New in this release:

• New Admin Applications:
  • Categories
  • Customers
  • Services
• Verify Session IDs - if requested Session ID does not exist, create and use a new Session ID.
• Only call for Administration Dashboard Shortcut Notifications when shortcuts exist.
• Support sub-domain URLs for Sites.
• ErrorHandler messages now formated in UTF-8.
• Allow configuration parameters to be retrieved by their key.
• New Administration Dashboard Customers module.
• New jQuery Plugins:
  • Buttonset Tabs - UI widget
  • BlockUI - to use on modal forms
  • SafetyNet - to warn when leaving a form with unsaved modifications.
  • Image Selector - to show images to choose from.
• Update jQuery to 1.6.1
• Update jQuery UI to 1.8.13
• Replace Admin ErrorLog delete page with a modal dialog.
• Update DataTable to support draggable rows.
• New public/upload directory where files and images can be manually copied to.
• New Javascript File Uploader script to handle single and multiple file uploads.
• New Upload class supports PUT and POST file uploads.
• After a CoreUpdate update package has been applied, refresh the administrator's session access list to show new Applications.
• Allow CoreUpdate to run code after an update package has been applied (incl. SQL queries).
• Show CoreUpdate logs.
• Also seek new Applications and Languages in the Custom directory.
• Remove case-sensitivity when filtering extensions in DirectoryListing.
• Allow PDO_MySQL to connect to sockets.
• Lock the Setup Site after a new installation has been performed.

v3.0.2 is available as a full download package, an automatic upgrade through CoreUpdate, and as a manual v3.0.1 to v3.0.2 upgrade package.

Existing v3.0.1 users can upgrade to v3.0.2 through CoreUpdate via the Administration Dashboard -> Applications -> Tools -> Core Update application. The update package may take up to 6 hours to become available.

The download packages for v3.0.2 are available at:

http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/downloads

The releases notes for v3.0.2 is available at:

http://www.oscommerce.info/confluence/x/PoBH

Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

One of the great new features of our framework is the ability to perform upgrades via the Admin Dashboard, where update packages are listed, modified files can be seen, and upgrades can be performed at the click of a button.

Unfortunately not everyone will get to experience how great this can…

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v3.0.1 is available as a full download package, a manual v3.0 to v3.0.1 upgrade package, and as an automatic upgrade through CoreUpdate.

Existing v3.0 users can upgrade to v3.0.1 through CoreUpdate via the Admin Dashboard -> Applications -> Tools -> Core Update application. The update package may take up to 6 hours to become available.

Please note that under certain server environments CoreUpdate will report a successful upgrade when no files have in fact been updated. This can be confirmed if after the upgrade CoreUpdate still shows v3.0.1 is available to upgrade to. This is due to incorrectly detecting certain file permissions and has been fixed in v3.0.1. We apologize if this affects you and direct you to the manual v3.0 to v3.0.1 upgrade package that can be extracted and copied over to your installation.

We've taken this opportunity and have greatly improved CoreUpdate to now perform non-destructive updates. If any type of error is encountered during an upgrade procedure, CoreUpdate automatically reverts the changes it has performed and returns to the original state.

The download packages for v3.0.1 are available at:

http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/downloads

The releases notes for v3.0.1 is available at:

http://www.oscommerce.info/confluence/x/C4BH

We look forward to pushing out v3.0.2 soon with new Applications and user features!

Published by Mark Evans

To follow-up to my previous posting about osCommerce and the BSD Licence I will now try and answer some of the misconceptions around the new CLA (Contributor License Agreement) which was added as part of the osCommerce 3.x release. I will also aim to make this into an official FAQ document when time allows…

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Published by Mark Evans

There have been a number of comments made about the license change of osCommerce 3.x to the BSD. This post aims to dispel some of the confusion around the change and will hopefully be the primer for a proper FAQ on www.oscommerce.com when I have some time. If there are any questions you have…

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This is our first release that abstracts user features from the core framework to allow customizations to be easily applied, to improve existing and introduce new core framework API features, and by installing and managing Add-Ons for exciting new user features in a flexible and modular manner.

This abstraction no longer limits us to just providing only a shop frontend and a shop backend, but now introduces the opportunity to build entire websites with the framework. Our focus remains on e-commerce and cannot wait to see what the community builds in addition.

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 is optimized for and requires PHP 5.3+, supports real database abstraction to support native database server features such as stored procedures, contains a separate namespace to override and perform customizations in, and can easily and securely be upgraded via signed Phar update packages.

Our focus on this release is to stabilize and freeze the framework API and to start building on user features with the community. It does not contain a complete base feature set to start running an online shop on. We are continuing to work hard on completing the base feature set and will push out each completed feature as an update package during April.

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 is now completely released under the BSD license to help drive innovation in the open and commercial markets.

We welcome you to explore the new possibilities of osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 and to participate in its development to help and improve the core framework and introduce exciting new user features. Our future goals and roadmap are published at:

http://countdown.oscommerce.com

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 can be downloaded at:

http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/downloads

The hard work continues! We look forward to working with the community in improving the framework, and to deliver new features with a regular release cycle.

Thank you! for your continued support! We wish you the best of fun and business with this release!

Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

This is the first of a multi-part series documenting the new framework architecture of osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0.

Those that have not been following the development of the new framework will receive quite a shock when they download the osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 release package and…

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Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

We are fortunate to have a unique relationship with our community that is based on trust. This was built on and earned naturally from the very beginning when we first announced ourselves to the world in March 2000. Our user base has grown from a few people to millions worldwide, attracted through…

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Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

The biggest milestone in our history will be reached on March 31 2011 with the release of osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0. This is the result of years of hard work, community feedback, and patience! We thank the community and our partners tremendously for their support during this long development…

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Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

We are extremely proud to countdown to March 31 for the release of osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 and to cause a disruption in the Open Source and e-commerce community. Our future goals are based on this new foundation that will continually be improved on to meet the demands of tomorrows store…

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The following changes are included in this release:

• Confirm new Product Reviews to the customer
• Fix a PHP notice in Phpass
• Fix Reviews Box language definition
• Fix pre-defined Australian Dollar currency code
• Label the HTML Content field for large product images
• XHTML fixes for pop-up pages

Files Updated

• catalog/admin/categories.php
• catalog/admin/currencies.php
• catalog/admin/includes/classes/passwordhash.php
• catalog/admin/includes/languages/english/categories.php
• catalog/includes/classes/passwordhash.php
• catalog/includes/languages/english/product_reviews_write.php
• catalog/includes/modules/boxes/bm_reviews.php
• catalog/includes/version.php
• catalog/info_shopping_cart.php
• catalog/popup_image.php
• catalog/popup_search_help.php
• catalog/product_reviews.php
• catalog/product_reviews_write.php

Upgrade from v2.3.0 to v2.3.1

A detailed upgrade guide is included in the release and can also be read online at:

http://www.oscommerce.info/confluence/display/OSCOM23/v2.3.0+to+v2.3.1

osCommerce Online Merchant v2.3.1 can be downloaded at:

http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/downloads

Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

We stated earlier that the next osCommerce Online Merchant releases would be v2.2 and v3.0 and that we wouldn’t be publishing any more alpha, beta, or release candidate labelled versions. The next v2.2 release was declared as “v2.2final” to finalize the versioning cycle it went through, from…

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Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

Our blog has found a new home at Tumblr and now functions as an aggregator, linking to and publishing interesting articles from the osCommerce team and our partners.

New publications are automatically syndicated to our Twitter account and Facebook Page.

Our blog can be reached at:

http://blogs.oscommerce.com

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Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

Checkout Application

The number of steps during the checkout procedure has been drastically reduced with the new Checkout Application. The checkout procedure no longer starts at the shipping page but now heads directly to the confirmation page which takes care of all dependencies for the…

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