I’ve long loved the original Vanilla forum by Mark O’Sullivan, but I’ve got to say that the new Garden and Vanilla 2 release has bowled me over. Although still in BETA I was so excited about using it in my latest project that I sat down and wrote a module for Prestashop to allow you to provide a slick single sign-on to both the store and the forum — utilising the SSO plugin that comes with Vanilla 2.
Category: Site News
Updates on things I’ve worked on and bits and pieces of news on technology I find interesting from around the web.
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Vanilla 2 and Prestashop
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Revisiting the PayPal Beta Module
Well I discovered that I had two motivations for revisiting PayPal payments in Prestashop this week. One is a new site that I’m working on for a client (more news on that later) and the other is that I discovered I had some free time in between the festivities. Well, not really free time but I managed to squeeze in a few hours at the keyboard anyway.
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AddStuff is almost 1 Year old!!
Who would have believed it! Well to celebrate, and also to fix a few problems it’s recently been updated. You can grab the latest version, as always, from the Addstuff page
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Yet another Google Base update 0.6.3
Get noticed in Google Product Search
It’s been a busy week here but I’ve still found time for the Google Base module which has jumped another few revisions to 0.6.3.
As usual I strongly recommend you test this before use in a production environment
Changes
Version 0.6.3
- File IO modified again to reduce risk of timeouts
- Added g:weight attribute when weight is non-zero for product
- Added g:product_type attribute based on product categories
- Changed description input to textarea
- Added config entry for output filename on server
- Added advanced settings to allow a feed to be generated for another site
- Added compatibility with 1.2beta (provisional)
- Improved error checking for permissions issues
Why not check it out via our Free Prestashop Modules Page
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General news update
I’ve been rather busy lately on other projects so updates on this site have sadly been few and far between. With the release of PrestaShop 1.2 coming up though there has been some work done, and yet more in progress to update the modules on this site to this new version. The Google Base module has been updated slightly, and there are many more fixes and feature updates to go. If you wish to test the pre-release versions then you can do so by joining in the discussion in the Google Base forum thread on the PrestaShop site.
There will also be an update to the v2 Paypal Module and Addstuff modules in the coming weeks, and this site will be undergoing some maintenance so we can look to add some great new features in the future….
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Updated Google Base Module to v0.5
Google Base Module Update
I’ve just recently updated the original Google Base module (to v0.5) with a few enhancements that should hopefully help those who may have had issues with the previous version.
**Please note that due to changes in PrestShop core classes that this module will not work with the latest 1.2beta3 version** In order for this module to work with the 1.2beta3 version you must use the corresponding beta version which will also be available from the product page Google Base Module.
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Adverts and Callouts module updated to version 1.2
In an ongoing effort to keep all our modules up to date, a new version of of advertising module has been created to address differences in the admin tab architecture in PrestaShop 1.1. The older version was displaying view and edit links against each of the adverts, rather than edit and delete links.
An updated version of the PrestaShop Random adverts and Callouts module is now available.
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PrestaShop 1.1 Beta 2 is now on public release
This is a translation from the PrestaShop official Blog article
This long-awaited version brings new features and bug fixes, detailed in the following list:
New Features
Back-office
General
- Complete Statistics System (PrestaShop Statistics ™)
- CSV Import System (similar to Excel)
- Improvements in billing system (numbers and names for invoices)
- Acceleration of TinyMCE through PHP Compressor
- Ability to access your store (with specified IP address) when in maintenance mode
- Ability to create a discount coupon valid only for one or more categories
- Modules can be disabled without un-installing them
- Ability to send a coupon to your customers on their birthday
- Improvements to configuration of payment modules (filtering by currency, zones)
- Product Search by reference
- Search orders via the Cart ID (used in some payment modules as the reference)
Products
- Ability to enter the location in your warehouse
- Ability to set the purchase price for a product group
Admin
- Create a delivery for every order
- Managment of pre-defined messages to your customers
- Ability to refund shipping
- Display of the total weight of the order in detail
Front-office
General
- Creation of “Wish” lists
- Customer loyalty/reward facility
- Content Manager for static pages (GCS, Legal …)
- Management of meta-tags for all pages
Cart
- Displaying the latest product added
- Displaying the remaining purchase amount required for free shipping
Categories
- Added a linked image to highlight a set of products – “scene”
Products
- Customizable Products (photos, text)
- Management of customer product reviews
- Watermarks on product images
- Improved information display relating to availability
- New SEO URL that takes into account the category in which the product is placed (eg / category/24-product.html)
Documentation
- MySQL Workbench physical model Database (MPD)
Bug fixes and updates
In addition, many bugs were fixed including the PayPal module, with the help of the community! The following tools used by PrestaShop have also been updated: jQuery, TinyMCE, FPDF
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Random Advert Module for PrestaShop Updated (v1.1)
Thanks to a user report (thank you Bach!) a bug was identified in our Adverts module that prevented it working in the left column. We’ve issued an update that should sort out the error.
An updated version of the PrestaShop Random adverts and Callouts module is now available.
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PrestaShop Boasts Great New Features in Version 1.1
Hot on the heels of the recent PrestaShop Developer Resources Announcement we thought it would be a good idea to look at some of the great new features that the forthcoming 1.1 RC1 PrestaShop release will bring to the store owner.
The main improvements (apart from some long awaited bug fixes, and core improvements) are a fantastic set of new features to further enhance the appearance and usability of PrestaShop.
The major Back Office improvements come with the release of the statistics modules, and I can assure you that if this is a feature you feel has been missing in the past, it certainly won’t disappoint.
Some nice examples of what to expect:
Main Statistics Screen 
Visitor Demographics 
Visitor Browser and Operating System Along with these Back Office improvements there are a number of Front Office additions that further enhance the usability of your site from the customer’s perspective. The main highlights are:
- Customer Wish List
- Rewards scheme (offering loyalty discount points)
- Customer referrals (affiliate) scheme
- Facility to offer a “Birthday” present to your customers!
PrestaShop is truly developing intot he most user and owner firendly open source shopping cart solution out there.
