordering Ascending/Descending - Arrows
Added new parameter: Product Ordering Values
Added new parameter: Display Parameters (Item View)
Added new parameter: reCAPTCHA Language
Added new parameter: Display Document (Orders View)
Added new parameter: Attribute Price
Added new parameter: Image Folder (Submit Item)
Added new parameter: Image Folder (Submit Item) - Specific Folder
Added new parameter: Submit Item - Registered Only
Added new parameter: Submit Item - Convert Markdown When Creating Product
Added new parameter: Deleting Submitted Item When Creating Product
Added new parameter: Send Email (Submit Item)
Added new parameter: Maximum Characters (Submit Item - Textarea)
Added new parameter: Submit Item Form Fields
Added new parameter: Submit Item Form Fields (Contact Info)
Added new parameter: Submit Item Form Fields (Parameters)
Added new parameter: Maximum Image Upload Count (Submit Item View)
Added new parameter: Maximum Image Upload Size (Submit Item View)
Added new parameter: Enable Submit Item
Added new parameter: Submit Item Description
Added new parameter: Display Submit Item Privacy Checkbox
Added new parameter: Submit Item Privacy Checkbox Label Text
Added new parameter: Enable Captcha In Form (Submit Item)
Added new parameter: Enable Hidden Field (Submit Item)
Added new parameter: Absolute Path (Upload)
Added new parameter: Maximal Upload Size (Frontend Upload)
Added new parameter: Allowed MIME Types (Frontend Upload)
Added new parameter: Allowed MIME Types (Backend Upload)
Added new parameter: Display Header - Type
Added new parameter: Hide Header - View
Added new parameter to Category: Icon Class
Added new parameter to Products: Update Date
Added new parameter to Products: Features
Added new parameter to Products: External Link (2)
Added new parameter to Products: External Link Title (2)
Added new parameter to Products: Download Expiration Date (Days)
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Filter Parameters
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Parameters To Active Category
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Parameter Ordering
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display filter input form for custom parameters
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Parameters To Active Category
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Parameter Ordering
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Categories By Product Count
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display Product Count (Categories)
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Tags By Product Count
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display Product Count (Tags)
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Parameters By Product Count
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display Product Count (Parameters)
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Limit Manufacturers By Product Count
Added new parameter to Phoca Cart Filter module: Display Product Count (Manufacturers)