I don’t know how many other people are using Actinic to create websites but I do find the whole process kinda odd. I can create a site for a client and upload it to the server. I then need to export the Actinic file to the client so that they can download orders, and I [...]

If you’re selling online and not heavily involved enough in it to get a merchant account with all it’s cost and risk, you’re probably using the big gun Paypal or perhaps Nochex to process payments.
It seems now that Google want a foothold in this market too and Google Checkout has launched in the UK.
It would [...]

If you are using the content management system Joomla, you might also be using the Virtuemart ecommerce plugin. I was looking for a way to integrate Google Analytics into Virtuemart so that I could specify a goal and track the number of converted sales.
For the most part you don’t need to worry about doing anything [...]

I’m just starting my first attempt at an ecommerce solution using Joomla and Virtuemart for a client of Netpromote. The job was all priced up and approved so I went to download Virtuemart and found no site at their URL. Day 2 – still no site. I get that sinking feeling that I’m going to [...]

I order a lot of stuff online and the experience ranges from the ultra-frustrating (Jenners wedding list shop in Edinburgh) to what I experienced recently which was a sublime online ordering experience. I speak here of www.toolstation.com.
I needed some stuff to work on my kitchen at the weekend and decided to order from toolstation rather [...]