Zen Cart 1.5.8a

23 March 2023

Zen Cart version 1.5.8a is now available.

Upgrading to Zen Cart 1.5.8a

What's New in Zen Cart 1.5.8a

• Admin: Separate flags for display images on packingslip and invoice.
  
• Admin: Add legend to EZ-Pages admin page.
  
• Admin: Aliases added for renamed functions to make plugin upgrading easier.
  
• Admin: Dashboard order status links fixed.
  
• Admin: Fixed search to accomodate special characters.
  
• Admin: Search box removed during add by ID for specials, featured pages.
  
• Admin: Updated CKEditor for HTML5 compliance.
  
• Core: Addition of aliases for renamed functions.
  
• Core: Improve compliance with PHP 8.2 rules.
  
• Core: Show language_id in debug logs to assist in handling language file fixing in multilanguage stores.
  
• Documentation: Added upgrade document back into the distribution.
  
• Storefront: Added support for template_init scripts to be run when switching templates.
  
• Storefront: Allow plugins to skip substring matchine language file loads for legacy files.
  
• Storefront: Removes requirement for USD as a currency when using PayPal.
  
• Storefront: Transaction id missing from PayPal email fixed.
  
• Templates: Allow a template to register as single column only.
  
• Upgrade: Resolved zc_install upgrade checks affecting sites using prefixes.
  

• Admin: Option Name Comments now have configurable positioning (above or below the option).
  
• Admin: Improved dashboard performance.
  
• Admin: Implement "forget" option for customer deletion to support GDPR.
  
• Admin: multiple per page javascript now supported in Admin.
  
• Admin: multiple per page CSS now supported in Admin.
  
• Admin: more notifiers.
  
• Admin: Improved appearance of pages: Manufacturers, EZ-Pages, Countries.
  
• Admin: Manufacturers edit page now allows you to feature specific manufacturers on the storefront Brands page.
  
• Admin: Warning when downloadable products are misconfigured, both on Downloads Manager and shipping module screens.
  
• Admin: Product search in admin improved.
  
• Admin: Show image when viewing categories containing products.
  
• Admin: Indicate on listing page if product has quantity discounts.
  
• Admin: Copy product now correctly copies downloads.
  
• Admin: Copy product works on products with long names.
  
• Admin: Help now available for modules.
  
• Admin: Correct issues in Media Manager.
  
• Admin: Delete, Move or Copy of product from search results now operates as expected.
  
• Admin: Customers can now be assigned to multiple groups.
  
• Admin: Improve performance of Orders page.
  
• Admin: Simplify switching display options on orders, invoice and packingslip pages.
  
• Admin: (Optionally) show zone information on Orders page.
  
• Admin: Layout boxes controller improvements.
  
• Admin: Address formats extended and updated.
  
• Admin: Extend Store Manager's Cleanup Debug Log Files function to remove Square and Bambora logs.
  
• Admin: Correct counts for queries split over multiple pages.
  
• Admin: "Send Copy" email fields can now be cleared when not needed.
  
• Core: Stores may be configured to return HTTP 200 for disabled products instead of HTTP 404.
  
• Core: Detect bad URL input and avoid creating PHP logs.
  
• Core: Rename "Advanced Search" to simply "Search".
  
• Core: Added notifier hooks on add-to-cart attempt, contact us email, change shipping/payment info.
  
• Core: Event aliasing added so notifier names can be changed without breaking older plugins.
  
• Core: Continued function consolidation initiated in 1.5.7.
  
• Core: Renaming targeted functions to improve clarity.
  
• Core: Language loading moved into arrays to prevent PHP duplication notices.
  
• Core: Customer class introduced to consolidate customer table related logic.
  
• Core: Manufacturer list not shown on search page if no manufacturers defined.
  
• Core: Plugin manager improvements.
  
• Core: Order weight now captured.
  
• Core: Fix for orders being marked free shipping because of misconfigured downloadable product.
  
• Core: Consolidated and improved JavaScript checks related to countries with states.
  
• Core: Updates to vendor libraries jQuery, MobileDetect, phpMailer.
  
• Core: Updates for PHP 8.1 and 8.2.
  
• Email: Improved appearance of HTML email.
  
• Storefront: Log account creation IP Address for fraud tracking and GDPR delete requests.
  
• Storefront: Improve checkout flow labels and descriptions.
  
• Storefront: Shop by Brand page added, listing all your manufacturers, with featured manufacturers at the top.
  
• Storefront: Account History page is now paginated.
  
• Storefront: About Us page is now built in.
  
• Storefront: The Order Status page (from the One Page Checkout plugin) now built in.
  
• Storefront: Site Specific define file provided to permit customization without modifying core files.
  
• Storefront: Continue button on checkout_payment page is disabled if the Terms and Conditions tick box is present and not ticked.
  
• Storefront: Option Name Comments may now be displayed above or below the option via an admin setting.