Updated Small Engine Parts Store

thanks to Roban for updating my site a couple months ago i kinda like it in a way before it was red orange background now got the carolina blue i have added a membership group on my store for CSC member group if any of you can use me for your small engine parts needs it would be nice to have you as a customer





i am constantly adding products one at a time but seems like i ran into a problem with the hp scanner i have seems as if it scans and comes out with fuzzy waves on the pictures it scans so some of the images are fuzzy in design





im planning on getting a better quality scanner if i have too also i have discounted prices im putting on the oregon catalog im not finished with the catalog yet so i can use advise on what needs to be done to help things out on that note i may add one or two items in each of them categories sub cats just so it wont be a blank category



im also trying to figure out the rma thing cause i notice it wont have a way of printing a shipping label out if someone can tell me what can be done about that would be nice





as far as i know am i the only parts store for lawnmowers chainsaws on cs cart ?

any help on making my site look much better would be appreciated i am going to be changing names here in the next few months so i can use you all to help make my site look much better any ideas would be good thank you



should i remove the wording on the homepage and put in the featured items and such and if so would that change my rankings on search engines ?



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i am constantly adding products one at a time but seems like i ran into a problem with the hp scanner i have seems as if it scans and comes out with fuzzy waves on the pictures it scans so some of the images are fuzzy in design





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Calvin,

You probably need to open your scans in a photo editor of some sort. (I am not sure if the HP program offers editing tools) When you acquire the scan in a photo editor you need to use the tools in the editor to “clean up” the scan.

Some editors call it “Remove Pattern” or Degausse image. This will clear up the scan irregularities. Then you can use the Desharp and resize. All the magazine covers on my site are scanned on an HP through an “old” Photo Editor (MicroGrafx Picture Publisher, circa 1999)

If you are scanning printed artwork, you need to make sure you turn on descreening in your scanning software. You should find an option in your scanning software - often in an advanced tab or in the scanning driver - that allows you to turn the Descreen option on. If your images are fuzzy, you can apply a modest amount of Unsharp Mask (be careful here as it is really easy to overdo the sharpening) playing with the radius and intensity/amount controls to get a clean picture.



Bob

i got another issue with my site may be a bug maybe not but on the admin side reward points i click on reward points in the catalog section and it does not show anything just a blank white background is this a issue or is there something not working correctly ?

You should change the favicon on your website Calvin, or at least delete it.

It’s currently showing the CS-Cart logo which obviously isn’t you.

[quote name=‘lawnmowertech’]i got another issue with my site may be a bug maybe not but on the admin side reward points i click on reward points in the catalog section and it does not show anything just a blank white background is this a issue or is there something not working correctly ?[/QUOTE]



This bug you have encountered has been fixed in 1.3.5sp4.



I would suggest upgrading to that version since it fixes a great amount of bugs.

[quote name=‘JesseLeeStringer’]You should change the favicon on your website Calvin, or at least delete it.

It’s currently showing the CS-Cart logo which obviously isn’t you.[/QUOTE]



i deleted the favicon file since i do not know how to change the favicon i do not have a computer program to design a ico file i would like to have someone design a logo for my invoices and the favicon logo someone with the software to achieve that would be a plus



also i think i may need to have someone fix these issues with reward points not showing up on the admin side in the catalog sidebox also i notice the Best sellers is not working either i have it activated in the add ons section but i dont see it on the customer side of the store



i would like the favicon to have the letter C in it cause that would be a decent favicon which would not have to change here in the next few months



but it would be nice to have it fancy with a good decent background color



also coming up with a company logo is where im having issues since im in the small engine type business field i know someone on here can come up with a decent logo design



for the invoices



thanks all

calvin

he’s got a favicon now

rob is there a way to fix the rewards pts issue i tryed to test order the other day and used the pts for payment and it did not deduct the pts from the acct so im not sure what it could be also i went by the help desk site and tryed fixing NC sales tax for NC customers and for some odd reason the sales tax wont work







also im still stumped on how or where to change my logo on my invoices



version i have is 1.3.5-SP3



i would also like to purchase a mod for Fed ex that it prints out a label from the admin side of store and how would this be installed ?



thanks

calvin

[quote name=‘gpro’]This bug you have encountered has been fixed in 1.3.5sp4.



I would suggest upgrading to that version since it fixes a great amount of bugs.[/QUOTE]



how would i upgrade if that fixes that issue i am not a expert in html and that so people have to explain what to do

Effectively you’ld want to contact Roban / Rob again for another upgrade.



As for the invoice logo:

Administration → Site Info → Logos → Invoice Logo → [Insert your logo to upload] → Update / Save → Done.

i have a question i notice i have about 14000 visitors that have visited my store and left within a minute from being on the site what is causing this to happen ?





do i need to make some changes on the homepage get rid of some words and put products instead on the homepage that will catch peoples attn ?





also i notice on someone elses site the top navigation tabs view cart , catalog , home , my account them tabs i noticed someone had Forum , contact us and some others on there site where do i create this at to where it shows up on there

Calvin,



You can ask Roban to create an extra tab for you.

You’ll need to add products that people can buy easily. Ie new lawnmower.

Selling parts doesn’t provide a good sales opportunity without products to sell to them in the first place.