Magento has released its latest upgrade, version 1.4.0.0, bringing with it major improvements and all-new features. We at Big Eye Deers still believe it’s the best open source e-commerce technology on the market, and to say we’re excited about the possibilities it offers is an understatement!
Check out the functionality:
* Implemented 3D Secure credit card validation (Visa and Mastercard)
* Full reimplementation of PayPal modules, includes lot of new functionality and numerous bugfixes
* Full review of frontend themes, introduced design cross-package fallback and the base/default theme. Includes SEO and accessibility enhancements. Changes are oriented to dramatically reduce themes maintenance.
* Added ability to define arbitrary cache backends
* Optimized performance of sales reports, added new sales report typesAdded image/media uploader/browser, that can browse entire media folder
* Optimized performance of search indexer
* Made order processing workflow more informative and severe
* Reimplemented 404 and report pages, introduced 503 page, specifically for maintenance purposes
* Improved javascript files merging, added CSS files merging
* Added Widgets functionality, added several widgets out of the box
* Added Custom Variables functionality
* Added lot of new System Configuration optionsImproved order placement reliability
* Added WYSIWYG for CMS and Catalog
* Optimized cache initialization during startup
* Optimized export from grids in admin area
* Improved tax and discount totals calculation
* Replaced admin notification flash popup into a simple HTML overlay
* Implemented product and category URLs per store view
* Added ability to configure entry point using virtualhost environment configuration, rather than creating another physical entry point
* Optimized simple product view without custom options
