Version 8 of Actinic’s range of desktop ecommerce software has now entered beta testing, with the full release scheduled for August.

According to a report from BT Business, three quarters of small and medium business are aware of the importance of the Internet, but four out of ten still do not have a web site.

Viagogo, the online ticket exchange backed by StubHub co-founder Eric Baker, has received $30m in Series C funding to fuel an assault on the US.

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Robert and Charlotte Johnston established The Gentleman’s Shop as a leading online supplier of men’s grooming accessories. They tried three different approaches to selling online, and experienced both the rough and the smooth of ecommerce, before settling on a solution that satisfied their needs - at a surprisingly low cost.

Experts warn that fraudulent attempts to acquire credit card details deceptively by ‘phishing’ are increasingly aimed towards ecommerce companies, and not just banks and financial institutions.

This mod only allows you to select products that have an enabled status. Optional categories staus included.

in catalog/admin/star_product.php:

FIND:

$star_query = tep_db_query(”select p.products_id, pd.products_name from ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS . ” p, ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . ” pd where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = ‘” . $languages_id . “‘ order by pd.products_name”);

REPLACE WITH: (if you do not have Enable & Disable Categories contrib installed)

$star_query = tep_db_query(”select p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_status from ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS . ” p, ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . ” pd where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = ‘” . $languages_id . “‘ and p.products_status = ‘1′ order by pd.products_name”);

OR

REPLACE WITH: (if you have Enable & Disable Categories contrib installed)

$star_query = tep_db_query(”select p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_status from ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS . ” p, ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . ” pd left join ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . ” p2c on p.products_id = p2c.products_id left join ” . TABLE_CATEGORIES . ” c on p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = ‘” . $languages_id . “‘ and p.products_status = ‘1′ and c.categories_status = ‘1′ order by pd.products_name”);

Almost two-thirds of UK consumers expect to do more Christmas shopping online this year - and women are leading the way.

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Ecommerce supplier Actinic has upgraded its Actinic Cover software protection package. In addition to free software upgrades, all subscribers will now benefit from priority telephone support; emergency web hosting provision; and a range of discounts on third party software and services.

The BBC is currently testing an online player that will make its TV and radio programmes available over the internet. According to industry analysts, the corporation may also include links to commercial music download sites.