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“osCMax 2.0 RC4 has been released and is available for download from the osCMax project page: http://www.oscmax.com/project/osCMax

For a complete rundown of all the changes in this release, see the post here”

osCMax says:
“Almost every aspect of osCMax has been updated in this release. All mods have been improved and updated, and the core code has been updated to match osCommerce 2.2RC2a. The changes are extensive, so I do not recommend simply overwriting your existing RC3x store with the new code. I recommend doing a new separate installation and migrating to it.

RC4 will be in release for two weeks. If no major issues are found in that time, it will be certified as the final release of v2.0 and we will then move forward, planning the point releases and adding new improvements.

Also to follow will be an update package with the changed files from RC3.0.3, and a SQL file to manually update the database and import the new records in RC4.

This release is fully mysql 5, php 5, and register_globals off compatible.”

Below is a list of updated Mods:

Highlights of the mods updated in RC4

* Articles Manager: Upgrade to v1.56 - Fixed all existing PHP5/MySQL5 compatibility issues.
* Updated SEO Urls to v2.1d - full support for SEO Article urls
* Recover Carts Sales updated to 2.2.3
* Dynamic Mopics updated
* UPS XML updated to v1.3.3 with dimension support
* Infobox Admin Updated to v2.25
* Batch Print center updated to 3.13
* BTS 1.5f cache fix for manufacturers box
* Wishlist 3.5d final updates
* Order editor update to 5.0.6.3 w/ajax
* Manual Order Entry
* Upgraded FCKEditor (the wysiwyg editor) used in the admin panel.
* Upgraded the Download Controller system to the most current
* Overhauled the Down For Maintenance system, and integrated it more fully into the fallback and aabox templates.
* Upgraded the Admin with Access Levels/login system to the most current code.
* Added or upgraded a large amount of payment modules:
o Added Authorize.net Credit Card SIM v1.0
o Added Chronopay v1.0
o Added Paypal Website Payments Pro (US) Direct Payments v1.1
o Added Paypal Express checkout_initialization_method
o Added Paypal Website Payments Standard v1.0
o Added Paypal Website Payments Pro (UK) Direct Payments v1.0
o Added PayPal Website Payments Pro (UK) Express Checkout v1.0
o Added Sofortüberweisung Direkt v1.0
o Added WorldPay Junior v1.0
o Updated Offline Credit Card Module
o Updated iPayment to official v1.0
o Updated Check/Money Order
o Updated 2Checkout to official v1.1

Added Mods

* SEO Url Validation
* Ajax Attributes Editor 2.6.8

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I took a quick look at the admin area. This looks a lot like the CRE 6.2 B2B admin. A lot of the things are there, even Customer Groups. Customer Groups used to be the #1 feature that differentiated CRE B2B from CRE PRO and CRE Standard and CRE Loaded used to charge $350 for CRE B2B.

These days, it goes for a whooping $595.

cre loaded b2b professional 6.3 price

Customer Groups is actually what made the CREloaded B2B version. B2B stands for Business to Business and customer groups gives you the ability to create wholesale groups and dealer groups and give these entities different product pricing. By selling to a dealership at a lower cost, you are basically engaging in Business to Business sales, that’s why the name, CRE B2B.

CRE 6.3 is simply not enough bang for the buck at this point. It’s unnecessarily over cluttered, as Chainreaction is loosing their vision. But that’s a whole new post …