Virtuemart 3

[ExSpirit]

I am waiting for V3 for a long time and I saw that it's finally about to be released. Does anyone knows when V3 will be ready and published for use on live sites? Will templates, which are now made for V2 work on V3 or will they need any modifications? Is V3 the same as V2 (only that it will work on Joomla 3*) or are there any improvements (new things available)?

[GJC Web Design]

The latest I heard/know

VM3 is nearly ready - everyone is back from summer holidays and testing is proceeding -> the more users that make the effort to download and test and report - the faster it will be done

http://dev.virtuemart.net/attachments/download/761/com_virtuemart.2.9.8a_extract_first.zip

this is not the very latest - you can always contact Max (Milbo) to get the latest test packet

VM3 will be backwards compatible  - i.e. usable with J2.5 as well

On J3 most templates, extensions and plugins will need updating for J3

There is a huge number of improvements to speed, custom field s etc etc on VM3

e.g. http://docs.virtuemart.net/tutorials/product-creation/186-derived-products-product-pattern-child-products.html

so - start testing if you want to speed up the process - I have built 2 very simple J3/VM2.9.9 sites and they work fine - but both catelogue sites with no prices or checkout etc

[ExSpirit]

Where can I report bugs? I can't find any bug tracker. I wanted to wait for new release (maybe 2.9.8b or 2.9.9) and then test it thoroughly, but I'm not sure how far from final release VM is right now (is that one week, one month, more months,..)?

[jenkinhill]

Bug reporting, suggestyed fixes and discussions here:  http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?board=136.0

http://extensions.virtuemart.net/ already uses VM3 but there are still bugs, and for some users there could to be problems for some months, especially if they want to use J3 where there could be a long wait before third party plugin developers update their code. Internally we are already testing VM2.9.9+  VM3 will be J2.5 and J3 compatible.

[ExSpirit]

Oh, OK, I thought that's only for VM2.

If you are already testing VM2.9.9+ when do you think final version will be out so that third party plugin developers can start update their code? Do they have to make drastic changes or just some minor (if only minor I think most of plugins will be updated soon).

[GJC Web Design]

the more users that make the effort to download and test and report - the faster it will be done

if it things like shipping and payment plugs it basically xml updates

things like my reviews extension need extensive rewrites

[fmlk4u]

Hello Folks,

On the server where I host my webshop site I have staging functionality so I can clone the website and use the copy as test website. It is still a Joomla 2.5.24 site with VM 2.6.6. I want to upgrade this site to Joomla 3.3.3 and VM to latest and am willing to test VM in this copy website to help development to stable VM3.

How should I proceed? First upgrade to Joomla 3 or first latest VM since it is backwards compatible?

Thanks for feedback. Fred Mellink

[fmlk4u]

I installed the 2.9.8a version but run into problems and submitted a ticket on the forum in the support folder.

[dorondeco]

Where can I download a copy of VM3

[jenkinhill]

http://virtuemart.net/news/latest-news/460-updates-about-virtuemart-3-support-membership

http://dev.virtuemart.net/projects/virtuemart/files

[interludic]

About to start a new project,

I have used virtuemart in the past on j1.5 and j2.5
Looking to use the VM3 rc 2.9.9 on joomla 3.3.4

Currently what i want to know is, as updates are released will you be providing easy updating of the component from the backend of joomla? or do i need to manually check and do this?

As mentioned previously i have experience with virtuemart, i usually configure as following:
user checks out cart and rather than deal with shipping and payment, would only need an email of the order sent to store admin, containing user and item details.

This project is a 2-3 month project during that time i am willing to help with testing before it goes live. Please help with my decision on using the virtuemart component or should i find another solution.

Harry
http://interludic.com.au

[jenkinhill]

2.9.9 has already been used for some store sites, such as http://extensions.virtuemart.net/  and updating is easy, although there is not yet a path to update stockable variants from VM2, but this is being worked on. Problem at the moment is that J3.3.4 can cause issues (where J3.3.3 was fine). The bug list of 3.3.4 is such that I'd expect 3.3.5 pretty soon!

Give 2.9.9d (or the next one) a try. The more tester we have the sooner the stable release can be made available.

[GJC Web Design]

Just to add

Currently what i want to know is, as updates are released will you be providing easy updating of the component from the backend of joomla? or do i need to manually check and do this?

Have been testing vm2.9.x from the start and have completed a couple of simple sites with J3/VM2.9.
Updates are painless - just re-install each time a new version comes out..

[ExSpirit]

...Problem at the moment is that J3.3.4 can cause issues (where J3.3.3 was fine). The bug list of 3.3.4 is such that I'd expect 3.3.5 pretty soon!...

And there it is, 3.3.5 has been released yesterday. When approximately can we expect release of final VM 3 (week/few weeks/month/few months)?

[jenkinhill]

Yes J3.3.5 was released yesterday - and within hours Joomla advised on Facebook and Twitter that users should not upgrade to it but wait for 3.3.6  (and 2.5.27).

If you have done some testing of the 2.9.9 releases then you will know that it is close to final RC, but more testers and their reports are needed.  I am building a site client with VM2.9.9x right now.