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	<title>Network Solutions E-Commerce Forums</title>
	<description>We have a large community of users that discuss every aspect of ecommerce, from using our software to growing an online business.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:39:36 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Form Design Question</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9692</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Created RFQ form and then used the drop down on custom page to insert the right form under forms but it does not show.<br /><br />I am inserting the Form  request for...correctly into HTML - save but nothing.  What am I doing incorrectly.  HELP! Thanks.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:38:09 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9692</guid>
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		<title>Allowing People To Post On Your Site</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9691</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Is there a software piece or plugin that I can put on my website that would allow people to post comments or "news" live?  Kind of like fmylife.com or something like that where people can post information and it shows up on the website after being approved... does that make sense? So all the content that is showing on the site is user generated.... Let me know thanks.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:39:06 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9691</guid>
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		<title>Hotlink Protection</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9676</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone know how to set up hotlink protection for our netsol websites? Can someone from Netsol shed some light on this please? For some reason my bandwidth usage has gone up and I think that hotlink protection could really benefit me!!!<br /><br />Thanks for any help!!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:28:07 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9676</guid>
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		<title>Background For Right Column</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9672</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to create a background for my right column. How would you suggest I do this? <br /><br />What HTML and CSS code would you suggest?  Do I need to create a new custom html right column module to create the background?<br /><br />My web site is <a href="http://www.henleynatural.com/index.aspx" target="_blank">HenleyNatural.com</a><br /><br />Thank you for your suggestions,<br /><br />Steve]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:52:32 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9672</guid>
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		<title>Quantity Discount Script</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9667</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Can anyone tell us why NsScript conditions to check the quantity discount status aren't available to product list display designs. This would be a useful condition since half the website in our industry display quantity discounts in there product list.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:57:35 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9667</guid>
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		<title>Over Riding Background Color</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9665</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a custom home page. I want the background color of my center column to be differant from the rest of the site. Is there a way to do this ether to the html area or css?<br /><br /><!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->body.index-page td.page-column-center { background-color&#58;#EFE7DA}<!--c2--></div><!--ec2--><br /><br />Thanks in advance...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:46:06 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9665</guid>
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		<title>Re; Custom Html Pages</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9661</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a custom HTML home page for my website. In the top menu I want to place a search bar. Im using this custom search bar in my main site which works fine but I can't seem to make it work with my HTML page.<br /><br /><!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1--> &#60;ns&#58;Search type=&#34;custom&#34; customtext=&#34;Search&#34; maxlength=&#34;200&#34;<br />/&#62;<br />&lt;script type=&#34;text/javascript&#34;&#62;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var el = document.getElementById&#40;&#34;ctl00_ctl02_search&#34;&#41;;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var helpText = &#34;Product Search&#34;;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;el.value = helpText;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;el.onfocus = function&#40;&#41; {if &#40;this.value == helpText&#41; { el.value = &#34;&#34;;}};<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;el.onblur = function&#40;&#41; {if &#40;this.value == &#34;&#34;&#41; { el.value = helpText;}}<br />&#60;/script&#62;<!--c2--></div><!--ec2--><br /><br />I also have this shopping cart count script I want to have working as well.<br /><br /><!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->&#40;<br />&#60;%<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cart.Count<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;%&#62;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#41;&#60;/td<!--c2--></div><!--ec2--><br /><br />Can anyone help me with this?<br /><br />Thank in advance..]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 22:28:59 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9661</guid>
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		<title>Custom Search Question</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9658</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to change the length of the search box? If so how can this be done?<br />I'm using the Custom Search . I would like to change the length of the search box.<br /><br /><!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->&#60;ns&#58;Search type=&#34;custom&#34; /&#62;<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:38:52 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9658</guid>
