[Froogle]

you need to update your feed using FTP, not the upload button on the web page.

[Froogles Update to "Google Base"]

Google have now launched the updates to froogle, which changes how it works mainly at the back end, froogle now supports more attributes than it did before, there are still the standard "must have" fields which are:

* title

* description

* link

* image link

* id

* expiration date

* label

The new fields are (For products):

apparel_type, actor, artist, author, brand, colour, condition, currency, delivery_notes, delivery_radius, format, isbn, location, manufacturer, manufacturer_id, megapixels, memory, model_number, payment_accepted, payment_notes, pickup, price, price_type, processor_speed, product_type, quantity, size, upc, weight

Will the froogle button from within CubeCart include these extra fields in the future? If yes, how long until these extra fields are supported?

Many Thanks

Noodle

[Shipping Methods - Sugestion]

might have helped if i had posted this in the right places, DOH soz..

[Shipping Methods - Sugestion]

Hello,

I was pondering about postage options yesterday, and had an idea. With there being so many different methods of working out postage for a huge variety of items and locations, im sure you all agree it can get very confusing, and the developer is probably banging his head on the desk with the coffee pot overflowing

The thought i had, was about a utility, that would allow us (the end user) to create our own postal rules. I presume it wouldnt be too difficult to put together a utility that created IF and WHERE statements to be checked in postal options.

For example, if you had items that were over a certain weight, create a rule that says,

If item(s) weight is over VALUE then ADD £2 to postage.

IF if number of items in basket is equal to, or more than X then charge £1000 Or if its less than X charge 10p, etc

Its just a rough thought, probably tried to explain it completly wrong too, but worth a shot I think a utility like this would add a lot of flexability to CC and help create the systems exactly how some of us may want them

Any thoughts?

[3.1.0 Question]

Not so sure about this yet but i can promise you that servers will be available to handle the new version and unless your server is not updated then you shouldnt have any problems with the current one

I do not beleive that this matter (if any) has not been considered allready

If you are having to many restrictions and you are not satisfied with your current hosting solution then i would suggest you start looking

Im quite happy with my hosting, but I am aware that I am limited to 8mb of memory, which i cant get around even with a .htaccess file. Because of the way CC works at the moment, its not causing me any problems at all,however if in the new version the GD functions (or other image processor) are used more, it will use more memory, and thus cause a problem.

I will move host if i need to, However it would be good to get a heads up if i need to start looking now

:)

[Printing Address Labels]

Hi

What I have done is purchased some A4 sheets of paper with 2 lables at the bottom (see image). Then modified the Print invoice to print the delivery address and return to address at the bottom. Then I just remove the lables and stick them on the box. Hope this helps!!

That looks like a very good way to do it, where did you get your stationary?

[3.1.0 Question]

I was just looking at the screenshots for 3.1.0, and it appears that there is a complete overhaul to the way that images are handled within CC.

I presume this is now using more of the features offered within GD, and other such image packages commonly found on web-servers. Can somebody confirm this?

This could possibly cause me a problem in the future with my web-host, as they are restrictive about the amount of memory available, which has stopped me offering things such as gallerys before as image functions chew a lot of memory.

Are the thumbnails going to be produced on the fly, IE, using more server resources, or as I believe they are currenly done, produced at the time of upload, and then linked to?

If I need to move hosts to upgrade to 3.1.0 when it is available, i would like to start planning sooner, rather than later

Thanks,

[Printing Address Labels]

as my store is growing, I am finding that my old method of actualy writing out address labels by hand, is becoming very tedious and boring, and also very time consuming.

I want to start batch printing address labels for orders. Is there a simple method to do this? How do other people sort out their labels at the moment?

Im just looking for the solution, any help/sugestions greatly accepted:)

[extra pages]

I know you can add extra pages into CC, and edit the content of these pages, however I want to create a link that directs to a URL of my choice, not to show the content of a page.

Is this possible?

[Are they worth it?]

Just reading up about this modules, and what they can possibly do for your store etc, but i have a question for those people who use them

Do they really work?

did you notice a benafit, or just a dip in your profits?

Cheers.

[UK Only - How to setup]

Thanks for the information, I will delete the other locations for now, that will solve a lot of problems for me

Thanks for the info, lots there to consider

Noodle.

- One way is to restrict the currencies - By default, Euros, US$ and GB£ are selected. In the Admin control panel, under currencies, you can deselect the ones you don't want.

This may deter people from ordering, although, may not prevent them. A disclaimer in the shipping section may be a good idea telling customer that you ship to the UK only. You could do that in the Terms & Conditions to cover yourself, or even add a site document called shipping information to specifically tell people.

- The other way to restrict orders to the UK is in the Admin control panel, to delete all the countries that are not where you want to ship to. That way, your customers won't have the option of selecting a country you don't want to service. You customer from Ireland won't be able to enter their address correctly because Ireland wouldn't be listed. Then if they tried to cheat the system by entering in their address and putting Ireland as the town for instance, you would be able to respond with a polite message telling them you don't ship to their address, and refer them to the shipping information. That way you won't have complaining customers.

Finally, if you didn't ship to Northern Ireland, but to mainland Britain, you could go into the country settings and change UK to Mainland Britain. Problem solved!

If you want to ship away from the UK but don't want to get stuck with increased shipping charges, you could add in additional shipping options with the extra charges. That way you're not losing out on the business and still making your normal profits.

[UK Only - How to setup]

I need to make sure all of my customers, are only from the UK.

I currently sort out my shipping by using "Free Shipping".

I recently had an order from ireland, which cost me £13 to send, instead of the usual £2.50 so I REALLY need to make sure all my customres are uk mainland only.

how can i do this?

Thanks.

[Shipping totals when viewing basket]

currently when a customer is viewing their basket, it says "N/A" in the shipping section.

It doesnt calculate their postage until they are at the next stage, which i believe is causing me to lose customers.

Is itpossible to show the shipping rates when viewing the basket?

Thanks,

[Sort order of Categorys]

spot on

Was doing a search for the code to modify myself, but for some reason my search wasnt working... DOH!

thanks for the info, all sorted now

[Ebay / Paypal IPN?]

Hi,

Is it possible to pass the same information via IPN from paypal, for ebay auctions?

I currentl sell my items on ebay, as well as my store, and it would be a GREAT help if each time i sold an item via ebay, it would adjust my stock levels acordingly..

anybody know of a method to do this etc?

thanks

[Sort order of Categorys]

Surley to make the category order sort via name isnt too hard?

I presume its just adding a an ORDER BY to the query...

anybody know where i can add this?

Or if there is a better way to change the sort order of the categorys?

Thanks.

[Shipping Costs Via Percentage]

Hi,

Is it currently possible to set variable percentages for postage costs depending on the total cost of the order?

For example, at the moment my post system works out values as follows:

Orders UP TO and including 6.98 = 29% of cost P&P

Orders UP TO and including 20 = 24% of cost P&P

Orders UP TO and including 57.98 = 18% of cost P&P

etc.

Is it possible to do a similar thing? or is it a flat rate percentage for all items?

Thanks :)