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Miva Merchant PA DSS

July 26th, 2011

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e-Business Express has Launched Miva Merchant PA DSS Hosting

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Upgrading Miva 4 to 5

July 5th, 2011

We at e-Business Express can help you with Upgrading Miva 4 to 5. Call us at 877-907-3277 option 2 to speak with one of our experts.

The process of upgrading Miva 4 to 5 is a generally a 3-step process, each process of which consists of 2-4 more detailed processes for a total of 8 steps. The general processes are as follows:

  1. Preparing a fresh install of Miva Merchant 5
  2. Backing up data from your Miva Merchant 4 store
  3. Importing backup data into your new Miva Merchant 5 store

To prepare a fresh install of Miva Merchant 5 you must:

  • Install Miva 5
  • Run Miva 5 setup
  • Add users to manage the store

To backup your Miva 4 store you must:

  • Put the store into maintenance mode
  • Export an XML backup

To import Miva 4 backup into your new Miva 5 store you must:

  • Import XML backup
  • Move product images to correct directory in new store
  • Re-installed any 3rd party modules used in the old store

Once done your new Miva 5 store should be up and ready to take orders.


Google +1 Button on Your Site

June 7th, 2011

Google answers FaceBook with +1 recommendations for your friends.

For ecommerce sites, +1 will improve your search engine traffic and bring more qualified shoppers. Adding the +1 is easy.

This link should be placed at the bottom of your site’s HTML file:

1 <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>

Place the +1 Button On Page

Place the +1 button on page with the following code:

<g:plusone size="standard" count="true"></g:plusone>

e-Business Express can help you do this click here to request +1 Button Install.