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		<title>Stockmessage Not Working</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9657</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi:<br /><br />I'm trying to get the "Message when product is in stock" to appear in my product listings.  The nsScript tag doesn't seem to do anything.  This is in my active product layout:<br /><br /><!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#60;ns&#58;if condition=&#34;Product.StockMessage != ''&#34;&#62;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#60;div class=&#34;prod-detail-stock&#34;&#62;&#60;%Product.StockMessage%&#62;&#60;/div&#62;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#60;/ns&#58;if&#62;<!--c2--></div><!--ec2--><br /><br />I have tried setting a Stock Message under the individual Product -&gt; Advanced tab, and also a general site-wide one under Operations -&gt; Settings.  Nothing appears in the generated HTML.  The value for Product.StockMessage always comes back null.<br /><br />Is there something else I should be doing?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Nakatomi]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 16:31:08 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Custom Category Layout Thumnail Picture Size</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9656</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Using the Category Layout Design teplates, is it posible to use a script to change the size of the thumnail pictures?<br />I have a thousand thumnails that I want to size down. I'm hoping that I don't have to do this manualy.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 23:14:55 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9656</guid>
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		<title>Edit Or Choose Different Shopping Cart Layouts For Site Design</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9655</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello,<br /><br />On our site we have the three column layout and our cart is in one of the columns, it displays what products people put in their cart as they add them. We would prefer our cart to show the total and how many items they have along with a check out button and only that. not a whole list of each individual item. I know there must be an option to change this as I see it in some of the other templates and other NS sites out there. But, for the life of me I cannot find where to change this or even where I can edit my cart. If I go to design and columns I can see the module but, when I try to edit it, there are no options. Does anyone know or have any ideas how to do this? <br /><br />Thank you]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:12:45 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9655</guid>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jquery & Dynamic Update]]></title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9654</link>
		<description><![CDATA[has anyone tried to manipulate the dynamic update on the product detail page?<br />I need to somehow delay the AJAX script or keep it from refreshing. <br /><b>function __doPostBack  ??</b><br /><br />originally the AJAX broke any jquery. <br />So I changed methods to javascript DOM and tried to attach event to the AJAX form handler '' using jquery.bind()... no luck<br /><br />long shot, but is anyone familiar with jquery?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:01:15 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9654</guid>
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		<title>Date Variable On Checkout Receipt Page</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9653</link>
		<description>Anyone know how to get the OrderDate onto the final receipt page as its not one of the NS included ones.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:10:28 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9653</guid>
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		<title>Creating Pages With Drop Down Selection</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9646</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi,<br /><br />i want to create a  page that has bullets , tabs and drop down menu<br /><br />all help will be appreciated]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:17:33 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9646</guid>
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		<title>Export Customer History</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9626</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'd like to be able to export a customer's history to an excel file.  I can view the history, but would like to export it to a file.  Is it possible?<br /><br />Harry]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:03:02 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9626</guid>
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		<title>Transfer Shopping List To Shopping Cart</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9625</link>
		<description><![CDATA[How do I or any of our customers transfer a shopping LIST to a shopping cart.  <br /><br />I just got off the telephone with a customer who had created a shopping list but he could not see a total.  I then went into the account manager and found his shopping LIST and I also could not put that into a cart AND I could not COMPLETE the order.<br /><br />What are people supposed to do with a shopping list?  It doesn't appear to have any other functionality except to hold items into a list.<br /><br />What is the point of a shopping list if someone can't come back to it and make a purchase?<br /><br />Am I missing something here?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:17:06 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9625</guid>
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		<title>Blog Hosting Question...</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9615</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Am really working on my inbound marketing, and with that, reading alot about blogs.....most recent reading, <b><i>"it is imperative that your blog not include the name of the platform in the URL</i></b>.....which mine does.  The last I checked, we couldn't host a blog on Network Solutions.  Book recommends the url of blog be:  TheComfortCompany.net/blog  OR blog.TheComfortCompany.net.<br /><br />Has there been any change in the ability to host blog on Network Solutions?  Or does anyone have a "fix" for this or have their blog set up correctly?<br /><br />Just wondering, but would need an answer in non-tech language.  Thank you!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:56:11 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9615</guid>
