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— May 26, 2022

Team Antropy Attends the Three Bridges Networking Event

Team Antropy Attends the Three Bridges Networking Event

On the 25th May, Alex, Paul, Joe and Adem went to a local networking event held at Three Bridges Football Club. This was the first networking event we had attended since the pandemic so it was a welcome change for us all to get back to some pre-covid normalities and meet like-minded businesses...

— May 18, 2022

Sparks Electrical OpenCart Rebuild

Sparks Electrical OpenCart Rebuild

Near the end of 2020 we were tasked with updating a very tricky custom built OpenCart store for a company called Sparks Electrical. They are a well established company based in London and had an outdated OpenCart store, running on version 1.5 for 10 years! The site hadn’t been touched for a very...

— May 6, 2022

Blocks of Hours vs Support Retainers vs Fixed Price

Blocks of Hours vs Support Retainers vs Fixed Price

So we have a number of different ways of working on a project basis with clients. In this blog I will highlight the different ways we can tackle your project

— Apr 29, 2022

Antropy’s Most Downloaded Free OpenCart Extensions?

Antropy’s Most Downloaded Free OpenCart Extensions?

‘Nothing in this life is free’, the old saying goes but we beg to differ when it comes down to our most popular free extensions. Here are our top 3 most downloaded free OpenCart extensions:

— Apr 21, 2022

Hawkins OpenCart Rebuild

Hawkins OpenCart Rebuild

We have worked with Hawkins Hobbies since the middle of 2019 and undertaken numerous smaller projects over the years but we were very happy to sink our teeth into rebuilding their OpenCart site. They had been running off an older version of OpenCart for some years and needed a refresh, which we...

— Apr 4, 2022

How to Send an Opencart Extension to Us?

How to Send an Opencart Extension to Us?

So as per a previous blog of ours, we always ask clients to buy extensions and the reasons for that can be found here - Why do we ask Clients to Buy Extensions? However, in this blog I want to highlight how you go about sending the extensions to us.

— Mar 16, 2022

Antropy Subcategory Images Extension

Antropy Subcategory Images Extension

Adding images within subcategories has been a request we have had a fair bit recently, so we decided to package up our fix into a free extension that you can download here.

— Feb 22, 2022

Antropy OpenCart Blog Extension

Antropy OpenCart Blog Extension

There are a lot of downsides of using Journal as an OpenCart Theme but one of the plus sides is the blog feature that comes with it. We had a fair few clients comment that they wanted a blog feature but did not want to use Journal. However what we found were there were no well regarded blog...

— Feb 11, 2022

Top 5 Payment Gateway Extensions for OpenCart

Top 5 Payment Gateway Extensions for OpenCart

We often get clients ask us what is the best Payment Gateway to use for your OpenCart store. So here is a rundown of who we would recommend:

— Feb 4, 2022

Opayo Update Deadline for your OpenCart Store is Looming

Opayo Update Deadline for your OpenCart Store is Looming

As I am sure those Opayo (formerly SagePay) users have seen, the SCA Deadline is set for the 14th March 2022. There are a number of updates that need to be put in place before this deadline and these should be implemented sooner rather than later.

— Jan 17, 2022

Antropy's 2-Step Strategy for Handling Complex OpenCart Rebuilds

Antropy's 2-Step Strategy for Handling Complex OpenCart Rebuilds

The normal way rebuilds run is we undertake a Phase 1 and then put the site live, if any further work is needed after this then that goes into a Phase 2. However with some sites where they are heavily customised this process isn’t one we would recommend or follow.

— Jan 12, 2022

PayPal Search Transaction History within OpenCart

PayPal Search Transaction History within OpenCart

A useful feature within the OpenCart Admin is to be able to search the transaction history of current or previous PayPal orders. This can be found by:

— Dec 22, 2021

How to Update Your Information Pages Within OpenCart

How to Update Your Information Pages Within OpenCart

The Information page within the OpenCart Admin Panel is a little hidden and you could be clicking around for some time if you don’t know where to look. This is where you can find the following pages: About Us Delivery Information Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions

— Dec 16, 2021

Vape Liquid UK OpenCart Build

Vape Liquid UK OpenCart Build

We have recently built a brand new website for a new vaping company called Vape Liquid UK. We once again based the new site on our iStore theme and tried to keep the design as simplistic as possible.

— Dec 8, 2021

Most Viewed Blogs of 2021

Most Viewed Blogs of 2021

Just like in last year's blog, we go through the most viewed blogs written this year according to Google Analytics. This year we have written a range of blogs with a lot more ‘how to’ guides for OpenCart and in the later part of the year case studies on OpenCart Builds we have completed through...

— Nov 19, 2021

British Land Rover Parts Website OpenCart Rebuild

British Land Rover Parts Website OpenCart Rebuild

We were asked to rebuild the British Land Rover Parts website as they were running on version 2.0.3.1 of OpenCart which was in need of a recharge. For the new site we upgraded their theme based on our Multipurpose Theme.

— Nov 12, 2021

How Easy Is It to Switch to OpenCart?

How Easy Is It to Switch to OpenCart?

A question we get asked a lot when clients are potentially looking to switch from one platform to another is a) how hard is this to achieve and b) how much disruption will it cause to my current site?

— Nov 2, 2021

Master Plastics OpenCart Upgrade

Master Plastics OpenCart Upgrade

We were asked to rebuild the Master Plastic website as they were running an older version of OpenCart which was in need of an update and refresh. For the new site we upgraded their theme and mirrored the design based on their old site.

