It's time for another Magento extension round-up, reviewing some free extensions that were released in the last two months. This month we are reviewing a newsletter coupon extension and shipping insurance module for Magento 1, as well as Magento 2 extensions for integrating Bootstrap, menu customisation, and viewing template block hints.
Magento 1 Extensions Magento Newsletter Coupon by StuntCoders The Magento Newsletter Coupon extension allows auto-generated coupon codes to be sent to new newsletter subscribers based on a particular shopping cart price rule.
Merchants signed up for Australia Post services will have recently received an email explaining that the SSL certificates used by Australia Post will soon be updated. As many of our customers will be connecting to Auspost APIs through the Fontis Australia extension, we will explain the impact to Magento merchants.
When is this happening? The cutover time is scheduled for August 2nd, 2017 at 12:00 AEST.
Does this affect the Australia extensions for Magento 1 & 2?
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.1 of the Fontis Australia extension for Magento 2. This is a minor update that fixes an issue with eParcel shipping.
Changes in this version are:
Fixed issue where eParcel shipping would throw an error when saving without uploading a CSV file of rates The Fontis Australia extension for Magento 2 is available for immediate download on GitHub and is available to install through Composer from our site.
This month, we are reviewing some of the free extensions that were released in April for Magento 1, including an extension to limit the number of products a customer can buy as well as a second that adds a color attribute type. We also look at Magento 2 extensions that allow custom maintenance pages to be used, let customers login with one of their existing social accounts and customise the order numbers that Magento generates.
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.0 of the Fontis Australia extension for Magento 2. The extension is now also available through Magento Marketplace.
Changes in this version are:
Add postcode autocomplete Fix an error when running in production mode This brings the Magento 2 version of the extension to feature parity with the Magento 1 version.
The Fontis Australia extension for Magento 2 is now available for immediate download on GitHub and is available to install through Composer from our site and Magento Marketplace.
We are pleased to announce the release of version 3.4.1 of the Fontis Australia extension for Magento 1. This is a minor version release of the extension which includes the following changes:
Adds tracking support to Australia Post shipments Fixes issues relating to lookups on domestic postcodes less than 1000 in both the Australiapost and Eparcel shipping methods Minor improvement to address autocomplete Thanks to Ben Dechrai, Chris Zaharia and Raphael Petrini for their contributions in this release.
This month, we are reviewing some of the free extensions that were released in March for Magento 1, including customer registration on the checkout success page, automatic revision tracking for CMS content, and a quick add to cart for customers. We also look at Magento 2 extensions that allow customers to place comments on their orders, and remove browser autofill restrictions from the admin panel login form.
Magento 1 Extensions Convert Guest To Registered Customer by Sun Arc Technologies The Convert Guest To Registered Customer extension allows guest customers to create a customer account on the checkout success page.
In this Magento extension round-up, we quickly review some of the free extensions that were released in February, including a profiler information extension and a lookbook. We also look at Magento 2 extensions for adding web app manifests, an opcache monitor and a HTTP/2 server push enabler.
Magento 1 Extensions Server Timing by mzeis An extension for developer use, Mzeis' Server Timing extension sends profiler information to the browser with the W3C draft Server-Timing HTTP header.
It's time for another Magento 1 extension round-up, reviewing some free extensions that were released in January. This time we're looking at extensions for customising the display of payment/shipping methods, two-factor authentication for the Magento admin panel, configurable sitemap generation, and Facebook Pixel tracking.
Restrict Payments & Shippings by BrainActs The Restrict Payments & Shippings extension by BrainActs allows payment and shipping methods to be hidden on the frontend, but still remain fully functional on the backend.
Happy Australia Day everyone! We are pleased to announce the release of version 3.3.4 of the Fontis Australia extension for Magento 1. This is a minor version of the Australia extension which includes the following changes:
Add button to test connections to Delivery Choices API Optimisations to validation checks Validated status will be saved on addresses, to prevent repeated API calls Minor code cleanup and structural improvements The Fontis Australia extension for Magento 1 is now available for immediate download on GitHub and is available to install through Composer from our site.