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Additional content specific to each payment method can now be added to the order confirmation email. This is particularly useful for adding Check and/or Money Order instructions.

Recurring orders now supports payments other than just credit card. This is helpful for generating orders that are to be paid by purchase order and/or check.

We have updated our Site Manager software to include support for management of multiple content areas on a single web page. An example of this would be when you want to change the content in a second column or under the navigation menu on a per page level. The new functionality maximizes the flexibility afforded to the designer when designing the site.

The manage products administration page has been updated to allow for deleting multiple products at the same time.

The catalog pages of the Online Store now support a "View All" products option. Assigned priority is now an available product sorting option.There is now an option in the category administration to randomize the assigned priorities so as to randomize the order in which the products are displayed.

The site manager has been upgraded to support future PHP releases where magic_quotes_gpc and register_globals are not going to be supported.

A membership registration page option has been added to the Site Manager. Used in conjunction with a default user role, it is now simple to create a private membership area on the site that visitors can simply sign up for.

A category can be hidden from the front end of the site by unselecting a "Show In Menu" checkbox.

A speed improvement was implemented throughout the Site Manager software to allow the Site Manager software to easily manage sites with over 10,000 pages. Additional speed enhancements include new caching functionality that can dramatically speed up slow pages.

A pop-up date selector has been added to the start and stop date fields. 

A help pop-up has been added to each field.

The inherited templates are displayed on the advanced tab.

The page manager now shows the number of children pages within each page of a given section.

A product can now have two sizes of thumbnail images that can be displayed in different parts of the site. There is now an option to display product images on the invoice/receipt.

The ability to select and upload multiple images at the same time has been added to the bulk image uploader.

New functions have been created making it much simpler to programmatically import new pages into the site. This is especially useful when doing the initial migration of the site or for syndicating content.

The category tree navigation for the online store has been updated to remember the open and closed categories between page views.

The site manager now supports the ability of assigning a URL of your choice to a page. Blogs that include this abiltity often call the URL a "PermaLink".

Also, the ability to assign multiple redirecting URLs to a page has been added.

Both of these features have been added to facilitate the search engine optimization of a migrated site.

A new "Form Mail" tab has been added to "Edit This Page". It is now simple to set the Subject, From Name, From Address, CC Addresses, BCC Addresses, Confirmation Page URL, and Error Page URL of a submitted form such as a Contact Us form.

In addition, form submissions are now captured to the database and can be exported to an excel spreadsheet.

The checkout process now has the option of skipping the shipping method page. When combined with a simple shipping calculation and a single payment method, this allows for a very simple two page checkout process.

Categories and products can now both be assigned a URL of your choosing. This capability helps with Search Engine Optimization and site migration.

Each category can now be assigned a "menu title" that is different than the name of the category. This is useful for creating short menu titles for the front end navigation.

The product detail page is now capable of display swatch images for products that have a color attribute.