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What's new in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 23335

Dec 7, 2023
  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • SF-3055: Make cookie opt in setting enabled by default for all shops
  • SF-3056: Update Sitemap.xml file
  • revert the xmlns urn to use http
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 23278 (Oct 17, 2023)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • SF-3017: Show weight and selected options in the basket page

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 23254 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • Update xmlns URLs to use https in sitemap.xml
  • SF-3037: Fix Google Font not loading on home page in other languages
  • Fixed: All search filter types were being saved as unticked in SFCentral dialog
  • Fixed: DES-481: SFX-OFF-AA_hat website theme Website Footer section is not displayed in preview and published shop. (Page Footer wasn't showing after the last change to SFX-OFF-AA theme.)
  • Fixed: SF-3048: Search function - website in other language works differently than the English site in search funtion.
  • Fixed: DES-669: SFX-BLOG-BASE detailed view style: fix 'Add to Basket' button (and other elements)
  • Fixed: SF-3051: Shipping provider methods disappear if no method is selected and Secure Checkout button is clicked.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 23165 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • SF-3040: New 16:9 video blocks added
  • SF-3037: Google Font not loading on home page in other languages
  • SF-3038: Stamped.io: Add Store Hash field in stamped.io app settings in SF Central dialog

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 23135 (May 17, 2023)

  • SF-2995: Fix PayPal Checkout Pay Later messaging where it wasn’t updating with ‘Options and Choices’ prices
  • Improve loading performance on department filter pages.
  • Fix an inadvertent error in one of the scripts
  • SF-3035: Fix for when a department's page filename is changed and there are multiple hyperlinks to that department, where, not all hyperlinks are being updated.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 23122 (May 8, 2023)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • SF-3026: English-Australia (en-au) language now supported in Language Link
  • SF-3019: Fix the filter-enabled departments (that was incorrectly including its productloop twice)
  • SF-2995: Fix PayPal Checkout Pay Later messaging where it wasn’t updating with ‘Options and Choices’ prices
  • Improve loading performance on department filter pages.
  • SF-3025: Fix for SFX-SHA_1 productloop style and ‘Link Image To’ feature: Unable to navigate into linked page when clicked on. A grey overlay appears instead.
  • SF-3028: Fix YouTube videos crash in SF internal preview
  • SF-3029: Fix language href tags for SEO
  • SF-3031: Fix ‘Doofinder Search app’ Redirection feature
  • Change setting as suggested by Doofinder support
  • Update missing German translations
  • SF-2995: PayPal Checkout: Pay Later messaging doesn't update with Options and Choices prices
  • Improve loading performance on department filter pages.
  • SF-3033: UTF-8 characters will sometimes not be found by PHPSearch.
  • SF-3034: Language Link - Fix access to PageFootnote in other languages if the main language PageFootnote is empty.
  • SF-3033: UTF-8 characters will sometimes not be found by PHPSearch.
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 23048 (Mar 2, 2023)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • Various PHPSearch user interaction fixes.
  • There are 2 search phrase boxes - in the search filters sidebar and the search header bar. Remove the one in the search filters sidebar
  • Alphabetically sort the list of categories
  • The minimum and maximum price slider filter is not showing the minimum and maximum price that is set
  • Not able to clear the search phrase box in the search header bar
  • Proxy cache Google Fonts on demand
  • Fix the GoogleFonts in description fields on the home page with the correct url
  • Sendcloud app - update United Kingdom country code: send GB instead of UK
  • Fix Restore Basket function when user clicks 'Cancel' to not restore products in cart.
  • Fix hreflang en-uk language-region must be set to en-gb
  • 'Show prices only to members and resellers' function: SFX-IAEV productloop style briefly shows discount percentage for products that have discount percentage set
  • SF-3018: GDPR - Reject/refuse/opt out button is mandatory in cookie notice
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 22347 (Dec 15, 2022)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • SF-2995 Fixed: PayPal Checkout: Pay Later messaging doesn't update with Options and Choices prices
  • SF-2996 Improved: Doofinder: Change the way double quotes are escaped in Option names.
  • DES-651 Fixed: New page style variation of SFX-Content_ 1 with Link Image Group 1 dimension 1920x750
  • - the changes caused the more details button on the search results page to be covered by the CustomNavWrapper, making them unclickable.
  • SF-2926 Fixed: Canonical page set to *index.html in sitemap not listed - further correction.
  • - add alternate-x-default
  • SF-2919 Fixed: Choice image link is wrong/broken when using "Option template" in another shop
  • SF-3004 Fixed: Language link: "common.js error" in Translate Website dialog when inserting a 'link to a place in this website'.
  • SF-2992 New: Proxy cache Google Fonts on demand
  • DES-666 Fixed: BLOG-BASE detailed product style is incorrectly allowing horizontal scrolling in mobile mode.
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu 
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 22255 (Sep 13, 2022)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • New: Add Croatian language in ShopFactory languages and GlobeCharge tags
  • Fixed: LanguageLink: CompanyImage maxwidth and maxheight can now be set in secondary languages
  • Fixed: Search filter settings cannot be saved or will reset automatically
  • Improved: Change in EU law for base price - remove base price quantities except for 1kg and 1L. - re-instate m, m2, m3 and pc

