11.8.0 Release
Production Release Date: December 1, 2020
Platforms: Back Office, eCommerce, ACME Sales (POS), Access Control (AC)
Release Type: Minor
Downtime: None
Environments for Testing: Sand10 and AC Sandbox 11.8.0 and POS Sandbox 11.8.0
Enhancements
Gift Membership Address Collection
Addresses for membership gift givers are now collected via the ACME eCommerce site! The address fields are required and for ease of use, auto-fill in the billing address when continuing to payment. Of course if needed, the buyer can change the billing address. For those using Import/Export, the gift giver address is included in the export in the membership_buyer fields.
Improved Experience for International Buyers
Address Collection: 'State/Province' field
We have improved the buying process for international buyers on eCommerce and Back Office by only requiring the state/province field when the country is set to United States or Canada. For all other countries, this field is optional.
International phone numbers
We have added support for international phone number formats that are only 9 digits, across Back Office as well as on the eCommerce site.
Updated Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions
We have made updates to the ACME Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions documents to account for international customers.
Enhancements for International Markets
ACME Support for the New Zealand market
We are expanding our ability to support clients internationally by upgrading our Stripe integration and adding a new Chip Card Reader device for clients in New Zealand.
Default country selection
We have updated the eCommerce site and ACME Back Office such that when the user encounters a country picklist, the tenant's country will be the default selection for the picklist. The tenant's country is now set via a picklist as well, in ACME Back Office under company profile. This will help to streamline usability and optimize for the majority of use cases across the platform.
Date and Time formats in Back Office now honor the user's preference
The date and time formats displayed in ACME Back Office will now honor your personal preference set under Settings -> My Profile -> Date format & Time format. These are found throughout Back Office, such as the Events list, Orders list, the Member Details pages, and Reporting. Please note: There are some date pickers that have not been updated, which you will be able to identify as they have date format help text underneath the fields reminding the user of the format they follow.
Other
eCommerce performance improvement
We have improved the performance of the eCommerce site related to how the code handles the shopping cart which will result in expanding our eCommerce data center capacity
Security improvement
We have proactively improved the security on the eCommerce site to prevent potential malicious content from being entered into the checkout form fields.
Sendgrid integration
Our Sendgrid integration has been updated to connect via an API key vs. a username and password given the later authentication method is being deprecated by Sendgrid for API access. This will also decouple Sendgrid app access from Sendgrid API access.
Orders API performance
We have made some performance improvements to the v2/b2b/order/summaries api
Apple certification update
We are updating the Apple iOS certificates for the Acme Sales POS and Access Control applications to keep them running on iOS devices. We do this to stay in compliance with Apple development requirements.
CORS Checkout API
In order to improve the management of reducing fraudulent card payments coming from online flows, we will be updating the CORS checkout API to require a reCAPTCHA token. In order to keep the CORS integration working, you will need to start passing an ACME reCAPTCHA token to ACME if not already.
Bug Fixes
Date displayed for international buyers in UTC+ timezones
We have fixed an issue where the date displayed at the top of the Event List page and Event Details page would appear in an unformatted style if the user is in a timezone that is UTC+ (ie Paris, France) and they canceled their order when on the cart page.
New tenant registration zip code format
When registering a tenant for the first time in ACME Back Office, the registration flow now allows for the use of alpha-numeric (international) postal codes.
Import/Export Tool
We have added logging in order to help eliminate the occurrences of an ACME I/O error when doing small imports from time to time
New and Updated Knowledge Articles
"Invalid Account" error when attempting a refund (There is an updated process for requesting a refund for orders with an Invalid Account error.)
Event Cancelations and Unexpected Closures
New Zealand Market Support on Stripe
GetYourGuide Integration Setup Guide
Hardware Setup Guide for IT & Visitor Services