These release notes contain a brief list of features associated with the Checkout Manager release.

What's New

Checkout Manager Beta Release (phase 1) 08/24/2005
During the initial phase of the Checkout Manager Beta release, merchants will be able to build, preview, publish, and test only for internal purposes only. Shoppers will not be able to checkout using custom checkout pages until the second phase of the beta period.

• Choose a checkout flow to best maximize your conversion rate:
  • Choose a single page or multi-page checkout flow.
  • Ability to show or hide the Order Review page.
  • Ability to combine shipping and billing information on one page.
  More info.
• Customize the visual appearance of checkout pages including:
  • font—choose color and font type.
  • text links—choose color and font type.
  • buttons—choose between standard HTML, CSS, image, and text links.
  • progress indicator—choose CSS graphics or upload custom images.
  • Download, edit and upload a custom CSS file to exercise more control over the design of your checkout pages.
  More info.


• More control over the structure of checkout pages
  • Add HTML to header, side bar and footer regions of the checkout pages you select "wrapping" the main content area without requiring RTML template modifications.
  • Floating Cart location (top or right side)—displays item quantity, name, and price, as well as subtotal, shipping charge, tax and grand total.
  More info.

Deprecated Features

The following features are deprecated and not available in Checkout Manager:

• Multiple ship-to addresses: Merchants no longer have the ability to offer shoppers the ability to ship parts of orders to multiple addresses. Merchants can add messaging to their pages asking shoppers to place one order per shipping address.
• Order page: Merchants no longer modify the shopping cart page using the Store Editor.
• Persistent cart when signed in to SBC Yahoo!: Previously buyers that were signed in to SBC Yahoo! and added items to a cart but did not complete checkout could return at any time to the cart, which would be saved. Now any shopper, regardless of sign in, can return within two weeks to a previously saved shopping cart.
• Persistent downloadable goods link: Previously buyers purchasing a download good could download an item indefinitely. Now buyers will be required to re-enter their credit card information for verification purposes to regain access to the download link.

You can find a list of known issues broken out into issues that affect checkout pages (that buyers would see) and Checkout Manager issues (that only merchants see). If you encounter an issue please refer to the known issues below and only if your issue does not appear, please send us feedback on the issue you are encountering.