Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-alpha1 Released

The Magento team has recently announced the availability of Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-alpha1, but this is just a preview release of the upcoming version. In other words, you should not use it on live Magento sites.

If you want to test Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-alpha1 and see what features will be available with the upcoming release of the Magento platform, please upgrade through the Connect Manager, download the alpha version from the Magento site or upgrade via SVN.

The new features you will find once you download Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-alpha1 are as follows:
• New and improved layered navigation price bucket algorithm
• Captcha functionality added to some of the forms
• Base prices based on customer groups
• Auto generation of multiple coupon codes for a price rule
• Redesigned Mobile theme
• And much more…

To see a full list of the features and improvements which the latest version of Magento has to offer, please visit the release notes page.
And if you find any bug, be sure to report it in the bug tracker.

January 4, 2012 | Filed Under Magento news

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