v90 Release notes

Improvements

BK8 Ecommerce store customers can now add comments to an order

Allow store customers to add comments to their order. Useful for bespoke goods, food/dietary requirements, delivery instructions etc.

Bug fixes

-Fix bug counting fields on advanced form
-Fix hardcoded bank transfer payment method name
-Fix broken image upload in onboarding
-Optimise V6 site publishing
-Fix missing options button in BK8 Template Editor

Technical

-Speed up site creation and template switching
-Queue publishing for sites with more than 10 domains

v89 Release notes

New features

'Pay on collection' payment option added

Pay on collection is now available as a store payment method.

The store owner can offer their customers instructions to explain how this works.

Add YourPay as a payment provider

YourPay is now available as a store payment method.

The store owner can setup YourPay using their merchant details.

Allow users to set mandatory fields in advanced form widget

When enabled, anyone filling in the form will not be able to leave a mandatory field blank.

BK8 WordPress blog post import

Blog users in BK8 can now import their Wordpress blog posts and publish them on their BK site.

Improvements

Allow user to add multiple social bar widgets to their site
Allow user to add multiple signup form widgets to their site with different email addresses
Allow user to add multiple personal LinkedIn widgets (with different accounts) to their site
Add tooltips to the editor and apply to the hidden pages button

Bug fixes

Fix issue with only first duplicate page url versioning
Store initial display order with variant options
Fix shipping dialog save buttons in BK8
Fix for selecting a new default tax rate not deselecting the previous one
Hide developer link for ipad and lower resolutions
Better error message for duplicate SKU
Add missing translation key in BK8 tax
Fix toolbar layout breaking at certain resolutions
Fix issue where the show more/less function doesn't work in template content widget
Make the BK8 order tab text in the centre
Replace the button with a link to the shipping rate page from tax page in BK8 eCommerce
A google maps widget with no address now prompts you to enter an address rather than show an api error

v88 Release notes

New features

Add a way to disable widget delete confirmation in BK8

You now have the option to select "Don't show this again" when you first delete a text widget. This will stop the confirmation showing every time.

Add file upload panel for BK8 button link editor

When adding a button widget to your site, you can now choose to link to a file. Currently this is limited PDF files. When a visitor clicks on the button, a new browser tab will open where they can view and save the PDF.

Current limitations are

Only the Button widget can link to a file
Only PDF files are currently supported

You can upload documents using the file upload dialogue. Previously uploaded documents will be visible under the Recent tab.

Improvements

Return to list page when the user has finished publishing their post or saving their product in BK8
Add Rubik, Work Sans, Istok Web, Source Serif Pro, Poppins, Libre Baskerville fonts
Allow user to add multiple contact form widgets to their site with different email addresses
Allow user to add multiple click to call widgets to their site with different phone number
Polish the visibility panel animations and add highlighting

Bug fixes

Clear cache on help links saved in control panel
Take store offline after last shipping rate is deleted
Stop Redactor adding empty schema data to content widget in V7
Fix issue that means a user is unable to add any widget nearby to a newly added map widget in BK8
Fix issue in V8 where changing the URL of a page within a folder inserts the folder URL twice
Fix issue that means a user is unable to add any widget nearby to a newly added Facebook like or - - Facebook comments widget in BK8
Wrong profile fields not highlighted
iPad - Profile - Contact details - unable to save any entries on this page
Fix inability to save blog preferences in BK8 on low res devices
Fix incorrect translation key in order page in BK8
Fix incorrect translation key in gallery image picker in BK8
Drag & drop breaks in templates without main zone
Fix Twitter connect page title
Fix V8 upgrade prompt appearing on Twitter connect page

v87 Release notes

New features

V8 payment gateways
We have added a few more payment gateways for V8 store owners. You can now connect to the following:

Point
Paytrail
Payfast
Mollie
First Data

Improvements

“Page not found” and “something went wrong” error pages added to V8
For non-drag-drop-upload devices, show more appropriate UI
Allow users to add multiple Twitter widgets (with different accounts) to their sites
Remove unused menus on login
This is a housekeeping task to tidy up empty, unused menus.
Show custom template preview in V8

Bug fixes

Fix product list visibility localisation
Fix menu flow
Account is not reverted to demo package when cancelling
Use the correct weight unit for shipping rate in V8
Expand number of cases in which session timeouts can be caught and displayed to users
Display human readable file size in error message
Fix issue where V8 template default font names don't show in styles panel
Fix V8 ecommerce Worldpay inconsistent save button UI
Fix V8 font weight invalid option
Fix inability to activate bank transfer if store has no email address
Fix image album pagination
Fix price in Menu can be text
Prevent file path from being included in sync request response
Fix inability to edit templates imported from git on one click deploy environment
Fix unknown site redirect logic
Fix V6 Google Maps widget
Fix switching from V6 to V7

v86 Release notes

New features

Moving from V7 to V8

We have added the ability for V7 users to move to V8 whilst remaining on the same subscription plan. This is setup at package level on a per partner basis, so it may not be available to everyone.

When enabled, a banner will show in the editor to offer more information about V8.

Clicking "find out more" shows a dialogue with some information about the new V8 editor. You can return to this dialogue at any time by clicking "find out more". Once you choose to move to V8, you cannot return to the V7 editor.

