Prestashop 1.7 is underway
Prestashop 1.7 is under development and the new version of Prestashop promises to come with lots of new features and we do hope it will become the number one e-commerce platform. Here are the list Prestashop 1.7 new features
10 great new features of Prestashop 1.7
1. Keep the core clean, features as modules
Site performance is one of the most important thing of any eCommerce site. But with the expanding code base of Prestashop, it is starting to run slow. It is essential make the core clean and light by stripping some of the features out of Prestashop core and add them back in as modules.
- Multiple store
- Warehousing and supplier information
- The whole shipping system
- Multiple currency support
- Multiple language support
Noramlly, you don’t really use all the features but even though, code for these features is loaded and slow down your store.
2. Better module integration
Prestashop should move module configuration off of the modules page. There are a lot of modules for Prestashop that affect products on a per product level that you have to enter all of the settings in on the module configuration page. Shipping modules configuration could be added to the shipping tab, order refunding could be added to the order pages, and so on.
3. Better password security
Currently passwords are salted and hashed with the md5 algorithm, it is quickly becoming an outdated algorithm. Moving to a more secure algorithm will help keep your site safe.
4. CSS editor and back-office theme editor
Many platforms are offering the great feature. WordPress is a good example and it is actually one of the things that drive people to WordPress, because you can make simple changes without accessing to ftp. It is really saving users lots of time and also easier for them to do small customization.
Many Prestashop frameworks integrate this feature but Prestashop core itself should include the feature.
5. Back-office access to error messages and debug profiling
The features should be built-in as options in the Advanced setting configuration so users can enable or disable easily without any coding. For developers, the options are really important, they help check any issue with their shop and whenever issue happen, that the 2 place they will check first.
6. Better product configuration
Currently your options with products are pretty much limited, you can either enable or disable products, make them available for sale or not. Also you can fill in general information, but that is about it. I propose adding more information, but making it modular at the same time. Not every shop will need the extended information, so I do not agree with penalizing every shop with the code overhead. Some fields I think are needed are:
- ISBN field for book sellers
- ASIN field for syncing with Amazon
- The ability to show the price just in the cart. This is essential for shops that sell for below MAP pricing
- Configurable product tabs that can be added globally or per product. Say you want to show a tab on every product that is your return information, this cannot be accomplished currently
7. Blog integration
This is something that Prestashop is not doing good. A standard installation of Prestashop needs a modular blog feature that people can use for their shop as most of shop owner will need blog page for SEO purpose.
8. Clean URLS
This will be a big improvement of Prestashop 1.7 as URL is an important key of SEO. The id numbers need to be removed from the product, category, and CMS URLS. Friendly URL should be built-in as option in the Prestashop setting panel so user can enable or disable.
9. Easier customizable checkout
There are too many required fields during the checkout, the checkout process should be more configurable from the backend and not require any fields other than email addresses. Currently you cannot turn off the newsletter box, I think it should be optional with the option to have the box checked as well. The same thing with the terms and conditions. Cleaner sleeker checkouts reduce cart abandonment.
10. Simple maintenance system
If you want to clear out all old abandoned shopping carts, there is really no way other than buying a module or doing it manually from the database. Prestashop needs to include such function in the core. One suggestion is clearing old carts with the option of leaving ones from a time frame and also not deleting ones associated with accounts.
An other option is a function to delete all the expired vouchers is needed as well and also to clear expired specific price rules as well. As well as also adding a button on the bottom of the main product list in the back office that will let you disable / enable products in mass.
Final words
The above are the expected new features of Prestashop 1.7 that will make the platform to new level and to be one of the best eCommerce platform. Please note that those features we mentioned above are for Prestashop core, as there are many Prestashop extensions that provide such features out there, however, the best eCommerce platform should include essential features with clean core but the power of expend.
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