Release Notes: November 19, 2020

Here’s what’s new with DirectScale the week of November 19th, 2020.

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🎁 New Features and 🌟 Enhancements for All!

🌟 Improved! Friendly Error Pages [Corp Admin] When a system experiences an error, the error page previously was the page that showed the code response of what broke. This is very unfriendly and shocking to normal users in the Corp Admin. Now we have a friendly looking page with a link for developers to get to the full error message. 

🔮 Upcoming! Improved Unified Checkout Experience [Retail Site] Our teams are constantly working to improve the shopping experience and right now they are busy working on a whole new way to shop and checkout. Keep your eye on the release notes in the next few weeks to see what’s coming and how to take advantage of these new features.

🐞 Bugs That Have Been Squashed

🐞Fixed: Lots of Little Bugs [Retail Site] We fixed a bunch of little bugs on the Retail Site including: the link to the backoffice not always showing, the company logo on the invoice page getting cut off, PV showing in the cart even when it was empty, autoship frequency not sticking when making changes, and generally updating visual alignments all over the site.

🐞Fixed: Logging Out Not Logging Out Across Tabs [Retail Site] If you were logged in to the Retail Site on multiple tabs and you logged out of the site on one tab, the other tab would stay logged in. Now when you log out, you are logged out for reals.

📘 Help Center and Training

📘New! 3PL [Guide] Improved Introduction to Supported 3PL Implementation Guide by improving the content and changing similar titles to Entering Supported 3PL Credentials and Entering Alternate 3PL Provider Credentials.

📘New! Integrating with the Enlinx or EU Globe SFTP Site [Article] New article about this process of connecting to a supported 3PL’s SFTP site.

📘New! Custom Admin Pages [Developers] New article for custom development on these pages.

📘New! Adding an External Page to Admin Navigation [Developers] New article for custom development on these pages.

📘New! Publishing to eCommerce Admin Live and Stage Environments [Article] New article about this process in the shop.

📘New! Publishing to Web Office Admin Stage Environments [Article] New article about this process in the Web Office Admin.

📘New! Configuring Web Office Communication Settings [Video] Added a video to accompany the corresponding article.

📘New! Managing Paid Commissions [Video] Added a video to accompany the corresponding article.

📘New! Managing Stock Levels Video [Video] Added a video to accompany the corresponding article.

📘New! Widgets [Articles] Added these articles to explain what each widget’s function is within the platform: Binary Placement Preferences Widget, Website Addresses Widget, Website Information Widget, Notifications Widget, and Custom Notification Widget.

🌟 Improved! Developer Portal [Developers] Made improvements to Developer Portal articles by simplifying the language, fixing typos, and expanding information where necessary. This includes: What is the Client Extension?, API Documentation Site Authorization, Corporate Office (Disco) Client API Proxy, Getting Started with Front End Development, and Custom JavaScript.

🌟 Improved! Front End Development > Getting Started [Article] Updated the article to include more detailed information and helpful links.

🌟 Improved! Front End Development > Angular Apps [Article] Updated the article to include more detailed information and helpful links.

🌟 Improved! Managing AutoShips in the eCommerce Shop [Article] Updated the article to include multiple autoships details.

🔮 What Cool Things Are We Working On?

• Improving shipping package support and stock level enhancements
• Ongoing enhancements to improve Retail Admin’s ease of use and add new configurable settings.
• We are documenting the Advanced Settings for all three applications.
• We are gathering more code examples and documentation for developers.

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