New Changes in Version 2.2
1. confirm deletion for admin things with javascript
2. receipt printing when viewing orders
3. can choose if you want search results in thumbnail form or not 
4. merchant gets an email with order details for each new order
5. order display reworked some. 
6. can enter an email signature to be appended to the bottom of every email
7. shipping can be calculated by weight classes (items also have weights
   associated with them), by total cost of the order, per item or no shipping 
   costs
8. Added chinese language support from Liu Kang-min

New Changes in version 2.1
1. Attributes can have extra costs to them
2. you can add multiple "versions" of same item to shopping cart (with different attributes)
3. if an item has attributes, you can't automatically add to cart (must select attributes first)
4. can control number of attributes and number of attribute options from admin panel
5. only shows list of jump to letters in category list if over 30 items
6. TinyMCE can be used for certain textareas (product description, messages, etc)
7. group discounts - you can assign registered users to groups. when they purchase
   in the future, they can receive a percentage discount
8. MaxMind fraud prevention services module (http://www.maxmind.com)
9. if MaxMind is enabled, checkout will ask for Bank Issuer and Cust. Service Phone
     during checkout for further fraud prevention
10. Admin can choose to allow customers to use tax exempt IDs during checkout
11. First and last names are separate fields finally
12. Ability to use Authorize.NET to process orders ( http://www.authorize.net)
13. can force the checkout to be SSL (and even give a special URL for SSL checkout)  
14. can export data in Excel format using the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module
15. mail merging for emailing customers   

New Changes in version 2.0
1. added ccv2 code storing
2. allowed to change email flags for sendmail
3. added affiliates/sales commissions module
4. cosmetic changes with style sheets
5. update quantities and stock tracking - works better now
6. more security against cookie attacks
7. images can be externally linked from another webpage (and also removed)
8. update readme and Documentation files.
9. changed admin login page to show stats and inventory levels
10. you can remove the state list (for non-US)
11. You can restrict country list to only yours
12. cash on delivery option
13. various bug fixes for more stability
14. Installation is easier and checks for more problems

New Changes in version 1.9
1. Added a full documentation article about what closedShop does
2. Added PreCharge integration (http://www.precharge.com)
3. Removed dangerous suggestion to make cgi-bin mode 777

New Changes in version 1.8
1. made installation simpler
2. when you view an individual item and click on the image, 
   a new window pops up that will resize according to actual
   dimensions
3. Added update quantity ability
4. Comma-delimited data exporting for customers, orders and products
5. fixed inventory tracking so it works, as well as better cart 
   management
6. Added an all categories template, so you can totally customize
   the list of all categories
7. Added sales analysis reports in Total Sales by Date, By Item
   and By billing location

New Changes in version 1.7
1. just fixes of stupid bugs in Editing items.

New Changes in version 1.6
1. Made paying by PayPal less confusing
2. Added a field to allow access to admin page from one ip only, good for 
   those with static ip addresses
3. Added importing capabilities for products from a flat-file text file 
   (comma separated) and from Excel Spreadsheet (if Spreadsheet::ParseExcel 
   module installed)
4. Added support for different languages. All languages are stored in 
   separate files. A user can choose the language they want and the
   language data will be read in when a script loads 
   Languages so far: English, Tongan
   IF ANYONE wants to translate, just send me a language.** file with
   all the translated stuff. I know it's not perfect, but it's the 
   best idea i have. I also like the dynamic language changer
5. Added order tracking. If it's through FedEx,UPS, or USPS it will automagically
   put in the tracking URL to track order progress
6. Added logout for user screen
7. Added inventory tracking that can disable an item from being ordered
   if quantity falls too low
8. Added reduced shipping option, so that shipping for an item can be
   reduced to a lower price after the first item is ordered
9. Added SECURE paths for header,footer and image folder. On some servers
   apparently, they like to have things in different folders. 
10. Changed over to style sheets for fonts and table colors and bordering
11. Added Template support for Item pages and Category pages, making these
    pages totally customizable if you want to do it. More instructions
    to be found in the TEMPLATE_INSTRUCTIONS file
12. Added a COMMON_ERRORS file to help the common errors
13. Added eBay integration for items. Post your items to eBay 
    automatically when you go to Add or Edit Product. Just put in 
    your username and password in the variables and the program
    will do the rest.

New Changes in version 1.5
1. Save ip address for each order
2. Added PayPal support for orders (no PayPal IPN though. Too painful and too many instructions 
   for software users to do themselves). It will even figure out what currency to use
   with paypal based on your currency marker or country of origin
3. Move category data into mySQL database
4. Got rid of pesky category dependency on name
5. added a final message customization for after order completed
6. Added sub-categories support. 
7. Added mySQL data backup
8. Added fax field, and made address a textarea

New Changes in version 1.4
1. All input is validated through the modules validation mechanism, and updated for perl 5.8
2. Altered order history download log, so that it now outputs the items bought by the person
3. You can now have the option of not showing any shipping prices to customer
4. Added important links back to admin page
5. searching will break up words and do an OR search for description and an AND search for name
6. added show tax or not
7. let's you select the currency marker
8. more tax options, (now for state, country and international)
9. Added Gift Certificate management!!! (man that was a lot of work)
10. Allow to delete old processed orders
11. Made it more international, allow for countries, added canadian provinces
12. There is an Upgrade.pl script to update your system to work with closedShop 1.4
13. Added allowing for checks
14. Added a table width field to be changed

New Changes in version 1.3

1. Minimum order amount added (under prog. vars.)
2. Categories can be public or private
3. Can delete pending orders
4. Won't let fake cc's go thru anymore
5. Saves address info for returning customers
6. Added ContinueShopping and Final order links (under prog. vars.)

New Changes in version 1.2

1. Categories have data that can be stored about them
    including an intro text, and categories can 
	also be displayed as thumbnails if need be
2. Download an order history log
3. Various bug fixes
4. More robust error checking

For a more fuller list look at the todo.txt and 
you will see more things that have been completed

New Changes in version 1.1
1. bug fixes, etc etc