Shopping cart rules replace the “Discounts” feature and provide significantly enhanced functionality.
Let’s look at an example of this new behavior.
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Tips and Features
New tool – Shopping cart rules
05/17/201312:3905/17/2013 12:39:20
Shopping cart rules replace the “Discounts” feature and provide significantly enhanced functionality.
Let’s look at an example of this new behavior.
Security scanner
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In Version 12.5.0 of the Proactive Protection module, there is a new function for monitoring vulnerabilities in the site itself and in the environment in which it is located – the Security Scanner.
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Quantitative inventory and item reservation in e-Store 12.5.0
04/19/201311:2004/19/2013 11:20:27
In version 12.5, we have resolved this problem by adding the concept of ‘reservation’. Now the number of reserved items is determined, as well as setting the precise moment (triggering action) that an item is reserved.
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Warehouse management in version 12.5 of the Commercial Catalog
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The Commercial Catalog module has options to manage warehouses in its settings.
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New backup capabilities
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- Save backups in a cloud provided, for free, by Bitrix (Kernel module 12.0.2)
- Encrypt the backup (Kernel module 12.0.0)
- Automatically create backups on a schedule (Kernel module 12.0.8 )
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Configuring name and date/time formats
02/08/201316:5702/08/2013 16:57:48
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File sharing from Bitrix
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There are security measures, of course – access can require a password and can be limited to a set time frame. Using this function, you can avoid using external resources for storing data and lighten the load on your corporate mail server.
Details:
- Any user with read access to the file can create a ‘public access’ link to it.
- All document library types (personal, groups including extranet groups, and global) have this capability.
- Access to a file can be limited by time and protected by a password.
- A single file can have several different access links created to it which work under different passwords or time limits. These links can be created by a single intranet user or by multiple intranet users with access to the document.
- Links can be closed at any time from the document library.
4 steps to open an external file:
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Updates in e-Commerce in Bitrix Site Manager Version 12.0
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In Version 12 we have:
- New concept for the product catalog
- Reservation of items
- Analysis of user shopping carts in back end
- Orders from the back end (telephone orders)
- Product category properties
- Smart filter
- New order form
- Customer profiles
- Better discount system
- New gadgets
- e-Store activity report
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Integration with Social Networks
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Version 12 includes the following extra functions:
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New Smart Filters to Boost Your Online Sales
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The Smart Filter enables site visitors to search for precisely what they need in any product category very efficiently. The customer can vary the range for price and size, and a list of products which satisfy the given criteria will be presented.
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New e-Store solution in Bitrix Site Manager Version 12.0
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The new e-Store solution contains:
- Design:
3 templates for the store with horizontal, vertical, and vertically pop-out menus
6 color schemes
3 types of product lists: Title, List, Price list
2 types of product detail pages: List, Tabs
2 specialized SKU templates: Drop-down lists, Table view - Smart filter
- Product notification subscription
- Product comparison feature
- A ‘you have viewed’ service
- Recommended Products
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Updates to the CRM in Version 12
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In Version 12 we have:
- A significantly enhanced interface
- A new CRM object type – ‘Activity’
- Improved integration and handling of email (Send&Save)
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New stuff in Activity Stream: Polls, Appreciations and Smart Follow Mode
12/24/201214:1412/24/2012 14:14:51
Changes in the Activity Stream, as of Version 12:
- polls
- appreciation (acknowledgement badges)
- smart follow mode
Let’s look at these in detail:
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Desktop-app
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This app lets you replace whatever traditional internal messenger you are using now completely.
Without opening a browser, the desktop app lets employees stay in touch. Personal messages, notifications from the Activity Stream, likes and comments, and incoming task notifications are also visible through the app.
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Mobile application for Bitrix Intranet and Bitrix24
12/14/201213:0312/14/2012 13:03:20
We will start with the mobile application for the intranet.
Mobile apps for both iOS and Android are available to support work with all editions of Bitrix Intranet and with Bitrix24.
The app is free in all cases.
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The how and why of customization
10/15/201216:5310/15/2012 16:53:37
In this post I want to explain what customization in the Bitrix platform is and how to do it correctly – without harming the product and thus website or portal.
First, customization is NOT something that you do with the existing components or scripts. That is, if you are told that you need to customize a component, for example, news.detail, it does not mean that the corrections should be made in the file /bitrix/components/bitrix/news.detail/component.php. What it means, is that you should copy this component and make changes to the copy.
