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One Step Checkout Beta Available

storesecured August 14, 2012Features, Important Changes

We are happy to announce that the long awaited one step checkout functionality is now available for beta use. To enable one step checkout visit General–>Checkout Settings Check the box labeled Enable One Step Checkout If the check box is grayed out it will tell you why you are unable to use this functionality and how to correct it. Please note that there are several conditions that must be satisfied currently in order to use this new functionality: The store … Continue reading “One Step Checkout Beta Available”

Get $75 in free Amazon clicks to your website

storesecured July 2, 2012Features

Signup for an Amazon Product Ads account before 9/30 and get $75 in free clicks. How does it work? Upload your google base file to Amazon and they will display your ads as part of their product pages. You pay only for actual clicks and you set the amount to pay. Shoppers will come directly to your website and checkout as normal. Use the $75 in free clicks to decide if you want to continue after the free period. Click … Continue reading “Get $75 in free Amazon clicks to your website”

How to change the FTP password

storesecured June 27, 2012Hints Tips and Tricks

In light of all of the recent password changes for the admin and email areas we have had some customers also ask about changing their FTP passwords to also be strong passwords. FTP passwords can be changed from My Account–>Change FTP Password. Only the main store admin can access this page and you must know your existing password in order to make the change. We highly recommend that all users ensure that the FTP password meets the standard password complexity … Continue reading “How to change the FTP password”

New Email Password Requirements Enabled

storesecured June 25, 2012Notices

The new email password requirements previously explained are now required for all email accounts. The next time you login via web mail you will be required to update your password if it does not currently meet the new requirements. Please read the previous blog post about the new email password requirements for any questions or clarifications regarding the new policy, requirements etc. Password requirement overview: Must include at least one of each of the following: uppercase and lowercase letter, number, … Continue reading “New Email Password Requirements Enabled”

New Email Password Requirements

storesecured May 31, 2012Notices 2 Comments

Effective immediately all new email accounts created must follow the new password complexity requirements. Effective June 25th all existing email accounts must be updated to use the new password complexity requirements. New Email Password Requirements Must not be the same as your username 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 Email Password Requirements”

How to unsubscribe from feedback forum emails

storesecured May 15, 2012Hints Tips and Tricks

Recently we have had some merchants asking how to unsubscribe from the feedback forum emails. To unsubscribe Go to My Account–>Feature Requests–>Feedback Forum This will take you to the feedback forum In the top right look for your name/store name, ie Signed in as x Click on your name Uncheck the box next to the emails that you do not wish to receive Hit submit

Authorize.net Gateway Issues

storesecured May 1, 2012Third Party Notices

We have been detecting sporadic issues with the Authorize.net payment gateway today 5/1. Some merchants and/or customers are receiving errors during processing/crediting or capturing funds. Please note that this is an Authorize.net issue and there is nothing that we can do at this time except to wait for them to correct it. We are seeing errors from Authorize.net such as: Server returned error information for request The operation timed out The connection with the server was reset You … Continue reading “Authorize.net Gateway Issues”

New Password Requirements and Recommendations

storesecured April 24, 2012Hints 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, 2012Notices

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, 2012Features

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”