Change Log for Update 3.2.0

Reorder feature

Products from past orders can now be added directly back to the shopping cart via the customer’s order history.

SEO History

Easily set up automatic redirects from old or existing pages to new ones in the admin area to pass on, for example, Google link equity to the successor product if the original is no longer available for purchase.

"Lazy Load" for Images

The new Lazy Load feature now dynamically loads store images based on where they are actually displayed within the browser. This reduces the required bandwidth and improves performance.

DACH Mode

The new DACH Mode, which is enabled by default, allows the store to perform more rigorous address validation within the DACH region to prevent incorrect entries.

Purchase Order Number

For the ordering process, you can now optionally enable the entry of a PO number to assign orders their own external order reference.

New Password Encryption (Hash Algorithm)

The password hash function now uses a new algorithm to protect your passwords from theft in accordance with the latest cryptographic standards. This method benefits not only your customers, but also you as an administrator and your partners!

New Module: Product Designer

Due to high demand, we have now integrated the “Product Designer” extension into the store by default. The module is still subject to a fee due to the associated licensing costs, but now receives regular automatic updates through the store system. With this module, it’s incredibly easy to link complex configurators—such as a T-shirt designer—to the store.

Comparison Feature

Your customers can now conveniently compare up to 4 products of their choice using this new feature. This feature takes into account not only standard fields but also custom fields and options.

Live Shopping

The new live shopping feature allows you to present special offers to your customers in a more effective and visually appealing way. A countdown timer and event management enhance the FOMO (“Fear of Missing Out”) effect among customers, thereby increasing your sales.

New SEO/SEA Module: Google Merchant Center

You can now create as many label groups and labels as you like and assign them to products. This can be done either manually when editing a product or automatically via the Google Label Rule Editor, where you can define labels based on sales metrics, for example. The custom labels can then be used directly for your Shopping campaign optimization via our Google Merchant Center XML integration.

New Payment Module: Klarna Payments

The Klarna interface allows your customers to use various payment options. In addition to the traditional invoice, customers can also pay in installments. Another advantage: Klarna handles the entire payment process, and you can ship the merchandise directly.
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New Payment Module: PayPal Installment Plan

The PayPal Installment Purchase interface offers your customers an attractive way to conveniently pay for larger shopping cart totals in installments.

PHP 7.4 Compatibility

The new XONIC Shop, version 3.2, is one of the first shopping cart systems worldwide to be fully compatible with PHP 7.⁴² and is therefore already prepared for the future!

Revised Master-Slave and Product Family System

The new product family display options allow you to link multiple individual products using the shop’s familiar attribute selection options. We’ve also reintroduced the popular product group system (families without a “master”) from V2 in a revised form. This opens up new possibilities for structuring your products!

Google reCAPTCHA V3

The new invisible anti-spam technology protects your forms from annoying spam and bot attacks using state-of-the-art technology and enhances the store’s existing internal protection mechanisms.

Primary Options

For each product with stored attributes, you can optionally select a primary option. This option is then presented to your customers for selection in the category view, so that the customer can see in advance that the product has multiple variations.

Progressive Web Apps (PWA)

Thanks to PWA support, the XONIC Webshop is one of the very first shopping cart systems to offer every user the option to install the shop directly as an app on their device. This results in significantly higher customer retention and increased sales. The icons, colors, and loading animations for the app can be configured directly in the XONIC admin area.

Additional Features

Discover more great features in our summary.

