[imac]

Hi!

The CS-Cart team is proud to present CS-Cart 4.2.1 Release Candidate. This is the first release in the upcoming major 4.2.x branch.

Feel free to download and test the new release using this download link. Please share any kind of feedback including bug reports in the bug tracker for v4.2.1RC.

Note that this is not the final version, and it’s not intended for production use. There will be no update available for this Release Candidate to upgrade it to the final 4.2.1 either.


Features
Here are the main features of CS-Cart 4.2.1 RC:

• Contact list synchronization with the MailChimp and Mad Mimi e-mail marketing services.
  
  We’ve added a special Email marketing add-on that lets you sync your store subscriber lists with your MailChimp or Mad Mimi account.

• SEO improvements, namely support of 301-status redirects, Google’s rich snippets, and canonical URLs.
  
  HTTP 301 status stands for Moved Permanently and tells the browser to immediately redirect the user to the new location. Now you can safely move or rename a product or category, CS-Cart will keep the old URL alive and take care of seamlessly redirecting your customers to the new location.
  
  Google introduced rich snippets to allow websites show useful information right in the search result list. In CS-Cart 4.2.1, we’ve extended the SEO add-on to automatically turn your store pages into proper Google rich snippets.
  
  URL normalization, or canonicalization, is a process of making URLs consistent with a certain standard. It helps eliminate duplicate URLs pointing to the same location. In CS-Cart 4.2.1, URLs are normalized automatically.

• Responsive theme has been set as default. Also there are two new styles for it.
  
  The Responsive theme allows CS-Cart stores to look awesome on all screen sizes, and we’re happy to offer more variety in storefront appearance.
  
  
  

• New translation service.
  
  We’ve moved from our own GlotPress-based system to the popular Crowdin service. It provides a much more convenient interface for translators and is trusted by major players like Microsoft and Reddit.
  
  As for now, you can download the latest translations for CS-Cart 4.2.1 from http://translate.cs-cart.com, but we plan to make the langpacks downloadable directly from the CS-Cart admin panel.

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[Rafass]

Great job guys! looks awesome!

I will install it right now in my hosting to try it.
edit: --> here 4.2.1 installed and running in VPS (only for some days)

I can't wait to the release of the final version!

[Darius]

Is there a full changelog?

[imac]

Is there a full changelog?

Not yet, will post it till Saturday.

[mokeshop]

amazing product!!! can't wait for the final product...

[P-Pharma]

This is great news. Regarding rich snippets: do all elements now have microdata tags? Or is it a partial implementation of the most important elements?

Can you update the demo please?

[andemh]

We are tired of waiting
Now, tell us this is not the issue is not official

When is the official release?

[Rafass]

here 4.2.1 installed and running in VPS (for some days)

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[johnbol1]

We are tired of waiting
Now, tell us this is not the issue is not official

When is the official release?

You are joking RIGHT ?

[Rafass]

this is how looks in 4.2.5 in the product pages: (look the quantity selector)



and this is how looks in 4.2:



Is not better if the "+" its located in the right side?

[johnbol1]

here 4.2.1 installed and running in VPS (for some days)

looks good on mobile too, quite responsive, decent speed

this is how looks in 4.2.5 in the product pages:



and this is how looks in 4.2:



Is not better if the "+" its located in the right side?

DEFINATELY

[imac]

This is great news. Regarding rich snippets: do all elements now have microdata tags? Or is it a partial implementation of the most important elements?

Can you update the demo please?

Only products have microdata tags, as customers usually look for a products.

As for the demo - you can try the latest version at http://labs.cs-cart.com/cscart (use you forum login and password). We will update the demo.cs-cart.com after the official release.

[andemh]

When the new official release for 4.2.1?

[imac]

this is how looks in 4.2.5 in the product pages: (look the quantity selector)



and this is how looks in 4.2:



Is not better if the "+" its located in the right side?

Thanks Usernames, you are right - of course the "+" should be on the right side. We will fix this.

[imac]

When the new official release for 4.2.1?

andemh,

There is no official release date.
Approximately it will be in a two weeks.

[andemh]

andemh,

There is no official release date.
Approximately it will be in a two weeks.

you mean after two weeks there is 4.2.1 official ?

we can upgrade to 4.2.1 ?

[Onkel_Sid]

The new translation tool is excellent. Like that you have included the add ons. Very good job.

And to make it even better - or perfect, would it be possible to include translations for: Blocks, Profile fields, Order Statuses, Menus and Product tabs in a future release?

[Rafass]

Spanish is not included either. why?

[mokeshop]

please include google+

[ghostrider]

Yes, please include google+ and pinterests buttons