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Changes and Updates to MightyMerchant
We will release v3.621 of MightyMerchant this week. All customers currently on v3.62 will automatically receive this upgrade.
New SEO Tool
The "Optimize" feature in MightyMerchant has always offered you a fast and easy way to set page titles, keywords, urls and add descriptive text to your pages to improve your search engine results, but now it's gotten even better.
We've added a simple interface that allows you to download different sections of your web site, edit the SEO relevant information in a spreadsheet like Excel and then re-upload. If you are comfortable using Excel, or if you are working with an SEO company, you'll find this method really handy.
You'll find full documentation for this new feature here:
How to Use the MightyMerchant "Optimize" Feature
New Organization for "categorize" feature
MightyMerchant's "categorize" feature allows you to quickly place multiple items in a category. We have rearranged the "categorize" pages so that items are grouped by the main category of the item to make it easier to find the items you are looking for.
You access this feature by choosing "categorize" from the "I want to..." menu next to the category you want to add and remove items from.
New Payment Status Message - Re: "Trouble with Processing"
Your order emails have always shown a message something like this to indicate if a credit card transaction was successful.
Trouble With Processing: Y (or N)
We couldn't help but notice that many of you found this somewhat cryptic, so we've changed the message to be more clear. You'll now see something like this in your order emails:
If the transaction was successful:
Payment Status: Paid
If the credit card charge failed:
Payment Status: Unpaid/Credit Card Transaction Failed!
If the shopper is paying with PayPal, check or another method:
Payment Status: Unpaid/
If you are doing automated credit card processing through a payment gateway, remember that the email verification from the gateway vendor is your confirmation that payment was correctly processed.
Packing Slips, Receipts and Purchase Orders
The font on packing slips, receipts and purchase orders has been changed to a more compact font (Times instead of Helvetica).
Packing Slips, Receipts and Purchase Orders now show both the gift message and comments that the shopper entered when checking out. To override these notes on an individual order, edit the order and enter alternate text in the "Note for Receipt & Packing Slips" field.
Sales Tax Update - Florida and Washington State
We've added destination based sales tax calculations to accommodate the recent change in Washington state laws. We've also changed the Florida sales tax to include shipping charges when calculating sales tax as required by Florida Rule 12A-1.045.
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