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Support / Re: How do I get a refund on an extension?
« on: April 08, 2015, 01:07:57 PM »
Well I fixed it myself.  So I guess it is fine.  But their code is wrong. 

Probably not compatible with the new upgrade? Just a guess, but I'm finding a lot of extensions are not working with the new 1.2.1 and the 3rd parties making them are NOT upgrading them too quickly.

I've found Algozone's customer support to be lacking as well and I know they are friends with Pavel and the gang here. Perhaps that is why AbanteCart started their own marketplace.

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SEO / Getting Ready for Googles New Algorithm
« on: April 08, 2015, 11:26:12 AM »
The following are excerpts from a newsletter from A2 Hosting.

As an experienced SEO guy, this is some important information and needs your attention.




Get Your Site Ready For These Google Updates
Google is constantly tinkering with their algorithm. They update it over 500 times per year on average.

Many of their updates are pretty minor. However over the course of the past few weeks, Google has two very important algorithm updates that you'll want to make sure you're prepared for.
 
Death Of Doorway Pages
Google has recently announced that they are cracking down on the ranking of doorway pages.

What is a doorway page?

Google defines them as:

"Doorways are sites or pages created to rank highly for specific search queries. They are bad for users because they can lead to multiple similar pages in user search results, where each result ends up taking the user to essentially the same destination. They can also lead users to intermediate pages that are not as useful as the final destination."
 

Google's New Mobile Ranking Criteria

This week Google announced new mobile based criteria which will affect your search result ranking for users searching from a mobile device. This makes sense, Google wants to return higher quality mobile pages to users on mobile devices. But it means if pages on your site aren't responsive or the responsive design doesn't meet Google's criteria, you may see those pages drop in the results.
 
 Fortunately, Google has provided a tool which you can use to check your site. It will let you know what you need to improve on your site in order to avoid being penalized when these new criteria go live April 21st.


Is It Time To Stop Link Building?


We've been warned about the potential dangers of link building schemes for years. Most site owners are well aware of the threat of having their website blacklisted by Google and avoid such schemes. Natural, white hat link building is still OK, isn't it? According to a recent Google+Hangout, it sure sounds like Google is telling us that link building should be avoided.

Google Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller was asked, “Is link building, in any way, good?” His answer was quite interesting...

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Support / Re: Product Catergory / Subcatergory display help
« on: April 06, 2015, 06:33:30 PM »
You'll need to change the .tpl file that corresponds to what you want change, remember, updates will undo your changes!

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Good information, thanks for the update!

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SEO / Google May Not Longer Announce Algorithum Updates.
« on: April 06, 2015, 08:35:36 AM »
Has anyone else noticed that we’ve been seeing fewer algorithm update announcements from Google in recent years? That Google’s PR campaigns about changing search results has been quieting down?
If you have, rest assured: you’re not crazy.Two Reasons For Fewer Google Algo Update Announcements I don’t think that Google will ever kick back, put up their collective feet, and stop updating. So why the drop?
 1. Mind Control: Google Wants To Change SEO Behavior First, Google doesn’t make those big announcements just to ensure sure that all their friends in the SEO community are on the same happy page. They announce algorithm updates because they want to change SEO behavior.
They want black hat SEO's to just go away.

In that regard, fewer updates means Google sees less of a need to change our behavior. Have they beaten the SEO world into submission? Whipped us into shape? Or just stopped caring if we’re on board?2. Conditioning: Google Wants To Switch To Constant, Imperceptible UpdatesGoogle search results are always gettings smarter. The changes in results are becoming deliberately more subtle and more intuitive, such that most users hardly notice them at all. If Google’s algorithms are in the early stages of learning, they can easily make small, undercover changes on the fly.
The number of unnamed and unconfirmed updates bears this out. Just last month, SERP-trackers and webmasters noticed some major shifts in search results, but Google has yet to officially confirm the update. Are those relatively minor updates unannounced because they’re not worth the PR effort, or because Google didn’t intend for us to notice?

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General Support / Re: database error when insert a cateogry
« on: April 06, 2015, 07:41:29 AM »
The issues is with your mySQLi on your server. Only the hosting company can solve that for you. It's not an AbanteCart issue.