In addition to copying templates and components, there are other ways to alter the product’s standard logic. This is also discussed below.
The update about updates
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E-Store + CRM: processing orders from the e-Store in the CRM
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All you need to do is create a connection between the e-commerce module and the CRM and your sales managers will be able to work with orders directly in the CRM. Incoming orders are received according to initialization settings, and can be distributed among sales managers to be pushed to a successful result. Going the other way works, too; orders taken by telephone can be created in the CRM and correspondingly in the e-store (more on that in a later post). All interactions connected to the order: calls, tasks, meetings, and messages exchanged can be recorded in the CRM.
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User Interface in Bitrix Intranet 11.5
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CRM: Lead creation from web forms
06/13/201219:2806/13/2012 19:28:49
Starting with version 11.5.0, the Web Form module integrates with the CRM. Now any web form in Bitrix can connect to the CRM in Bitrix Intranet (or Bitrix24) and send a form result (the information from filling out the form once) to the CRM as a lead which can be processed according to standard procedures.
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How to use grids
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Grids
- Developer tools (not user components).
- Can work with abstract data (not bound except to infoblocks) .
- You create a component which selects, sorts or filters data;
- Data selected in the component template is given to be displayed in the component grid or the component form.
- If necessary, the instrument panel can be displayed in the component toolbar.
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Instant Messaging
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The instant messenger provides and effective and secure way for employees (in Intranet) and social network users (in Site Manager) to communicate. The improved system allows users to replace the use of the XMPP server and separate Jabber clients, using only the regular browser, if desired. All messages are saved in an easily-access archive with built-in search.
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Backup and Cloud Storages
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(Blogs+Microblogs)*Social Network =>Conversations
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Blogs continue in the product as a service.
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Hotkeys in Bitrix
05/24/201210:5805/24/2012 10:58:31
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CRM: Lead creation from external services
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Corporate security policy and updating the intranet
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The main thing is to protect user data. When access to the internet is required to perform updates, a potentially unsafe scenario is presented.
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Web Clusters in Bitrix + Virtual Appliance 3.0 with web cluster support
03/07/201211:4903/07/2012 11:49:35
The Web Cluster module is included in the and Editions of Bitrix Site Manager and in the of Bitrix Intranet.
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Bitrix Calendar: Practical aspects
03/01/201215:2203/01/2012 15:22:42
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Bitrix Calendar: End of the world postponed
02/27/201213:3002/27/2012 13:30:00
The calendar functionality of the Intranet module will no longer be maintained, so we recommend installing and migrating to the new module.
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Bitrix 11.0: Expansion of Business Processes
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- The visual template editor has been improved significantly
- New actions have been added: Condition TRUE and Task
- New business process templates have also been added
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Bitrix 11.0: Event Log
02/07/201213:1702/07/2012 13:17:48
The Event Log is for the most part a tool for monitoring events which have occurred in the site or in the intranet. As a rule, it is for use by top administration or the portal’s main technical administrator.
At present, events connected with users (authorization, registration, password changes, etc. ), with access privileges, files and folders, infoblocks, document libraries, forums, attack attempts and events where the user activity limit setting has been exceeded are recorded.
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Bitrix Intranet 11.0: Have an idea? Share it!
02/01/201212:3402/01/2012 12:34:36
How to work with ideas
The idea section itself is something like a collective blog where each post is a new idea. Voting and comments on each idea can continue indefinitely, and management can easily see what is popular or what is believed to be an improvement for the company’s operation.
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Bitrix 11.0: Ratings, the Like button, and social search
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Social network users, including corporate intranet users, need to know whether the content which they post is being read. Even if a viewer doesn’t want to make a full comment, there is now the option to Like content, thereby drawing attention to the content and its usefulness. Such feedback encourages continued contributing of content by users.
In Bitrix Intranet 11.0, any user has the opportunity to like blog or forum posts, comments on them, documents, photographs, any comment in the Activity Stream, wiki article, and even comments in tasks. Bitrix Site Manager is similar, except for tasks and documents, which are not present in the product.
