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PrestaShopv1.5isalmostfinished!IthasaredesignedBackOfficeand
FrontOffice,thelongawaitedmultipleshopsfeatureandmanymore
improvements.Readonformoreinformationaboutwhathaschanged.

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TableofContents
Installer...................................................................................................................................................3
BackOffice..............................................................................................................................................4
LoginScreen........................................................................................................................................4
NewDesign.........................................................................................................................................4
CatalogTab.........................................................................................................................................6
CustomersTab..................................................................................................................................12
OrdersTab.........................................................................................................................................13
PaymentTab.....................................................................................................................................15
ShippingTab......................................................................................................................................17
StatsTab............................................................................................................................................19
ModulesTab.....................................................................................................................................20
EmployeesTab..................................................................................................................................21
PreferencesTab................................................................................................................................23
StockTab...........................................................................................................................................24
ToolsTab...........................................................................................................................................27
ShopsTab..........................................................................................................................................28
AccountingTab.................................................................................................................................30
FrontOffice...........................................................................................................................................32
NewDesign.......................................................................................................................................32
Header...............................................................................................................................................33
PermanentLinksBlock..................................................................................................................33
CurrencyBlock..............................................................................................................................33
LanguageBlock.............................................................................................................................34
SearchBlock..................................................................................................................................34
CartBlock......................................................................................................................................34
TopHorizontalMenu....................................................................................................................35
Columns............................................................................................................................................36
CategoriesBlock............................................................................................................................36
LayeredNavigationModule..........................................................................................................37
ContactBlock................................................................................................................................37
Footer................................................................................................................................................38
ReassuranceModule.....................................................................................................................38
SocialBlock....................................................................................................................................39
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MyAccountBlockonFooterModule...........................................................................................39
ContactInformationBlock............................................................................................................40
HomePage........................................................................................................................................40
ImageSliderModule.....................................................................................................................40
ProductPage.....................................................................................................................................42
FavoriteProductsModule............................................................................................................42
ShareonFacebookModule..........................................................................................................43
ProductCommentsModule..........................................................................................................43
SendtoaFriendModule...............................................................................................................44
RegistrationPage..............................................................................................................................45
CustomerDataPrivacyModule....................................................................................................45
OrderPage........................................................................................................................................45

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Installer

WhenyoufirstrunthePrestaShopv1.5installer(Figure1),youwillnoticethatitlooks
identicaltothePrestaShopv1.4installer,exceptthatyounowhavetheoptiontosend
anonymoususagedatatoPrestaShop.
Thedifferenceisthatinthelaststep(Figure2),afteralltheconfigurationsettingshave
beenentered,thePrestaShopinstallerwilldisplaytheprogresswhileitisinstalling.Thisis
muchmoreinformativethanjustclickingandwaitingforthepagetoreload,hopingthat
nothinghasgonewrong.

Figure1

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Figure2

BackOffice
LoginScreen

AfteryouvefinishedinstallingPrestaShopv1.5andyouclicktheBackOfficelink,youwill
Officelink,youwill
seethattheloginpagehasbeenredesigned.Followtheinstructionstodeletetheinstaller
andrenametheadmindirectory(Figure3),thenyoullbeabletologinusingtheaccount
youcreatedintheinstaller(Figure4).

NewDesign

Figure4

Figure3

AfterloggingintotheBackOffice,youwillfirstnoticethatitsbeencompletelyredesigned
(Figure5).
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Itnowhasafullwidthlayoutinsteadofafixedlayout,soeverythingresizestofitthe
browserwindow.Secondlevelandthirdleveltabsarenowdisplayedverticallyinsteadof
horizontally,sothattheydontwrapontotwolines.
Inthetopleftcorner,thereisanotificationbarthattellsyouhowmanyneworders,
customersandmessageshavecomeinsinceyoulastcheckedandletsyouviewthem.
Belowthemaintabsisanewbarthatdisplaysalltheactionsthatapplytothecurrentpage.
Whenthepageisscrolleddown,theactionbarturnssemitransparentandfloatsatthetop
ofthepage,sothattheactionsarealwaysvisible.Also,asemitransparentuparrow
appearsinthebottomrightcornerofthepage.Whenclicked,thepageautomatically
scrollsbackuptothetopofthepage.
Together,allthesenewfeaturesmakeiteasiertonavigatePrestaShopandkeepupdatedon
thelatestorders,customersandmessages.

