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Comment on Process Custom eCommerce data using Paypal IPN by Rob

Rob — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:06:39 +0000

If you look at the IPN field reference at https://cms.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_admin_IPNReference it says there is a limit of 255 characters. What you’re attempting to do is extremely bad practice. You’re much better off generating a hash that is unqiue to your backoffice processes and pass that across. Then, in your IPN listener script you’d retreieve this and do all you backoffice stuff.

Comment on PHP Email Template with Flat Files by rude

rude — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:11:29 +0000

thank you, thats exactly what i was looking for!

Comment on Process Custom eCommerce data using Paypal IPN by Web Designers

Web Designers — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:58:52 +0000

Hi,
Im using a similar method to yours but im also trying to pass a long textfield which a user will enter via a text editor. However when i use the php explode function within the ipn page i realise that only a couple of lines of text is stored and the rest dissappears.

Does the explode function have a limit to the amount of words that can be stored by a variable within the array?

Also cant we just pass an array through the custom variable instead of passing a string?

Cheers

Comment on SEO Indexing Services and Why You Don’t Need Them by Rob

Rob — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:16:45 +0000

Yep, as long your actual site is readable by Google, I find a simple mention in Twitter or on another indexed site is all it takes the majority of the time. However, a quick sitemap ping is just as effective.

Personally, I feel sorry those people not in the know who are taken in by the scare tactics from the sales people.

Nice site you have there btw.

Comment on SEO Indexing Services and Why You Don’t Need Them by Web development Leeds

Web development Leeds — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:57:35 +0000

It sickens me that companies still get away with charging for indexing. Google’s algorithm is so advance now that you dont even really have to do anything to get your site indexed. As long as you have a compliant site you should appear, I am not saying that you will not have to do SEO work to get somewhere for certain terms, but to appear on Goolgle you dont have to physically submit your site anymore.

Comment on Magento as an ECommerce Platform – A Case Study by jesics

jesics — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:40:33 +0000

I have putted it into practice Magento for some of my clients, and I enthusiastically agree with your points that the admin user interface is very bad. It is not so much user friendly.

Comment on Image Masking with CSS and HTML by My IT

My IT — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:40:56 +0000

THANKS.. it’s very esy to use

Comment on JQuery Hover Effect Image Gallery For eCommerce by Viktore

Viktore — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:58:18 +0000

Hi Rob,

Works flawlessly! Is there a way to make the script with a mouse click instead of a mouse hover?

I tried replacing:
$(‘#thumbs ul li a’).hover(

with:
$(‘#thumbs ul li a’).click(

But it opens the image in a new window.
Any idea how to tweak this properly?

Thanks!

Comment on Adding Unlimited Form Fields With JQuery and Saving to a Database by Rob

Rob — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:45:27 +0000

Thanks for the comment. You’ll need to loop through an associatative array with PHP and name your foemd fields slightly differently. In fact, I wrote a whole article about this very subject See http://www.web-design-talk.co.uk/58/adding-unlimited-form-fields-with-jquery-mysql/

Comment on Adding Unlimited Form Fields With JQuery and Saving to a Database by Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:40:12 +0000

I am trying to use this on a project. I’m wanting to be able to add more text area’s that will be notes. How would I go about using this and creating a new column in my database and passing the value from each text area in the form to a new column in my database? It needs to create the new column for each text area..

Example

User fills out the rest of the form. Fills out the first text area notes and then if needed, clicks “Add more”, another text area is loaded in the form, filled out and then all information is saved to the database when submitted. The rest of the of form goes into static columns that I’ve setup in the database but the notes go into separate columns depending on how many the user added on the form..

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks