[DBTech] DragonByte eCommerce 5.2.0b1

Update highlights​

This version brings some significant under-the-hood changes that will (hopefully!) not be visible to your customers, but are still significant. There are also some updates for digital products to make renewals easier.

Most importantly, the "Product filters" now use XenForo's "Custom fields" feature. This means that rather than needing to define product filters in every single category, you create them all once and tick the available ones in the category, and then choose them in the product as normal. This has the additional benefit of being able to translate these product filters into multiple languages, if that's something your storefront could make use of.

The second important change is that sales now use a "type handler" system internally similar to product types, which opens up the possibility of creating different types of sales in the future.

As for user-facing changes; if your storefront sells digital licenses, your customers will now see a list of their existing licenses and a button to quickly renew said license, in the sidebar when browsing a product. You can see this in action @ my website, and you should totally click the "Renew" button as well

If your storefront doesn't sell digital downloads or physical products, the post-purchase redirect flow now makes a bit more sense.

There's a few other features, changes and fixes added to this release, please see the full changelog for more information.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Product filters now use the "Custom Fields" feature
Feature: Rework sales to support multiple sale types
Feature: The product type is now displayed when editing a product
Feature: List existing licenses for renewal in the product sidebar block
Change: Updated recurring sale configuration to make it easier to use
Change: Improve "Download handler usable in product" checks
Change: When disabling HTML invoices, the path is now preserved
Change: "Notify customer of this action" when marking a product as shipped now also applies to the email
Change: A physical item's stock can now be set to Unlimited
Change: Update the post-purchase redirect flow
Change: Hide display of "(None)" line for Product Filters, Order Fields and Download Version Fields for Classifieds products
Fix: Fix error when trying to add download without copying an existing download in the AdminCP
Fix: Fix server error in the front-end when viewing an order with a deleted product

Update highlights​

This version fixes a few issues reported by the community, including a critical fix preventing Classifieds orders from being taken due to incorrect payment profile references.

Complete Change Log​

Fix: Fix server error preventing a fresh install from completing
Fix: Fix "Retry payment" being an option for orders not yet awaiting payment
Fix: Fix checkout screen not working correctly for Classifieds orders

Update highlights​

This version improves performance when guest orders are enabled, and (finally) fixes a long-standing issue preventing recurring sales from resetting correctly.

Complete Change Log​

Change: Improve performance for fetching guest orders
Fix: Fix potential server errors when fetching the cart item counter for guest users
Fix: The "Recurring" configuration would be lost when creating or saving sales
Fix: Fix recurring Sales not correctly expiring

Update highlights​

This version adds one of the most frequently requested features; the ability to limit a product to only be purchasable X times per user.

Furthermore, you can now disable the Requirements, Specifications and Copyright input fields on a per-category basis.

A few other minor changes have also been implemented, please see the full change log for more information.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Limit maximum number of purchases per product
Feature: Per-category disabling of Requirements, Specifications, and Copyright input fields
Change: The "Copyright info" input field is no longer displayed for product types without "Download" functionality
Change: Added more template hooks for product information tabs and renamed existing ones
Change: Don't show links to the Reviews page if the rating system is globally disabled

Update highlights​

This version updates the various log pages to allow search criteria to persist when clicking back into the search form.

Furthermore, an issue has been resolved where orders could not be completed if "require address" was globally disabled.

Complete Change Log​

Change: Criteria are now carried over when clicking the Search button
Fix: Allow an order to be purchased if address isn't required

Update highlights​

This version fixes a missing phrase dbtech_ecommerce_business shown in the product information block on the product overview page.

Complete Change Log​

Fix: Fix missing phrase

Update highlights​

As there have not been any significant bugs reported in the v5 branch, it's now considered Gold/stable

This version improves compatibility with future versions of XenForo by moving certain code calls out of templates. This update is recommended to avoid compatibility issues with the upcoming XenForo v2.3.8 & newer.

Furthermore, a new "Maintenance" page has been added, providing easy access to the various rebuild tasks available in this addon.

New to v5 Gold is the ability to track product views. Upon upgrade, the view count will be set to the number of downloads (digital products only), but will count views normally after upgrade.

A few other minor changes and fixes have also been added since Beta 2, see the full change log for more details.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Trending Products widget
Feature: Track & display product views
Feature: Created a new "Maintenance" page for easy access to the "Rebuild caches" options available in this addon
Change: Move database query calls from templates to PHP files
Change: Better error logging for GeoIP update
Fix: Fix "can purchase" check when the order contains only free items
Fix: Fix template replacement codes

Update highlights​

This version improves style support by adding support for variations, as well as updating the "Sale" and "Featured" ribbons to make them easier to read.

Furthermore, this version contains improved support for the upcoming XenForo 2.3.8.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Allow variants for the rating circle colours
Change: Update the "Sale" and "Featured" ribbons to make them more readable
Change: XenForo 2.3.8 compatibility
Fix: Fix product filtering links in the product list
Fix: Fix leftover jQuery code

Update highlights​

This version represents the single biggest addition to eCommerce since its creation; Classifieds support! With this feature, you can (finally) allow members to sell their own products without giving them the ability to make anyone on your forum an administrator. Which would be bad.

First of all, I want to make one thing perfectly clear: The Classifieds feature slots into the existing design - it does not add chat features or "Is this still available?" features like you'd find on online marketplaces. If this proves to be a popular request, it might get added in the future, but for now no such features exist.

To enable Classifieds support after installing the update, go to the settings and enable the Classifieds feature. You can choose what product types are enabled for Classifieds, and what user groups users should be able to assign as temporary or permanent additional user groups. You can also choose what payment providers users should be able to utilise.

From a seller point of view, they will need to access their control panel via the Store -> Your Account link, then set up a "Business Profile". This lets them fill out their seller information similar to what you did in the XenForo Options. They then would go to the "Payment methods" page to configure their payment methods.

Afterwards, they can create products like normal. Appropriate restrictions are in place such that users cannot escalate privileges or reference files on your server when adding downloads.

A tutorial/user guide will be added to your site's FAQ pages in a future version.

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Other than that, see the full changelog for additional features, changes and fixes.

Complete Change Log​

Feature: Classifieds support
Feature: Require full address for all or some product types
Feature: Option to disable using the product icon for social media sharing
Change: Turning off the global "View products" permission will now also show a "No Permission" error on the main store page
Change: Remove support for United Kingdom VAT ID validation
Fix: The invoice icon service no longer accepts WebP images and will no longer attempt to optimise images on upload
Fix: Stripe Itemised Checkout used incorrect pricing for physical items with quantity > 1
Fix: Change "Report" phrase to use the verb version
Fix: Fix typo in "Change discussion thread" action
Fix: The "Address" approval queue item was missing the title
Fix: Throw an exception if a product contains an invalid user upgrade

Update highlights​

This version fixes a regression from v4.2.0. It was no longer possible to add a pricing tier to a new product, this has now been corrected.

Complete Change Log​

Fix: Adding a pricing tier to a new product would show a server error