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| Nov 10, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.1.4 released |
| Oct 30, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.1.4 BETA released |
| Sep 13, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.1.3 released |
| Sep 9, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.1.3 BETA 2 released |
| Aug 24, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.1.3 BETA released |
| May 31, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.1.2 released |
| May 10, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.1.1 released |
| Apr 5, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.1.0 released |
| Jan 26, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.0.1 released |
| Jan 12, 2008 |
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Associate-O-Matic v4.0.0 released |
| Nov 3, 2007 |
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 Nov 10, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.1.4 released |
The final public release is now available to download.
Here are some quick highlights for this version...
| New Features |
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New Setting: Image Override (could be used to create your own custom image lightbox, etc) |
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New Setting: MP3 Clips Box (on MP3 Downloads item pages, you can listen to song clips) |
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New Category: Wireless Accessories (US) |
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New Category: Shoes (US, DE) |
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New Category: Home Improvement (UK) |
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Review Sort has two new options |
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Manage Backups - everytime you save your settings, a timestamped backup is created
(easily restore or delete old backups) |
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Image URLs now part of $page (API) array |
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Updated to latest Amazon API version: 2008-08-19 |
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Various other enhancements |
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| Bugs Squashed |
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Any wireless items without a phone plan can be added to the AOM cart |
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Fixed the Custom Box location C1 overlapping issue |
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Underlying Subcategory Box html matches other boxes |
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Blended category results were going to first category after page 1 |
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Fixed RSS issue in UK stores |
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Several other small fixes |
Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.
New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions.
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| Oct 30, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.1.4 BETA released |
We have released the v4.1.4 BETA for testing.
For those who are members of the AOM Beta Program or who would like to join, please login to
the member area (for paid members only). |
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| Sep 13, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.1.3 released |
After a couple rounds of beta tests, the final public release is now available to download.
Here are some quick highlights for this version...
| New Admin Features |
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New Setting: Subcategories
- Manage custom subcategories inside admin (no more cfg.nodes.php)
- Do with subcategories everything you can do with categories (e.g. Node, ASIN List, ASIN File, Blended and URL options) |
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Enhanced Display Rules throughout - new Subcategories page option (used to be grouped with Categories) |
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New Setting: Most Gifted Box (top 10 items for the node in question) |
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New Setting: Most Wished For Box (top 10 items for the node in question) |
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New Settings: Tell-A-Friend, Wishlist, Wedding Registry & Baby Registry
(provides external links to new, special Amazon pages encoded with your Associate ID) |
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Various other enhancements |
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| New Store Features |
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Enhanced Subcategories (same options that have been available for Categories) |
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RSS Feeds (your own store feeds that others can include in their sites/software) see docs |
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Updated to latest Amazon API version: 2008-06-26 |
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Various other enhancements |
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| Bugs Squashed |
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Fixed 1st page of Category option bug for Custom Boxes |
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Fixed the 10 item limit in Shopping Cart when Display Image Column is set to Yes |
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Breadcrumbs now filtered as per the Node Filter setting |
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Tag Cloud wasn't displaying in certain scenarios |
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SOAP bug fixed - for those would can't use REST or CURL |
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Several other small fixes |
Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.
New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions. |
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| Sep 5, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.1.3 BETA 2 released |
We have released the second beta for v4.1.3. After final testing, we'll be shooting for a public release date of September 13, 2008.
For those who are members of the AOM Beta Program or who would like to join, please login to
the member area
(for paid members only).
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| Aug 24, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.1.3 BETA released |
We have released the v4.1.3 BETA for testing.
For those who are members of the AOM Beta Program or who would like to join, please login to
the member area (for paid members only). |
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| May 31, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.1.2 released |
This is a smaller patch release. It is recommended that all Full and Lite users upgrade today.
Here are the highlights...
| New Admin Features |
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Filter setting now also filters items in the Tag Cloud Box |
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| Bugs Squashed |
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Movie Filter caused some errors in certain instances |
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Custom Box (1st Page Only) setting wasn't being applied on Narrow by links |
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Sporting Goods sort for Price high to low and low to high has been fixed |
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Image bug in certain instances displayed an on screen error |
Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.
