New
Features In Actinic v7
This table
provides a summary of the ecommerce features new to version 7, broken
down by application.
| Advanced Store Merchandising |
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| Specify minimum value of order |
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| Specify maximum value of order |
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| Add surcharges |
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| Make discounts and surcharges time-expiring |
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| Restrict discounts and surcharges to specific
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| Apply a comprehensive range of discounts
and surcharges to any product or group of products eg '3 for
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| Restrict discounts to specific customer groups | |
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| Have discounts triggered by entering a coupon
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| Enhanced Customer Service |
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| Add custom email templates e.g. 'product
out of stock' |
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| Colour-code orders |
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| Change order quantities on the desktop |
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| Enter and process telephone, fax, post and
email orders on the desktop |
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| Add new items to an order on the desktop |
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| Add comments to orders |
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| Include thumbnail images in the search results |
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| Enforce agreement with terms and conditions
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| Faster loading of orders when there are
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| Enhancements for site development |
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| Updated look and feel |
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| Toolbars customizeable, moveable and dockable
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| Single installer can install any of the
main products |
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| New 'Quick Start Tutorial' guide |
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| Real-time resizeable preview window |
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| Properties of selected objects always visible.
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| Alternative screen layouts |
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| Display the same product in more than one
place in the catalogue |
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| Open any image in the catalogue in your image
editor by a right-click menu selection |
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| Insert fragments containing text, product
links and additional images anywhere in the catalogue |
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| Only show fragments to specific customer
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| Accelerated customer account creation when
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| Improved Online Marketing & Commercial Protection
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| Anti-spam email measures |
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| Update to search engine performance features |
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| Increased value as Standard |
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| Support for downloadable products such as
images, documents, software and MP3 music |
Optional in Catalog |
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| Link for Sage Line 50 and QuickBooks included
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| Technical Enhancements |
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| SMTP user name and password validation supported
for mail servers that require it. |
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| Operations controlled by Customvars put
into the standard UI |
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| Ability to switch to test mode so that test
web sites can be created |
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| /q (Quit) option added to external activation
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| Manage different minor versions of Actinic
sites from the same installation |
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