SOLO Server v1.10.1.0 has been released! New features are as follows:
The Author Advanced Options page has been broken up into several pages and converted to .NET
- The FedEx related options have been removed as the FedEx API is no longer supported by FedEx.
- The Return Reasons configuration page is now accessed from the Authors->Administration->Return Reasons menu link rather than the Advanced Options page.
- The Marketing Sources configuration page is now accessed from the Authors->Storefront & Files->Marketing Sources menu link rather than the Advanced Options page.
- The Distributor Types configuration page is now accessed from the Authors->Distributors->Types menu link rather than the Advanced Options page.
- The Edit Custom Affiliate HTML page is now accessed from the Distributors->Custom HTML menu link.
- The Edit Custom Affiliate EULA page is now accessed from the Distributors->Custom EULA menu link.
- The remaining Distributor Options have been moved to a new page that is accessed from the Authors->Distributors->Options menu link.
- The Ticket Categories configuration page is now accessed from the Tickets->Categories menu link.
- The Ticket Options have been moved to a new page which is accessed from the Tickets->Options menu link.
- The remaining options are on the new Advanced Options configuration page, which is accessed from the Authors->Administration->Advanced Options menu link.
Payment Gateway/Credit Processing Enhancements
- The DIBS Debitech Web API gateway is now supported in the .NET shopping cart.
- The RBS WorldPay gateway is now supported in the .NET shopping cart.
- The payment plan processor now supports using reference transactions. This includes support to automatically convert existing stored payments using a credit card payment type to a reference payment type and clearing the credit card information.
- The Author Billing page now supports reference transactions.
- The Author Billing Details page now supports reference transactions.
- Support for legacy, non .NET gateway integrations has been dropped.
- Settlements report now supports refunds on reference transactions.
- For offsite gateways (PayPal, RBS WorldPay, DIBS Debitech Web API), a new PaymentStatus.aspx page is now available on the .NET shopping cart, which can be used as landing page to redirect the user back to after completing payment on the external site. This page will accept CartID and EmailAddress request parameters, and will attempt to look up the an invoice based on these parameters. If found, it will redirect the user to the order complete page, otherwise a message will be displayed to the user informing them that the order is still in process.
Other Enhancements
- A new option for PLUS Managed Access has been added to the Account Options page. This will be used in the future to control access to PLUSManaged specific SOLO functionality.
- When editing a stored payment, a new card number is now required when the existing card number has been permanently masked due to the payment plan being inactive.
- Master Users can now access the Author Billing and Contact Details pages without needing Manage Account permission.
- Author menu entries are now listed alphabetically.
- Mailings and Mailing Lists menu entries no longer have flyout menus.
- The Category configuration page has been converted to .NET.
- ActiveReports (used for .NET based reports) has been upgrade to version 6.0.
- ASP based reports now have improved date format validation, and now support enforcing the maximum reporting duration when specified.
- On the XmlLicenseService web service, the ValidateLicenseRegistration web method now returns EuropeanUnionVATNumber, and the RegisterLicense and UpdateLicenseRegistration web methods now support a EuropeanUnionVATNumber input element in the xml.
Deprecated Features
- All FedEx support has been removed, as the API is no longer supported by FedEx.
- Mailing List support is being dropped. The ability to add new mailing lists, add entries to mailing lists, or purge emails from mailing lists is no longer available.
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