Optimizations / Improvements / Bug Fixes

• New graphical display for statistics under Reports > Sales Report
• Improved validation of email addresses: If no valid MX record exists, the domain’s A record is now also cross-validated (this is RFC-compliant)
• The UTF-8 email encoding now handles file attachments to ensure better compatibility with email clients when the attachment contains special characters
• If the search for EAN/GTIN is enabled, EAN/GTINs from options are now also included
• In the contact form, the phone number is now a required field if no email address is provided
• {SALUTATION_INFORMAL} Now also displays the first name if the gender field is disabled in the shop
• Slider: Custom internal links no longer open in a new window (target="_blank")
• The “Suggested Price” option can now be disabled on a per-product basis
• The island surcharge now results in a correct total when the order is displayed excluding VAT
• The tracking link is now also displayed in the order overview even if no code but a link is provided
• PDF documents no longer display “Mr./Ms.” if no person is specified in the shipping/billing address
• New PDF print function on the product detail page
• An optimization has been implemented to prevent database changes resulting from operational business activities from causing filter queries to use the wrong SQL index, which could lead to unnecessarily long load times.
• eKomi reviews now display the correct date regardless of whether daylight saving time is in effect
• Discounts starting as low as 1 cent now have their own special display in the store. The threshold was previously incorrectly set to 11 cents.
• It is once again possible to enter external product canonical URLs
• SEO: The logo no longer links to index.php but to /
• SEO: Rich snippet update to comply with the latest Google guidelines
• Pinterest rich snippet support
• Surveys are working again
• Phone number syntax validation to ensure consistently structured numbers in your online store’s master data over the long term
• Activating the survey box with an active public survey no longer incorrectly activates the search box
• Downloads via redirection now work even if the "pub" directory does not exist
• The wish list is now automatically hidden in the modal window when the setting is disabled
• Updating a single ticket now correctly uses the store’s default form classes
• An email is now sent again to the support ticket recipient when a customer updates a support ticket.
• Custom images in the shop’s main content area are now automatically responsive. This option can be disabled under Settings > Configuration > Shop Layout
• Fixed a display issue in the left off-canvas menu when the category depth beyond the second level was significantly greater than the first
• Performance optimization in the left off-canvas menu for all devices
• Fixed a bug that allowed a natural discount to be added to the shopping cart without the corresponding main product
• Inactive news articles can no longer be accessed via a direct link
• Various issues related to free items available in multiple quantities have been resolved
• JavaScript code refactoring for optimized load times and performance on all devices
• New hover effect in the header menu
• Edit Order: Product details are now directly visible in the "All" tab
• Edit Order: Clicking "Edit" again no longer causes the "All" tab to appear empty
• A color can now be optionally assigned to each order status for easier identification
• Edit Customer: When entering a customer address—provided the customer does not yet have an address—the customer data is automatically retrieved from the "General" tab
• The maximum package weight for a shipping module is now saved even if it is changed later
• The total number of available bonus points is now correct
• The island surcharge can now be configured to apply only to specific shipping modules
• The URL for the Facebook profile can now also be entered as a URL, but it is corrected upon saving
• Editing purchase prices in the order editor is now possible
• The "Reverse Quick Edit Selection" function works again
• Admin notes with current or past due dates are now available via a dashboard link
• New placeholders in the newsletter system for the online version of the newsletter: {newsletter_online_version_de}, {newsletter_online_version_..}, etc.
• Coupon calculation for backend orders now works correctly again
• Product tabs are also copied when duplicating products if they are linked to the product via templates
• PO number display and editing for orders
• Order history filter
• Removed the customer’s VAT ID number. (For some time now, only the tax ID of the billing address has been used in various places. The additional storage option associated with the customer name has been removed.)
• FAQ: It is now possible again to enable or disable the "Top FAQ" feature using the status toggle
• FAQ: "Top FAQs" is now visually highlighted in the customer view
• Shipping weight display in the order overview, provided the weight is greater than 0
• Products: Quick Edit price calculations now also work with the “Reverse Selection” button
• Bulk order status changes now also allow the privacy policy to be attached
• If a ticket contains certain HTML tags, these no longer break the header navigation in the dashboard view
• Order Details View (backend): New "Shipping" tab and switch from full page reloads to AJAX when using various edit and action buttons.
• Banner manager and banner display have been revised
• Revision of the order status history; among other things, it is now possible to download individually sent files retroactively
• Orders created in the admin panel now correctly receive the default status if it differs from ID 1
• The order editor no longer performs unnecessary recalculations, and email delivery works correctly even during a simultaneous recalculation
• Search function in the CMS and Mail Manager.

