XLEcom Version 4.3 Released

Version 4.3 (4.3.427) released on September 19, 2007 (minor update to version 4.3.426)

New Feature:

• Added optional width and height dimensions to the credit card image that appears within the left side of the site.

Feature Repair:

• Made the Advertisement Block to display or not to display the list price depending on the product ad's setting.

New Features:

• Optimized all the HTML code used in creating the website pages.
• Made the Body Table and Header Area user resizable.
• Added a Dynamic Resizable Top Decoration Header to the Body Area Header. This feature now makes the use of the Body Area Header image optional.
• Converted the Stock Note to optionally support web urls and files. (Similar to the Product Ad Comment Hyperlinks)
• Added a "Remove Hyperlinks" routine to the Categories sheet.
• Added popup comments to all of the Database Fields.
• Added many more HTML support files for use in the Product Ads.
• Optimized some of the programming code.

Demonstration Website Updates:

• Added new shipping values to the Demonstration website and set up the Demonstration shopping cart to display the shipping values in the Cart itself.
• Added large product images to support all the small thumbnail Product images.
• Made all the small thumbnail product images hyperlinks for displaying larger images in a popup window.

For information about Upgrading to a new release, see the following topic: Upgrading - Migrating your website data from a previous version of XLEcom into a New Release.

The Body Table and Header Area Now User Resizable

Previous Version of XLEcom
Prior to the new release, the Body Table and Header Area was set to a fixed width of 575 pixels to accommodate both small monitors and to allow the web pages to fit properly on a sheet of standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper if printed. The new release now allows the web designer to change the Body Table and Header Area width to accommodate newer, larger screen monitors.

The following Dialog box and the two web page screen shot images are from the previous versions of XLEcom.

Previous Versions

Previous Versions

New Version

The New Version of XLEcom
The new release now allows the web designer to change the Body Table and Header Area width to accommodate newer, larger screen monitors.

In order to allow a variable width for the Body Table and Header Area, the shaded color Header Area that previously used a graphic image, now uses the Dynamic Resizable Top Decoration Header. This is the same type of Decoration Header used on the Product Ads. You still have the option to use the graphic image if so desired.

Note: The default setting for the Display the Body Area Header Image check box within the Site Themes is now unchecked (off). Therefore by default, the Body Area Header uses the same color as the "Decoration Header" of the Product Ads. If you prefer to use the Display the Body Area Header Image (boxed checked), keep in mind that these particular images we designed for a Body table and header area width of 575 pixels (see the Site Setup). If you do not want to display a header, then uncheck the Display a border around the Page's Content check box.

The following Dialog box and the two web page screen shot images are from the new version of XLEcom.

New Version

Added optional width and height dimensions to the credit card image that appears within the left side of the site. You can see the added width and height input boxes in the screen shot below.

Converted the Stock Note to optionally support web urls and files. (Similar to the Product Ad Comment Hyperlinks)
XLEcom version 4.3 introduces a new Auto-Sensing Behavior for the Stock Note. Previously the Stock Note was just static text. Now the Stock Note can be a hyperlink to any type of document file or website URL. The following illustration shows the behavior of the Stock Note. For more information, see the following page: Stock Note Behavior

Demonstration Website Update

Shipping Values displayed in the Shopping cart
Added new shipping values to the Demonstration website and set up the Demonstration shopping cart to display the shipping values in the Cart itself.

Note: For more information and to see an example on Setting up shipping using Mal's e-commerce Shopping Cart, see the following page: Mal's Shopping Cart Shipping Options

The following is a screen shot from the Database sheet showing the new Shipping values:

The following is a screen shot of a demonstration Product Ad:

The following is a screen shot of Mal's shopping cart showing the shipping value for the above Product Ad:

The following is a screen shot of Paypal's shopping cart showing the shipping value for the above Product Ad: