We just got a few more details from Sherpa's about their new online ordering system, and from the looks of it, this will be a game-changer. All the new website functions are listed here, but the most useful look to be the PayPal/credit card payment options, dish-specific searches and the restaurant suggester.

Take a quick look at the new features below or wait for the website to open Feb. 8.

• Fully bilingual interface and messaging system
• Different states of restaurants (open, cancelled, coming soon, ..)
• Street and cross street search
• Garden search
• Multiple cross street wizard with map integration
• PayPal payment
• Credit card payment (needs signed contract with payment company)
• Checking 3 different payment provider and their technical integration into the site
• Group ordering
• Search functions per dishes, per restaurants
• All mouse-over information
• Pre-order functionality of the restaurant is closed
• Cross-browser compatibility for Firefox, Chrome, Safari and IE 7 and IE 8
• Chat system with multiple operators, feedback functionality, live writing status, dual language support, ratings, message archive, browser based
• Comments per order
• Comments per dish
• Topping system
• Widget integration allowing placing logos on other website that link directly to the Sherpa's menu page
• Website builder in English and Chinese that shows real time and automatically updated menus
• User account system with multiple addresses
• Separate section for beverages
• Restaurant suggestion functionality
• Automatic login for registered users
• Fixing of some data mistakes in the DMS and streamlining parts of the DMS database
• Order history for every user to see his past orders
• Real-time confirmation system so the customers sees that his order has been accepted and will be delivered
• Notification of the user about the acceptance per mail, sms (with chinese gateway) and on the screen (see point above)
• Different collapse functionalities to make the menu page easy to read and use
• Automatically updated Top10 items
• RSS newsfeed for usage with the Sherpa's blog
• Twitter account creation and link
• Server website optimization to speed up page load time

Update: It seems as if the online payment system is going to take a little longer than expected; it won't be up with the rest of the system on Feb. 8. Stay tuned...