Posts Tagged ‘prostores’
ProStores Quick Tip: Linking to a Product Search
Written by Matt on February 24, 2010 – 12:44 pmEver wish that you could direct your customer to search results for ‘blue funky widgets’ in your store?
You can! http://www.fs4sports.com/servlet/Categories?$catalog.keyword=cleats
Example:http://www.fs4sports.com/servlet/Categories?$catalog.keyword=cleats
Just change the address and the keyword and to your store and your keyword or phrase and you can!
Tags: prostores, prostores tips
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ProStores Quick Tip – Using discontinued products to build ranking for new ones
Written by Matt on February 18, 2010 – 10:47 amQuick tip:
When you have a product that has been discontinued and there is a new model coming out, you can replace that old product’s information with the new model’s information. Note: this works best if the product is a new/update version of the old one.
Example: http://www.fs4sports.com/servlet/the-772/Easton-SV12-Baseball-Bat/Detail. Note: ProStores uses the first 4 words of your product title as part of the url.
This was last year’s model and was out of stock, but ForSports got the 2010 model of the bat and I replaced the old product image, updated the product title (keeping the same first 4 words to keep the url the same), attributes, pricing, etc.
The reason this works is that this page already has been online for over a year and has better rank than a brand new page. So now you have your updated product, a well aged url, and a much better chance of ranking well and getting customers.
Tags: prostores, Tips
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ProStores Google Analytics Ansynchronous Tracking Plug-in – FREE
Written by Matt on February 12, 2010 – 12:00 amI am happy to offer our new ProStores Google Analytics Ansynchronous Tracking Plug-in for free here on our blog.
From Google, “asynchronous tracking optimizes how browsers load ga.js so its impact on user experience is minimized. It also allows you to put your Analytics snippet higher in the page without delaying subsequent content from rendering.”
Its also much more flexible and advanced, as well as more accurate, you can push multiple commands at once and you can even split the snippet up depending on your configuration.
1. Remove your old Google Analytics code from the footer if you have it. If you have Google E-commerce tracking in your Order Confirm page leave it, neither code will bother the other one.
2. Open your Header Template, saving a baseline as always, and paste in the code below just after the <body> tag.
3. Make sure you replace UA-xxxxxxx-x with your Google Analytics account number.
<!-- Begin Google CODE -->
<ss:if test="$page.bodytemplate.name = 'orderconfirm'">
<ss:comment>do nothing</ss:comment>
<ss:else/>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-xxxxxxx-x']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(ga);
})();
</script>
</ss:if>
<!-- End Google CODE -->
If you still need assistance Professional install service is available, if you follow me on twitter you can get a discount.
Tags: coding, google analytics, google analytics in prostores, order confirm template, prostores, ProStores Certified Designer, prostores plug-in, ssml, Tips, tracking code
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New ProStores Template availible!
Written by Matt on January 21, 2010 – 4:48 pmSteel Blue – $299 – Preview Steel Blue ProStores Ready Template – Purchase the Steel Blue ProStores Template. Includes 30 minutes of Customization time by One Take Media!
We have two other ProStores Templates:
Earthy – $299 – Preview Earthy ProStores Ready Template – Purchase the Earthy ProStores Template. Includes 30 minutes of Customization time by One Take Media!
Streamlined Modern – $399 – Preview Streamlined Modern ProStores Ready Template – Purchase the Streamlined Modern ProStores Template. Includes 30 minutes of Customization time by One Take Media!
Do you like these ProStores Ready templates but would like some changes or a different color? Let us know! We can accommodate you. Our Contact Form
Tags: prostores, ProStores Certified Designer, prostores design, prostores templates, shameless self promotion
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Power outage in San Jose affecting ProStores.com and Admin page
Written by Matt on January 19, 2010 – 10:01 am*UPDATE* Merchant’s stores are coming online.
*UPDATE* ProStores is working with the power company to restore working power and are attempting to get back up to full capacity in 2-3 hours.
*UPDATE* PG&E Power that services the San Jose area has upgraded the outage from under to 50 customers affected to 50-5,000 affected. No official word from PG&E on when things will be restored. If you must call ProStores please be patient and remember that they can’t do anything about the power. 
Keeping your customer’s updated is a good reason to get on Twitter or some other social media platform. I’ve got mine up and will keep updating as I have information, you can follow me if you would like for quicker updates.
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Well folks due to the bad storms in San Jose CA, power is down at the California ProStores offices. Right now this affects ProStores.com and your admin pages. City power officials are working to restore power.
Follow my updates on my twitter account
I will be updating primarily on Twitter.
Tags: Downtime, prostores
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Fixing Broken ProStores Shipping Promotions
Written by Matt on October 22, 2009 – 10:34 amIf your shipping promotions aren’t working since the upgrade you need to make sure you enter an End Date. If you don’t the promotion will not work.
If you want a promotion that doesn’t end just enter 1/1/2050 and that should work just fine.
Hope this helps!
Tags: prostores, prostores help, prostores tips
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Get two months of ProStores Hosting for Free!
Written by Matt on October 17, 2009 – 6:07 amGet two months of ProStores Hosting paid for by One Take Media! All you have to do is purchase $200 or more of our ProStores Plug-ins, and e-mail info@onetakemedia.net and tell us that you ‘want free ProStores hosting’!
Details
This promotion currently is only for merchants hosted directly on Prostores.com, it is good for any of their current hosting packages, even the $59/mo package. You are required to purchase a minimum of $200(not $199, not $197) worth of plug-ins in a 3 day period, let us know if you want to buy multiple ProStores plug-ins in a single purchase, we will set it up for you.
Proof of Hosting
You will need to provide proof that you are on the hosting package you say you are. Typically that will mean that you will need to grant us brief access to your store we can verify your store status, or you can forward a payment record, or tell us your store short name so we can call ProStores and verify ourselves.
Payment of Hosting
Upon confirmation that you have fulfilled the above requirements we will paypal you the equivalent of two months hosting. We will send the payment so that it covers any paypal fees you would incur, that means the payment amount plus the .039%+.30 cents fee.
One Take Media reserves the right to end this promotion at any time, for any reason. One Take Media will only provide payment once the merchant has completed all the above eligibility requirements. Any update to these requirements will only affect new entrants into the promotion. Any updates to this promotion will be dated.
Tags: prostores, ProStores Certified Designer, prostores plug-in, shameless self promotion
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ProStores Product Price Sorting coming soon!
Written by Matt on August 28, 2009 – 1:30 pmKeep an eye out on our twitter page! www.twitter.com/zegron for a brand new plug in. Product Price Sorting! Let your customers sort your categories by price and boost your sales!
Tags: prostores, prostores add-on, prostores plug-in, prostores plugin
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Google Analytics for ProStores Video – Part 1 of 4 – Filters and Exclusions
Written by Matt on August 4, 2009 – 11:16 pmWelcome to the first post in a series of four.
Today’s video and post will be about Google Analytics filters and how to use them as well as some aspects that are unique to the ProStores/StoreFront environment.
Tags: google analytics, google analytics in prostores, prostores, ProStores Tutorials
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ProStores Datacenter Migration TONIGHT!!
Written by Matt on July 20, 2009 – 2:51 pmProstores users, heads up! ProStores will be migrating your store to a new data center on July 20, starting 11p.m. PDT (July 21, 2a.m. EDT)
Tags: prostores, prostores tips
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