http://www.tosd.com.au Melbourne Website Design Services are provided by The Online Shop Designer (TOSD) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:47:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is quite easy to upload and insert images into a Wordpress page or Blog post, but if you have not done it before it can be a little confusing because the system is rather different to other content management systems. Image preparation While it is possible (and easy) to re-size images ... http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/10/wordpress-uploading-images/ This is a two step process: Create a zone called 'Australia' Create a tax code called 'GST' and assign it to the zone 'Australia' Creating a tax zone In admin select Shipping/Zones and then click 'Add new' Assign the name 'Australia' and save Tip: while you are there remove any zones that are not applicable Creating a ... http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/10/prestashop-setting-up-gst-for-australia/ Processing offline orders (i.e. those that are not processed automatically by a payment gateway in real time) received from Viart Shop is quite straight forward. Two methods that are common within Australia are Offline Credit Card processing (via a businesses EFTPos machine) and electronic Bank Transfer. The typical sequence of ... http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/08/viart-shop-offline-order-processing/ Whether you have a modern CMS such as CMS Made Simple, or and online shop based on Prestashop or Viart, the facility exists for administrators to insert meta information to describe the page to search engines.  Here are some good references I have come across to help with this task: Making ... http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/05/the-importance-of-good-meta-descriptions/ 'Offline' order processing refers to orders where the customer submits there credit card  details as part of the checkout process for secure, encrypted storage in the  database. The site administrator then (in the Australian context) retrieves the numbers and processes the transaction via an EFTPos terminal or online gateway. In ... http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/05/prestashop-offline-order-processing/