So, it is not just me!

Responses: 3
Written by: Gary B.
Date: August 20th 2005
Filed under: Uncategorized

Very annoyed people…
The team wonders why the community sometimes gets frustrated? Here's a very obvious example. Am I alone or do others fell the same way?
Frustrated with the lack of a Summary/Progress report
they should/could have used the "Belgium Fund" to upgrade the servers
It's no surprise that there is so much frustration expressed on these boards.
I […]

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Where does all the time go?

Responses: None
Written by: Gary B.
Date: August 18th 2005
Filed under: Uncategorized

Apologies to regular readers of this Blog - I know there's at least one or two of you
I have not had enough time this week to make any Blog Posts - I'll try to get back into the swing of things next week, after this manic week is over.
Cheers all!

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Fake Email Addresses

Responses: None
Written by: burt
Date: August 12th 2005
Filed under: osCommerce

Someone was wondering about how to stop people inputting fake email addresses when buying from an osCommerce Store. There is no way to do it, at present;
There is a banned emails contribution that I coded up, which can help to weed out fraudsters and fakers.
There is an option in Admin to turn on DNS […]

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The "official" osCommerce View on my Blog?

Responses: 1
Written by: burt
Date: August 11th 2005
Filed under: osCommerce

During an email conversation yesterday with Harald where I was attempting to find out the reason for the recent problems, this quote from Harald randomly cropped up:
If you want to cry and moan about the way we manage the project on your blog, you're most certainly welcome to.
I'm guessing that this is the official osCommerce […]

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It took 16 days, but I finally got my refund…

Responses: 2
Written by: burt
Date: August 10th 2005
Filed under: osCommerce

As regular readers of this Blog will know, I was turned down for Corporate Sponsorship on the basis of a personal issue. As that was the case, I wanted to cancel my personal sponsorship of the Community.
I emailed Harald, and this was done on July 26th. It took 16 days for him to […]

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A conflict of interest…

Responses: 2
Written by: burt
Date: August 9th 2005
Filed under: osCommerce

I was thinking about reasons why commercial providers of osCommerce services are not welcomed at the osCommerce Forums. I thought it might be because of some sort of conflict of interest, so I decided to do some checking…
From what I see the Moderators & Developers;
A - runs a webdesign firm.
B - runs a hosting […]

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The Moderators at osCommerce are quite unbelievable

Responses: 23
Written by: burt
Date: August 8th 2005
Filed under: osCommerce

Yesterday, someone asked how to incorporate "tabs" into their product_info page in order to save space. I advised to go and search google for "webfx tabpane", and advised that I had this code working in my osC Store but could not post the URL as that would be aginst the Forum rules.
Today, I receive […]

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I've never understood the reasoning…

Responses: None
Written by: burt
Date: August 8th 2005
Filed under: osCommerce

In the osCommerce Forum, there is 2 areas where you can add your (osCommerce powered) sites.
#1 is the "My Store" channel where other users of osC can critique your store and offer advice on what is good and what is bad.
#2 is the "Live Store" list - which is a listing of a number of […]

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Forum Idiots

Responses: 3
Written by: Gary B.
Date: August 7th 2005
Filed under: Uncategorized

On one of the business oriented forums that I frequent, there is one certain person who delights in pointing out the mistakes that others make. These are inconsequential mistakes such as simple typing errors, or spelling errors. It annoys the hell out of a number of people.
I suppose correcting other people makes him […]

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