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7/31/2019 Whats New in Pre Stash Op v1 5

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PrestaTraining.comTheEasyWaytoLearnAuthor:

AdrianNethercott

[WHATSNEWINPRESTASHOP1.5]PrestaShopv1.5isalmostfinished! IthasaredesignedBackOfficeand

FrontOffice,

the

long

awaited

multiple

shops

feature

and

many

more

improvements. Readonformoreinformationaboutwhathaschanged.


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TableofContentsInstaller...................................................................................................................................................3

BackOffice..............................................................................................................................................4

LoginScreen........................................................................................................................................4

NewDesign.........................................................................................................................................4

CatalogTab.........................................................................................................................................6

CustomersTab..................................................................................................................................12

OrdersTab.........................................................................................................................................13

PaymentTab.....................................................................................................................................15

ShippingTab......................................................................................................................................17

StatsTab............................................................................................................................................19

ModulesTab.....................................................................................................................................20

EmployeesTab..................................................................................................................................21

PreferencesTab................................................................................................................................23

StockTab...........................................................................................................................................24

ToolsTab...........................................................................................................................................27

ShopsTab..........................................................................................................................................28

AccountingTab.................................................................................................................................30

FrontOffice

...........................................................................................................................................

32

NewDesign.......................................................................................................................................32

Header...............................................................................................................................................33

PermanentLinksBlock..................................................................................................................33

CurrencyBlock..............................................................................................................................33

LanguageBlock.............................................................................................................................34

SearchBlock..................................................................................................................................34

CartBlock

......................................................................................................................................

34

TopHorizontalMenu....................................................................................................................35

Columns............................................................................................................................................36

CategoriesBlock............................................................................................................................36

LayeredNavigationModule..........................................................................................................37

ContactBlock................................................................................................................................37

Footer................................................................................................................................................38

ReassuranceModule.....................................................................................................................38

SocialBlock....................................................................................................................................39


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MyAccountBlockonFooterModule...........................................................................................39

ContactInformationBlock............................................................................................................40

HomePage........................................................................................................................................40

ImageSliderModule.....................................................................................................................40

ProductPage.....................................................................................................................................42

FavoriteProductsModule............................................................................................................42

ShareonFacebookModule..........................................................................................................43

ProductCommentsModule..........................................................................................................43

SendtoaFriendModule...............................................................................................................44

RegistrationPage..............................................................................................................................45

CustomerDataPrivacyModule....................................................................................................45

OrderPage........................................................................................................................................45


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InstallerWhenyoufirstrunthePrestaShopv1.5installer(Figure1),youwillnoticethatitlooks

identical

to

the

PrestaShop

v1.4

installer,

except

that

you

now

have

the

option

to

send

anonymoususagedatatoPrestaShop.

Thedifferenceisthatinthelaststep(Figure2),afteralltheconfigurationsettingshave

beenentered,thePrestaShopinstallerwilldisplaytheprogresswhileitisinstalling. Thisis

muchmoreinformativethanjustclickingandwaitingforthepagetoreload,hopingthat

nothinghasgonewrong.

Figure1


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BackOfficeLoginScreenAfteryouvefinishedinstallingPrestaShopv1.5andyouclicktheBackOfficelink,youwill

seethat

the

login

page

has

been

redesigned.

Follow

the

instructions

to

delete

the

installer

andrenametheadmindirectory(Figure3),thenyoullbeabletologinusingtheaccount

youcreatedintheinstaller(Figure4).

Officelink,youwill

seethat

the

login

page

has

been

redesigned.

Follow

the

instructions

to

delete

the

installer

andrenametheadmindirectory(Figure3),thenyoullbeabletologinusingtheaccount

youcreatedintheinstaller(Figure4).

NewDesignNewDesign

Afterlogging

in

to

the

Back

Office,

you

will

first

notice

that

its

been

completely

redesigned

(Figure5).

Afterlogging

in

to

the

Back

Office,

you

will

first

notice

that

its

been

completely

redesigned

(Figure5).

