What's new in PrestaShop 1.7.7 Admin Panel?

Along with the development of information technology, the Covid-19 epidemic is also a big reason for the growth of the e-commerce industry. Most people prefer to stay at home and shop online rather than going to the stores. This has fueled and also strained online retailers and e-commerce platforms worldwide.

PrestaShop - one of the most widely used platforms was improved in order to get through this challenging period. Several critical defects were fixed during the last few months, besides, PrestaShop 1.7.7 has been released with innovative new changes.

So, what's new on the PrestaShop 1.7.7 upgraded version? Besides the changes to the PrestaShop admin panel, there are also changes to the technical upgrades such as support emoji, PHP, add some new features in Order page, new hooks, or updated jQuery to the latest version, etc. Now let's take a closer look at these changes together!

Advance PrestaShop admin panel

Let’s start with PrestaShop 1.7.7 admin panel changes. You will see the admin panel after logging in. This Administration panel is quite similar and doesn't have many changes compared to the previous version.

1. Top bar

PrestaShop logo: Still at the old position and when you click on it, you will go to the dashboard.

Quick Access: If you select this tab, a dropdown menu will appear, with crucial links such as "Catalog assessment", "Installed modules", and so on.

Search field: enter any content that you want to find.

View My Shop button: click here to go to your store’s front office.

Bell icon: is next to "view my shop" to notify you when there are new comments, questions or orders, etc. from customers.

Personal menu is in the top right corner of the Dashboard page. You can click this icon to edit your general information or select an option on the list to go to PrestaShop marketplace, help center, etc.

2. Main menu

PrestaShop admin panel includes 3 main groups: SELL, IMPROVE, and CONFIGURE. Each group is divided based on its functions. Let's learn more detail about each group now!

3. SELL

Orders: All customers' order information will be listed here when they add a product to their shopping cart for store admin easy to follow and manage. Returns, credit slips, and customer assistance are all managed through this tab.

Catalog: This tab is used for adding, managing products, categories, suppliers, stocks, attributes and features, and so on.

Customers: all of your customer's information such as names, addresses, and order history will be managed on this tab. You even can organize your clients into groups to easily notify them or offer special discounts.

Customer service: this is where you set up and handle all of your interactions with your customers during the order process.

Stats: This tab contains a lot of stats and displays them in graphs to reflect your various PrestaShop activities.

4. IMPROVE

Modules: this tab is used to manage all PrestaShop modules that support your store. You can add functions to optimize your store by adding modules. PrestaShop has also provided a lot of default modules, but you can add other modules to apply to your store.

Design: everything from the theme, image setting, CMS pages are included here to assist you to customize the look of your website.

Shipping: this section offers information on delivery times, carriers, shipping rates, and expenses.

Payment: you can set and manage payment methods for your shop under the Payment Methods tab, and choose the payment currency for each nation in the Preferences tab.

International: this tab allows you to configure Localization, Locations, Translation details, and manage Taxes and tax rules as well.

5. CONFIGURE

Shop parameters: this is where you may set and manage fundamental features like the Main Shop Activity such as order settings, product settings, contact, traffic and SEO, etc.

Advanced parameters: all technical advanced features will be contained in this tab. You should set up those features from the beginning.

Notable update on PrestaShop 1.7.7

In addition to the changes in the PrestaShop admin panel, there are also the following notable changes on PrestaShop 1.7.7

1. Emojis are added

Emojis can be used in both the front and back offices in PrestaShop 1.7.7.0 because all database tables are encoded in utf8bm4 by default. Emojis are considered a part of most people's daily life, so this is an essential change to make PrestaShop more user-friendly.

2. Order Pages now have some new features.

Several new features have been added to the order pages to improve them. One of the key objectives was to replace the outmoded design with more modern alternatives in order to increase efficiency.

To begin, the PrestaShop team conducted a poll of users to determine the weak points. It was discovered that the order list and order detail pages are the most in need of upgrading. As a result, the order pages were revamped and converted to Symfony.

3. Back-office email translation & new languages

Without using third-party translation systems or services, a business can get email translation straight in the back office. you can go to Design -> Email theme to enable this function. It reduces the time it takes to communicate with overseas customers and avoids unnecessary misunderstandings.

4. Currencies

Many customers have difficulty with local currencies which lead to the abandonment of shopping carts. So, that's a point that needs to be prioritized for improvement. Now, not only new official currencies but also local or custom currencies can be added. PrestaShop may be set up to display a currency based on the language selected.

5. Upgrades in technology

Technical upgrades are one of the notable changes. PrestaShop 1.7.7 supports PHP 7.3, more new hooks, updated dependencies, and update jQuery to the latest version as well. You can learn more detail about the specifications of the new PrestaShop version here.

PrestaShop version 1.7.7 has a lot of new features which is useful to both store owners and customers. It is updated according to the changes in the e-commerce market, fixing old bugs and adding new, user-friendly functions. If you are still using the old version of PrestaShop, why don't you upgrade your store to version 1.7.7 to experience the new benefits that this version brings?

If you are still wondering and worried about upgrading errors, PrestaHero provides modules that can help you upgrade and migrate data from lower versions to the latest version quickly and safely. Make your upgrade process simpler and easier than ever.

Upgrading to PrestaShop 1.7.7 you also need to update your current addons and find modules compatible with the new PrestaShop version. PrestaHero offers users a variety of themes and modules compatible with the latest features and updates of PrestaShop 1.7.7. We hope that this article can help you understand more about PrestaShop 1.7.7 admin panel changes and also hope that we can bring our amazing modules to your store. Refresh and have a nice day!