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The mystery of the disappearing images in Virtuemart
Written by Marco Conti Thursday, 29 July 2010 15:41
Virtuemart - Multiple
images on a product
description page
images on a product
description page
Are your Virtuemart extra product images gone from your store? Maybe I have the solution here, but be prepared for a surprise because it's weird.
I am helping one of my ex-students and now partners in my web design activity, with building a Virtuemart store. She called me the other day asking me to help her with a puzzling problem:
Some of her product images in Virtuemart were no longer showing. They did at some point but when she checked again recently they were all gone.
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How to write compelling product description copy for your e-store
Written by Marco Conti Tuesday, 09 March 2010 13:47
If you are like me, writing your own copy is at the same level as getting a root canal. In fact, worse. At least at the dentist I get to sit down, put on my IPod and zone out for a while.
Writing copy is a chore; it's painful, frustrating and time consuming. But it needs to be done and done well. Your business success and its very future is at stake.
If the copy in question is a product description, the task is even more important. Now you are competing against the big boys, Your little product has to sell in an overcrowded, jaded and distracted market that really may or may not need it. You have to grab your audience with few words and give them a good reason to buy your product.
Set up Free shipping and Meta Tags in Virtuemart - Video Screencast
Written by Marco Conti Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:55
This is a quick tutorial I made for a client on how to set up the free shipping option in Virtuemart. It also covers coupons and meta tags. It's not as polished as my 10 minutes Joomla! Tips series but I would like to share it in case anyone is interested in the topic.
I have a lot more videos I created for my clients and if this is well received I'll make sure to post the others as well regularly. Click on read more to view the video in a larger size.
Joomla e-commerce: a client guide to saving money
Written by Marco Conti Friday, 05 June 2009 00:00
Joomla is a great option for an online e-commerce store.
Joomla is a CMS (Content Management System) meaning that its job is to allow a website owner to manage their website content without having to know HTML or any type of coding (although some basic html/css and graphic skills don't hurt).
Zen Cart and the art of Image Handling
Written by Marco Conti Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:25
Welcome to my first Zen Cart article. In this post I'll try to explain how to manage images in Zen cart and a few tricks I have learned along the way.
By default, Zen Cart displays images in 3 sizes: small thumbnails for the product listing pages, medium for the Product Info page and large, used when the user clicks on the "View Image" link in the product description.
When the user uploads a picture to Zen Cart in the administration interface Zen Cart processes that image when a given page is displayed (Scaling it to the appropriate size for the different views).
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