Figure2

Figure3Figure4


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Itnowhasafullwidthlayoutinsteadofafixedlayout,soeverythingresizestofitthe

browserwindow. Secondlevelandthirdleveltabsarenowdisplayedverticallyinsteadof

horizontally,sothattheydontwrapontotwolines.

Inthetopleftcorner,thereisanotificationbarthattellsyouhowmanyneworders,

customersandmessageshavecomeinsinceyoulastcheckedandletsyouviewthem.

Belowthemaintabsisanewbarthatdisplaysalltheactionsthatapplytothecurrentpage.

Whenthepageisscrolleddown,theactionbarturnssemitransparentandfloatsatthetop

ofthepage,sothattheactionsarealwaysvisible. Also,asemitransparentuparrow

appearsinthebottomrightcornerofthepage.Whenclicked,thepageautomatically

scrollsbackuptothetopofthepage.

Together,allthesenewfeaturesmakeiteasiertonavigatePrestaShopandkeepupdatedon

thelatest

orders,

customers

and

messages.

Aftercoming

to

grips

with

the

new

Back

Office

design,

you

will

next

notice

that

there

are

manynewfeaturesinPrestaShopv1.5.

Figure5


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CatalogTabWhenyoueditaproductontheCatalog>Productstab,youwillseemanynewoptionsto

customisetheproduct.

OntheInformationstab,thereisanewoptiontodisplayoneoftheproductsimagesin

theproductdescriptionbyspecifyingatagandenteringitinthedescription(Figure6).

WhentheVirtualproducttypeisselected,youwillseethatitsnowpossibletohavea

virtualproductwithoutanassociatedfile(Figure7),andtheresanewoptiontomakethe

linkshareable,soacustomercanlettheirfriendsdownloadtheproduct.

Figure6

Figure7


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OnthePricestab,itisnowpossibletosetaspecificpricejustforasinglecustomer(Figure

8).

Onthe

Images

tab,

you

can

drag

images

up

and

down

to

change

their

order.

Also,

multipleimagescannowbeuploadedatatimeandaprogressbarisdisplayed(Figure9).

OntheCombinationstab,youllbeabletouploadadifferentvirtualproductforeach

combinationinsteadofjustonefortheentireproductlikebefore(Figure10).

Figure8

Figure10

Figure9


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OntheQuantitiestab,thereisanewadvancedstockmanagementoption(Figure11)that

allowsthequantitiestobeautomaticallydeterminedfromwarehousesyoucreateonthe

Warehousestab(Figure12). Thereisalsoanewinterfacethatmakesiteasierto

manuallyupdatethequantitiesofeachcombination.

Figure11

Figure12


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OntheSupplierstab(Figure13),youwillseethataproductcannowhavemultiple

supplierswithadefaultsupplier,andtheresanewinterfacethatmakesiteasytoupdateall

thecombinationpricesandsupplierreferences.

Finally,the

Accounting

tab

(Figure

14)

lets

you

enter

the

products

accounting

number

in

eachzone,whichisusedwhengeneratingaccountingreports.

Figure13

Figure14


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WhenyouaddanewattributegroupontheCatalog>AttributesandGrouptab,youwillsee

thereisnowtheoptiontodisplaytheattributegroupasaSelectdropdownmenuoras

radiobuttons(Figure15).

Figure16showstheFrontOfficeviewofyourselections.

Figure15

Figure16


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ThereisanewCatalog>Catalogpricerulestabthatletsyouassignpricereductionsby

category,manufacturer,supplier,attributeorfeature(Figure17).

Figure17


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CustomersTabOntheCustomers>Groupstab(Figure18),youcannowspecifywhetheracustomergroup

canseeproductprices,andrestrictwhichpaymentmethodsandmodulesthegroupcan

use.

Figure19showshowthenewCustomers>Genderstabletsyoucustomisethegender

optionswhencustomerssignup. Previously,theywerehardcodedasMr,MsandMiss.