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 22187 (Aug 4, 2022)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • DES-660 SFX-Base-4 - product loop variation called SFX-Base_5, SFX-Base_6
  • SF-2922 Filtered page – default filter should be ‘sort alphabetically’ (not ‘best match’ mode that suits the PHP Search function)
  • SF-2982 Change in EU law for base price - remove base price quantities except for 1kg and 1L.
  • DES-621 New content block based on #19 ID: k06 = show 4 images across (desktop) and 2 images for mobile mode
  • - large gap before PageDescription in SFX-SHO-001_nemoW theme.
  • SF-2985 Marketer: FB and GoogleBase templates should output "in stock" if stock control is not enabled.
  • SF-2986 SFX-SHA_1 producloop style has links with no anchor text.
  • SF-2987 Product "More Images" - Resources formatted as Page links with a href="" tags.
  • DES-663 Alt text Review tab needs to be changed.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 22130 (May 12, 2022)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • SF-2980: Fix issue with old detailed product pages not being deleted when no longer required.
  • SF-2981: Fix individual product shipping cost not saving 4-digit price.
  • DES-621: Fix content block #79 (ID: k06) display in mobile mode
  • Fix for SFX-FAS-GLA_col-js template where, content block added in footer section disappears in browser preview and on publishing. Page becomes very long with no content below products.
  • DES-652: SFX-BLOG-BASE productloop style has Related products in wrong location.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 22098 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • SF-2977: Shipping by weight: Fix "Apply per box" setting
  • SF-2938: Shop-wide discount with time limit
  • Don't show discount message when timed discount has expired
  • Show discount message for active timed discount
  • DES-651: New SFX-BAB template variation with SFX-Content_ 1 page style having 1920 x 750 dimension for Link Image Group 1 and fix Paragraph detailed display for SFX-BASE detailed view style where the Custom Footer Navigation extends outside the content width.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 22066 (Mar 9, 2022)

  • Revert code fix for SF-2959: Voucher discount field shown in order even when no discount is calculated.
  • Revert code to display "valid" Voucher Code applied in the order
  • Fix Gift Voucher type to show Gift Voucher code used in the order and get rid of "Fraud suspected" notice.
  • DES-652: SFX-BLOG-BASE productloop style: "Add Paragraph" has Related products in wrong location.
  • Part of this change caused the AddtoBasket button to not be clickable in detailed product page using SFX-BLOG-BASE style.
  • SF-2967: YouTube videos cause crash in SF editing screens due to recent YT update
  • Further reduce possibility of the crash occurring, specifically targeting YouTube videos as ProductImage.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 22045 (Feb 15, 2022)

  • New content block for 2-column Youtube videos
  • YouTube videos cause crash in SF editing screens due to recent update in YouTube
  • Reinstate changes for "SF-2040 Fix special characters in file names" - accented characters are not being converted to ASCII in page filenames
  • Facebook XML export description field should be limited to 4999 char-length.
  • Do not show Marketing Voucher code in Order Details if discount does not apply to current order
  • Content Block #28 alignment issue when combining short text and long text.
  • Re-add changes that were overwritten.
  • Fix Company logo being reduced in pages with SFX-Content page style and BMP_1L productloop style.
  • Remove "Add Store to Facebook" button from SFCentral - API is no longer up to date.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 22017 (Jan 18, 2022)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • SF-2944: Fix "Insert Video" function in page image (Page Intro section).
  • SF-2946: SF crashes when using 'Insert link' function.
  • SF-2942: Stock Control function: Option choice can be purchased when "Allow buying if out of stock" is disabled
  • SF-2955: Doofinder Search issue: clicking the browser Back button results in 404 Page Not Found error.
  • DES-621: Fix content block #79 (ID: k06) display in mobile mode
  • Fix big white gap in Desktop mode for the SFX-HEA-AA_sir description section on the homepage
  • DES-652: SFX-BLOG-BASE detailed view style: "Add Paragraph" has Related products in wrong location - it must be on the right-hand column.
  • SF-2947: Multilingual shop 'Terms' email attachment filename only shows main language.
  • SF-2935: Activate Apps feature must use SF Cloud account.
  • Don't show message prompt for non-SF accounts such as free GlobeCharge or old GlobeCharge account in shop.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21350 (Dec 20, 2021)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • Improvements in (SF-2791) metrics caused Link Image Group 1 display problem in mobile mode.
  • Fix error in Doofinder Search indexing when there are commas in the Option name.
  • Fix content block #79 (ID: k06) display in mobile mode
  • Activate Apps feature must use SF Cloud account.
  • Checkboxes in SFCentral for Search filter types display to prevent losing their filters value.
  • Shop-wide discount with time limit: don't show discount message when timed discount has expired.
  • Fix script errors in internal Preview for SFX-BLOG-BASE detailed view styles
  • Fix script errors in SF Editor
  • Fix custom Konfigurator product display issue
  • Merged revision(s) 46396 from ShopFactory/trunk for SF-2943: Newline character in Choice SKU causes error in PHPSearch

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21323 (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Improvements in (SF-2791) metrics caused Link Image Group 1 display problem in mobile mode.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21320 (Nov 17, 2021)

