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Aussicons

We all know those cute little computer symbols called ‘emoticons,’ where means a smile and is a frown. Sometimes these are represented by , and . Well, how about some ‘Aussicons?’ Here goes…

• (_!_) – A regular arse
• (__!__) – A fat arse
• (!) – A tight arse
• (_*_) – A sore arse
• {_!_} – A swishy arse
• (_o_) – An arse that’s been around
• (_x_) – Kiss my arse
• (_X_) – Leave my arse alone
• (_zzz_) – A tired arse
• (_E=mc2_) – A smart arse
• (_$_) – Money coming out of his arse
• (_?_) – Dumb Arse

Redeeming your Prepaid Zune Pass within Zune

To redeem your prepaid card launch the Zune software (4.2) on your PC and follow the instructions below.

1. Sign in to your account
2. Click the Settings button
3. Select Account from the Main Menu
4. Select Redeem Code from the Microsoft Points section
5. Enter your Download Code clearly printed on your Prepaid Zune Pass – available now for immediate electronic delivery from the Shop.

Using a Prepaid Zune Pass does not require a credit card to activate your Zune Pass account.

Upgrading from Windows 7 RC Ultimate to RTM Ultimate

How To Upgrade Windows 7 RC To RTM

File download/Electronic purchase added to Product Importer Deluxe for WP e-Commerce

I’m on a roll this week, Product Importer Deluxe for WP e-Commerce has gone from 0.1.0 to 0.3.0, now with support for bulk import of electronic downloads. Hooah!

I acted on a suggestion this morning (thanks Sunny) and am eager to hear feedback from this latest release aimed at e-retailers selling electronic downloads. As always access the Product Importer Deluxe for WP e-Commerce page within the WP e-Commerce > Addons page.

Summary of data integration of Mass Product Importer for WP e-Commerce

I’ve been meaning to publish a table/diagram illustrating what data fields my Mass Product Importer solution supports and what’s in queue.

I’ll be updating this post regularly as I introduce new support for WP e-Commerce Product and Product meta fields.

If you think I have missed a Product-related field which should be listed please let me know in the comments below.

Quantity added to Product Importer Deluxe for WP e-Commerce

My bulk product importer solution for WP e-Commerce has been out in the wild for over a month now and in this time have collected feedback and now implementing feature requests.

First off the production line is support for product quantity and limited quantity. How this works is if a Product (row in the master product catalague – CSV file) has an empty Product quantity value then it is considered unlimited, otherwise the limited quantity option is activated and the value provided is the quantity of product remaining.

Customers who already have purchased Product Importer Deluxe for WP e-Commerce can click the link on their original e-mail to download the latest release. I am working to allow customers to log in and view their purchases as well as be notified of updates available across my Shop.

Update: I’ve since noticed in the latest beta that WP e-Commerce now supports the ability to notify the store owner once a Product runs out of stock. I’ll be added control of this setting within the Import Options region of Step 2/3 of the import process in the next update.

Windows Phone 7 Demo

Check out this video to get a first-hand look at the latest Windows Phone that brings your people, photos, music, and video into an unrivaled mobile experience.

Adding your Business Logo to PayPal Checkout

If you’re purchasing a product from my WP e-Commerce powered Shop you’ll now notice my logo prominently displayed in the header area on the final PayPal Checkout page.

Here’s how to add your own store logo to the PayPal Payment page:

1. Upgrade your PayPal account type to Premier or Business
2. From the My Account page click on Profile
3. Open Custom Payment Pages from the Selling Preferences section
4. From the bottom buttons click Add to create a new Payment Page template/style
5. Provide a name of your new template; ensure to only use letters and number, no spaces
6. Within Photoshop or your preferred image editor application create a new image with a width of 750 pixels and height not more than 90 pixels
7. The standard practice I’ve observed is to place your store logo aligned to the left corner and business information aligned to the right corner
8. Save your new PayPal banner as a GIF or JPG with a filesize less than 50KB
9. Visit SSLpic and upload your PayPal banner to a secure web server (e.g. https://…) address that PayPal requires
10. Copy the secure address sent to your registered e-mail account to the Header Image URL field back on the PayPal Page template page
11. If your PayPal banner has a white (#FFF) background leave the Header Background Image, Header Border Colour and Background Colour fields empty
12. Click Save to finalise changes then reopen the Custom Payment Page and select your new PayPal Page template and click Make Default to finish.

That’s it! Sign out of your PayPal account and run a test transaction within your store, if you followed the above instructions correctly you should now be seeing your custom PayPal banner on the PayPal Payment page.

Show off your PayPal banner, provide a link below so we can see what you’ve done! Here’s mine.

Generic Privacy Policy for Australian Websites

The following Privacy Policy is a great template for Australian web developers to use for client sites, just be sure to replace the generic terms (e.g. Company Name, www.company-name.com, etc.) with your client’s details!

This following document sets forth the Privacy Policy for the Company Name website, www.company-name.com.

Company Name is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service experience. Company Name is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Crh), which sets out a number of principles concerning the privacy of individuals.

Collection of your personal information

There are many aspects of the site which can be viewed without providing personal information, however, for access to future Company Name customer support features you are required to submit personally identifiable information. This may include but not limited to a unique username and password, or provide sensitive information in the recovery of your lost password.

Sharing of your personal information

We may occasionally hire other companies to provide services on our behalf, including but not limited to handling customer support enquiries, processing transactions or customer freight shipping. Those companies will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to deliver the service. Company Name takes reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information.

Use of your personal information

For each visitor to reach the site, we expressively collect the following non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to browser type, version and language, operating system, pages viewed while browsing the Site, page access times and referring website address. This collected information is used solely internally for the purpose of gauging visitor traffic, trends and delivering personalized content to you while you are at this Site.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will use for these new purposes only, data collected from the time of the policy change forward will adhere to our updated practices.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Company Name reserves the right to make amendments to this Privacy Policy at any time. If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Site.

Accessing Your Personal Information

You have a right to access your personal information, subject to exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, please let us know. You may be required to put your request in writing for security reasons. Company Name reserves the right to charge a fee for searching for, and providing access to, your information on a per request basis.

Contacting us

Company Name welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy and would like further information, please contact us by any of the following means during business hours Monday to Friday.

Call: (07) 0000 0000

Post: Attn: Privacy Policy,
Company Name,
123 Sesame Avenue,
Sesame Street, QLD 0000,
AUSTRALIA

E-mail: privacy-policy@company-name.com

WordPress 2.9.2 Security Update

WordPress users will notice a new automatic update available for 2.9.2, this security update fixes a vulnerability affecting all Wordpress installations since the recent introduction of the Trash feature in the 2.9.* series.

Every logged in user, even those with the subscriber role, can access all deleted articles and posts that have been moved to the trash. This might not affect the majority of blogs as there need to be at least two registered users and at least one user that is not trusted by the administrator of the site.

Excerpt from Wordpress 2.9.2 Released at ghacks.net.