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Release Notes

Smartstore 5.0.4

New Features

  • PostgreSQL database support
  • SQLite database support
  • easyCredit plugin (commercial)
  • DependingPrices plugin (commercial). Enables configuration of prices depending on customer groups, language, store or customer number.
  • Embedded Base64 image offloader: finds embedded images in long HTML descriptions, extracts and saves them to the media storage.
  • New option for mail accounts to configure SMTP connection encryption.
  • New app system settings: UsePooledDbContextFactory, UseDbCache, UseSequentialDbDataReader
  • Database table statistics in System / System Info (row count, total space, used space)

Improvements

  • Memory management
    • Fixed several memory leaks
    • Disabled DbContext pooling (causes memory leaks)
    • New sequential data reader (disabled by default) uses significantly less memory than the built-in reader. Should be enabled if HTML descriptions are extremely large (> 1 MB).
    • More aggressive garbage collector
    • App now uses significantly less memory under heavy load
  • Added price settings for discount requirements to be validated in product lists.
  • Faster loading of product lists that contain bundles with per-item pricing.
  • MegaSearch:
    • A significant increase in search speed, especially when dealing with large amounts of data.
    • Faster indexing.
    • Word stemming configurable for all languages.
  • Added data-invariant attribute to number input controls
  • Closed #543 Google Category (GMC) always get lost when copying a product
  • Ajax request to external URLs do not add X-XSRF-Tokens anymore
  • Definition of several preselected product variant attribute values is now prohibited

Bugfixes

  • #557 If the state is optional for addresses, none should be preselected when creating them.
  • #608 Build DeleteGuestCustomers query with LINQ again.
  • Fixed ArgumentException "The source argument contains duplicate keys" in case of menus with duplicate system names.
  • Fixed SqlClient deadlock exception when resolving guest account by client identity.
  • MySQL: fixed migration failure when UTC_TIMESTAMP was used as default value for date columns.
  • High data payload:
    • Fixed InvalidOperationException "A second operation was started on this context instance before a previous operation completed" when opening category (and others) edit page.
    • Fixed many product tags blocks the loading of the product edit page due to initialization of the product tag selection box.
  • Fixed discount coupon code could not be applied in some cases.
  • PostFinance: fixed "The specified refund amount CHF needs to be rounded to a maximum of 2 decimal places".
  • Fixed ArgumentNullException in ProcessImageQuery.Add if name is null.
  • Fixed price adjustment of attributes was saved only with two decimal places.
  • Fixed missing inventory adjustment when the stock quantity was changed through product grid.
  • The link to remove a search filter must not contain a page index, otherwise inconsistent search results will occur.
  • Fixed InvalidCastException "Unable to cast object of type 'Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject' to type 'Smartstore.Core.Search.Facets.FacetGroup'" when OutputCache is active.
  • Category or manufacturer discount was not applied if no other changes were made to the category or manufacturer except for the discount assignment.
  • Cart rules assigned to a payment method were not applied in checkout.
  • MegaSearch: fixed a memory leak during indexing.
  • Fixed native validation for quantity inputs
  • Google Analytics: Fixed rendering of prices with thousands separator
  • #621 Cart item quantity couldn't be updated if cart item validation returned errors
  • #628 sort Triple DatePicker year descending
  • #622 Tab created with Event.cs does not work on Mobile.
  • FileManager: Files weren't displayed correctly in backend.
  • A product should be found by its SKU if there is a deleted product with identical SKU.
  • Links to assigned entities sometimes not displayed on rule edit page.

Smartstore 5.0.3

New Features

  • (DEV) New WebhookEndpointAttribute endpoint metadata. Suppresses creation of guest accounts for webhook calls.
  • PayPal:
    • Added a window to display PayPal account information for support issues
    • Added setting for upper limit for Pay Upon Invoice
    • Added option to turn off PayPal buttons on shopping cart page

Improvements

  • Allows to delete and filter assignments of customers to customer roles that were automatically created by a rule.

