How to Exclude Traffic From Google Analytics in Magento

…Analytics javascript: var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-12345678-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_setVar’,’ga_exclude’]); // deprecated, but still functional _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); Remember to substitute your own analytics ID for UA-12345678-1 (which can be found by logging into your analytics account). Also, you can pass whatever value you like to _setVar(), so long as it matches what you configured for Filter Pattern above. Downloa…

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WooCommerce extension updates & releases

3 New WooCommerce Extensions

…you can get paid by virtually any means the customer wants; take away every excuse for the customer to say no! Want some more info or purchase information? Check out each new extension at WooCommerce.com! Admin Custom Order Fields for WooCommerce WooCommerce Netbilling Payment Gateway Integration WooCommerce Intuit QBMS Payment Gateway Integration…

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Team

Welcome, Tamara!

…s well as knock-out several existing issues with Tamara’s help. With her on-board full-time, we’re excited to move even faster with new product development and feature additions. Tamara will be helping to maintain and improve our existing WooCommerce extensions, and will be working with Justin and Max on new products. You can probably find her making changes to our website or talking to readers on SkyVerge.com, and may also bump into her answering…

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One WooCommerce Theme to Rule Them All: Storefront

…WooCommerce theme. And it’s fantastic. Lots of customers end up asking WooCommerce, “Which theme for WooCommerce should I use?” It’s a question we get at SkyVerge, and it’s one I get at Sell with WP frequently as well (which I also answer in this free resource). We now have an answer: start with Storefront. It can get you up and running quickly, and there are enough options in terms of customization that your site won’t look exactly like another….

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Happy Birthday, SkyVerge

…prize: any WooCommerce extension(s) of your choice worth up to $200 at WooCommerce.com Ten (10) second place prizes: SkyVerge swag, such as tee shirts and stickers We’ll randomly select the winners from all entrants using the email address you leave the comment with, so please be sure it’s accurate so you can claim your prize. One entry per person, please. How to Enter Here’s how you enter: leave a comment with your name and a valid email address…

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Birthday Contest Winners

…is week! We really appreciate you being a part of our journey over the past two years and participating in our birthday sweepstakes. Our grand prize winner has been contacted — congrats Amber! She’s getting $200 worth of WooCommerce extensions from WooCommerce.com. Our second place winners have also been notified via email, and we’ll be shipping out some swag to them next week. If you received an email, please be sure to forward an address for us…

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WordPress development tutorials

Developers: Stop Using sslverify = false — WordPress has you covered

…verification from the external API you connect to, you open yourself to man-in-the-middle attacks, as the authenticity of who you’re connecting to cannot be verified. This means that sensitive information being sent from your site can be intercepted, and that information returned to your site can be spoofed and be inaccurate or malicious. While a couple of years ago sslverify = true may have caused more issues than it solved due to validation issu…

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WooCommerce extension updates & releases

WooCommerce Authorize.net CIM 2.0 Released

…nd try it out! This update has undergone many hours of testing and is fully-compatible with WooCommerce 2.4. If you have a current WooCommerce.com license, you can download the update now. Fixing Some Old Issues Payment gateway integrations are something of a specialty for us, so we usually we’re quite good at estimating development time. Our challenge with this gateway was that the Authorize.net CIM API says it does certain things, but it does no…

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month in review

September in Review

…a couple of reasons. First, we helped out for a couple of weeks in the WooCommerce.com support queues this month, as there was a bit of a backlog that we helped work through. We also deployed fix releases to 24 different plugins this month, so while we did make progress on new development, we’re still testing and will be deploying soon. WooCommerce Social Login 1.6.0 One feature release that was wrapped up in September was Social Login 1.6.0. Thi…

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SkyTrip 2017

SkyTrip 2017 Recap

…ces, with preference for a large table where the whole team could work side-by-side. A pool ? (Spoiler: We got a pool.) After extensive searching, we narrowed our list down to 10 homes: 2 in Costa Rica; 3 in the Dominican Republic; 1 each in Southern France, Scotland, and Southern Italy; and 2 in Florida. With each home tracked in a Google Spreadsheet, we estimated costs (accommodations, flights, and food) and looked at weather, nearby airports, a…

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