Figure5

AftercomingtogripswiththenewBackOfficedesign,youwillnextnoticethatthereare
manynewfeaturesinPrestaShopv1.5.

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CatalogTab

WhenyoueditaproductontheCatalog>Productstab,youwillseemanynewoptionsto
customisetheproduct.
OntheInformationstab,thereisanewoptiontodisplayoneoftheproductsimagesin
theproductdescriptionbyspecifyingatagandenteringitinthedescription(Figure6).

Figure6

WhentheVirtualproducttypeisselected,youwillseethatitsnowpossibletohavea
virtualproductwithoutanassociatedfile(Figure7),andtheresanewoptiontomakethe
linkshareable,soacustomercanlettheirfriendsdownloadtheproduct.

Figure7

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OnthePricestab,itisnowpossibletosetaspecificpricejustforasinglecustomer(Figure
8).

Figure8

OntheImagestab,youcandragimagesupanddowntochangetheirorder.Also,
multipleimagescannowbeuploadedatatimeandaprogressbarisdisplayed(Figure9).

Figure9

OntheCombinationstab,youllbeabletouploadadifferentvirtualproductforeach
combinationinsteadofjustonefortheentireproductlikebefore(Figure10).

Figure10

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OntheQuantitiestab,thereisanewadvancedstockmanagementoption(Figure11)that
allowsthequantitiestobeautomaticallydeterminedfromwarehousesyoucreateonthe
Warehousestab(Figure12).Thereisalsoanewinterfacethatmakesiteasierto
manuallyupdatethequantitiesofeachcombination.

Figure11

Figure12

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OntheSupplierstab(Figure13),youwillseethataproductcannowhavemultiple
supplierswithadefaultsupplier,andtheresanewinterfacethatmakesiteasytoupdateall
thecombinationpricesandsupplierreferences.

Figure13

Finally,theAccountingtab(Figure14)letsyouentertheproductsaccountingnumberin
eachzone,whichisusedwhengeneratingaccountingreports.

Figure14

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WhenyouaddanewattributegroupontheCatalog>AttributesandGrouptab,youwillsee
thereisnowtheoptiontodisplaytheattributegroupasaSelectdropdownmenuoras
radiobuttons(Figure15).
Figure16showstheFrontOfficeviewofyourselections.

Figure15

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ThereisanewCatalog>Catalogpricerulestabthatletsyouassignpricereductionsby
category,manufacturer,supplier,attributeorfeature(Figure17).

Figure17

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CustomersTab

OntheCustomers>Groupstab(Figure18),youcannowspecifywhetheracustomergroup
canseeproductprices,andrestrictwhichpaymentmethodsandmodulesthegroupcan
use.

Figure18

Figure19showshowthenewCustomers>Genderstabletsyoucustomisethegender
optionswhencustomerssignup.Previously,theywerehardcodedasMr,MsandMiss.

Figure19

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OrdersTab

OntheOrders>Orderstab(Figure20),youcannow:
1. Edittheorderproductpricesandquantities
2. Adddiscountvouchersaftertheorderhascompleted
3. Applypartialrefunds

Figure20

Figure21showsthattheOrderstabwillalsoallowyoutomanuallygenerateanewinvoice
fortheorder.

Figure21

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ThePDFinvoicehasalsobeenredesigned.OntheOrders>Invoicestab,youcannow
customisethefootertextatthebottomoftheinvoice(Figure22).
Figure23showsyouthenewoptiontohaveabusinesstobusinessstyleinvoice.

