Skin Templates in AspDotNetStorefront

I’m not sure if you knew this or not, but AspDotNetStorefront ML and ML/Express both use different default templates in the skin directory. Recently, a new file has begun showing up in the shipping SKIN_1 folder called expressTemplate.ascx.  I had kind of assumed that this file was a bare bones template, much like the standard …

Using a Google Spreadsheet as a Database

I recently had the opportunity to attempt to create a simple little CMS for a single page on a website hosted on a Linux box somewhere out there in the cloud. We wanted to offer the client (who had no experience or patience to work in HTML) the ability to update the content on this …

Running Ecommerce Store from Google Spreadsheet

Google has recently released announced a Google Store Gadget that relies on Google Spreadsheets as the database in an attempt to make it easier for people to set up electronic shop on the world wide web with little effort and no cost (assuming you have SOME sort of presence on the ‘Net).  While this is …

Best. Comment. Ever. ? You Bet

TechCrunch spun a comment to a posting about AT&T… I mean Apple pulling Google Voice applications off the iPhone store. Whoever ‘JÂ’ is an extremely whitty guy. Come to think of it, this speech could be spun in any number of different ways’… This is, without a doubt, the best comment ever on TechCrunch. Left …

Site Design updated...

We’ve updated the ExhibitA.com website design to more closely match the Arthemia skin we’ve been running on the blog lately. Please use the comments below to let us know what you think!

SEO SPAM and Blogs

Ok, forgive me but it is time for a little rant here… SEO SPAM (aka comment spam) is getting out of hand these days. Previously, it was only the SEO contest people that I had to worry about but now I’m seeing a dozen or more requests per day (it is growing rapidly) to moderate …

Updated Breadcrumb Post Tip

In the blog posting entitled SEO And ASPDotNetStorefront, I presented a way to modify the breadcrumbs automatically created in ASPDotNetStorefront. Well, it appears that I left out one potential way that the breadcrumbs could be presented. When a top level entity entity (Section, Category, Genre, etc) are displayed the top level is wrapped in a …

Which Version of AspDotNetStorefront Should I Choose?

Many of my customers are having to ask themselves this same question. They know they want to have the best e-commerce platform out there (who doesn’t?) but the struggle in deciding which of the 4 platforms to choose from. perhaps I can help guide you through the decision process. Are you planning on running your …

SEO And ASPDotNetStorefront

In almost all respects, this is a FANTASTIC product in terms of providing the webmaster/merchant/developer with a great set of tools for SEO purposes. You define, on a page by page, product by product basis not only the page name but also the title, product image alt tag, meta keywords and description but the process …