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Bitrix Intranet 11.0: Work Time Management and Work Reports
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Now let’s look at what has been added:
- daily reports can be mandatory with a setting in the template
- expanded daily report form
- summary report to supervisor for a chosen time period
- work report slider
- flexible hours
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Bitrix 11.0: New mechanism for assigning access rights
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Objects to which access may be granted in this way include: elements and sections of infoblocks, files and folders in the site structure, elements and statuses in the CRM, records and sections in lists, and documents and folders in document libraries.
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Bitrix 11.0: Description of new features which haven’t yet been mentioned
01/16/201215:1601/16/2012 15:16:33
This post covers several new features in Version 11.0 which don’t require a full entry unto themselves.
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Bitrix Intranet: How the CRM works – from Leads to Deals. Part 2
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Bitrix Intranet: How the CRM works – from Leads to Deals. Part 1
01/10/201216:0601/10/2012 16:06:35
What is a CRM?
A CRM (Customer Relationship Management System) is a system designed to increase sales, make marketing more efficient, and improve customer service by optimizing, organizing, and analyzing interaction with clients.
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Bitrix Intranet 11.0: Report Wizard
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The first objects which have been included under the functionality of the Report Wizard are projects and tasks. A universal report constructor allows evaluation of effectiveness, workload, and time spent on projects and tasks. In the future, this report constructor will cover other modules such as the CRM, the e-commerce module, infoblocks, and more, thus becoming the fundamental analysis tool for data stored in the intranet.
From the developer’s point of view, this means nothing more than a new feature, the beginnings of an ORM (object-relational mapping) in the Bitrix system.
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Tasks in Bitrix Intranet 11.0: easy to assign, easy to complete
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The most important of these is that time spent on tasks can be logged by any task participant. All projects can be measured in this way, thanks to integration between tasks and time management.
The Gantt diagrams in Version 11.0 are an excellent instrument for planning tasks and managing projects in the intranet. The diagram gives a concise view of all tasks and subtasks involved in a project group (workgroup) with convenient viewing and editing of individual tasks. Editing features include delegation of tasks, logging time spent as previously mentioned, copying tasks, and settings reminders. Additional tools in tasks include task templates, filtering, quick-launch of tasks, history, and much more.
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BSM v11.0: Support for Schema.org microformats
11/18/201115:3711/18/2011 15:37:54
Schemas are standard semantic data markups which allows Google, Bing and Yahoo! search engines to better categorize data. Schema.org contains a listing of schemas which are supported by these search engines as of Summer 2011. In essence, these are tags (HTML microdata) which describe the character and properties of data on web pages.
Unlike people, search engines have a limited ability to discern the type of content or data being presented on a web page. The information presented by schema describes data in a way that search engines can quickly grasp. They act as signposts, telling search engines things like “this is a sports events item”.
With such tags in place, a search engine has much more ability to present information relevant to a user’s search requirements.
BSM v11.0: Autosaving
11/16/201118:1411/16/2011 18:14:02
Content editors no longer need to worry about losing data entered into content input forms. Much like ‘recovering’ an office document after an unexpected shut down or crash, the Bitrix system will now offer to restore data previously entered in a form if it was previously closed without saving. Autosave ensures that data in content forms is saved as work is in progress.
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BSM v11.0: Short URLs
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Short URL – is a function that allows you to change the appearance of an address of any page in your domain. So, a link that looks like this:
can be changed to something much simpler, like http:// www.your_site.com/Amber.
Short URLs don’t change the real address of the given page. Technically, this is simply a re-direct inside the system.
This feature is included in the Kernel Module of the product and is available in all editions of Bitrix Site Manager and Bitrix Intranet.
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BSM v11.0: Confidence in quality
11/09/201116:1411/09/2011 16:14:56
Sometimes suboptimal development methods do not appear immediately, but show up after days, weeks or even months after site launch. It is at these times, when the site owner believes that all is well and is not expecting any difficulties, that the damage from an improper method used during development can be most damaging.
The results are indeed pervasive and unfortunate: the developer is unsatisfied with the platform and the client is unsatisfied with the developer. Trust breaks down. Time and energy are spent on both finding the cause of the problem and rebuilding the relationships.
The Project Quality Control tool in BSM is designed to avoid such situations.
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BSM v11.0: Secure Authorization
11/02/201118:4311/02/2011 18:43:00
This function encrypts passwords entered into the authorization form of websites, preventing password stealing (stops sniffing); however, it is not a replacement of SSL.
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