CoffeCup Software Class @ LVS Online

The latest version of this very kewl software has been released and is available on the CoffeeCup Software website. Upgrade or get your copy today. If you want to learn how to use this and 10 other pieces of CoffeeCup software programs, enroll today in the Coffeecup software class.

Here are some of the new features of the Shopping Cart 3.5 program:

For more information on the latest version of Shopping Cart Creator, visit http://www.coffeecup.com/shopping-cart

New features found in v3.5:

• PayPal Website Payments Standard: It’s kind of a mouthful, but what this does is allow your users to pay without having to sign up for a PayPal account.
• The new tax module lets you set location-accurate taxes like the VAT, GST, and PST.
• We added more options for customizing your shop appearance and navigation.
• Expanded shipping options.
• Custom footers let you add information about your business. You can also use this area for Web Analytics.
• Add up to 5 custom pages for more information about your shop, a contact page, and anything else you want.
• The improved user interface is easier to use than ever.
• Support for transparent .pngs and .gifs.
• We added undo/redo options.
• Ability to move a product to a new category.
• New themes format makes for easy installation and customization with Shopping Cart Designer.
• Customizable Meta Keywords and Descriptions for all of your pages (including home, cart and categories).
• Allow to choose the navigation after buying an item. You can redirect your customer to the cart, or allow him to continue shopping,
• Customize you shop home page with a category you want, starred products, etc…
• Categories Page added to see all the products and categories in your shop at a glance.
• The check for updates feature checks to see if you’re using the latest version.
• New price limits of 999999.99 in any currency.
• Right-click menu for fields and rich editor.

If you want to see this in action, visit http://expressive-designs.com/doodads and see how it works in real time. This is a live shopping cart and you can purchase anything on the site

This is a wonderful program. Take the class and learn how to use it!

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Instead of opening the News Flash program to make a change to your personal news items, open the text file News Flash creates and change the information located between the tags. Here’s an example from the lesson:

<?xml version=”1.0″?>
<rss version=”2.0″>
<channel>
<item>
<title>Board Meeting Tomorrow</title>
<author>Donna</author>
<pubDate>30 Jan 2009 11:33 am</pubDate>
<description>There will be a board meeting tomorrow in the main clubhouse at
2:00pm
</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

Change the information between the red item tags.

To add additional information, copy the item tags, place beneath the existing item tags and modify for the new, additional information.

It saves a little time by editing the text file instead of opening the program.

BTW, be sure to use a Text Editor, not a word processor.

Have fun!

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Apparently, there are some glitches in the registered version of the site mapper program. CoffeeCup is aware of these and is working on the issues. If you own this program, keep checking your downloads page for an updated version.

Just a heads up for you, if you have the registered program.

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OK…class has started, so let’s get a tip for the first lesson…the HTML Editor.

You want to create a site using CSS. Kewl…it’s what you should be doing, but you don’t know anything about CSS. No problem. The HTML Editor has a bunch of different CSS layouts to get you on the road.

Go to File/New from Layout and you’ll be presented with a whole list of CSS layouts. Just click on each option and you’ll see a preview of what it will look like. Of course, it’s up to you to “pretty it up” but you’ll certainly get a good start.

Click on this image to see a larger version.

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If you create your own news items, when you want to edit or add a new bit of news, just open the text file created and edit it with the new info then upload.
Saves time opening RSS News Flash to edit it.
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How to………

Open the .txt file in any text editor.

Look for the tags :-

<ITEM> …. </ITEM>

this is where each scrolling section of your news is located.

Copy one of the complete sections and paste it right under the <CHANNEL> tag at the top, this is so the dates run in sequence.

All you have to do now is edit your piece of news and then upload the file to your server.

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If you’re thinking of taking this class, or know someone else who might be interested, here is the syllabus so you can see just what programs you’ll be learning in this course. Registration for the March 2009 session opens on Wednesday. Sign up and bring all your friends!

Lesson 1

HTML Editor 2008

Lesson 2

Image Mapper
Google Site Mapper

Lesson 3

Web Form Builder
RSS News Feed

Lesson 4

Stylesheet Maker
Flash Password Wizard

Lesson 5

Firestarter
Photo Gallery

Lesson 6

Web Calendar
Shopping Cart Creator

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