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If you are running osCmax v2.5.0, it is recommended that you apply this patch immediately to resolve these issues.

With this latest release, osCmax has seen another 70+ improvements and fixes. The focus has been on clearing as many issues as possible while improving stability and usability. You will find that there are a lot if little improvements everywhere - things just work a little bit better, smoother, and look a bit more polished.

http://www.oscmax.com/project/osCMax

Here are a few highlights of what has been done between beta 2 and this release:

• Fallback HTML template updated to current feature set, now a viable replacement for fallback. If you want to use the new html tag template system, it is now fully implemented.
• Large scale language/translation work. Default language packs are now file-complete and fully functional. (Translations are being finished)
• Added many new user-friendly error messages both to admin and catalog
• Added a configuration checking screen to the admin to inform the administrator of any problems with the shop installation
• Fixed Paypal and shipping amount issue where charges were randomly lost due to customer action
• Updated USPS shipping module to match new USPS API
• Resolved issue with cart totals/quantity discounts not displaying properly
• Fixed articles reviews editing and tweaked articles features
• Search result quantity now can be set differently for catalog and admin
• Fixed page module controller activation action
• Ajax country/state selector fixed on all customer pages
• Full UTF-8 Character set support

I am extremely happy with the performance of the initial beta, and I am looking forward to sharing beta 2 with you. The response from the osCmax community has been overwhelming and I want to personally thank all the community members that took the time to test the initial beta. 

Beta 1 of osCmax v2.5 was officially released Monday. This is a pre-release for testing, and while it is quite stable, it is not recommended production use just yet. After a few weeks of beta testing, if all goes well, v2.5 stable will be generally released for production. For those following development, you will notice that the version number has changed a bit from what we had been using. Due to the large amounts of changes to the code, we wanted to reflect that more accurately with our version number designation, thus the jump to v2.5.

We encourage everyone to download the new version for testing, as it is a major change in osCmax and you will want to get familiar with all the new features and changes.

Customer Comments - Fully redesigned and allows admins to make comments on customer orders. The comments are displayed on the orders page as well as the customers page for easy tracking.

Must Accept Terms - This forces a customer to accept your store's terms and conditions and will not allow checkout unless they do. This is optional of course, with an easy switch to turn on or off.