UPGRADE-5.0.md

CHANGELOG for Shopware 5.0.x

This changelog references changes done in Shopware 5.0 patch versions.

5.0.4 (2015-09-16)

View all changes from v5.0.3...v5.0.4

• Change file extension of Shopware_Components_Convert_Excel::generateXML to .xls
• Fixed jsonrenderer for backend order batchprocessing

5.0.3 (2015-08-24)

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• The variant API resource now supports the getList method. It will return all variants with prices and attributes. You can optionally calculate the gross price by using the "considerTaxInput" parameter.
• The getList method of the articles API resource now returns additionally the attributes of an article.
• Change event argument property name to vouchername in Shopware_Modules_Basket_AddVoucher_FilterSql in sBasket.php due to reserved word.
• Support for batch user deleting in Backend UserManager
• Added createMediaField to Emotion Component Model
• Added open graph and twitter meta tags to a new block frontend_index_header_meta_tags_opengraph in the header.tpl

5.0.2 (2015-07-20)

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• Method createMenuItem in plugin bootstrap now results in an duplicate error when passing an existing label with the same parent
• Removed Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Order::getStatisticAction and statistics in the order backend module.
• It's no longer possible to have spaces in article numbers. Existing articles with spaces in their numbers will still work, but the article cannot be changed without fixing the number.
• Change structure of build-database target in build/build.xml to allow a more fine grained build process.
• Introduce new configuration option snippet.showSnippetPlaceholder. Empty snippets are now hidden by default. If showSnippetPlaceholder is true snippet placeholders will be shown.
• Removed table s_emarketing_vouchers_cashed.
• 'Shopware.form.field.ArticleSearch' search using the "variants" option is deprecated. Use "configurator" to load configurator articles or "searchVariants" to load article variants with the correct additional text and ordernumber.
• Added column added to the table s_campaigns_mailaddresses which holds the date of the newsletter registration. It will be displayed in the newsletter administration under "Recipients" as the "Double-Opt-In date" column.
• Removed the expert layout and the corresponding mail form inside the batch processing window of the order backend module.
• Added support for attributes in backend module site
• Added a lot more jQuery plugin events.
• Marked some jQuery plugin events as deprecated which will be removed in the version 5.1. They were replaced with more conventional names:
  • plugin/collapseCart/afterRemoveArticle => plugin/swCollapseCart/onRemoveArticleFinished
  • plugin/collapseCart/afterLoadCart => plugin/swCollapseCart/onLoadCartFinished
  • plugin/collapseCart/onMouseLeave => plugin/swCollapseCart/onMouseLeave
  • plugin/collapseCart/onCloseButton => plugin/swCollapseCart/onCloseButton
  • plugin/collapseCart/onRemoveArticle => plugin/swCollapseCart/onRemoveArticle
  • plugin/collapseCart/onMenuOpen => plugin/swCollapseCart/onMenuOpen
  • plugin/collapseCart/onLoadCart => plugin/swCollapseCart/onLoadCart
  • plugin/collapseCart/onCloseMenu => plugin/swCollapseCart/onCloseMenu
  • plugin/collapsePanel/onOpen => plugin/swCollapsePanel/onOpen
  • plugin/collapsePanel/onClose => plugin/swCollapsePanel/onClose
  • plugin/filterComponent/onChange => plugin/swFilterComponent/onChange
  • plugin/emotionLoader/loadEmotion => plugin/swEmotionLoader/onLoadEmotion
  • plugin/emotionLoader/initEmotion => plugin/swEmotionLoader/onInitEmotion
  • plugin/emotionLoader/showEmotion => plugin/swEmotionLoader/onShowEmotion
  • plugin/emotionLoader/hideEmotion => plugin/swEmotionLoader/onHideEmotion
  • plugin/emotionLoader/showFallbackContent => plugin/swEmotionLoader/onShowFallbackContent
  • plugin/emotionLoader/hideFallbackContent => plugin/swEmotionLoader/onHideFallbackContent
  • plugin/emotion/initElements => plugin/swEmotion/onInitElements
  • plugin/emotion/initFullscreen => plugin/swEmotion/onInitFullscreen
