RO CSVI 8.14.0 release
To stick with our promise to deliver more regular updates, we present you the RO CSVI 8.14.0 release. This release is the first one to kick-off the monthly release cycle and it has some very nice added features.
Phoca Cart
In our previous release we added some more support for Phoca Cart and in this release we continue this trend. Tag support has been added for Phoca Cart so you can import and export your tag definitions. What good would it be if you can only import and export tags but not assign them to products? We expanded the product import and export with support for tags as well. Simply use the tags field to import and/or export your tags with your products.
Joomla List Custom Field
The Custom Fields are a staple in any Joomla site nowadays and RO CSVI has supported them for a long time. In this release we extend the support for the list field. A list field is made up of texts and values to provide the user with a list of options to choose from. Maintaining this list can be troublesome or sometimes needs to be automated. There was no way to do this in an easy way until today.
There is now direct support for the list custom field through some new fields we have introduced, assuming fieldname is the name of your custom field:
- fieldname_text
- fieldname_value
By adding these 2 fields to your import file you can import one or multiple list entries. As the name might have suggested, the text field is for the textual value of the item and the value is the value of the item. Just run an update of the available fields and they will be available to you.
List items can be imported and exported for:
- Joomla Categories
- Joomla Contacts
- Joomla Content
- Joomla Users
- Phoca Cart Products
The documentation will be updated in the next few days to reflect these changes.
Notable changes
This release has a number of changes across the board that are notable:
- Added support for linebreaks in Multi-Replace rule when using regex by using \r\n
- Changed the way the list of tables is loaded, Joomla 5 changed to no longer return views in this list, we have brought the views back
- On the export templates you can set the Group Fields and Sort Fields options, these now only show fields that you can actually use and the help text has been improved to clarify how to use them
Changes in RO CSVI 8.14.0
Check the full list of changes in this release:
- Fixed updating the incorrect row for Custom Fields for All values with same pricing
- Added support for export of tags in PhocaCart Tag export
- Added support for exporting values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in Joomla Categories export
- Added support for exporting values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in Joomla Contacts export
- Added support for exporting values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in Joomla Content export
- Added support for exporting values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in Joomla Users export
- Added support for exporting values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in PhocaCart Product export
- Added support for filtering on manufacturer name for product variants in the HikaShop Order export
- Added support for import of tags in PhocaCart Tag import
- Added support for importing values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in Joomla Categories import
- Added support for importing values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in Joomla Contacts import
- Added support for importing values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in Joomla Content import
- Added support for importing values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in Joomla Users import
- Added support for importing values and texts for Joomla custom field list items in PhocaCart Product import
- Added support for linebreaks in Multi-Replacement plugin when using regular expressions
- Added support for non-inheritable option for Multi Variants in VirtueMart Product import
- Added support for tags in PhocaCart Product export
- Added support for tags in PhocaCart Product import
- Changed loading the list of tables as Joomla no long returns views
- Changed the Group Fields and Sort Fields to only show the fields available in the template
A full changelog of all changes is available on the download page of RO CSVI 8.14.0.
This release is available for free to everyone with an active subscription from the Download section. If you do not have a subscription yet, you can subscribe here.