  • SF-2928: Align autosplit pagination of regular pages to PHPSearch, Specials, and Shop By Brand.
  • SF-2920: sFTP publishing - update key algorithm to OpenSSH v8
  • SF-2926: Further correction for Canonical page set to *index.html in sitemap not listed
  • SF-2791: Google Pagespeed Insights – CLS error in core web vitals and mobile usability - this layout improvement will reduce your CLS score in Google Pagespeed to 0 or almost 0, tests have shown that it reduces the CLS with a minimum of 90% up to 100%. This will have a positive effect on your SEO.
  • added a number of smaller improvements such as site loading in dektop.
  • fix freezing issue in Normal view when Afterpay AU product elements is enabled
  • SF-2927: Fix display of PayPal Checkout: Pay Later messaging in basket page
  • SF-2929: Fix loading of PayPal Checkout Credit card section in basket page
  • SF-2635: Fix for checkboxes in SFCentral for Search filter types display to prevent losing their filters value.
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21301 (Nov 1, 2021)

  • This latest build improves/fixes the following:
  • SF-2924: Fix Facebook Pixel js errors
  • SF-2918: Fix error in Doofinder indexing when Google Product Type is used.
  • SF-2915: Fix Stock Control "Error: can't lock data file" with PHP 8
  • SF-2917: Publish failed error - improve handling of permission errors.
  • SF-2923: Fix for site Password Protection feature
  • SF-2905: Favorites List resets when browser is closed then adding new items without viewing the existing list.
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21286 (Oct 14, 2021)

  • SF-2791: Google Pagespeed Insights – CLS error in core web vitals and mobile usability - this layout improvement will reduce your CLS score in Google Pagespeed to 0 or almost 0, tests have shown that it reduces the CLS with a minimum of 90% up to 100%. This will have a positive effect on your SEO.
  • SF-2910: Update Google Structured Data - Brand invalid.
  • SF-2907: Fix alternate URLs for other languages in sitemap.xml
  • SF-2901: SFX-FAS-AA website theme - fix home page contents and show Navigation 1 on default pages
  • SF-2908: Update Zip Pay Australia on-site assets

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21263 (Sep 22, 2021)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • DES-644: New website theme SFX-BAS-AA_dev
  • SF-2897: SEO changes for "SiteHeading" H2 and "Related Products" Title text must be anchored
  • DES-598: Fix content Block #28 alignment issue when combining short text and long text.
  • GLOB-73: integrate new PayPal Checkout API and render Pay Later messaging in product and cart pages - ShopFactory Central "My Store" settings: only show the actual PayPal buttons.
  • SF-2904: Fix tax from getting lost when clicking More images button in Translate Content
  • SF-2872: Stamped.io app: Write a Review box overlaps footer navigation section in Product pages
  • SF-2880: Fix incorrect newline for STGetSharedFolderPath=%exepath%Shared Templates in alias.ini file

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21231 (Aug 23, 2021)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • GLOB-73: integrate PayPal Checkout and render Pay Later messaging in product and cart pages
  • SF-2890: Anti-clickjacking enabled in ShopFactory
  • Fixes for SFX-SHO-AA website theme
  • SF-2893: Fix for turning off "Delay loading of images" option in SFX-FUR-BB template
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21208 (Jul 28, 2021)

  • SF-2885: Show prices only to resellers: Fix "Restore shopping basket" function to ensure product prices are intact
  • SF-2886: Update French LD translations tag: LD_REVIEWS and LD_PRODUCT_SHIPPING_DENIED
  • DES-563: 2-column product display in Mobile mode for all GRID productloop styles such as SFX-LITE, SFX-PAL, SFX-BASE, SFX-089, SFX-105, etc. but rollback changes for LIST productloop styles

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21182 (Jul 7, 2021)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • SF-2873: Fix add-to-basket caused by free product as discount (Get this quantity free and Get free products discount types)
  • SF-2869: Fix UK Postcode format in basket page
  • GLOB-137: Show "Reward Voucher" code in online order details 'Overview / status summary' section for merchants to easily identify corresponding Reward Voucher code received for this order.
  • SF-2737: Product contained in multiple departments: when a product is deleted in one department, this product also disappears from the "Related Products" section
  • SF-2868: PHP Error Fetching Data in last department (increased the number of digits of the offset addresses of departments)
  • - fix js error net.js. merge net.js into sf.js
  • SF-2851: Translations fix - English text visible when processing a search.
  • SF-2867: Doofinder Search app images have wrong link in search page.
  • SF-2591: Afterpay AU payment provider: store front-end assets implementation (Note: currently in Staging environment)

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21172 (Jun 21, 2021)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • SF-2865: Stamped.io product reviews app: do not display structured data for reviews for products without review yet.
  • SF-2832: Make the canonical URLs the same as in sitemap.xml
  • SF-2861: Fix product link in Order Confirmation email when product is bought from the "Recommended Products" section

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21166 (Jun 16, 2021)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • SF-2710: Stamped.io product reviews app - send review emails trigger API for 'shipped' orders
  • New 'Review ID' field in Product Properties
  • SF-2842: Fix saving options and choices as template
  • SF-2855: Fix SFX Website Themes where it continues to show Home link in Navigation even if setting is disabled.
  • SF-2847: Shop by Brand - Fix incorrect height when loading images.
  • SF-2862: French translations for Shipping setup dialog