Figure22

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TheOrders>PDFtabhastheoptiontousethediskasacachetosavememory,butdoingthis
slowstherenderingprocess(Figure24).

Figure24

PaymentTab

OnthePayment>Taxestab(Figure25),youcannowsetanaccountingnumberforeach
tax,whichisusedwhengeneratingaccountingreports.

Figure25

ThePayment>TaxRulestab,showninFigure26,hastheoptiontosetazipcoderangeand
descriptiononeachtaxrule.Italsoletsyouchoosethetaxbehaviourifanaddressmatches
multiplerulesascombiningthetaxesoraddingthemoneaftertheother.

Figure26

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ThePayment>VoucherstabhasnowbeenrenamedtobethePayment>CartRulestab
(Figure27).
Thereisnowtheoptiontoregenerateanewvoucherwiththeremainingamountafteran
orderiscompleted,whereasbefore,thecustomeralwayslosttheremainingamount.You
canalsosetapriorityoneachvoucher,whichdeterminestheorderthatvouchersare
appliedifmultiplevouchersareappliedtoasingleorder.

Figure27

Figure28showsthatwhensettingtheminimumorderamountforavoucher,youcannow
choosewhethershippingshouldbeexcludedfromtheamount.Youcanrestrictthe
voucherbycountry,carrier,customergroupandproduct.

Figure28

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Youcanalsochoosewhetherthediscountappliestothetotalorderamountwithout
shipping,aspecificproduct,thecheapestproductortoselectedproducts(Figure29).
Lastly,youcanusetheSendafreegiftoptiontoreceiveaspecificproductforfreewhen
usingthevoucher.

Figure29

ShippingTab

OntheShipping>Carrierstab,youcannowchoosetosortthecarriersbypositionorprice
ascendingordescending(Figure30).

Figure30

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Figure31showsthatyoucanalsogiveeachcarrieragradefrom0beingthelongest
shippingdelayto9beingtheshortestshippingdelay.Lastly,youcannowspecifythe
maximumpackageheight,width,depthandweightforthecarrier.

Figure31

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StatsTab

TheStats>Statstabhasbeenredesigned,butisotherwiseunchanged(Figure32).

Figure32

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ModulesTab

TheModules>Modulestabhasbeenredesigned(Figure33).Now,allthemodulesare
displayedinalphabeticalorderbydefault,andtheycanbefilteredbycategory.Also,the
moduleiconshaveincreasedto32x32pixels.

Figure33

OntheModules>Themes(orPreferences>Themes)tab,youcannowassignatheme
nameforeachthemedirectory(Figure34).

Figure34

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OntheModules>Positionstab,whentransplantingamodule,youcannowselectthePHP
filesthatareexceptionsinadropdownboxtospeedupenteringthem(Figure35).

Figure35

EmployeesTab

OntheEmployees>Permissionstab,youcannowchoosewhichmodulesanemployeecan
vieworconfigureinsteadofjusttheentireModulestab(Figure36).

Figure36

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OntheEmployees>Tabstab(Figure37),younowhavetheoptiontohidetabs,butyoucan
nowonlymodifytopleveltabs.Youcannolongeroverrideorchangetheorderofsecond
leveltabs.

Figure37

OntheEmployees>CustomerServicetab(Figure38),younowhavetheoptionto
synchronisethecustomermessageswithanIMAPemailaccount.Youalsohavetheoption
touseSSLandtodeletemessagesaftertheyvebeensynchronised.