Figure18

Figure19


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OrdersTabOntheOrders>Orderstab(Figure20),youcannow:

1. Edittheorderproductpricesandquantities2. Adddiscountvouchersaftertheorderhascompleted3. Applypartialrefunds

Figure21showsthattheOrderstabwillalsoallowyoutomanuallygenerateanewinvoice

fortheorder.

Figure20

Figure21


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ThePDFinvoicehasalsobeenredesigned. OntheOrders>Invoicestab,youcannow

customisethefootertextatthebottomoftheinvoice(Figure22).

Figure23showsyouthenewoptiontohaveabusinesstobusinessstyleinvoice.

Figure22

Figure23


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TheOrders>PDFtabhastheoptiontousethediskasacachetosavememory,butdoingthis

slowstherenderingprocess(Figure24).

PaymentTabOnthePayment>Taxestab(Figure25),youcannowsetanaccountingnumberforeach

tax,whichisusedwhengeneratingaccountingreports.

ThePayment >TaxRulestab,showninFigure26,hastheoptiontosetazipcoderangeand

descriptiononeachtaxrule. Italsoletsyouchoosethetaxbehaviourifanaddressmatches

multiplerulesascombiningthetaxesoraddingthemoneaftertheother.

Figure24

Figure25

Figure26


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ThePayment>VoucherstabhasnowbeenrenamedtobethePayment>CartRulestab

(Figure27).

Thereisnowtheoptiontoregenerateanewvoucherwiththeremainingamountafteran

orderiscompleted,whereasbefore,thecustomeralwayslosttheremainingamount. You

canalsosetapriorityoneachvoucher,whichdeterminestheorderthatvouchersare

appliedifmultiplevouchersareappliedtoasingleorder.

Figure28showsthatwhensettingtheminimumorderamountforavoucher,youcannow

choosewhether

shipping

should

be

excluded

from

the

amount.

You

can

restrict

the

voucherbycountry,carrier,customergroupandproduct.

Figure27

Figure28


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Youcanalsochoosewhetherthediscountappliestothetotalorderamountwithout

shipping,aspecificproduct,thecheapestproductortoselectedproducts(Figure29).

Lastly,youcanusetheSendafreegiftoptiontoreceiveaspecificproductforfreewhen

usingthevoucher.

ShippingTabOntheShipping>Carrierstab,youcannowchoosetosortthecarriersbypositionorprice

ascendingordescending(Figure30).

Figure29

Figure30


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Figure31showsthatyoucanalsogiveeachcarrieragradefrom0beingthelongest

shippingdelayto9beingtheshortestshippingdelay. Lastly,youcannowspecifythe

maximumpackageheight,width,depthandweightforthecarrier.

Figure31


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StatsTabTheStats>Statstabhasbeenredesigned,butisotherwiseunchanged(Figure32).

Figure32


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ModulesTabTheModules>Modulestabhasbeenredesigned(Figure33). Now,allthemodulesare

displayedinalphabeticalorderbydefault,andtheycanbefilteredbycategory. Also,the

moduleiconshaveincreasedto32x32pixels.

OntheModules>Themes(orPreferences>Themes)tab,youcannowassignatheme

nameforeachthemedirectory(Figure34).

Figure33

Figure34


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OntheModules>Positionstab,whentransplantingamodule,youcannowselectthePHP

filesthatareexceptionsinadropdownboxtospeedupenteringthem(Figure35).

EmployeesTabOntheEmployees>Permissionstab,youcannowchoosewhichmodulesanemployeecan

vieworconfigureinsteadofjusttheentireModulestab(Figure36).

Figure35

Figure36


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OntheEmployees>Tabstab(Figure37),younowhavetheoptiontohidetabs,butyoucan

nowonlymodifytopleveltabs. Youcannolongeroverrideorchangetheorderofsecond

leveltabs.

OntheEmployees>CustomerServicetab(Figure38),younowhavetheoptionto

synchronisethecustomermessageswithanIMAPemailaccount. Youalsohavetheoption

touseSSLandtodeletemessagesaftertheyvebeensynchronised.

