We are excited announce the release of CubeCart 6.2 which sports a number of fabulous new features. Maintenance release 6.1.15 is also available for those who are not ready or are not keen to make use of the new features. Massive thanks to all those who have tested and reported any 6.2 bugs.

What's New in 6.2?

• Incremental order numbers (with dynamic prefix/suffix). #636 
• Tools to help with GDPR. #1892, #354 *
• Automatically minified and compressed HTML, CSS & JS. #1905 *
• Checkout state/county can be required, optional or disabled. #1870 *
• Invoice template editor tool. #1904
• Caching improvements. #1536
• Product category added to Google Analytics for eCommerce. #1859 *
• Order summary to show "guide" currency used. #1913
• Ability to show hide site document titles. #1907 *
• Email log to show fail reason. #1899
• Email configuration test to work prior to save. #1894
• reCaptcha added to newsletter signup. #1891 *
• Colours added to admin control panel order statuses. #1888
• Introduction of "Safe Mode". #892
• Product dimensions (width, height & depth). #828 *
• Changed admin URL emailed on setup (if changed). #1314
• "Continue Shopping" added to cart at all times. #1381 *
• Search redirect to product detail page for single result. #1427
• Auto delete captured card details when order status changes from pending. #1886

Upgrade Instructions: https://support.cubecart.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/228/43/how-do-i-upgrade-from-cubecart-v6-to-latest-v6
Download: CubeCart-6.2.0.zip
Download: CubeCart-6.1.15.zip

6.2 Release Notes - Please Read!!

* These features will require skin updates if you do not use the default "Foundation" skin from the 6.2 release.

This release has a clear cache on demand tool which significantly optimises the caching system and lowers server load. This means that inventory or configuration changes made in the admin control panel will not be reflected on the front end of the store until the "Clear Cache" button is clicked. This can be found at the top right hand side of every page of the admin control panel. We very much appreciate that this may be seen as an unwelcome new feature but the technical significance is worthy. Unless you have a critical change to make we suggest clearing the cache habitually at the end of each admin session. If the cache is not cleared it may take up to 24 hours for your changes to show.  

To help comply with GDPR CubeCart 6.2 now has "double opt-in" for email marketing signup and a tool to create a report of all customer data based on an email address. This can be found in the "Customer" section of the admin control panel under the "GDPR Report" tab. A customer can be "forgotten" by deleting their account, newsletter subscription, review(s) and any orders they may have placed. Please note that it may be a legal obligation to keep their order data on file if you have an existing financial contract. The GDPR report can be disclosed to your customer printed or saved as a PDF and/or used to help remove their data from the system. To be GDPR compliant please be sure to have a suitable privacy policy which should contain other such information such as what each site cookie does. Further information and support may be available from your local "Information Commissioner" such as the ICO (in the UK). 

GDPR is still a very confused and misunderstood subject of which there is no one solution for every business. We will prioritise  further development to help compliance based on your feedback if merchants feel they still need extra tools. 

Permalink | 23rd April 2018 10:35

We now have the first released candidate for CubeCart 6.2.0. Please refer to the original announcement for more detailed information about 6.2.

Many thanks to all those who have tested the 6.2 branch of CubeCart and reported any issues. Unless any serious bugs are found in RC1 then 6.2.0 final will be available on Tuesday 24th April. 

Download: CubeCart-6.2.0-rc1.zip
Download: CubeCart-6.2.0-rc2.zip (Release candidate 2)

Permalink | 18th April 2018 14:01

We have released the second beta for CubeCart 6.2.0. Please refer to the original announcement for more detailed information about 6.2.

Download: CubeCart-6.2.0-b2.zip

Permalink | 11th April 2018 17:04

We are excited to release CubeCart 6.2.0-b1 which sports a number of fabulous new features. This is a short beta release to ensure any possible issues are found and fixed before being production ready. It also gives our developer community time to test their extensions for compatibility. 

What's New?

• Incremental order numbers (with dynamic prefix/suffix). #636 
• Tools to help with GDPR. #1892, #354 *
• Automatically minified and compressed HTML, CSS & JS. #1905 *
• Checkout state/county can be required, optional or disabled. #1870 *
• Invoice template editor tool. #1904
• Caching improvements. #1536
• Product category added to Google Analytics for eCommerce. #1859 *
• Order summary to show "guide" currency used. #1913
• Ability to show hide site document titles. #1907 *
• Email log to show fail reason. #1899
• Email configuration test to work prior to save. #1894
• reCaptcha added to newsletter signup. #1891 *
• Colours added to admin control panel order statuses. #1888
• Introduction of "Safe Mode". #892
• Product dimensions (width, height & depth). #828 *
• Changed admin URL emailed on setup (if changed). #1314
• "Continue Shopping" added to cart at all times. #1381 *
• Search redirect to product detail page for single result. #1427
• Auto delete captured card details when order status changes from pending. #1886

Download: CubeCart-6.2.0-b1.zip 
Download: CubeCart-6.2.0-b2.zip (New more stable beta 2 Release)
Download: CubeCart-6.2.0-rc1.zip (Now at release candidate stage)

Release Notes

* These features will require skin updates if you do not use the default "Foundation" skin from the 6.2 release.

This is a beta release  which may not be suitable for live production stores. We hope to release 6.2.0 final in the next two weeks. The 6.1 branch will continue to be developed and we anticipate 6.1.15 to be available early next week. Please help us by posting any bug findings at GitHub.

Please note that our office will be closed of the long Easter bank holiday weekend and no technical support will be available on Friday 30th or Monday 2nd. 

Permalink | 28th March 2018 11:17