Potion Store 0.3.0 Released

[Andy Kim]

Hello Group,

The latest version of Potion Store is out and here's the lowdown on
what's new:

NEW FEATURES:

- Revenue charts!
- Streamlined administration interface.

If you want to see what the new admin interface with charts looks
like, take a look at the screenshots at: http://www.potionfactory.com/
potionstore

The charts are actually more useful than I thought they would be.

- Access keys 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and F

Access keys are a quick way to get at different parts of the
administration interface with the keyboard. Press control-1 to get to
the reports, control-f to find an order, etc.

- Improved credit card input

I noticed two things that people often get wrong that cause their
order to get rejected. One was not choosing the credit card type and
the other was not choosing an expiration date.

So... the customer no longer needs to choose the credit card type.
The store will automatically figure it out as she types in the credit
card number. This is implemented through JavaScript, but it will fail
gracefully to the dumb version if JS is disabled. Go check out my
store to see this in action.

The credit card expiration date is an input field now instead of a
drop-down select. This forces the user to type something in instead
of having to click to choose the expiration date or accepting the
default.

I have run my store with these changes for about a week now and have
noticed a marked drop in order failure rate due to user negligence.

FIXES:

- Fixed the Safari billing address autofill problem

Safari's form auto-completion logic didn't play well with the way
that Rails does html forms, causing the address1 and address2 to be
both auto-filled to address1. A workaround has been implemented.

- Don't show inactive products when adding a new order in the admin
interface

- Pagination within order search results works now

- Updated payment type icon images

If you want to help, please take a look here: http://code.google.com/
p/potionstore/issues/list

As usual, feedback and suggestions are welcome.

Cheers,

Andy Kim
Potion Factory LLC