SonicWebTech - Tips and Techniques category

Overview of PayPal Website Payments Standard and Pro

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:14:00 GMT

Website Payments Standard and Pro are both extensive eCommerce solutions that cover a wide range of features. The Pro product is comparable to other Internet merchant solutions like Authorize.net or Innovative Merchant Solutions, and others, therefore the same issues would apply. This article it primarily targeted to the Web Designer, Developer or business owner that is considering using PayPal in an eCommerce solution. It is assumed that you have reviewed the PayPal documentation, and though it addresses the "how" on so many issues, it does leave out or is silent on a number of important questions that you need to know to best understand the best solution for you needs.

What is the difference between Website Payments Standard and Website Payments Pro?

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:12:00 GMT

We are frequently ask for assistance in moving from Website Payments Standard (WPS) to Websites Payment Pro (WPP). Generally the cost of doing this can be quite expensive and there is understandable "sticker shock".

Tips and Strategies - Developing CSS/WebStandards Compliant Websites, Part 1

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:55:00 GMT

Over the last few years it has been interesting to see how many NEW websites are not W3C compliant. I have come to believe that the core of this problem is that few companies in the web development community care much about Web Standards. This is part one of a series to share some tips and strategies that might make building standards based websites less of a challenge.

Parts of an E-Commerce Website

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:15:00 GMT

Just like a basic informational or marketing website, an e-commerce website has several parts that need to come together to make it work. In this article, we focus just on the physical parts of an e-commerce website. These parts alone will give you a functioning website, not necessarily a successful one. For that, you need to add marketing and business strategy components.

Problems with PHP mail()

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:56:00 GMT

On some servers the mail() function does not seem to work or works intermittently. Following are some diagnostic tips and solutions that we have found useful on a Linux webserver.