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21081 (Mar 23, 2021)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • SF-2811: Support for English generic language (shop language in the URL will be 'en' instead of en-us or en-uk)
  • GLOB-139: Fix Marketing Voucher with "Reduce price by the following percentage" type and limited to "Discount code (customers)" incorrectly gives free shipping.
  • SF-2701: Update description field for Google Ads
  • SF-2800: Improvements to the new checkout page
  • SF-2803: Customise Design: handle Access Denied iframes
  • When saving the project whilst in Manage Products view, check for modified product and create detailed product pages
  • Fix SFX-ANI-BB website theme: Unable to select Products in View Page
  • SF-2801: UK "Locality" field must be displayed in the auto-complete address app
  • Basket Page error message for UK Postcode format invalid: provide UK postcode sample format in the error prompt
  • SF-2806: Validate NL Postcode format
  • Only validate for NL and UK (all other countries will not have the Postcode format check)
  • Trim leading and trailing whitespace
  • NL Postcode accepts lowercase letters
  • SF-2798: SFX-BMP productloop style: choice name/image incorectly shows under product image when choice name has > " / symbols.
  • Doofinder Search app: Fix 'Shop by Category' display issue
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21046 (Feb 16, 2021)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • SF-2789: Fix Stock levels traffic light not showing up - deprecated syntax in JSON.php module
  • SAL-2579: New layout for secure checkout pages and 'auto-complete' address verification app
  • 2nd page of checkout should jump to the top when using iDEAL payments (Select a bank dropdown on the payment section)
  • SF-2794: Realtime shipping methods not showing when Vouchers function isn't enabled.
  • SF-2767: GST calculation must be country-level for Australia and do not preselect state (show "Select a state") in basket page
  • Show shipping cost after the required State is selected:
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 21029 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • SAL-2579: New layout for secure checkout pages and 'auto-complete' address verification app
  • DES-622: New variation for Productloop style SFX_126_3
  • DES-621: New content block with 4x images across (2x2 images on mobile devices)
  • SF-2777: Allow users to install ShopFactory in a different folder
  • GLOB-75: New marketing voucher type to offer 'free shipping'
  • SF-2784: VAT changes after UK Brexit - remove UK from EU regions list
  • SF-2782: Auto-calculate VAT exemption ID when buyer enters the VAT number in the box (EU regions only).
  • SF-2783: Sub-navigation menu links incorrect height whilst page is loading
  • SF-2775: Fix choice images display when choice names contain bracket symbols [ ]
  • SF-2744: Show shipping country dropdown for 'Free shipping' and 'One price for all' setup.
  • SF-2761: Fix "Related Products" section where invisible product continues to show
  • SF-2762: SFX-BMP, SFX-BMC, SFX-PLCT, SFX-PRA list Productloop styles: show choice image when main product image does not exist.
  • SF-2779: Fix SHO-AA_lrs with Navigation 2 style SFX-BASE_1b: Footer contents don't show when department doesn't have any products.
  • SF-2498: Fix for extra $0.01 incorrectly added to the Order Total for USA (Tax Exclusive) shop.
  • SF-2785: Fix for country drop-down list in shipping section
  • DES-626: Fix for SFX-FUR-BB website theme where subpage mouseover font size text always reverts to 0.9 em
  • SF-2709: Fix for multilingual shops with broken LD translation tags
  • SF-2788: Fix ShopFactory startup when ProtonVPN is enabled

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 20310 (Nov 18, 2020)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • DES-621: New content block with 4x images across
  • SF-2759: Update Breadcrumbs in detailed page to the active department when product is initially created in a page that has been set to invisible.
  • SF-2559: Improve Cookie alert on websites:
  • Adjust Cookie bar height in browsers
  • SF-2767: GST calculation must be country-level for Australia and do not preselect state (show "Select a state") in basket page
  • DES-618: SFX-JWL-AA, SFX-SPO-AA website themes - fix display for Link image group 2 and Link image group 3
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.6 Build 20294 (Oct 21, 2020)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • New variations showing Catalog number/SKU for SFX-LITE_1-sku and SFX-PAL_2-sku productloop styles
  • Fix line break tag incorrectly added in Longer description "custom html code" block.
  • Changes in basket page for the (upcoming) Address verification app
  • Free shipping setup incorrectly removes tax after redirecting to the secure checkout.
  • Search function must support Choice catalog number/SKU - show results.
  • Resolve issues when selecting shipping methods.
  • Ensure the language js files are refreshed when they have changed.
  • SF-2765: New shop projects will now be saved in C:ShopFactoryShopFactory V14 Websites this is to overcome issues when Desktop and Documents folders are under OneDrive cloud drive.
  • USA shipping region must not require county to be selected if tax is only applicable to the state
  • Non-SFX Shops: fix js search function
  • Improve Cookie alert on websites
  • Fix mobile display in Productloop pages
  • Fix grid productloops such as SFX-BASE_2 and SFX-102_1 display alignment issue.
  • Show complete 'Product Introduction' texts in SFX-PCLT productloop style:
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.5 Build 20227 (Aug 17, 2020)

