Prestashop has released the new upgrade to version 1.5.2 days after the upgrade to 1.5.1. The new version fixes a few bugs to it's previous 1.5x versions. We've upgraded our templates for this new version since there were a few minor changes. http://www.eshopalot.com/pretashop-templates-for-versions-15x
In the fourth quarter of 2011, eBay Marketplaces reported 100 million active users worldwide. According to eBay on its marketplace a woman's dress sells every 8 seconds and someone buys a cell phone every 5 seconds. EBay is still a very popular buying and selling platform and used by many different types of sellers -- SOHO ecommerce owners, part-time eBay enthusiasts and large businesses. Different sellers need different eBay tools. While eBay offers its own listing tools, you may find ...
First of all enable SEO URL’s in your stores admin. Go to the Admin >>System >>Settings. Edit your store, and finally click the “Server” tab and set the SEO URL’s radio to “Yes” and save your settings. Rename the .htaccess.txt file Next you must create an .htaccess file. If you do not create this file your pages will not display. OpenCart provides a file called .htaccess.txt. Rename this file to .htaccess and you will be good to go. If you don’t have this file in your root directory you will need to make your own .htaccess file. If you don't have this, contact info@eshopalot.com for help. Enter SEO Keywords for URL’s Finally, you need to enter SEO keywords for every page, information, product and category you want to have URL rewrite. You can find the field for the SEO Keywords under the Data tab ...
n some ways, it seems search engines have a grudge against eCommerce sites. Often times, I don’t blame them. Many online stores offer little useful content, including dry manufacturer product descriptions, poor internal linking, and no unique, user generated content. Without a doubt eCommerce sites have unique challenges when it comes to SEO. Below I’ve gathered 25 tips that I’ve successfully used while optimizing eCommerce sites in the past. Avoid Manufacturer Product Descriptions: It’s tempting to just copy and paste from the manufacturer’s website, but resist the urge. At the very least, re-write the description in some way to make it unique. Create a SEO Keyword Field in Product Database: Just as every product record in your catalog has a name, price, and other attributes, you should also create a SEO keyword field that is displayed in the title tags, meta tags, and preferably the ...
Owning a business can be emotionally fulfilling and financially enriching. Tens of thousands of new ventures are started each year. Ecommerce businesses frequently require less capital and less time to start than brick-and-mortar retail or service operations. So why not get going? Certainly starting an online business is not without its trials and pitfalls. But for every reason someone could name not to start a new ecommerce-based business, there are plenty of good reasons to go ahead. What follows is a simple list of seven reasons to start an ecommerce business. 1. To Get More Independence Almost by definition, the self-employed have more independence and more control over their vocational destiny than folks that work as an employee. Certainly, someone might argue that employees can “turn off” their jobs, while entrepreneurs are “always on.” But conversely, a small business owner will have a ...
Home Page – Too much body copy When a visitor comes to your site, they don’t want to read a book. Get to the point! Put your products on the front page. Use your modules to put maybe featured products that your trying to push. These will be seen before anything else. The golden rule is this. Get to the point and do it quickly. As much as we may want to believe that our visitors are interested in our company and it’s origins they are not. Visitors are interested in quality products at competitive prices. So what we need to be doing is optimising our landing pages using graphical representations of our products and getting straight down to business. Poor Product Images This is such a big mistake and it is made by a lot of us. We spend time and energy on building ...
First download the latest version of opencart here: http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=download/download Now that you have done that, unzip the folder. In windows right click on the file and click on "extract all". Now that the folder is unzipped, you will need to upload the files to your web server via ftp. If you're not familiar with FTP uploading, read this article first by clicking here If you are familiar with ftp, then you're ready for the next stage. Open the unzipped Opencart folder. You'll see and upload folder. Double click on the "upload" folder. You need to take the entire contents of the upload folder and upload them to your web server. Upload them either to a dedicated folder that you have created on your web server or directly under /public_html or /wwwroot For following folders and files are writable. chmod 0755 or 0777 image/ chmod 0755 or 0777 image/cache/ chmod 0755 or 0777 ...