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		<title>Advanced Image Gallery</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9614</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel as though I've been asking the wrong questions. I have next to no experience with NS or it's scripting, so if the questions I'm asking have already been answered, I apologize. I've read through the forums, used the search button, and still not found my answers.<br /><br />I don't know where to find the answers to the basic things I'm looking for. For example, this script appears to do a lot of what I want it to do: &lt;%Product.AdvancedImageGallery%&gt; . Adding it to the product layout page gets me an image that zooms in. Where or what are the parameters I can modify? I checked the list of NS scripts and "gallery" only appears on one page and it's not what I'm looking for.<br /><br />All I'm attempting to do is create an image gallery... a main image that shows up, with thumbnails below it. Click a thumbnail, main image becomes what the thumbnail was previewing. Clicking the main image causes it to zoom in, preferrably to the side of the actual image. If this isn't possible, that's fine - I'm flexible. I'm just not aware of how to do this, as I was thrown into the middle of this against my will  ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:20:02 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9614</guid>
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		<title>Product Layout Page Image Gallery</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9611</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Attempting to replicate the product page gallery as seen here:<br /><a href="http://www.nastygal.com/clothes/plunging-lace-dress" target="_blank">http://www.nastygal.com/clothes/plunging-lace-dress</a><br /><br />Our page, for reference, is here:<br /><a href="http://www.gigichic.com/athenanecklace.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gigichic.com/athenanecklace.aspx</a><br /><br />The jquery script I'm using for the zoom box is called jqzoom and is located here:<br /><a href="http://www.mind-projects.it/projects/jqzoom/" target="_blank">http://www.mind-projects.it/projects/jqzoom/</a><br /><br />It allows for a gallery but I'm stumped as to how to implement it as a catch-all in the "Product Layout" page, since I'm unsure of how the photo links are generated beyond the %Product.DisplayImageUrl% tag. If someone can assist, it would be much appreciated.<br /><br />- Cheers]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:05:22 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9611</guid>
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		<title>Fedex Discontinuing Old Web Api - May 31st</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9606</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 31st, <b>FedEx Web API</b> shipping calculator will no longer work. That means if your E-commerce site uses FedEx's shipping calculator, on May 31st it will no longer work... Unless... We can convince to Network Solutions to switch to <b>FedEx Web Services</b> now. <br /><br />I called the tech support at Network Solutions and the technical contact claims he had not be notified of this change, or any information regarding it. I also provided him with the FedEx tech support phone number (1-877-339-2774) to put in the report. <br /><br />Thanks,<br />Joe]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:23:33 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9606</guid>
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		<title>Product Image Photo Gallery Using Jquery Script</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9604</link>
		<description><![CDATA[[resolved] using the advanced image photo gallery.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Attempting to replicate the product page gallery as seen here:<br /><a href="http://www.nastygal.com/clothes/plunging-lace-dress" target="_blank">http://www.nastygal.com/clothes/plunging-lace-dress</a><br /><br />Our page, for reference, is here:<br /><a href="http://www.gigichic.com/athenanecklace.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gigichic.com/athenanecklace.aspx</a><br /><br />The jquery script I'm using for the zoom box is called jqzoom and is located here:<br /><a href="http://www.mind-projects.it/projects/jqzoom/" target="_blank">http://www.mind-projects.it/projects/jqzoom/</a><br /><br />It allows for a gallery but I'm stumped as to how to implement it as a catch-all in the "Product Layout" page, since I'm unsure of how the photo links are generated beyond the %Product.DisplayImageUrl% tag. If someone can assist, it would be much appreciated.<br /><br />- Cheers<br /><br />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:09:56 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9604</guid>
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		<title>Site Slow</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9596</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Anybody experiencing extreme slowness to your store?<br /><br />Traffic is not significantly different, however sales have been dropping. <br /><br />It's taking over 60 seconds just to load a page lately.<br /><br />Is there a reason for this?<br /><br />Thank you<br /><br />-Daniel]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:50:58 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9596</guid>
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		<title>Exporting Order Refunds?</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9594</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone figured out how to capture partial refunds when exporting orders? <br />We are able to export Total, SubTotal, Handling, Shipping, Tax, TotalDiscountAmount but there is not an option for including refunds (partial or whole). Or am I missing something? <br />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:49:29 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9594</guid>
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		<title>Can A Catagory Have Two Parent Catagories</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9593</link>
		<description>I have a need for some of my catagories to be listed under two different parent catagories?   Can this be done?</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:31:11 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9593</guid>
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		<title>Anyway Safe Way To Let Third Party Access Site?</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9589</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I am looking into hiring someone to help me optimize my website, but am wondering if there is anyway to let them safely access my website?  I would lke for them to be able to help with on page optimization, but that would potentially expose my customers payment information which is out of the question.<br /><br />Is there some kind of "limited access" solution for this?   Can someone access my site to help optimize the pages, but not be able to see any payment info?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:33:17 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9589</guid>
