WordPress 4.7 is now available
Version 4.7 of WordPress, named “Vaughan” in honor of legendary jazz vocalist Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. According to WordPress, new...
View ArticleSucuri Identifies Content Injection Vulnerability in WordPress
RCE Attempts Against the Latest WordPress REST API Vulnerability [...] Read more
View ArticleSimple Site Security
There are a lot of tools out there to secure a website whether it be written in osCommerce, WordPress or Magento. Some are free and some are paid. Some are simple and many are getting very complex....
View ArticleCross Border Shoppers Favor PayPal
According to eMarketer, more than 40% of online shoppers ordering from across a border, prefer using PayPal as opposed to other payment methods due of the level of perceived security. But borders aside...
View ArticlePayPal New User Agreement
PayPal has updated its user agreement and hidden inside is a "discouragement" clause forcing site owners to promote PayPal equally with other payment options. So even if you prefer customers use...
View ArticleWhen Hacking Goes Beyond Your Site
A recent fallout of WordPress hacks has highlighted a growing hijack trend in terms of the tools that can monitor them. If you have a blog attached to your store make sure you control who has access to...
View ArticleGoogle Trusted Stores Being Retired
Google Trusted Stores is being retired and replaced with Customer Reviews. Already the Trusted Stores badge has been automatically replaced with the review ranking. Sites need to now remove the...
View ArticleWordPress 4.8 released
Most eCommerce sites have a blog of some sort. If you are using WordPress you are used to constant releases. So no surprise that 4.8 is now out. It comes with 4 new widgets and post link upgrades....
View ArticleReady for the holidays? Too soon?
Summer is not yet over but it's time to plan for the holiday season; a time when many business acquire new customers. [...] Read more
View ArticleWordPress 4.9 now available
Version 4.9 of WordPress, named “Tipton” in honor of jazz musician and band leader Billy Tipton, has now been released. New functionality focuses on redesign workflow review and approval which is...
View ArticleAuthorize.net TLS 1.2 D Day
Authorize.net will no longer allow TLS 1.0 or 1.1 as of is February 28, 2018. This means the server your site runs on must be using TLS 1.2 by that date. To check you can use SSL Labs tool. If you...
View ArticleNew Visa Chargeback Process
Suffering from ongoing Credit Card Fraud and unfair chargebacks? Looks like Visa is going to try and help [...] Read more
View ArticleAre you ready for GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on 25 May 2018. A lot of US based small eCommerce operations are ignoring GDPR in the belief that being small means it does not impact them....
View ArticleConfused About PayPal’s 30 June Emails?
PayPal is sending out emails and displaying browser warnings regarding their 30 June PCI security change. But what is the story if your browser is already up to date? [...] Read more
View ArticleChange to Sales Tax Laws
Supreme Court says states can collect online sales tax, consumers likely to pay more. [...] Read more
View ArticleGoogle Maps API Keys
If your site uses Google map functionality to pinpoint your locations or power a find your store function then you might be impacted with the changes to how Maps now works. [...] Read more
View ArticleGoogle+ Is Shutting Down
Not a real surprise other than the unreported security issue. Where to now? [...] Read more
View ArticleAutomatic Policing Akismet
Some site owners are getting notices from Akismet regarding using a free account on a commercial account, threatening suspension of the account for continued use. Thanks for using Akismet to prevent...
View ArticleMagento Community in Revolt
Magento is trying to force community users into its cloud platform? To quote from Webscale’s open letter to Magento: Dear Magento Community, it is time to let Magento know that we’re not going to give...
View ArticlePayPal No Longer Refunding Fees
You might be aware that earlier this year, PayPal indicated they were updating their policy regarding refunded transactions. In fact this was their policy as of May 7, 2019. However, they haev now...
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