X-cart Tips

Create a product feed with cool tracking features.

August 19, 2010
By sparks
Create a product feed with cool tracking features.

The aim of this article is to show you how I personally used Marketing Manger Pro alongside Feedcentre to see exactly how many clicks were hitting our site from our automated product feeds with the added bonus of not having to be a google base expert.
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Xcart SEO Basics

August 16, 2010
By sparks

It can be easy to bulk upload a load of products via a spreadsheet to your store but what about the seo? Here as some basics to follow to get you on the right track
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Shipping Rate Strategies for Your Online Store

July 30, 2010
By sparks
Shipping Rate Strategies for Your Online Store

This article goes into one of the items purchased on your store on a daily basis and perhaps your best seller in the lifetime of your store… shipping and postage costs.
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How To: Make a Google Base Feed With An Alternate Currency

April 16, 2010
By sparks

Ever been in a situation where you need to push your feed to google base but with a different currency? Read on.
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Invalid Licence For Domain on X-cart mods

March 1, 2010
By sparks

We’ve come across this a few times.  You install a mod that you have previously purchased only to come across an error where it says Invalid License.. Here’s how to solve it.
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How To : Clear template cache in x-cart

March 1, 2010
By sparks

It’s amazing how such a little tip can save you so much time and frustration when working with the underbelly of the xcart system.  So you’ve made a change to your templates but for some reason, changes just aren’t appearing on the menu bar or on the site.
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How to : Find your Xcart Store Config

February 26, 2010
By sparks

Sometimes you may need to provide your mod installer (hopefully firetanksoftware.net) with a few key bits of information on how to get a module installed for you.  It’s simple enough and saves time hunting for that information…
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5 Common Cart Mistakes Making Your Website Lose Money?

February 16, 2010
By sparks

Setting a website can be a sinch if you know what you are doing, however for those new to venturing into the world of e-commerce it’s important to remember a few basics. Getting to the end result, ie checkout out with your product quickly and simply should be the number one priority.  A one page...
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New Amazon Inventory Loader Template

February 11, 2010
By sparks

If you are using our Feed Manager Pro Bundle (all Feeds) to maintain your amazon listings then you may be interested to find that today Amazon have updated the inventory loader template..
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What skin are you using?

February 1, 2010
By sparks

Some sites like to have a skin directory other than the factory preset of skin1, perhaps it’s the name of the store or something like that. If you then come to do some work and your developer isn’t around , how do you find out where that directory is which almost all install instructions...
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