Kickstarter Guide for ASA2 Switchers

For those who have been using ASA 1 for quite some time, this page gives an overview about how the features known from ASA 1 work in ASA2.

Migration Wizard

When you switch from ASA 1, it is very recommended to use the Migration Wizard to migrate your ASA 1 tempaltes and collections to ASA2.

INFO

ASA2 is backwards compatible and can handle all ASA 1 contents even the widgets and PHP functions.

Shortcodes

ASA 1	ASA2
[asa]ASIN[/asa]	[asa2]ASIN[/asa2]
[asa_collection]collection_name[asa_collection]	[asa2_collection]collection_name[asa2_collection]
	[asa2_smart_collection /]
	[asa2_img /]
	[asa2_keywords /]
	[asa2_textlink]ASIN[/asa2_textlink]

Check out the manual page of each ASA2 shortcode, to learn more about it:

• Shortcodes Asa2
• Shortcodes Asa2 Collection
• Shortcodes Asa2 Smart Collection
• Shortcodes Asa2 Img
• Shortcodes Asa2 Keywords
• Shortcodes Asa2 Textlink

Templates

One of the main features of ASA 1 is its flexible template system. ASA2's template system is a lot more flexible and comes with all the missing functions of ASA 1, like conditions.

ASA 1	ASA2
Templates stored in filesystem	Templates stored in database (update-safe)
	Conditions ({% if OfferIsPrime %}...{% endif %})
	Loops ({% for imgSet in ImageSetsArray %}...{% endfor %})
	Filters ({{ PublicationDate|date("m/d/Y") }})
	Functions ({{ random('ABC') }})
	Include other templates ({% include "template_name" %})
	Translations ({{ translate("price") }})

Template Syntax

Read more about ASA2's template system and syntax:

• Templates (General introduction)
• Managed Templates
• Template Conditions
• Template Loops
• Template Filters
• Template Functions
• Templates Include
• Templates Translation

Placeholders

ASA 1	ASA2
Static placeholders	Static placeholders
Customer average rating including stars image	Customer average rating including stars image
	Dynamic placeholders (e.g. Placeholders Custom Fields)
	Support for variations (products with selection)
	Support for image sets (all available product images)

Read more about ASA2's placeholders:

• Placeholders Default
• Placeholders Reviews
• Placeholders Custom Fields
• Placeholders Variations
• Image sets
• Product Custom Fields

Collections

In ASA2, collections work like in ASA 1 but can be managed much more efficiently.

ASA 1	ASA2
Create unlimited collections	Create unlimited collections
	Copy collections
	Import / export collections
	Special templates with surrounding container
	Product picker (Amazon live search)

Read more about the collections in ASA2:

• Collections (General introduction)
• Collections Copy
• Collections Import
• Templates Surrounding Container
• Product Picker

New features

ASA2 has a lot of new features which have never been a part of ASA 1:

ASA 1	ASA2
	Products
	Shops (Shops)
	Using external CSV files
	Smart Collections (Shortcodes Asa2 Smart Collection)
	Keyword Search (Shortcodes Asa2 Keywords)
	Managed Templates
	I18N
	Templates Translation
	Product Picker
	Notifications
	Cronjobs
	Advanced Caching
	Advanced Php Functions