Figure38

Figure37


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PreferencesTabOnthePreferences>Preferencestab(Figure39),younowhavetheoptiontoenablemulti

shippingtoallowacustomertoshipanordertomultipleaddresses. Youalsohavethe

optiontosplitanorderintotwoorderswiththeinstockproductsinoneorderandtheout

ofstockproductsintheother.

Anotheroptionletsyouchoosewhetherthecustomermustenteranaddressataccount

creation,orwhethertheycanwaituntilcheckingouttoenteranaddress. Lastly,youhave

threeoptionstochoosewhethertoshownotificationsforneworders,customersand

messages.

Figure39


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OnthePreferences>SEO&URLstab(Figure40),younowhavetheoptiontochangethe

formatofthefriendlyURLs,butyoustillcantremovetheIDs,sincetheyarerequiredfor

PrestaShoptoknowwheretoredirect.

PrestaShophasanextensivenewstockmanagementsystemthatletsyoumanagethestock

inyourwarehouses. YoucanenablethissystemonthePreferences>Productstab(Figure

41).

StockTabOntheStock>Warehousestab(Figure42),youcansetthename,phonenumber,address,

manager,carriers,andcurrencyofthewarehouse. Youcanalsosetwhetherthewarehouse

usestheweightaverage,firstinfirstoutorlastinfirstoutsystem.

Figure40

Figure41


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TheStock>Stockmovementtabletsyoutrackthestockmovementsineachwarehouse,

theStock>Stockinstantstatetabletsyoudisplaydetailedinformationonyourstockin

eachwarehouseandtheStock>Stockcovertabgivesyouanideaofwhenaproductwill

runoutofstock.

TheStock>Supplyorderstab,Figure43,letsyouaddawarehousesupplyorder. Youcan

specifywhich

warehouse,

the

currency,

the

order

language,

the

delivery

date,

aglobal

discountrateandwhethertoautomaticallyloadproductswithaquantitylessthanorequal

toaspecifiedvalue.

Figure42

Figure43


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TheStock>Configurationtabletsyoueditthedifferentorderstatusesandstockmovement

types(Figure44).

Figure44


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Figure45showsthatthePreferences>Performancetabnowletsyouchoosewhetherto

nevercompileSmartytemplates,compilethemonlywhentheyareupdated,oralways

compilethem. ItalsohastheoptiontochoosewhethertoalwaysdisplaytheSmarty

console,displayitonlywhenaquerystringisprovided,ornotatall. Youalsohavetwo

optionsto

disable

the

combinations

tab

or

disable

the

features

tab

to

improve

the

performanceoftheproducteditor.

ToolsTabTheTools>WebservicestabnowhastheoptiontodisabletheWebserviceandtheoption

touseactivemodeCGI(Figure46).

Figure45

Figure46


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ThereisanewTools>SQLManagertab,Figure47,thatletsyouperformSELECTquerieson

yourdatabaseandexporttheresultsasaCSVfile.

ShopsTabThelongawaitedmultipleshopsfeatureisonthenewShopstab(Figure48). Itletsyou

createshopsandgroupsofshopswiththeoptiontosetadefaultshop.

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Figure48


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AsshowninFigure49,eachshopisassociatedwithagroup,canstartwithadifferent

categoryastheroot,andcanhaveadifferenttheme.

Figure50demonstratesthateachshopalsohasanassociateddomain,whichcanbe

differentwhenSSLisenabled,andaphysicalURIwhereitislocatedontheserver. Youcan

alsospecifyavirtualURIthatredirectstothephysicalURI,similartoafriendlyURL.

Figure49

Figure50


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Agroupofshopscansharecustomers,orders,andproductquantities(Figure51).

AccountingTabThenewAccounting>AccountNumberManagementtab,Figure52,letsyousetadefault

accountingnumberforeachshopandzone.

Figure51

Figure52


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Lastly,theAccounting>Exporttabletsyouexportselectedaccountingdatagloballyorasa

reconciliation(Figure53).

