tig_postnl - Version 1.4.1

Version Notes

==== v1.4.1 ====
==== New features ====
- Completely redesigned the configuration page of the extension!
- The extension's configuration page has now been split into a wizard-style menu for the core settings and a separate advanced options menu.

==== Improvements ====
- Added forwards compatibility to Magento 1.6 for advanced configuration field dependencies and other features that were introduced in Magento 1.7.
- Only stated address fee will now be hidden if the fee is less than 1 cent.
- Delivery days will now show 'as soon as possible' as the delivery time when no delivery days are available.
- The status update cron will now run 3 times a day. Before it was only 2 times a day.
- Added additional transactional email parameters to the track & trace email.

==== Bug fixes ====
- Only stated address option is no longer available for letter box orders.
- Removed two legacy references to css files from the frontend's layout XML file.
- Fixed a problem where the delivery option fee would not be reset if delivery options became unavailable during checkout.
- Fixed the delivery options responsive design in OneStepCheckout on older versions of Magento.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the order grid from being filtered on the order ID column.
- International track & trace URL's now use PostNL's new track & trace URL syntax. The old syntax is no longer supported by PostNL.
- Fixed a PHP warning level error that could occur if no additional options were saved for a PostNL order.

==== v1.4.0 ====
==== New features ====
- Added a new responsive design for PostNL delivery options.
- Added the option to specify on which days of the week the merchant will ship orders.
- Added the option to print packing slips directly from the order detail page.
- Added the option for customers to choose whether their order can be delivered to their neighbours in case they are not home during the delivery.
- Added a new PostNL rate type that allows merchants to finely tune their shipping costs.
- Added the option to charge a separate shipping rate for letter box parcels.

==== Improvements ====
- Modified a lot of heavy loading functionality in order to improve performance.
- PostNL Checkout will now check if an order is a letter box parcel before deciding whether PostNL Checkout should be available.
- In order to decrease server load during the extension's installation or upgrade, modifying product attributes is now handled by a temporary cron job.
- A comment will now be added to the order and shipment page when the PostNL track & trace email is sent.
- Evening delivery will no longer be available for letter box parcel orders.

==== Bug fixes ====
- FIxed the filter functionality of the order grid's confirm date column.
- Fixed a problem where the extra cover amount was missing when extra cover was used as a default shipping option.
- Fixed a problem where adding coupon codes in OneStepCheckout would disable delivery options.
- PostNL Checkout's weight calculation will no longer assume all items are weightless when a free shipping cart rule is active.
- Fixed a problem in the CMS page source model causing errors.
- Fixed a problem where tax calculation would not work as expected when tax calculation was set to before discount.
- Fixed a problem where it would be impossible to use the create shipment mass action when certain product options were disabled.
- Fixed problem where shipping to EPS countries could cause errors.
- Fixed an issue where the COD payment method would be hidden for regular shipments.
- Fixed an issue where the print labels mass action would also confirm the shipment
- Adding a new address in multi-address checkout will no longer cause errors when postcode check has been enabled.
- Fixed a bug in the updatePostnlOrder observer that caused errors when ordering virtual orders.

==== v1.3.1 ====
==== Bug fixes ====
- Confirm dates will no longer be shown as always being in the future.
- Added additional checks to prevent deleted Magento orders and shipments from causing errors.
- Prevented VAT amounts from being shown twice on the checkout page.
- It is no longer impossible to create multi-parcel shipments when 'letter box calculation mode' is set to automatic.
- Prevented COD fees from causing errors on the invoice page in the backend.

==== v1.3.0 ====
==== New features ====
- Added the option to ship orders as letter box parcels. Letter box parcels are shipped using the regular mail service and can be shipped at a reduced rate. It's possible to let the PostNL extension determine when an order qualifies as a letter box parcel or to decide this manually when creating a shipment in Magento.
- Added a new PostNL COD payment method that is fully integrated in the other PostNL services offered by the extension. It's possible to charge an additional fee to customers for using PostNL COD. It's also possible to have the extension automatically invoice COD orders once they have been delivered to the customer.
- Added a new PostNL packing slip. This packing slip may contain the PostNL shipping label, allowing you to use the packing slip as the shipping label for the parcel.
- Added the option to enable or disable delivery options at the product level.
- Added the ability to convert existing shipments to a letter box parcel or to a regular parcel as long as they have not been received by PostNL.
- Added the ability to change the selected shipping option for a shipment as long as it has not yet been received by PostNL.
- Added the option to use additional shipping methods for PostNL.
- Added the option to create a shipment, confirm it and print it's shipping labels for an order straight from the order grid in a single click.

