PayPal Shop Maker Changelog

What's new in PayPal Shop Maker 6.0.1

Apr 23, 2015
  • Fixed: Required Options field
  • Fixed: Cart layout inconsistent when subscription button is used
  • Fixed: Custom Fields not showing up
  • Fixed: Shopping cart alignment
  • Fixed: No 'Add to Cart' button if 'Undefined quantity' disabled
  • Improved: mysqli extension to use if PHP's version > 5.5.0
  • Improved: option value with space
  • Updated: Bootstrap 3.3.4
  • Updated: jQuery 1.11.2
  • Other minor enhancements

New in PayPal Shop Maker 6.0.0 (Apr 23, 2015)

  • New Website UI with Bootstrap
  • Supports both desktop and mobile.
  • Horizontal Navbar and Mobile Menu with submenus.
  • Theme with Bootstrap Variables
  • Breadcrumbs for Categories
  • Thumbnails for Mobile in List Page
  • Supports adding your own JavaScript code to the site
  • Supports LESS which extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables, mixins, operations and functions.
  • YUI replaced by jQuery and Bootstrap
  • Numeric Pager/NextPrev Pager by Bootstrap Pagination
  • Multi-Column page by Bootstrap grid system
  • Small shopping cart in List page by Bootstrap Affix
  • AutoComplete by twitter Typeahead
  • jQuery/Colorbox updated
  • Other minor enhancements

New in PayPal Shop Maker 5.0.1 (Apr 23, 2015)

  • Grid Mode added for Products tab (for use with large number of items)
  • Skip updating items grid after updating category for faster response
  • Other minor enhancements

New in PayPal Shop Maker 4.0 (Aug 31, 2010)

  • The template for PayPal Shop Maker 4 has been largely rewritten in PHP to support more dynamic features.
  • The generated site is now always a PHP web application with database. Three database types are supported:
  • Microsoft Access (Windows server only)
  • SQLite (Linux/Windows server, requires PHP PDO_SQLITE extension)
  • MySQL (Linux/Windows server, requires PHP MySQL extension)
  • Note: HTML and classic ASP version is no longer supported.
  • Multiple Categories for Each Product:
  • Now you can specify more than one category for each product.
  • More Options and Default Values:
  • You can have up to 7 options with default value
  • More Custom Fields:
  • Up to 6 custom fields to show more info about your products
  • Subscribe Buttons:
  • PayPal Subscribe buttons are now supported and the products can be placed in the same cart with other products using Buy Now buttons or Add to Cart buttons.
  • Discount Code:
  • Promote sales by offering discount code (or discount coupon or promotion code) to your customers. Discount can be by percentage or fixed amount.
  • Countries and States:
  • You can manage countries and states in the user interface and hide some countries or states easily.
  • Improved Menu:
  • Options to use horizontal menu and show category product count.
  • Allow up to 6 images (or swf) for each product
  • Auto-detect swf dimensions
  • Allow more cart items for browsers that support HTML 5 storage, e.g. FireFox 3, Safari 4, IE 8.
  • Meta tags and title tag with individual product information for View page
  • Improved user interface with unicode support
  • Other minor enhancements and bug fixes

New in PayPal Shop Maker 3.0 (Jan 3, 2008)

  • Custom Shipping Cost Calculation based on Quantity, Price or Weight
  • Supports custom shipping cost calculation by quantity range, price range or weight range. The costs can also vary by region, country, state and shipping method. Different products (from the same or different categories) can be counted together. Fast setup of shipping costs by copying settings from another existing shipping type.
  • Custom Tax Calculation
  • Supports custom tax calculation by region, country and state. Tax applicable to shipping costs. Fast setup of tax rates by copying settings from another existing tax type.
  • Up to 4 options for each product
  • Product prices changeable with option fields
  • Different display format of each options (Combobox, Selection List, Checkbox, Radio Button or Text)
  • Optional compulsory option fields
  • Option Editor enables you to easily edit PayPal options fields
  • Menu item for user pages
  • Viewing Transactions
  • Supports downloading transaction data from database on server
  • Option to Use Database
  • ASP MS Access or PHP MySQL
  • Create IIS virtual directory for testing locally
  • Decrease stock count on receipt of order
  • Hide products with stock count