{"id":79,"date":"2016-06-09T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/?p=79"},"modified":"2021-12-15T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T21:31:18","slug":"version-2-6-beta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/2016\/06\/09\/version-2-6-beta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 2.6 beta 2 now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final release of Easy Digital Downloads version 2.6 is scheduled for June 23rd, 2016. That&#8217;s two weeks from today. In preparation for the release, the second beta version is now available for testing.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous significant improvements in 2.6 and we would like to encourage all theme and plugin developers, as well as store owners, to test the beta version as soon as possible so that we can ensure the final release goes smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>2.6 includes more than 360\u00a0commits from 12 different\u00a0contributors. Since beta 1, there have been 52 commits with further improvements.<\/p>\n<h3>Testing the beta<\/h3>\n<p>To ensure that the update to version 2.6 goes smoothly, we need as many people as possible to help test the beta. Every bug that we catch between now and the final release is one less problem for live sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please do not test this beta on a live site. Use a staging or <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/blog\/a-testing-server-the-easy-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">development site<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest version of the beta may be <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/easydigitaldownloads\/easy-digital-downloads\/archive\/2.6-beta2.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downloaded from GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Important changes<\/h3>\n<p>There are numerous important changes in 2.6. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/2016\/05\/26\/version-2-6-beta-1-now-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beta 1<\/a> post for everything that&#8217;s new.<\/p>\n<p>Since beta 1, we have made\u00a0a few significant adjustments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adjusted UI for CSV import<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In beta 1, the CSV import UI looked like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-26-at-2.35.04-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72\" src=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-26-at-2.35.04-PM-748x1024.png\" alt=\"Product Import Field Mapping\" width=\"722\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-26-at-2.35.04-PM-748x1024.png 748w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-26-at-2.35.04-PM-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-26-at-2.35.04-PM-768x1051.png 768w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-26-at-2.35.04-PM.png 866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now it looks like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.32.47-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80\" src=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.32.47-PM-1024x523.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-06-09 at 2.32.47 PM\" width=\"722\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.32.47-PM-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.32.47-PM-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.32.47-PM-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.32.47-PM.png 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the UI changes, several important\u00a0changes were made to the import process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A live data preview has been added. When selecting a column in the CSV, a preview of that column will be shown.<\/li>\n<li>Payment export and import now match more closely, allowing for more seamless EDD-to-EDD exports and imports.<\/li>\n<li>Customer records can now be imported with multiple email addresses properly.<\/li>\n<li>Per-item amounts and per-item taxes now import properly when importing an EDD payment export.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Help text and tooltips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To assist new users in setting up Easy Digital Downloads, we have added\u00a0a significant amount of new help text throughout the plugin. We have also introduced tooltips on many pages that offer more in-depth explanations of UI elements and options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.38.49-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81\" src=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.38.49-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-06-09 at 2.38.49 PM\" width=\"733\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.38.49-PM.png 733w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.38.49-PM-300x95.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.39.23-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-82\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.39.23-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-06-09 at 2.39.23 PM\" width=\"781\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.39.23-PM.png 781w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.39.23-PM-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-2.39.23-PM-768x207.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other changes and bug fixes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed missing and incorrect text domains<\/li>\n<li>Fixed fatal error in System Info report for some systems<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an incorrect instantiation of EDD_Customer<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue with missing customer records on Buy Now purchases through PayPal<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue with user roles being created on every page load of wp-admin<\/li>\n<li>Added IP address to payment history export<\/li>\n<li>Added currency code to\u00a0payment history export<\/li>\n<li>Added purchase mode to payment history export<\/li>\n<li>Added item price and tax to <em>Purchased Products (Raw)\u00a0<\/em>column<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a question or comment? Think you found a bug? Let us know by leaving a comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second beta version of Easy Digital Downloads 2.6 is now ready for testing! 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