News and Events
Holiday office closure notice
Due to annual commemoration of the victory in World War II, our office will be closed on May 9.
All requests sent on the holidays will be processed on Monday, May 12.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
05/08/2008
Service pack 3 for CS-Cart 1.3.5 is released!
This service pack reduces the number of database queries on all pages and fixes bugs and issues discovered since the latest software update.
The latest CS-Cart v.1.3.5 SP3 distributive and a set of upgrade packages can be downloaded on the File area page of our Customer Help Desk.
04/08/2008
The CS-Cart Knowledge Base is launched!
Never has there been such demand for an official CS-Cart Knowledge Base and we are proud to launch it today. You can access the Knowledge Base at the following URL:
The Knowledge Base includes answers to your frequently asked general and technical questions as well as instructions, troubleshootings, etc. Currently, there are 170+ articles in the Knowledge Base and it is increasing. We have added a contact form to each article page for you to submit your feedback for the Knowledge Base.
Also we are working on a series of flash tutorials to supplement the articles in the Knowledge Base and they will be available soon.
If you have any questions regarding the Knowledge Base, please contact us via our Customer Help Desk.
02/19/2008
Technical works on our servers
Dear customers,
Due to the technical works on our servers, your messages (sent via contact form on the site from the 15th to 17th of February ) might be lost. If you didn't receive any reply to your message, please sent it to us again.
We apologize for any inconveniences.
02/18/2008
Service pack for CS-Cart 1.3.5 is released!
This service pack fixes bugs and issues discovered since the latest software update. Plus, it includes a number of small improvements.
The latest CS-Cart v.1.3.5 SP2 distributive and a set of upgrade packages can be downloaded on the File area page of our Customer Help Desk.
12/25/2007
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
CS-Cart team wishes you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year!
And today we are happy to announce a complete re-design of CS-Cart.com website. It has been updated to absolutely new, modern and clear design.
12/24/2007
The online demo for CS-Cart 1.3.5 Beta is here!
More functions, more features, and a richer user interface!
The following features have been added:
- One page checkout
- Access restrictions
- Gift Certificates
- Listmania (allows you to create various lists or products, categories, informational pages etc. and display them on store pages)
- Promotions
- Reward points
- RMA
- Improved SEO
- Advanced statistics
- Suppliers (shipping from different locations)
- Improved data import-export
- Order re-pay
Feel free to test it online using the links below.
Storefront
http://beta.cs-cart.com/
Administrator back-end
http://beta.cs-cart.com/admin.php
Important note for all CS-Cart owners, CS-Cart 1.3.5 is currently in beta and must not be used for building live stores!
A stable version is planned for early September, watch for updates.
08/14/2007
USPS and UPS services update
Due to the recent changes in USPS and UPS services our company has released a patch which updates the shipping services names, removes the unused and adds the new services.
See the instructions on the patch installation in the "USPS and UPS services update" announcement in your Communication area of the Customer's Help Desk.
06/01/2007
Notification of CS-Cart working days
Dear customers,
CS-Cart office will be closed on May 9 because of World War II Victory Day holiday.
All requests to sales and technical support departments sent on this day will be processed since the 10th of May only.
We congratulate you on the holiday and wish you all the best.
05/08/2007
Notification of CS-Cart working days on New Year holidays
Dear customers,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! All of us from the CS-Cart company wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday season, and much success in the New Year. All the best wishes to you and prosperous business growth in the year to come.
We would like to inform you that CS-Cart office will be closed from 30 December 2006 to 3 January 2007 due to New Year holidays. But we will continue our service on the 4th of January and will be glad to answer all your questions after the holidays. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and greatly rely on your understanding.
12/27/2006
CS-Cart Version 1.3.4 released!
We are very proud to announce the new release of CS-Cart software, with more powerful modules and functions.
- Affiliate module
- Product configurator
- Feature comparison
- Gift Registry
- QuickBooks export
- MaxMind antifraud integration
- SEO URLs(uses Apache mod_rewrite module)
- New set of extra skins: Lite blue, Lite orange, Lite red and Lite yellow
- New payment gateways:
- Google Checkout,
- Nochex,
- WorldPay,
- ChronoPay,
- Innovative,
- iDeal(Buckaroo),
- eWay Form,
- eWay Direct,
- DPS Post,
- DPS Access,
- Debitech,
- 365,
- Verus,
- Pay&Read,
- ServiRed.
