Phoca Cart, the popular e-commerce extension for Joomla!, has released a new version that brings several exciting new features to the table. The highlight of the release is the addition of AI tasks for products, which uses artificial intelligence to create product descriptions, long descriptions, features, and meta descriptions. This feature promises to save time for store owners and make the process of creating product descriptions more efficient.
Phoca Cart has also added new template overrides, including an off-canvas layout for search, wish list, comparison, cart, and currency modules. The new template overrides give store owners more customization options and allow them to create a more unique shopping experience for their customers. To see the new template overrides in action, check out the Phoca Cart demo website.
Another exciting addition to the new version of Phoca Cart is the VIES VAT Number Validation plugin. This plugin validates VAT numbers entered by customers in real-time, ensuring that they are valid before the purchase is made.
Other additions include support for native HTML loading="lazy" attribute, the option to hide tax and/or netto prices, support for subforms in payment edit, and optimization for mobile views. Phoca Cart is also now ready for PHP 8.2 and Joomla 4.2, ensuring that it remains compatible with the latest technologies.
Overall, the new version of Phoca Cart promises to be a significant upgrade for store owners, with a range of new features designed to make the e-commerce experience more efficient and user-friendly. Whether you're a new or existing Phoca Cart user, this release is definitely worth checking out.
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Changelog:
- Added AI Tasks for products (create description, long description, features and meta description with help of AI)
- Added new template overrides (Offcanvas for Search, Wish List, Comparison, Cart and Currency modules) see Phoca Cart demo https://www.phoca.cz/phocacartdemo/
- Added new plugin: Phoca Cart - VIES VAT Number Validation plugin
- Added new parameter: Same Delivery And Billing Address - Influence on Rules
- Added featured into categories
- Added featured into manufacturers
- Added native HTML loading="lazy" support
- Added option to hide tax and/or netto price (for each tax)
- Added support for new plugins and modules
- Added recreating thumbnails of attributes in Recreate Thumbnails feature
- Added currency rule in payment method options
- Added currency symbol for payment view
- Added support for subforms in payment edit in administration
- Next and Previous buttons optimized for mobile view
- Ready for PHP 8.2
- Ready for Joomla 4.2
New Phoca Cart extensions:
- Phoca Cart VIES VAT Number Validation plugin
- n3t PhocaCart Category module
- n3t PhocaCart Search module
If you find any bug or you have some feature request idea, please post it to Phoca Forum. Thank you.