{"id":7267,"date":"2018-06-19T16:28:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cs-cart.com\/?p=7267"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:58:07","slug":"meet-cs-cart-4-8-1-with-improvements-for-admins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/meet-cs-cart-4-8-1-with-improvements-for-admins\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet CS-Cart 4.8.1 with Improvements for Admins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most of the improvements in CS-Cart 4.8.1 will remain unseen by customers, but will make an admin\u2019s life easier.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>1. <b>Responsive admin panel<\/b> is no longer an add-on, it is now part of the core. If you have the <b>Responsive Admin Panel (Beta)<\/b> add-on enabled when you upgrade to 4.8.1, your admin panel will be responsive by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/481-responsive.gif?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The non-responsive admin panel still remains, but as an add-on called <b>Old Admin Panel<\/b>. The add-on comes with CS-Cart, but will be installed by default only for those who didn\u2019t use the responsive admin panel when they initiated the upgrade. You can always disable the <b>Old Admin Panel<\/b> add-on to switch to the modern admin panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. The <b>Advanced Products Import (Beta)<\/b> add-on is now installed and active by default. After the upgrade you\u2019ll find that &gt;<i>Administration \u2192 Import data \u2192 Products<\/i> leads to the new import. The old way of product import remains, but is now labeled as <i>Products (Deprecated)<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve taught the new import to better handle large files with many products, and to comprehend more complex XML files with deeper nesting. If you haven\u2019t used the advanced import yet, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/4.8.x\/user_guide\/addons\/advanced_products_import\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documentation<\/a> or the video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLGUfQGqnJc\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. <b>The GDPR compliance (EU) add-on<\/b> that helps your store to comply with the European Union\u2019s regulations on personal data processing has been improved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Previously, the add-on allowed you to specify the company name and email address for GDPR-related matters in the settings. That data replaced the <b>[email]<\/b> and <b>[company]<\/b> placeholders in the notifications about personal data processing. But this approach didn\u2019t support multiple storefronts.In version 4.8.1, these settings have been removed from the add-on, and the data is now taken directly from the <i>Company name and User department e-mail address<\/i> of the corresponding storefront (or from <i>Settings \u2192 Company<\/i>).<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image33.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The setting whether or not to show customers a notification about cookies has been moved from <i>Settings \u2192 Security settings<\/i> to the GDPR add-on.Previously you could either display, or not display the notification (cookies were set either way). Now there\u2019s also a way to ask for explicit consent for cookies, before a customer can enter the site and any cookies are set.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image42.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\"\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Previously, customers had to contact you by email to request the removal of their account or a copy of their data in the XML format. But the GDPR requires that it should be as easy to withdraw consent for personal data processing as it is to give it.That\u2019s why we\u2019ve added a block that allows customers to request their data or its removal in a couple of clicks. An email with the request will be automatically sent to the <i>User department email address<\/i>, and you\u2019ll be able to act on it.Please note that this block won\u2019t appear in your store automatically after the upgrade. For the buttons to appear, you\u2019ll need to add the <b>GDPR<\/b> block to the <b>Profiles<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/4.8.x\/user_guide\/look_and_feel\/layouts\/layout_pages\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">layout page<\/a> under <b>Design \u2192 Layouts<\/b>. You may also want to update your personal data processing notices to reflect that there is now an easier way to withdraw consent than sending an email.<br \/><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image12.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><br \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>4. <b>Drag &amp; drop of product images<\/b> has been introduced: you can now upload multiple images for a product at once simply by dragging and dropping them. Also, the main image and the additional images of a product are on the same tab now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/481-img-dnd.gif?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. <b>The ability to select which product variation must be shown by default<\/b> has been added. Previously, if a product had multiple variations (for example, a T-shirt with different colors), then the image of the first variation was displayed on the product list, and it was selected by default when a customer visited the product page. Now you can choose which variation to show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image10.png?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. <b>Selecting categories on the product editing page<\/b> has been improved: now you just enter a part of the category\u2019s name, and you\u2019ll see the autocomplete suggestions. This technology is called Select2, and it should make adding categories easier. Categories can also be dragged and dropped: the top category on the list becomes the product\u2019s primary category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/481-cats.gif?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>7. <b>Email notifications to admins about errors in rate calculation for real-time shipping methods<\/b> have been introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, if customers encountered issues at checkout because a shipping service couldn\u2019t return the rates, administrators had no way to learn about it, unless a customer contacted them. Version 4.8.1 addresses this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to <b>Settings \u2192 Logging<\/b> in the administration panel, make sure that the <i>Realtime shipping errors<\/i> checkbox is ticked, and click <b>Save<\/b>. Now rate calculation errors will be logged. If at least 3 errors occur with a shipping method within an hour, the information about it will be sent to the &lt;&gt;bSite administrator e-mail address from <b>Settings \u2192 Company<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t the full list of changes; if you\u2019d like that, please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/4.8.x\/history\/481.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4.8.1 changelog<\/a>. Version 4.8.1 also brings some changes specific to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/multivendor\" title=\"\">Multi-Vendor<\/a>. Find out more in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/meet-multi-vendor-4-8-1-with-new-tools-for-marketplaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Multi-Vendor 4.8.1 announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The upgrade to version 4.8.1 is already available. As usual, we provide upgrades in batches, so if you don\u2019t see and upgrade in the Upgrade Center, please try again later. Just make sure you have an active upgrade subscription to get the upgrade. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/helpdesk.cs-cart.com\/upgrade-subscriptions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prolong the subscription in our store<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the CS-Cart <a title=\"CS-Cart on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cscart.official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a title=\"CS-Cart on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cscart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> pages. 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