Archive for 2008

Informational pages are created by using the contents button in the tool bar; then clicking new. Just like you would if you were creating one of your item pages. Just like an item page, you can have the id be anything you like.
I suppose the hardest part of creating an informational page is deciding if [...]

Tags: creating content only pages, faq, info., Informational Pages, item., item. vs info., seo friendly pages, Yahoo Store, Yahoo! Store Support

Yes, you can offer free shipping over any dollar amount you want with just the basic Yahoo Shipping Manager.
First, you want to create the normal rule for below $X.xx. So this can be done by UPS online tools, or a flat or table rate.
If you’re using a table based on amount, then you just need [...]

Tags: faq, free shipping, free shipping over dollar amount., Shipping manager, Yahoo Shipping Manager, Yahoo! Store Support

It’s true that some countries don’t have postal or zip codes. For those customers, they need to put NA in the zip code box. Simple enough, but the task is telling your customers that.
You want to tell them in the checkout itself. Putting in your shipping policy on your store isn’t going to help. Your [...]

Tags: Checkout Manager, faq, help text, input messages, messages in the checkout, Yahoo Store, Yahoo! Store Support

The copy of the order, also known as the order confirmation, will not send out unless you have a valid email entered in the system.
Where do you enter this you may ask? On your store manager or store control panel, you see an “Order Confirmation and Status Update” link. You follow that link and fill [...]

Tags: Checkout, Checkout Manager, Checkout Settings, Email Copy of Order, faq, Order Confirmation, Yahoo Store, Yahoo! Store Support

Ids unfortunately cannot be changed. So if you’ve created a page with the wrong id, the only thing you can do is delete the original page, and create another with the correct information.
When doing this manually its better to create the new page first with the correct information, then delete the old one. This way [...]

Tags: Catalog Manager, change ids, change ids globally, csv, faq, Product Ids, Store Editor, update ids, Yahoo Store, Yahoo! Store Support

On a global scale images can be changed from the variables page. There are 6 variables that control your images (item-height, item-width, inset-height, inset-width, thumb-height, thumb-width).
item-height, item-width will change the size of pictures uploaded to the image property and seen as the main image on the page.
inset-height, inset-width will change the size of pictures uploaded [...]

Tags: faq, image dimensions, Images, Yahoo! Store Support

There is actually two ways to answer this question. The first would be to use a regular item type page only filling in the name, image (if necessary), and caption. This will show the informational page similar to your section pages. This leave yourself open to the possibility to linking to pages by using the [...]

Tags: faq, info pages, Yahoo! Store Support

Solid Cactus’ Kevin Lynn would be the first to tell you he’s had the opportunity to interview a wide variety of characters in his day. So, do you think he would let the chance to interview Batman and Joker together go to waste? We didn’t either. Mr Lynn took the time out of his “busy” [...]

From the Yahoo! Developer Network:  http://developer.yahoo.com/yap/
Yahoo! has ventured into the open platform arena to allow developers and companies to builds apps that take advantage of Yahoo!’s pool of data, social connections, and traffic.  If you’re an aspiring developer, having Yahoo! provide this marketplace to deploy your software could be priceless.

The next version of Ubuntu’s free Linux operating system, dubbed “Intrepid Ibex,” is due out Oct. 30, the beta is available for download right now from http://www.ubuntu.com. Not much has really changed as far as the desktop, this release is more focused on additional features, tweaking pre-existing features and increasing usability and compatibility.
Some of these [...]

Tags: Intrepid Ibex, Linux, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.10