New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions. |
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| May 10, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.1.1 released |
We're pleased to announce the release of Associate-O-Matic v4.1.1. It is recommended that all Full and Lite users upgrade today.
Here are the highlights...
| New Admin Features |
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A new Category type added that lets you simply point to a specific URL |
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Custom Boxes can now be defined to show on only the first page a category (instead of all pages which is the default) |
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Information Box links are now unlimited (prior limit was 10) |
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New Setting: Movie Filter for US, CA and FR stores (applies to DVD, VHS and Unbox Video) |
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New Setting: Display Home Tab for toggling the Home tab on/off. This can be useful if you want to make use of the new Category type: URL. You can create your own Home tab and point it wherever you want (e.g. your main domain outside of your store) |
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| New Store Features |
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Updated to latest Amazon API version: 2008-04-07 |
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Ability to include shop.php in another script using PHP code such as...
DEFINE('PATH', '/path/to/aom');
include('/path/to/shop.php'); |
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New attributes added for digital goods (e.g. Synopsis, Year, Original Air Date, etc...) |
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Mini Cart Box now contains View Cart link |
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| Bugs Squashed |
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Tag Cloud Box wasn't displaying in certain instances even when tags were available |
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When Home ASIN format used Sort menu wouldn't appear on category pages |
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Wireless with Brands names are listed but not hyperlinked as it's not allowed in API |
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Home Welcome HTML now appears when home page format Home Asin is used |
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Health category Price Low/High fixed (was reversed) |
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Home ASIN should not show page numbers (only 10 are displayed) |
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Search All Products breadcrumb fix |
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Subcategory Column fix when custom subcategories are defines |
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Several other small fixes |
Thanks to the many people who participated in the beta test and who posted to the forum.
It was a huge help.
Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.
New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions. |
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| April 5, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.1.0 released |
We're pleased to announce the release of Associate-O-Matic v4.1.0. It is recommended that all Full and Lite users upgrade today.
Here are the highlights...
| New Admin Features |
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New Setting: RSS Feeds - pull external feeds into Custom Boxes and Pages |
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New Setting: Tag Cloud Box (keywords related to the item/category) |
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New {TAGS} option for Meta Tag Keywords from Tag Cloud above |
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New Setting: No Follow - control various link sections |
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New Setting: Display List Price |
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New Setting: Display Sale Price |
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New Setting: Display Savings Price |
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New Setting: Display Image Column - Toggle item images in shopping cart |
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New Setting: Display Cart Bestsellers |
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New Setting: Display Cart New Releases |
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New Setting: Display Cart Similar Items |
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New Setting: Display Cart Similar Viewed Items |
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New Setting: Search Within Results |
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New Setting: Url Name Length |
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New Custom Box location: I6 - for the right vertical space on Item pages |
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New Box Display Page Option: Search All (for search all products results page) |
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Custom Boxes now have admin label box |
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Danish character support |
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Enhanced Home ASIN page format and randomizer |
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Session auto stayalive - keeps you logged into admin longer |
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Custom Page IDs can have hyphens/underscores (depends on Mod Rewrite) |
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Added option for original small yellow ratings graphics |
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Custom Boxes automatically order in admin based on location |
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New Category: Watches (US) |
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Added new image size (Tiny) for home, category and item pages (Tiny is sized between the current Small and Medium images) |
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Added name and location of item Reviewers |
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Added new $page (API) variables |
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Mini Cart Box only appears when shopping cart contains items |
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Advanced Search now includes Book Title and ISBN search |
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| Bugs Squashed |
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Weeded out old default browse nodes across locales |
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Checkout auto jump from iFrames (as per Amazon policy) |
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Duplicate Brands combined (e.g. Brand, BRAND, Bra-nd) |
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Delete Custom Box bug fixed |
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Admin descriptions not wrapping in Firefox |
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Category 'S' (Subcategory Box) option now fixed |
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Image "Other Views" popup bug fixed |
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Custom Box rules - Items now inherit Category/Subcategory rules |
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Breadcrumbs - some duplicate fixes |
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Related Categories - not displaying in certain instances |
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Several other small fixes |
Thanks to the many people who participated in the beta test and who posted to the forum.
