Welcome to our monthly update, looking back at September 2024.
Read on to learn about all the exciting new features and enhancements made available to our customers in the month of September.
Remember, this is only a selection of the most eye-catching changes. You can take a look at our full release notes for this month for a more complete list of new features, updates and fixes..
Contents
Enhanced Tier Pricing with Attribute-Based Grouping
Introducing Connect: Switch - Our Integration with Enfocus Switch
Enhanced MIS Notifications for Static Product Orders
Multiple Shipping Addresses per Order
Unified Storefront Management Interface and Enhanced Navigation
Future Order Scheduling with Controlled MIS Notification
Using Canva Designs with Invent via Markzware's ConvertMarkz
Infigo Academy webinar | E-commerce Configuration with Infigo
Enhanced Tier Pricing with Attribute-Based Grouping
We have introduced a new feature that allows you to configure product tier pricing by grouping the in-cart quantity of the same products. Either at a general matching product level or grouping by all or specific product attributes. This means you can now set up tiered pricing that considers the combined quantity of similar products in a customer's cart, providing more flexible and dynamic pricing strategies.
Two new settings have been added to product variants and product groups:
- Share tiers on cart: Choose how the total quantity for tier pricing is calculated—options include grouping by the same product, the same product with the same attributes, or the same product with selected attributes.
- Attributes to check: Specify which product attributes are considered when grouping items for tier pricing.
Once enabled, these settings ensure that the total quantities of grouped products in the shopping cart are considered when calculating prices. This enhancement offers greater control over your pricing models, allowing you to provide more tailored discounts and incentives based on customer purchasing behaviour.
Learn more on the Infigo Academy:
Introducing Connect: Switch - Our Integration with Enfocus Switch
Seamlessly integrate your Infigo storefront with Enfocus Switch for a smarter, faster, and more efficient production process.
Our Connect: Switch integration, coupled with the "Infigo Connect" app available on the Enfocus Switch App store, are designed to integrate Enfocus Switch with Infigo storefronts. This app enables seamless connectivity and automates the workflow by importing job details, asset files, and metadata into the Enfocus Switch environment. Additionally, it supports status updates to keep your systems synchronized.
Discover the Power of Automation
- Simplified Job Importing | With Polling Mode, Infigo Connect automatically scans your storefront at regular intervals, ensuring new jobs are seamlessly integrated into your workflow. Set your preferred polling frequency and let the automation take care of the rest.
- Real-Time Job Handling | Using Webhooks, Infigo Connect imports jobs instantly as they become available, enabling you to stay ahead and deliver faster. Enjoy secure, real-time updates without any manual intervention.
- Automatic Status Updates | Keep your customers informed by automatically updating job statuses with Infigo Connect’s Update Status Mode. Customize your updates, including optional tracking codes, to enhance client communication and satisfaction.
Requirements
To use the Infigo Connect Switch app, the "Connect: Switch" module needs to be enabled on your Infigo platform.
Enhanced MIS Notifications for Static Product Orders
We've updated our checkout process to improve order handling efficiency by ensuring that all orders containing static products are now automatically and consistently notified to your Management Information System (MIS). Previously, orders with simple products might not have triggered immediate MIS notifications, potentially causing delays in processing. With this enhancement, every order is reliably communicated to your MIS, streamlining your workflow and ensuring accurate data tracking across all orders.
Multiple Shipping Addresses per Order
We're pleased to announce a new feature that allows customers to assign multiple shipping addresses within a single order. Now, each item (job) in an order can have its own designated shipping address, providing greater flexibility for orders that need to be delivered to different locations. This enhancement streamlines the checkout process for customers who wish to ship items to multiple addresses without the need to place separate orders.
Please note that this initial implementation stores additional address information within the checkout attributes and does not include separate shipping methods, increased shipping costs (these are included in the subtotal), separate job tickets, packing slips, or individual status updates via Connect webhooks or Shipping plugins. This feature is designed to simplify multi-destination orders while maintaining efficient order processing.
Learn how to configure these options on the Infigo Academy:
Unified Storefront Management Interface and Enhanced Navigation
We've streamlined the management of your storefronts by unifying the "Storefront Selection" and "Storefront Management" pages into a single, cohesive interface. This new interface is built with an improved design that includes search functionality, configurable columns, pagination, and status filtering. These enhancements make it easier and more efficient for you to locate and manage your storefronts, saving you time and simplifying your workflow.
Additionally, we've improved the storefront switching experience. Now, when you switch between storefronts, you'll remain on the same management page within the context of the newly selected storefront, rather than being redirected to the homepage. This means you can seamlessly continue your work without unnecessary navigation, making multi-storefront management more intuitive and efficient.
Future Order Scheduling with Controlled MIS Notification
We're pleased to introduce a new feature that empowers you to offer scheduled future deliveries while optimizing your production workflow. Now, you can allow your customers to select a desired delivery date during checkout, and our system will automatically calculate the optimal time to initiate production and dispatch based on your predefined production and delivery restrictions. This ensures that orders enter production at the right time, avoiding early manufacturing and storage costs, and guaranteeing on-time delivery.