Bugfixes

  • Installation: changing database connection settings has no effect until app restart
  • Fixed HTTP 400 BadRequest issue on saving AJAX grid changes
  • Web API:
    • Fixed wrong $metadata configuration of System.String[] as a complex type instead of ICollection<string>.
    • Fixed InvalidOperationException in Microsoft.OData.Client using MediaFiles and MediaFolders endpoints.
    • Fixed InvalidOperationException in Microsoft.OData.Client "An unexpected 'StartObject' node was found for property named 'Size' when reading from the JSON reader. A 'PrimitiveValue' node was expected.".
  • Output Cache:
    • Invoking CookieManager view component throws because antiforgery token cannot be written
  • Theming
    • Fixed top description displayed instead of bottom description on manufacturer page.
    • Instant search must not display default thumbs if ShowProductImagesInInstantSearch is disabled.
    • Fixed AOS init problem
    • Multiple file uploader instances in a single page did not work
    • Product box in listings must not close when entering the bottom action drop
  • Selected tabs were no longer remembered across requests
  • Fixed NullReferenceException when deleting a shopping cart item.
  • Fixed export file count was always 0 in export profile list.
  • Fixed FileNotFoundException when uploading an import file.
  • PayPal: Fixed error that occurs when shipping fees were to high for initially authorized order amount
  • Fixed reward points calculation
  • #602 Implemented server side validation of payment data
  • #603 Fixed after payment validation failure the data entry form is resetted.
  • Fixed CheckoutState change tracking issues
  • Fixed IBAN radio button issue when using direct debit offline payment.
  • Avoids deals label in product lists if the current date is not within the date range of an assigned discount.
  • #612 Emails are sent with the email priority low
  • Fixed problem with media display for variant attribute combinations
  • Billiger: fixed export profile configuration must not contain store scope selection

Smartstore 5.0.2

Breaking Changes

  • (DEV) Product.ProductPictures renamed to ProductMediaFiles

New Features

  • Updated to .NET 7
  • Web API plugin
  • Stripe Elements plugin
  • BeezUp (commercial plugin)
  • ElmarShopInfo (commercial plugin)
  • Shopwahl (commercial plugin)
  • CartApproval (commercial plugin)
  • New app setting: DbDefaultSchema
  • (DEV) New action filter attribute DisallowRobotAttribute

Improvements

  • ~10 % faster app startup and TTFB
  • ~10 % less RAM usage
  • Significantly faster attribute combination scanning for large combination sets (1.000+)

Bugfixes

  • LocaleStringResource table could contain many dupe records.
  • Rule sets were not applied to shipping methods in checkout.
  • ArgumentNullException when deleting an image assignment on product edit page.
  • Despite activated export profile option per store no records were exported to a separate file.
  • Sometimes Page Builder reveal effects did not run on page load, only on windows resize.
  • Product details showed wrong related products.
  • Fixed wrong implementation of ByRegionTaxProvider
  • Fixed product linkage of product detail ask question message
  • Fixed password change issue with user records without username
  • Settings couldn't be saved in several places (in migrated shop)
  • Fixed add required products automatically
  • DbCache:
    • Fix "Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute"
    • Fix "Index was outside the bounds of the array"
  • #577 PdfSettings.Enabled displayed twice and PdfSettings.LetterPageSizeEnabled was missing.
  • Topics which are rendered as widgets were published to sitemap
  • Redirection problems with changing language & ContactUs page
  • Multistore settings couldn't be saved
  • File upload for a product attribute is no longer possible once another attribute has been changed.
  • Fixes NullReferenceException when placing an order with an invalid email display name.
  • Fixed link generation issue: pathBase is stripped when target endpoint requires culture code
  • Fixed DbUpdateException when deleting a customer address via backend.
  • Routing: non-slug, unlocalized system routes did not redirect to localized route
  • UrlRewriter: fixed greedy matching (/en/ should not match /men/)
  • Fixed RuleSets could not be added or removed from a shipping method.
  • Fixed wrong SKU in order XML export if the order contains multiple variants of the same product.
  • Fixed payment fee was always displayed in primary currency in checkout.
  • Several PayPal fixes