Figure38

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PreferencesTab

OnthePreferences>Preferencestab(Figure39),younowhavetheoptiontoenablemulti
shippingtoallowacustomertoshipanordertomultipleaddresses.Youalsohavethe
optiontosplitanorderintotwoorderswiththeinstockproductsinoneorderandtheout
ofstockproductsintheother.
Anotheroptionletsyouchoosewhetherthecustomermustenteranaddressataccount
creation,orwhethertheycanwaituntilcheckingouttoenteranaddress.Lastly,youhave
threeoptionstochoosewhethertoshownotificationsforneworders,customersand
messages.

Figure39

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OnthePreferences>SEO&URLstab(Figure40),younowhavetheoptiontochangethe
formatofthefriendlyURLs,butyoustillcantremovetheIDs,sincetheyarerequiredfor
PrestaShoptoknowwheretoredirect.

Figure40

PrestaShophasanextensivenewstockmanagementsystemthatletsyoumanagethestock
inyourwarehouses.YoucanenablethissystemonthePreferences>Productstab(Figure
41).

Figure41

StockTab

OntheStock>Warehousestab(Figure42),youcansetthename,phonenumber,address,
manager,carriers,andcurrencyofthewarehouse.Youcanalsosetwhetherthewarehouse
usestheweightaverage,firstinfirstoutorlastinfirstoutsystem.

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Figure42

TheStock>Stockmovementtabletsyoutrackthestockmovementsineachwarehouse,
theStock>Stockinstantstatetabletsyoudisplaydetailedinformationonyourstockin
eachwarehouseandtheStock>Stockcovertabgivesyouanideaofwhenaproductwill
runoutofstock.
TheStock>Supplyorderstab,Figure43,letsyouaddawarehousesupplyorder.Youcan
specifywhichwarehouse,thecurrency,theorderlanguage,thedeliverydate,aglobal
discountrateandwhethertoautomaticallyloadproductswithaquantitylessthanorequal
toaspecifiedvalue.

Figure43

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TheStock>Configurationtabletsyoueditthedifferentorderstatusesandstockmovement
types(Figure44).

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Figure45showsthatthePreferences>Performancetabnowletsyouchoosewhetherto
nevercompileSmartytemplates,compilethemonlywhentheyareupdated,oralways
compilethem.ItalsohastheoptiontochoosewhethertoalwaysdisplaytheSmarty
console,displayitonlywhenaquerystringisprovided,ornotatall.Youalsohavetwo
optionstodisablethecombinationstabordisablethefeaturestabtoimprovethe
performanceoftheproducteditor.

Figure45

ToolsTab

TheTools>WebservicestabnowhastheoptiontodisabletheWebserviceandtheoption
touseactivemodeCGI(Figure46).

Figure46

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ThereisanewTools>SQLManagertab,Figure47,thatletsyouperformSELECTquerieson
yourdatabaseandexporttheresultsasaCSVfile.

Figure47

ShopsTab

ThelongawaitedmultipleshopsfeatureisonthenewShopstab(Figure48).Itletsyou
createshopsandgroupsofshopswiththeoptiontosetadefaultshop.

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AsshowninFigure49,eachshopisassociatedwithagroup,canstartwithadifferent
categoryastheroot,andcanhaveadifferenttheme.

Figure49

Figure50demonstratesthateachshopalsohasanassociateddomain,whichcanbe
differentwhenSSLisenabled,andaphysicalURIwhereitislocatedontheserver.Youcan
alsospecifyavirtualURIthatredirectstothephysicalURI,similartoafriendlyURL.

Figure50

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Agroupofshopscansharecustomers,orders,andproductquantities(Figure51).

Figure51

AccountingTab

ThenewAccounting>AccountNumberManagementtab,Figure52,letsyousetadefault
accountingnumberforeachshopandzone.

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Lastly,theAccounting>Exporttabletsyouexportselectedaccountingdatagloballyorasa
reconciliation(Figure53).

Figure53

ThatseverythingthatschangedintheBackOfficeinPrestaShopv1.5.Now,letssee
whatsnewintheFrontOffice.

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FrontOffice
NewDesign

TheFrontOfficeinPrestaShopv1.5hasalsobeenredesignedtoimproveitsusabilityand
security(Figure54).

