nopCommerce Video Tips: Setting Up nopCommerce in Visual Studio 2012

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 May 2013 10:44 Written by Carole Bennett Sunday, 19 May 2013 12:00

Hi! Well, after writing over 170 articles here at Arvixe, I’ve decided to try a new approach. While some people learn better by reading, others find watching a live video to be more instructive. As a result, we’ll be publishing a series of videos covering various mojoPortal topics. If there’s a topic you’d like to see covered, just shoot me a line at [email protected], with the subject line: “Arvixe Tutorial Topic Suggestion”. Enjoy!

Today, we’ll go over how to set up nopCommerce in Visual Studio 2012.

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mojoPortal Tips: Troubleshooting mojoPortal Using the System Log

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 April 2013 08:24 Written by Carole Bennett Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:00

mojoPortal is a robust and flexible CMS (content management system), and like the old Timex commercial, “takes a licking and keeps on ticking”. This is better for your users, in that they’ll seldom see an actual error message, but when you’re trying to troubleshoot something complex, or involving a third-party plugin or implementation, this can create some frustration. That’s when it’s time to start checking the System Log feature that’s built into mojoPortal.

mojoPortal Tips: Using Inline Content Editing

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 April 2013 02:05 Written by Carole Bennett Friday, 12 April 2013 12:00

One of the coolest features to be added to mojoPortal recently (as of 2.3.9.6) is the inline editing feature. It’s clean, simple and easy, but it can be slightly confusing at first. Let’s review how the new inline editing feature works, and what to watch for.

One of the few “gotchas” of using the inline editing feature is how to save real-time updates, without triggering the content approval process (even if it’s not turned on for that page or site).  Log into your mojoPortal site as an administrator, and navigate to a page where you’d like to test the inline editing function of your HTML feature. Look at the bottom of the page; do you see “Work in progress”, or “Live Content” on your administration bar? If you see “Work in progress”, it’ll automatically trigger a content approval process, even though you’re an administrator on the page.

nopCommerce Tips: Adding a Login Pop-Up

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 April 2013 02:05 Written by Carole Bennett Thursday, 11 April 2013 12:00

Recently on the nopCommerce user forums, a developer sought to understand how to implement a popup site-wide for users visiting the site for the first time. Various industries can make use of this; sites that provide adult novelty products, wishing to confirm age, or any site that wants to remind site visitors of the benefits of registering with the site. nopCommerce team member haydie offered a clever solution; re-use the code for the EU cookie pop-up that’s currently implemented in nopCommerce. Let’s take a look at how that would work.

mojoPortal Tips: Showing a Category-Specific Blog Feed

Last Updated on Sunday, 7 April 2013 11:58 Written by Carole Bennett Wednesday, 10 April 2013 12:00

Recently on the mojoPortal user forums, the question was asked “How can I provide category-specific feeds from my blog?” This can be extremely relevant in the case of providing targeted topics to various areas of your site, or even allowing you to filter feeds to a specific author if you use a shared blog, or have a number of guest contributors. Joe Davis of i7Media offered an easy-to-follow solution – we’ll outline it here today.

There’s two main parts to this; locating the feed URL, and adding it to your Feed Manager instance. First, let’s find that category-specific feed. Navigate to your blog instance, and click the category of the blog you wish to provide as a feed.  From the posts page, copy the link URL from the RSS icon. If you don’t see an icon, you may need to go into your blog settings, and activate the feed link.