Just tried to do some research online this morning…and none of the search result came back legit from Google. All the search results when you clicked into it showed
“Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!”
Something is terribly wrong at google. Did some researching online by visiting Techcrunch.com, and it appears to be a wide-spread issue…globally with people from Thailand reporting same problem. Yikes.
UPDATE: Google appears to have fixed this when i just checked now (8:00AM). Maybe google is in the process of launching some new services…something security-related i am speculating…
blog posting, news
google, malware, search result
Building on the success we have been having with our 52my.info sister site, we are launching a Chinse blog catering to the Chinese demographic in USA. It would start off with contents relevant to Southern Caifornia (home town of Casual Commerce), but it would eventually grow into Chinese populated areas like Northern California, New York, and Vancouver Canada.
The blog uses a template theme (Oriental) from Wordpress, designed by Dodo at pure-essence.net. It’s a perfect theme that suits OUR blog theme. The site runs on Wordpress ver 2.7, which has a new admin interface that takes some getting use to, personally I like the old admin page better, but who am I to complain? One of these days, i will write a plugin to contribute to WP.
blog posting, wordpress
52my.info, chinese blog, wordpress
With all the craze around Apple’s IPhone…I figure I should look into developing some application for the IPhone and see if I can build up another practice developing IPhone apps for businesses. One thing about Apple is that it’s very controlling, in some cases more controlling than Microsoft, as in order for me to write IPhone applications, I would need to get my hands on a Mac and get myself comfortable with using a Mac. IPhone SDK only runs on Mac of course. New SDK SDK for iPhone OS 2.2.1 just came out.
I am currently supporting 3 artists running Macs at work, and I must say it takes some getting use since I have been a Windows PC guy all this time, but i figure it’s time for a change and explore the wonderful world of IPhone, and its ever-growing IPhone user population (AT&T added 1.9 million iPhone subscribers in last quarter)
I am currently looking at the white 13-inch MacBook with the following spec:
* 2.0GHz
* Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB DDR2 Memory
* 120GB hard drive1
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
* Standard keyboard
* White polycarbonate shell
* Ships: 2-4 business days
* Free Shipping
* $999.00
I figure if i can really get use to this Macbook, I will then upgrade to a beefier system. Ok this item will be on my buy list for February.
Saw a couple cool iphone applications recently…I wanna write, or recruit someone, to help me writing something like these…
http://www.iownapp.com/
http://www.rotzy.com/
Let me know if you are an IPhone developer who can write something live the above.
blog posting
Apple Macbook, IPhone
As more clients begin to request for quotes on web projects, I need to start building up a stronger development team to support clients requests. If you live in Southern California and have experience developing with PHP (LAMP), please contact me with and how me what you have done as of late. It’s a strong plus if you have written plugins and/or themes for Wordpress, and it’s also a plus if you have extensively worked with Magento
I want to talk to you!
If you have experience writing application for IPhone and/or experience working with authentication mechanisms such as Facebook Connection, OpenID, please drop me a line too!
Send me an email at jerry at casualcommerce dot com
blog posting, magento, services, wordpress
jobs, php developers
When setting up a new Magento-based e-commerce store, one common thing that users overlook is to modify the order confirmation emails that the system sends to the customers…and many store owners don’t know to modify this until their first order is sent out to an actual customer…and guess what? that order confirmation email is gonna have the “Magento Demo Store” wording all over the place. Couple things to look out for:
1. Update the Magento logo with your own, but replacing the logo file/name in skin/frontend/default/your template/images. File name: logo_email.gif (for all outbound emails), logo_print.gif (for logo on the pdf invoice)
2. update all the html files in: app\locale\en_US\template\email and app\locale\en_US\template\email\sales
e-commerce, magento, technical notes
confirmation emails, magento
I have spent the last 5 hours trying to help some guy retrieve email that they thought they had accidentally deleted in Outlook. After some research, I find that this is possible…when users delete email in Outlook, you can retrieve it as long as you don’t compact the PST file. By the way, this only works if you have set up POP3 as the method of retrieving email.