06/11/2006
CS-Cart Version 1.3.3 has been released!
Below find a list of key features of this new version:
- Order management - Ability to create/edit order from administrative area.
- Reporting tool - Ability to create various sales reports (including charts, pie graph, etc...).
- Multicurrency - Ability to show prices in selected currency.
- Images for product options - Ability to upload thumbnail and detailed image for product option combination.
- New template set - "Brickwork"
- The following 4 new professional skin themes have been added to the collection to choose from: cars, sport, jewellery and pets.
- Privileges system - Ability to open/close various parts of administrative area for staff user accounts.
- Ability to use email as login
- Ability to create thumbnails for products and categories automatically - You now have the ability to create thumbnails from the detailed images automatically.
- New payment gateways:
- ProtxDirect and ProtxForm,
- HSBC,
- eNETS,
- Metacherge (MCPE).
05/17/2006
Trial version is available now!
Download CS-Cart 1.3.2 which is available now in a free trial version.
03/13/2006
Online demo updated up to version 1.3.2.
Feel free to explore and check out the features of the new version.
02/07/2006
CS-Cart Version 1.3.2 released!
We're pleased to announce the release of the all new and improved CS-Cart v1.3.2!
Below find a list of additions to CS-Cart that will be included with this release as an addition to all the available features:
- Discounts/coupons - Discounts are now available globally, by category, by products, or by user.
- Customizable Form Builder (ie. Contact us, Request a quote, etc.)- Option to add unlimited amount of forms for vairous uses, with unlimited form options: text, radio, checkbox ,country, state, email, header(simple text) and delimiter.
- Product options forbidden combinations (exceptions)- Ability to define the product options or option combinations that are not available.
- New payment gateways - LinkPoint, YourPay, and ProxyPay3 have been added to the list of payment gateways supported by CS-Cart.
- New template set - The following 4 new professional skin themes have been added to the collection to choose from: cosmetics, furntiture, books and utensils.
- New shippings features - Shipping markup feature has been added to CS-Cart.
- Drop-down manufacturers - The ability to select the manufacturers by a drop down list.
- Title setting - You now have the ability to set your site title.
- Installation improvements - You now have the ability to install your cart with different languages, as a demo catalog or a regular store.
- Flash animation support - You now have the ability to upload flash animation files for the products, categories, ads, etc...
- Extended product search - You can search the products by any words in your query, all words and exact phrase
- HTML 4.0 Transitional complied code - Optimized HTML structure increases your search engines ranking
- Drop-down menu in the administrator back-end - The option to exchange side boxes menus in the admin back-end with the java-based drop down menu.
02/06/2006
CS-Cart Version 1.3.0 released!
We strive everyday to exceed our clients expectations and to offer more to CS-Cart everyday. Thus we're glad to announce the release of CS-Cart version 1.3.0 with much anticipated changes and upgrades These changes include both the customer end and administrator back-end to ensure user-friendly and efficient navigation and operation for both CS-Cart owners and users!
New features:
- Upgrade center added. Allows upgrade CS-Cart software to the latest versions using automated upgrade system.
- Site news and emails/newsletter add-on.
- New 'Customers who bought this product also bought' module added
- Integrated JavaScript-based template editor
- MySQL 5 compatibility (SQL'99 compliant queries)
- Advanced inventory tracking options
- Product features. Allows define extra data field for the products.
- Ads addon. The ability to put graphical and/or text advertisment on various parts of the store
- Improved checkout process.
CS-Cart Online Demo
We have also upgraded our demo site located at http://demo.cs-cart.com to include all the above mentioned additions and upgrades. Feel free to view the demo and browse around the store to view all the features of CS-Cart in action.
12/01/2005
PayPal payment processor is integrated into CS-Cart.
CS-Cart users now have the ability to accept PayPal payments. Setup PayPal to allow your customers to submit payment real-time using PayPal.com. CS-Cart Paypal integration works with both PayPal Personal and PayPal Business accounts!
09/05/2005
Online Demo store now available
Feel free to add products, categories, place orders and do everything you are interested in. Please note that the original configuration and database will be restored automatically every hour.
08/01/2005