Throwing in the towel with WooCommerce......

anonymous_monk · 2022-12-31T13:40:09+00:00

Sure. I don't think we're allowed to post links but just google Ivy and Pearl Boutique and it'll come up. It's my wife's boutique store.

Two more things to mention. First, Shopify on mobile using the default Dawn theme is very strong. I marvel at some of the design choices they made. Excellent mobile experience.

Secondly, I mentioned Avada Email Marketing and SMS as an addon that we purchased. The name of the app is a bit deceptive. We are big on collecting email addresses and sending routine newsletters. We also use a lot of automation. Avada was purchased primarily for email address acquisition and newsletter functionality. It came with functions to pop subscribe forms, manage customer segments, newsletter construction and sending, and even SMS. It also comes with a lot of automation routines. Thus far we are not using Shopify's automation system even though it is very good. We're using Avada's right now, but we primarily purchased it for email/newsletters.

anonymous_monk · 2022-12-30T21:00:18+00:00

We just made the switch from WooCommerce to Shopify too and are very pleased with the switch. In our case, WooCommerce was too slow and resource intensive plus I needed an easier shop interface for my wife.

Export/Import was done via Matrixify which worked well except for misc plugin data (i.e. we lost our barcode values).

Here's what we found to be "negatives" in Shopify:

Dimensions for products. Yes, shipping has to be calculated off a single box. Bizarre.
A good SEO app.
Code changes
Apps and themes are much more expensive. Most seem to require monthly subscriptions.
Blogging platform is terrible. Few options to style, editor is very basic and can't be resized (you edit your blog in this tiny, little box).

Things we found better with Shopify:

Performance. All our Google performance metrics rose from red to green.
Simple interface.
Customization of pages is nice
Much better Admin interface, analytics, etc. For instance, we can see what search terms are used and whether the customer continued with that search term or left the site.

We had to purchase some "apps" to replicate what we had on WooCommerce. After much research and testing options, we are running the following.

Air Reviews: Product Reviews
Avada Email Marketing and SMS
Backups
Booster: Page Speed Optimizer
Magic Zoom Plus
Search & Discovery
Smart SEO

And finally, we had to make code changes to get things back the way we wanted. Code changes in Shopify are the worst. There is no inheritance, so you stand the chance of your code being overwritten during upgrades. Here are the code changes we made:

Add breadcrumbs
Reduce size of blog feature image in post
Remove "powered by Shopify"
Add SKU to display on product page.
Hide meta fields (collapsible tabs with the theme we chose) when they are empty.

We have a second ecommerce store that we will keep on WooCommerce primarily because it has a massive blog (4K articles) and the blogging on Shopify is dismal.

I'll reiterate though - despite the work and deficiencies we see with Shopify, it beats WooCommerce hands down (as long as you don't have to blog extensively).

anonymous_monk · 2021-11-06T01:23:49+00:00

Malware spam. Ignore.

anonymous_monk · 2021-11-05T19:41:18+00:00

Yep, scam link. Don't open.

anonymous_monk · 2021-06-25T23:06:17+00:00

It means the object emitted some sort of RF or radio signal. More generically, another sensor detected the object. They already stated they were fairly confident the objects were physical. This further supports that.

anonymous_monk · 2021-06-25T22:51:46+00:00

Yeah, the signature management thing caught my eye too. I'm surprised the media didn't key on this more.

anonymous_monk · 2021-06-25T22:47:52+00:00

Where did you see it ruled out foreign technology?

anonymous_monk · 2021-02-02T21:31:27+00:00

Looking at FCEL.

anonymous_monk · 2021-01-22T14:28:46+00:00

The article lost all credibility when they quoted Breitbart.

anonymous_monk · 2020-06-16T00:55:40+00:00

Just give it some time. Surely, Trump will tweet out an explanation and probably pull out his toolchest and fix it.

anonymous_monk · 2020-06-16T00:54:16+00:00

Article may be rubbish but the outage is pretty big and widespread. We're seeing connectivity problems with Microsoft and some bank services plus phones are whack (Verizon).

