Magelia WebStore V3 has been released on May 26. 2014.Magelia WebStore version 3 provides a modular and extensible e-commerce Framework. This release introduces Magelia’s extensibility framework and you can nowExtend Magelia WebStore and add new features (add new back-office screens and publish web services that your website will consume) or extend the Magelia WebStore responsive template by adding packages.Magelia WebStore version 3 also benefits frombetter performance, improved security, and more that 300 improvements and bug fixes.Magelia WebStore V2.6 has been released on Jan 23. 2014.The most noticeable improvements are the following: Variant products description can now be localized in multiple languages, Media such as images or a videos associated with a content type can also be localized in multiple languages, The data update mechanism has been improved (contents) and simplified (all you have to do is to declare the relevant combinations of countries and currencies), scheduler features have been extended in order to add a new daily, weekly and monthly triggers as well as the ability to launch an automated task to update the data regularly. Within version 2.6 Magelia WebStore extensibility has also been really improved to ease the Visual Studio project template, ease debugging, make the discount engine extensible, etc.
The Magelia WebStore Client available from NuGet has also been improved :client dependencyresolver has been redesigned for more flexibility and extensibility.A NEW Glimpse plugin has also been developped to help debug the Magelia.WebStore.Client NuGet package. Simply download and install the Glimpse.Magelia.WebStore.Client nuget packagePlease note that the latest version of the Magelia WebStore module for Orchard, on Dec 11. 2013 is compatible with Magelia WebStore 2.6 and Orchard 1.7.3Magelia WebStore V2.5 has been released on Nov. 18. 2013.Among the 100 new features, improvements, and bug fixes, the most prominent ones are the ability to decrease inventory either at the add-to-basket or at the save-as-order actions, an advanced data update mechanism, mproved interaction between the Magelia WebStore software and a remote website, automatically generated thumbnails in the administration console for images stored in the Media library, entity framework 6 support, removal of the MS DTC requirement thereby easing support of Azure and improved performance.A new version of the Magelia WebStore module for Orchard has been released on Dec 11. 2013 to stay compliant with Magelia WebStore 2.5 and is compatible with Orchard latest version to date (1.7.2)Along with the new version 2.5, Magelia has also released a responsive-design template, available from www.magelia.org, that provides an appealing and consistent e-commerce experience on desktops, tablets, and smartphones.Magelia WebStore V2.4 has been released on Sept. 19. 2013 and includes:redesignedBasket and order calculation, re-rdeveloped geographic zone algorithms for tax and shipping calculations, improved products management,introduction of à unique code for the top product (variable product) of variant products, ability to define product attributes at the top (variable) or the variant level, easier integration of payment service providers.
Technical improvements includean alternate method enables to call the catalogs, categories and products servicesin order to solve limitations of OData, and to ease developments, aMagelia .NET client library more closely integrated with NuGet,and is now extensible via dependency injection and more than 1 200 automated testsrun daily to prevent risks of functional or technical regressions.Magelia WebStore V2.3 (released on March 7 2013) includes:250 improvements and bugs fixed, improved setup, revised and improved catalog generation, tax types screen included into the tax category screen,added method UpdateOrderStatus , improved NuGet Client (new update-mageliaclient command and Intellisense comments).Magelia WebStore Professional and Enterprise edition benefit from better content management, and from file examples to easily export and import orders, customers, catalogs, products, and websites data.Magelia WebStore V2.2 has been released, Nov 29, 2012.With this new version, all editions benefit fromacompletely redesigned back-office interfaces (administration console).This new version also includes License modification:Magelia WebStore Community Edition isnow licensed under the O.S.L 3 license. OSL3 is an OSI approved open-source license that is widely adopted in the e-commerce software industry(by companies like Magento or Prestashop for instance)and100+ improvements and bugfix.Magelia WebStore V2.1 has been released on oct. 16, 2012.This version introduces new features and improvements for all editions of Magelia WebStore.
All editions (Community –Professional and Entreprise editions): Magelia Magelia Client: (Client service layer) complete refactoring; support for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5; support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012; reengineering of the catalog update mechanism: required time to generate the catalog divided by 10 and no service interruption even during catalog update ; scheduler (NEW feature) to schedule tasks such as sending e-mails, launching import or export jobs (requires Pro. Or Enterprise Ed.), bug fixes and improvements.Professional and Enterprise editions have also added a NEW powerful feature : the import / export module. This extensible module allows you to import and export data with Magelia WebStore and can manage the dependencies between data.To coincide with this release of Magelia WebStore v2.1 :Magelia Client Nuget package: nbsp;a Magelia Client NuGet package has been developed to ease project set-up, and speed-up development. You can download the Magelia Nuget packagehereDemo Stores : check-out the US Store, the European Store and a professional / enterprise store with two stores managed from one single back-office, with multiple warehouses (one in the US and one in Europe), Magelia WebStore module for Orchard. This module will be compatible with Magelia WebStore version 2.1. The module will be available in theOrchard Gallery.Magelia WebStore V2.0 has been released, June 29, 2012 (updated on July 16).Magelia WebStore now comes in three different editions: Enterprise, Professional and Community Editions.