  • SF-2741: Tax exemption ID being removed when going to secure checkout (Order Total includes tax in checkout page)
  • SF-2733: Fix for "Free shipping" setup
  • SAL-2579: Simplify checkout page with address verification.
  • Only show postcode field if shipping provider is used or AutoAddress app is used.
  • SF-2726: "Select a shipping method:" must show if there are more than 1 shipping methods for the selected shipping State.
  • Do not show County field when not required
  • SF-2735: Voucher Validation must ignore leading space(s) - we are doing this for trailing spaces already.
  • SF-2740: Resolve issues when selecting shipping methods.
  • SF-2492: 'Show prices only to members and resellers' function: PHP Search price slider issue and “View Source” reveals price even when you’re not logged in.
  • SF-2739: Show shipping provider company logos in basket
  • DES-604: SFX-BASE-4 product style: Product title will not be centered.
  • SF-2730: Script error in customize design.
  • DES-560: Mobile Mode: product image PADDING (top, right, left, bottom) missing.
  • Fix for SFX-SHA_1 productloop style
  • DES-608: changing background color of Product Price Introduction will also affect the Shop Wide Discount message.
  • DES-605: DES-586 fix must be applied to ALL Grid productloop style VARIATIONS.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.5 Build 20199 (Jul 21, 2020)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • SF-2272: Support for Mailchimp Signup forms - popup subscription and embedded form via custom HTML dialog and Plugins content block
  • Refer to this article to copy your Mailchimp code, https://mailchimp.com/help/about-integrations/#Connect_your_custom_website
  • In ShopFactory, you can paste the Mailchimp subscribe popup code in any content block. It will also work in custom HTML areas with "Field contains javascript code" ticked. The custom HTML code area is more suitable for the Mailchimp popup code as there won't be any visible elements initially.
  • The Mailchimp form embed code will work when pasted in any block, but best suited to the custom code block and Mailchimp block under Plugins dropdown in the block editor. Pasting into custom HTML code area will also work.
  • SF-2700: Update Google Maps content blocks in normal editing mode: Internet Explorer browser not supported by Google Maps js api.
  • SF-2715: Sendcloud shipping - shipmentID must be passed on to Sendcloud
  • SF-2719: Prepend EU shipping country code in the Tax Exemption ID field
  • DES-596: Customize Design - center alignment of product title and price bold formatting
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.5 Build 20171 (Jul 21, 2020)

  • This latest build fixes the following:
  • SF-2272: Support for Mailchimp Signup forms - popup subscription and embedded form via custom HTML dialog and Plugins content block
  • Refer to this article to copy your Mailchimp code, https://mailchimp.com/help/about-integrations/#Connect_your_custom_website
  • In ShopFactory, you can paste the Mailchimp subscribe popup code in any content block. It will also work in custom HTML areas with "Field contains javascript code" ticked. The custom HTML code area is more suitable for the Mailchimp popup code as there won't be any visible elements initially.
  • The Mailchimp form embed code will work when pasted in any block, but best suited to the custom code block and Mailchimp block under Plugins dropdown in the block editor. Pasting into custom HTML code area will also work.
  • SF-2700: Update Google Maps content blocks in normal editing mode: Internet Explorer browser not supported by Google Maps js api.
  • SF-2715: Sendcloud shipping - shipmentID must be passed on to Sendcloud
  • SF-2719: Prepend EU shipping country code in the Tax Exemption ID field
  • DES-596: Customize Design - center alignment of product title and price bold formatting
  • Download and install the latest release: ShopFactory V14
  • Open your shop in ShopFactory.
  • Optional: Enable 'Rebuild all' from 'Settings' menu then click on 'Preview' -> Preview in external browser. Go back to the ShopFactory editor and untick 'Rebuild all' from the Settings menu
  • Save and preview your shop in external browser. Place a test order to ensure secure checkout works.
  • Publish your shop again.

New in ShopFactory Pro 14.5 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • This build fixes the following:
  • SF-2707: Options and Choices - Price of previous choice selection is used when buyer immediately clicks on a different choice
  • DES-595: Navigation style SFX-BASE_3 - fix missing page nav icons and show correct preview.image

New in ShopFactory Pro 12.0.0 Build 17297 (Oct 31, 2017)

  • DES-388: New productloop variation: SFX-126_2
  • SF-2157: SFX-MEGA_1b and MEGAPIX-1_1 navigation styles
  • - fix display of child pages
  • SF-2153: Apostrophe/Single quote symbol in ProductTitle must be saved properly
  • New website theme: SFX-SHO-001
  • - default theme when creating new shop
  • SF-1836: Remove 50% width restriction on Index1 for the following website themes: SFX-BAB-AA, SFX-FAS-AB, SFX-FLO-AA, SFX-HEA-AA
  • Website theme must be reselected to apply the fix:
  • - Click 'Designer' menu -> Select Website Theme -> untick "Include Sample Data" -> locate your current template and click 'Select' button. Note: Your mapping and color customizations will be automatically applied after the website theme is reselected.
  • SF-2162: Show "Activate Apps" button in SF Central page to enable "App Service" feature
  • Block Editor
  • - allow for more flexibility in snippets code.
  • - fix blocks layout in Block Editor going into mobile mode too early
  • SF-2165: Sample Content - Company logo must show in other languages

New in ShopFactory Pro 11.1.0 Build 16259 (Nov 7, 2016)

