# Weekly News Digest - 27 Sept 2019

**URL:** <https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/weekly-news-digest-27-sept-2019/34>\
**Category:** news digest\
**Tags:** digest\
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/weekly-news-digest-27-sept-2019/34 "2019-10-08T08:01:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/weekly-news-digest-27-sept-2019/34/1 "2019-10-08T08:01:19Z")

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## Case-studies

We have a new case study live for De Klok Dranken, Dutch beverage distributor at

> **[De Klok Dranken e-commerce case study (Beverage distributor) | Virto Commerce](https://virtocommerce.com/case-studies/deklok)**
>
> De Klok Dranken: towards increased customer loyalty; Beverage distributor De Klok Dranken quenches e-commerce thirst with new commerce platform and expandable technical options.

## Release Notes

### (PREVIEW) vc-procurement-portal-theme

Procurement Portal Theme is a Demo version of a Product that will demonstrate to potential Customers the capabilities of using Virto Commerce for creating dedicated stores for their clients that are supposed to be used as mono-supplier eProcurement Systems.

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-procurement-portal-theme](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-procurement-portal-theme)**
>
> The procurement portal theme. Contribute to VirtoCommerce/vc-procurement-portal-theme development by creating an account on GitHub.

### vc-platform v2.13.50

- Fixed problem when platform fails to start if unknown SMS gateway is selected. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-platform#1610](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-platform/issues/1610))
- Supported VS 2019 in Compress-Module script. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-platform#1619](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-platform/pull/1619))
- Made `XmlExpressionSerializer.DeserializeExpression` thread safe. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-platform#1623](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-platform/issues/1623))
- Checking environment variables and appSettings before getting setting value from database. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-platform#1631](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-platform/pull/1631))
- Minor bug fixes. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-platform#1617](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-platform/pull/1617))

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-platform](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-platform)**
>
> VirtoCommerce Platform repository. Contribute to VirtoCommerce/vc-platform development by creating an account on GitHub.

### vc-module-catalog-csv-import v1.1.5

- Added setting for exported file name template.

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog-csv-import](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog-csv-import)**
>
> Module for catalog csv import. Contribute to VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog-csv-import development by creating an account on GitHub.

### vc-module-catalog v2.23.23

- Generic export: optimized selecting data experience for catalog exported types. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog#270](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog/pull/270))
- Bug fixes. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog#257](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog/pull/257), [VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog#267](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog/pull/267))

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog)**
>
> Product information management module. Contribute to VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog development by creating an account on GitHub.

### vc-module-export v2.2.2

- Added `ExportDataQuery.IsPreview` flag to request preview data from data source (could be used to return lightweight version). ([VirtoCommerce/vc-module-export#24](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-export/pull/24))
- Bug fixes. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-module-export#22](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-export/pull/22))

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-module-export](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-export)**
>
> Generic export functionality. Contribute to VirtoCommerce/vc-module-export development by creating an account on GitHub.

### vc-theme-default v2.0.2

- Several bug fixes: [VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default#99](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default/pull/99), [VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default#97](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default/pull/97), [VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default#94](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default/pull/94).

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default/releases)**
>
> Default theme for VirtoCommerce Storefront. Contribute to VirtoCommerce/vc-theme-default development by creating an account on GitHub.

### vc-module-catalog-personalization v1.1.3

- Fixed ‘UpTree’ propagation policy bug when variations and hidden products were not counted. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog-personalization#23](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog-personalization/issues/23))

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog-personalization](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog-personalization)**
>
> Personalization feature for the products and categories - VirtoCommerce/vc-module-catalog-personalization

### vc-module-customer v2.14.22

- Paged search ordering revision. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-module-customer#55](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-customer/issues/55))
- Added functional documentation. ([VirtoCommerce/vc-module-customer#59](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-customer/pull/59))

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-module-customer](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-module-customer)**
>
> Contacts management module. Contribute to VirtoCommerce/vc-module-customer development by creating an account on GitHub.

## R&D

### Virto Commerce Order Bot Kit

Virto Commerce Order Bot Kit presents is Bot Client Application for Virto Commerce Platform. In scenario, a chatbot is used for B2B e-commerce chain that allows customers to browse the catalog, add product to cart and create an order from popular channels and devices.

> **[VirtoCommerce/vc-bot](https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-bot)**
>
> Virto Commerce Bot. Contribute to VirtoCommerce/vc-bot development by creating an account on GitHub.
