Not long ago we wrote about how you could manually add a My Account Link to your site, and today we’re going to review another useful link, but one that’s very easy to code incorrectly by accident…

“A faster site is a better site” – me That’s my quote for the day. But don’t take my word for it. Google thinks speed is important. So important it’s now a ranking factor. Customers think speed is important. So important that nearly a third will leave your site if it does not load quickly. [...]

Mobile shopping is only on the rise these days. I’ve read a number of articles predicting 10-15 percent of *ALL* 2011 holiday ecommerce sales will come from mobile/tablet devices. Your store’s percentage may vary, but you can no longer ignore this growing segment.

Luckily, the latest version of ShopSite, version 11 service pack 1 (SP1) helps with built-in mobile support…

ShopSite has just released version 11 SP1 of its award-winning ecommerce software. We are excited about this new version, as it has a number of great new features and enhancements.

This version has been extensively tested by ShopSite, by us, and a number of our merchants, and is a “must have” upgrade for any ShopSite merchant.

Here are a few highlighted new features and tips with 11 SP1…

When you have an online store that ships internationally, displaying your products in another currency can be helpful to your customers, but which currency do you select? ShopSite supports the display of an alternate currency so you could pick one to display but you’ll then have to keep the exchange rate updated on a regular basis.

Dynamic Converter, a free script available at www.dynamicconverter.com, resolves both of these items for you by allowing your customers to select the alternate currency they want to see and the exchange rates update automatically every day.