Beta [LocalXen] RM Market UI ( Portal / Layout ) 4.8.12

Local RM Market UI 4.8.12​

4.8.5 -> 4.8.12 Update Summary​

This release advances the RM Market UI layer beyond visual refinement alone and strengthens category discovery flows, category management, product page presentation, and administrative safety.

The main focus of this update is to make category discovery more powerful, standardize showcase logic at the parent-category level, align the overview experience more closely with Creator Hub, and establish a clearer structure around purchase/detail presentation on the product page.

Key Highlights​

• Added an independent category directory experience.
• Introduced parent-category based showcase marking and ordering logic.
• Added an editorial overview variant and a Creator Hub-oriented seller CTA surface.
• Strengthened the product page shell structure, purchase panel, and sidebar information architecture.
• Improved search cache behavior and overall operational stability.
• Made category media and admin permission separation more secure in the control panel.
• Made the upgrade flow more controlled, including legacy style override cleanup and granular admin permission seed support.

Version-by-Version Changes​

1. 4.8.6
This version introduced a major expansion on the category discovery side. With the new resources/category-directory/-based flow, the groundwork was added for collecting all visible categories into a single browsing surface. In the same release band, seller-focused overview content blocks and editorial variant copy were also introduced.

This release marked the first major step in evolving discovery from a purely category-entry model into a catalog-level exploration model.

2. 4.8.7
The showcase logic became more explicit in this version. Showcase marking support was added for top-level categories, and those marked categories became visible with a dedicated badge on the card surface.

This allows selected category families to be highlighted more intentionally and enables more controlled prioritization across the main catalog flow.

3. 4.8.8
The overview experience was strengthened visually. The seller/creator CTA area was moved into a more prominent presentation, and when Creator Hub is enabled, it acts as a clearer bridge into the onboarding flow.

This release can be read as a conversion-focused improvement on the presentation layer.

4. 4.8.9 - 4.8.12
This release band functions primarily as a hardening and maturity layer. The category hero/snapshot surface, product shell, and purchase sidebar areas were strengthened. Marketplace sale flows and downloadable/free resource behavior were separated more clearly.

Payment method badges, price/purchase context, and sidebar detail layout were further improved. On the search side, normalized cache keys were introduced to reduce repeated search rows caused by letter casing or spacing differences.

On the admin side, more granular permission flows were added for category media management. Upgrade support for the showcase mapping table and permission seeding was also finalized in this band.

Technical and Operational Notes​

• Dependency baseline remains unchanged: XenForo 2.3.0+, XFRM 2.3.0+, XFA RM Marketplace 5.8.5+.
• On upgrade paths after 4.8.5, the category showcase mapping table is introduced.
• Category media management and category group/diagnostics access are moved into a more granular admin permission structure.
• Cleanup of legacy style override remnants is included in the upgrade flow.
• Search cache keys are normalized to reduce unnecessary duplication caused by case or whitespace variations.
• If Creator Hub is enabled, the overview seller CTA connects directly to the onboarding/welcome flow.

Practical Benefits for Administrators​

• Category showcases can be managed in a more controlled way.
• Discovery is no longer dependent solely on the category tree; catalog-level navigation becomes easier.
• Product detail pages appear more sales-oriented and more readable.
• Admin access separation and upgrade safety are improved.
• For communities using Creator Hub, publisher/seller onboarding connects more naturally to the main marketplace experience.