This new version includes both technical updates as well as new and updated features: content management, roles and profiles, enhanced user experience(wysiwyg Html editor (Tiny MCE), improved variant products configuration screen, improved category hierarchy), improved demo store (sort by price feature),Date-Time in UTC andminor bugs fixesAlong with Magelia WebStore v2, we have also released the long awaited Magelia WebStore module for Orchard.This module makes Magelia WebStore e-commerce features available in the Orchard content management system. This module requires Magelia WebStore V2 and Orchard 1.4. (download available from theOrchard Gallery).Magelia WebStore V1.3 has been released, April 18, 2012.This new version includes both technical updates and feature improvements: Implementation of Entity Framework Code First, full refactoring of OData services, WCF Data Services 5.0 migration, SQL 2012 compatibilty, variant management refactoring , upgraded demo website, store configuration is now defined per vendor, updated country and region list, use of NuGet for external reference, upgraded setup procedure to ensure WebPI compatibility, minor bugs fixed.Magelia WebStore V1.2 has been released, March 7, 2012.
This version includes new catalog and category management screens in the administration console for an improved user experience, enriched variant product features (default and sort order), and Medium Trust compliance.Magelia WebStore V1.1 has been released, February 20, 2012.This new version includes the long awaiteddemo website (Asp.NET MVC)and the”Gift withPurchase”promotion type. The Asp.NET MVC demo Store has been created to help users quickly build an e-commerce store.Magelia WebStore V1 has been released, January 27, 2012.This first versionof Magelia WebStore is the result of two years of work to create an advanced e-commerce software for the .NET environment.This first version includesa new file management and media librairy tool,order and customer management, order history and statistics, improved setup using WebPI, basic ETL Engine and bug fixes.Magelia WebStore V0.4 has been released, December 27, 2011.This new beta releases introduces the WebPI and set-up procedure to quickly deploy and test Magelia WebStore. Magelia WebStore v0.4 also includes bug fixes. This version is still a beta release, but we expect new releases very soon since Magelia WebStore v1 is planned for mid-January 2012. Magelia WebStore V0.3 has been released, December 2, 2011.This is probably the most important release to date because it introduces the new promotion engine that we have been working on during the past four months.
This promotion engine was designed for heavy loads and implements an extensible conditions / actions framework. Magelia WebStore v0.3 also includes bug fixes and improved performance. This version is still a beta release but we expect several new releases very soon since Magelia WebStore v1 is planned for mid-January 2012.Magelia WebStore V0.2 has been released, August 8, 2011. This is still a beta 0.2 release but it is much better and stronger thanV0.1. This version implements thecore e-commerce features such as catalogs, categories, pricing, inventory, tax and shipping management, and the service layer including ODATA services for catalogs and products plus WCF services for shopping cart and order management. A sample code (White Shop) has been added to the solution to show how to easily build a store. We are working hard on documentation, for those who are looking for customization and development guides.WebStore V0.1:Magelia WebStore V0.1 hasbeen released, March 15, 2011. This preliminary version (alpha version) is for testing and evaluation only.
Advantages :
1.The Sales that never sleep:Once you have set up your ecommerce store, it is accessible to people 24×7 without any break, working even on long holidays and the festive seasons. This is a huge advantage as far as ecommerce is concerned, since your business is never at a break and your webstore never sleeps.
2.Lower Costs, Higher Profits:The other big advantage of running an ecommerce store is its low running and maintenance cost. This is comparatively very less as compared to owing a physical space in the form of a brick and mortar store where the maintenance cost is very high.
3.Expand your reach to everywhere:Breaking down of the geographical barriers is one of the main advantages of the ecommerce stores. With an ecommerce store, you don’t have tolimit your business to a particular geographical location, however, you may carter to a specific geographical location. But that doesn’t stop customers from all over the world to access your webstore and be your customers and order goods and services from your stores. How cool is that?
4.Open up to infinite possibilities:Your sales open up to infinite possibilities due to the various traction channels available online. You don’t have to restrict your sales effort offline to banner ads or newspaper ads or the costly television ads. In the online space, you can opt for a wide ranging PPC ads or even opt for content marketing and various other traction channels to make your webstore popular.
5.Easy to maintain inventory:You don’t need to stuff all your products in your brick and mortar store to make it visible to the public. You are able to sell a wide range of stock items dueto the advent of ecommerce store where you can maintain a huge inventory for different number and types of stores quite easily.
6.Make more profit per item:You can make more profit per item sold in an online ecommerce webstore. It is well established that sell online is more cost effective than selling in a brick and mortar store, even though the math for this may be different. However, eliminating the need of a physical space in costly retail and also maintaining decent volumes of traffic in your onlinestore ensures that you make a higher margin even with a low sale price
Adopted by major brands and retailers, Magelia WebStore is a powerful and extensible e-commerce software for .NET and Cloud environments such as Azure. With Magelia WebStore, provide your customers with a beautiful responsive store that automatically adapts to PCs, tablets and smartphones’ screens.
Magelia WebStore is a multi-site, multi-tenant environment that comes with a complete set of e-commerce features. Manage products, catalogs, prices, taxes, discounts, content etc. With Magelia WebStore, develop your e-commerce internationally and create multilingual and multi-currency websites. Magelia WebStore can be extended by adding extensions or developing your own extensions.
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Username: Your chosen username when you created the machine ( For example: Azureuser) Password : Your Chosen Password when you created the machine ( How to reset the password if you do not remember)
The below screen appears after successful deployment of the image.
i) Please connect to Remote Desktop as given in step 2
ii) You can use SQL server instance as localhost. The SQL Server instance name to be used is “localhost” Connect to SQL Management Studio with username as sa and password provided in Custom Metadata.
If you have closed the deployment page you can also get the sa password from VM Details “Custom metadata” Section.
