Website Forge Upgrades: 4/5/2009

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April 6th, 2009 at 10:29 am star

The following updates were applied to the Website Forge system this Sunday.

1) Fancy Zooming feature. In a Layout Builder frame (for the Ecommerce and Ad modules) a “Zooming” parameter for an Image field has been added. If it's set to "Yes", the user will be allowed to see enlarged portions of the image while moving the mouse over it. For this to work, an image must be large enough to see all details. Also, the Image field itself must be set up to show a smaller version of the image (by setting the field's Width and Height parameters) and the zoom window will display portions of the image at it's original size.

2) USPS has been upgraded to the newest version of their API. USPS domestic and international methods can now be configured to use different types and sizes of packages (different kinds of Flat Rate Boxes, Envelopes etc.) to fine tune the calculation.

Also, the "Add International Methods" button was added to the Shipping Conditions/Methods form for users who wish to add international shipping.

3) The “FreightQuote” calculation engine has been added. To enable it, you need to add FreightQuote under a shipping condition using the Add Method button in the “Shipping Conditions/Methods” section and configure its parameters according to the type of goods being shipped. Note that FreightQuote is not a general-purpose shipping service like UPS/FedEx/etc., but is used to calculate shipping items of large size and dimensions via different freight companies.

4) Publish notifications have been updated to include an HTML link to the published version of your website.

Kevin Ledezma

www.websiteforge.com

Web Site Design and E-commerce

Posted in E-commerce, Important Notifications, Website Forge Upgrades by Shane Merem

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George Mathai says:

April 6th, 2009 at 1:34 pm star

Kevin,

I don't understand how to enable the zoom feature. Can Anuj make it work or can someone walk me through on enabling this feature?

Regards,
George

Kevin Ledezma says:

April 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm star

Hi George. I've responded to your request via the Project Portal System.

Also, just a quick note to other WebsiteForge Users:

In order to use this new function - you will need to be using the Layout Builder's "Image" field. This is not the same as any product fields you have whose "field type" is set to image.

The Layout Builder's "Image" field is used to display images that have been added for your products.

The Layout Builder's "Image" field can display images from any image fields that you have added for your products. Also, if you have more than one image field - you should use the Layout Builder's "Image List" field to display a thumbnail list of images, and set the Image field (in the Layout Builder) to update images based upon the image selected from the Image List.

Please contact Live Support with any specific questions about this.

Marnia says:

April 6th, 2009 at 8:43 pm star

Hi Kevin;

Re: Fancy Zooming Feature

Is there any way to make the zoom box smaller to show more detail of the products when moving the mouse over them?

I love this new feature and it is exactly what I need for the site.

Thank you.

Marnia Trujillo

Ginger Rushng says:

April 7th, 2009 at 12:03 am star

Does this mean that if we have images sized to 400 x 400 and have the image layout field set to full-size.....we need larger images to make this work? I tried it and got some strange distortion? It showed the zoomed image to the right of the image field over the other text fields and then it just was stuck partly on the text fields?? What am I missing?

GInger

Kevin Ledezma says:

April 7th, 2009 at 10:15 am star

Marina and Ginger,

Marina - the view of the image that opens will show your image at 100% of it's original size. So, if you want it to show more detail, your uploaded image just needs to be larger. Please visit Live Support for more details and help with this.

NOTE: "Original Size" refers to the image that is in your image store. If the image is only, for example, 500x500 pixels - then the image that opens (upon zooming) will only show this image in 500x500 pixels. This feature isn't meant to show a magnified version of your original image. Doing so would only distort the image. Rather this will show the highlighted portion of your image at 100% of it's size.

Ginger - I checked your site but did not see this enabled on your Product Details page. Please visit Live Support and they can help you set this up for your site.