Posted by Miva Merchant
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on March 12th, 2010
This is a guest post by Brian Raboin, Vice President of Operations at Hosting.com. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Miva Merchant.
So, you’ve heard about the cloud, thought about the cloud, maybe even had a beta account somewhere that was hosted on the cloud. But, what is the cloud? And, how can it impact e-commerce or storefront-based sites? First, let’s talk about what cloud computing is. In some ways cloud is a very advanced shared platform. Very advanced. On the evolutionary scale of hosting, if traditional shared hosting is the early man who drug his hands on the ground and whose survival was based on his ability to avoid being the first course for a lion and not getting stepped on by a mammoth, then cloud computing is the highly evolved man who remembers to always put the seat down and chews with his mouth closed.
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Design & Development
on March 9th, 2010
Our new stock Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) framework allows a web designer with basic CSS knowledge to easily design and implement an e-commerce template to a new Miva Merchant store. Because it is a template, and you are working with a default CSS framework, we are only covering the basics; however, there is plenty of room to expand your design and functionality.
The items that can be customized include the logo, top header background, search button, phone number, top navigation bar, left navigation bar, promotion graphic, featured products section, best sellers section, and footer. Each element can be styled using images and some CSS tweaking.
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Ecommerce News
on March 7th, 2010
Last week we had the great privilege of welcoming over 350 dedicated entrepreneurs to the Miva Merchant Conference 2010. Many of you really wanted to come out and just could not make the trip for a variety of reasons.
Today is your lucky day!
For the first time EVER you can order the Miva Merchant Conference on DVD. Yes, you can get all 6 keynotes, every break out session and the PowerPoint presentations of each speaker.
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Posted by Miva Merchant
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on March 5th, 2010
This is a guest post by Matt Whitted, Hosting Director of CybrHost. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Miva Merchant.
In the early days of the web, hosting packages were simple. You’d have two or three packages available, primarily based on how many megabytes (not gigabytes) of storage and bandwidth you wanted. Advanced features might include web statistics or a basic “hit counter.” The dynamic and resource intensive web applications of today simply didn’t exist.
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Design & Development
on March 4th, 2010
In my last post, we discussed the basic principles behind the category spreadsheet for a Miva Merchant store upload. As I stated then, the spreadsheet upload is a powerful feature but rarely done properly on first attempt. My goal in this post is to give a quick overview of each field on a typical product spreadsheet and point out the common mistakes web developers and store owners make when creating their spreadsheets. (This process was covered briefly by a guest speaker at our recent Miva Merchant Conference; DVDs of the conference will be available soon). Let’s get started!
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Marketing Tips
on March 3rd, 2010
During the Miva Merchant conference last week I spoke to several merchants regarding Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and I learned there is a demand for a list of tools to help in that process.
Today I hope to bridge the gap by providing a list of my favorite free tools, as well as suggest a few that can be purchased. Below you will find three groups of SEO data-mining resources covering keyword research, link research and SEO toolbars. Each will help you become more efficient at uncovering nuggets of gold in your ongoing SEO campaign.
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