==== Improvements ====
- It's now possible to enable or disable time frames separately from delivery days.
- You can now specify the cut-off time in minutes as well as hours.
- You can now view an order's confirm date, confirm status and shipping phase in the order grid.
- Additional information regarding the chosen delivery option is now shown on the order detail page.
- Added a button to download all PostNL debug log files to the PostNL configuration page.
- The 'create shipments' massaction interface has been modified so that only valid options are displayed.
- Errors that occur whilst processing multiple shipments or orders will no longer stop the entire process. Instead the remaining orders and shipments will be processed and an error message specifying which orders or shipments caused an error will be displayed afterwards.
- The first and last name fields are no longer mandatory for the sender's address fields in the PostNL configuration.
- Spaces are now allowed in postcodes.

==== Bug fixes ====
- Deleting orders from Magento should no longer cause errors when processing PostNL shipments.
- The PostNL shipping method will no longer be selected by default.
- Greece will now be processed with EPS, instead of GlobalPack.
- Upgrade and install scripts will now check if certain columns and attributes exist before modifying them.
- The progress bar on the Onepage Checkout page will now correctly update the shipping costs when the customer has chosen a delivery option that charges an additional fee.
- Creating shipments for which no default shipping option is selected will no longer cause errors.

==== v1.2.2 ====
==== New features ====
- Added the option to send a copy of the track & trace email to a specified email address.

==== Improvements ====
- Performance of the entire extension has been improved. The extension will now attempt to cache several configuration values.
- Label printing will now always follow the 'label size' configuration setting.

==== Bug fixes ====
- Fixed several small html errors in the track & trace email template.
- Fixed an SQL error that could occur when filtering the 'store' column in the order and shipment grids.

==== v1.2.1 ====
==== Release highlights ====
- The extension now fully supports Magento 1.9 and 1.14!

==== Minor improvements ====
- Added additional checks to prevent errors when Magento's layout has been altered or PostNL's layout has not been uploaded properly.
- Added additional compatibility enhancements for MultiSafePay and other PSP extensions.
- Improved several minor texts and translations.

==== Bug fixes ====
- Fixed an issue that prevented MijnPakket login data from being cached.
- Fixed an issue where using PostNL-only features on non-PostNL shipments would cause an error.
- Fixed an issue where PostNL's feed messages would be loaded in the wrong order.
- Fixed an issue where several notifications would be added to Magento when installing an unsupported version of Magento with the PostNL extension.
- Fixed an issue with EPS comb-labels. EPS combi-labels were rotated by 90 degrees, causing overlapping issues with other labels being printed.

==== v1.2.0 =====
==== New features ====
- Added delivery options to the checkout flow. Customers can now choose where, when and how they want their order shipped when choosing their preferred shipping method.
- Added support for evening delivery, early pickup locations and parcel dispenser locations.
- Added Dutch postcode validation support.
- Added the option to create a parcelware export csv file directly from the Magento backend.
- Added a MijnPakket login feature. Customers who have a MijnPakket account can use this feature to automatically fill in their preferred billing and shipping address.

==== Minor improvements ====
- Refactored the label printing functionality. Shipping labels will now be opened in a separate window from where they may be printed or downloaded.
- Added the option to select where on an A4 page the shipping labels will start printing. This allows you to re-use partially used sticker-sheets.
- Added many new customization options for the shipment grid in the Magento backend.
- Added the ability to view and edit a chosen post office delivery address from the Magento backend.
- Added the option to only show the PostNL Checkout feature to customers who have a MijnPakket account.
- Refactored many sections of the source code to improve readability and extensibility.
- Moved several configuration settings.
- Merged the 'test/live mode' settings of PostNl Checkout and Label Printing & Confirming functionality. There is now a single option to set the entire extension to test or live mode.
- Added the option to upload separate csv files for the PostNL shipping method in 'table rate' configuration.

