New Features in ShopSite 11 sp1

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New Features in ShopSite 11 sp1

Commerce Tools

• Mobile Device Support (Pro, Manager)
  Using dynamically generated pages, customers accessing your site with their mobile devices can now use the new mobile-friendly interface to browse and shop at a merchant's store.
• Checkout by Amazon (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  Checkout by Amazon is now supported as a payment option.
• PayPal Express Checkout Enhancements (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  Shoppers can now use PayPal Express Checkout for credit card orders without having/creating a PayPal account when no credit card payment types are enabled in the ShopSite store.
• IFrame Option for Order Anywhere (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  With the IFrame option enabled for Order Anywhere, the buttons are automatically updated when changes are made to the underlying product.
• Support for Google +1 button (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  A merchant can now provide buttons that allow customers to "+1" a product or page.

Feature Enhancements

• New Interface for Advanced Ordering Options (Pro, Manager)
  A new drag-and-drop interface can be used to change the order of the Advanced Ordering Options.
• New Interface for Arrange Items (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  A new drag-and-drop interface can be used to arrange the order of the items on a page.
• Indexing Performance Improvements (Pro, Manager)
  Large stores should see a marked improvement in the time it takes to index pages and products.
• Updated SQLite Backend (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  The database used for storing reports and orders has been upgraded, providing increased security and reliability.
• Latest Google Product Search Requirements (Pro, Manager)
  Products to be submitted to Google Product Search can now be configured to meet the latest requirements for Clothing and Apparel without using Extra Fields.
• Multiple More Info Page Images for Google Product Search (Pro, Manager)
  A merchant can now upload multiple images for each product when submitting products to Google Product Search.
• Checkout Button Improvements (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  A merchant can now organize and arrange how the checkout buttons will appear on the shopping cart with a drag-and-drop interface.
• Barcode Scanner Support (Pro)
  ShopSite can now create barcodes for order numbers that can be used for order handling and packing slips.

New Features in ShopSite 11

Back Office

• Backoffice Navigation (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  There are now breadcrumbs underneath the navigation bar to help users quickly navigate between pages in the back office.
• Page and Product Defaults (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  Set default values for a variety of page and product fields, reducing the amount of time it takes to add a new page or product.
• Collapsible Page and Product Fields (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  Groups of related Page or Product fields can now be collapsed and expanded to hide and show only the sections you want to see.

Commerce Tools

• Constant Contact (Pro, Manager)
  Constant Contact support allows you to manage your email and newsletter lists and campaigns for effective marketing to your customers.
• Facebook Store (Pro)
  Allow your customers to shop for select products while visiting your company Facebook site.
• Facebook Connect for Customer Registration (Pro)
  Allow your customers to use their Facebook account to register with your store.

Security

• PCI Certification (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  ShopSite 11 has been certified PCI Compliant.
• User Accounts (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  You can now manage and track individual user access to the back office. Pro stores can additionally restrict individual user permissions as needed to specific roles.
• Roles (Pro)
  Pro stores can restrict individual user permissions as needed to specific roles.
• Applications (Pro, Manager)
  This feature standardizes the way third-party applications use ShopSite's APIs and allows you to better manage which third party applications have access to your ShopSite store.

Feature Enhancements

• Reports Redesign (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  The Reports feature has received a significant overhaul, both in ease of use and power. Everything from sales and inventory to coupon and gift certificate use can be examined and charted.
• Coupon Improvement (Pro)
  Coupon generation for storewide sales that exclude particular products from being applicable has been streamlined.
• Additional Dashboard Modules (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  There are two new dashboard modules. One provides information on active features of your store, such as which payment types are accepted, which tax system is implemented, as well as a list of optional features that are enabled. The second module delivers special merchant offers directly to your dashboard, such as promotions and discounts.
• Improved Product Search (Pro)
  Advanced ordering options are now included in product searches.
• New Google Product Search API (Pro)
  The latest APIs from Google are now implemented.
• New Google Product Fields (Pro, Manager)
  There are now dedicated fields for a product's ISBN, UPC, or MPN when uploading products to Google.
• AvaTax Refinement (Pro, Manager)
  You can now pick which states to query for tax information, reducing the time necessary to get tax information.
• Notes for Order Processing (Pro, Manager)
  Now you can annotate the orders to provide special instructions to those handling the orders.
• Advanced Ordering Options Improvements (Pro)
  You can now remove individual ordering options from a product's Advanced ordering options field.
• Configurable Pricing for Wishlists (Pro, Manager)
  You can now choose to send the regular price instead of the On Sale/Lowest price to Wishpot.
• Additional Template Functionality (Pro)
  Conditional template statements (IF, ELSEIF, etc.) can now use a number of additional evaluation methods including: not equal to, greater than, less than, etc.
• New Navigation Menus for Stores (Pro, Manager)
  There are three new navigation menu options for store navigation.
• New Themes (Pro, Manager, Starter)
  There are eight new themes to use for your store. They include: Burst, Lights, Roller, Scoop, ShipShape, Simplicity, Smooth, and Standard.

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