A long-awaited Joomla eCommerce and directory extension update! Many of you were looking forward to DJ-Catalog2 3.7.4 version.
The latest DJ-Catalog2 updated brings many new features, improvements, and fixes. Discover them now.
In this blog post, you'll find out more about the new features:
New Features
Price rules
It's the main new feature in DJ-Catalog2. Using this option allows creating global price rules with a specific calculation type.
The price rule can be configured for various occasions as well as for selected countries only. Some examples:
- Grand total calculation type (Independence Day in the USA) - the price rule only for the USA. The rule will affect everything (including Delivery Methods and Payment Methods) for a whole day (4th July).
- Products sub-total calculation type (10th Birthday of the company) - The price rule will be available for everyone. It affects every product in a store. The price rule will be displayed in the Cart Page: And also in the Checkout Page.
- Each product individually calculation type (+5% for people from Poland) - This rule will affect every product from the Desktop Computers category. Only people from Poland will be assigned to the price rule.
Each new "Price rule" can be completely defined by the DJ-Catalog2 administrator. There are many options to choose from. Some of them are:
- Subtract or Add
- Percent or amount
- Calculation type (all cart, products subtotal, each product individually)
- Value
- Delivery price
- Payment price
- Availability in selected countries
- and more
See the example for the "Products sub-total calculation type" price rule that will be displayed in the Cart Page:
Learn more about the price rules (with video)
Wishlist
Use the new Wishlist feature and save selected products in one location!
Wishlist is enabled by default, so this feature works automatically in DJ-Catalog2. The 'Add to wishlist' button is displayed on the "Product list" and "Product page".
It can be available both for logged in users and guests. The wishlist view can be easily displayed by using the module position 'Wishlist view'.
All listed items can be printed or downloaded as PDF files by users in front-end.
New types of customization fields
Customization fields are a great way to add additional services or options to your products (for example color, material etc.)
The DJ-Catalog2 update introduces two new types of fields for product customization:
- Radio buttons
- Checkboxes
Until now, only the "text" and "file" fields were available.
See the example below:
Learn more about new types of customization fields
Extra attributes values from different groups in individual sections on "Product compare" page
There is now a possibility to compare extra attributes belonging to different groups.
Extra attributes are grouped automatically and displayed on the comparing page which makes a clear view for different products.
See the example below:
Exporting orders and queries into CSV file
You can export your DJ-Catalog2 orders and queries into CSV files. This feature is enabled by default, is very simple to use and works both for front-end and back-end.
After a successful export, the message will be generated with a link to a CSV file.
Shipment split
Thanks to this new feature, you can split the order into several shipments based on the product's shipping days information.
The preferred number of deliveries will be displayed automatically during checkout. You can choose to display only text information, shipping days, or both.
Shipping days and availability information (we've used 'custom order' on our example) can be defined in the single product page.
Related accessories
This feature gives the possibility to include additional products that will be displayed as suggested products in the checkout process on the Cart page.
This option is disabled by default. Chosen accessories need to be assigned on the product's page. As a result, they will be displayed in Cart Page as suggested for the chosen product.
Date format
"Date format" is the new parameter in the DJ-Catalog2 General settings. It was expected by many users and implemented in all DJ-Catalog2 views.
The formatting of full date-time values and formatting of dates only were added. For both options, there are 7 formats to choose from.
New delivery methods
We've added four shipment plugins.
All plugins are purposed for deliveries in Poland, however, it's possible that InPost also works for the UK, but we haven't tested it.
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New plugins are:
- DHL24-PL Shipment plugin (in terms of the API provided by Polish branches)
- DPD PL Shipment plugin (in terms of the API provided by Polish branches)
- InPost Shipment plugin
- Pocztex Shipment plugin
Customers can choose the delivery method from the list in the checkout view.
After making the order, the site's admin can find it in the DJ-Catalog2 control panel (orders section).
Opening the selected order will display the Delivery & Payment view among other order details:
Using the "Create shipment" button allows the ordering of a parcel and downloading a waybill.
Shipment plugins are not included in the DJ-Catalog2 AIO package and need to be downloaded separately from the download section. They are available for active DJ-Catalog2 subscribers.
Fixes
The 3.7.4 update brings 5 fixes. You can see them all on the changelog page.
More about this update
- Download DJ-Catalog 3.7.4 stable version.
- You will find the full list of changes in the changelog for version 3.7.4
- If your subscription expired you can renew your subscription with 25% discount
- Check how you can update DJ-Catalog2
- Visit DJ-Catalog product page to see all the features of our directory, catalog, and e-commerce Joomla ad extension
- Browse available Joomla templates with DJ-Catalog2
Interested in getting DJ-Catalog2?
You can buy DJ-Catalog2 as a single extension subscription or in the bundle.
DJ-Catalog2 is integrated with:
DJ-MediaTools
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DJ-Reviews
Rating and reviews extension for various types of content. Set your own criteria. Blacklist bad words and integrate with extensions.
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DJ-Suggester
Sliding box with suggested content from the currently viewed component. It shows up smoothly when the website is scrolled to the bottom offset.
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