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Converting to v5

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Converting to v5

Version 5 of AOM introduced templating to the system, as well as many new changes. Every day more and more stores are upgrading from v4.x, but many of them are experiencing some difficulties. When v5 was first rolled out in the Summer of 2011, it was clear that sites that had been extensively customized in [...]

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The Theme Is Change

Monday, July 18, 2011

The Theme Is Change

By now many of you have upgraded to v5 (currently v5.0.2) with little or no difficulty. As expected, the most troublesome upgrades have involved AOM sites that were already heavily customized.  This post is going to discuss various aspects of completing the upgrade process, and what it will entail for some sites going forward. For [...]

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V5: Templates

Saturday, June 4, 2011

V5: Templates

This month marks the release of the long-awaited Version 5 for Associate-O-Matic. Two years of planning have culminated in this incredible upgrade. Gone are the bulky HTML tables, replaced by smooth CSS coding, allowing for unprecedented control over what appears on the page. After devoting the last two months discussing almost everything about this upgrade [...]

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Ioncube Redux

Monday, July 19, 2010

When Ioncube encryption was first added to Associate-O-Matic, many users had a hard time getting to grips with it. If your server was already equipped with IC, and kept everything up to date, then there were no problems. However, many people were not so lucky, and a great deal of time was spent in installing [...]

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Round the Corner

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Round the Corner

With the release of v4.4.1, an interesting new design feature has finally been added to Associate-O-Matic. And that is the ability to incorporate rounded corners throughout the table layouts. This exciting new option can be accessed from the Layout tab of the AOM control panel. As can be seen in the image below, you have [...]

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V4.4.0 – New Feature Roundup

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Associate-O-Matic version 4.4.0 is currently in Beta testing as I write this. So I thought it would be a good time to discuss some of the new features you can expect to see, and how they will help enhance the online shopping experience for visitors to your sites. Note that this will not be all [...]

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Upgrading: A Users Guide

Saturday, January 16, 2010

If you have used the 30-day Trial or Lite versions of Associate-O-Matic, you may have decided to take the plunge and go for the Full version. There are of course, distinct advantages to upgrading, such as no expiry date, and you get to keep 100% of the commissions generated, as well as full functionality.  And [...]

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Q And A – V4.1.5 – GoDaddy redux

Thursday, February 12, 2009

I recently received the following comment (edited for clarity): Hi, I stumbled upon your blog while doing some research on AOM. I am new to AOM and still looking for more tips and tricks. I found your blog to be very handy. A few questions: 1. How to drive traffic to your store? Do I [...]

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Random Jots

Saturday, October 25, 2008

A few short items rolled into one post… Firstly, I’d like to mention that I installed a hit counter on this blog about a month ago, and I was completely taken by surprise to find that people do indeed read it! Most of the hits come from the AOM forum of course, but a few [...]

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And Now For Something Completely Different: V4.0.1

Saturday, January 26, 2008

A bit of a delay from the previous post, partly because of the holidays, and partly because the newest version of Associate-O-Matic has been tested, released, tested some more and finally re-released today. V4.0.1 has many exciting new features. Here’s the list from the AOM site itself: • Simplified, Tabbed Control Panel • Backup Restore [...]

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