AbanteCart version 1.4.0

Key Highlights:

1. Introducing the Novator Template:
   • Sleek, modern design
   • Features a mega menu, filtered navigation, and more
   • Built on the latest Bootstrap 5 and cutting-edge JavaScript libraries
   • Includes support for dark mode
2. Payment Gateway and Merchant Services Updates:
   • Essential updates to ensure seamless transactions and compatibility
3. Code Restructuring and Optimization:
   • Optimization for PHP v8.3
   • Significant enhancements for better performance and maintainability

Core:

• Updates to support for php8.3
• Global attributes text ID for values
• Support for AVIF images
• aResource minor improvement
• Multiple order status support in downloads
• URL encoded default form enctype.
• Support configuration for phone regex pattern.
• cache related fix to product/category/collection/manufacturers
• changed default value of "block framed"
• added silent mode for sending emails
• removed fax field
• Bug fixes

Admin:

• Ability to create new page Layout
• Out of stock minimum threshold notification
• Updated jQuery version 3.71
• Improvement of settings page for extensions
• Template related settings moved to appearance settings.
• jqGrid history cookie fix

Storefront:

• Bootstrap 5 base template is now set as default
• Improvement to fast checkout
• Multi-page checkout is now deprecated and fast checkout is a default
• Product listing filtering
• Improvements to category tree.
• Recently viewed products block
• Update reCapture on create account page
• embed features update
• contact us page fix for attachments
• Manage custom categories in the menu
• New theme/template Novator.

Extensions:

• Paypal upgrade to latest requirements.
• Update to UPS with new auth.
• Stripe SDK update.
• Authorize.net SDK update
• Update CardConnect endpoints
• CardKnox fix
• Fedex multi-currency fix.

What's Changed

• Replacement model of product to SKU by @dedblood94 in #1613
• Model to SKU by @dedblood94 in #1615
• Fix text basket by @dedblood94 in #1617
• admin: ACORN-155. Added price modifier & price prefix into global att… by @abolabo in #1618
• ACORN-104 Done add products counter on brands by @dedblood94 in #1621
• Acorn 104 by @dedblood94 in #1623
• Change checkout confirm hook, add order_product_id in checkout model and change key to product key in order class by @handoyo in #1624
• admin: added field price with tax into product edit form. #1625 by @abolabo in #1626
• Separate guest and logged in user order cancellation URL by @handoyo in #1630
• 1.3.5 ups test by @abolabo in #1634
• Delete account fax on create by @dedblood94 in #1633
• Account fix field by @dedblood94 in #1636
• Acorn 65 by @dedblood94 in #1639
• Acorn 307 by @dedblood94 in #1638
• Acorn 307 by @dedblood94 in #1641
• Acorn 307 by @dedblood94 in #1642
• Acorn 307 by @dedblood94 in #1644
• ACORN-252 Download status upgrade by @dedblood94 in #1643
• Acorn 252 by @dedblood94 in #1645
• Acorn 252 by @dedblood94 in #1646
• Acorn 307 by @dedblood94 in #1647
• Acorn 252 by @dedblood94 in #1648
• bugfix by @viral16d in #1649
• Novator TM-tab-active-change by @TemplateManiacs in #1651
• Update response/product/calculateTotal by @handoyo in #1650
• TM-Fa icons to BI changes by @TemplateManiacs in #1652
• add additional hook to storefront order history page1.3.5 by @handoyo in #1653
• megha menu static code add by @Srthemesvilla in #1654
• add new hook to admin order detail and invoice by @handoyo in #1656
• Acorn 252 by @dedblood94 in #1657
• Acorn 252 by @dedblood94 in #1660
• mega menu changes by @Srthemesvilla in #1655
• ACORN-902 fix status show by @dedblood94 in #1661
• Acorn 902 by @dedblood94 in #1663
• Acorn 901 by @dedblood94 in #1666
• Acorn 901 by @dedblood94 in #1667
• ACORN-908 button add store fix in settings by @dedblood94 in #1668
• add hook in forms manager and move content contact init hook by @handoyo in #1670
• add bs5 custom blocks to extension forms manager by @dedblood94 in #1669
• add hook to order details page near view invoice button by @handoyo in #1671
• Bs5 1632 Fix form manager block by @dedblood94 in #1677
• Acorn 912 by @dedblood94 in #1676
• Bs5 1632 fix margin custom form block by @dedblood94 in #1679
• Acorn 912 recently view block fix by @dedblood94 in #1678
• ACORN-920 update lightbox library and fix bugs in extensions by @dedblood94 in #1682
• Acorn 912 by @dedblood94 in #1680
• 1672 layouts form block condition rebuild by @dedblood94 in #1685
• add hooks to sf account block, change paypal $data become $this->data, and return stripe update intent by @handoyo in #1683
• Replace Travis CI with github actions with both MySQL and MariaDB by @grooverdan in #1688
• mariadb version in github actions by @grooverdan in #1689
• ci: add minimium MariaDB/MySQL versions by @grooverdan in #1691
• 1.4.0 product filter by @abolabo in #1692
• add new hooks under blurb and sale badge by @handoyo in #1699
• 1.4.0 by @abantecart in #1700

New Contributors

• @dedblood94 made their first contribution in #1613
• @viral16d made their first contribution in #1649
• @TemplateManiacs made their first contribution in #1651
• @Srthemesvilla made their first contribution in #1654
• @grooverdan made their first contribution in #1688

Full Changelog: 1.3.4...1.4.0