  • plugin/emotion/removeFullscreen => plugin/swEmotion/onRemoveFullscreen
  • plugin/emotion/initMasonryGrid => plugin/swEmotion/onInitMasonryGrid
  • plugin/emotion/initScaleGrid => plugin/swEmotion/onInitScaleGrid
  • plugin/emotion/registerEvents => plugin/swEmotion/onRegisterEvents
  • plugin/imageSlider/updateTransform => plugin/swImageSlider/onUpdateTransform
  • plugin/imageSlider/slide => plugin/swImageSlider/onSlide
  • plugin/imageSlider/slideNext => plugin/swImageSlider/onSlideNext
  • plugin/imageSlider/slidePrev => plugin/swImageSlider/onSlidePrev
  • plugin/menuScroller/updateResize => plugin/swMenuScroller/onUpdateResize
  • plugin/offcanvasMenu/beforeOpenMenu => plugin/swOffcanvasMenu/onBeforeOpenMenu
  • plugin/offCanvasMenu/openMenu => plugin/swOffcanvasMenu/onOpenMenu
  • plugin/offCanvasMenu/closeMenu => plugin/swOffcanvasMenu/onCloseMenu
  • plugin/-PLUGIN_NAME-/init => plugin/-PLUGIN_NAME-/onInit (PluginBase)
  • plugin/-PLUGIN_NAME-/destroy => plugin/-PLUGIN_NAME-/onDestroy (PluginBase)
  • plugin/-PLUGIN_NAME-/on => plugin/-PLUGIN_NAME-/onRegisterEvent (PluginBase)
  • plugin/-PLUGIN_NAME-/off => plugin/-PLUGIN_NAME-/onRemoveEvent (PluginBase)
  • plugin/productSlider/trackItems => plugin/swProductSlider/onTrackItems
  • plugin/productSlider/trackArrows => plugin/swProductSlider/onTrackArrows
  • plugin/productSlider/itemsLoaded => plugin/swProductSlider/onLoadItemsSuccess
  • plugin/productSlider/loadItems => plugin/swProductSlider/onLoadItems
  • plugin/productSlider/createContainer => plugin/swProductSlider/onCreateContainer
  • plugin/productSlider/createArrows => plugin/swProductSlider/onCreateArrows
  • plugin/productSlider/slideNext => plugin/swProductSlider/onSlideNext
  • plugin/productSlider/slidePrev => plugin/swProductSlider/onSlidePrev
  • plugin/productSlider/slideToElement => plugin/swProductSlider/onSlideToElement
  • plugin/productSlider/slide => plugin/swProductSlider/onSlide
  • plugin/productSlider/autoSlide => plugin/swProductSlider/onAutoSlide
  • plugin/productSlider/stopAutoSlide => plugin/swProductSlider/onStopAutoSlide
  • plugin/productSlider/scrollNext => plugin/swProductSlider/onScrollNext
  • plugin/productSlider/scrollPrev => plugin/swProductSlider/onScrollPrev
  • plugin/productSlider/autoScroll => plugin/swProductSlider/onAutoScroll
  • plugin/productSlider/stopAutoScroll => plugin/swProductSlider/onStopAutoScroll
  • plugin/productSlider/buffer => plugin/swProductSlider/onBuffer
  • plugin/rangeSlider/changeMin => plugin/swRangeSlider/onSetMin
  • plugin/rangeSlider/changeMax => plugin/swRangeSlider/onSetMax
  • plugin/rangeSlider/reset => plugin/swRangeSlider/onReset
  • plugin/rangeSlider/onChange => plugin/swRangeSlider/onEndDrag
• Added new validation rules for snippets
  • Use bin/console sw:snippets:validate <your-plugin-snippets-path> to check the validity of your snippets.
  • Defining a snippet value in multiple lines is deprecated.
  • All snippet values that don't pass the validation should be refactored.
• The method getSeoArticleQuery in sRewriteTable.php was changed to select the translations for the article attributes.

5.0.1 (2015-05-26)

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• Create sw:theme:dump:configuration command to generate watch files for theme compiling
• Rename \Shopware\Components\Theme\Compiler::preCompile to \Shopware\Components\Theme\Compiler::compile
• Change the following \Shopware\Components\Theme\Compiler functions visibility to private:
  • compilePluginCss
  • clearThemeCache
  • buildConfig
  • compilePluginLess
  • compilePluginCss
  • compressPluginJavascript
  • clearDirectory
  • createThemeJavascriptFile
• Changed \Shopware\Components\Theme\PathResolver functions: getJsFilePaths and getCssFilePaths
  • Renamed to singular naming, getJsFilePath and getCssFilePath
  • Returning directly the default file path
• Add themes/Gruntfile.js for local compiling.
• \Shopware\Bundle\SearchBundle\Condition\HasPriceCondition marked as deprecated.
• Add \Shopware\Bundle\SearchBundle\StoreFrontCriteriaFactory::createBaseCriteria function to create a default criteria with all validation conditions.
