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Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:27 am
by i2Paq
Xsecrets wrote:actually looking at the left nav looks like both my commercial mods will be trampled. Guess I'll have to figure out something new people need.

Rest assure,
I hate that kind of nav, so maybe there is room for a mod that will have it "the old way"

Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:36 am
by ncc50446@hotmail.com
That looks great!
Just a couple questions though. Is there a lot of changes to the core and template system? Just wondering how hard it is going to be to convert older templates to a newer template layout/features. Will older templates still work once the cart is upgraded? (As in everything except the template).
Though I do realize that (The last I heard), it is still some time away, I'm just curious

Keep up the good work!
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:12 am
by chorng
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:12 pm
by Daniel
ncc50446@hotmail.com wrote:That looks great!
Just a couple questions though. Is there a lot of changes to the core and template system? Just wondering how hard it is going to be to convert older templates to a newer template layout/features. Will older templates still work once the cart is upgraded? (As in everything except the template).
Though I do realize that (The last I heard), it is still some time away, I'm just curious

Keep up the good work!
no there is not.
all the old payment, shipping, module, order totals will work.some peoples templates will need to be altered though.
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:52 pm
by peecha85
I am using Opencart for only few months, and never made any upgrades... That's why I am a bit afraid of that.
But will it be possible to use affiliate module with 1.4.8?
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:07 pm
by Xsecrets
peecha85 wrote:I am using Opencart for only few months, and never made any upgrades... That's why I am a bit afraid of that.
But will it be possible to use affiliate module with 1.4.8?
With past experience as a gauge the opencart dev team does not do backports of new features, so the answer would be no.
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:23 pm
by Qphoria
Xsecrets wrote:peecha85 wrote:I am using Opencart for only few months, and never made any upgrades... That's why I am a bit afraid of that.
But will it be possible to use affiliate module with 1.4.8?
With past experience as a gauge the opencart dev team does not do backports of new features, so the answer would be no.
We can only look forward

Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:03 am
by peecha85
ok.
then I hope everything will be fine with upgrade, because I will upgrade to 1.5.0. only because of affiliate module.
and what about language? if my shop is in another language (latvian), how will that affect the upgrade? will I have to translate everything again?
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:06 am
by ncc50446@hotmail.com
Daniel wrote:
no there is not.
all the old payment, shipping, module, order totals will work.some peoples templates will need to be altered though.
Awesome. That's what I assumed, and hoped. Just wanted to make sure. Thank you

Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:42 am
by gocreative
oneilldesign wrote:Looks great! A massive improvement over the current version, though I do have a few comments:
1. The strapline in the dummy logo says "Yours" instead of "Your".
2. Is there a choice of category menu orientation? e.g. horizontal or vertical menu
3. The hyperlinks in the second-level nav are a bit hard to read (may need to make a darker blue).
4. I think the "Home" link should appear in the primary nav instead of the light grey bar. You could then also remove the text link from the header.
5. Why are the PayPal, VISA and Mastercard logos in the fat footer as well as the bottom left corner of the page?
6. Are the social networking icons configurable/extensible? i.e. Can I choose which to show, or add more via the admin panel?
7. Can the information pages be displayed in feature boxes and/or primary nav as well as the footer? I think "About Us" is a fairly important link - too important to have buried at the bottom of the page.
8. Where is "Advanced Search"?
9. I think the "Checkout" option should be a button to increase its visibility.
Any chance of a response to these comments/questions?
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:14 am
by Daniel
oneilldesign wrote:oneilldesign wrote:Looks great! A massive improvement over the current version, though I do have a few comments:
1. The strapline in the dummy logo says "Yours" instead of "Your".
2. Is there a choice of category menu orientation? e.g. horizontal or vertical menu
3. The hyperlinks in the second-level nav are a bit hard to read (may need to make a darker blue).
4. I think the "Home" link should appear in the primary nav instead of the light grey bar. You could then also remove the text link from the header.
5. Why are the PayPal, VISA and Mastercard logos in the fat footer as well as the bottom left corner of the page?
6. Are the social networking icons configurable/extensible? i.e. Can I choose which to show, or add more via the admin panel?
7. Can the information pages be displayed in feature boxes and/or primary nav as well as the footer? I think "About Us" is a fairly important link - too important to have buried at the bottom of the page.
8. Where is "Advanced Search"?
9. I think the "Checkout" option should be a button to increase its visibility.
Any chance of a response to these comments/questions?
its just a mockup and i will leave in the old category module.
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:22 am
by gocreative
Ok, that answers point 2. What about the rest?
5. Why are the PayPal, VISA and Mastercard logos in the fat footer as well as the bottom left corner of the page?
6. Are the social networking icons configurable/extensible? i.e. Can I choose which to show, or add more via the admin panel?
7. Can the information pages be displayed in feature boxes and/or primary nav as well as the footer? I think "About Us" is a fairly important link - too important to have buried at the bottom of the page.
8. Where is "Advanced Search"?
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:00 pm
by CUSTOM_UK
I was going to go live with version 1.49, but I'm going to wait until 1.50 hits the streets and becomes a stable platform.
Whilst template changes might be good if you know exactly what you are doing, for the rest of us mere mortals it is very 'hit or miss' trying to adapt older templates. I hope 1.50 turns the tide for backward compatability of templates with all the future versions after that.
The newer template mockup looks quite promising, but it's only when OC has the shipping estimator built in as well as PayPal Express and Google Checkout in the core program, that it will finally knock Zen Cart from its rustic perch. I know those are on the road map for 1.50 and hope they don't get omitted trying to rush the product out the door, as they are vital elements to push OC into the big league.
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:30 pm
by WhiteBirch
1.5.0 is looking really great. Seems there are alot of new features being added so I won't mind adapting templates for it being a new major version.
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:46 am
by Melanie
Any launch date on 1.50?
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:01 am
by Qphoria
6 months!
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:45 pm
by CUSTOM_UK
Qphoria wrote:6 months!
Everyone loves an optimist....

Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:01 am
by thegeneral
Qphoria wrote:6 months!
I hope so

Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:25 am
by Daniel
What about IE6 compatibility? should i make it IE6 compatible still? its getting a bit tiresome now.
Re: Progress Towards 1.5.0
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:10 am
by WhiteBirch
Personally I would say not to worry too much about IE6. The public beta of IE9 arrived the other day so hopefully it won't be too long until it's actually out properly. IE6 usage stats are going down and down and to be honest people need a reason to upgrade.