ThatseverythingthatschangedintheBackOfficeinPrestaShopv1.5. Now,letssee

whatsnewintheFrontOffice.

Figure53


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FrontOfficeNewDesignTheFrontOfficeinPrestaShopv1.5hasalsobeenredesignedtoimproveitsusabilityand

security(Figure54).

Figure54


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Toimproveitsusability,thethemenowusesneutralcolours(black,greyandwhite)asthey

suitallareasofactivity.

Theblockheadersnowuseaflatblackcolourtomakethethemelessheavyvisually. The

headerhasbeenredesignedtoprovideallthesameinformationwithoutdistractingthe

customer.

TheArialfont(orHelveticainSafari)isusedforincreasedfontlegibility. Linksformore

informationareblue,pricesredandimportantbuttonsareyellowtoattractattention.

Theregistrationandcheckoutpageshidetheleftcolumntoincreasethespacetodisplay

checkoutinformation,whilestillleavingtherightcolumnvisibleforcrossselling.

Youcanseeademoofthenewthemeathttp://demo.prestashop.com/template15/. Youcan

alsodownloadaversionofthethemeforPrestaShopv1.4.6at

http://addons.prestashop.com/en/neutral/3337prestashoptemplate15.html.

Toimprovesecurity,PrestaShopnowusesasingledispatcherinsteadofaseparate

dispatcherforeachpage. Forexample,index.php?controller=productinsteadof

product.php.

Doingthismeanstheresonlyonepointofattack,sothereslesscodethatneedstobe

secured. ThefriendlyURLsremainthesamethough,sothischangewillbeunnoticeableto

customers.

HeaderPermanentLinksBlockFigure55showsthenewpermanentlinksblock,whichisinthetoprightcornerofthe

headerandnolongerhasiconssotheyblendintotheheader.

CurrencyBlockThecurrencyblock(Figure56)isnowdisplayedasdropdownintheupperrightsideofthe

headersothatitisnoticeable,butnotdistracting.

Figure55

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LanguageBlockThelanguageblockisalsodisplayedasadropdown(Figure57).

SearchBlockThesearchblockhasbeenmovedtothecentreoftheheaderandisbiggertomaximise

visibility(Figure58).

CartBlockThecartblockisnowdisplayedintheheaderinsteadoftherightcolumn. Figure59shows

howitiscollapsedbydefaulttoprovidejustthenumberofproductsandprice.

Whenyoumovethemouseoverthecart,Figure60showshowitexpandsoverthetopof

the

menu

and

page

to

display

more

details

about

the

products

in

the

cart

and

the

option

to

deletethemfromthecart.

Ashippingestimateisalsodisplayed. Thecheckoutbuttonisintheprominentyellowcolour

toemphasiseitsimportance.

Figure57

Figure58

Figure60

Figure59


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TopHorizontalMenuPrestaShopv1.5hasanewTopHorizontalMenuthatisdisplayedatthebottomofthe

header(Figure61).

Ithasaconfigurationpage(Figure62)thatletsyouaddlinkstoCMSpages,suppliers,

manufacturers,categories,products,orexternalpages.

Whenacategorylinkisadded,subcategoriesofthatcategoryaredisplayedinadropdown.

Externallinkscanbeopenedinthesamewindoworanewwindow. Thereisalsotheoption

to

add

a

search

bar

on

the

right

side

of

the

menu.

Figure61

Figure62


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ColumnsCategoriesBlockTheCategoriesBlocknowdisplaysthe+/ buttonsontherightsideandbulletsontheleftto

matchtheotherblocks(Figure63).

PrestaShopaddedtheabilitytoincludeoneormorefootercolumns,whichisagreat

improvementoverthepreviousversions. SeeFigure64forwhataCategorycolumnlooks

like.

Youcanchoosehowmanycategorycolumnstodisplayinthefooter(Figure65).Thereis

alsoanewconfigurationoptiontosortcategoriesbypositionornameascendingor

descending.