• Moved the mixins primary-gradient, secondary-gradient and white-gradient back to the Responsive theme
  • We moved the variable declaration of remScaleFactor to the Bare theme.
  • If you have created a custom theme based on the Bare theme and used the mentioned mixins, you need to modify the used variables in the mixin to get it working.
  • The icon-element mixin can now be found in the Responsive theme as well.

5.0.0 (2015-04-27)

• \sArticles::sGetProductByOrdernumber result is now equals with the \sArticles::sGetPromotionById result.
• Add console command sw:refresh:search:index to manually regenerate the search index. The optional parameter --clear-table can be used to clear the index tables before regenerating the data again.
• Remove price field override in AjaxSearch controller.
• Include frontend/listing/product-box/product-price.tpl template in ajax search to display product prices.
• \Shopware\Bundle\SearchBundleDBAL\ConditionHandler\HasPriceConditionHandler now joins the prices as a 1:1 association for a performance improvement.
• sCategories::sGetCategoryContent function returns no more the category articleCount. Variable is unused.
• sCategories::sGetCategoryIdByArticleId function use now the s_articles_categories table.
• Add __redirect parameter in frontend language switcher. Each language switcher requires now an additionally post parameter to redirect to the new shop <input type="hidden" name="__redirect" value="1">
• SEO URL generation variable "statistic" has been translated and corrected to "static"
• Theme config elements can now define, over the attributes array, if they are less compatible. Example: attributes => ['lessCompatible' => false], default is set to true.
• Implement plugin bootstrap helper functions: addHttpCacheRoute and removeHttpCacheRoute, to add and remove http cache routes.
• Refactor getRandomArticle function of sArticles. Shopware_Modules_Articles_GetPromotionById_FilterSqlRandom event removed.
• Mark VAT ID number as required moved to Login / Registration in Basic Settings. All other VAT ID validation options were removed. If you need VAT ID validation functionalities, please use the VAT ID Validation plugin available on the store.
  • sAdmin::sValidateVat() removed
• Removed supplier description on article detail page to prevent duplicated content for google remote crawling
• Fix duplicate name parameter for backend extjs stores inside the config module. Repository class name sent before as name parameter. Now the stores uses _repositoryClass as parameter.
• Removed shopware_storefront.product_gateway (\Shopware\Bundle\StoreFrontBundle\Gateway\ProductGatewayInterface).
• \Shopware\Bundle\StoreFrontBundle\Service\Core\ProductService uses now the ListProductService to load the product data and converts the product structs by loaded list products.
• Removed \Shopware\Bundle\StoreFrontBundle\Gateway\DBAL\Hydrator\ProductHydrator::hydrateProduct function.
• Removed \Shopware\Bundle\StoreFrontBundle\Struct\ListProduct::STATE_TRANSLATED constant.
• Removed Service guzzle_http_client, use guzzle_http_client_factory instead.
• Added support for Bundle of CA Root Certificates. See: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html.
• Removed setField and setMode function in \Shopware\Bundle\SearchBundle\Facet\ProductAttributeFacet.
• Removed unnecessary theme variable prefix for less compiler. Each theme config variable prefixed with "theme" . ucfirst($key) which generates @themeBrandPrimary. This variables were remapped inside responsive theme.
• New orders will no longer set s_order.transactionID automatically from POST data. 3rd party plugins can still use this value as before.
• Fix translation API, rename all localeId references to shopId. Create / update / delete with localeId are still supported as legacy.
• \Shopware\Models\Translation\Translation now correctly relates to Shop model instead of Locale.
• widgets/recommendations - boughtAction & viewedAction calls no more the sGetPromotionById function.
• Added emotion positioning number for ordering emotions by position number if there are more emotions on one page
• Replaced closeOverlay with openOverlay option in the loading indicator to improve the simplicity.
• Removed overlay options in the modal box and loading indicator jQuery plugin.
• Overlay jQuery plugin now only provides the closeOnClick, onClick and onClose options. To style the overlay, use the corresponding less file.
• Removed unused methods:
  • Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Config::getTemplateListAction
  • Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Config::refreshTemplateList
  • Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Config::saveTemplateAction
• Removed unused files:
  • themes/Backend/ExtJs/backend/config/view/form/template.js
  • themes/Backend/ExtJs/backend/config/view/template/detail.js
  • themes/Backend/ExtJs/backend/config/view/template/preview.js
  • themes/Backend/ExtJs/backend/config/view/template/view.js
  • themes/Backend/ExtJs/backend/config/store/form/template.js
  • themes/Backend/ExtJs/backend/config/store/model/template.js
  • themes/Backend/ExtJs/backend/config/store/controller/template.js
• Removed classes:
  • ConfigIframe.php backend controller
  • Viewport.php frontend controller
• Removed template files:
  • backend\index\iframe.tpl
• Removed commands sw:store:download:update and sw:store:licenseplugin.