Figure54

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Toimproveitsusability,thethemenowusesneutralcolours(black,greyandwhite)asthey
suitallareasofactivity.
Theblockheadersnowuseaflatblackcolourtomakethethemelessheavyvisually.The
headerhasbeenredesignedtoprovideallthesameinformationwithoutdistractingthe
customer.
TheArialfont(orHelveticainSafari)isusedforincreasedfontlegibility.Linksformore
informationareblue,pricesredandimportantbuttonsareyellowtoattractattention.
Theregistrationandcheckoutpageshidetheleftcolumntoincreasethespacetodisplay
checkoutinformation,whilestillleavingtherightcolumnvisibleforcrossselling.
Youcanseeademoofthenewthemeathttp://demo.prestashop.com/template15/.Youcan
alsodownloadaversionofthethemeforPrestaShopv1.4.6at
http://addons.prestashop.com/en/neutral/3337prestashoptemplate15.html.

Toimprovesecurity,PrestaShopnowusesasingledispatcherinsteadofaseparate
dispatcherforeachpage.Forexample,index.php?controller=productinsteadof
product.php.
Doingthismeanstheresonlyonepointofattack,sothereslesscodethatneedstobe
secured.ThefriendlyURLsremainthesamethough,sothischangewillbeunnoticeableto
customers.

Header
PermanentLinksBlock
Figure55showsthenewpermanentlinksblock,whichisinthetoprightcornerofthe
headerandnolongerhasiconssotheyblendintotheheader.

Figure55

CurrencyBlock
Thecurrencyblock(Figure56)isnowdisplayedasdropdownintheupperrightsideofthe
headersothatitisnoticeable,butnotdistracting.

Figure56

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LanguageBlock
Thelanguageblockisalsodisplayedasadropdown(Figure57).

Figure57

SearchBlock
Thesearchblockhasbeenmovedtothecentreoftheheaderandisbiggertomaximise
visibility(Figure58).

Figure58

CartBlock
Thecartblockisnowdisplayedintheheaderinsteadoftherightcolumn.Figure59shows
howitiscollapsedbydefaulttoprovidejustthenumberofproductsandprice.
Whenyoumovethemouseoverthecart,Figure60showshowitexpandsoverthetopof
themenuandpagetodisplaymoredetailsabouttheproductsinthecartandtheoptionto
deletethemfromthecart.
Ashippingestimateisalsodisplayed.Thecheckoutbuttonisintheprominentyellowcolour
toemphasiseitsimportance.

Figure59

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TopHorizontalMenu
PrestaShopv1.5hasanewTopHorizontalMenuthatisdisplayedatthebottomofthe
header(Figure61).

Figure61

Ithasaconfigurationpage(Figure62)thatletsyouaddlinkstoCMSpages,suppliers,
manufacturers,categories,products,orexternalpages.
Whenacategorylinkisadded,subcategoriesofthatcategoryaredisplayedinadropdown.
Externallinkscanbeopenedinthesamewindoworanewwindow.Thereisalsotheoption
toaddasearchbarontherightsideofthemenu.

Figure62

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Columns
CategoriesBlock
TheCategoriesBlocknowdisplaysthe+/buttonsontherightsideandbulletsontheleftto
matchtheotherblocks(Figure63).

Figure63

PrestaShopaddedtheabilitytoincludeoneormorefootercolumns,whichisagreat
improvementoverthepreviousversions.SeeFigure64forwhataCategorycolumnlooks
like.

Figure64

Youcanchoosehowmanycategorycolumnstodisplayinthefooter(Figure65).Thereis
alsoanewconfigurationoptiontosortcategoriesbypositionornameascendingor
descending.

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LayeredNavigationModule
TheLayeredNavigationmodulehastwonewconfigurationoptions(Figure66).Youcan
nowshowproductsfromsubcategoriesandusetaxtofiltertheprice.

