April, 2012 - Easy Store Creator

New Password Requirements and Recommendations

storesecured April 24, 2012September 17, 2025Hints Tips and Tricks

There have been some questions lately regarding the new password requirements. This article is meant to clarify and give recommendations for good passwords. Password requirements: Must be at least 7 characters Must have at least 1 uppercase letter Must have at least 1 lowercase letter Must have at least 1 number Must have at least 1 symbol, such as ` ! ? $ ? % ^ & * ( ) _ – + = { [ } ] : ; @ … Continue reading “New Password Requirements and Recommendations”

Password Change Reminder

storesecured April 18, 2012September 17, 2025Notices

Reminder all existing passwords will be expiring within the next week and must meet new PCI regulation rules. If you have not changed your password since the new password requirements went into affect on 4/4 you will soon be directed to a password change screen which will force you to change it before you can continue. For further information please see the previous blog post at http://blog.storesecured.com/2012/04/04/new-password-requirements/ To change your password before the expiration log in and then select … Continue reading “Password Change Reminder”

New Item URL option available

storesecured April 6, 2012September 17, 2025Features

Now available, the ability to modify your item detail pages url format. There are now 2 formats available for your store item urls. The current format http://www.yourstore.com/items/dept/itempagename-detail.htm New optional format http://www.yourstore.com/itempagename-detail.htm All stores will remain with their old item url format unless the setting is changed. The change can be made from general–>item settings. Please note that this was done for Search Engine Optimization purposes, some search engines place greater emphasis on the actual keywords being in … Continue reading “New Item URL option available”

New Marketing Feed Feature Available

storesecured April 5, 2012September 17, 2025Features

Now available, the ability to exclude an item from the marketing feeds. If an item does not meet the terms set forth by Google, Bing etc for their feeds you can exclude that item from being added to the feed files. This new functionality is available as a check box under the Google Base portion of the item edit screen with the name Exclude from Feed. To exclude an item from all of the feeds simply check this box. By … Continue reading “New Marketing Feed Feature Available”

New Password Requirements

storesecured April 4, 2012September 17, 2025Important Changes

Within the next 2 weeks all store owners will be required to follow new password guidelines. These changes are a result of PCI compliance requirements and are required for all store admin logins. Admin passwords must meet the following requirements: Must be changed at least every 90 days Must be at least 7 characters long Must include a combination of at least one upper and lowercase letter, number and symbol Cannot use a password that you have used in the … Continue reading “New Password Requirements”

USPS Real-time Rates Restored & FedEx Real-time Notice

storesecured April 2, 2012September 17, 2025Features, Notices

USPS Service Restored USPS real-time rate service has now been restored. All stores are now upgraded and using the latest USPS real-time rate server. We thank you for your patience while we worked to quickly get this fixed. No action is required on your part to receive this update. FedEx Service Discontinues Old API Per our earlier blog post from 1/27, FedEx has now discontinued their support for earlier versions of their API. If you are using FedEx real-time rates … Continue reading “USPS Real-time Rates Restored & FedEx Real-time Notice”

Important USPS Real-time Shipping Errors – Action Required

storesecured April 1, 2012September 17, 2025Notices

Important if you are using USPS real-time rates this issue affects you please read below: As of Sunday April 1st 9:15am PST, all customers using USPS real-time rates are not receiving USPS shipping rates. Please note that we are receiving the following error: USPS:API Disabled: Rate. This API has been retired. Please use RateV4. If you are using ONLY USPS rates and you do not have backup rates or any other type of real-time shipping enabled please do so immediately. Having a … Continue reading “Important USPS Real-time Shipping Errors – Action Required”