Release Notes for v2024.02 (1/23/2024)

Our development team has been working hard and working overtime to come up with some really great features that have been asked for by you. We love our customers, so we have made the changes you have asked for. We have marked those features so that you know they came from you.

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• View Condition photos in the Item Record - You can now view condition photos in the item record. It displays condition photos from both POR One and Essentials. To get there, go to Items and then Stock.

• Salesperson Commission Levels - You can now set commission levels for salespersons. Default commissions are calculated for any employees marked as a salesperson. You can configure commissions at the customer level if different from the salesperson's default commissions. See the Salesperson Commission Report as a basis for paying commissions.

• Optimized the suggested item feature for improved performance.

Storefront

• Export Categories - To get ready for new storefront features coming down the road, we added a new button to export categories to CSV on the Front End Custom Menu configuration page.  Here, you'll be able to export your current categories, make changes, and then reimport the changes you made offline in a spreadsheet format.

• Storefront URLs - We have modified the URL's of pages to go deeper than they previously did. This will allow you to save searches at the category and tag level and be able to send the saved URLs to customers! Additionally, this will have should benefit search engine optimization!

• Disable In-Store Pickup/Drop-off options - Attention: Delivery Businesses Only! This feature is for you! You can now disable options for in-store pickup and drop-off. This feature works in all versions of the checkout process. You can find this option by going to the Configuration icon > Front End Configuration > Customer Store Front Delivery Options > When an option allowing customers to select/enter delivery information is enabled > a new checkbox "Disable In-Store Pickup/Drop-off" will appear. 

• Default Merchant - Improved behavior on the Storefront so that if more than one merchant is configured, a consumer on the Storefront will not be given the ability to select which merchant to use for payment. The merchant used on the Storefront will be defaulted.

• BugFix - Addressed English text shown on the storefront configured for Spanish.

• BugFix - Fixed a bug in which 24-hour rental returns did not correctly charge.

• BugFix - Resolves a bug with POR Pay and Cayan Configuration.

• BugFix - Batch statements will now show the correct amounts due.

• BugFix - Shop locations will now properly show in the location menu.

• BugFix - Fixed a bug that caused Global API calls to be rejected for "too many users logged in."

• BugFix - Addressed a security concern where password resets saved the password to a log file where it should not be stored.

• Improved the company edit page display by only showing options relevant to non-parent companies.

• Fixed the available options for multi-store and the parent company to show only when applicable.

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Note on Storefront Changes

We are constantly working to improve the user experience, performance, and visual layout of the Point of Rental Storefront service. As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the user experience, we have identified necessary structural changes to the Storefront HTML that include a high chance of impacting Custom CSS layouts. If you have Custom CSS, please follow the steps below to make sure you are not impacted.

• Review your Custom CSS
• Please check your storefront to confirm there are no conflicts with your custom CSS
• Make any changes needed to ensure that your designs still function as intended
• If you need to remove any custom CSS, please find the instructions here.