The public release is now available for download. Here are some quick highlights for this version...
 

Important Notes
•	You can now download Associate-O-Matic in either the usual ZIP file or the new self-extracting EXE format. The self-extracting EXE lets you use a familiar Windows interface to decompress files without the need of a separate unzip utility such as WinZip.
New Features
•	New Categories (UK): Automotive, Office Products
•	New Categories (CA): Kitchen
•	New Categories (DE): Automotive, Jewelry, MP3 Downloads, Office Products
•	New Categories (FR): Baby, Beauty, Health, Jewelry, MP3 Downloads, Office Products, Shoes
•	New Setting: Buy Button Type - When using the Lite version or when using the Full version with the built-in Shopping Cart turned off, this controls whether buy buttons go to the Amazon product page or Amazon shopping cart. (t=3775,
•	New Setting: Buy Button Quantity Range - Specify the min and max quantity to display the quantity box (if enabled)
•	New Setting: Display Quantity In Stock - Shows the quantity next to the "In Stock" message (if known)
•	New Setting: Image Zoom - Specify the type of window to use when someone views an enlarged product photo (Includes 5 new Lightbox styles)
•	New Setting: URL Placeholder - Because the SEO URLs are position based, when a value cannot be determined say for a Node, this placeholder is used (default is 'none').
•	New Setting: Display Condition Note - Select the page types on which to display item Condition notes
•	New Setting: Home ASINs Per Page - Set the number of ASINs to display per page from 10 down to 2. Note: Amazon returns up to maximum of 10 items at a time.
•	New Feature: Order Status Page - Customers can now lookup their basic Amazon order/shipment details from your site.
•	New Setting: Display Order Status Link - Whether to display the link to the Order Status page described above
•	New Setting: RSS Footer - Display custom HTML underneath your RSS feed items (linkback etc)
•	New Feature: Unique Tab Colors - Tabs are now given a CSS class that corresponds to their category ID (e.g. .aom_tab_[CATEGORYID]). This gives you the ability to add styles, such as custom colors, to the /aom/cfg.css.php file to customize tabs and the associated search bar underneath.
•	New Feature: AJAX (jQuery) - Now supported - Used in new Lightbox feature - Other features coming
•	New Feature: A browse icon is now next to each category inside the Admin (when shop.php is the name used) - let's quickly jump to categories while testing, etc.
•	New Feature: You can now use negative keywords (e.g. -gremlins) inside custom categories and they won't display in breadcrumbs and page titles etc.
•	Sales Rank numbers are now formatted with commas (e.g. 17,434)
•	Clean external seller links from their condition notes (t=3454)
•	Consolidated and cleaned up Javscript throughout shop.php. Now centrally located in the /aom/js/shop.js file.
•	Updated to latest Amazon API version: 2009-10-01
•	Various other enhancements
Bugs Squashed   (t = related forum thread ID)
•	Fixed Cart Checkout Code so it actually fires before checkout as it was supposed to. Can be used with Google analytics etc. (t=2814, 3483)
•	Fixed RSS feed bug where images were sometimes coming through with a zero heigt or width
•	Fixed Home ASIN bug where count was sometimes off
•	Fixed bug under Mod Rewrite where a Brand inside Narrow By Price links contained a space
•	Fixed bug where certain special characters in the /aom/cfg.admin.php file (where Labels for Custom Boxes are stored) would cause XML to bomb
•	Fixed bug where certain thumbnail images were not being displayed (t=3358)
•	Fixed recent bug where "quoted phrases" in searches would display improperly
•	Fixed bug where {SUBCATEGORIES} where not showing up in certain Meta Keyword settings
•	Fixed marketplace label bug that appeared in certain instances (t=2852)
•	Fixed bug where in rare cases an Item became ineligible for the cart (for whatever reason). This would cause the cart to bomb. We now recover gracefully from this error and simply display the error while the cart contents remain intact.
•	Fixed bug where Subcategory (ASINs) would not display properly when under a parent Category of ASINs
•	Several other small fixes

Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.

New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions.

We have released the v4.3.0 BETA for testing.

For those who are members of the AOM Beta Program or who would like to join, please login to
the member area.

We excited to announce the upcoming release of v4.3.

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The public release is now available for download. Here are some quick highlights for this version...

Important Notes
•	Uses the new Amazon authentication which requires an Amazon Access Key ID and Amazon Secret Access Key. You can plug those into the Amazon section. Register at http://aws.amazon.com Because of a change in Amazon's API, all versions of Associate-O-Matic prior to v4.2.0 will stop working on August 15, 2009. You must upgrade your stores to v4.2.0 or newer in order to avoid interruption.
•	Uses new IonCube encryption software which has a directory containing loaders for various OS versions.
•	If you have problems with the IonCube encryption, they provide an installation helper script: /ioncube/ioncube-loader-helper.php
•	If you use mod_rewrite get the latest rules.
•	As per Amazon's new Product Advertising API License Agreement, we have added the following required information... - Disclaimer on store pages (defaults to bottom of pages, can be located elsewhere using a Custom Box) - Date/Time next to pricing - Details link with popup next to pricing
New Features
•	SOAP support added for new Amazon ID requirement
•	UTF-8 header always sent (don't need to rely on a special Apache directive)
•	Amazon Time Offset - used when you see errors that your server time is before or after Amazon server time
•	Improved error reporting
•	Updated to latest Amazon API version: 2009-07-01
•	Various other enhancements
Bugs Squashed   (t = Forum Thread ID)
•	Fixed various issues related to the new Amazon ID requirement (critical for the Amazon's August 15, 2009 deadline)
•	Fixed cfg.sha256.php file for instances where the sha256 function is already installed with PHP
•	Apostrophe in keyword caused new Amazon ID requirement to bomb
•	Erroneous text in portion of cfg.css.php file
•	Several other small fixes

Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.

New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions.

We have released the v4.2.1 BETA for testing.

For those who are members of the AOM Beta Program or who would like to join, please login to
the member area (for paid members only).

The public release is now available for download. Here are some quick highlights for this version...

Important Notes
•	New/Enhanced settings will be highlighted in the control panel (drop-down menu at the top) as they aren't yet documented on our site. The t=### refers to the forum thread number.
•	Uses the new Amazon authentication which requires an Amazon Access Key ID and Amazon Secret Access Key. You can plug those into the Amazon section. Register at http://aws.amazon.com Because of a change in Amazon's API, all versions of Associate-O-Matic prior to v4.2.0 will stop working on August 15, 2009. You must upgrade your stores to v4.2.0 or newer in order to avoid interruption.
•	Uses new IonCube encryption software which has a directory containing loaders for various OS versions.
•	If you have problems with the IonCube encryption, they provide an installation helper script: /ioncube/ioncube-loader-helper.php
•	If you use mod_rewrite get the latest rules.
•	As per Amazon's new Product Advertising API License Agreement, we have added the following required information... - Disclaimer on store pages (defaults to bottom of pages, can be located elsewhere using a Custom Box) - Date/Time next to pricing - Details link with popup next to pricing
New Features
•	New Category: Jewellery (UK)
•	New Setting: Amazon Access Key ID  (Amazon section) - for the new Amazon authentication
•	New Setting: Amazon Secret Access Key  (Amazon section) - for the new Amazon authentication
•	New Setting: Display Sold By  (Display section) - On item pages display the seller of the item
•	New Setting: Image Size RSS  (RSS section) - Select the item image size for your store RSS feeds
•	New Setting: RSS External Fields  (RSS section) - Toggle certain fields on/off
•	New Setting: Tab Border Color  (Tabs section) - Customize the border color of tabs
•	Enhanced Setting: Bestseller Box  (Boxes section) - Toggle photos on/off and set the number of items to display
•	Enhanced Setting: Most Gifted Box  (Boxes section) - Toggle photos on/off and set the number of items to display
•	Enhanced Setting: Most Wished For Box  (Boxes section) - Toggle photos on/off and set the number of items to display
•	Enhanced Setting: New Releases Box  (Boxes section) - Toggle photos on/off and set the number of items to display
•	Enhanced Setting: Site Disclaimer  (Site section) - New {DISCLAIMER} variable to display Amazon approved verbiage
•	When setting up a new category, name is autopopulated - can then be customized if desired
•	Increased the control panel width for greater visibility
•	Direct item links in cart add and checkout reports
•	Admin save button changes to orange when you change something - visual cue to save your settings. Click a tab to another section automatically saves your settings.
•	Nodes once active (and spidered by search engines) but that you are now filtering in Node Filter are simply redirected to home
•	Collections are now displayed horizontally instead of vertically
•	Updated to latest Amazon API version: 2009-03-31
•	Various other enhancements
Bugs Squashed   (t = Forum Thread ID)
•	Security bug fixed with PHP installations requiring <?php versus <?
•	t=2814   Fixed backslash bug with Cart Add Tracking Code and Cart Checkout Tracking Code settings
•	t=2852   Marketplace link but where it ignored your Marketplace Options selections
•	RSS bug when your Site Name or Site Description contained an & symbol
•	Subcategories bug related to the Sub Node box validation (now optional with all but the Node type subcategory)
•	Now allow $ and £ symbols in category names
•	Search combo bug in certain instances caused zero items to be displayed
•	(Page 1) verbiage removed from page title on first page of Home Node home page
•	Kindle category was returning books even in newspaper and magazine subcategories
•	Custom Page tab ordering bug fixed
•	TV Shows now use the direct Amazon buy button (aren't supported with AOM built-in cart)
•	Several other small fixes

Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.

New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions.

We have released the v4.2.0 BETA for testing.

For those who are members of the AOM Beta Program or who would like to join, please login to
the member area (for paid members only).

The final public release is now available for download.

Here are some quick highlights for this version...

Existing Users: If you have installed a prior version of Associate-O-Matic follow the Upgrade Instructions.

New Users: If you are new to Associate-O-Matic follow the New Installation Instructions.

We have released the v4.1.5 BETA for testing.

For those who are members of the AOM Beta Program or who would like to join, please login to
the member area (for paid members only).