Archive for July, 2007
Enabling Wordpress for e-Commerce - Part III: Product Setup and Payment Information
In Part I of this series, I discussed four different options for turning a Wordpress installation into a viable e-Commerce site. Part II then covered the initial setup and configuration of both Wordpress and the YAK plugin.
Now it’s time to get to the “meat and potatoes” of any e-Commerce site: listing products and setting up [...]
Enabling Wordpress for e-Commerce - Part II: Initial Setup and Configuration
In Part I of this series, I provided an overview of four different free options for integrating an e-Commerce setup into Wordpress. Ultimately, I decided to use the open-source YAK (Yet Another Kart) shopping cart plugin. As of this writing, the current version of YAK is 1.0, and Wordpress is 2.2.1.
Get Wordpress Going
Now it is [...]
Enabling Wordpress for e-Commerce - Part I: Software Selection
For some time now I’ve been considering starting an e-Commerce site, but in the last week I decided it was time to take action. The problem though, was in deciding what kind of software to use to power the site. Simply searching for something like “e-Commerce software” yields FAR too many varied results to be [...]
University of Iowa (Bank of America) Card - $250 Sign-up Bonus
Here is another $250 sign-up bonus offer, this time offered by Bank of America. The card is titled the “University of Iowa WorldPoints Platinum Plus Mastercard.” Whew! That’s a mouthful!
The Card
Here are a few details on the card:
Receive one point for every dollar spent. Points can be redeemed toward cash, travel, hotels, merchandise, [...]
Why it (Occasionally) Pays to Discover
My very first credit card was from Discover, and it was the only credit card I had for years (before I knew anything about money and credit). I was satisfied with it because I knew it had a “cashback” program, and in my ignorance I just always assumed it was always up to 5% cashback.
Boy, [...]