==== Bug fixes ====
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible to choose to only manually send track & trace information.
- Fixed several typos and translation errors.

==== v1.1.5 =====

==== Bug fixes ====
- Fixed a problem with account validation only using test mode account credentials
- Made a minor security improvement to the notification system.
- Fixed an issue where shipments could not be confirmed if the shipping address did not have an email address.
- Fixed an issue where PostNl Checkout would incorrectly identify a product as being out of stock.
- Fixed an issue where for some shops PostNl Checkout would not function due to incorrect usage of https in an http environment.

==== v1.1.4 =====

==== New features ====
- Added a default test account to the extension. New installation will automatically have a PostNL test account pre-configured.
- Added the option to undo a confirmation as long as the shipment has not been received by PostNL.
- Added the option to delete shipping labels. This allows you to correct an address after a shipping label has been printed. Before this change if you noticed an error in the address after you had already printed a shipping label, you had to place en entire new order to correct it. Now you can simply delete the shipping label, edit the address and print a new shipping label with the new address.

==== Minor change ====
- The validate settings button in the extension’s configuration page now also validates settings while the extension is set to test mode.
- Removed the 'EU Pack Standard (Belgium only, no signature)' product option. If you use this option, please contact the Total Internet Group servicedesk.
- The extension's test mode is now available by default. In earlier versions you had to allow test mode through a setting under advanced options.
- When a confirmation expires, the barcode's track & trace link will now also be removed.
- Improved various texts and translations.

==== Bug fixes ====
- Solved an issue where certain configurations of the PostNL shipping method would only appear if the Magento tablerates shipping method was also active.
- Solved an issue where filtering the order and shipment grids in the Magento backend on certain columns would cause an error.
- Solved an issue where the shipment status cron would stop as soon as it encountered an error, rather than continue processing the remaining shipments.
- Solved an issue where you could not confirm a shipment without a barcode due to process locking when developer mode is active.
- Solved issue in Safari where labels would be printed as .pdf.html, rather than just .pdf files.

==== v1.1.3 ====

- FIxed an issue with the extension's activation procedure.

==== v1.1.2 ====

- Updated manual.

==== v1.1.1 ====

- Fixed issue where filtering the first column of the shipment grid could cause errors.
- Removed PHP extension dependencies from the PostNL extension packages. Magento connect would sometimes falsely report a PHP extension as missing preventing the PostNL extension from being installed.

==== v1.1.0 ====

- First public release.

==== v1.0.8 ====

- Improved compatibility with Magento 1.6 and 1.11.

==== v1.0.7 ====

- Improved configuration fields.
- Improved translations.

==== v1.0.6 ====

- Improved shipment grid interface. It shoulod now be more clear which shipments have been confirmed and when they should be handed over to PostNL.
- Improved PostNL Checkout payment method handling. The Checkout summary page should now remember your chosen bank when you attempt to pay using iDEAL. 100% support for all payment methods is not guaranteed.

==== v1.0.5 ====

- Several bug fixes.
- Improved configuration interface.

==== v1.0.4 ====

- Several minor bug fixes.
- Improved Dutch translations.
- Added additional information to several fields in system/config.

==== v1.0.3 ====

- Several bug fixes. Including an issue preventing the extension from functioning properly with the compiler active.
- Several improvements to the Dutch translations.
- Improved the extension's system > config interface
- Added the Klarna payment method to PostNL Checkout

==== v1.0.2 ====

- A large number of bug fixes and general improvements
- Improved error handling. Almost all errors will now automatically provide you with a link where you can find more information and a possible solution.

==== v1.0.1 ====

- Added a filter to the possible product options you may select, based on the selected orders when mass-creating shipments from the order grid.
- Improved several translations.
- Fixed several minor bugs.

==== v1.0.0 ====

This is the initial beta release of the extension. If you have any questions, please contact the Total Internet Group Servicedesk