Changelog

All notable changes to CartUser. Versioning follows semver — MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. Breaking changes are explicitly flagged.

v3.0 — 2026-06-24

Major release. Backward compatible with v2.9 data. Upgrade in-place via admin panel ZIP upload.

New features

• AI Assistant 2.0 — Right-side sliding chat drawer. Model selector (GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-4, GPT-3.5, O4-Mini). Insert/copy actions. Multi-language translate. Native to all admin pages.
• Multi-vendor 2.0 — Per-seller commission rate override. Toggle single/multi-vendor mode from settings — UI auto-hides seller features when off.
• Demo Product Seeder — One command (php artisan db:seed --class=DemoProductSeeder) loads 24 real products across 6 categories, 5 digital products, 13 customers, 3 sellers, 100+ orders spanning 12 months, 8 coupons, 3 campaigns, blog posts, FAQs, support tickets.
• Professional UI redesign — Card-based layout for order list, product list, seller list, customer list. No horizontal scroll. Mobile-responsive. New thumbnail styling.
• Flexible checkout system — Pickup option (no shipping). Free shipping rules. Custom field configuration. Order notes from customer. Carrier-specific rates per zone.
• SEO Power Pack — JSON-LD structured data (Product, Organization, BreadcrumbList, WebSite + SearchAction). Auto-generated sitemap.xml with priorities. Canonical URLs on all pages. OpenGraph + Twitter Card meta. Updated robots.txt.
• In-app API documentation — Admin → API Documentation. 60+ endpoints with parameters, auth requirements, example responses. Accordion UI with sticky sidebar.
• In-app buyer documentation — Admin → Documentation. 10-section guide (installation, admin, seller, payments, shipping, multi-vendor, mobile, updates, FAQ).
• Update system v2 — Safer ZIP upload with auto-backup, security scan (rejects ZIP containing .env/.htaccess), composer dump-autoload, schema-fix, migrate, optimize:clear, version logging.
• Dashboard enhancements — Year selector on financial overview. Today's quick stats (orders, revenue, customers, pending). Month-over-month comparison badges. Customer acquisition chart. Revenue by Payment Method donut.
• Reward points fixes — Show page works. Redeem flow. Division-by-zero protection. Null-safe currency lookup.
• Translation search — Search box now queries server-side across ALL pages (previously client-side only on current page).
• Schema fix command — php artisan schema:fix adds 25+ idempotent column/table fixes. Safe to run on any prior install.
• Soft deletes — Products, sellers, users now use soft deletes. Deleted records preserved with deleted_at timestamp.

Improvements

• Multilingual JSON field rendering on product edit forms (admin + seller + digital)
• get_translation() now accepts array, object, JSON string, or plain string
• show_image() handles full URLs (picsum.photos placeholders work)
• Paystack payment integration upgraded to InlineJS V2 with proper amount verification
• cURL helpers add timeout, error logging, SSL verification toggle
• Settings page null-safety for fresh installs (social login, logo, app settings)
• Schema fix expanded to cover all v3.0 columns automatically
• Demo seeder also populates attribute_values, product_shipping_deliveries, menu_categories tables
• Sidebar menu groups now have colorful background classes for visual separation

Bug fixes (100+)

• Login page crash: array_key_exists on null when social login settings empty
• Settings pages crash: foreach on null in logo_settings, wp_preview, social_login
• Product details page crash: foreach(json_decode(...)) on null attributes_value
• Product edit JS error: var options = ; when $product->attributes null
• "Description required" on digital product update (validation expected description_en but form sent description)
• "Array to string conversion" on seller product update (gallery image variable shadowing)
• Admin login → /admin/dashboard 403 unauthorize (roles table empty after partial seeder failure)
• Home page crash on fresh install (frontend sections empty, then accessed properties)
• API /api/dashboard 500 (null product relationships in WishList/Cart/AffiliateLog/CompareProductList/ExclusiveOffer/ProductRating/RewardPointLog → added withTrashed())
• API /api/products route 500 (typo 'prod ucts' with stray whitespace in method name)
• Translation feature search not working (was client-side only)
• Reward point show page errors (date()+filter() scopes incorrectly applied to single record)
• Seller can't reset password (controller missing implementation)
• Onboarding API returned empty {} on fresh install (admin form silently failed, image required)
• Update to v3.0 schema mismatch (missing columns added via schema:fix)
• Digital product list design broken (image styling missing, name rendered as array)
• Multi-vendor seller selection on filter pages
• Cart checkout failures with missing currency_id
• "Class not found" after manual update (composer autoload not regenerated)
• Plus many more — see the v3.0 RELEASE_NOTES.md for full list

Database changes (auto-applied by schema:fix)

• orders: + delivery_option, verification_code, address_id, delivery_man_id, delivery_man_charge, original_amount, total_taxes, customer_type, order_notes, currency_id
• products: + affiliate_commission_type, affiliate_commission_value, deleted_at
• sellers: + commission_rate, deleted_at
• users: + deleted_at
• languages: + is_rtl
• coupons: + seller_id
• seller_shop_settings: + holiday_configuration
• pricing_plans, plan_subscriptions: + total_coupons, total_ads
• currency_id added to: carts, order_details, payment_logs, transactions, withdraws, affiliate_logs, reward_point_logs, pos_carts
• New tables: update_logs, tutorials, campaign_enrollments, affiliate_logs

Breaking changes

None. All data and APIs are backward compatible with v2.9.

Upgrade path

See Update to v3.0 for step-by-step instructions.

v2.9 — 2026-01-15

• Affiliate system with per-product commission
• Multi-currency for orders, payments, withdrawals
• Holiday configuration for seller shops
• RTL language support (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian)
• Campaign enrollment system
• Bug fixes

v2.8 — 2025-10-20

• Seller subscription plans with feature gates
• POS system enhancements
• Customer loyalty points
• Bug fixes

v2.7 — 2025-07-10

• Digital product support (downloads, licenses)
• Flash sale campaigns
• Newsletter subscribers
• Bug fixes

v2.6 — 2025-04-05

• Mobile app support (delivery boy)
• FCM push notifications
• Bug fixes

v2.5 — 2025-01-12

• Multi-vendor 1.0
• Seller registration + KYC
• Commission-based revenue model

v2.0 — 2024-08-01

• Initial v2 release
• Multi-language translation manager
• Coupon system
• Advanced reporting

v1.0 — 2024-01-15

• Initial CodeCanyon release
• Single-vendor e-commerce
• 10 payment gateways
• Basic admin + storefront