ShopSite Newsletter – March 2013

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ShopSite March 2013 Newsletter
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In this Month’s Newsletter…

* One Merchant’s Mobile Success
* Detect Malware Quickly
* From the Blog…When upgrades occur, 3 ways to discontinue a product

The latest version of ShopSite is: 11 SP2r5

One Merchant’s Mobile Success

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We were excited to see one of our ShopSite merchants, Webundies.com, featured in a recent Internet Retailer article about the success of their mobile website last year.

Mobile commerce site overachieves:
http://www.internetretailer.com/2013/02/27/mobile-commerce-site-over-achieves-underwear-retailer

The article shows mobile gaining in popularity, which further confirms it is something that every online retailer should be planning to take advantage of sooner rather than later.

Fortunately, enabling a mobile site in ShopSite is quite easy. Webundies used the mobile functionality in ShopSite to achieve their success.

Not sure where to start? Here are three links that will help:

Our blog post on mobile support in ShopSite:
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2011/10/mobile-support-in-shopsite-11-sp1-what-you-need-to-know/

ShopSite mobile support page:
http://shopsite.com/mobile-commerce-support.html

Is your site ready for mobile commerce?:
http://laurenhillsdesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/is-your-site-ready-for-mobile-commerce.html

One important change to make if you enable mobile support in ShopSite is to set your robots.txt file to Disallow the mobile URL:

Disallow: /cgi-XYZ/sb/ss_mb.cgi

(…replacing ‘XYZ’ with your hosting account username)

If you need help doing this, just let us know.

Detect Malware Quickly

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We’ve seen an increase in the number of websites being hacked through either FTP passwords being compromised on a computer, or websites running outdated software that have vulnerabilities.

The hackers now insert malicious code (malware) in the web pages themselves. Once Google, Bing, and anti-virus programs detect this, they block access to the site altogether. This can result in lost revenue, and a headache trying to get de-listed.

We’ve partnered with Stop The Hacker ( http://www.lexiconn.com/services/malware-scanning.html ) to provide a cost effective way to quickly detect when malware appears on your site. Starting at $10 a month, your site will be scanned for any sign of malicious code, and you’ll be alerted right away.

It’s a great way to make sure any break-ins are quickly detected and can be dealt with immediately. Check out our website for more details and to sign up:

http://www.lexiconn.com/services/malware-scanning.html

From the Blog…

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Lots of good ShopSite / ecommerce tips from The LexiConn Blog:

When Does LexiConn Automatically Upgrade a ShopSite Store?
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2013/02/when-does-lexiconn-automatically-upgrade-a-shopsite-store/
- Here’s the info on when this happens.

ShopSite Tip – 3 Ways to Discontinue a Product
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2013/02/shopsite-tip-3-ways-to-discontinue-a-product/
- Need to take a product off your site? Here’s 3 ideas to do just that.

Top Ecommerce Blog Posts and Articles for February
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2013/03/top-ecommerce-blog-posts-and-artilces-for-february-2013/

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Sincerely,
- The LexiConn Team

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