V8 payment gateways

We have added the following payment gateways to V8 eCommerce:

Yandex payment gateway
Mercado Pago payment gateway
2Checkout payment gateway
Paysbuy payment gateway

Improvements

Group templates by editor version in V8 template picker
This helps to highlight old and new templates
Improve the style section UI for long style section label
Help to fit long translated text into the UI.
Allow user to add multiple map widgets (with different addresses) to their site
Cater for plans with only V7 templates in V8 template picker
Remove menu from V8 app switcher
Do not offer V8 upgrade to V7 users with menu
Menu is not currently part of V8

Bug fixes

Duplicate product tag check in V8 should be case insensitive
Fix issue that meant you were unable to change Dropbox widget text size
Disable the add widget button in mobile desktop editing mode
Notify users of session expiry
Make menu widgets added on site creation deletable
Fix issue updating regional tax rates

v85 Release notes

New features

V8 template editor

We have added the Template editor to V8 with a new look and a few new features:

New V8 UI
Full tree view with folders
Drag and drop files into the editor and into folders
Tabbed file editing so you can work on more than one file at once
Upload/download templates
Template preview

Improvements

Lighten placeholder text colour
- Changed to address usability concerns
Automatically save and close the widget properties panel when clicking outside of the panel.
Change Yandex logo in eCommerce
V8 save button improvements
- We have been over the entire product and worked on making the save experience more consistent. These changes can be seen across all widgets, settings panels, apps and manage section pages.
V8 publish improvements
- Worked to ensure that publishing from anywhere in the product looks and behaves the same way.
Use device width when displaying (or not) add widget buttons
Include timeout for twitter, disqus and yelp calls

Bug fixes

Don't change body background class until the user has selected at least one colour.
Prioritize redirects over blog/ecommerce route.
Fix incorrectly updated template images and products property values
V8 404 page
Only toggle folder-open on the selected folder, not all folders
Add images should not be added into gallery/slideshow until confirmed
Return 404 response when using custom page
Fix slideshow dissolve transition showing just one image at one time
Add more address fields info to V8 profile widget
Check SKU across all products in store when saving variants
Fix V7 blog unpublish issue

v84 Release notes

New features

Allow new users to use version eight of BaseKit
Allow adding of footer text to ecommerce emails
Show summary of purchase before payment and allow amending of delivery address and shopping cart
Add a V8 feature flag to enable the 'buy credits' button in the stock image panel

Improvements

V8 template picker should have a 3 column layout
V8 template picker filter by category (pass parameter in URL)
Translation improvements
Remove style highlight from editor
Improve editing of v7 template styles in v8

Bug fixes

Ecom product category title removed extra underline spacing
Cannot add content in mobile desktop mode
V8 - Edge - editor disappears after site tested in preview mode.
Fix inability to save payment methods if store info absent
Clicking retry on a failed payment for a domain would result in a 404 error
Enable translations for v8 publish dialog failure when over page limit
Fix site styles not updating in the editor
Check if user tries to unsubscribe from the default brand package
Allow user to delete more than one tax rate when deleting shippings rates
Show upgrade dialog when the product limit is reached
Allow images to be sortable in tablet
Fix iPad scrolling making the rendering delay
Fix broken image in order page
Fix firefox upload error for edited image in V7 and V8
Reset profile data on site page load for V8
Fix manage tab images upload issue
Fix V8 issue that page created without hitting save button
Add ability to publish/unpublish post in V8 post list
Fix V7 blog unpublish issue
Fix for V7 Image gallery & Slideshow images no longer ordered by user selection

v83 Release notes

New features

Add page folder option and reorder UI V8
Cancelled orders visible on the V8 manage orders page
Add advanced contact form to V8

Improvements

Use store owner's paypal email rather than store email in ecommerce
Add a terms and conditions link to order communication
Remove the default content for the V8 content widget
Allow longer titles in sidebar on V8
V8 translation fixes

Bug fixes

Fix v7 revert to v6 site
Improve paypal error logging
Fix issue with German locale in ecommerce
Personal linkedin widget - Only accepts Specific URL format
Prevent home page from being inactive
Fix navigation header layout on demo accounts with no logo
Fix issue with V7 tax in German lang
Fix words overlay in German in V8 gallery and correct translation keys
Add the ability to change product visibility in products list V8
Improve handling of tax rates in V8
Remove blank country translation key and correct 'Save' key

v82 Release notes

New features

Add options to disable login pages, requiring login via API only.

Improvements

Accept translation import from filesystem
Warn when site is using custom template in Control Panel editsite
Track additional analytics events. Convert siteactions in Control Panel
Log responsive template applied to a site event
Improve user associated sites list in Control Panel
Allow editing of v7 font and colour swatches in v8

Bug fixes

Smart Inc - .menu-item overflow:hidden causes hidden menu images
Fix order management issues
Fix cluttered text problems in orders management
Prevent order status changes while a previous request is still pending
Fix control panel metrics
Unset primary domain before removing domains associated with deleted sites
Unset primaryUrlRef before removing site domains
Display correct payment method name for Mollie payments
Fix image albums
Hide account link on plans page according to brand flag
Fix missing account link when plan filters are not present
Expire foreign persistent login cookies
Fix outdated navigation after page deletion
Use brand external account URL when set on plans page
Fix option click issue in V8 product lists page
Do not show billing filters when prices are disabled
Highlight format (bold and italic) buttons in settings when selected

v81 Release notes

New features

Implement Firstdata payment gateway

Bug fixes

Fix publishing after entering a subdomain
Fix tour help links display issue in Polish
Fix MercadoPago phraseapp key duplication
Fix image albums
Fix issue where the folder inner page is not clickable
Prevent home page from being deleted by moving into a folder
Fix option translation
Add missing PhraseApp keys
V6 - confirmation pop up when removing a widget doesn't close on Firefox
Fix CORS Bug on Menu Item Image Upload