MIVA
Merchant 5: New Features
Store Design Controls
with Store Morph Technology™
Store Morph Technology provides complete control over the look of your
store with customizable page templates. Display what you need; hide
what you don't. Place buttons, product displays and category lists where
you need them. It's all up to you.
Version Histories
Many features that support store customization save each update in version
history. This gives you the freedom to play and experiment with designs,
or save a collections of themes, with the security of knowing you can
revert to any other version.
Redesigned Administration
Interface
The MIVA Merchant administration interface you've grown to know and
love is now better than ever. We've redesigned it with a whole new color
scheme, simpler navigation controls, updated wizards, and new functionality.

Admin Interface
Attributes with Weight
Some product attribute options may weigh more than the base product.
In MIVA Merchant 5, you can account for those changes. With new weight
controls on attributes, all attribute prompts and options can have an
individual weight that is added to the base product weight. So now your
"buy in bulk" option can weigh 5 pounds more, ensuring proper
shipping calculation.

Weight Attributes
Import Customers and Categories
Flat-file import for products is a very helpful utility. MIVA Merchant
5 now adds to that functionality with both customer and category import
modules. Quickly build your list of customers, or organize your product
catalog.
Automatic Updates
Gone are the days of manual module updates and frequent software upgrades.
We've implemented a new software update server that streams module updates
and new product features directly into your MIVA Merchant 5 administration.
Multiple Database Formats
The power of SQL: now supported by MIVA Merchant 5. Multiple database
access schemes are now available. Choose from the new MIVA-SQL format
for standard installations, or connect your store with a MySQL (Native)
database.
Smart Commerce Libraries
New smart commerce library detection in MIVA Merchant 5 makes it easier
than ever to see which payment and shipping modules are supported by
your web host's server. If a certain commerce library is not available,
its respective module will not be displayed as available.
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