Smartstore 5.0.1

Breaking Changes

  • (DEV) Product.OldPrice renamed to ComparePrice

New Features

  • Pricing & GDPR
    • Compliance with Omnibus Directive
      • Product reviews: display a Verified Purchase badge
      • Label crossed out compare prices with "Lowest" or "Lowest recent price"
    • Free configuration of compare price labels, e.g. "MSRP", "Regular", "Before", "Instead of", "Lowest" etc.
    • Discount badges, e.g. "Deal", "Limited offer", "Black Friday" etc.
    • Offer countdown, e.g. "Ends in 2 days, 3 hours"
    • New pricing settings
      • Always display retail price
      • Default compare price label
      • Default regular price label
      • Offer price replaces regular price
      • Always display retail price
      • Show offer countdown remaining hours
      • Show offer badge
      • Show offer badge in lists
      • Show saving badge in lists
      • Offer badge label
      • Offer badge style
      • Limited offer badge label
      • Limited offer badge style
      • Show price label in lists
      • Show retail price saving
  • EmailReminder (commercial plugin)
  • DirectOrder (commercial plugin)
  • Billiger.de (commercial plugin)
  • Google Remarketing (commercial plugin)
  • File Manager (commercial plugin)
  • GiroCode (commercial plugin)
  • IPayment (commercial plugin)
  • PayPal
    • Added RatePay widget
    • Added Pay per invoice payment method
    • Added PayPal onboarding to module configuration (handles simple configuration via direct email login without the need to create an app on the PayPal developer page).
  • cXmlPunchout (commercial plugin)
  • OCI Punchout (commercial plugin)
  • BizUrlMapper (commercial plugin)
  • Added Barcode encoding and generation infrastructure:
    • Can encode: EAN, QRCode, UPCA, UPCE, Aztec, Codabar, Code128, Code39, Code93, DataMatric, KixCode, PDF417, RoyalMail, TwoToFive
    • Can generate: Image (any type), SVG drawing
  • MediaManager: display image IPTC and EXIF metadata
  • MediaManager: added internal admin comment field
  • (DEV) New TagHelpers
    • sm-suppress-if-empty: suppresses tag output if child content is empty (due to some conditional logic).
    • sm-suppress-if-empty-zone: suppresses parent tag output if a specified child zone is empty or whitespace.
  • (DEV) Embedded/Inline mail attachments
  • (DEV) Localized entity metadata: ILocalizedEntityDescriptorProvider, ILocalizedEntityLoader
  • (DEV) New setting SmtpServerTimeout in appsettings.json

Improvements

  • Increased performance
    • Faster app startup
    • ~100 MB less memory usage after app start
  • FLEX theme: pure CSS responsive tabs (tabs transform to accordion on screens smaller than md)
  • Sticky image gallery in product detail
  • (DEV) New methods: TabFactory InsertBefore(),InsertAfter(), InsertBeforeAny(), InsertAfterAny(), InsertAt()
  • (DEV) New attribute for tab TagHelper: sm-hide-if-empty
  • (DEV) New rendering extension method: IHtmlContent.HasValue()
  • (DEV) New rendering extension method: IHtmlHelper.RenderZoneAsync()
  • (DEV) DataGrid row editing: handle prefixed controls correctly (e.g. "CustomProperties")
  • Additional fees are not allowed by PayPal, therefore removed the feature
  • Added cacheable routes for Google Analytics widgets
  • (DEV) Made MediaImporter more generic
  • Removed preconfigured Google Fonts retrieval from Google servers from themes AlphaBlack & AlphaBlue

