Category: Wordpress
SMX 2013 Initial Feedback
by Amit Ramani/ @anterikinc SMX Initial Feedback This was my first SMX conference. In fact, it was my first technical conference of any kind. While $2400 is quite a steep price to pay for the full conference (including the workshop and all sessions), the idea is that you get upto speed on the latest happenings…
Evaluation of JigoShop as WordPress e-Commerce platform
So far, I have had some time to look at JigoShop for evaluation as an ecommerce plugin for WordPress. Coming from a setup where we use dedicated CMS’s for e-commerce, the idea of a plugin seems a little too thin, relatively speaking. i.e. maybe the plugin does not have all the features that a full…
WordPress: JigoShop Conflict of “From” header
Being new to WordPress, I had another challenge this week. It appeared that no matter what “name” was entered by the users on a form, the email sent (as a result of the form submission) was always “From : <Blog Name>” instead of “From : <Actual Name of User>“. In fact, all emails (regardless of…
WordPress as e-commerce platform?
Being new to WordPress, I would like to gather some feedback as to how well suited is to e-commerce applications. I am primarily interested in small business websites that require payment gateway integration and shipping providers (UPS, USPS, FedEx). At a very minimum, Paypal and Authorize.net must be supported. Quickbooks POS integration and synchronization would…