Magento

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we are pleased to announce the availability for download of Magento Preview version 0.8.16100 (our 10th preview release). The major highlights of the release include Google Checkout Level 2 integration, Paypal UK integration, Google sitemap management, and a new store management interface.

Major Highlights

• Implemented Google Checkout Level 2 integration
• Implemented Paypal UK payment methods integration
• Added Google Sitemap management
• Added new stores management interface, introduced store view grouping
• Added availability to specify database tables prefix while installing Magento
• Added handling fee for fixed and Table Rates shipping methods
• Added configuration value to enable/disable guest checkout
• Current tab is remembered when user clicks on Save And Continue on product edit page
• Added ‘Contact Us’ page

Improvements & Bug fixes:

• Fixed Mage_Directory install utf8 encoding issues
• Fixed bug with non existing attributes for configurable product
• Defalit cookie path is store base path now
• Fixed JavaScript error after creation of new customer account (frontend)
• Fixed JavaScript error on shipping tracking in shipment and invoice (admin)
• Fixed defalit country in one page checkout
• Fixed nonexistent googleanalytics layout block fatal error
• Fixed IE7 validation bug on empty select value
• Created links list block
• System footer links are added from layouts now
• Added ‘ifconfig’ attribute for layout action to check configuration flag
• Added ‘helper’ attribute for layout action params to get value from helper
• All dminhtml block are descendants of Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Abstract, _Template, _Text_List, _Messages now
• Adminhtml controllers _redirect use adminhtml helper getUrl now
• Changed data sharing logic on EAV abstract level
• Added encrypted configuration values (payment and shipping gateways passwords)
• Cleaned defalit values for encrypted config fields
• Fixed https issue (use_in_frontend, use_in_adminhtml)
• Shipping methods now take configuration values from specific store
• Fixed core/helper::removeAccents
• Removed format inconsistencies when loading different levels of config (simplexml/array)
• Shipping models $this->_code is protected now, to allow parent methods’ access
• Fixed receiving cms block parameters
• Coninue Shopping URL moved into cart block
• Added workaround for http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44053
• Added cancel into payment method abstract class
• Added floating action buttons in admin
• Fixed include paths directory delimiters in Mage.php
• SEO meta tags enhancements to use product description as meta description and product name as meta keyword if left empty
• Added Mage_Shipping_Model_Carrier_Interface interface
• Changed fieldset-based forms in admin to use tables instead of spans
• Added correct language in tag
• Removed accents for SEO urls
• Changed ini_set/ini_get to set_include_path/get_include_path

Known Issues:

• Store management interface might change
• Floating action buttons in admin do not work in IE6
• Google checkout subscribe to newsletter is not implemented
• Store view switcher will not work if ‘#’ symbol is present in the url
• Upgrading using the Magento PEAR Channel, it is highly recommend to use upgrade-all and not to upgrade each package individually

Video: Upgrading via PEAR

How easy is the Magento upgrade process? Check out the video below (please note that the Magento PEAR channel is still in development).

Sample Data

The sample data archive file is available in .zip (41 MB), .tar.gz (40 MB), and .tar.bz2 (37MB) formats to download (the files contain exactly the same content inside and are provided in different formats just for your convenience).

Each archive contains a SQL script that should be applied on a clean database with your database management tool (phpMyAdmin or whatever you use), and ‘media’ folder with sample product images that you should copy to your Magento media folder. You should then run the regular installation process as for a complete package. Please make sure that you have exactly the same version of Magento that the sample data is provided for – 0.8.16100.

Please also backup all your data and keep separately any custom changes on the files you did, because they may not be compatible with the sample data provided.