FreshStore Update – SEO Keyword Articles, Imports + More (v2.1)
We’re excited to announce the release of FreshStore v2.1, packed with powerful new features, significant improvements, and crucial fixes.
This update will enhance your store management experience, making it smoother, faster, and more customizable.
Here’s a detailed look at what’s new in FreshStore v2.1:
New Features
Export Tool for your Store Data 🗂️
We have introduced an export tool that allows you to easily export your store data, including products and brands. This feature is perfect for backups and facilitates easier bulk editing, helping you manage your store data more efficiently.
Expanded CSV Import for Products 📥
Our CSV import functionality has been expanded to include more fields, giving you greater control over the product information you import. This enhancement ensures that you can import detailed product data seamlessly.
Ability to Add Code (Javascript, etc.) to Any Content Area 💻
We’ve enabled the addition of code, such as JavaScript and HTML, in all content fields. This allows you to integrate external services and further customize your store, offering greater flexibility in how you present and manage content.
SEO Keywords in AI-Generated Articles 📝
To improve the search engine optimization (SEO) of AI-generated articles, you can now add a custom SEO keyword. This keyword will be used throughout your generated article, helping to boost your store’s visibility in search engine results.
Enable/Disable Product Title Rewriting with AI 🛠️
We’ve added an option to enable or disable AI-driven product title rewriting. This gives you more control over how your products are created and displayed, ensuring that your store’s product titles meet your specific requirements.
Improvements
Upgraded AI Model, Training, and Prompts 🤖
Our AI model has been upgraded, along with improvements in training and prompts. This means you’ll now get more accurate and relevant AI-generated content, enhancing the overall quality of your store’s articles and product descriptions.
Added Social Links to Traffic Section 🔗
You can now add all your social links and profiles in the traffic section, making it easier to manage and promote your social media presence directly from your store’s dashboard.
Instant Stores Now Generate Unique Articles 🆕
Each Instant Store now generates unique articles, providing fresh and engaging content to attract and retain visitors. This improvement helps keep your store’s content relevant and appealing.
Products, Offers, and eBay Auctions on Instant Stores Improved 📈
We’ve made significant improvements to the integration of products, offers, and eBay auctions on all Instant Stores. This enhancement ensures a better user experience and more streamlined management of these elements.
Massive Optimizations on Database Usage to Improve Speed ⚡
Enjoy faster load times and better overall performance with our significant database usage optimizations. These improvements help your store run more smoothly and efficiently.
Improved Product Offer Buttons Showing on Page Load 🛒
Offer buttons now display more quickly and with a single render on page load. This enhancement improves the user experience by ensuring that offer buttons are visible immediately.
Ability to Delete Products from Edit Category Page 🗑️
You can now delete products directly from the Edit Category page, making it easier to manage and organize your product categories.
Ability to Delete Products from Edit Brand Page 🗑️
Similarly, you can delete products directly from the Edit Brand page, streamlining the management of your brand-related products.
Ability to Delete Offers from Edit Product Page 🗑️
Offers can now be deleted directly from the Edit Product page, simplifying offer management and improving the overall user experience.
Automatic Activity Log Pruning 🧹
Your store’s activity log will now be automatically pruned to prevent slowdown and clutter, ensuring that your store remains efficient and easy to navigate.
Improved eBay Related Auction Updating and Handling of “Out of Stock” 🛍️
We’ve enhanced the handling and updating of eBay-related auctions, especially for out-of-stock items. This improvement ensures more accurate and up-to-date auction information.
Added IDs to Some HTML Elements (to Allow Custom CSS) 🆔
We’ve added IDs to certain HTML elements to enhance customisation options, allowing you to apply custom CSS more effectively.
Improved Amazon Link Importer 🔗
The Amazon Link Importer now supports a wider variety of link formats, including short and longer links, ensuring greater reliability and flexibility in importing Amazon links.
Removed “Custom” from Offer Importer ❌
We’ve simplified the offer importer by removing the “Custom” option, making the import process more straightforward and user-friendly.
Improved All Merchant Logos 🖼️
Enjoy a more polished look with updated and improved merchant logos, featuring smaller file sizes for faster load times and better aesthetics.
Optimized Currency Selector 💱
The currency selector is now faster and more responsive on the front end, providing a better user experience for customers.
Improved Rich Markup for Price/Offers on All Locales 🌍
We’ve enhanced rich markup for prices and offers across all locales, improving SEO and the appearance of rich snippets in search engine results.
Added Dashboard Link to Main FreshStore Account 🔗
Quickly access your main FreshStore account from the dashboard with a new link, streamlining account management and navigation.
New Products RSS Feed Now Updates Instantly 🆕
Your New Products RSS feed will now always be up to date without needing to clear the cache, ensuring timely and accurate updates.
New Articles RSS Feed Now Updates Instantly 🆕
The New Articles RSS feed will always be up to date without requiring cache clearing, ensuring your latest content is always available.
“View All Products” Homepage Link Now Shows on Mobile 📱
Mobile users can now see the “View All Products” link on the homepage, enhancing the mobile browsing experience.
Social Media Icons Now Centrally Aligned on Mobile Devices 📱
We have centrally aligned social media icons on mobile devices, improving the visual presentation and usability.
Full Category Paths (Breadcrumbs) Now Shown on Edit Product Page 🥖
Navigate product categories more easily with full breadcrumb paths displayed on the Edit Product page, improving navigation and management.
Tidied Up Template Global Text Section 🧹
We’ve cleaned up and organized the template global text section, making it easier to manage and edit.
Improved Mobile Layout for Offer Buttons 📱
Offer buttons are now better optimized for mobile layouts, featuring smaller icons and alternative text options to enhance usability on mobile devices.
Added Separate Text Option for Offer Buttons on Mobile 📝
Your product offer buttons now have separate text options for mobile devices, allowing for better responsiveness and user engagement.
Fixes
🐛 Bug with Offer Button Text on Product Detail
🐛 Fixed Account Links Showing in Mobile Menu When Option Turned Off
🐛 Fixed Bug with Creating a Custom Offer That Has No Product
🐛 Top Bar Text Now Stays Center Aligned When Account Links Removed
🐛 Fixed Homepage Padding Issues with Articles
🐛 Disabled Products No Longer Show on Related Sections
🐛 Disabled Products No Longer Show on Special Offers Page
🐛 Fixed Article Error When Selecting an Empty Related Products Category
🐛 Sporadic Bug with Importing a Product to a Category
🐛 Fixed Error When Searching Redirects in the Dashboard
🐛 Fixed Issues with Creating Accounts on Frontend
🐛 Fixed Logging in to Admin Area with Email/Password
🐛 Fixed Issues with Importing Specific Products in the Offer Importer
🐛 Fixed Validation Issues in RSS Feeds Related to Author and Image Alt Tags
🐛 Fixed Sorting by Name in the Brand List
🐛 Fixed Issue with Pagination on All Products Page on Frontend
We hope you enjoy the new features and improvements in FreshStore v2.1.
Many of these features, fixes and improvements were requested and reported by FreshStore members. Your active feedback helps us to make FreshStore bigger and better.
Thank you for being a part of the FreshStore community! 🚀