• Added sw:store:download command to download install and updates of plugins.
• Added sw:store:list:integrated command to list all shopware 5 integrated plugins.
• Shopware.model.Container provides now the raw record value as id parameter to the searchAssociationAction to request the whole record on form load.
• Added way to early exit the dispatch.
  • After Enlight_Controller_Front_RouteShutdown a response containing a redirect will not enter the dispatch loop.
• HttpCache plugin is no longer handled by the Plugin manager. Use the Performance window to enable/configure the Http cache instead
• \Shopware\Models\Emotion\Repository::getListQuery function replaced by getListingQuery.
• Rename shopware_searchdbal.product_number_search to shopware_search.product_number_search. Use shopware_search.product_number_search service for number searchs.
• Remove aliases from bundle services. Example: list_product_service is now directly set to the old list_product_service_core
• Extend ProductAttributeFacet with different FacetResult properties, to allow full FacetResult configuration over the facet.
• Out of stock articles and variants are now not included in the product feed if the Do not show on sale products that are out of stock option is enabled
• IonCube Loader version requirement bumped to 4.6.0 or higher
• Refactored routing component
  • Removed classes:
    • Enlight_Controller_Router_Default
    • Enlight_Controller_Router_EventArgs
  • Removed events:
    • Enlight_Controller_Router_FilterAssembleParams
    • Enlight_Controller_Router_FilterUrl
    • Enlight_Controller_Router_Assemble
  • Removed methods:
    • Shopware_Plugins_Core_Router_Bootstrap::onFilterAssemble
    • Shopware_Plugins_Core_Router_Bootstrap::onFilterUrl
    • Shopware_Plugins_Core_Router_Bootstrap::onAssemble
    • Shopware_Plugins_Frontend_RouterRewrite_Bootstrap::onAfterSendResponse
    • Shopware_Plugins_Frontend_RouterRewrite_Bootstrap::onRoute
    • Shopware_Plugins_Frontend_RouterRewrite_Bootstrap::onAssemble
    • Shopware_Plugins_Frontend_RouterRewrite_Bootstrap::sRewriteQuery
• Shopware.grid.Panel executes now a local store search if no read url configured in the assigned store.
• Shopware.grid.Panel has now the RowEditing plugin inside the local variable rowEditor.
• Deprecated classes:
  • Zend_Rest
  • Zend_Http
  • Enlight_Components_Adodb (also accessed as Shopware()->Adodb() or $system->sDB_CONNECTION) will be removed in SW 5.1
  • Shopware_Components_Search_Adapter_Default is now deprecated, use \Shopware\Bundle\SearchBundle\ProductNumberSearch
  • Zend_Validate_EmailAddress
• Deprecated methods/variables:
  • Shopware_Controllers_Frontend_Account::ajaxLoginAction() is deprecated
  • Shopware_Controllers_Frontend_Account::loginAction() usage to load a login page is deprecated. Use Shopware_Controllers_Frontend_Register::indexAction() instead for both registration and login
  • sSystem::sSubShop
  • sExport::sGetMultishop()
  • sExport::sLanguage
  • sExport::sMultishop
• Deprecated configuration variables from Basic settings:
  • basketHeaderColor
  • basketHeaderFontColor
  • basketTableColor
  • detailModal
  • paymentEditingInCheckoutPage
  • showbundlemainarticle
• Deprecated tables/columns:
  • s_core_multilanguage. Table will be removed in SW 5.1. Previously unused fields mainID, flagstorefront, flagbackend, separate_numbers, scoped_registration and navigation are no longer loaded from the database
• Removed classes:
  • Enlight_Components_Currency
  • Enlight_Components_Form and subclasses
  • Enlight_Components_Locale
  • Enlight_Components_Menu and subclasses
  • Enlight_Components_Site and subclasses
  • Enlight_Components_Test_Constraint_ArrayCount
  • Enlight_Components_Test_Database_TestCase
  • Enlight_Components_Test_Selenium_TestCase
  • Enlight_Components_Test_TestSuite
  • Enlight_Extensions_Benchmark_Bootstrap
  • Enlight_Extensions_Debug_Bootstrap
  • Enlight_Extensions_ErrorHandler_Bootstrap
  • Enlight_Extensions_Log_Bootstrap
  • Enlight_Extensions_Router_Bootstrap
  • Enlight_Extensions_RouterSymfony_Bootstrap
  • Enlight_Extensions_Site_Bootstrap
  • Enlight_Components_Log (also accessed as Shopware->Log())
• Removed methods/variables:
  • sArticles::sGetAllArticlesInCategory()
  • sSystem::sSubShops
  • sSystem::sLanguageData. Please use Shopware()->Shop() instead
  • sSystem::sLanguage. Please use Shopware()->Shop()->getId() instead
