nopCommerce Tips: Offering Special Prices to Premium Customers, Part 1

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 April 2013 06:35 Written by Carole Bennett Saturday, 6 April 2013 12:00

It’s not unusual to offer special discount pricing to preferred customers; a perfect example is the pricing available to Amazon Prime subscribers. With nopCommerce, it’s easy to set special pricing discounts for your preferred customers, and increase customer loyalty/return business.

Let’s start by creating your Preferred Customer role; log into your nopCommerce instance, and in Admin, hover over “Customers”, and select “Customer Roles”. Click the “Add New” button at the upper right; give your new role a name (I went with “Super Special Customers”), and a system name (no spaces). Click “Save”.

Finding Your Way Around the ocPortal Adminzone Part 1

Last Updated on Monday, 1 April 2013 05:22 Written by Steve Jarvis Wednesday, 3 April 2013 12:00

One of ocPortal’s biggest strengths is its large amount of features. However, to a new user the adminzone may initially look a little overwhelming. This post is a brief look at the different screens to help you find your way around when you have installed a new ocPortal website.  I’m not going to go into great detail for every single option within the adminzone or you will end up reading a 10,000 word essay! This post is to show you where the most common options are.

The Status Screen

Installing MODX at Arvixe – Part I

Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2013 11:11 Written by Bob Ray Tuesday, 26 March 2013 12:00

In Part I of Installing MODX, we’ll look at how to get the MODX files on the Arvixe server, though the steps should cover installation on almost any server.

Downloading the Files

mojoPortal Tips: Creating a Custom Skin, Part 1

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 November 2012 04:25 Written by Carole Bennett Friday, 16 November 2012 12:00

Creating a mojoPortal skin is relatively easy, as CMS systems go. However, it’s not just pick colors, click a button, and go. There are various considerations to keep in mind, and steps to go through in order to achieve maximum results. Today in Part 1, we’ll cover the foundation elements for creating your mojoPortal skin.

If you’re an experienced designer, you’re probably already familiar with the 960 grid system; the good news is that you can still use it in designs for mojoPortal skins, so don’t try to constrain yourself to the 3-column layout that is the default for mojoPortal; we’ll cover how to implement layout variations in later parts of this series.

mojoPortal Tips: Migrating a Site to Arvixe VPS, Part 1

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 April 2012 02:34 Written by Carole Bennett Monday, 2 April 2012 12:00

I’ve used shared hosting for years; first for my own site, then for my customers. Recently, I finally decided it was time to upgrade to a VPS (Virtual Private Server), in order to better meet the needs of my clients and my growing business. After much research and deliberation, I decided to move my hosting services to an Arvixe VPSClass-ASP.

There were a few factors that led to my choice of Arvixe as my new hosting provider; among them:

• Whenever I’ve had a question about any aspect of Arvixe hosting, I’ve always been able to reach a live support person, no matter what the time of day or night. That is a huge bonus to me, as my hours, and those of my clients, can vary broadly.