{"id":6451,"date":"2016-11-14T12:38:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T09:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cs-cart.com\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:29:02","slug":"cs-cart-and-multi-vendor-4-4-1-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/cs-cart-and-multi-vendor-4-4-1-are-here\/","title":{"rendered":"CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.4.1 Are Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Meet a new release loaded with long-awaited features: email template editor, document editor, safer upgrading, vendor subscription plans, and a bunch of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/191115320?autoplay=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='new-stuff'  id=\"boomdevs_1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Stuff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CS-Cart 4.4.1 adds new features to your store and saves backward compatibility. Check the list below to find out about highlights of CS-Cart 4.4.1 and click the links to read detailed posts about each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/template-editor-in-cs-cart-4-4-1-edit-emails-invoices-packing-slips-gift-certificates-and-order-summary-in-the-admin-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email template editor.<\/a><\/strong> By using the email template editor, admins manage all the email notifications of their stores and modify them right in the admin panel without diving into code editing. In <i>Design \u2192 Email templates<\/i>, you can see all the email notifications a customer and an admin can possibly receive. Click the one you need to edit and change its contents by inserting the necessary variables in plain text mode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/template-editor-in-cs-cart-4-4-1-edit-emails-invoices-packing-slips-gift-certificates-and-order-summary-in-the-admin-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Document editor.<\/a><\/strong> The document editor allows store admins to construct and edit invoices, packing slips, gift certificates, and order summaries in the admin panel. The workflow is similar to email editing: in <i>Design \u2192 Documents<\/i>, choose the document you want to edit and modify it by inserting variables and code snippets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/latest\/history\/441.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Free Ebay Synchronization and Facebook.<\/a><\/strong> The eBay Synchronization add-on allows exporting your products to eBay. And the Facebook add-on embeds your store into your Facebook page. Before, we charged $125 for eBay Synchronization and $90 per year for Facebook. Now these add-ons come with CS-Cart for free. Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/latest\/history\/441.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New logic of themes.<\/a><\/strong> A major benefit from this new logic for store owners is that custom themes won\u2019t be broken after the store upgrade. The point is\u2014the upgrade only changes the default Responsive theme files. Plus, CS-Cart 4.4.1 features a new theme called <i>\u201cBright\u201d<\/i>. If you&#8217;re going to use it, don&#8217;t forget to export your current layout and import it back to the Bright theme. This ensures a proper arrangement of the content blocks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/latest\/history\/441.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">File changes detector.<\/a><\/strong> To make the upgrade process of a CS-Cart store conflict free, admins should keep the CS-Cart core files unchanged. To track core changes, we\u2019re presenting another helpful feature in 4.4.1\u2014a <i>file changes detector<\/i>. This detector scans the CS-Cart core for changes automatically when you log in to the admin panel. You can also launch it manually in <i>Administration \u2192 File changes detector<\/i>. The detector warns you in advance that you have changes in the CS-Cart core and you can lose them after the next upgrade or face conflicts during the upgrade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/vendor-subscription-plans-in-multi-vendor-4-4-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vendor subscription plans.<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/multivendor\" title=\"\">Multi-Vendor<\/a> 4.4.1 features vendor subscription plans. Marketplace owners create plans with certain restrictions for vendors depending on the price of a plan. An admin can set the maximum number of products a vendor can have, the amount of commission, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Order statuses on a partial refund via PayPal.<\/strong> Before, when a customer made a <i>partial refund<\/i> via PayPal, his\/her order got the same status as for a <i>full refund<\/i>. By default, the order was simply cancelled. The point is\u2014a partially refunded order shouldn\u2019t be cancelled because a customer didn\u2019t make a full refund. To fix this behavior, we\u2019ve added a new setting for the PayPal Payments add-on\u2014<em>Order status on partial refund<\/em>. Find it in <em>Add-ons \u2192 Manage add-ons \u2192 PayPal payments<\/em>. By using this setting, you define what status a partially refunded order gets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simplified product feature management.<\/strong> We\u2019ve reworked feature management on the <i>Products \u2192 Features<\/i> page. Now, working with feature groups is clearer: instead of a complicated tree of features and feature groups mixed together, you can see four separate columns: <i>Feature<\/i>, <i>Group<\/i>, <i>Categories<\/i>, and <i>Status<\/i>. On the right sidebar, you can search for features, filtering them by groups via a drop-down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simplified shipment creation.<\/strong> In CS-Cart, admins can ship an order in a single package as well as in several packages. To create several shipments for a single order, there was a special setting, \u201cAllow multiple shipments for a single order\u201d. We\u2019ve removed that setting and simplified shipment creation. Now, admins create both single shipments and multiple shipments for an order via a <i>single simplified form<\/i> on the order details page. No more excessive pop-ups and settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Updated API of the FedEx carrier.