  • Shopware_Plugins_Core_ControllerBase_Bootstrap::getLanguages()
  • Shopware_Plugins_Core_ControllerBase_Bootstrap::getCurrencies()
  • sExport::sGetLanguage()
  • Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Article::getConfiguratorPriceSurchargeRepository()
  • Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Article::saveConfiguratorPriceSurchargeAction()
  • Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Article::deleteConfiguratorPriceSurchargeAction()
  • Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Article::getArticlePriceSurcharges()
  • Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Article::getSurchargeByOptionId()
  • sArticles::sGetArticlesAverangeVote
  • sArticles::getCategoryFilters
  • sArticles::getFilterSortMode
  • sArticles::addFilterTranslation
  • sArticles::sGetArticleConfigTranslation
  • sArticles::sGetArticlesByName
  • sArticles::sGetConfiguratorImage
  • sArticles::sCheckIfConfig
  • sArticles::getCheapestVariant
  • sArticles::calculateCheapestBasePriceData
  • sArticles::displayFiltersOnArticleDetailPage
  • sArticles::getFilterQuery
  • sArticles::addArticleCountSelect
  • sArticles::addActiveFilterCondition
  • sArticles::displayFilterArticleCount
  • sArticles::sGetLastArticles
  • sArticles::sGetCategoryProperties
  • sArticles::sGetArticlesVotes
  • Enlight_Controller_Front::returnResponse()
  • Shopware_Plugins_Core_Cron_Bootstrap::onAfterSendResponse()
  • \Shopware\Models\User\User::setAdmin()
  • \Shopware\Models\User\User::getAdmin()
  • \Shopware\Models\User\User::setSalted()
  • \Shopware\Models\User\User::getSalted()
  • \Shopware\Models\Banner\Banner::setLiveShoppingId()
  • \Shopware\Models\Banner\Banner::getLiveShoppingId()
  • sArticles::getPromotionNumberByMode('premium')
  • sArticles::sGetPromotions()
  • sMarketing::sCampaignsGetDetail()
  • sMarketing::sCampaignsGetList()
  • \Shopware\Models\Plugin\Plugin::isDummy()
  • \Shopware\Models\Plugin\Plugin::disableDummy()
  • Removed sArticles::getPromotionNumberByMode('image') and sArticles::getPromotionNumberByMode('gfx') support
• Removed events:
  • Shopware_Modules_Articles_GetFilterQuery
  • Shopware_Modules_Article_GetFilterSortMode
  • Shopware_Modules_Article_GetCategoryFilters
  • Enlight_Controller_Front_SendResponse
  • Enlight_Controller_Front_AfterSendResponse
  • Shopware_Modules_Articles_sGetProductByOrdernumber_FilterSql
  • Shopware_Modules_Articles_GetPromotions_FilterSQL
• Removed Smarty vars:
  • $sArticle.sNavigation for product detail page
• Removed configuration variables from Basic settings:
  • useDefaultControllerAlways
  • articlelimit
  • configcustomfields
  • configmaxcombinations
  • displayFilterArticleCount
  • ignoreshippingfreeforsurcharges
  • liveinstock
  • mailer_encoding
  • redirectDownload
  • redirectnotfound
  • seorelcanonical
  • seoremovewhitespaces
  • taxNumber
  • deactivateNoInstock
• Removed database table/columns:
  • s_core_rewrite
  • s_cms_groups
  • s_core_auth.admin
  • s_core_auth.salted
  • s_order_basket.liveshoppingID
  • s_order_basket.liveshoppingID
  • s_order_basket.liveshoppingID
  • s_emarketing_banners.liveshoppingID
  • s_core_sessions.expireref
  • s_core_sessions.created
  • s_core_sessions_backend.created
  • s_emarketing_promotions*
  • s_core_plugins.capability_dummy
  • s_articles_details.impressions
• The new Shopware core selects all required data for sGetArticleById, sGetPromotionById and sGetArticlesByCategory. The following events and internal functions are no longer used in these functions:
  • sGetPromotionById events
    • Shopware_Modules_Articles_GetPromotionById_FilterSql
  • sGetPromotionById functions
    • sGetTranslation
    • sGetArticleProperties
    • sGetCheapestPrice
    • sCalculatingPrice
    • calculateCheapestBasePriceData
    • getArticleListingCover
  • sGetArticleById events
    • Shopware_Modules_Articles_GetArticleById_FilterSQL
  • sGetArticleById functions
    • sGetTranslation
    • sGetPricegroupDiscount
    • sGetPromotionById (for similar and related products)
    • sCheckIfEsd
    • sGetPricegroupDiscount
    • sCalculatingPrice
    • sGetCheapestPrice
    • sGetArticleConfig
    • calculateReferencePrice
    • sGetArticlePictures
    • sGetArticlesVotes
    • sGetArticlesAverangeVote
    • sGetArticleProperties
  • sGetArticlesByCategory events