Bugfixes

  • LocalFile did not implement CreateFileAsync() correctly, which led to PackageInstaller, PageBuilder thumbnail cache and PublicFolderPublisher throwing NotImplementedException
  • Media legacy url redirection did not work: TemplateMatcher does not evaluate inline constraints anymore
  • MediaManager always displayed current date instead of file's last updated date
  • MegaMenu: fixed badge styling issues
  • Fixed "Unknown schema or invalid link expression 'mailto:...'
  • Memory cache: parallel key enumeration sometimes failed
  • Fixed Google Analytics number formatting issues
  • Several fixes for laying Emails on a local directory
  • Removed payment fee configuration from PayPal plugin
  • Fixed Drag&Drop of images for HTML-Editor
  • Fixed saving of emails on disk
  • After installation of modules with custom Sass imports: bundle disk cache was not invalidated
  • #539 Fixed flickering on hovering over product image on product detail page
  • #552 <meta itemprop="availability"..> should not be rendered twice
  • Fixed theme preview tool display
  • Fixed creating of SeoSlugs with special chars for installation

Smartstore 5.0.0

Smartstore 5 is a port of Smartstore 4 - which is based on the classic .NET Framework 4.7.2 - to the new ASP.NET Core 6 platform.

Highlights

  • Smartstore 5 is now cross-platform and supports Linux and macOS alongside Microsoft Windows. This means that Smartstore can be run on almost any hosting server, whether dedicated, cloud or shared.
  • In addition to Microsoft SQL Server, Smartstore now supports MySQL. PostgreSQL is in planning and will follow soon.
  • Smartstore 5 is one of the fastest out-of-the-box e-commerce solutions in the world! A small store with less than 1,000 items and a few dozen categories can achieve an average Time to First Byte (TTFB) of far below 100 milliseconds... even without output cache or other performance measures.
    • Compared to Smartstore 4, 10x faster in some areas
    • Significantly less memory consumption (approx. 50%)
    • Even low-cost (cloud) hosting delivers high performance
  • Powerful DataGrid in the backend
    • Developed in-house, no more 3rd party libaries with annoying license restrictions
    • Intuitive, feature-rich and flexible
    • Supports row selection, multi-column sorting, column reordering, column toggling, paging etc.
    • Grid state is persisted in browser's local storage and restored on page refresh
    • Search filter expressions: run complex search queries, e.g. (*jacket or *shirt) and !leather*
    • (DEV) datagrid TagHelper which lets you control every aspect of the grid
  • Frontend & backend facelifting
  • Create, manage and restore database backups in the backend
  • More external authentication providers: Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn coming soon
  • Advanced settings for image processing: compression, quality, response caching etc.

Breaking or Significant Changes

  • Blog, News, Forum and Polls are now external commercial plugins
  • No support for Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition (SQLCE) anymore
  • Payment providers need to be reconfigured (API Key etc.)

Project Status

  • Except for the WebApi plugin, the open source Community Edition has been fully ported (WebApi will follow soon)
  • Already ported commercial plugins:
    • Azure
    • BMEcat
    • Common Export Providers
    • Content Slider
    • ETracker
    • GDPR
    • Guenstiger
    • Media Manager
    • Mega Menu
    • Mega Search
    • Mega Search Plus
    • OpenTrans
    • Order Number Formatter
    • Output Cache
    • PageBuilder
    • PdfExport
    • PostFinance
    • Redis
    • SearchLog
    • Skrill
    • Sofortueberweisung
    • TinyImage
    • TrustedShops
    • UrlRewriter
    • Other commercial plugins developed by Smartstore will follow soon
  • Obsolete plugins that will not be ported:
    • AccardaKar
    • BizImporter
    • EasyCredit
    • NewsImporter
    • LeGuide Shopwahl

Development

  • No proprietary Unit of Work & Repository Pattern anymore: gave up IDbContext and IRepository<T> in favor of DbContext and DbSet<T>
  • Less and more lightweight service classes by removing all generic CRUD stuff
  • Much easier plugin development
  • Async function calls all the way through
  • Database schema did not change and therefore remains backward compatible. Still we STRONGLY recommend to create a backup before upgrading
  • Extremely powerful widget system
  • Large TagHelper library with 50+ custom helpers
  • On-demand deployment of native libraries via NuGet
  • Custom entities in plugin projects can now define navigation properties to entities in the application core