AbleCommerce 9.0.11 Change Log

This document is a list of bug fixes, features, and enhancements between AbleCommerce version 9.0.10.8121 and version 9.0.11.9287 

Released Version: AbleCommerce 9.0.11 (Build 9287)

Release Date: 5/07/2025

The actual distribution date is 6/30/2025.

To Upgrade: See Upgrade to AbleCommerce 9.0.11 instructions and information.

New Features and Enhancements in 9.0.11

• USPS Oauth Shipping Integration
  The United States Postal Service announced that their legacy API's will be replaced by modern REST API's that are more secure and use OAuth 2.0 for authentication. We previously release a beta of this new shipping integration because USPS had several bugs. Today, the API is stable and we were able to complete our integration with services for rates, address verification, and tracking. Also supported are International services. The new integration is simplified and we include steps to migrate from USPS Web Tools here.

• New Bot protection measures on the Contact Form
  We've had several reports of the Contact Form being abused by bots. Captcha has not been enough to stop the attacks. If a bad actor submits the contact form several times a second, the new preventions will stop this. In this release, we've added three protection measures. 1) Honeypot (a hidden field to trap the bot), 2) Maximum number of emails per hour, and 3) Minimum time for the form submission is set to 10 seconds. The bot detection is turned on by default. If you wish to modify the default settings, please refer to the new Bot Detection and Prevention documentation here.

• New Captcha settings for the Credit Card Payment form
  The credit card payment forms now includes additional protection from bot attacks. The new Captcha setting is enabled by default on the Payment Form widget. It will use the Captcha type that is set in AbleCommerce. Bots attack credit card forms primarily to test stolen credit card numbers. By using Captcha on the payment form, this can provide an additional layer of protection. If you would like to disable this feature, edit the Payment Form widget and change the Enable Captcha setting to "No". Click here for instructions.

• Shipstation API patch to support 64-bit
  We previously released an AbleCommerce patch for Shipstation in May of 2024. This patch was necessary to accommodate the ShipStation upgrade to 64-bit. As such, a database change to the ac_ordershipments table is part of this release. If you are using ShipStation, please refer to their website for additional information on this upgrade.  

• Search page has a new option for Relevance
  The search results when Full Text Search is not available, or in use, defaults to "Featured". This will push any featured products to the front of the search results. To improve the search result priorities, we have included a new Search sort of "Relevance" that will improve the results.   

• New Widget setting to hide zero price when priced options are in use
  In older versions of AbleCommerce, there was an option to hide the price $0.00 by customizing the controls. We have added a new widget setting to "Hide Zero Price" which applies to the following widgets: More Category Items, Featured Products, What’s New Dialog, Popular Products, Search Products, Product Accessories Grid, Related Products, Product Tabs, and Recently Viewed. This feature is used for products that only use option pricing and the base price is zero. It is not turned on by default. If you want to use this feature, you will need to modify the widgets to enable it.

• Order Admins can manage new and existing customers
  The permissions for users in the "Order Admin" group have increased permissions to edit the customer profile and add new customers.   

• Stripe Payment Gateway upgraded
  The Stripe API has been upgraded. For customers using this payment gateway, please confirm the live transactions are still working immediate after upgrading. Our sandbox testing is confirmed, but we are unable to test production accounts.

Other Important Mentions

AvaTax users: If you are using AvaTax, the Company Field is required for post-order calculations. Update this by going to the Configure > Taxes > Providers menu. Enter your AvaTax Company Code in the configuration field.

Braintree users: If you are using Braintree, we have made a minor change to the API, but may require an important update to prevent duplicate transaction errors.

Braintree payment transactions will now send the Order Number instead of the Order ID. If you are using Braintree, please find the last transaction details in Braintree Console. Make a note of the last Order ID. If the corresponding Order Number in AbleCommerce is LOWER, then you must adjust the NEXT order number to prevent duplicate transaction    errors in future processing. Go to the Configure > Store > General page. In the Order Settings section, adjust the "Next Order Number" so it is HIGHER than the last Transaction Order ID noted in Braintree.

Tariffs: We've had some requests on how to include tariffs on an order. The documentation has been updated with a new section on how to setup a product specific tariff based on the country of origination. Using AbleCommerce taxes, you can do this using the built-in features and requires no custom code.

Change Log between 9.0.10 and 9.0.11

Fewer and fewer bugs are being fixed while we focus more on adding new feature and improvements.

Submit your feature requests for future version.