Announcing ECinteractive® and is.D-Force® 2 Version 7.3.1.1215

This message covers the following timely topics:

What’s New In This Release?
How Do I Set Up My "Down For Maintenance" Page
Find Out What’s Coming Soon and More

What’s New In This Release?

Pending final testing later this week, ECi plans to load Version 7.3.1 Build 1215 of ECinteractive® and is.D-Force® onto production Web servers this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 — between 10 PM and 6 AM Eastern Time. This release includes the following enhancements:

• Added “Allow Punctuation in Item Numbers” setting to Admin Site Preferences. It lets you determine whether or not punctuation will be removed from the Item Number before processing in QuickOrder, Favorites, and Order History. If you leave the new setting enabled as by default, the Item Number field accepts all letters, numbers, special characters and punctuation that the user enters, and uses them to find matching item records. This is how it has always worked before. But if you disable the new Site Preference setting, any invalid special characters and punctuation will be stripped from the entered Item Number before the lookup. This will include these characters: ~`!@#$%^&*()-=_+[]\{}|;’:”,./<>? and space. The field will then be updated on the page to reflect an Item Number with acceptable letters and numbers. For example, if the user enters !Lag &%40*(&@5 0>1, the system will display and search for LAG40501. EXCEPTIONS: 1) This new setting does NOT affect any Item Number fields in the Admin Control Panel. 2) This new setting does NOT affect the Advanced Search Item Number field. 3) The tilde (~) and caret (^) characters will ALWAYS be removed from Item Numbers regardless of the new Site Preference setting. These characters are reserved for backend communication and cannot be used elsewhere. (6405)
• Corrected the keyboard shortcuts in the end user Quick Order/Favorites (Manage Items) pages so that pressing the Enter key will move to the next line before item is verified (just like Tab key does). This allows you to enter items more quickly while the system validates each item. Also, when you click the buttons to Add Items to Favorites, Add Items to Cart, or Save Changes, the system will display a dialog box listing any invalid line items, allowing the user to click to go directly to the item in question to make corrections, or allowing the user to ignore (ignored items will not be added to the order). (6406)
• Enhanced backend error handling to display a new message: 'An error has occurred while communicating with the dealer host system. Please try refreshing your browser in a few seconds. If the problem continues, please contact customer support. We apologize for this inconvenience. Thank you.' Also, when GOA exceptions occur, the email message will notify not only server administrators, but also the dealer and ECi support personnel. (6411)
• Corrected the Laundry List synchronization program so that it synchs on the schedule that you specify, and displays the proper "next synch" date. (6310)
• Corrected the end-user Checkout and Edit Budgets pages to include the general ledger and inventory location data required to validate orders and budget changes on the back-end system. This resolves unexpected errors that occurred in version 7.2 and higher for accounts with multiple locations. (6092)
• Corrected the e-mail message text notifying end users that their order is pending approval, so that the suite and address fields in the Billing information is no longer missing. (6243)
• Corrected the end user "Review and Complete Your order" Checkout page, so that the name and suite is no longer missing from the Bill To address. (6334)
• Modified the alignment and spacing of the end user Checkout page’s Order Summary. (6528)
• Modified the display of the end user Checkout page’s Your Order box (after the order is submitted) to accommodate the maximum length of department numbers, department descriptions, and other messages. (6530)
• Corrected the QuickOrder error message by adding "Item Not Added to Order" error to the existing "Item Not Recognized" error when the user attempts to add an invalid line item using the "Enter" key. This was added to be consistent with the error message displayed when using the Tab key to add an invalid line item. (6576)
• Corrected the QuickOrder page so when the end user searches for a partial item number in the SKU# box and there are multiple results, the system properly displays the pricing information, instead of switching the list price and selling price. Also, the unit of measure (such as each, box, carton, and so on) are properly displayed. Previously, the unit was improperly shown as undefined and labeled as "List" when the list price was set to be hidden. (5544, 6591)
• Corrected the department fields in Quick Order, Order History and Shopping Cart so that the user can select from a list restricted to the departments the administrator has assigned to that user. (6612)
• Corrected so that the system no longer returns an error when an item searched for is not found. (6617)

To look up all released corrections and enhancements, see Program Updates. (http://www.DDMS.com/updates/searchresult2.asp?product=18&search=Search)

Your ECi support and product management team continues to gather your frequently asked questions about the ECinteractive family of products. For answers on getting started, migrating customers from Dealer Station, and using specific features, see our ECinteractive page (http://www.DDMS.com/support/doc/ecinteractive.htm).

How Do I Set Up My "Down For Maintenance" Page?

Your Web storefront will be unavailable during these maintenance periods. You can schedule your ECinteractive site to be Offline for Maintenance by following these simple steps:

1. Log into your ECinteractive site’s Administrative Control Panel.
2. (Optional) Click Site News, and then click Page Editor. Create or edit a Scheduled Maintenance page to include some text that will encourage your customers to log off before your scheduled maintenance period begins, so their work will be cached properly.
3. Click Global Settings, and then click Site Maintenance.
4. In the Time Settings box, check your Time Zone and Daylight Savings settings.
5. In the Automatic Scheduled Maintenance box, enter the appropriate times in the Time Off and Time On boxes, in the format HH:MM AM or PM, for JUST Weekend. (Leave the Weekday time fields blank.)
6. (Optional) Select your Scheduled Maintenance page, for JUST Weekend. (Leave the Weekday page field blank.)
7. Click the Auto Maintenance Mode On button. At the Are You Sure message, check your time settings. If they are correct, click OK.
8. 8. Click the Update button. The changes are implemented within one minute.

NOTE: On Monday, return to these settings, and click Auto Maintenance Mode Off.

See also your online help (http://images.eci2.com/ECinteractive_adminhelp/Site_Maintenance.htm).

Find Out What’s Coming Soon and More

In the next few months, the ECinteractive team has an aggressive schedule to release more hot priority features to make your Web presence more competitive and efficient. We have made significant strides in implementing advancements vendors make in content. We continue working with our trading partners, our mutual goal being a better experience in searching and shopping for your customers. Log into your Admin Control Panel for more details on the Home page.

To find out more about the ECinteractive family of products, see our ECinteractive Product Information (www.ecisolutions.com/products/ecinteractive/), where you can access a demo site, marketing tools, and color themes. You can compare Dealer Station® and ECinteractive features for both your Administrative control panel and your end-user Web storefront.

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