<\/strong> The updated integration adds new shipping services for this carrier. In <i>Administration \u2192 Shipping &amp; taxes \u2192 Shipping methods<\/i>, create a shipping method with a <i>real-time rate calculation<\/i><i>, choose FedEx, and see all its services in the <\/i><i>Shipping service<\/i> drop-down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Font Awesome icons in the admin panel.<\/strong> To make icons look nice and sharp on Retina displays, we\u2019ve replaced PNG icons with Font Awesome ones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='how-to-get-cs-cart-4-4-1'  id=\"boomdevs_2\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Get CS-Cart 4.4.1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CS-Cart store owners with active upgrade subscriptions<\/strong> upgrade on the <i>Administration \u2192 Upgrade center<\/i> page in their stores. We\u2019re going to distribute upgrade packages in batches during the first week after the release not to overload our servers. After the first week, we\u2019ll be distributing upgrades without limitations. If you don\u2019t see the available upgrade in your Upgrade center, don\u2019t worry\u2014the upgrade is coming to you soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If your upgrade subscription has expired<\/strong>, prolong it for another one year for just $144 with the discount code. <a href=\"https:\/\/helpdesk.cs-cart.com\/upgrade-subscriptions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to our website<\/a> and get the upgrade subscription:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Select your license and add the upgrade subscription to cart:<br \/><img data-opt-id=1058579878  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700px\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/mldi5dmmdvnt.i.optimole.com\/cb:sOwt.3b410\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-www.cs-cart.com-2016-11-10-14-14-38.png\" alt=\"Step 1\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Enter the discount code and proceed:<br \/><img data-opt-id=1265808000  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700px\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/mldi5dmmdvnt.i.optimole.com\/cb:sOwt.3b410\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-step.png\" alt=\"Step 2\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Go through all the checkout steps. On the 3rd step you can also enter the discount code:<br \/><img data-opt-id=725545649  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mldi5dmmdvnt.i.optimole.com\/cb:sOwt.3b410\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3RD-STEP.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"700px\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Step 3\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Get the upgrade subscription by placing your order:<br \/><img data-opt-id=198446423  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mldi5dmmdvnt.i.optimole.com\/cb:sOwt.3b410\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/4step.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"700px\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Step 4\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope the new features will come in handy in your store! Check out other changes and improvements in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/latest\/history\/441.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changelog<\/a>. Share your opinions here in the comments or in the <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.cs-cart.com\/topic\/46805-cs-cart-and-multi-vendor-441-are-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Report any bugs to the bug tracker. We\u2019ll do our best to deal with all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get the latest CS-Cart news, follow us on <a title=\"CS-Cart on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cscart.official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a title=\"CS-Cart on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cscart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> or subscribe to our newsletters via the form below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/cscartvideos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> you can learn how to operate and set up your online store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background: #f7f7f7;\">\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 0 10px;\">\n<h2 id='follow-cs-cart-news-promotions'  id=\"boomdevs_3\" style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: normal; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Follow CS-Cart news &amp; promotions<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form style=\"text-align: center;\" action=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\" method=\"post\"><input name=\"mailing_lists[4]\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\"\/><br \/><input name=\"redirect_url\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"index.php\"\/><br \/><label class=\"cm-required cm-email\" style=\"display: none;\" for=\"subscr_email\">Email<\/label><br \/><input id=\"subscr_email\" class=\"subscribe-input\" style=\"font-size: 16px; padding: 10px; width: 400px; border-radius: 4px; height: 41px; color: #72757a; border: 2px solid #C7C7C9; box-sizing: border-box;\" name=\"subscribe_email\" type=\"text\"\/><br \/><button class=\"subscribe-btn\" style=\"background: #2F4156; outline: 0; border: 0; padding: 12.5px 15px; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #fff; margin-left: -10px; vertical-align: top; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; cursor: pointer; height: 41px;\">Subscribe<\/button><br \/><input name=\"dispatch\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"newsletters.add_subscriber\"\/><\/form><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet a new release loaded with long-awaited features: email template editor, document editor, safer upgrading, vendor subscription plans,&hellip;","protected":false},"author":31003,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21162,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions\/21162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}