  • This latest build fixes the following issues:
  • SF-1907: Ensure the shopping basket works for online customers while merchant is publishing shop at the same time
  • SF-1843: Add - (minus symbol) before discount percentage value in product styles and product detailed pages.
  • - Show discount in SFX-PAL_1 (175px) and SFX-PAL_1 (200px) product styles
  • DES-204: New SFX templates - SFX-ANI-BB_sira, SFX-ANI-BB_sirg, and SFX-SPO-CC_siro
  • DES-199: New product styles - SFX-PRA_LT1, SFX-PRA_LTD, SFX-PRA_RT1, and SFX-PRA_RTD
  • DES-313: New variation for SFX-BASE product style
  • - SFX-BASE_3
  • DES-319: SFX-FAS-AC new variation for SFX-Home and SFX-Content page styles
  • SF-1916: Improved Turbo Publishing function for large shops
  • Fix progress display when publishing large shops to update quicker with more accurate information
  • VEK-218387 - Search page must handle special characters in the page filename
  • SFX-PIN-ZAL productloop style: Ellipsis appears in place of 4-digit price in FireFox in mobile mode
  • SF-1880: Added Yelp and Pinterest in the social media buttons
  • - For Yelp, merchant must add the valid Yelp link to make it work
  • SF-1905: More images slideshow of products/paragraphs on tablets and iPads
  • SFX-SPO-PAT: Fix top navigation font size
  • SF-1835: Editing font size for "Content" -> Edit text... distorts the more detailed pages and other pages
  • SF-1782: Future/Expired Timed discount shoul hide the discount bar in the products
  • SF-1908: Show price headline on the search results page to avoid misleading customers
  • SF-1909: An arrow will appear in "breadcrumbs" if you go to details product page on some SFX themes
  • SF-1890: Alignment issue: Tax Text displayed with product when "Show prices incl AND excl tax" is enabled (Note: You must reselect your product style for the change to take effect.)
  • - Apply in new product styles: SFX-PRA_LT1, SFX-PRA_LTD, SFX-PRA_RT1, and SFX-PRA_RTD
  • SF-1685: Add HTML Page Title under settings for List View
  • - HTML page title is now available as an option for product list view.
  • SF-1299: Special characters in page name and image filenames must be supported such as © character
  • SF-1904: Ability to edit multimedia images and product images in Language Link (Translate contents)
  • SF-1906: Show prices for Related Products when related product is on a split page.

New in ShopFactory Pro 9.3.7 Build 13084 (Jun 26, 2013)

  • INH-882102 Tooltip not appearing with '8-PAAI Banner 2' page style
  • Replaced ski images with our stock images.
  • ShopFactory crashes when removing huge number of products from recycle bin.
  • Cross-scripting error in Internet Explorer 8
  • '8-PAAI Banner 1' and 'Banner 2' Page style issues.
  • fix for Banner1 problem.
  • jquery banner script adds unwanted html tag attributes.
  • Tax incorrectly calculated when there's inc tax and exc tax for different regions. Caused calculation errors when rounding is enabled.
  • Normal view not displaying properly in Windows8 Internet Explorer 10. This change caused Flash objects to not be editable in 'Customise Design'.
  • Background images added in 'Customise Design' aren't loading when OtherURL is used on the front page.
  • Base Price formatting cannot be edited in 'Customize Design'.
  • Deleted catalog number still showing from the stock level list
  • Thumbnail images from basket page are not related to the items ordered.
  • Enabling fraud protection requires a number of modules to be updated.
  • Stock control availability display not working if there are special characters in the catalog number.
  • Setting border to transparent in 'Customize Design' is not effectual.
  • Include Price field in 'Google Rich Snippet' result.
  • Price display problem with Safari on iPhone, iPad.

New in ShopFactory Pro 9.3.6 Build 12354 (Jun 26, 2013)

  • Normal view not displaying properly in Windows8 IE10.
  • Cross-scripting error in IE8. The amount of data being sent can trigger the problem. Long, repeated characters of tilde and spaces can also trigger the problem.
  • Restoring basket with same products but different options has incorrect pricing.
  • Tax incorrectly calculated when there's inc tax and exc tax for different regions.
  • Product Thumbnail is not displayed on the Basket page
  • eTrader Product Limit popup; wrong French translation.
  • Import Wizard Out of stock message is not correctly imported
  • Single quotes in catalog number and tax texts causing js errors.
  • BMP-1 product style Add to basket button not completely removed if "do not show add to basket" is enabled.

New in ShopFactory Pro 9.3.5 Build 12278 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • Endless loading error at secure checkout page
  • SF-600: Product Thumbnail is not displayed on the Basket page
  • SF-549: Cross-scripting error in IE8 when Thank you page. Order confirmation email message contains mailto and parentheses

New in ShopFactory Pro 9.34 Build 12212 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • Payment methods selection improvement
  • Implemented compliance with latest European regulations
  • SF-584: Show first 150 characters of the product introduction and product thumbnail image in the Checkout process if enabled in Shop settings.
  • SF-579: Improve media lightbox and Add to Basket functionality for mobile devices, especially iPhone and Android ICS.
  • SF-583: Option price of radio button option not added after textbox option
  • SF-581: County dropdown doesn't appear on the Shipping Checkout page when a shipping provider is used.
  • SF-437: 8-CAR product style: Product images are not centered in preview and online shop.
  • SF-575: 9-IAEU Product style issue: More details not clickable so cannot purchase product.
  • SF-574: Min order quantity field displaying decimal point incorrectly for EU.
  • SF-571: 9-IAEV_204x204 price and button display issue in Firefox
  • SF-569: Shop by Brand page: Cross promotion links are pushed way down the page in Google Chrome, and the entire brand box should be clickable.
  • Adjusted some translations in French and German

New in ShopFactory Pro 9.33 Build 12166 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • SF-565: If you directly get to the 'detailed view' page, either via an advert or 'Search page', 'Back button' will not work.
  • SF-563: Adding Flash .swf files as the page default image using the open image button in the page setiings is not working.
  • SF-562: Image lightbox not showing choice image if there is no larger choice image.
  • SF-506: Category list under 'Animals->Fish': German language must be populated.
  • SF-558: Incorrect German spelling in 'Publish' dialog.
  • SF-548: Publishing issue: using mobile-connection shows connection timeout.
  • SF-556: 'Shop By brand' not working if brand name has character with accent.
  • SF-554: Clicking on the 'Terms and Conditions' link at the 'Checkout' — 'Shipping page'.
  • SF-553: Problem with 'microdata' in 'productloop' and detailed product templates.
  • SF-546: 9-GRID style: Clicking on 'More details...' link shows "Page not found on this server".
  • SF-547: Demo account details aren't being overwritten by paid account details.
  • SF-522: Fix button position — width for 9BMP product loop when displaying in German language.
  • 'Continue Shopping' button in the 'Add To Basket' dialog is offset incorrectly in IE7 mode

New in ShopFactory Pro 9.32 Build 12103 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • SF-523: 'Remember my shopping cart' function does not remember option prices.
  • SF-524: 'Dynamic price' not working if Option is combined and stock control is not enabled and the option type is 'radio/checkbox'.
  • SF-456: DDM-2 Index 2 Navigation style: border colour is not displayed.
  • SF-500: Image loader needs improvements.
  • SF-426: 'Recent Files' should show up to 10 shops
  • SF-527: Re-instate the 'Continue Shopping' button in the header of the 'Add to Basket' dialog.
  • SF-149: Google product feed changes on September 22! Now encodes Condition, Gender and Age Group in English per Google specifications regardless of the localized value in the Google XML file generated by Marketeer.
  • Added new message for when the FTP failed to connect due to a timeout problem, which should be more informing than the previous one. Timeout to be 8 seconds.
  • SF-530: Large 'prices js' file causes slowness in publishing.
  • SF-529: 'More details' page does not work nicely when displayed as a 'more details' page for a paragraph
  • SF-526: Merge "Brand" and "Manufacturer" fields when generating shopping.com xml feed.
  • WHI-414258: Problem with new product styles 9-PLCT, 9-PLCI, 9-PMMM, 9-PSCI, 9-PSGK, 9-PTMI
  • SF-531: 'More Details' button overlaps with price when clicking 'Back' button on 'Product Detailed' page.
  • SF-475: 'Thank you extra message' — html gets stripped off
  • SF-433: New website template: 9-AAH — fix banner image sizing.

New in ShopFactory Pro 9.31 Build 12069 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • SF-149: Google product feed changes. Fixed some issues to make it more reliable and adjusted some tags in other languages where it did not work
  • SF-499: Internet Explorer and Safari browsers show deleted option images placeholders — empty boxes — Was creating empty image tags.
  • SF-501: Improved Marketeer interface to make it easier to use
  • Now displays a help button on every page. The interface has been reorganized on the Export page to make it easier to select the export required
  • Updated French translation.
  • SF-425: Product Templates have been improved to copy more functions, such as features, cross-links and more.
  • Product templates are no longer displayed in list of content.
  • Now copies SF categories as well. ...
  • Added Visibility, 'Don't show add to basket' and 'Cross Promotions' to the list of fields we allow you to copy.
  • SF-437: 8-CAR product style: Product images are not centred in preview and online shop.
  • SF-477: Stock levels revert back to its original number when you click update Stock on PRODUCT level.
  • SF-491: Make height of banner container adjust to the max height of contained banner images. Fix for Safari and Chrome.
  • SF-509: Update to ShopFactory Central to display expiring accounts. New feature to display how long it will be before an account will expire.
  • SF-513: Calculation problem with product discount and shop-wide discount resolved.
  • SF-511: Shops located on a network share accessed using a UNC path might fail when copying templates. Fixed the 'Copy File' function to work faster by only resetting the attributes
  • SF-440: Stock file gets deleted from the server when a combination of 'File->Cleanup' and 'Cleanup' unused files from the server is done
  • TT3156: Fix problem with creating new shop and piece being added as a base price twice.
  • SF-509: Update to ShopFactory Central to display expiring accounts. New translations, missing Spanish.

