CMS TEN Release Notes

Introduction

CMS version 10.0.6 includes the 2017 rate changes for UPS and FedEx along with some Product enhancements and bug fixes.

There is also a USPS rate change coming in January. Those rates will be included in a 10.0.7 release which is expected to available Jan 18, 2017.

Release Notes from all previous versions can be found on our Release Notes page.

End of Life Announcement - VISTA
Microsoft has announced they will no longer provide support or updates for their Vista operating system as of April 11, 2017. After that date Vista will no longer receive security patches which, aside from the obvious security threats, also means that you cannot be PCI compliant.

We have already seen ramifications at client sites running on other unsupported operating systems. For example, PCI is dictating a shift away from using SSL and TLS 1.0 since they are now considered to be insecure methods of connection. As our partners start to follow this dictate they have/will remove support for those older forms of secure connection which Windows XP and Server 2003 cannot support.

Identify which workstations you may have running Vista and make plans to have them upgraded to Windows 7 or 10 before the April 11, 2017 end of life date.

For a complete list of operating systems we support for use with CMS, see our System Requirements wiki article.

PCI Compliance - CMS TEN has been successfully validated against the PA-DSS 3.0 specification by Coalfire Systems. Software changes that could affect your compliance are only included in major CMS versions (e.g. 9.0, 10.0) or minor versions (e.g. 9.2, 10.2) and never in releases (e.g. 9.0.5, 10.0.2) or builds (e.g. 9.0.6.159, 10.0.1.123). You can read more about our versioning methodology at the bottom of our Release Notes page.

CMS 10.0.x is listed on the PCI Council’s directory of Validated Payment Applications and its validation is good through October 2019. We file updates with the PCI Council annually to maintain our status and demonstrate that changes made to the software each year have not compromised our compliance.

Database and XML Changes:

There were also several in 10.0.1 with the initial release of CMS TEN and another in 10.0.5.

Integrations - New integration options available for Amazon and Volusion as of 10.0.5. All other integrations will continue to work as they had previously including CommerceV3, Magento, UPS Worldship, FedEx Ship Manager, Endicia/DaZzle, ShipRush, Malvern, MPS, TransFirst, and Authorize.net.

CMS TEN - ENHANCEMENT DETAILS

  1. UPS 2017 Rates

    UPS rate changes are effective December 26th, 2016. Standard fare increases with the following being noteworthy:

    1. Fuel surcharges can now change weekly (previously was monthly)
    2. The dimensional divisor has been reduced from 166 to 139 for packages greater 1728 than cubic inches (e.g. 12x12x12 = 1728). The net effect being larger packages can be rated at a higher dimensional weight that they were in 2016.
    3. The Additional Handling charge will be assessed to packages whose longest side is over 48 inches (previously was 60").
  2. FedEx 2017 Rates

    FedEx rate changes are effective January 2nd, 2017. Standard fare increases with the following being noteworthy:

    1. Fuel surcharges can now change weekly (previously was monthly)
    2. The dimensional divisor has been reduced from 166 to 139 for packages greater 1728 than cubic inches (e.g. 12x12x12 = 1728). The net effect being larger packages can be rated at a higher dimensional weight that they were in 2016.
    3. The Additional Handling charge will be assessed to packages whose longest side is over 48 inches (previously was 60").

    For those paying attention, yes, the same changes that UPS has made.

  3. Product Data Fields

    We started expanding the data fields available for products as we expand our support for our current eCommerce integrations and new market places. In this round of changes we've added the following fields:

    1. SRP (suggested retail price)
    2. Product dimensions (Length, Width, Height)
      1. Dimension units (inches, feet, mm, etc.)
    3. Brand
    4. Manufacture
    5. Product URL
    6. Product Image URL

    To support the additional fields we've added:

    1. a Details tab for Brand and Manufacture (anticipating more fields coming)
    2. a SKU Details tab for SKU level detail for dimensions and SRP
    3. URL fields are available under the eCMS tab.

    For the moment these fields are not included in our product data uploads or have any other function in CMS. If you have the data available you may start populating it now. We expect to include these in our CommerceV3 product uploads soon. It may also be useful if you're doing any exports of CMS product data for other purposes.

    If there are other product fields you'd like to see added please submit your request to Support or your account manager with a short explanation of why/how the data is useful to you.

  4. Bug Fixes and modifications

See Release Notes