LiteCart 2.5.2

6 March 2023

LiteCart version 2.5.2 is now available (major release).

Upgrading to LiteCart 2.5.2

What's New in LiteCart 2.5.2

• Server/machine/app info page
  
• Add method for shipping and payment validation
  
• Add compatibility with PHP 8.2
  
• Add support for Company Imprint and Do Not Share My Information legal document
  
• Ability to skip downloading the latest updates (Like if resuming a failed upgrade with modified patches)
  
• Add validation feedback during vMod editing
  
• Add helper function image_relative_file() move ability to name destination into image_process() instead of image_thumbnail()
  
• Display stock status description if present
  

• Set default session timeout to 1440 for garbage cleaner
  
• Mixed CSS adjustments
  
• Patch module for PHP 8.2
  
• Fix favicon size typo
  
• Make easily replaceable sets of favicon sizes
  
• Consistify log path
  
• Fix set ip, user agent, and domain for order not being present until reload
  
• Use a unified method for committing stock changes
  
• Kindly instruct merchant to enable php Intl extension as no one seemed to understand the error
  
• Fix move products and categories to root
  
• Upgrade jQuery 3.6.3
  
• Fix autosize height for textareas
  
• Use autoloader to patch modules for PHP 8.2
  
• Fix chat icons placement assignments
  
• Fix ability to set negative value
  
• Update credits
  
• Use locally loaded Google Fonts for not violating the General Data Protection Regulation
  
• Turn link for printing into a button
  
• Fix cookiesAccepted JS event not firing upon cookies accepted
  
• Fix reset login attempts upon successful login
  
• Use final price reference instead of price
  
• Adjust min and preset quantity
  
• Fix import images
  
• Translate path aliases when fetching file sources
  
• Fix PHP 8 going completely bananas if step quantity is lower than 1 e.g. 0.25
  
• Fix recent commit not being Windows comaptible
  
• Fix default currency code EUR for Lithuania
  
• Fix realpath for missing rlink resource
  
• Adjust textarea auto height
  
• Use form code component for code field
  
• Copy Payson to swedish installations
  
• Fix PHP Notice in PHP-CLI
  
• Provide some better error feedback if mysqlnd is missing
  
• Fix custom parameters for toggle buttons
  
• Fix PHP notices when installing from CLI
  
• Show missing recommended components as orange warnings instead of red errors
  
• Hint we are not ready for PHP 8.2 when checking required PHP version
  
• Fix missing condition for determining a temporary blocked account
  
• Don't strip remaining non-latin characters for URL friendly formatting
  
• Fix card footer and hide card if there are no products
  
• CSS fixes for right-to-left layouts
  
• Improve whitespace polishing when saving vMod
  
• Fix save newsletter recipient
  
• Fix translation mistakenly stating swedish word for Priority
  
• Fix vMod decode install, uninstall, upgrade
  
• Fix reinserted toggle value for displaying prices incl. tax
  
• Don't enable WebP support by default as many web servers are reported to have a broken webp library in Imagick
  
• Fix content wrapper padding
  
• Fix variable spelling "payed" should be "paid"
  
• Fix some upgrade patches crashing on some ancient installations
  
• Fix notice background for default notices
  
• Fix chart margin for bigget numbers and use number formatting
  
• Also delete cached images in cache/ root when clearing thumnbnails
  
• Fix watermark width
  
• Fix nav indent
  
• Use default-border-color for card-border
  
• Fix not displaying month name by selected language
  
• Prevent password fillers from agressively dishonouring autocomplete="off" by setting autocomplete="new-password" instead
  
• Support redirected env variable for both CGI and FastCGI (they are appearantly different)
  
• Use rlink instead of link for images to ensure no outdated cache
  
• Set regional settings redirect url
  
• Only show language tabs if more than one language
  
• Set watermark to one fifth of image width instead of one third
  

• Remove obsolete npm package
  
• Remove orphan file lib_form.inc.php no longer used
  
• Remove transcoding of arabic letters to latin for URL friendly formatting
  
• Remove slideUp login transition as one transitions too many
  
• Remove predefined slot for uploading image in edit product (could be mistaken for an invalid image)
  
• Remove compression library and se PHP ini setting instead
  

• Fix javascript XSS vulnerability in box_filter reported by omegapoint.se
  

• Add helper function image_relative_file()
  
• Display stock status description if present
  
• Add class for scroll direction
  
• Add live validation for vMod editor
  

• Move ability to name destination into image_process() instead of image_thumbnail()
  
• Support redirected env variable for both CGI and FastCGI (they are appearantly different)
  
• Use rlink instead of link for images to ensure no outdated cache
  
• Fix premature committed name change for table reference lc_brands_info (not yet official)
  
• Set default currency for purchase price
  
• Fix adding a second operation to existing vMods
  
• Make insert content optional allowing to remove code with find
  
• Prevent password fillers from agressively dishonouring autocomplete="off" by setting autocomplete="new-password" instead
  
• Fix loader not spinning
  
• Fix Operand error
  
• Fix generate favicon
  
• Fix watermark transparency
  
• Fix set zone_code unable to save due to disabled field
  
• Fix identify vqmod offset
  
• Fix set_time_limit() warning for one.com users by suppressing it (They have no way of detecting this limitation)
  
• Fix MAX_JOIN_SIZE error
  
• Fix category tree indent
  
• Fix month name by selected language
  

• Remove predefined slot for uploading image (could be mistaken for an invalid image)
  
• Remove compression library module and use PHP ini setting for output compression rather than gzhandler
  

• Replace vQmod with vMod™ by LiteCart - Faster performing
  
• Added full backwards compatibility with vQmod modifications
  
• Built-in editor for vMods
  
• File System Functions (including dual globstar support)
  
• Favicon generator backend app
  
• Payment Terms
  
• Payment Receipt URL
  
• Date Paid
  
• Date Dispatched
  
• Order States for grouping and defining an order status by type
  
• Ability for orders to reserve stock without withdrawing from inventory
  
• Ability to get reserved product quantity from reference object
  
• Ability to store first name and last name of newsletter recipients
  
• Important Store Notice available to be set under Settings
  
• Introduce directory definition FS_DIR_STORAGE for storage content
  
• Development Mode for development platforms
  
• Form input code field
  
• Added Payson payment service provider for SE installations
  
• Added Frontend link button to login page
  
• Ajax feedback how many items are in stock for a selected product option
  
• Ability to batch change orders from one order status to another
  
• Add privacy policy notice to newsletter subscription form
  
• Emulate $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] if CLI environment
  
• Add CSS class for scroll direction
  

• Frontend facelifts
  
• Backend facelifts
  
• Refreshened logotype
  
• Update country name North Macedonia
  
• Upgrade Sass compiler
  
• Upgrade jQuery 3.6.1
  
• Upgrade Trumbowyg 2.25.2
  
• Added some explaination to the Not Found report email
  
• Use one solid list of icon aliases (defined in func_draw.inc.php)
  
• Adjust backend login transitions
  
• Ensure lowercase email address for newsletter recipient
  
• Update Turkey now formally known as Türkiye
  
• Reinstate comments on packing slip
  

• Remove order status keywords as never been used
  
• Remove language flags (We did not have them all. And we will display the language code instead.)
  
• Remove country flags
  
• Removed htpasswd protection (Not very industry standard to have two login systems)
  
• Removed vQmod library
  
• Remove vQmod backend app
  
• Removed deprecated path constants from config