It was a huge help.
Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.
New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions. |
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| Jan 26, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.0.1 released |
We're pleased to announce the release of Associate-O-Matic v4.0.1. It is recommended that all Full and Lite users upgrade today.
Here are the highlights...
| New Admin Features |
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Save button at top of screen (in addition to button at bottom of screen) |
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Added back the original rating stars set - Classic Stars (Yellow) |
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| Bugs Squashed |
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Lite buy buttons go to correct product (Amazon changed the form format recently) |
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Brands links with apostophes (mod rewrite) |
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Image width/height in CP couldn't be changed once set |
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'Showing items' page numbers wrapped vertically |
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Home Node for category with 'Select Options' fixed for page 1 |
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Body Top (BT) and Body Bottom (BB) now work in Cart screen |
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Category Title wrapping |
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Color error on bottom of store when under Trial version |
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I4 page position background ran into next sections |
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Cosmetic 'Sort by' button wrapped down from the drop down menu |
Thanks to the many people who participated in the beta test and who posted to the forum.
It was a huge help.
Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.
New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions. |
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| Jan 12, 2008 - Associate-O-Matic v4.0.0 released |
We're pleased to announce the release of Associate-O-Matic v4.0.0.
Here are the highlights...
| New Admin Features |
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Simplified, Tabbed Control Panel |
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Backup Restore - each time you save, a backup of current settings is made and can be restored |
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Reset Login - must be logged in |
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New Setting: Cache Lifetime - control how many hours your pages are cached (default 24) |
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New Setting: Display Availability - toggle display on home/item/category pages |
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New Setting: Display Category - toggle display on home/item/category pages (e.g. Category: Books) |
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New Setting: Display Date - toggle display on home/item/category pages (release dates) |
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New Setting: Display Shipping - toggle display on home/item/category pages (item shipping details) |
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New Setting: Images - view buttons/icons currently used in your store |
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New Setting: Mini Cart Box - shows shopping cart details |
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New Setting: Rating Filter - only show reviews with rating equal to or above your threshold |
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New Setting: Rating Style - choose rating style icon image set (several choices) |
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New Setting: Review Filter - filter reviews based on words you specify |
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Enhanced Setting: Display Asins - now toggle on home/item/category pages |
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Enhanced Setting: Display Ratings - now toggle on home/item/category pages |
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Enhanced Setting: Display Sales Rank - now toggle on home/item/category pages |
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Enhanced Setting: Information Box - now in Subcategories section - specify Target for links |
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Default browse nodes updated |
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Enhanced cache statistics |
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Advanced settings moved to the Site and Amazon sections |
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Settings automatically saved as you click navigation Tabs |
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Images folder added - all images now located in the /aom/images folder |
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Various other smaller improvements |
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Newly added Amazon categories:
- Kindle Store (US) direct buy buttons to Amazon only
- MP3 Downloads (US) direct buy buttons to Amazon only
- Apparel (UK)
- Baby (UK)
- Apparel (DE)
- Kitchen (FR)
- Jewelry & Watches (FR) |
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Mini Cart Box - can be customized further by editing the /aom/cfg.minicart.php file directly |
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New Location for Custom Boxes and MiniCartBox - C1 for top section of Category Pages |
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Expanded item image sets/views |
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Various other smaller improvements |
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| Bugs Squashed |
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AOM-generated content passes W3C validation |
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Rounded tab gap fixed... finally... we hope... crossing fingers... :) |
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A few mod_rewrite bugs fixed |
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Various other smaller fixes |
Thanks to the many people who participated in the beta test and who posted to the forum.
It was a huge help.
Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.
New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions.
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| Nov 3, 2007 - Join the AOM Beta Program |
Though a few of you have been beta testers in the past, we wanted to formalize the program and make it available to all Full Version subscribers.
Try out early, beta releases of Associate-O-Matic before they are made available to the public. Help us improve Associate-O-Matic.
To join the AOM Beta Program simply login to your account and go to the Beta Program page. There is a form there where you can join.
Thanks!
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