Shopping Cart Feature Updates

• Added Output Caching for significantly increased page load speeds for the homepage, entity pages, product pages and topics 
  • Output caching can be disabled by setting OutputCaching.Enabled to false
  • Output caching duration can be configured by the setting OutputCaching.Duration.  The default duration is 86400 seconds (24 hours)
• Added a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Inline HTML Editor which allows admins to select and EDIT string resources and topics directly on a page
  • Inline Editing can be disabled by setting InlineEditing.Enabled to false
  • Inline Editing does not support multiple locales and is disabled for stores with more than one locale.
• Added the ability to sign-up and setup Avalara Avatax from the admin console
  • In the Configuration menu under Taxes click on the “Automate Taxes - Avalara” link.  You will be redirected to avalara.aspx and click on the orange “Get a Free Trial” button to sign up.
• Upgraded pagination to be WCAG compliant
• A confirmation notification is now displayed to customers when they request a password reset
• Added missing content prompts for authentication pages
• Free shipping now works with custom shipping methods
• Hidden terms are no longer accessible in booklist.aspx
• Pre-order courses now display when students are required to authenticate
• Promotions using category filter IncludeChildren now display the discount flag
• Removed semicolon showing up at the bottom of every page
• The credit card payment method is automatically selected when it’s the only payment method available
• The order confirmation page now displays correctly when a customer completes an order with any payment method
• The course list builder no longer crashes when all terms are set to display or hidden
• Updated the order history in the Account page to display the correct ISBN for eBooks
• Updated the receipt to display correct product SKUs
• Variant images now display when selecting a variant from the dropdown on product pages
• Fixed a bug with the address company field length
• Fixed a bug with address verification not working for some addresses
• Fixed a bug with pricing for the Bronto Integration including incorrect discount amounts
• Fixed a bug with the RATEX.AuthUsingNewBookPrice setting and now new and used book prices and subtotals are displayed
• Fixed a bug with the Student Schedule File Import where “No courses were found for the Student ID and Term you entered.”
• Fixed an issue on entity pages (Category, Department, Manufacturer) where the items per page selected by the customer reset to the default items per page when paging
• Fixed an issue with incorrect no images displaying in an xml package
• Fixed an issue where the VR payment method was incomplete when paying with ARCharge and both a preorder item and a standard item were on the same order.
• Course_GET5 VERBA calls are now logged properly
   

Admin Feature Updates

• Added a list of available admin forms per admin roles
• Added the email field to the Manage Ratings form
• Added support to search contacts by first and last name in the Manage Contacts form
• Booklist now checks for current term when importing custom path list
• Custom order data now displays in the Order Details form
• The configure test mode feature now works as expected for TouchNet Hosted payment gateway in the Wizard form
• The multi-image manager now always displays in the Edit Product form
• Updated pre-order conversion to default textbook selecting to lowest price instead of most stock
• Fixed various issues preventing the conversion of pre-orders