We are announcing a new Business Catalyst releases scheduled to go live on Wednesday, December 14.
R170 focuses on security improvements and bug corrections. The release includes a major change in the way we handle CRM passwords and a long list of bug corrections, mainly in the payment gateways area. Along with these changes, we have continued to improve UI V3 to make it ready for a larger roll-out early next year.
Security update - CRM passwords
Effective December 14th 2011, we will be updating the way we handle CRM user passwords - for security reasons. In order to achieve a greater level of security, we are going to modify some of our Admin Console user interfaces and CRM APIs. Existing customer reports will also be altered during the update.
For more details please read the update announcement - Important Security Policy Updates - Effective December 14th
Issues fixed by R170 release
- Issue 2821789 - Payments are processed differently for different countries for several payment gateways
- Issue – 2776267 & 3054570 - PayGate non-3D secure transaction does not record a return error in BC if such an error existed; instead it returns a generic error message if the transaction wasn't processed.
- Issue 2792959 - Card Number was not masked correctly when processing credit card with web forms
- Issue 2654380 - Secure PDF sent via 'Process offline' payment gateway was not using correct currency symbol for sites other than $
- Issue 2826099 - The digital signature sent by RealEx did not match with the other values included in the request.
- Issue 2815782 - When a payment is sent in a second attempt to pay, with RealEx, the buyer is received "Order ID has been processed" error
- Issue 2757946 - Business Catalyst was not supporting AU as country code for PaymentExpress PG
- Issues 2821789 & 2875942 - The supported currencies/country for several payment gateways were incorrect
- Issues 3028716 - orders paid for PayGate 3D Secure ended up as not being paid
- Issue 3055166 - Sending campaigns to saved reports doesn't work
- Issue 2986635 - Reset password from Partner portal no longer works
- Issue 2871177 - Campaign is wrongly set to "Awaiting content approval" when you edit a scheduled campaign and only click Save and Send without clicking Send again in the pop-up window
- Issue 3061663 - [PG] Realex Payment Gateway -If an order amount is less than 1 pound e.g. 0.50 pence, the amount on Releax will be displayed as 005 and the order will fail
- Issue 3064597 - [PG] DIBS payment gateway displays English page when coming from a Danish website because we don't pass DK as language parameter
- Issue 3006024 - If a customer fails an order and than return to the shop, all the products will have no tax codes calculated
- Issue 3048896 - Poplet images aren't rendering if the file name contains spaces at the beginning of the file or new lines
- Issue 3051419 - Cannot Save custom fields - there's no Save button
- Issue 3051418 - Cannot use tag Insert dropdown on the webapp layouts - it throws a message when trying to insert a tag
- Issue 2982619 - <div> is no longer changed to <p> in the WYSIWYG editor, when Partner Portal setting is to create <p> at enter
- Merged Email Me & Email others functionality into Send Test Email. The logged in user email address is prefilled by default but users can specify additional email addresses separated by semi-colon
- Undo Import functionality has been deprecated.
UI V3 improvements and beta fixes
We continue our track of improving UI V3 and take it closer to a public customer beta.
- We've made significant improvements on the way pages are loaded, to reduce in half the number of HTTP requests by using modern CSS and JS techniques, and sending improved HTTP headers to better cache static assets loaded by the AdminConsole. This also includes a new loading indicator that should improve the experience of loading pages.
- Fixed a bug that caused a "Bad request error" when trying to insert an image using the r.a.d. Editor image manger
- Updated tasks list to match the new visual guidelines
- Removed filters from Pages > Tree view user interface
- Fixed a bug causing Customer Service Ticketing to be displayed outside viewport and forcing users to scroll
- Fixed a bug that causing a redirect to a wrong page after successful web app item import
- Fixed a bug causing a JS error when adding page to a secure zone
- Fixed a bug causing charts to not load in Dashboard
- Fixed a bug causing loading indicator to remain on screen right after using Export Report feature for all CRM areas customers, cases, orders...
- Added "Show all" link in the Upcoming Tasks pod in Business Dashboard
- Link manager does not open the correct dialog when triggered from within rad editor Hyperlink Manager
- Added Icons for items displayed in Recent items menu: admin users, templates, cases, orders, event bookings, opportunities, CRM forms, gift vouchers
- Fixed a bug generating a negative value for the number of trial days left
- Updated title in the Import blog posts screen
- Updated title in the Web App item import page
- Updated breadcrumbs for import customers basic and advanced screens
- Fixed a bug preventing users from opening image image manager from within module manager links
- Added a close button to the Recipient list modal window
- Fixed a bug causing a js error when trying to add a user picture in Site Users -> User details screen
- Fixed a bug causing Live Feed to display dates without corresponding feeds
- Updated breadcrumbs for Email campaign details page
- Fixed a bug causing folder management buttons to not be displayed in the r.a.d Editor Insert image popups
- Updated button and label alignments on Web App Items and Pages screens
- Updated scroll behavior on multiple screens
- Updated title on CRM -> Orders ->select an order from the list -> from Bulk Actions select Print -> Print invoice screen to "Preview"
- Fixed a bug preventing users from visually selecting Modules->News-> Details tab when arriving from the Usage tab
- Fixed a bug preventing users from editing a page in Firefox 8
- Fixed a broken link for the Upgrade site button
- Removed unnecessary scroll bars from Insert image screen
- Updated styles for "Add folder" popup from Web Pages
- Updated filter styling for affiliate program -> usage page
- Fixed a bug in Products -> Attributes -> New option screen causing button overlapping
- Fixed a bug causing incorrect styles to be used in Customers, orders, cases, events, opportunities lists when using Internet Explorer 9
- Added a "No upcoming tasks" message in Upcoming Tasks pod when the list if empty
- Fixed a bug in Cases/order details screen causing Related file section to collapse after uploading a file
What's next
We are expecting a web serving performance improvement release in mid-January where we will start deploying new origin server caching across most Business Catalyst static asset requests.
Our next major release is tentatively scheduled for the beginning of February and will include a larger roll out of Business Catalyst v3, improvements to the FTP server and additional changes to the CRM password workflows.
- Business Catalyst V3 roll out - starting with the February release, UI V3 will be made available to all customers; current interface will remain the default one for existing customers, but they'll have the option to switch to the new version; for new customers, V3 will be the default user interface
- Major FTP improvements - We've embarked on a large effort to completely rewrite BC FTP access. When completed, you'll see better performance and reliability when using Dreamweaver or any other FTP client to manage your site content.
- CRM passwords - starting with the February release, passwords in emails will be replaced with a link to set/reset password page.
Enjoy!
Cristinel Anastasoaie
Adobe Business Catalyst Product Manager
