SOTESHOP 8.2.6 Online Store
15/02/2024
A new version of the SOTESHOP 8.2.6 online store has been released. Since the last update, we have introduced a total of 48 improvements, including many new SOTE AI features using artificial intelligence such as: generating manufacturer descriptions, categories, new translations, and generating photos with AI. A new version of the cookies bar has also been released, related to Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, regarding the change of consent mode - Consent Mode v2, as well as many other updates and improvements.
List of changes in SOTESHOP version 8.2.6
- VAT rates: Updated VAT rates for Estonia, Czech Republic, and Malta.
- Compatibility module: Changed default version of the cookie banner on the store's website. Currently, newly installed stores have version 3 of the banner selected.
- Banners: Changes in language versions of banners in the administrative panel.
- SOTE AI: Added AI translations for blog and categories in the store's panel.
- All graphic themes: Ability to change the color of the product option button on the product card.
- Inpost courier: Improvements to the package creation mechanism for POP points.
- Translations: Improvements for the English version in the store's administrative panel.
- Administrative panel: Correction of displaying logged-in administrator of the panel.
- Cosmo Theme: Fix for displaying the search engine background.
- Language versions: Fix for redirecting to the default language version when visiting a page with an inactive or unsupported language version.
- Cart: Fix for issues after displaying the contents of the cart with products for which options were added after adding them to the cart.
- Google Ads Remarketing: Fixes for the order of event calls after updating consents. Disabling events when the module is turned off.
- Banners: Fix for loading banners during store installation.
- Website pages: Fix for the mechanism of saving an informational page from the administrative panel.
- Blog: Fix for the size of generated images for blog posts.
- Export to SOTESHOP XML file: Fixes for the mechanism of adding products to the xml file.
- Banners: Fixes for displaying a banner when its height is below 200px.
- Allegro: Fixes for saving an offer as a draft.
- Import / export of products: Fix for importing a csv file when it contains empty lines.
- Google Tag Manager: Fix for displaying an empty container when standard Google Analytics integration is enabled in the store.
- Wholesalers: Update of integration with "Best for Infants" wholesaler. Fix for pricing surcharges.
- Przelewy24 Payments: Fix for automatic payment booking.
- Google Ads Remarketing and Conversion: Fix for the functionality of the event of adding a product to the cart.
- SOTE AI: Added the ability to translate: categories, manufacturers, banners, product groups, informational pages, order statuses, and deliveries.
- SOTE AI: Added AI support for store positioning assistance mechanisms. Ability to generate meta tags for: products, blog posts, categories, manufacturers.
- Products: Fix for displaying the product interest window. The window is always on the top layer, so it is not hidden under other elements.
- Graphic theme: New Electro graphic theme as standard for the store.
- SOTE AI: Added the ability to generate manufacturer description using artificial intelligence.
- Products: Default enabling of the product interest option for new store installations.
- SEO: Fix for the lack of automatic SEO data generation when no "Display Options" are selected in the SEO section.
- SOTE AI: Added the ability to generate and translate page titles and descriptions for SEO on informational pages.
- Passo theme: Fix in the theme configuration regarding changing the color of categories on the homepage.
- Google Tag Manager: Fix for passing the product name for purchase events for Google.
- Products: Fix for displaying the recently viewed and watched products feature on mobile devices.
- Cosmo theme: Fixes in the graphics configuration for link colors on hover and the filtering field for manufacturers.
- Products: Updated text for the product interest module.
- Manufacturers: Fix for the appearance of the manufacturer page with description and no manufacturer logo in the store.
- Blog: Fixing the display of gallery images in a blog post.
- Product options: Fixing the display of the module in the store panel.
- Language versions: Fixing link redirection for older modifications.
- SOTE AI: Generating images for blog posts.
- Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager: Implementing the required Consent Mode v2 by Google.
- Administration panel: Changing the script for loading images in the store panel.
- SOTE AI: Updating the method of adding an image created by artificial intelligence to a blog post.
- Recurring import: Fixing the function of reactivating inactive product options.
- Orders: Fixing the mechanism of saving the pick-up point address in the customer's address data after placing an order.
- Order: Fixing the calculation of delivery costs based on weight.
- SEO: Updating the title and meta tags for the SEO tab in category editing.
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