tig_postnl - Version 1.7.0

Version Notes

==== v1.7.0 ====
==== New Features ====
- Added support for sunday delivery.
- Added ability to charge a fee for sunday delivery.

==== Improvements ====
- Added compatibility with Picqer extension.
- Added the option to disable system.xml fields. This may be useful for other extensions that want to replace PostNL features.
- Updated CIF services used to CIF 1.14.
- Improved delivery date calculation to improve performance and stability.
- Updated Track & Trace URL format to the new PostNL standards
- Delivery options on Idev's OneStepCheckout will not immediately save the first available delivery option, rather than waiting for customer interaction

==== Bug Fixes ====
- Fixed an issue where the buspakje configuration modus check ignored the 'isbuspakjeactive' flag.
- Fixed an issue where configurable products never allowed delivery options.
- Fixed a rare problem that could cause an infinite loading spinner in GoMage LightCheckout when saving the selected delivery options.
- Fixed a problem where delivery dates and delivery time estimations are double-corrected for timezone differences.
- Fixed a problem where certain cron jobs would report that a directory is not readable, when actually it is just empty.
- Removed an unnecessary check when determining whether delivery options are available for the current quote.

==== v1.6.0 ====
==== New Features ====
- PostNL delivery options are now compatible with GoMage LightCheckout.
- PostNL MijnPakket login and Postcode check are now compatible with GoMage LightCheckout.
- It is now possible to use Magento's Soap API to confirm PostNL shipments, print shipping labels, get Track&Trace information and more!
- Added the option to not print a PostNL shipping label when printing the PostNL packing slip.
- Added a new uninstall button to safely uninstall the PostNL extension.

==== Improvements ====
- Updated the Google Maps integration to v3.19.
- Optimized error handling for certain CIF errors.
- Reverted the PostNL extension's Zend_Soap implementation to native PHP SoapClient for improved compatibility with HHVM.
- Improved the out-of-stock check used in PostNL delivery options to better match merchant expectations.
- Improved performance when printing packing slips or shipping labels.
- Malta is now considered an EPS destination.
- Added compatibility with Magento's SUPEE-6285 patch.
- Improved the address-splitting regular expression to better split house numbers from street names.

==== Bug Fixes ====
- Fixed an incorrect variable name in the upgradeNotification block.
- Fixed an issue where the mobile phone number popup would not appear when selecting a parcel dispenser location in onestepcheckout after a coupon had been added.
- Fixed a conflict with OneStepCheckout, where selecting a delivery date in the popup and then closing the popup (not by saving, but by using the 'x' icon), PostNL would be selected as delivery option but not the date, leaving the shipment with no shipping information.
- Fixed an issue where products on the PostNL packing slip would sometimes show 0 tax amount.
- The shipping date is now also shown on the packing slip when the show shipping method option is disabled.
- Fixed a javascript issue with PostNL COD when Delivery Options are disabled .
- Fixed several problems relating to a server's time zone configuration.
- Fixed an issue in the date renderers in Magento's backend where an unnecessary timezone correction resulted in incorrect dates being displayed.
- Fixed an issue where the attribute update cron would not be removed automatically when all products were updated.
- Fixed a problem with the temporary update crons when config cache is active.
- Fixed a problem where re-activating a quote after the order had been placed could lead to missing PostNL data.
- Fixed an issue where orders could incorrectly have an expected delivery date when no delivery option was selected.
- Fixed compatibility with payment extensions (e.g. Sisow) to prevent crashing when printing packing slip.

==== v1.5.3 ====
==== Bug Fixes ====
- Fixed an issue where in certain situations the delivery date may be equal to the shipping date for orders where no delivery date was chosen during checkout.
- Fixed an issue where all orders would be considered to be placed past the cut off time when the shipping duration was configured to be more than 1 day.

==== v1.5.2 ====
==== New Features ====
- Added compatibility with the Bpost Shipping Manager extension.
- Added the option to hide often shown warnings for the current admin user.

==== Improvements ====
- Added a warning to the configuration page when using the Postcode.NL extension as this extension may conflict with the PostNL extension/
- The PostNL postcode check functionality is now automatically disabled when using the Postcode.NL extension.
- Improved error handling when changes were made directly to the Magento database.
- The expected shipping and delivery dates are now also saved when no delivery option was selected during checkout.
- Several additional characters are now allowed in the packing slip item columns.
- Modified the way delivery options determine whether products are in stock in order to better match merchant expectations.
- Modified interface element for stock options for delivery options to better match merchant expectations.
- Modified code to prevent errors when the default cut-off time is missing.
- Improved error handling when changing a package shipment to a letter box shipment and the default letter box product option is unavailable.
- Added caching to the store time zones in the PostNL data helper.
- Added additional checks to prevent no extra cover amount from being sent for extra cover shipments.
- Fixed an incorrect English name for parcel dispensers.
- Removed the parcel dispenser label from the delivery options interface.
- Added a new notification to the order email to make it more clear that the customer has chosen to have their order delivered at a pick up location.
- Added a new notification to the billing and shipping address templated in OPC to make it more clear that the customer can select a pick up location in the shipping method step.
- The shipping address is now hidden in the progress bar on OPC when a post office address is selected.

