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Pinnacle Cart over ShopSite A Quick Review

July 27th, 2010

Pinnacle over ShopSite?

One Sentence – Dynamic database vs Static Database pages is the KEY answer. Pinnacle is NOT as SEO friendly as ShopSite .

Compare Links to one site for Pinnacle address does not have understandable category and product links -

Pinnacle shopping cart – http://www.obxtradingroup.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=9&pg=1

ShopSite cart – http://www.ezupdirect.com/ezup-instant-shelters/exp2vp.php (all words can be easily crawled)

We just finished writing about ShopSite vs others – http://yourhost.com/netspeak/2010/07/shopsite-stil-holding-its-own-sp2-new-features/

I did some research on the web about Pinnacle Cart and came up with some favorable reviews, but we are always cautious with carts as time and time again we have seen some real troubles in one way or another.

One of the main reasons we have stuck with ShopSite is security and it being SEO friendly. ShopSite does not break and its  support system is great.
We have been working with ShopSite as a partner since 1997.

Maybe someone will comment on it.

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Ecommerce, Shopping Carts , , ,


Video Player Browser Sniffer

July 24th, 2010

Video Player Browser Sniffer – What does it do? Well it will give you the ability to put the code on a streaming player page (VOD) and the page will sniff what browsers, players, etc you have on your computer that might play that file and chose one based on rules you setup.
This code will allow you to play the media with less chance of asking the user to be rejected or to download player.

We are looking at all browsers and players options, including the much discussed, HTML 5, Flash, and QuickTime. It is pretty slick.

Try this beta test page link on your desktop or device you may have.

Streaming , , ,


ShopSite stil holding its own SP2 New Features

July 24th, 2010

Is Shopsite still the best platform? We can all agree that this answer is  yes. If you have known YourHost.com management and staff for any amount of time, you know that we do not stick our heads in the sand when it comes to shopping carts and what new technology has to offer. ShopSite continues to be a steady and stable ecommerce tool .

Over the past 15 years, others systems have come and gone. Some stick, but have their challenges.

ShopSite is like the Tortoise and the Hare in its offerings and it still stands out.
YouHost.com staff is continuously getting feedback from it’s customers and from our YourHost.com internal design staff as to what we would like to see improved.

We are fully aware that ShopSite could use a short list of items and we are working with ShopSite to improve.

One of the big improvements we have seen in the past updates is templates (request a peak from tech), especially in the new release SP2 that is coming in a few weeks. Learn More

See SP2 Theme Demos -

One of the new themes on ShopSites new release -

From – http://shopsitedemo10.yourhost.com/index.html

To – http://shopsitedemo25.yourhost.com/index.html

Note, there are 15 demos so if you change the number in this url from 25 down to 10 you will see other templates.

Ecommerce, ShopSite, ShopSite, Web Design


Streaming and it’s quirks

April 10th, 2010

If you are planning to stream an event at your church or for your organization. Streaming is much like quality email marketing, practice makes perfect, and the number one mantra is Test, Test, and more Tests.

Windows media is a pretty much a no brainier , you set up the link and post it. You do not even have to embed the code in your web page. Let me know if you need for me to expound on that but for now I will go on.

Embedding Windows media is fairly simple and tweaking it is even easier because the code is on the page and all you need to do is change it.

When it comes to flash, you need a flash player and an instruction set to talk to the stream link but also talk to the player and let it know what you want it to do.

Streaming, Uncategorized


Tell your customer service experiences whereever you are

February 26th, 2010

People want to hear about customer service experiences so put in ones that you may encountered, especially your technical experiences.

Customer Service