New in ShopFactory Pro 9.30 Build 12047 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • SF-431: German Facebook button is too short
  • SF-492: Marketeer Google Base export double encodes ' in title
  • SF-447: Changing to another/new More Detailed page does not get saved properly and displaying the images incorrectly.
  • IZM-244328: Undefined variable in Special page. Fixed some uninitialized variable errors.
  • SF-457: Script error in Customize Design when you add product to basket. Put back the old reference to extra which seems to work better.
  • SF-466: Options dynamic price issue — option price doesn't update first time unless you have choice images defined
  • SF-149: Google product feed changes on Sep 22! Includes new Google dialog which contains the Google Taxonomy product type and category and also additional fields needed by Google. New functionality in Marketeer and Import Wizard export and import those fields as well.
  • Spelling mistake in Danen-Accessoires which should be Damen-Accessoires
  • SF-303: Product quantity discount displaying incorrectly in Add to Basket dialog.
  • Changed how the splash screen is displayed to close itself before the first document is created or loaded.
  • Sf-293: Copy values from one product (Master product) to many others. Added base price, display unit, allow fractional quantities and international catalogue number to the list of copyable fields. Added new Google info fields. Added new "Options" flag which will tick all the options in the list automatically.
  • SF-258: Copied Product shows greyed out/disabled when doing copy/paste
  • SF-423: 0.00 dollar price shows for product loop and price does NOT shop on more details page.
  • sf-318: Import Wizard: Deleted products with options/choices in the shop — options keep adding up in the shop when importing the products again
  • SF-480: In IE7, custom website html code in position 1 causes browser height website themes to not have a scrollbar.
  • SF-415: Subpages of invisble pages have incorrect dates in Google XML feed. Hidden or invisble products and pages were still being added to the sitemap.
  • SF-474: Import Wizard cuts off fields from CSV files at 255 characters
  • SF-485: Place contact details into side bar r. 8-PAAI, 8-PAAL and 8-PAAM
  • SF-399: Update, delete and create new product loops.
  • SF-426: Recent Files... should show at least 10 shops. Changed it to display 10 instead of 5.
  • SF-467: Improve demo shop for release in 9.3. Added new navigation styles and adjusted css code to suit new styles within theme
  • SF-481: Language Link: Images showing out of place in detailed view for second language

New in ShopFactory Pro 7.59 (Mar 18, 2009)

  • FIXED: "File -> Save AS" seemed to not rename the project but put the renamed shop to Recycle Bin"
  • FIXED: Fixes for various causes of disappearing Index1 and Index2
  • FIXED: Revert the removal of the + sign for option choice prices
  • FIXED: Ghost image of Index2 when using the DDV_1 navigation style
  • FIXED: Basket total isn't including exclusive tax when there is exclusive and inclusive tax products in the basket
  • FIXED: Secure checkout page should show inclusive taxes when the tax is set on the country, even when no state is selected
  • FIXED: Use "majority tax rate" rule for shipping tax
  • FIXED: Remove shipping method dropdown when there is only one shipping method;
  • FIXED: Cannot edit text (in IE7) in an Option and Choice field where the type is a textbox

New in ShopFactory Pro 7.57 Build 9023 (Feb 18, 2009)

  • FIXED: Fix shipping calculation when products do not have common method.
  • FIXED: Application Crashes when setting up Discount - Spend more get this product free; incremental free products not working properly.
  • FIXED: Shipping methods being cut off in IE 7.
  • FIXED: Incorrect spelling in invoice - Dutch.
  • FIXED: Import Wizard: "Available Quantity" does not display correct stock level when value is 4 digits or more.
  • FIXED: Romanian Language to be included in the Translation Languages
  • FIXED: Don't make Flash objects appear as if they're loaded twice (this is for the IE embedded object workaround) [remove the workaround].
  • FIXED: GC "Secure check out" button should not be available when only Google Checkout/PayPal Express is selected.
  • FIXED: PHP search doesn't work on servers which don't allow referencing php files with a relative path.
  • FIXED: AHZ-BB has double menu scrollers on Index 2.
  • FIXED: Fixes for various causes of disappearing Index1 and Index2.
  • FIXED: Flash elements have a few pixels gap at top, when displayed in FireFox 3.
  • FIXED: Restore basket doesn't work when the products being restored are on pages with ',' and '-' characters.
  • FIXED: Permission denied warning in Customize Design.
  • FIXED: Serbia and Montenegro are now separate countries.
  • FIXED: "Show weight" and "Don't allow buying" settings being ticked causes js error.
  • FIXED: ShopFactory placeholder Displaying at the basket page when a hash with the product id is present in the url.
  • FIXED: Move the "Customer must tick terms" to the Secure Checkout page.
  • FIXED: CEN browser height theme hides the top part of the content area.
  • FIXED: The basket page total doesn't include tax, whereas the minicart total does.
  • FIXED: Remove the + sign for option choice prices.
  • FIXED: The stock levels are not showing correctly when you first open the site
  • FIXED: Incorrect message display for a required and combined option when no choice is selected
  • FIXED: Stock level message shown for product with options when the product is not being controlled
  • FIXED: Prices in Japanese Yen are unintentionally rounded down (price is less by 1)
  • FIXED: Add XPF currency
  • FIXED: Adding a product to the basket isn't shown on the GlobeCharge payment details page, after coming back from the GlobeCharge payment details page
  • FIXED: Add regions of France
  • FIXED: Product more details link not appearing on front page
  • FIXED: Deleting a product corrupts the Page tree in some shops.
  • FIXED: Incorrect tax calculation when there is a voucher discount, taxes don't apply to shipping charge, and a shipping charge but no separate shipping tax
  • FIXED: Sign up member form becomes blank or empty in Mozilla Firefox
  • FIXED: No page back after shipping costs were displayed

New in ShopFactory Pro 7.22 (Mar 24, 2007)

  • The latest Version offers many new enhancements & features such as patented product data protection & increased security and marketing functions to help boost your online business.