==== Bug Fixes ====
- Fixed the split address lines detection on the PostNL config page. This should prevent incorrect warnings about split address lines from being shown.
- Fixed a bug where the chosen product option was not saved when using the create shipments mass action.
- Fixed the order confirm date renderer for orders that were placed late at night.
- A PostNL order is now also created for orders that do not have an associated delivery option. This prevents unexpected behaviour in the order grid when filtering on the confirm date column.
- Shipping labels are now oriented horizontally to prevent errors when printing directly from Chrome.
- Fixed an issue where the extra cover amount option was shown on the create shipment page when the 'is_buspakje' checkbox was checked by default and an extra product option was selected as default.
- Fixed an issue where buspakje was available for avond shipments.
- Fixed issue with not selecting delivery option in OSC would cause order date to be show as delivery date.
- Fixed an issue where the delivery and confirm dates were calculated using the server's time zone, rather than the UTC time zone.
- Fixed a possible notice due to a missing default value in the 'hour-minute' field renderer.
- Fixed an issue where filtering on the order type column would cause errors due to an incorrect join alias.
- Removed regex-based validation for delivery location names to prevent valid names from being blocked. Instead all tags are stripped from the name and the name is additionally escaped before processing.
- Fixed an issue which caused the Magento table rates title to be displayed for PostNL.
- Fixed an issue which caused the default letter box parcel option configuration setting to not be visible.
- Fixed an issue which could cause JS errors when there was an error while loading delivery options.
- Dots are now allowed in street addresses..
- Fixed a small typo in certain error messages.
- Fixed a small layout problem in the delivery options on small desktop screens.
- Fixed a bug where delivery options are not available when purchasing the same configurable product twice with different options.
- Fixed a warning message in the update attributes cron due to an undefined index.
- Fixed an issue where only come delivery options are available when the product attribute cron is still running.

==== v1.5.1 ====
==== New Features ====
- Added a parcel dispenser filter to the delivery options location picker.

==== Improvements ====
- Improved the available filter options for the shipping date columns in the order and shipment grids.
- Improved the way parcel dispenser pick-up locations are shown in the delivery options interface.
- The chosen pick up location is now shown in Idev's OneStepCheckout's order preview pop-up.
- It is no longer possible to configure the extension to use split address lines when there is only 1 address line available.
- When using split address lines it is no longer possible to use the same address line for multiple fields.

==== Bug fixes ====
- Fixed a problem that prevented PostNL Checkout orders from being placed.
- Removed an unnecessary css link in the default Magento theme.
- Phone numbers are no longer mandatory for PostNL post office locations.

==== v1.5.0 ====
==== New features ====
- Added support for printing return labels and tracking return shipments.
- You may now change the number of parcels in a shipment as long as the shipment has not yet been confirmed with PostNL.
- Added the option to show the chosen delivery options and post office pick-up location in transactional e-mails.
- Added a new mass action to the shipment grid to update the shipping status of selected shipments.

==== Improvements ====
- The extension has been updated to CIF 1.10 specifications.
- Cut-off times now take the store's time zone into account.
- Improved performance in the webshop's backend.
- Reduced the risk of extension conflicts in the order and shipment grids.
- It is now possible to print GlobalPack shipping labels even when one of the products in the shipment is missing a country of origin value.
- Address lines on the PostNL packing slip now have a maximum size of 33 characters (up from 20).
- The selected post office location is now shown on the sales/guest/form pages in Magento.
- The confirm and delivery dates of a shipment are now stored in the UTC time zone in the database.
- The selected post office location is now shown on the OnePage Checkout progress bar during checkout.
- The schedules of several cronjobs related to background processes have been redistributed over the day to reduce the load on the sever's cron during peak hours.
- VAT and discounts are now taken into account when calculating a shipment's base grandtotal amount.
- The extension will now shown a proper error message when the sever's PHP version is below the minimum version required by the PostNL extension (PHP 5.3.0).
- Decimal values are now allowed in the alternative standard product option field.
- Shipping labels will now be deleted from the database 30 days after the shipment has been delivered in order to give the consumer enough time to return the shipments without allowing the database to become too bloated.

==== Bug fixes ====
- The Track & Trace URL for orders which are shipped to post office locations has been modified to correctly use the postcode of the intended recipient.
- PostNL mass actions in the order grid will no longer affect non-PostNL mass actions which may have been added by other extensions.
- Postcodes are no longer required in order to create a Track & Trace URL.
- It is no longer possible to modify the confirmation of letter box parcel shipments without Track & Trace.
- An issue in Magento CE 1.6 and EE 1.11 has been resolved by no longer relying on the 'DEFAULT_DEST_STREET' constant value.
- MijnPakket login and delivery options are now also compatible with Idev's OneStepCheckout when the shipping address form has been disabled.
- Letter box parcel configuration options are now also applied to grouped products.
- The chosen delivery day is no longer shown on the customer's account page when delivery days have been disabled in the extension's configuration.
- Product's alternative shipping duration values are now taken into account when calculating the probable delivery day for orders when no specific delivery day was chosen during checkout.
- Tuesday is no longer shown as a valid delivery day when monday is not a shipping day and it is already past saturday.

==== 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

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