July 2006
 
 

Welcome!

Welcome to the third issue of the Squirrelcart newsletter. It's getting pretty hot outside these days, but we've been spending too much time coding indoors to notice. :)

We've got lots of new things to tell you about, so without further ado...

Start the presses!

News Module Keep your customers informed about new products with our News module!

Now you can leverage your existing customer base to gain revenue via opt-in newsletter mailings, and news posted on your website.

News on your website
  • News navigation block to show links to news posts
  • News page to show news posts in full
  • News Sections to organize your posts
  • Archives to access older posts
  • Add news content using either form fields, or already existing HTML files
  • Form fields for news content work with our Rich Text Editor module
  • Fine control over where and how your news pots are shown
  • News posts are integrated with Squirrelcart's Rule Set system, which you can use to control which posts are shown to which customers
News in your customer's inbox
  • Send mailings to groups, individual customers, or to email addresses you enter
  • Groups can be setup for customers to opt in/out of mailings
  • Formats supported: HTML, text, or both (multi-part)
  • Your customer's Email Preference settings are honored when sending multi-part messages
  • Add default footers to instruct customers how to opt out of a mailing
  • Preview messages before sending

Announcing the new and improved Squirrelcart v2.3.0!

We are proud to announce the official release of Squirrelcart v2.3.0. We've added lots of new features and improvements, and the price is still only $109!

Some of the many new features and improvements: Demo Stores
  • News module support
  • Google Checkout
  • Improved speed of real time shipping rates
  • Added support for obtaining USPS international rates via RTR
  • Added continue shopping button, changed "checkout" button to "view cart", and added a checkout button below cart table
  • Support for ePDQ (Barclays UK) payment gateway
  • Support for PayFuse payment gateway
  • Add support for making HTTP requests to remote sites using fsockopen(), as an alternative to CURL
  • Reduced amount of data stored in session.
  • Improved performance in control panel
  • Added option to hide options with no cost when viewing cart
  • Added ability to copy image fields when copying a record in the control panel
  • Added setting to control reply email address for order emails sent to merchant

The features above are just an excerpt of the full list, which can be found here.

View Demo  |  Find out more!

Thanks!

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and for being a Squirrelcart customer!