What's new on Shopamine

We introduced a range of optimizations to our session handler, aimed at diminishing response latencies. Furthermore, we transferred our main instances to a more stable server, effectively decreasing network errors that were causing sluggish responses. This improvement is evident in the Slowlog graph below, which shows no recorded instances of slow responses after the migration at 20:00.

In preparation for the upcoming Black Friday event, we've performed a crucial system update to enhance our platform's performance and reliability:

System Reboot for Expansion:

• Objective: To significantly expand our RAM and disk capacity.
• Purpose: This upgrade is specifically aimed at handling the increased traffic and operational demands expected during Black Friday.
• Outcome: We anticipate improved system performance, faster response times, and a more seamless shopping experience for our customers during this high-traffic period.

Thank you for your understanding during this brief downtime. These enhancements are part of our ongoing commitment to provide you with a robust and efficient platform.

We implemented several critical bug fixes to enhance our platform's functionality and user experience. These fixes included resolving issues with missing 'Add Box' buttons in the notification editor, stabilizing the notification saving process that previously crashed with multiple boxes or columns, and ensuring automatic activation for users created via the admin panel. Additionally, we improved the item head meta description generator for better SEO, and enabled the {{storeEmail}} tag in UserPasswordReset notifications for improved communication efficiency.

In our latest update, we've added new features and made improvements for a more intuitive and user-friendly experience:

Banner Box Addition

• What's New: We've introduced a new 'Banner' box feature.
• Benefit: This feature allows users to effortlessly create a visually appealing grid of images, enhancing both aesthetics and organization.

Skin Fonts Settings Box

• What's New:A new 'Skin Fonts Settings' box is now available.
• Functionality: This box displays the current font and button settings of your website.

In our latest update, we've diligently resolved several issues to provide a smoother and more efficient user experience:

• Duplicate SysTags Issue: We've addressed a bug where adding SysTags through batch operations would result in duplicates when an identical string already existed on the item. This issue has been resolved.
• Elastic Search Optimization: To enhance search efficiency, we've limited the number of search results in Elastic Search, ensuring more relevant and manageable results.
• Improved Elastic Search Functionality: We've enabled the Elastic Search function to start working after inputting 3 or more characters, resulting in more precise and relevant search results.
• Checkout Validation: To provide customers with a better experience and faster checkout process, we've improved checkout validation.
• Supplier Price Calculations: We've diligently fixed and improved the price calculations done by suppliers, ensuring accuracy and consistency in pricing.

Automated Notifications with Shopamine Style Notification Content Editor. Our most expected feature now allow's you to setup and send notifications upon various triggers such as: Order & Payment status change, Item back in stock, Abandoned cart/checkout etc. Shopamine Notification Editor allow's you to change content, designs and layouts of your e-mails.

To enable this feature, contact our support team, and we'll promptly add you to our waiting list for activation.

In our latest update, we've made some changes to improve your experience. Here's what's new:

• Video Box: Video Box now has the capability to open videos in popups, enhancing the video viewing experience.
• Image with Pins: The pin animation has been transformed into a sleek circular effect, adding a modern touch to your content.
• Link Box: Links now have the ability to target and open popup boxes, adding a layer of interactivity and engagement to your content.
• Posts List: We've added a new "Advanced" tab with options, including Class, ID, and the ability to load CSS into the head. These options offer enhanced flexibility for content creation.
• Rolling Text: You now have the option to enable "Pause on Hover" for added user control. 

In our latest update, we've made several important changes to improve your experience. Here's what's new:

• Box Background: Minor aesthetic improvements for a cleaner look.
• Image Box: Renamed "Rounded Corners" for clarity.
• Item Gallery: Enhanced cursor zoom functionality within popups.
• Box Gallery: Previously, when placing the gallery within a Background Box set to full width, the gallery content wouldn't display on the storefront.
• Box Image with Pins: Introduced an 'zindex' option for added customization.

After a comprehensive analysis of Google recommendations and SEO trends, we've come up with several changes to enhance our Shopamine platform. These include modifications at the level of how multilingual page links and canonical links are created. We've also tweaked how the sitemaps are generated. Additionally, we have implemented the 'rel' attribute on the link element in Boxes, allowing for the marking of nofollow, sponsored, and user-generated content (UGC) links.

🔥 Hotfix Alert: We've resolved an issue where Elasticsearch was showing archived items in search results. This bug was not caught during our latest round of quality assurance tests for Elasticsearch improvements. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

This update focuses on enhancing content creation and search functionality. We've fixed CK Editor crashing issues in edit source mode and ensured that SysTags added through batch operations are applied correctly. You can now represent shipping weight with decimal numbers for precision. We've also fine-tuned elastic search to display all relevant search results accurately, addressed localization issues, and resolved bugs related to changing shipping zone names. These updates aim to make your experience smoother and more efficient..

In this update, we've resolved issues like variant status not updating correctly during batch operations and difficulties in editing page filtering settings. Elastic search now delivers more accurate initial search results. We've also improved product management by adding supplier filters in the product table, displaying supplier information, and showing default settings for Tax-inclusive and Allow buying out of stock in the product tab.

We've introduced a new 'Timeline' box, enabling you to effortlessly create captivating vertical and horizontal timelines to showcase your brand's rich history and compelling story.

To improve accuracy, we've addressed schema.org property issues and introduced styling settings for buttons within the checkout and 'My Account' sections, offering enhanced customization options for a seamless user experience.

We've addressed an issue where Elasticsearch queries were not considering product keywords, ensuring more accurate search results.

In our latest function update, when the divider is positioned inside a Background Box within columns configured with 'Stretch' and 'Flex' options, the Height now dynamically adjusts to a minimum value, allowing the Divider to stretch accordingly and effectively separate neighboring elements.

We've added a new feature that allows you to set the primary category for your items, closely tied to your supplier settings. Now you can establish a pricing strategy for each category on selected supplier, and items will now consider the pricing strategy exclusively from their primary category. To streamline the process, we've also introduced a batch operation, enabling you to assign a primary category to multiple items simultaneously for greater efficiency.

The 'product inventory card' is now renamed to 'stock' for clarity. Additionally, we've relocated subscription settings to the product price card for a more streamlined experience. Furthermore, we've resolved an issue where an incorrect supplier was selected when the stock was at 0. Lastly, we've fixed the supplier price update issue that occurred when changing product category or brand. These updates aim to enhance your user experience and ensure smoother operations

To enhance user experience, we've made several key updates. We've streamlined admin user creation by removing password fields and setting social login as the default for convenience and security. Shipping weight now supports decimals for precision, and we've introduced new supplier manifest overrides to provide greater flexibility. Additionally, based on user feedback, we've resolved the group selection issue in the edit box modal.

We've enhanced our Elasticsearch functionality, now allowing for keyword searching, displaying more relevant results, and prioritizing search words to showcase titles related to the search term. 

We've implemented a new Buy Box layout for an enhanced user experience and upgraded the expanded variants view for improved functionality and user-friendliness.

We're excited to introduce two new features: 'Rolling Text' and 'Typing Title.' These additions expand your creative possibilities and offer dynamic elements for your content.

With our latest update, you have the flexibility to set Content with Background box padding specifically for mobile devices, with a default breakpoint at 320 pixels. If you don't specify a mobile padding value, it will automatically match the desktop padding, ensuring a seamless design experience.