Keep the creation of buyer accounts under controlNewsletter #22

The following sections were revised.

In the administration interface (back office)

• Firm > Stores 
  • Registration allowed
    If the box is checked (default option), then the visitors of the selling module can create their buyer account online. Otherwise not. Of course, the Accounts menu option must be activated.
    
  • Contact person
    Enables you to indicate the name of a contact person in each store.
    

In the selling module (front office)

• Accounts > Log in
• If the online creation of buyer accounts is not authorized, the Create an account form is replaced by a help message.
• Contacts
• The Contact person heading was added to the descriptive card of the store

The new buyers may be automatically assigned to specific groups.Newsletter # 21

The following sections were revised.
In the administration interface (back office)

• Buyers > Options 
  • Particular group assignment
    If you set a particular group assignment (a group which differs from the default group), each new buyer account will be, as soon as created, automatically assigned to that particular group and, after logging in, will use all the parameters of his particular group.
    
    You can use this option for marketing campaigns if you want to show automatically to the new visitors who register on your selling module the products that you offer at special conditions or that you want to promote.

In this context read Newsletter #13 which explains how to show/hide products to a buyer according to the group he belongs.

Publish your personal home page - Newsletter #20

The following sections were revised.
In the administration interface (back office)

• Firm > Stores 
  • Start page
    You can now select the page to be displayed at each start of the selling module.
    
    • Product gallery: all the active products of the store are immediately displayed.
    • Exploring catalogs: the page contains a menu formed by the list of the catalogs of the store.
    • My personal home page: displays your personal page hosted at the location you have indicated in the Homepage - Content (URL) textbox.
  • Home page - Content (URL)
    Contains the complete URL (format: http://mywebsite/mypage.html) of your personal homepage.
    If you leave the textbox blank, the home page of the selling module displays a short welcome message in place of your personal page.
    

In the selling module (front office)

• Home (new section)
• Shows your personal home page, if any.

Orders carry a serial number - Newsletter #19

The following sections were revised.
In the administration interface (back office)

• Orders > Parameters  (new section)
  • Next document serial number
    • Upon confirmation, each purchase order receives a serial number that is unique throughout the firm.
    • You can change the number to be assigned to the next document at any moment.

In the selling module (front office)

• Orders
• The purchase order carries a serial number.