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The newest OXID CE 4.5.2 has been updated on the OXID Virtual Machine 2.0 Repository.  You can update this on your VM using the “VM/Available OXID Versions Update” menu point on the Main Menu.

Here are the 3 steps involved with updating your VM.

If you should have any questions regarding the VM, you may post them on the mailing list, or drop a comment here below.

We are all excited about releasing the OXID VM 2.0 in the next days, the successor to the existing VM.  We’ve added several new features to the VM 2.0, including a management-console for quick access to day to day functions that OXID-programmers use.  At the same time, we’ve moved to VirtualBox, from it’s previous incarnation on VMWare.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be blogging about individual features, so please watch this space for new stuff.  You can also follow us on Twitter with hashtag #OXID_VM.

System

This Virtual Machine is based on:

• Debian GNU/LINUX 6.0.2 (Squeeze)
• Kernel 2.6.32-5-686

Minimum Recommended Hardware

• Single or Dual Core processors of up to 4.x GHz
• 4 GB RAM
• 20 GB Disk (VM performs faster on SSD)

Download

The OXID VM 2.0 is available for download over HTTP.  Filesize 874 MB (courtesy of the cloud service Dropbox).

This version of the OXID Virtual Machine comes with it’s own Management Console.  The source-code for the MC can be viewed on our public SVN.

Virtual Machine Player – VirtualBox

Here’s where you can get the VirtualBox Player for running this virtual-machine in Windows, OS X, Linux and Solaris host-operating-systems.

Discuss

There are surely bugs and features-wishes which we might have overlooked.  We would love to have you participate in the development of this VM.  Please join us at the OXID e-Shop Virtual Machine mailing list and send us tons of feedback!

euroblaze has recently completed the developement of a new OXID module called Export Users Module. This module enables OXID shop owners and shop administrators to export customer data in the common CSV format. Easily chose the required data create the CSV file with just one click.  The following fields are available for export:

• Company_Name
• Street_Address
• Street_Address_2
• Postal_Code
• City
• Salutation
• First_Name
• Last_name
• Telephone_Number
• Email_Address
• National_or_International_Customer

This module is indispensable for the realization of powerful marketing campaigns like newsletters and much more.

Compatibility

The OXID-User-Export module has been developed for OXID eShop 4.4.2.  We will be happy to adapt it to later versions for Agencies and Merchants at cost.

Pricing

Pricing for the OXID-User-Export module is differenciated between Merchant License and Agency License.  Both licenses are based on GPL.  Merchant License, usable on a single shop domain (and on localhost for testing purposes) costs EUR 25.  Agency License, usable on unlimited number of domains, costs EUR 45.

Contact

Merchants and agencies interested in the OXID User-Export-Module may contact Ashant Chalasani at +49-711-7947-2394 or a.chalasani@euroblaze.de

The register_success.tpl in the OXID Template Framework is the template which is called when a user successfully registers.

It can be found under ~/out/<theme_dir>/tpl/register_success.tpl.

This template is particularly interesting for Adwords/Analytics conversion measurement, since it’s where conversion-codes are implanted, in order to capture the successful registrations on OXID eShops.

Google provides the Product Search platform which serves as an excellent search-engine for Internet-Shoppers.  To help online-merchants using the OXID eSales software upload their full catalogs in a few clicks to the Google Product Search database, euroblaze is today publishing the OXID Module for Exporting Product Catalogs into Google Merchant/Base in XML format.

The module allows:

• Selection of language of which products should be exported
• Inclusion/Exclusion of products and categories
• Input of the title of your feed
• Input of feed description
• Selection of currency for prices on your Google Shopping search listings
• Single-Click XML generation and download to desktop
• For automated fetching from Google Merchant account, a URL is saved in the ~/exports folder.

The following screenshots show the configuration possibilities.

Licensing

The module is available in 2 versions:

• Agency License, compatible with OXID 4.5.x CE/PE/EE, with full source-code disclosure and 30 days developer support (EUR 160 + VAT)
• Merchant License, compatible with OXID 4.5.x PE/EE (EUR 95 + VAT)

The Agency License can be used by web-agencies, software developers and companies in multiple projects.  The Merchant License is meant for shop merchants and is restricted to a single domain (as also development installations running on localhost/127.0.0.1)

Integration Services

euroblaze assists merchants running OXID Shops with integration of the Google Base Module.  Contact us with your shop-URL, name and phone-number.

Agencies requiring development and support services for OXID modules may contact us to know more about our Agency Partnership Program.

Downloads

The modules shall be made available over OXID eXchange in both versions shortly.  Please watch this space for the exact links in the next few days.