Payment modules:

• New payment interface: Klarna Payments
• PayPal Plus: PayPal is now preselected so that the customer can continue the checkout process if they do not make a selection in the payment wall
• PayPal Plus: If PayPal is not selected but a payment method is chosen within the payment wall, PayPal is automatically preselected
• Payment transactions via Amazon Pay and PayPal Express can now be initiated directly from the right-hand drop-down menu (off-canvas)
• PayPal Express is fully functional (as of v3.1.5)
• The PayPal Plus button is now correctly hidden when the checkout process is carried out via Amazon Payments
• PayPal/PayPal Plus: The store owner’s bank details in the footer are now hidden only if the transaction is a POI transaction (payment by invoice)
• PayPal Express JavaScript is no longer reloaded if the cookie notice on the login page or the shopping cart is closed
• Display of the PayPal transaction number for PayPal, PayPal Plus, and PayPal (via eBay) orders
• PayPal Plus - Payment statuses are now included in the standard customer/order data backup
• Placeholder for payment description available in the order for PayPal payments made via "Purchase on Invoice"
• SEPA Module: BIC and IBAN validation via online service
• SEPA Module: An error message now appears if an attempt is made to notify a customer without a corresponding order being selected
• In the SEPA Export module, old export files can now be downloaded
• Canceled orders no longer appear in the direct debit export
• Orders with the SEPA payment method now allow for the subsequent modification or addition of direct debit data
• Amazon Pay: is now visible on the payment method selection page
• mPAY24: Redesigned responsive layout; logos have been updated and optimized for Super Retina displays

Interfaces & Technical Changes:

• PHP 7.4 compatibility
• Status changes sent by Amicron now include a properly formatted HTML email (as you’re accustomed to seeing for changes made via the admin area)
• New Afterbuy interface: You can now transfer products and images from Afterbuy to the store, as well as orders from the store to Afterbuy
• Afterbuy: PayPal Plus is processed as PayPal, since Afterbuy does not support direct PayPal Plus payment processing
• PIWIK: Tracking, including e-commerce tracking
• phpMyAdmin: Updated to 4.9.2
• tinyMCE updated to 5.1.13
• janolaw document download changed to cURL
• Amicron order export now ignores orders with the status "Amazon Declined"
• SelectLine: Support for label system, HTML emails for status changes, including placeholders and text block templates
• Coupon/Voucher Admin: Comma-separated sending to multiple email recipients now generates a correct email text again
• Pinterest tracking integrated
• Pinterest Rich Snippet support
• og:Tag extension
• The length of automatically generated coupons/vouchers can now be specified
• It is now possible to include a custom email logo
• DHL label generation now includes the store order number as the shipment reference
• The DHL API is now generated correctly even if a soft validation error occurs, which is automatically corrected by DHL
• The DHL API now transmits the email address and phone number only if the customer has given their consent
• Google Merchant Center interface: If the “Status” field is left blank, it is automatically reset
• Google Merchant Center interface: If the “Availability” field is left blank, it is automatically set to “in stock” provided the stock quantity is greater than 0
• UPS export now also works correctly when the shipping address company field is empty
• New tracking interface: AWIN
• New tracking interface: Uptain
• Google Merchant Center: Products whose price is determined solely by options are now exported correctly
• Google Trusted Stores has been replaced by Google Customer Reviews
• The Google Global Site Tag script is no longer unnecessarily loaded twice when Analytics and Ads tracking are active.
• GLS Label Interface
• Revised UPS Label Interface
• Revised DHL label interface
• Completely redesigned XONIC Premium eBay, including template functionality, automatic detection, and synchronization of changes in the store with eBay
• Completely redesigned XONIC Premium Rakuten, with automatic detection and synchronization of changes from the store to Rakuten
• Revised DPD MyBusiness Export