Nov/091
We are pleased to announce the early adopters‘ version of NitroSell eCommerce has been released as the live, stable version of the webstore! Thank you to those of you who chose to try it out over the past 10 months, assisting us with cementing the new features and product improvements.
For existing early adopters, this release will take place automatically.
If you wish to upgrade to this version, please open a ticket on the Partner Portal. You can expect to enjoy the following benefits:
Improved Standards Compliance
We strive to meet the standards set out by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C), and to test our software against the most popular browsers and operating systems. NitroSell eCommerce has been tested on:
FireFox
Internet Explorer
Chrome
Opera
SafariDuring the development of this release, we improved our adherence to accessibility standards, namely, Section 508 compliance, in which the software is now 100% compliant when using “out of the box” templates and themes.
New Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Features
NitroSell eCommerce maximizes your search engine ranking potential by employing safe, well-recognized techniques and technologies. In this release, we have improved the feature-set by enabling you to customize SEO-related elements of your store, such as title tags, META description and META keywords fields for department, category and content pages.
WebStore Manager (WSM) Enhancements By Section
Management
- Page Content:
- Support for custom, non-tabbed content pages;
- Support for content on brand and theme search pages, as well as subcategory pages;
- Advanced SEO page properties, such as title tag, META description and META keywords.
Configuration
- WebStore
- Product:
- Store Product Restriction: Allows you to restrict displayed products to only those which are carried by a specified store.
- Display:
- Enable Department Grouping: Allows you to group departments, providing additional flexibility when customizing the navigational panel using NitroScript.
- Shipping:
- Enable Tax on Shipping: This option allows you to enable tax on shipping, which is not natively supported by RMS.
- Product:
Shipping & Taxes
- UPS & FedEX Shipping Integrations:
- Updated United States shipping services;
- Added support for Canadian shipping services.
Customers using this release will notice a marked difference in the user interface for the Shipping section, which now includes a suite of Tax on Shipping options.
Payments
- Delayed capture with offline settlement and strict AVS control were added to the following payment gateway integrations:
- Mercury Payments Online;
- Moneris eSelect Plus Canada.
Make Changes
- Edit WebStore Layout:
- Navigation Panel opened up to customization to those with NitroScript access.
Microsoft RMS / WebStore Integration Improvements
NitroSell eCommerce was designed to leverage the power of Microsoft RMS on your webstore. A new integration feature is Accounts Payments and Insufficient Credit Limit, which enables you to hide the ‘pay on account’ option when a customer has insufficient credit in RMS.
Our Knowledge Base in the Partner Portal contains information on this and many more value-added features that have been included. We hope you enjoy this release and, as always, we welcome your feedback!