one thing i understand regarding -en… this only shows in two way either you are using multilanguage site or one of your product or article was same url
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Yes, miracles, you are absolutely right. It is not a problem of Blog add-on, it is the way SEO urls work. Like you said it may happen if you use [color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]multilanguage site or one of your product or article has the same url.[/font][/color]
I am encountering an issue with this addon: it does not display certain characters correctly. For example: μ. The strange thing is that μ is displayed correctly in blogs, but not in titles.
I am encountering an issue with this addon: it does not display certain characters correctly. For example: μ. The strange thing is that μ is displayed correctly in blogs, but not in titles.
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Dear P-Pharma!
Unfortunately, we can't reproduce this problem. On our test site v.3 the letter [color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]μ is displayed correctly on all languages both in titles and in articles. Could you please give us more details so that we could think over what can be wrong?[/font][/color]
Its possible to 'Add “BLOG” item to the top navigation menu' by changing this in the settings. But there is no setting for CS-Cart Ultimate, as I need to turn this on or off per storefront. i.e. I need to have a 'BLOG' navigation item on some storefronts, but not on others. Currently the main navigation of all stores can either have a BLOG on the navigation or none of them have this.
This makes no sense for storefronts that have no blog or have it renamed to NEWS or ARTICLES.
Its possible to 'Add “BLOG” item to the top navigation menu' by changing this in the settings. But there is no setting for CS-Cart Ultimate, as I need to turn this on or off per storefront. i.e. I need to have a 'BLOG' navigation item on some storefronts, but not on others. Currently the main navigation of all stores can either have a BLOG on the navigation or none of them have this.
This makes no sense for storefronts that have no blog or have it renamed to NEWS or ARTICLES.
Please correct this issue.
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Dear P-Pharma,
You are right, there is no such a setting for CS-Cart Ultimate and if you add a Blog item to the top menu, it appears in all storefronts. We understand that it shouldn't be like this. We will definitely try to add a possibility to choose where (in what storefront) to add a Blog item in the next add-on version but can't promise it for sure. The add-on developer needs time to think over the realisation and implement all promised features. Anyway, we will try to do our best!
We have to apologize for the delay with a new Blog version release.
The add-on developer didn't have a possibility to work at a new version for some time. He will continue working on a new version the next week. Now the release is planned in the end of February. Sorry for the inconvenience.
New features that will be definitely included in the new version:
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[]Ability to add an author name to the blog post;
[]Ability to create and add categories to the Blog. Customers will be able to choose a necessary category to see all articles that belong to it;
[*]Blog articles will appear in a separate section in the Sitemap.
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Unfortunately, tags and the blog archive will not be included in the next version. Tags can be added by enabling a standard Tags add-on for pages.
We accept your recommendations about the new blog version. Small improvements are possible to be added.
Please allow us to turn the blog menu item off per storefront. Currently this small issue causes major issues as we have a blog link at the top of the navigation menu of storefronts that have no blog.
Please allow us to turn the blog menu item off per storefront. Currently this small issue causes major issues as we have a blog link at the top of the navigation menu of storefronts that have no blog.
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Hello P-Pharma!
Yes, we remember about this request. The add-on developer will try to include this possibility in the upcoming version but it may require some more time. Anyway, if it is not done in the upcoming version, it will be done in one of the next versions.
is it me or this is simply a custom view of first paragraphs with a read more link to the page ?
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This is the first basic version of the Blog add-on, it is very simple for the present moment. But we will develop it further. Now we are working at the new version that will have several very useful features (blog categories, author name, correct Sitemap with a separate Blog section, complete compatibility with CS-Cart Ultimate). With the release of a new version the add-on price will increase.
Is there an ETA for this update? You said beginning of February, then end of February, here we are at the end of February… no update?
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Dear jmarshall and everybody!
We would like to explain the situation with the Blog add-on. Due to some circumstances a new developer had to start working at a new version of the Blog add-on. Ðе needed time to figure out the code and develop new functionality. [size=4]Categories, author name and site map are ready. The problem is with the Ultimate. We promised our good client P-Pharma to adjust a new Blog version to the Ultimate. Now the developer is working at it. Actually, he has to rewrite most part of the Blog functionality so that it can work flawless with the Ultimate edition. [/size]
[size=4]We hope to release a new version in March, unfortunately can't tell you the exact timeline. [/size][size=4]We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience.[/size]
[size=4]Hope you understand that we have a heavy workload and try to do our best. Thanks for the understanding![/size]
Unfortunately, the new version will be one for all CS-Cart editions. It is not convenient to issue separate versions, because it can cause some problems with the further add-on upgrades.
Again, we really hope for the understanding and apologize for such an inconvenience with the new version release.
For everyone who doesn't speak Russian, I would like to let you know what we are talking about.
Blog add-on v.2.0 is ready but before the official release we would like you to try a new demo.
New demo and documentation are available here. With the enabled SEO add-on, all blog pages will have SEO urls like standard pages.
We will officially release the new Blog next week.
With the release of a new Blog version the price will be increased a little - $59. So, we welcome everyone, who is interested, to purchase the Blog add-on now for the old price.
Please notice! We have changed the structure of the Blog add-on. Now you can create blog categories, blog pages and specify blog setting in a separate admin section (Website → Blog).