GrandNode v4.20 Release Notes

Release Date: 2018-07-25 // over 5 years ago
  • ➕ Added knowledge base

    🙋 In the newest version admin user will be able to create a knowledge base. It's independent page with a hierarchy of categories and assigned to them articles. You are able to limit categories and articles to ACL and store. It can be a great feature used to create FAQ section.

    ➕ Added push notifications

    🌐 Implemented as a standard feature push notifications based on Firebase, GrandNode Web Push notifications are clickable, little pop-ups which appear in the right-bottom corner of the screen. Push notifications appear to each person who accept receiving them, even if they are not visiting your store. You can create a personalized notification with image, link and custom text.

    EU GDPR Compliance

    🔌 In GrandNode 4.20, you will be able to meet all GDPR requirements without third part plugins. Below you will find the list of implemented tools, which will help you achieve its requriements:

    Possibility to export customer data
    Possibility to delete customer data
    Possibility to create a few consents (based on Newsletter categories)
    Export to xls / Newsletter subscribe - history of change

    Contact form attributes

    👍 From 4.20 version admin has possibility to create a contact form attributes. This feature supports types of attributes listed below:

    • ⬇️ Drop-down list
    • Radio button list
    • Checkboxes
    • Textbox
    • Multiline textbox
    • Date picker
    • File uploader
    • Color Squares
    • Read-only checkboxes

    0️⃣ Refreshing the default theme

    ⚡️ This point contain updating Bootstrap to the newest version. We've decided also to change some colors, made some changes in the template view.

    🐎 Default theme of GrandNode gets almost 100% in the performance tests made by several analytic tools.

    Rest of changes

    ➕ Added QuickView as a standard feature
    ⚡️ Update ASP.NET Core to 2.1 version
    ➕ Added new startup settings UseHsts/UseHttpsRedirection
    Implemented libraries with zoom on hover to product images
    Possibility to assign vendors to store
    Disable dates that are unavailable
    👌 Improved import for products/categories/manufacturers
    👉 Use HttpMethods instead of string comparison
    👍 Allow to remove cart/wishlist items on customer in admin panel
    👍 Allow store owner to reply for product reviews
    👍 Allow store owner to hide some categories on category page
    👍 Allow the store owner to assign a flag (and flag style) to the category, product, manufacturer
    👌 Improvements in admin panel - changes in list
    ➕ Added tag helpers in admin panel
    👍 Allow store owner to select theme of admin panel
    Minor changes with associated products/required product
    ➕ Added support Customer enter price for AddProduct Modal
    ➕ Added missing urls to disallow path in robots.txt
    🔄 Changes in Grand.Web.csproj
    🔄 Changes in the minification process
    ➕ Added hidden media settings - ImageFormatPNG
    🔄 Changed version of Kendo UI Core
    👌 Improved Dashboard charts
    ✂ Removed reCaptcha 1.0 from settings
    ✂ Removed "Force SSL for all site pages" by default
    👉 Show "Description" of newsletter categories as tool tip on newsletter subscription
    Reservation products - Made additional parameter always visible (if exists)
    Reservation products - Changed reservation info on order item
    ➕ Added field VatNumber to Address
    👌 Improvements in token selection during message template creation
    👌 Improvements in language flag selection
    ➕ Added "Checkout as guest" button to cart
    ➕ Added new Unit Tests
    ➕ Added reservation calendar limit
    ⚡️ Update Dockerfile
    ⚡️ Update NuGet packages / changed obsolete method
    ➕ Add missing resource string
    ✂ Removed unused classes

    🐛 Bug fix:

    🛠 Fixed problem with import (Column IncludeInTopmenu)
    🛠 Fixed problem with picture import for manufacturer
    Minor fix - Admin (customer info/external auth)
    Minor fix - Admin - Checkout Attributes
    🛠 Fixed problem with password recovering
    🛠 Fixed problem - Assign customer to affiliate
    🛠 Fixed problem with adding products with text attributes to the cart
    🛠 Fixed problem with Country selection in Tax/Shipping settings
    🛠 Fixed problem with RichEditor in "Add new" topic window
    🛠 Fixed problem with Language change and SEO urls
    🛠 Fixed problem with display order on Interactive form values
    🛠 Fixed problem with display order on newsletter categories
    🛠 Fixed problem with tag saving on product
    🛠 Fixed problem with order created by recurring payment
    🛠 Fixed problem with updating specification attribute on the product
    🛠 Fixed problem - export customers to xls/xml (admin panel)
    🛠 Fixed problem - change language, when your setting SEO friendly URLs with multiple languages is enabled
    Minor fix - clear cache (category pattern)
    🛠 Fixed problem with gift cards
    🛠 Fixed problem - admin panel - OrderController - Go to order
    🛠 Fixed problem - admin panel - Download product (removed uploaded file)
    🛠 Fixed view in admin panel - "Values" in Color square Attributes section.
    🛠 Fixed problem with Add Order - Email reaction in Customer Action
    🛠 Fixed problem with QuickView - Reservation product
    🛠 Fixed CSS issues with checkboxes in admin panel
    🛠 Fixed problem with post pagination
    🛠 Fixed problem with SeNames (SEO) saved automatically for each language added
    Minor fix - upload picture to product (admin panel)
    🛠 Fixed problem with redirecting (when url contains special characters)
    🛠 Fixed problem - datetime field in admin panel