Shop a la Cart E-Commerce - Current and Previous Versions

Current Version

Version 1.5.5 - released 8/8/2008 (Watch the Video)

Fully updated template system. All templates now stored in tmpl folder and component subfolder with control over 95% of visual aspects of each site.
Added mod-rewrite to allow for much more search-engine friendly URLs for category. Category group, and product pages
Updated search functionality with caching to speed up search results, and modified code to provide more relevant and robust results
Added "Show by" sorting on category and product group pages to give customers a more intuitive view of product listings
Added Export utility to easily export Customer and Product data to HTML or CSV (Microsoft® Access- and Excel-compatible)

Version 1.5.2 - released 6/13/2008

Added estimated shipping calculator to cart
Added LightBox image overlay component to front-end enlarged images
Fixed bug in Template generator include file which showed broken images for Featured products on systems upgraded from before v.1.5.0
Fixed tiny bug on Product Modify that stopped Best Seller changes from "sticking" on servers not using automatic GET/POST variables

Version 1.5.1 - released 5/31/2008

Added ability to update or remove multiple Products, Orders and Customers at one time
Added simple visitor tracking to site and miniview to Admin main page
Server fix for servers who do not support cookie handling between HTTP/HTTPS
Updated database table optimization to auto-find all tables and optimize
Added functionality to view orders for a specific customer
Fixed tiny bug on last page of "Send Email" function which stopped email from sending on servers not using automatic GET/POST variables

Version 1.5.0 - released 7/15/2006, updated through 5/25/2008

Changed overall look and feel of BackOffice Manager
Added changeable styles to BackOffice Manager in new nav point 'BackOffice Settings'
Added tooltips throughout BackOffice Manager to reduce text clutter
Added "Quick Edit" bar to most BackOffice listings for faster, more streamlined updates of products, orders, etc...
Updated Category functionality to allow for unlimited levels of categories/sub-categories
Replaced Manufacturer functionality with new Product Groups functionality to allow for much more powerful product classification
Added templating system and new 'tmpl' folder to allow for easy design changes to front-end pages
Added new paging style option using simple Next/Previous buttons
Added Category and Product Group names/descriptions to search results
Added additional security to Search feature to protect against vulnerabilities
Fixed bug on all instances of SPAW rich-text editor where library images would not display when re-edited, and saving a second time would result in a broken image
Fixed bug which slowed down editing of products when more than 2500 products were stored in the database
Miscellaneous minor bug fixes

Version 1.3.1 - released 6/1/2006

Added multiple new BackOffice homepage features: Quick Search, Pending Orders, and Online Sales, Top 10 Selling Products, Top 35 Catalog Searches, and Top 10 Customers graphing components
Added beta-version of developer installer utility

Version 1.1.5 - released 2/1/2006

Updated logout notification to allow for access to mini-login for quick re-entry into the BackOffice Manager after session timeout
Added quick access links to front-end site from BackOffice Manager after editing of any product, category, or manufacturer

Version 1.0 - released 4/1/2005