We are offering a beta version of the 5.4 service pack to any existing BV Commerce 5 customers who would like to help us test the code before the final release.
This is a FULL INSTALL only and not designed as a patch to existing sites. It is for beta testing only, not production use. There will not be any upgrade from the 5.4 beta 2 release to 5.4 final so please use this opportunity to create a new store for testing only.
If you would like to help test this release please email fill out the contact form at
http://www.bvsoftware.com/Company/Contact.aspx and request access to the 5.4 beta program.
Marcus
BV Commerce 5.4 - Beta 2 README
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Welcome to 5.4 beta 2! This should be the last beta before the release of the 5.4 service pack for BV Commerce 5. Please read these instructions carefully because the installation routine for 5.4 is different than for previous versions of BV Commerce 5.
What's New in 5.4
* Kitting - You can now create kit/bundle products from existing products or with merchant defined parts
* Bug Fixes - All bug fixes and hot fixes after version 5.3 are included
* Analytics Controls - Added analytics for Google, Yahoo. Options->Analytics in the admin to set
* File Downloads Controls Added to receipt page - Customers can now download directly from the receipt page is paid.
* Cart Multi Quick Add - New Quick Add feature allows you to add multiple items directly from a url. See below for more info
* SQL Setup and Installer changes
* Vista/IIS7 Support - web.iis7.config file included for IIS7 users
* Installer program no longer requires administrator persmissions on Vista
* Added <asp:content id="EndOfForm" runat="server"></asp:content> to all master pages - New content area for dumping tags at the end of the form
* Included Tech Gear Theme
* Added support for SSL over SMTP (good for gmail) - Options->Mail Server to set
* Added support for mail servers on ports other than 25 (good for gmail) - Options->Mail Server to set
* jquery 1.2.6 included in /scripts folder at root level
* Turned off product caching in webappsettings - caused too many problems with editing products
* Removed option for "move viewstate to bottom of page" - too easy to break asp.net event handling
Install Instructions
The installation process is now more manual in some places and more automated in others. A new installer program is designed to reduce dependencies on DLLs and other requirements during install. A customer using a Mac and a shared hosting account should be able to follow the manual install procedures without a problem. PC Customers have a CreateNewStore.exe program to assist with some of the web.config editing.
* Standard Install Instructions
1) Make sure your web site has the prerequisites for BV Commerce - (IIS6 or IIS7, .NET 2.0, and SQL 2005)
2) Unzip the BVCommerce54.zip file to a temporary location on your computer.
3) Create a folder on your computer where you will keep a copy of your store and the source code required to build the store. Don't worry if you don't want the source code we can copy just the web site later if needed.
4) Gather your SQL Server login information. Either create a new blank database yourself or get the SQL Server, SQL Database name, SQL Username and SQL Password information from your web hosting company.
5) Run CreateNewStore.exe
6) Fill in the information about your local folder and SQL database as requested by the program
7) If you are running on IIS7 open the "www" folder inside your install location and rename "web.config" to "web.iis6.config", then rename "web.iis7.config" to "web.config"
8) After the program completes you'll need to configure IIS if you are installing locally. If you are installing to a hosting company web server this step is most likely already completed by your hosting company.
9) Run the IIS manager program and create a new web site or application folder that points the "www" folder inside the install location you selected.
10) Open up your web store in a browser
11) You'll be prompted to run a SQL Script that will create the store database. Click the button to create the store database
12) Your store should now be at the home page. Click the "Sign In" link to access the administrator side
12a) - The default username is "admin" and the default password is "password"
* Remote Install Instructions
1) Follow the standard instructions through step 7. After step 7 continue here
2) Using FTP or whatever method your hosting company provides, copy all of the files in the "www" folder of your local install location to the root of your hosting company web site.
3) Open up your web store in a browser
4) You'll be prompted to run a SQL Script that will create the store database. Click the button to create the store database
5) Your store should now be at the home page. Click the "Sign In" link to access the administrator side
6) - The default username is "admin" and the default password is "password"
Cart Multi Quick Add
The new cart multi quick add feature lets you add multiple items to the shopping cart with a single link to cart.aspx.
The format is
http://www.mystore.com/c...?multi=SKU123:3;PART23:1Use the "multi=" parameter to indicate that you want to add multiple parts at once
The data for the multi= parameter is a list of SKUs for parts separated by a semi-color (;)
You can also optionally at a colon (:) and a quantity after each sku
EXAMPLE: For products with SKU of TEST001 and TEST002 the following code would add 1 of TEST001 and 2 of TEST002
cart.aspx?multi=TEST001;TEST002:2