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July 28, 2008

Shipper 3.0 Beta 5

Shipper 3.0 beta 5 is now available for testing.

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Please see the beta 1 announcement for an overview of Shipper 3.0.

What's New in Beta 5

  • Added item manufacturer to information that is downloaded from store.
  • Added ability to download the current item inventory so you can check the inventory before you start picking a shipment.

Installing Shipper 3.0 and Shipper Agent

  1. Unzip the download
  2. You will also need any flavor of ShipRush 6 installed on the same computer. If you do not already have ShipRush installed, I suggest ShipRush for USPS or ShipRush for DHL since both are free. See www.shiprush.com for more information.
    Run Setup.exe to to install the pre-requisites (.NET 2.0) and Shipper 3.0 on your desktop computer.
  3. Run the appropriate ShipperAgent.exe to extract the Shipper Agent files for your ecommerce software. ShipperAgentMock.exe contains the files for a Mock Shipper Agent. The mock agent works with any .NET 2.0 web site (you don't even need an ecommerce backend). Shipper Agent is installed on the target website. Copy the files in the bin directory of the website. Then copy the agent directory to your website.

The Beta Phase

During the beta phase, I will publish a new build of Shipper 3.0 each week that bugs are identified and fixed. I will also add some new features during the beta phase. Once 2 weeks have passed without a bug being identified, I will freeze the features and publish a release candidate.

The Release Candidate Phase

During the release candidate phase, I will only publish a new release candidate if bugs are identified and fixed. No new features will be added. When 2 weeks have passed without a bug being identified, I will pubish the final build of release 3.0.

I expect to publish a new release (3.1, 3.2, etc) 3 or 4 times each year. Each release will go through a similar beta/release candidate/final build phase.

Thank you for taking the time to look at Shipper. If you have any comments or questions, please send them to support@structured-solutions.net. At the risk of sounding like a cliche, with your help we can create a better solution.

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