Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-alpha1 - Now Available!
We are happy to announce the availability of Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-alpha1.
As this is a preview version it is NOT recommended in any way to be used in a production environment (more information about preview releases and the community edition release process can be found in this blog post). This release is available for upgrade through the Connect Manager, to download or via SVN.
Some of the new features and improvements in this release include:
- New and improved layered navigation price bucket algorithm
- Captcha functionality added to some of the forms
- Base prices based on customer groups
- Auto generation of multiple coupon codes for a price rule
- System backup and rollback functionality
- VAT ID Validation
- Support for DHL Europe
- Indexers refactoring
- Redesigned Mobile theme
- And much more...
To see a full list of features and fixed issues please visit our release notes page. Diff files are available here.
Please report all issues with this release in the bug tracker.
Have a Happy New eCommerce Year!!!