Figure63

Figure65

Figure64


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LayeredNavigationModuleTheLayeredNavigationmodulehastwonewconfigurationoptions(Figure66). Youcan

nowshowproductsfromsubcategoriesandusetaxtofiltertheprice.

ContactBlockThereisanewcontactblockintherightcolumn,Figure67,whichletsyoudisplaycontact

information.

Thatinformationcanbechangedontheconfigurationpage(Figure68).

Figure66

Figure67

Figure68


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FooterReassuranceModuleThereisanewreassurancemoduleatthetopofthefooterthatusescleariconsandsimple

texttoreassurecustomersandinstilconfidenceinthewebsite(Figure69).

Youcanuploaduptofiveimagesandcaptionsontheconfigurationpage(Figure70).

Figure69

Figure70


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SocialBlockAnewsocialblockaddslinkstoFacebook,Twitter,andanRSSfeed(Figure71).

Thelinkscanbechangedontheconfigurationpage(Figure72).

MyAccountBlockonFooterModuleThenewMyAccountBlockonFootermoduledisplaystheMyAccountlinksinthefooter

(Figure73).

Figure71

Figure72

Figure73


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ContactInformationBlockTheContactInformationblockdisplaysthecompanyname,address,phonenumber,and

emailaddressinthefooter(Figure74).

Thisinformationcanbechangedontheconfigurationpageofthemodule(Figure75).

HomePageImageSliderModuleThehometexteditorhasbeenreplacedbyanimagesliderbydefault(Figure76). Itsstill

possibletodisplaythehometexteditoraswell,orinstead.

Figure74

Figure75

Figure76


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Theconfigurationpageletsyouchangethewidth,height,slidespeed,andthelengthofthe

pause(Figure77).

Youcanalsomanagetheslideimagesfromhere,aswellassetimagecaptions,legends,

descriptionsandlinkURLs(Figure78).

Figure77

Figure78


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ProductPageFavoriteProductsModuleThenewFavoriteProductsmoduleaddsAddthisproducttomyfavoritesandRemove

thisproductfrommyfavoriteslinkstotheproductpage(Figure79).

ThemodulealsoaddsalinktothecustomersMyAccountsectionsotheycanviewtheir

favoriteproducts(Figure80).

Figure79

Figure80


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ShareonFacebookModuleTheShareonFacebookmoduleaddsaShareonFacebooklinktotheproductpage(Figure81).

Whenacustomerclicksonthelink,Facebookopensinanewtabandgivesthecustomertheoption

topostalinktotheproductandacommentontheirwall.

ProductCommentsModuleTheProductCommentsmodulehasbeenupdated. Thenewcommentformisnow

displayedinapopupwithasummaryoftheproductatthetop(Figure82).

Figure81

Figure82


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Areportlinkhasbeenaddedtocomments,socustomerscannotifytheshopownerof

inappropriatecomments. Thesereportscanbemanagedfromtheconfigurationpage

(Figure83). Itsalsonowpossibletodeletecommentsfromtheconfigurationpage.

SendtoaFriendModuleTheSendtoaFriendmodulehasalsobeenupdatedtodisplaytheforminapopup(Figure

84).

Figure83

Figure84


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RegistrationPageCustomerDataPrivacyModuleTheprivacymessageonthecustomerregistrationformthatusedtobechangedusing

translationsisnowaseparatemodulewithaconfigurationpagethatletsyouchangethe

message(Figure85).

OrderPageTheorderpagehasbeenredesigned(Figure86). Theleftcolumnisnowhiddentomake

moreroomforthecartandcheckoutoptions. Therightcolumnisstilldisplayedforcross

selling.

Figure85

Figure86


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Alltheorderstepsaredisplayedononepagebydefault(Figure87). Youcanchoosetolog

inusingapreviouslycreatedaccount,checkoutasaguestorcreateanewaccount.

Figure87

ThatseverythingthatschangedintheFrontOffice. Asyouveseen,therearemany

exciting new features in PrestaShop v1.5, so it is definitely worth upgrading.

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