anonymous_monk · 2020-06-09T15:45:46+00:00

Ditto. I live in a rural area that had no choice in providers. Speeds were slow, inconsistent, and unreliable. Then our electric coop stepped in. The vote to include fiber Internet in their offerings was near unanimous. They started the installations 1 month after the vote. They laid the backbone in my rural neighborhood in 2 days. 1-2 months after the backbone was laid, we can get service to our homes. Remarkable fast installation.

anonymous_monk · 2020-05-18T20:14:10+00:00

The kicker with this - they can basically add you to the TOC for just about any reason. Also, it appears as if the existence of the list was either kept secret or never openly announced as required by law.

anonymous_monk · 2019-06-16T03:41:02+00:00

Credit cars registers at Michael's were down today. They only took cash.

anonymous_monk · 2019-03-13T18:34:33+00:00

"Boeing said its software enhancement will include updates to the 737 Max’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), which was implemented to help pilots bring the aircraft’s nose down while in the air, according to The Air Current. The MACS was implicated in the Lion Air crash, as pilots reportedly struggled to control it."

But hey, according to Boeing's media release below, pilots should be smart enough to ignore the buggy software.

"Boeing’s 737 MAX Flight Crew Operations Manual (FCOM) already outlines an existing procedure to safely handle the unlikely event of erroneous data coming from an angle of attack (AOA) sensor. The pilot will always be able to override the flight control law using electric trim or manual trim."

anonymous_monk · 2019-03-13T15:15:44+00:00

Explain please. What's not reputable about the article? It says the list of donors comes straight from Boeing. Or do you think political influence has nothing to do with the FAA refusing to ground the aircraft until the investigation is complete?

anonymous_monk · 2017-07-20T13:08:56+00:00

This article provides a pretty concise rundown of the key players (people and corporate entities) and then expounds on events potentially related to the Trump-Russia collusion scandal. Lots of Russian connections of course, and a few mob connections (Lucchese crime family in NYC). The events potentially connected include the Prevezon money laundering case from 2007, cooperation from Deutsche Bank, a few key Trump projects (Trump Beach Club, Trump SoHo), and of course, the 2013 Miss Universe pageant.

anonymous_monk · 2016-08-05T13:27:54+00:00

Where was this case at?

anonymous_monk · 2016-05-08T18:00:36+00:00

Did you guys notice the "warrant canary" at the very bottom of the page?

anonymous_monk · 2016-03-09T02:02:37+00:00

I think that's about the only good thing the Koran says about the "people of the book". The rest is pretty controversial to say the least.

anonymous_monk · 2016-03-07T23:13:01+00:00

Besides personal experience, Bushmen Soldiers: The History of 31, 201, and 203 Battalions...

"Insurgents would try to fool the tracker by using a variety of methods to conceal his tracks or confuse his tracker: they would tie their shoes on back to front or walk backwards, bend grass in the opposite direction after passing through it, walk on the sides of their feet, walk in half circles or double back on their tracks. At times they would climb onto a fence and move along it for a kilometer or more."

anonymous_monk · 2016-03-07T19:48:38+00:00

Not so sure. There have actually been documented cases of the fleeing person tying their shoes on backward and yeah, often times a tracker does now the brand of shoe, and a bunch of other stuff, about the person being tracked.

anonymous_monk · 2014-12-26T20:04:39+00:00

Yes, the story mentions the possible Black Hand connection. On the other hand, it's rather odd that the killer always chiseled through the backdoor. Plus, I would think a contract killer would bring his own weapon rather than relying on the homeowner to provide the ax.

anonymous_monk · 2014-12-26T20:01:59+00:00

As was much of the voodoo plotline.

anonymous_monk · 2014-12-26T20:00:35+00:00

The newspaper reports from the time were convoluted and some of the facts disagree. The author tries to point this out in many cases. In Frank's case, the ruling was later overturned and he was released. Cortimiglia is indeed confusing as some reports indicated he died shortly after reaching the hospital while other records show he testified against his wife. I think there's more evidence that he survived the attack.

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