08-22-2008, 10:36 AM
Quote:After months of development to make the most robust and feature-rich open-source ecommerce system even better, Chain Reaction Ecommerce is proud to announce C.R.E. Loaded 6.3!
All Versions Updated Server Requirements
* Register Globals = OFF
Effective with v6.3, C.R.E. Loaded no longer requires register_globals to be enabled on the hosting server. Note that this change does not apply to previous versions of C.R.E. Loaded.
* Added support for PHP version 5.2.5 and MySQL version 5.x.
Quote: new features and enhancements in CRE Loaded 6.3 include the following (some features are limited to the Professional Edition visit GetCRE.com/CRELoaded for more information):
Content Director
Content Director adds a powerful content management system to CRE Loaded 6.3, enabling store owners to dramatically improve the look and feel of their ecommerce storefront and content pages, and allowing store owners to add and manage rich content. The advanced page-management features in Content Director make it possible for users to build an entire Web store in one tool, with easy menus and full-search capabilities. Content Director also helps store owners to improve page rankings with integrated search engine optimization features.
SEO URL 4.1
The SEO URL feature of CRE Loaded 6.3 optimizes your URLs for improved indexing by all major search engines. SEO URL automatically places important keywords derived from your category, product database and other content directly into your URLs. Management of keywords at the URL level is a significant factor affecting the optimization and ranking of your pages within search engines.
One-Page Checkout
One-Page Checkout is one of the most-requested features from existing customers to be addressed in version 6.3. One-Page Checkout combines all checkout elements into a single-page, giving your customers added simplicity and ease-of-use a factor also shown to significantly reduce shopping cart abandonment rates.
Abandoned Cart Recovery
The CRE Loaded Recover Abandoned Carts Module finds abandoned CRE Loaded shopping carts and creates a list of items and the customers who were shopping for them. You can generate automatic emails to abandons, asking them for feedback about why they didnt complete the process, or offering them an incentive to complete the purchase and reminding them of the item(s) they didnt purchase. Abandoned Cart Recovery includes a reporting feature to report on data, such as number of abandoned carts converted into sales.
RCI Expandion
Runtime Code Inclusion (RCI) allows custom modifications and additions to be used with the base program code, with less likelihood of the customizations being overwritten by future patches/updates to the CRE Loaded core code. In version 6.3 the RCI functionality is expanded further than ever before....
full list of changes: https://www.getcre.com/creloaded/store/p...CDpath=0_1&pID=212