ProStores Release Notes for Upgrade to Version 7.2

Changes and New Features

eBay Integration

• Checkout Redirect Enhancement: The cart for Checkout Redirect now uses SSL security encryption. Customers will no longer receive a security warning when redirected to check out through ProStores.
• Status Update on Listings: ProStores provides up-to-date end dates for eBay listings.

PayPal

• PayPal Order Support: ProStores supports line items for Website Payments Pro.

Other Improvements and Changes:

• New Shopping.com Format: ProStores has updated the Shopping.com feed file format. This will improve the signup flow for the merchant.
• Google Base: Updated ProStores pages and help topics to reflect that Froogle has changed to Google Base.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue that permitted a merchant to select both "Interval Begins on Date of Purchase" and "Prorate Billing" when setting up new subscription product attributes. If the interval begins on the date of purchase, the merchant must choose either "Bill for full interval" or "Begin billing at next interval" for billing options on new subscriptions.
• Resolved an issue with Design Studio and Internet Explorer that caused an extra line break to appear before saved text in the TemplateSetDetail table containing the tag <ss:value source="$templateSet.customText['xxxxx']"/> when saving or publishing the template in design mode.
• Resolved an issue that could cause orders exported to QuickBooks to incorrectly set the tax amount.
• Resolved an issue that could trigger a database error if the user clicked the Submit button multiple times when adding a customer.
• Resolved an issue in the XTE Add Invoice transaction that could cause an error when the transaction included the <status> element.
• Resolved an issue that caused invalid USPS shipping methods to appear on an invoice for package combinations that are ineligible for the displayed ship method. The invoice now displays only the ship methods that are valid for the package sizes of all of the invoice line items.
• Resolved an issue that prevented the USPS Label Option radio buttons on the Package Configuration page from being set to default values.
• Resolved an issue in which the State field in the UPS configuration page could become pre-populated with the full state name if the state name is defined on the General Preferences page.
• Resolved an incorrect duplicate product error message for Starter Stores.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the creation of multiple promotions if the user clicked the Submit button multiple times when creating a promotion.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error when submitting an XTE Store Provisioning update transaction with no shortname specified.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error if the user attempts to load a list page (e.g., Product List, Category List) after an unsuccessful login attempt.
• Improved error handling when importing products from comma-separated value (.csv) files if a column exceeds the specified length.
• Converted the discussion board URL in the Design Studio Design Guide to a hyperlink to the discussion board.
• Resolved an issue that caused an error when importing the ZZZ sample store (zzz.jar).
• Resolved an issue that caused an error when attempting to delete a manufacture or supplier that is associated with a product.
• Resolved an issue that caused a downgraded store to continue using a custom mail server setting instead of pulling the setting from System Administration.
• Resolved an issue in which a product added to the cart would not appear in the cart if the store used a dedicated URL and SSL on the shared URL.
• Improved Packing Algorithm for determining how to package products.
• Improved validation of credentials for PayPal Website Payments Pro.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error when exporting a store from an installation that has UPS enabled, then importing the store into an installation that does not have UPS enabled.
• Resolved an issue in which the shipping method for PayPal Postage was not carried over to PayPal.
• Resolved an issue in which the country of a supplier could be incorrectly reported, though recorded properly in the database.
• Resolved an issue in which eBay listings do not item specifics (attributes).
• Resolved an issue with the supplier connect module that could cause the supplier template to not appear when adding a supplier.
• Resolved an XTE issue in which the new theme elements <Fonts> and <ColorScheme> are not set to the values used in the XTE transaction when creating a store.
• Resolved an issue that would cause UPS WorldShip invoice export to contain all invoices if the user did not select either shipper (UPS or Merchant-Defined) during an export.
• Resolved an issue that caused an error when the user clicked the help link for the eBay Motors attributes section in the eBay template/listing wizard.
• Resolved an issue in which the Sales Tax District was not recognized if the Tax Basis was the Ship To address.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error in the case of a product attribute DownloadFileName that exceeded 60 characters.
• Resolved an issue in which an error appears when cancelling a subscription, though the cancellation does occur.
• Resolved an XTE issue in which a transaction that adds new business objects to replace deleted objects causes an update of the first re-added object instead of the addition of subsequent objects.
• Resolved an issue that caused the UPS copyright information to appear on the invoice even if the product is excluded from shipping charges.
• Resolved an issue on the Store Administration Home Configuration page in which the Featured Categories statistics display check box could become permanently disabled.
• Resolved an issue that could cause "The page cannot be displayed" to appear when a user stops a service on the Scheduled Services page.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error when running the Marketplaces Run Service for ALL stores on an installation that has multiple stores with all of the marketplaces activated.
• Resolved an issue that caused the shipping rate calculated on an invoice to be based on the Bill To address rather than the Ship To address if the customer applied a shipping promotion on the invoice.
• Resolved an issue in which a catalog list page from an external URL was returned in search results for a store that had been upgraded from a Starter Store.
• Resolved an issue in which the navigation pane in Design Studio Advanced Editor would incorrectly show a saved icon overlay for the header if the user modified the footer, or for the footer if the user modified the header, and the user saved the changes without publishing them.
• Resolved an issue that could cause System Monitor to display an incorrect IP address.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error message to appear when sending e-mail messages from a store if no e-mail address is specified on the General Preferences page.
• Resolved an issue in which QuickBooks format exports could appear in a comma-separated value (csv) format.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the name of a gift recipient to not carry over to PayPal during the PayPal Express Checkout.
• Resolved an issue that could cause incorrect application of promotions if the store locale is not en_US.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error when searching for featured products if no featured products exist.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error when the user has run the Marketplace run service and deletes an eligible store before the service has processed the deleted store.
• Resolved an issue that could cause slow loading of the Store Status page.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the Available Wizards image to not appear in Express and Starter stores on the Support manager landing page.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error when searching on a storefront for a deleted category.
• Resolved a Design Studio page loading problem in the FireFox Web browser.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the PayPal direct image to not appear when redirected from ProStores to PayPal.
• Resolved an issue that could cause errors when the customer attempts to check out with checkout redirect.
• Resolved an issue that could cause shipping rates provided by third-party shipping providers to fail to update if the Bill To or Ship To address information changes.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error if the user attempts to edit a deleted template set.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error if the user attempted to navigate to a Store Administration manager page and log in from that page.
• Improved handling of a storefront search if the search encounters an IOException.
• Resolved an issue that could cause incorrect calculation of a sub-total amount on an invoice in a Site Store.
• Resolved an issue that caused the omission of product dimensions when listing an item on eBay using calculated shipping with UPS as the shipper.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the Customer Profile page to display the customer's name in the Cardholder Name field if the payment method was "Check/Money Order".
• Resolved an issue that could cause an invalid company name length error when generating a FedEx shipping label.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the Store Administration Home page to display Low inventory products in the statistics section even if the Low inventory product display is disabled in the Store Administration Home Configuration page; clicking on the statistics link would open a blank page.
• Resolved an issue that could prevent the merchant from issuing a credit for shipping charges.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the use of incorrect sales tax rates.
• Resolved an issue that could prevent the user from modifying the tax code of an existing tax region.
• Resolved an issue that could cause an error in an eBay listing template in which the tag $templateset.images is used and the TemplateSet Type has not yet been set.