The way POP3 works is that it stores email in a PST file, and when you delete emails (even after you have emptied the Deleted Items folder, the email aren’t really deleted, they are simply flagged as deleted and that they are not shown by Outlook.
Below is the method of retrieving your email
- Turn Outlook off
- Locate your PST file
- Run corrupt.exe YourOutlookfile.pst (you can download corrupt.exe here)
- Start “c:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033\SCANPST.EXE” or whichever version you have.
Please note that if you are using Outlook XP, you will have to use the scanpst.exe from Outlook XP, scanpst.exe from Outlook 2003, will not be able to recover a pst created from Outlook XP.
Below are sources with more info on this topic:
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5054599.html
http://www.gettingclever.com/2008/06/corrupting-your-outlook-pst-file.html
blog posting, technical notes
Deleted Email, Outlook, PST
Just signed up for my Linux plan with Simple Helix as i’ve heard all the great things in the Magento Forum about them. The performance is indeed excellent, my new Magento site http://www.tickon.com is very very speedy, even the backend admin pages have been quite snappy. So definitely no complaints on the performance. PLUS it’s only a shared standard hosting $20/mo.
One big grip that i have tho…they haven’t been able to give me a dedicated IP address, and couldn’t give me an ETA on when i can get one! So i am stuck with an awesome site that can’t take any orders b/c I can’t install SSL without a dedicated IP.
twiddling my thumbs just waiting now….i will give them 2 more days to resolve this, otherwise i am demanding a refund, as much as i don’t want to.
I was even thinking about signing up for the Reseller Program, but from the way they have handled my dedicated IP situation, i will hold off for now.
blog posting, e-commerce, magento
dedicated IP, simple helix, SSL, web hosting
Just signed up for a Linux hosting plan with SimpleHelix.com, I must say, the performance is EXCELLENT!! The site actually runs faster on the hosting company than my local install (WinXP + WAMP)
Just want to document an issue that I ran into when I moved my site…a lot of the images were broken…it was bizarre as when I checked..all the images were intact and they were all ftp’ed to the web host properly. To my surprise, it was an issue with the image path being CASE SENSITIVE, it was a non-issue on my local install as Windows disregards case-sensitivity in image paths, but Linux is different.
So what ended up happening is that I have to browse through my entire product catalog, looking for missing images and trace back to which product and then lookfind the image path and file name were having issues, and then reference back to root/media/catalog/product/ to see whether the sub-folders are upper case or lower case and then modify the associated path accordingly in the mysql database table (catalog_product_entity_media_gallery). The file structure for the image files is quite interesting, as it takes the first two characters of the image file name and creates a folder usig the first alphabet, and then create a sub-folder within using the 2nd alphabet; I find that odd but interesting.
Once the path name is updated in mysql, you would have to go back into Magento admin and reselect the base image, thumbnail, and small image, as those settings gets reset once you manually update the row entry in mysql table.
blog posting, e-commerce, magento, technical notes
case sensitive, image disappearing, magento
Saw this posting on mashable.com - 20 Great Free Wordpress 2.7 Themes, it’s just what I need as I start my practice building corporate sites for clients. These will serve as great foundation for my new designs for the clients.
I have picked 2 themes that I think are great for redesign and repurpose for clients of all business types.
blog posting, recommendations, services, templates, wordpress
templates, wordpress
As we ramp up our Magento and Wordpress practices, we are actively looking for clients to help us build our case studies portfolio. whether you are a start-up business or a business looking to get an online presence, in which we are offering to build your web site AT COST. What exactly is at cost? well, we will only bill you for an initial setup fee of $300-$500 (depending whether you need logo designed) and then simply charge you a monthly fee thereafter.
If you currently already have a web site, we can help too, we will help you redesign your site and integrate a content management system to ease site administration and content update.
Help us help you! Contact us today, and tell us about you and your business!
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case studies
