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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.

Page Editing

Page Items

New Page

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.

Customer Import

Category Import

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.

Commerce Library

What is Store Morph Technology?
Store Morph Technology (SMT™) is a completely new store design system created exclusively for MIVA Merchant 5. It provides complete control over the look and feel of your online store.
With SMT, you control the layout and content of each store page. Move buttons, change labels, drop in custom components, and more. Every page of your MIVA Merchant 5 online store can be customized to suit your business needs.

What can I do with Store Morph Technology?
Use SMT to control what each page displays, and how it is formatted.
For example, put a search box on your navigation bar. Then customize how that search box looks, what the search button says, and where the search results are displayed.
You can completely change the layout of any of your online store pages. Move the category tree to the right side of the page--or just remove it altogether.
The power is in your hands with Store Morph Technology, making your MIVA Merchant 5 online store truly customized for your business.

How do I use Store Morph Technology?
There is nothing additional to install or purchase. SMT is integrated throughout the MIVA Merchant 5 administration interface. When you begin designing your store, SMT controls will be easily accessible.
Detailed instructions are available at the click of a button, providing helpful insight and guidelines into harnessing the power of Store Morph Technology.