    • Shopware_Modules_Articles_sGetArticlesByCategory_FilterSql
    • Shopware_Modules_Articles_sGetArticlesByCategory_FilterLoopStart
    • Shopware_Modules_Articles_sGetArticlesByCategory_FilterLoopEnd
  • sGetArticlesByCategory functions
    • sGetSupplierById
    • sGetCheapestPrice
    • sCalculatingPrice
    • calculateCheapestBasePriceData
• Removed plugin Shopware_Plugins_Frontend_RouterOld_Bootstrap
• Moved engine/core/class/* to engine/Shopware/Core/*
• Merged _default template into the _emotion template
• Removed the template directory _default and all its dependencies
• Added the ability to show campaign banners in blog categories
• Refactored the template structure of the compare functionality. The plugin now uses based on a widget.
  • Added new block frontend_listing_box_article_actions_compare in the listing/box_article.tpl
• Removed support for flash banners. The associated template block frontend_listing_swf_banner is marked as deprecated
• Removed the template files for the feed functionality, which was marked as deprecated in SW 3.5
• Add new optional address fields to the register account and checkout process
• Added global messages template component to display e.g. error or success messages
• Added global css classes for different device viewports
• The registration and checkout workflows have been redesigned for the new template
• New jQuery plugin helper which provides all the basic operations every jQuery plugin needs to do
• Added several javascript libraries that enhance the supported features of the IE 8 and above
• Added controller_action and controller_name smarty functions that return the correspondent variable values
• The sitemap.xml uses now a smarty template
  • Added Turnover by device type in the backend statistics module
  • Added device type details to Impressions and Visitors in the backend statistics module
• Added secureUninstall method and capability for plugins. When 'secureUninstall' capability is set, the user will be asked to select one of the uninstall methods:
  • (new) Bootstrap::secureUninstall() should be remove only non-user data
  • (old) Bootstrap::uninstall() current logic, should remove plugin and user data
• The ArticleList was merged with the former MultiEdit plugin. Plugins hooking the ArticleList Controller or extending the ArticleList backend module should be reviewed
• When using selection configurator type, shipping estimations will only be displayed when the user selects a value for all groups
• It's no longer possible to disable variant support for article that still have variants
• Added a new Theme Manager 2.0 with the possibility to create custom themes from the backend
  • Themes now support specific snippets that are used exclusively in the theme to which they belong
  • Shop configuration no longer contains the template selection.
• The snippet module in the backend now supports editing multiple translations for a single snippet at once
• Forms: elements of type text2 now support ; as a separator between labels for the first and second field:
  • Responsive template: labels are used separately as placeholder attribute for each input element
  • legacy templates: ; is replaced with a / and used in a single label element (old behaviour)
• street number fields were removed from interfaces and database
  • Existing values were merged into the street field
  • street fields were enlarged to 255 chars to accommodate this.
  • The API still accepts street number values on write operations. The values are internally merged into the street field. This is legacy support, and will be removed in the future.
  • Read operations on the API no longer return a street number field.
• The configuration for the thumbnail size of the product images in the "last seen products" module no longer affects the responsive template. The size now changes by screen size.
• Changed behavior of the selection configurator. Configurator options which have none available product variant disabled now in the select-tag. The new snippet DetailConfigValueNotAvailable can be used to append additional text after the value name.
• Variant's additional text field is now automatically generated using the configurator group options. This can be optionally disabled.
• The sBasket::sGetNotes function has been refactored with the new Shopware service classes and no longer calls the sGetPromotionById function.
