Modular Merchant update 2.019 is now available

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Modular Merchant version 2.019
Released 3/28/06
This update includes the following items:

How do I update? The next time you log in to your store Administration area, an icon stating "An Update is Available" (Figure 1) should be displayed in the upper-right section of your Admin Home page. Click this icon to load the Update Installer page. Read about all of the updates & changes in the update, and then click the "Install this Update" button at the bottom of that page. Figure 1: Software Update Button Clicking the "Install this Update" button will automatically install the update. That's it! Follow any instructions on the page for more information.

Items Requiring Your Attention. System Setting # 11: Maximum Order Value. If this optional setting is used, then the store will not process any orders that are greater than the Maximum Order Value. The customer will be given the opportunity to edit their order to reduce the order's grand total below the Maximum Order Value and try submitting their order again.

Bug Fixes Checkout: In the country menu, "Taiwan: Province of China" has been changed to "Taiwan". Coupons module: Fixed a bug that would prevent certain types of coupons from being displayed in the Search Coupons search results. Coupons module: Fixed an issue that would prevent the coupon emails from being sent out in certain circumstances when creating a series of coupons. Manufacturer Stats Report: The COGS and Discounts data will now being properly displayed in Manufacturer Statistics report's spreadsheet. Order Editor: The edit date on the Order Editor page was off by several hours. (The time zone adjustment was being applied to the edit date twice.) Order Editor: The content of the custom order fields can now be edited on the Order Editor page. (Previously, the content of these fields was just displayed; it was not editable.) Product Editor: Fixed a bug that could cause the wrong weight to be displayed in the Product Editor. Promotions module: A product that is in multiple categories will no longer receive multiple promotion discounts. (In some circumstances, products assigned to multiple categories were triggering a discount for a each category.)

New Features and Updates Affiliate: The Affiliate tracking links will retain any additional variables passed to them. (For example: The Tracking Link "http://www.this.com/?aid=1&this=that" will now send the content of the "this" variable to the landing page assigned to that Tracking Link.) Checkout: Added support for submitting the currency symbol to PayPal. (ie: If your store is set to use British Pounds, customers paying with PayPal will see the British Pound symbol within the PayPal website.) Coupon module: The checkout area can be restricted to allow only one coupon to be redeemed per order. Digital Products module: Improved the delivery system to prevent an issue in which downloading a digital product with a "https://" link can result in a zero KB zip file being downloaded. Place an order: The Place an Order tool in the Admin area will now allow Admins to toggle the display of inactive products on and off. Inactive products will be hilighted in a red table row. Scheduled Products module: Scheduled products can now be set to rebill on a certain day of the month or every X days. Scheduled Products module: Scheduled Products can now be set to be "membership" products. ("Membership" options have been added to the Product Editor, and the Scheduled Order's module options.) A membership product will allow special "members only" content, specific to the membership products the customer is subscribed to, to be displayed in the customer's account area. Skin Templates: The method in which Skin Templates are saved and displayed was completely rebuilt. This will prevent error messages when restoring a stock Skin file to its default content. It also opens the door for adding many new, robust {QUICK CODE TAGS} in the future. Storefront: Added support for $mm_categories_to_show Design Variable. System Settings: Added support for a “Maximum order value” check. (System Setting 11.)