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At the urging of several people, I’ve coded a script that will automatically update your paid date after you pay. It seems to be working pretty well, but Paypal is inconsistent with how their end works, so if you pay, and don’t see your paid date reflected within a few minutes, feel free to drop me a line and let me know. Also, since it’s totally automatic now, if your paid date is overdue, you’ll get exactly 31 days from the moment you pay (not noon that day as it was before). If your paid date is up-to-date, you’ll get 31 days from your current paid date.

Please use the Paypal button on your vendor pages to make your monthly payments. Otherwise you’ll need to wait until I get to my computer and update you manually.

Although there are separate submit buttons under future, current, and past items, they all apply changes made to all three tables. I just put multiple buttons in there so you didn’t have to scroll to much to find one.

Finally! I’ve had this one on my list forever and I’m hoping it will really make your lives easier. You’ll see a new link in your vendor footer called “Multi-edit.” It allows you to edit / delete multiple items simultaneously. Please let me know if you notice any bugs with it.

Some of you have noticed that I’ve added a ‘contact me’ link on your store pages. I did this because I’ve been getting emails from customers who are unable to find contact info anywhere on HC stores. I’ve just added the option to customize this link with a graphic (you’ll see it on your ‘edit profile’ link in the optional customizations section. Also, if you want to eliminate it entirely, there are instructions on your profile page to do that as well. As a courtesy to your customers, please ensure that you have your contact info listed somewhere in your store.

Thanks

Karen

PS ~ if you’re working with a web designer, please let them know that they’re free to join this Yahoo group to get updates on new features, etc. Thanks!

I think I’ve finally got the discount codes option working correctly. You can define codes from your vendor pages (Discount Codes link) by $ amount, percentage, or free shipping. The customer enters the code on their payment page. I’ve also moved the comments box to the payment page as well, and am considering moving the shipping options there in the future. I think it’s self-explanatory, but if you have questions, or it’s acting buggy, please let me know.

Also, if you have used a designer to help customize your store, and his/her business is not listed on this page: http://hyenacart.com/customizing.php . please let me know.

The congo coding is nearly 100% complete. Please let me know if you’d like to start setting one up. I’ve written in a lot of flexibility and you should be able to make it look exactly the way you want. Pricing will be $25/month. Here’s a Test Congo: http://hyenacart.com/Test_congo/ to give you an idea how it looks. Features include individual vendor logins, separated store listings, and an automatically generated ‘about us’ page.

Finally, I’ve had a few people ask me about sales tax. I don’t plan on including this in HC, but you can set sales tax in your Paypal preferences. It will automatically be added in when the customer checks out.

Thanks everyone for using HC