• The article slider now supports sorting by price (asc and desc) and category filtering
  • Shopware_Controllers_Widgets_Emotion::emotionTopSellerAction and Shopware_Controllers_Widgets_Emotion::emotionNewcomerAction are now deprecated and should be replaced by Shopware_Controllers_Widgets_Emotion::emotionArticleSliderAction
• Removed table and table_factory from container.
• The old table configurator was removed and replaced by the new image configurator in the emotion and responsive template.
• Template inheritance using {extends file="[default]backend/..."} is no longer supported and should be replaced by {extends file="parent:backend/..."}
• Added Guzzle.
  • Added HTTP client Shopware\Components\HttpClient\HttpClientInterface.
  • Can be fetched from the container using the key http_client.
  • Deprecated Zend Framework components Zend_Rest and Zend_Http will be removed in the next minor release.
• Increased minimum required PHP version to PHP >= 5.4.0.
• Increased minimum required MySQL version to MySQl >= 5.5.0.
• When duplicating articles in the backend, attributes and translations will also be copied
• When applying main data to variants, translations will also be overwritten, if selected
• It is now possible to rename variant configurator options
• It is now possible to add translations to configurator templates, which will then be used when generating variants
• Removed legacy excuteParent method alias from generated hook proxy files
• Restructured cache directories. The whole /cache directory should be writable now
• Added two new settings to handle 404 responses:
  • PageNotFoundDestination extends the previous behaviour by adding support for Shopping worlds pages
  • PageNotFoundCode added to configure the HTTP error code when requesting non-existent pages
• Removed Trusted Shops from the basic settings. Functionality can now be found in Trusted Shops Excellence plugin
• Added sArticles::getProductNavigation, product navigation is rendered asynchronous via ajax call to \Shopware_Controllers_Widgets_Listing::productNavigationAction
• Add isFamilyFriendly core setting to enable or disable the correspondent meta tag.
• Add new SEO fields to the forms module.
• Add new SEO templates in the core settings for the form and the site data.
• Added Theme cache warm up modal window and functionality:
  • On cache clear
  • On performance settings
  • On theme change
  • On theme settings change
  • On plugin install, by adding theme to the optional caches array returned in install()
• Added http cache warmer modal window in the performance module and console command sw:warm:http:cache
• Deprecate Legacy API Shopware->Api(), will be removed in SW 5.1
• Removed unused /backend/document templates and several unused Shopware_Controllers_Backend_Document actions, methods and variables
• Performance recommendations now accept a warning state (state was converted from boolean to integer)
• Removed support for engine/Shopware/Configs/Custom.php
  • Use config.php or config_$environment.php e.g. config_production.php
• The MailTemplates now have global header and footer fields in configuration -> storefront -> email settings
  • Header for Plaintext
  • Header for HTML
  • Footer for Plaintext
  • Footer for HTML
• Refactored price surcharge for variants
  • s_article_configurator_price_surcharges database table was fully restructured and renamed to s_article_configurator_price_variations. Existing data is migrated on update
  • Existing related ExtJs classes and events removed
  • Existing price variation backend controller actions and methods removed
  • Shopware\Models\Article\Configurator\PriceSurcharged replaced by Shopware\Models\Article\Configurator\PriceVariation
• Replace orderbydefault configuration by defaultListingSorting. The orderbydefault configuration worked with a plain sql input which is no longer possible. The defaultListingSorting contains now one of the default sSort parameters of a listing.
• Add configuration for each listing facet, which allows to disable each facet.
• Move performance filter configuration into the category navigation item.
• Uniform the sorting identifier in the search and listing. Search relevance id changed from 6 to 7 and search rating sorting changed from 2 to 7.
• Generated listing links in the sGetArticlesByCategory function removed. The listing parameters are build now over a html form.
  • sNumberPages value removed
  • categoryParams value removed
  • sPerPage contains now the page limit
  • sPages value removed
• The listing filters are now selected in the sArticles::getListingFacets and assigned to the template as structs.
• Replaced "evaluation" sorting of the search result with the listing "popularity" sorting.
• The search filters are now selected in the getFacets function of the frontend search controller.
• The search filters are now assigned as structs to the template.
• Shopware_Components_Search_Adapter_Default is now deprecated, use \Shopware\Bundle\SearchBundle\ProductNumberSearch.
  • The search term is handled in the SearchTermConditionHandler.
  • This handler can be overwritten by custom handler. Custom handlers can be registered with the Shopware_Search_Gateway_DBAL_Collect_Condition_Handlers event.