This provides you with greater control over your production scheduling and resource allocation. You can also set shipping methods to depend on specific checkout attributes, allowing you to tailor shipping options—such as offering expedited delivery for certain order types—to meet your business needs.
Using Canva Designs with Invent via Markzware's ConvertMarkz
We are pleased to inform you that you can now integrate your Canva designs into our Invent plugin for Adobe InDesign using Markzware's ConvertMarkz tool.
While we don't have native support for Canva files within Invent, ConvertMarkz allows you to convert PDFs created in Canva into Adobe InDesign format that is compatible with Invent. This enables you to create variable print templates from your Canva designs, which can then be seamlessly passed over to your Infigo storefront for customization.
For any enquiries on this topic, please contact David Dilling at Markzware (david@markzware.nl)
Infigo Academy webinar | E-commerce Configuration with Infigo
October's Infigo Academy webinar is titled "E-commerce Configuration with Infigo." This session is tailored to help you harness the full potential of Infigo's robust e-commerce features, ensuring your web-to-print business runs smoothly and efficiently.
What We'll Cover:
- The Fundamental Delivery & Shipping Capabilities
- Configuring Payment Options and Taxation
- Configuring Email Accounts and Templates
- Managing Jobs Using Shared Print Operations and Hot Folders
- An Introduction to Connect MIS Plugins.
You can sign up using the form below. Alternatively, click here!
The Best of the Rest
Content Template Enhancements
We're excited to announce a series of significant updates to our content templates, designed to give you greater control over your storefront's appearance and enhance the user experience across all devices.
Dynamic Footer with Store Name
The default footer now automatically displays your store name in the copyright text instead of the Infigo trademark. This change strengthens your brand identity and saves you time by eliminating the need to manually edit the footer content. Your customers will immediately recognize your branding, providing a more personalized and professional feel to your storefront.
H1 Title Options for Better SEO
We've introduced H1 title options to the title template, which previously only supported H2 headings. This addition allows you to create primary page headings that are crucial for search engine optimization. By utilizing H1 tags, you can improve your site's SEO performance, helping your storefront rank higher in search results and attract more organic traffic.
Improved Mobile Image Scaling in 2-Column Templates
Addressing previous image scaling issues on mobile devices, we've updated the 2-column image and content template to ensure images adjust properly without causing content overlap. On mobile screens, the template now effectively disables auto-scaling that relied on absolute positioning and fixed heights. This means your images and content will display beautifully and remain fully accessible, providing a seamless browsing experience for users on all devices.
Refined Header Template for Cleaner Code
We've tidied up the header template , improving the overall code quality. Additionally, header column items now use their names as identifiers, enhancing code readability and maintainability. These refinements make it easier for you to customize your storefront and ensure a consistent structure across your site's codebase.
These updates are part of our ongoing commitment to empower you with tools that enhance both the aesthetic and functional aspects of your storefront. We believe these enhancements will not only make it easier for you to manage your content but also provide a superior experience for your customers, ultimately contributing to the success of your online business.
API Updates
New API Endpoint for Updating External IDs
We've introduced a new API endpoint that allows you to set or update the external IDs for orders and order lines even after they've been created. This enhancement provides greater flexibility for your integrations, enabling you to synchronize external references at any stage of your workflow and ensure consistency across your systems.
API Endpoint for Checking MIS Plugin Status
We have added a new API endpoint that lets you check the status of MIS plugins on your storefront via the API. This feature allows you to programmatically verify whether specific MIS plugins are installed and enabled, streamlining the management of your integrations. Initially, this endpoint supports MIS plugins, and we plan to extend its capabilities to include other settings in future updates.
Improved Performance for Tiered Pricing Products
We've enhanced the performance of product pages that use tiered pricing by introducing a new catalog setting called "Show price on quantity tiers". By default, this setting is disabled, which means only quantities are displayed in the quantity selection dropdown, not the prices. This change significantly reduces page load times, especially for products with many pricing tiers, providing a faster and smoother experience for your customers.
If you wish to display prices alongside quantities in the dropdown, you can enable the "Show price on quantity tiers" setting in your catalog settings. This update gives you the flexibility to balance performance with the level of pricing detail shown to your customers.
Enhanced Stripe Integration: Storefront Name and ID in Payment Metadata
We've updated our Stripe payment integration to include your storefront name and ID in the transaction metadata. Previously, only the Order ID and Order GUID were passed to Stripe. With this enhancement, your accounting team can easily identify which storefront a payment is associated with directly within the Stripe dashboard, simplifying reconciliation and financial reporting across multiple storefronts.
New Filter by Payment Transaction ID in Order Management
We've enhanced our order management system by introducing a new filter that allows you to search and filter orders using the Payment Transaction ID. This feature is especially helpful in scenarios where the Order ID isn't available in payment plugins due to the authorization being created before the order. With this update, you can effortlessly locate orders associated with specific payment transactions directly from the Orders page in Infigo admin, streamlining your order tracking and reconciliation processes.
Deployments: R24-35,36,37,38,39
Deployed: September 2024
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