Reaction Alpha Update - v0.1.2 released

Here’s an update on what’s been happening with our Alpha release.

• A total of 625 Reaction Commerce shops have been created.
  
  
• Our main GitHub repo hit 210 stars and 60 watchers!
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• We released version 0.1.2! Here are some highlights:
  • Updated to Meteor 0.8.2
  • Improved variant editing interface with new field layout and auto saving
  • Fixed drag and drop ordering of parent variants
  • Fixed reactive price update when modified in variant
  • Corrected product image display in grid view
  • Corrected changing currency to function across all views
  • Fixed forgot password feature
  • Fixed PayPal checkout
  • Greatly improved drag and drop performance in product grid
  • Updated inventory tracking to allow for back order and sold out status
  • Added more analytics tracking events
  • Fixed SMTP settings edit
  • Refactored publication / security
  • Refactored persistent cart sessions
  • ENV hostname for updating shop host
  • Various UI/UX updates
  • And much more. View our full list of improvements and fixes
    
    
• All shops created through reactioncommerce.com have been automatically upgraded to the new 0.1.2 version. If you signed up during our upgrade downtime, you should now be up and running.
  
  
• Last, but not least, all sites hosted with us (via reactioncommerce.com) now use a secure https connection.
  
  If you experience any issues with your shop, please log a ticket in GitHub. We try to keep things as stable as possible, but this is an Alpha release and we could use your help!

Technology spotlight

We talk a lot about what it means to be a “real-time reactive” ecommerce platform. Here’s how we define reactive:

Re-ac-tive (adjective): responsive, event-driven, scalable and resilient; delivering a highly satisfying user experience with right-now actions that deliver in-the-moment results.

Reaction Commerce relies on the Meteor framework for its “reactive” architecture. Its UI/UX design emphasizes actionable data and responsiveness to user behavior and social trends.

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