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		<title>CRE Loaded Forms and Surveys : System Overview</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=215</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David M. Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my time at Chain Reaction (now known as Chain Reaction Ecommerce, Inc.), I created conceptual design for several new major system components.   One of those elements is the CRE Loaded Forms and Survey System (FSS).  Now present in the 6.3 and 6.4 cart releases,  FSS suffers from a few serious defects in usability. The [...]Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=215#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >David M. Graham</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Advanced osCommerce Based Link System Setup</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=211</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David M. Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[creloaded]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osCommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language file modification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-commerce web site setup can be quite a complex process.  It is quite easy to lose track of the fine details and fail to address them.  This was brought to my attention recently by a spate of Link Submission approval requests and a couple of contacts asking why I had failed to approve them.  The [...]<h2>Comment</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=211#comment-906" >May 23, 2010</a>, <a href='http://www.creloaded-hosting-design.co.uk/blog/' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>wroughtec</a> write:Great info david as always, that reminds me need to sort an exchange out myself<li><li><a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=211#comment-907" >June 12, 2010</a>, <a href='http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>David M. Graham</a> write:Link exchange capabilities seem to be neglected in many e-commerce site setups, but they still have an important place in traffic generation.  I hope this article can help sharpen practices and improve performance of web stores using CRE Loaded...<li></ul>Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=211#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >David M. Graham</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Magento Product Data Import</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=201</link>
		<comments>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=201#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David M. Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magento]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As with most eCommerce specialists, we are looking closely at the new kid on the block, Magento.  Despite the availability of users manuals, I like to begin by just using it.  This is a good way to determine just  how user friendly a new application can be. I decided to begin with an activity that [...]<h2>Comment</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=201#comment-905" >December 20, 2009</a>, <a href='http://topsy.com/tb/bit.ly/62Izjs' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>Tweets that mention eCommerce News &#38; Resources by oscommerceuniversity.com » Blog Archive » Magento Product Data Import -- Topsy.com</a> write:[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by hovo, Satish Kumar. Satish Kumar said: #magento eCommerce News &#38; Resources by oscommerceuniversity.com » Blog ...: This is one data object (customers) mo... http://bit.ly/62Izjs [...]<li></ul>Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=201#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >David M. Graham</a>]]></description>
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		<title>osCMax 2.0.4 Release:  Security Management</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=193</link>
		<comments>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=193#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David M. Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creloaded]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The osCMax project recently released an updated version of osCMax which removes the File Manager and Define Languages tools due to unspecified security concerns. Details can be found in the osCMax forums - http://www.oscmax.com/forums/announcement-discussions/20984-security-notice-oscmax-2-0-4-released.html and in the osCMax Blog - http://www.oscmax.com/node/341 Few details are available but this flaw may also affect CRE Loaded and other [...]Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=193#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >David M. Graham</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Web Usability - Some Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=185</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David M. Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, I am listening to a rather annoying and repetitive series of cutesy little beeps.  Why?  Because I've been reading an article I first found back in April of this year and keep meaning to review here.  Its not very long, but it packs a good deal of punch and should be read by anyone looking to build a new site or reconstruct an older one.<h2>Comment</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=185#comment-899" >October 7, 2009</a>, <a href='http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>Denver Prophit Jr.</a> write:Could you demonstrate good product titles and descriptions following this article write up?<li><li><a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=185#comment-901" >November 16, 2009</a>, <a href='http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>David M. Graham</a> write:I think that would be an entirely new topic.

The first point to remember is that THERE IS NO RECIPE.

That said here are a few pointers:

Titles should unique, descriptive and brief.  They are not essays.

Descriptions should be unique to each product, as complete as possible and accurate in all respects.  They also should be written to fill the customers need for knowledge - think "If I were a customer reading this, would I know enough to feel comfortable buying this product?"<li></ul>Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=185#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >David M. Graham</a>]]></description>
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		<title>There is nothing like a good neighbor....</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=177</link>
		<comments>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=177#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David M. Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a security threat was discovered in Zen Cart.  Specifically, the forgotten password routine could be used to discover a limited amount of data on several pages within the admin.  The information disclosed was not much - but any is too much.  So they created a  fix, and like any good development team they distributed [...]<h2>Comment</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=177#comment-898" >July 23, 2009</a>, <a href='http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>David M. Graham</a> write:As of today, this vulnerability is documented to also affect more recent releases of osCommerce itself -- see http://forums.oscommerceproject.org/index.php?showtopic=1472<li></ul>Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=177#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >David M. Graham</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Market to your local economy</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=179</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denver Prophit Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foot traffic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some store owners cater to a local economy or drive foot traffic. By setting up oscommerce and creloaded carts with specific data manager enhancements, you can extend your reach with targeted efforts.Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=179#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >Denver Prophit Jr.</a>]]></description>
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		<title>CRE Loaded Clutter</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=172</link>
		<comments>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=172#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 21:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David M. Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[creloaded]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping carts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his post on CRE Loaded Clutter , Chris at oshelpers.com describes FDMS as inessential clutter in the course of presenting what is essentially an explanation of why CRE Loaded 6.3 is so overpriced for the feature set. I beg to differ on this specific point. Perhaps, as the system designer responsible for FDMS and [...]<h2>Comment</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=172#comment-900" >October 8, 2009</a>, <a href='http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>Denver Prophit Jr.</a> write:The trackers that I found where:

http://creforge.com/tracker/?atid=546&#38;group_id=119&#38;func=browse 42 open

http://creforge.com/tracker/?atid=129&#38;group_id=12&#38;func=browse 67 open

So you are right. Just about 109 feature request remain open since 2005.<li></ul>Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=172#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >David M. Graham</a>]]></description>
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		<title>StrikeHawk eCommerce releases new training video</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=167</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denver Prophit Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our latest video, CRE Loaded Manual Order Creator retails for only $15.00 USD and includes up to 6 minutes of live animation slides with voice narrative on every aspect of creating a manual order within CRE Loaded 6.2.13.1 Standard, Pro &#038; B2BCopyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=167#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >Denver Prophit Jr.</a>]]></description>
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		<title>EOS Online Merchant Gets Development/Demo Site</title>
		<link>http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=162</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David M. Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past week, Tom O'Neill has been hard at work getting EOS Online Merchant ready for its 0.53 Alpha release.

Part of that preparation includes deployment of an ongoing demonstration site at the new EOS Online Merchant website.  This demo site is actively being used for development, so expect features to be a bit fluid in not only quality, but quantity.  The EOS Online Merchant Catalog Demo can be found at http://demo.eosonliinemerchant and the Admin Demo can be found at http://demo.eosonlinemerchant.org/admin/ .   The catalog user access information is:  User ID - test1 and Password - test1 .Copyright &#169; 2010 StrikeHawk eCommerce, Inc. All rights reserved. acf0a32453123d28e5de0c448915c1de (38.107.191.107) <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com/blog/?p=162#comments" title="to the comments">To the comments</a>, Author: <a href="http://www.oscommerceuniversity.com" >David M. Graham</a>]]></description>
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