• sGetArticleById result no longer contains the sConfiguratorSelection property. sConfiguratorSelection previously contained the selected variant data, which can now be accessed directly in the first level of the sGetArticleById result.
• sConfigurator class exist no more. The configurator data can now selected over the Shopware\Bundle\StoreFrontBundle\Service\Core\ConfiguratorService.php. To modify the configurator data you can use the sGetArticleById events.
• sCategories::sGetCategories no longer returns the articleCount and the position of each category. Categories always sorted by the position and filtered by the active flag.
• Removed config option front.returnResponse, which was hardcoded to true since SW 4.2
• Added global JavaScript StateManager Singleton to handle different states based on registered breakpoints.
• Added new default states to the state manager
  • xs that ranges from 0 to 479 pixels viewport width
  • s that ranges from 480 to 767 pixels viewport width
  • m that ranges from 768 to 1023 pixels viewport width
  • l that ranges from 1024 to 1259 pixels viewport width
  • xl that ranges from 1260 to 5160 pixels viewport width
• Moved frontend/detail/similar.tpl to frontend/detail/tabs/similar.tpl
• Removed frontend/checkout/ajax_add_article_slider_item.tpl
• Removed frontend/listing/box_crossselling.tpl
• Removed widgets/recommendation/item.tpl
• Added frontend/listing/product-box/box--product-slider.tpl
  • This file should be used as an product slider item template
• Following template files include the new product slider template frontend/listing/product-box/box--product-slider.tpl
  • frontend/checkout/ajax_add_article_slider.tpl includes it instead of frontend/checkout/ajax_add_article_slider_item.tpl
  • frontend/detail/tabs/related.tpl includes it instead of frontend/listing/box_article.tpl
  • widgets/recommendation/bought.tpl includes it instead of widgets/recommendation/item.tpl
  • widgets/recommendation/viewed.tpl includes it instead of widgets/recommendation/item.tpl
  • widgets/emotion/slide_articles.tpl includes it instead of its own implementation
• Block named frontend_detail_index_similar_viewed_slider is now in the widgets/recommendation/viewed.tpl instead of frontend/detail/index.tpl
• Block named frontend_detail_index_also_bought_slider is now in the widgets/recommendation/bought.tpl instead of frontend/detail/index.tpl
• Renamed ENV to SHOPWARE_ENV to avoid accidentally set ENV variable, please update your .htaccess if you use a custom envirenment or you are using the staging plugin
• Removed Facebook Plugin from core (Shopware_Plugins_Frontend_Facebook_Bootstrap). Will be released as plugin on Github.
• Removed Google Plugin from core (Shopware_Plugins_Frontend_Google_Bootstrap). Will be released as plugin on Github.
• All downloaded dummy plugins are now installed in the engine/Shopware/Plugins/Community directory.
• Install, update, uninstall function of a plugin supports now a "message" return parameter which allows to display different messages.
• New commands: sw:cron:list and sw:cron:run
• Running cronjobs using php shopware.php backend/cron is not recommended and should be seen as deprecated
• sVoteAverange and averange properties of article and blog data structures have been renamed to fix the typo in their names.
  • Old versions are kept for compatibility reasons, but are deprecated and will be removed
  • Please notice that the new variable might not always have the same value (10 based vs 5 based ratings)
• Added VRRL Plugin to Core. Service articles can be identified by article attributes. The field can be configured by general settings
• Support text which is assigned to an checkbox element in the emotion world module will now be transformed to a box label
• Added category selection for blog emotion widget
• Changed default sorting of pictures in the backend's Media Manager. Newer pictures are now displayed first.
• widgets/campaign is now included in the HTTP cache's default configuration
• Email validation is now done using the egulias/email-validator library.
• Removed frontend/detail/ajax.tpl
• Added frontend/detail/product_quick_view.tpl
• Added \Shopware\Controllers\Frontend\Detail::productQuickViewAction to retrieve a detail template with minimal information
• Added configuration showEsd to show/hide the ESD-Downloads in the customer accounts menu. (default = true)
• Article image album sizes have been changed to match the requirements of the new template (only new installations)
• Removed src property of article images. Each images contains now a thumbnails property which all thumbnails. * src property is restored for old templates.
• Default value for controllers in which to display tag clouds no longer includes homepage.
• sSelfCanonical is deprecated. Use the canonicalParams array instead
• Change array structure of thumbnail images in emotions, product detail pages, product listings, blog pages.
• Enable and disable function of a plugin bootstrap can now return same parameter as install, uninstall.
• Added automatic APC detection for the general cache.