USPS real time rates are a feature that has been long desired, you can always pay a developer but here is a walk through. I was working on other projects and for a long time I had some issues with USPS’ API and it is because their testing server is not all that functional so after sending an email to USPS API support they put my user ID to the production server and I was getting rates! I have to give credit where credit is due and say that Mark Sanborn’s Blog helped me and gave me about 90% of the PHP code needed to get this feature working.

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After searching the interwebs for simple PHP pagination and failing to add it to the (non-Yahoo) store I’ve been building, I was fed up and just thought “why can’t I make one myself?”

This is not the typical “Yahoo E-commerce” post for which E-comm Solution is known.  We’re spreading our wings and branching out into WordPress and all-around web design, not limited to the Yahoo platform.

So here is a quick and dirty post on pagination for your PHP/MySQL based site.  If you see anything wrong or something needs to be changed just leave a comment and it will be addressed.

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Google released Google +1 a few weeks ago and it is here to provide a type of “Social search” for any of your linked friends to your gmail account can see what you have “+1″ on a search and will display your name next to the search result page, check out http://www.google.com/+1/button/ for more info. today we would like to show you how to install the plus one on your yahoo store and align the button with Yahoo!’s social widget.

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Yahoo! recently released a new Feature to the Yahoo Store and Merchant Solutions called Social Share, This feature will add a Facebook Like button and a twitter share link for every product on your store. One issue, like every new feature, is if you have Custom templates in your store then you will have to make some RTML changes.  If you don’t have custom templates you can just turn it on and enjoy. I will be walking you through setting up the new SOCIAL-SHARE RTML operator.  Even if you don’t have custom templates I will also show you some nice CSS to add to your css-edits style sheet and get your social ON!

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Every year, the state you live in needs more money.  They tend to have funny ways of getting the funding they need.  For example, many states have a tax rate that changes with the county the customer is in or the item that is for sale. I am in no way a tax consultant and I live in a state that does not collect sales tax, making an article like this one that much more difficult to write.  I will attempt to show you the basics of setting up real time rates in a yahoo store using PHP, and you will be able to use this same script to set up tax rates by item type and or city and state.

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So here we are again, last time I posted about jQuery in your Yahoo! store we added a quantity box, that seemed to work well, this time we are going to give  you a “You may also like:” cross sale in a Merchant Starter store. This will not auto populate but will make it so you can use the default Accessories area and change the text with JavaScript and not RTML.

Like with everything I post you will need to test it and make sure it works!

With this code and add-on you will need to pay attention to what I post, if you used the code from jQuery part 1 you will need to add the code where I tell you and if you did not use the code from part one you will just copy the code from here.

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Today we will be stepping away from RTML and doing some JavaScript coding with jQuery. As jQuery puts it on their home page “jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript”

E-comm Solution loves to use jQuery libraries to build items into Yahoo Stores and WordPress Blogs.  We will be starting a small series to help you make changes in the store without the use of RTML, using JavaScript to help you out.  In this post, we will add a Quantity box to your store using copy and paste. Continue reading “Fun with jQuery in a Yahoo Store” »

** check out the new Yahoo! social network plugin at Social Share** Social networking is big. If this is news to you, come out from the rock you live under and join the fun on the  ”interwebs”. I am going to show you how to add a Facebook Like button to your store with RTML code.  This button will have the item page URL built into it so everyone’s friends can see what they liked. The goal of this is to bring in new customers, and I hope that it helps your Yahoo! store.

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Speed, we all love it and want more of it! Fast computers, faster internet connections and faster internet browsers are all well and good, but what can we do to make a faster web page? Every day, web sites and online stores are getting flashier.  CSS and JavaScript can do a lot of cool stuff, and images can help a site grab your attention.  Recently, Google has begun using page load times to adjust search rankings, so make that one more reason to speed things up a bit. What I am going to talk about today will Smush your images, compress your JavaScript and minif your CSS, even use Sprites to help bring that slow site up to speed!

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So I wanted to have my first post this week, in case you missed the post a few days ago my name is Brad Crombs, and I wanted to help Chris by blogging for E Comm Solution. I come from a back ground of basic web design and advanced CSS. I will be sharing my CSS tips and tricks in the Yahoo store, but this information can also be applied to the Web in general.  Today I will be going over in-cart CSS for the Yahoo! store and setting a custom background color, one thing you can’t change without downloading, and customizing the default style sheet. Continue reading “Easy Custom Cart CSS” »