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		<title>Order Minimums By Category</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9585</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello All,<br /><br />We have a vendor that won't drop ship our orders for us unless we order $25 dollars worth of product from them. It does not have to be the same item, just a minimum order of $25 total. Is there a way to set it up so that a customer has to have $25 worth of a certain group of products, or products within a certain category before the order will process? Like, set a minimum order based on category instead of individual items?<br /><br />I hope someone knows ... Thank you.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:29:53 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9585</guid>
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		<title>Sku Warehouse Location On Invoice</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9582</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm trying to figure out how to put a sku's location (rack/shelf/bin) on the order invoice for picking purposes.  Putting it with the part number sure would make the part number lonnnnnnngg.  Customers aren't partial to long part numbers, ya know?<br /><br />Any ideas e-comrades?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:49:53 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9582</guid>
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		<title>Adding Rebates To Product</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9579</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I have some product rebates that I would like to make available to my customers. I would love to have them on the product page and then disappear once the rebate is over, vs hoping I remember to remove them when it is over. <br /><br />Essentially I want a link on the product page that links to the rebate document. <br /><br />I also would like to to say in bold letters "Rebate available" at the top by the price<br /><br />I tried using a Timed page but they don't work in the product page. I looked into Discount but there is no what to click over to the rebate page for the form etc.<br /><br />What is the best way you have found to deal with things like rebates?<br />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:52:04 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9579</guid>
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		<title>Google Checkout</title>
		<link>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9577</link>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a little problem with google check out. We are testing our google check out process, and we added a $100 dollar product in the shopping cart and proceed the check out process. We click "google check out" and it takes us to the screen to log in to google. After logging in, you can see the amount and price and credit information that you need to fill out. Our problem is the pricing information displayed. Our product is $100, but our surcharge is 473.38. We checked the backend the the surcharge is 6%, why is the surcharge appears as 473.38 when we check out? Also, why is the shipping charge not displayed?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:43:26 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forums.networksolutions.com/index.php?showtopic=9577</guid>
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		<title>Major Breach At Global Payment</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 31, 2012<br /><br />Merchants and consumers could be the big losers in the latest case of hackers cracking the complex systems used to process credit and debit card transactions.<br /><br />Visa and MasterCard acknowledged Friday that they've been alerting banks about a major breach at Global Payments, an Atlanta-based payment card processing firm.<br /><br />Global Payments issued a statement late Friday saying it discovered the breach in March and reported it to industry officials and the FBI. The company scheduled a press conference for Monday morning.<br /><br />Gartner banking security analyst Avivah Litan says unverified reports point to a New York City street gang with Central American ties taking control of "an administrative account that was not protected sufficiently."<br /><br />"I've spoken with folks in the card business who are seeing signs of this breach mushroom," says Litan.<br /><br />Security blogger Brian Krebs, who broke the story, says thieves cracked into the Global Payments network between Jan. 21 and Feb. 25. He says they may have swiped more than 10 million credit and debit card transactions records. <br /><br />MasterCard issued a statement advising cardholders to contact the financial institution that issued their cards with any concerns. Visa emphasized that no Visa systems were breached.<br /><br />But criminals generally don't bother highly defended systems, and look for security flaws elswhere. "Sooner or later they find some weakness in the highly complex chain of systems that they can exploit," says Geoff Webb, of data security firm Credant Technologies.<br /><br />Credit card processors have been breached before. Heartland Payment Systems lost 130 million payment card records generated by 250,000 merchants and restaurants between 2008 and 2009.<br /><br />And it's not just card processors that are being targeted. Last year hackers stole payment card information for more than 100 million customers of Sony's PlayStation Network.<br /><br />And earlier this year online shoe retailer Zappos disclosed hackers took e-mail and shipping addresses, phone numbers and account passwords for some 24 million customers, data useful for identity theft.<br /><br />"Any business that's capturing payment data is a target," says Mark Bower, analyst at Voltage Security.<br /><br />Gangs are adept at quickly manufacturing faked debit cards to make large cash withdrawals from ATMs. In such cases the individual's cash goes missing until a theft is reported and reimbursement carried out, which can take several days.<br /><br />"You should always be watching your statements for unauthorized transactions; but right now people should be extra vigilant," says Steve Coggeshall chief technology officer at ID Analytics.<br /><br />Retailers are also acutely exposed. Some 46 states have now enacted data breach disclosure laws that require merchants to notify customers whose card numbers are stolen.<br /><br />Many of these data loss disclosure laws impose stiff fines if notifications are not done in a timely manner, says Ted Julian, of Co3, a Cambridge, Mass.-based start-up that helps retailers manage the repercussions of credit card theft.<br /><br />Massachusettes has begun levying such fines. Other states could see a windfall in fines levied against merchants who are slow to notify consumers that their payment card data, credit or debit card number is in criminals' hands. "Merchants are definitely on the hook for these state disclosures, because they are the ones who have the consumer relationship," Julian says.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:27:30 -0400</pubDate>
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