Tuesday, October 7, 2008
New users purchase Associate-O-Matic all the time, and often the same questions pop up. Some of these have been covered before in this blog, but to save time and frustration, I’ll recover them here, along with a few that haven’t been mentioned before. So in no real order…Filed Under: General Tips Comments
Friday, May 8, 2009
Recently in the forum somebody asked about meta tags and how they work in AOM. So it seemed like a good topic to cover this time round. The term Meta commonly means ‘about’ or ‘beyond’. In HTML, a Metatag is a directive in a web page that is located in the < head > section, [...]
Monday, April 20, 2009
A lot of people have asked for an example of a custom header file, to help them get the ball rolling on their own sites. I’ve been hesitant to do it, because you can do so much with a custom header, that a basic bare-bones example might inhibit more people than it helps. However, the [...]
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Many people use ASIN lists for their sites, instead of the default Amazon categories; this allows for a true ‘niche’ store, with a handpicked selection of items. The Amazon Stock Information Numbers (which often contain letters too) can be pasted directly into the category keyword box, or contained in a text file, with the URL [...]
Thursday, March 12, 2009
I admit to being confused about the actions of many AOM users regarding the shop.php file. Specifically the need to rename it, usually to index.php. I understand why some people may choose to rename the file in this way; a directory is generally designed to display an index file during a call. So if you [...]
Friday, January 23, 2009
It seems lately that everyone is talking about duplicate content penalties, and how they only have adverse effects on your site, be it AOM or anything else. I’ve talked before about the DCP, and made some suggestions to help. Another thing that you should have in your arsenal is a robots.txt file, so we’ll discuss [...]
Monday, December 29, 2008
By far the biggest single problem that crops up again and again with Associate-O-Matic users is the dreaded XML Parser error. To the user, it seems to appear out of nowhere; there you are, working away on your site, when suddenly the error pops up. If you try to save your work, then the most [...]
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
New users purchase Associate-O-Matic all the time, and often the same questions pop up. Some of these have been covered before in this blog, but to save time and frustration, I’ll recover them here, along with a few that haven’t been mentioned before. So in no real order… 1. How do I make my shop [...]
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
One of the most interesting features added to AOM recently is the ability to display an RSS feed in a custom box or page. For all the talk a year or so ago about how difficult it can be to display a feed in a store, there’s been very little buzz about having it added [...]
Monday, October 8, 2007
One of the great things about Associate-O-Matic is just how much of it can be customized. Unlike many scripts that usually end up looking alike (Ocommerce, for one), AOM can be transformed in a multitude of ways. Which brings me to… Tip #4: Custom headers. AOM’s custom page feature is great if you want to [...]
Monday, October 1, 2007
One of the most common questions for people new to Associate-O-Matic is ‘How can I have a store that spans more than one country?’. The short answer is you can’t. Amazon, in its various permutations around the world, does not allow you to combine shopping carts from different countries (AOM currently operates for sites in [...]
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