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CSS can get us so far - thinner pages, and so on. An alternative template master helps us hide nav menus and other things we don't really have room for on mobile pages.

But some parts of Kartris don't scale well to a small page, such as the tabbed dialogue on the product page, if there are reviews, attributes, quantity discounts etc. Also checkout.

Ideally for mobile devices we'd have simpler pages and may need to rethink areas such as tabbed dialogs. This issue is whether we do this by modifying existing controls such as the basket, product view, etc. to render differently on mobile devices, or whether we end up building special mobile controls and pages. There are pros and cons of both approaches:

New mobile-only controls will be simpler in themselves, but duplicate code elsewhere, so fixes or changes in one place may need to be made separately for the mobile version.

Modifying existing pages and controls to hide or change certain areas on mobile devices will make those controls more complex.

It's something that is definitely on the radar, but want to make sure we do it properly and don't complicate or mess up the code elsewhere to do this.

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jenkins	Posted Fri 19 Aug 2011
Supreme Being Group: Awaiting Activation Last Active: Sat 3 Sep 2011 Posts: 16, Visits: 43 11,980	Hi there, Is there a roadmap of whats going to be happening with Kartris and to see whats being developed for the new edition? Thanks Dave Tags development, kartris, road map, version
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Paul	Posted Sat 20 Aug 2011
große Käse Group: Administrators Last Active: Tue 10 Sep 2024 Posts: 807, Visits: 2,748 508,134	I will try to get something more formal on the site. As a quick guide to 1.4, which is in production: - ASP.NET 4.0 - graphical charts in back end for some stat data previously only available as tables (using the charting controls in ASP.NET 4.0) - tax system calculations handled from algorithms in XML config files, so support for specific jurisdictions can be more easily added in future; some extra fields to support Canadian tax (which has regional and national taxes) - simplification of setting up tax for a store via a wizard page in the back end - product and version level 'object config' settings. This enables us to have things currently set globally set at product or version level. For example, some items like cloth might be sold in metres, and you want to sell in 0.05m increments, allowing someone to add 1.55m to the cart. But most items you want to sell in increments of 1. Some other items you might want to sell in increments of 50 (e.g. nails or screws). - numerous other minor improvements and enhancements We did also have mobile interface support, but this will probably only come in a later version now. -- If my post solves your issue, can you 'Mark as Answer' so it's easier for other users to find in future. If you would like to be informed of new features, new releases, developments and occasional special bonuses, please sign up to our mailing list: http://bit.ly/19sKMZb Tags 1.4, road map Edited Sat 20 Aug 2011 by Paul
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Neil	Posted Fri 2 Sep 2011
Supreme Being Group: Forum Members Last Active: Sat 3 Nov 2018 Posts: 192, Visits: 5,220 123,363	We did also have mobile interface support, but this will probably only come in a later version now. This is interesting, would love to see this. I assume this would be done through just css? A surprisingly high number of visitors are using mobile interfaces.
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Paul	Posted Fri 2 Sep 2011
große Käse Group: Administrators Last Active: Tue 10 Sep 2024 Posts: 807, Visits: 2,748 508,134	CSS can get us so far - thinner pages, and so on. An alternative template master helps us hide nav menus and other things we don't really have room for on mobile pages. But some parts of Kartris don't scale well to a small page, such as the tabbed dialogue on the product page, if there are reviews, attributes, quantity discounts etc. Also checkout. Ideally for mobile devices we'd have simpler pages and may need to rethink areas such as tabbed dialogs. This issue is whether we do this by modifying existing controls such as the basket, product view, etc. to render differently on mobile devices, or whether we end up building special mobile controls and pages. There are pros and cons of both approaches: New mobile-only controls will be simpler in themselves, but duplicate code elsewhere, so fixes or changes in one place may need to be made separately for the mobile version. Modifying existing pages and controls to hide or change certain areas on mobile devices will make those controls more complex. It's something that is definitely on the radar, but want to make sure we do it properly and don't complicate or mess up the code elsewhere to do this. -- If my post solves your issue, can you 'Mark as Answer' so it's easier for other users to find in future. If you would like to be informed of new features, new releases, developments and occasional special bonuses, please sign up to our mailing list: http://bit.ly/19sKMZb Tags mobile support
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