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A quick post to let you know that the intranet option was just updated with support for an extra level to manage members: companies.

Companies management for your intranet

This new hierarchical level let you consolidate user data by company, which is useful for example for b2b e-commerce websites where the same customer can have multiple users ordering from your website. By grouping those users within the same company, you can review the orders placed for the compamy, regardless of which user placed it.

Creating and managing companies is done from the "Users" tab. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions about this update.

You probably know the "admin view" that allows to quickly view and manage a product catalog. We are happy to launch today the admin order entry, for the e-commerce websites.

With this new feature website administrators can create e-commerce orders without having to navigate the product pages on the website front end. It is of particular interest for b2b websites where pricelists and terms can be complex, as well as for taking phone orders or for private sales.

Admin order entry interface

A good news coming from Internet Explorer: its latest version includes auto-update, just like Firefox and Google Chrome. Finally !

If you are using Internet Explorer, make sure to upgrade to version 10 and to keep that checkbox checked. A giant step towards more compatibility between browsers and hopefully better support for web standards.

Breadcrumbs help your visitors figure out the structure of your website. UGAL has supported automatic breadcrumbs for a while, where the displayed breadcrumb is based on the page title. We introduce today the ability to define custom breadcrumbs for any page of your website:

UGAL's product catalogs have just been updated with a new functionality: linked products. Linked products are links to other products that are displayed at the bottom of a product page under a "See also" header:

Linked products can be used for example for a list of accessories, or a list of other products that visitors of a page should consider.

We are happy to announce 10 new free themes on UGAL: Chocolat, Mango, Orange Flowers, Sable, Sauvage, Season, Store, Tournesol, Wind and Zen.

Give them a try!

We just deployed the ability to display product index pages that are filtered over multiple categories. This feature is of special interest for e-commerce websites with many products and categories. For example, a bookstore can display a list of books that are in Spanish and illustrated, or a jewelry store a list of rings, on sale and under 20 dollars.

We just released a small update for e-commerce websites. You can now receive, on top of the UGAL notification, an exact copy of the original confirmation email sent to your customers when they place an order on your website. The option is available from the Store tab → Settings → Store messages.

Good news for all: UGAL was just updated with new ways to display your photos, including a "zoom" option.

All UGAL websites have been updated with the ability to define summaries at the category level - many of you will like this feature. For each category you have the option to use the default summary for the pages, or to define a category specific summary: