Welcome to our monthly update, looking back at October 2024.
Read on to learn about all the exciting new features and enhancements made available to our customers in the month of October.
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..
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Improved SAML Configuration for Simplified Setup and Enhanced Security
Custom Report Template Support for Enfocus Pitstop
Product Build Workshop | Mastering Advanced Grouping in Infigo Invent for InDesign
Improved SAML Configuration for Simplified Setup and Enhanced Security
We've updated the SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) configuration to streamline the setup process, enhance security, and reduce setup errors for our users. The improvements focus on making essential SAML settings more accessible and reducing the need for in-depth technical knowledge.
What is SSO and SAML?
Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to any of several related, yet independent, software systems. True single sign-on allows the user to log in once and access services without re-entering authentication factors.
Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0 (SAML 2.0) is a version of the SAML standard for exchanging authentication and authorisation identities between security domains. Its an XML-based protocol that uses security tokens to pass information about a user between an Identity Provider (the third party system) and a Service Provider (your Infigo storefront).
SAML 2.0 enables web-based, cross-domain single sign on (SSO), which helps reduce the administrative overhead of distributing multiple logins for different systems to all of your users.
SAML and SSO Resources
The Infigo Academy contains helpful resources to get you up and running with SAML and SSO! Click the links below to access them now.
What Updates have been Implemented?
Here's what you can expect from the new SAML configuration experience:
- Enhanced Configuration Interface: Critical settings like "Service Provider Name" and "Server URL" are now presented as distinct fields. This improvement makes it easier to ensure the correct values align with your XML configuration, automatically updating the XML on save.
- Metadata Accessibility: The interface now includes read-only "Storefront Metadata XML" and a link that can be shared with your Identity Provider (IDP) administrator. With a quick copy feature, these fields make it simpler to integrate SAML by providing metadata details accurately and consistently.
- Flexible Identity Provider Configuration: New settings for IDP configurations are now accessible, including options like "Allow Unsolicited Responses" and "Enable Assertion Signature Check." These allow more control over response handling and trust validation, supporting a tailored SAML experience based on user needs.
- Automated Identity Provider Metadata Fetching: To simplify certificate management, users can now enable a feature that fetches identity provider metadata via a URL. This automatically updates certificates from the identity provider, reducing downtime and minimizing manual updates.
- Default Settings for New Storefronts: New storefronts now come with a default SAML setup to streamline initial configuration. The "SAML Client Enabled" setting, initially disabled, will auto-enable if there’s XML configuration data, making setup faster.
- Refined Customer Settings: Customer identification settings have been restructured to make SAML integration smoother. With options for “Auto NameID” and attribute-based login, users can authenticate with either usernames or emails without needing custom attribute mappings.
- Improved Error Handling and Logging: If an SSO login attempt fails, users are redirected to a specific login error page, and details are logged to support troubleshooting. This reduces confusion during setup and simplifies issue resolution.
These changes aim to make SAML setup more intuitive, improve error handling, and ensure that critical settings are both accessible and secure for all users.
Custom Report Template Support for Enfocus Pitstop
You can now personalize your custom report templates in Pitstop Profiles with fully customizable PDF artwork, allowing you to match brand visuals or other graphical elements in your reports.
The PDF Profile Setup screen, where Pitstop Profiles are uploaded, now includes options to upload a custom report template, which serves as the graphical foundation of your reports. The system handles this PDF alongside your template preferences, ensuring easy access and smooth integration within the existing custom report preferences structure.
This update improves the flexibility and visual consistency of your reports, whether you need custom icons, headers, or other brand-specific elements.
In addition, with the latest version of the Enfocus Pitstop library, you’re fully equipped to elevate your custom report designs in the Pitstop environment.
Performance Enhancements
Enhanced Category Tree Performance
We've optimized the loading speed for category and homepage navigation, significantly improving response times on storefronts. By refining database queries, adjusting category permissions retrieval, and implementing a new caching method, category pages now load with improved efficiency, even for complex category structures. This update ensures smoother browsing experiences for customers, particularly for larger storefronts, allowing them to access product categories and subcategories with minimal delay.
Optimized Media Album Query for Enhanced Performance
We have streamlined the process of retrieving media album item counts, reducing the number of database queries required for each album. By consolidating these queries into a single, efficient operation, users will experience improved performance, especially when working with large volumes of media albums. This optimization enhances the speed and efficiency of data retrieval within MegaEdit, ensuring faster response times and a smoother user experience when managing and displaying media items across storefronts.
Product Build Workshop | Mastering Advanced Grouping in Infigo Invent for InDesign
Our next Academy webinar takes place on Thursday 21st November at 3pm GMT.
Discover the power of the Advanced Groups feature in Infigo Invent, designed to give you unparalleled control over your InDesign templates by precisely positioning and repositioning fields based on your own specifications.
Whether you're creating sophisticated layouts or simply aiming to improve in your template creation process, this hands-on session will walk you through all the essential tools.
Take a look at this simple example of Advanced Groups in action:
Key Benefits:
- Enhanced Layout Control: Precision and dynamic alignment and spacing of fields for complex layouts.
- Time-Saving Features: Set behaviour quickly with one-click alignment options or utilise more advanced, manual settings.
- Dynamic Resizing: Fields adapt to content, keeping your design clean and responsive.
What You’ll Learn in this webinar:
- Vertical, Horizontal, and Both Alignments: Arrange fields with precision, customizing margins and sizes for perfect alignment. Set fields to reposition dynamically based on other fields.
- Boundary Items for Enhanced Control: Use placeholders to define boundaries, allowing you to extend group space and maintain cohesive item arrangement.
- Advanced Margin and Spacing Options: Set specific margins and gaps or use auto-spacing to evenly distribute items within your group.
- Content-Based Resizing: Ensure text fields resize dynamically based on content, saving time on manual adjustments.
- Quick Alignment Tools: Access one-click options for fast alignment and spacing adjustments, making complex layouts easy to manage.
Who Should Attend:
This webinar is ideal for designers, template builders, and anyone using, or considering using, Infigo to create personalized products. Reserve your spot to dive deeper into these powerful new tools and bring your questions for our in-webinar chat.
Register now using the form below or use the dedicated sign up page.
The Best of the Rest
Enhanced Delivery Countdown Styling
We've added a unique CSS class, "delivery-countdown-banner," to our product delivery countdown feature, enabling targeted styling for this component. This update allows for precise customization of the delivery countdown banner across a storefront, providing better control over its appearance to suit your branding.
Learn more about Production Restrictions and Delivery Restrictions, integral to the Delivery Countdown feature and various other features within your Infigo platform!
API Control for Product Groups
Introducing full API management for Product Groups, allowing seamless access and updates to crucial product grouping details, including pricing, quantity limits, tiered pricing, and attribute configurations. With these new endpoints, customers can now retrieve, create, update, and manage Product Groups directly through the API, providing a powerful way to streamline product organization and adjust group-level settings in real time. This enhancement enables more efficient management of complex inventories, especially when dealing with variable pricing or specific ordering parameters, empowering users to better control and automate their catalogue configurations.
Vendor Address Support for Connect: Site Flow
Our latest update to the Connect: Site Flow plugin introduces a more organized settings layout, improving the ease of configuring account, shipping, and order generation details. Settings are now grouped intuitively, allowing quicker access and streamlined setup.
Additionally, a new "Vendor Address" setting has been added to serve as the default return address for shipments, ensuring consistency and accuracy in order fulfilment. With these enhancements, users can manage orders more efficiently, reducing manual steps and enhancing the integration experience across shipping and order processes.
Deployments: R24-40,41,42
Deployed: October 2024
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