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General Support / Re: Admin Panel Quick Stats
« on: April 06, 2015, 07:40:07 AM »
Hey Basara,

Thanks for the quick reply, seems to be a tiny bug, but a bug none the less!

I made sure the order status was complete and that the cache was cleared, but it's still showing "New Orders Today"  in the quick stats.

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General Support / Re: Revolution Slider plugin
« on: April 05, 2015, 09:31:10 PM »
Not to my knowledge, we have two banner sliders, but not that one.

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General Support / Admin Panel Quick Stats
« on: April 05, 2015, 10:08:26 AM »
Haven't seen this before, but then I'm new to the 1.2.1 admin panel.

I did a test order a couple of days ago to make sure I had things set up correctly. That was Thursday.

However, in the quick-stats in the admin panel it's still showing as new orders today. (Sunday)

Screen shot


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Templates / Re: Need your suggestion before create e-Shop
« on: April 04, 2015, 08:27:43 AM »
I see and I don't think there is much video help. There is a lot of written How-to here http://docs.abantecart.com/pages/install/installation_options.html and here http://docs.abantecart.com

Both of these sources are invaluable and loaded with information.

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General Discussion / AbanteCart Rocks
« on: April 03, 2015, 09:05:38 AM »
I am a long time user of AbanteCart, but had to take a break of more than a year from eCommerce due to family personal issues.

I'm back now and I have just installed 1.2.1 for the first time and WOW what a difference.

Of course, being well versed in using AbanteCart helped me speed up the process considerably, but it was refreshing to see the many changes!

1. I love the new Admin Panel. It's a great improvement on the older version and I want to thank the core guys that worked so hard on it. An amazing job indeed!

2. My new install was set up with minimal customization on my part, using flat rate shipping and Stripe as the payment option. I love stripe so much better than PayPal (I hate PayPal) and anyone with a bank account in many countries can set it up for free and their rates are very low and funds are deposited directly into your bank account. Best part is that they don't keep the funds, they are transferred directly to your bank account, unlike PayPal that has a habit of seizing accounts for little or no reason!

3. After adding one product in one category I made a purchase.
   A. I first tested Stripe in test mode and it acted exactly as it was suppose to! Declined the charge and told me the system was in test mode.
   B. Live mode went just as smoothly, with a seamless transaction via Strips. So much better than that bothersome pop-up window open cart uses with their extension. I'm told that Pavel (AbanteCart user name) wrote that extension. Amazing job my friend ... simply awesome

4. Emails received by the admin and the purchaser were extremely well done. So much better looking than the previous versions. Nice HTML formatting ... very professional

I would put AbateCart up against any other cart out there, even the paid systems for it's professionalism and ease of use.

Hats and Horns to AbanteCart, Basara, eCommerce Core and Abolabo for all their hard work. It's really beginning to pay off and soon AbnateCart will be the one others try to emulate.

Now my work is cut out for me as I begin to add all the products to the store.

Want a peek at it? It's a work in progress as there are hundreds of product to add.

There was a landing page link here, but I've since decided to have traffic go directly to the store at https://naturalhandcraftedsoaps.com/secure

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Templates / Re: Need your suggestion before create e-Shop
« on: April 03, 2015, 07:28:16 AM »
Well, I can't recommend any of the others, as I'm 100% sold on AbanteCart. As you stated, some of those are paid services and the free ones don't compare at all to AbanteCart.

As for video, are you looking to put video in your store or are you selling videos?

As I stated, AbanteCart is your best choice, there really isn't another free open source cart out there that compares.

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Templates / Re: Need your suggestion before create e-Shop
« on: April 02, 2015, 10:06:56 PM »
Any idea about:

webacappella . com // E-commerce
x-cart . com
cs-cart . com

I'm not sure I understand your question. What do you want to know about those services?

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Templates / Re: Need your suggestion before create e-Shop
« on: April 02, 2015, 10:05:42 PM »
You can't post external links until you reach 10 posts. It's for spam prevention.

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General Support / Re: Shipping modules
« on: April 02, 2015, 06:45:01 PM »
You should to create two locations in admin menu->system->locations with their zones for your own 'local' and "non-local" areas.
Then go into  extension additional settings and set (or disable) rates for your new "locations"


You're going to have to get into the localization under system>settings>localiztion and set that all up for local and non-local zones, then set your products to include those zones, which will enable the different shipping methods.

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