Figure66

ContactBlock
Thereisanewcontactblockintherightcolumn,Figure67,whichletsyoudisplaycontact
information.

Figure67

Thatinformationcanbechangedontheconfigurationpage(Figure68).

Figure68

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Footer
ReassuranceModule
Thereisanewreassurancemoduleatthetopofthefooterthatusescleariconsandsimple
texttoreassurecustomersandinstilconfidenceinthewebsite(Figure69).

Figure69

Youcanuploaduptofiveimagesandcaptionsontheconfigurationpage(Figure70).

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SocialBlock
AnewsocialblockaddslinkstoFacebook,Twitter,andanRSSfeed(Figure71).

Figure71

Thelinkscanbechangedontheconfigurationpage(Figure72).

Figure72

MyAccountBlockonFooterModule
ThenewMyAccountBlockonFootermoduledisplaystheMyAccountlinksinthefooter
(Figure73).

Figure73

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ContactInformationBlock
TheContactInformationblockdisplaysthecompanyname,address,phonenumber,and
emailaddressinthefooter(Figure74).

Figure74

Thisinformationcanbechangedontheconfigurationpageofthemodule(Figure75).

Figure75

HomePage
ImageSliderModule
Thehometexteditorhasbeenreplacedbyanimagesliderbydefault(Figure76).Itsstill
possibletodisplaythehometexteditoraswell,orinstead.

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Theconfigurationpageletsyouchangethewidth,height,slidespeed,andthelengthofthe
pause(Figure77).

Figure77

Youcanalsomanagetheslideimagesfromhere,aswellassetimagecaptions,legends,
descriptionsandlinkURLs(Figure78).

Figure78

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ProductPage
FavoriteProductsModule
ThenewFavoriteProductsmoduleaddsAddthisproducttomyfavoritesandRemove
thisproductfrommyfavoriteslinkstotheproductpage(Figure79).

Figure79

ThemodulealsoaddsalinktothecustomersMyAccountsectionsotheycanviewtheir
favoriteproducts(Figure80).

Figure80

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ShareonFacebookModule
TheShareonFacebookmoduleaddsaShareonFacebooklinktotheproductpage(Figure81).
Whenacustomerclicksonthelink,Facebookopensinanewtabandgivesthecustomertheoption
topostalinktotheproductandacommentontheirwall.

Figure81

ProductCommentsModule
TheProductCommentsmodulehasbeenupdated.Thenewcommentformisnow
displayedinapopupwithasummaryoftheproductatthetop(Figure82).

Figure82

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Areportlinkhasbeenaddedtocomments,socustomerscannotifytheshopownerof
inappropriatecomments.Thesereportscanbemanagedfromtheconfigurationpage
(Figure83).Itsalsonowpossibletodeletecommentsfromtheconfigurationpage.

Figure83

SendtoaFriendModule
TheSendtoaFriendmodulehasalsobeenupdatedtodisplaytheforminapopup(Figure
84).

Figure84

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RegistrationPage
CustomerDataPrivacyModule
Theprivacymessageonthecustomerregistrationformthatusedtobechangedusing
translationsisnowaseparatemodulewithaconfigurationpagethatletsyouchangethe
message(Figure85).

Figure85

OrderPage
Theorderpagehasbeenredesigned(Figure86).Theleftcolumnisnowhiddentomake
moreroomforthecartandcheckoutoptions.Therightcolumnisstilldisplayedforcross
selling.

Figure86

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Alltheorderstepsaredisplayedononepagebydefault(Figure87).Youcanchoosetolog
inusingapreviouslycreatedaccount,checkoutasaguestorcreateanewaccount.

Figure87

ThatseverythingthatschangedintheFrontOffice.Asyouveseen,therearemany
excitingnewfeaturesinPrestaShopv1.5,soitisdefinitelyworthupgrading.

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