MijoShop v.2 released, made in Mijosoft
Today I'm proud to announce a new millestone for the leading Joomla Shopping Cart component, MijoShop. This major release includes an important structure change beside several new features so that from now, MijoShop will be totally developed by Mijosoft and not rely on OpenCart.
(I'm not adding any screenshot as most of these changes are structural and not in interface level.)
In short, we won't add any further OpenCart version into MijoShop and make all of the future developments by ourselves.
We've also made some small changes such as beautifing the admin menu (Joomla 3 like) and adding the extra themes into the package.
Changelog: http://mijosoft.com/joomla-extensions/mijoshop/changelog
Details: http://mijosoft.com/joomla-extensions/mijoshop-joomla-shopping-cart
Enjoy it!
(I'm not adding any screenshot as most of these changes are structural and not in interface level.)
OMG... I'm scared...
Calm down, nothing to worry. We're dropping the integration with OpenCart and not it's extensions so from now, we're going to develop the eCommerce part of MijoShop ourselves. The main reason that pushed us to do this is the individual decissions made by the OpenCart developer and so on the delay of new versions. The latest (minor) version of OC has been released about 6 months ago and the new version won't work with any of the current extensions, none of them.In short, we won't add any further OpenCart version into MijoShop and make all of the future developments by ourselves.
What about the extensions?
As I said, all of OC extensions will still work fine. We're also working on an extension directory for MijoShop where just the MijoShop compatible extensions will be listed. It's almost done and hope to announce it within a couple of weeks.Template override
MijoShop already have a template override system but we've improved it by adding the possibility to override the MijoShop output through your Joomla template. This will keep your overrides even if you uninstall MijoShop and easy the job for Joomla template developers. Here you can find more info (subscription required).Joomla language packages
This is one of the most wanted features, Joomla language packages for MijoShop. We've prepared a tool that will convert the OpenCart language files into Joomla ones and will create an installable language package so you could install it from the Joomla back-end. Here you can find the details and required info(subscription required).Customer migration
We've also improved the migration tools so that now you can migrate your customers and their data (address, fax etc.) from other components (VirtueMart, HikaShop, redShop and Tienda) to MijoShop.We've also made some small changes such as beautifing the admin menu (Joomla 3 like) and adding the extra themes into the package.
What is new in MijoShop v.2
- # : CSS issues in the frontend admin panel
- # : Session problem on some systems
- + : Joomla template override system integrated
- + : Tool to convert OC lang files to Joomla lang packages
- + : Migrate customers from other components
- + : Extra themes added into the package
- ^ : eCommerce development passed to Mijosoft from OpenCart
- ^ : MijoShop library is now installed separately
- ^ : Admin menu beautified
- ^ : Category browsing optimized
- ^ : Performance improved
Changelog: http://mijosoft.com/joomla-extensions/mijoshop/changelog
Details: http://mijosoft.com/joomla-extensions/mijoshop-joomla-shopping-cart
How to upgrade to MijoShop v.2
As this is a major release, you will have to make the upgrade manually. Download the package, unzip it and install the extensions one by one. Here you can find more details. Also, don't forget to clean the vQmod cache and refresh the admin panel page a couple of times. And finally, as always, you're highly recommended take a back-up before upgrading.Get 20% discount
Don't you have MijoShop yet? Feel yourself lucky as we offer 20% discount for 2 days (until the end of 27th June 2013) to celeberate this release. Coupon code: mijoshop2Enjoy it!
About the Author
Denis Dulici
Denis joined the World Wide Web in 2006 with SMF forum and continued with Joomla and WordPress. Due to his education, his all job was to write and maintain code. His professional field is PHP & MySQL but due to his job & education he also masters XML, Java and C# languages.
Denis is a citizen of Albania, bachelor of Marmara University Technology Engineering, Senior PHP Developer, founder of Miwisoft, married and father of a teenyweeny girl.
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@amaral
Thank you for all of your great work, we do appreciate it. As I said, OpenCart extensions will continue working.
Believe me, that was the #1 concern when this idea raised, about 2 months ago. We did intensive analyses, researched for days & weeks before making this decision. I suppose we agree that we're not so mad to shoot ourselves in the foot.
Well, concern or not, but to be on top you should make something between OC 1.5 and OC 2.0 to maintain decent compatibility level. Basically, you have to take 2.0 features and implement'em in your "fork". To combine both OC versions. Am I right or you got better idea?
Not at all, we have better plans that you will see soon.
was it stopping Mijo to add new features? Security issues? you mentioned extensions not working - but then working in the Blog....that was a little confusing.
The blog post clearly says that the extensions will continue working, see the "What about the extensions?" part plz.