— Oct 13, 2021

Organic Textile Company OpenCart Rebuild

Organic Textile Company OpenCart Rebuild

We were asked to rebuild the Organic Textile website as they were running an older version of OpenCart which was in need of an upgrade and refresh. We based the design off our iStore theme and only made slight changes to the top bar, header and footer so that the site's design was very similar to...

— Oct 6, 2021

Total E Liquid OpenCart Rebuild

Total E Liquid OpenCart Rebuild

We were asked to rebuild the Total E Liquid website as they were running an older version of OpenCart which was in need of an update. We used our iStore theme and as per the client’s brief, we kept the colours in place from the previous site. The design we kept very basic and simplistic as the...

— Sep 29, 2021

Plantex OpenCart Rebuild

Plantex OpenCart Rebuild

We were asked to rebuild the Plantex website as they were running off an older version of OpenCart and in need of an update. For the new site we created a custom theme based off the existing theme they had. We tried to keep the new sites look and feel similar to the old website so that the branding...

— Sep 17, 2021

Quay Traders OpenCart Rebuild

Quay Traders OpenCart Rebuild

We were approached to update and rebuild the Quay Traders website as they were looking for a fresh, yet simple new site. Using our iStore theme, we created a modern looking homepage with two slideshows of images. The top bar we made a simple grey colour and the footer a light blue to make it stand...

— Sep 7, 2021

Cold Spring Website Merge

Cold Spring Website Merge

This was a website merge and update that we are very proud about. Cold Spring are a niche UK based record label and were looking to merge their two sites together into one main OpenCart site. The main website that was used for News and Artist Biographies was running off WordPress, whilst the store...

— Aug 20, 2021

Onion Reporting OpenCart Website Rebuild

Onion Reporting OpenCart Website Rebuild

Onion Reporting Software are a Belfast based company who specialise in putting your Sage accounts in Excel format. They were running on the old 1.5.5.1 version of OpenCart which made the website look outdated and in need of a refresh.

— Aug 6, 2021

Crawley Sheds & Cabins Website Rebuild

Crawley Sheds & Cabins Website Rebuild

We always enjoy helping local companies with their ecommerce websites and the Crawley Sheds & Cabins rebuild was no different. They approached us as their old website was built and run through a company that rhymes with Well (hint hint) and known to be cheap and cheerful. This was all well and good...

— Apr 1, 2021

Missing Orders Mysteries

Missing Orders Mysteries

A comprehensive guide on OpenCart's 'Missing Orders' - what they are, their causes, and how to solve.

— Mar 16, 2021

How to Add Reward Points to Customers Within OpenCart

How to Add Reward Points to Customers Within OpenCart

Keeping customers happy and making them feel valued is very important. One way to go about this is by rewarding them with Reward Points. In this blog, I highlight how to go about rewarding customers with reward points within OpenCart.

— Mar 8, 2021

How to Enable or Disable Payment Methods in OpenCart

How to Enable or Disable Payment Methods in OpenCart

What payment methods you want to use on your OpenCart store is a very important decision to make. It is very easy to select which payment methods you would like to use and below I have listed the steps to do this.

— Mar 3, 2021

How to Enable or Disable Reviews on Your Site

How to Enable or Disable Reviews on Your Site

This may sound like something you should know how to do but if I am perfectly honest I had to squirrel around the admin to find where you enable or disable reviews on your site. You can choose whether you only want reviews from customers who are logged in or for guests as well or you may choose to...

— Feb 8, 2021

How to Add a New Voucher Theme in Opencart

How to Add a New Voucher Theme in Opencart

Themes/ pictures on vouchers are important when sending a voucher or when a client purchases a gift voucher. The default themes are Birthday, Christmas and General. The below blog highlights how you can add a new theme.

— Jan 18, 2021

How to Add a New Weight and Length Class in OpenCart

How to Add a New Weight and Length Class in OpenCart

Adding a new weight or length class is a useful exercise to know within OpenCart. It could be that you notice that in correspondences with customers they keep referring to a specific weight or length metric that you feel could be useful to add to your website.

— Dec 15, 2020

How to add an IP for an extension that uses the OpenCart API

How to add an IP for an extension that uses the OpenCart API

Sometimes a 3rd party extension or developer will need to access your OpenCart API, for this to happen they will need to get their IP added. I have highlighted below how you undertake this:

— Dec 4, 2020

Our Most Viewed Blogs of 2020

Our Most Viewed Blogs of 2020

Just like in last year's blog, we go through the most viewed blogs written this year according to Google Analytics. This year we have really tried to focus on blogs that will help you as OpenCart users and giving you more 'how to' guides.

— May 19, 2014

OpenCart Currencies

OpenCart Currencies

There seems to be some confusion about how multi-currency works in OpenCart, so here's a short article to clarify some of the main points.

— Sep 6, 2013

OpenCart Customer Review Email

OpenCart Customer Review Email

Selling online is all about trust. If you can increase the trust your users have if your site, your company and your products, you will increase your sales in turn. There are many ways to do this but customer product reviews are one of the most effective.

— Feb 22, 2013

Setting Up Your OpenCart Product Feed with Google Shopping

Setting Up Your OpenCart Product Feed with Google Shopping

One of the best ways to increase sales through your OpenCart shop is to get your products automatically listed on Google Shopping. It's pretty easy to do and will probably only need about 30 minutes, yet many OpenCart store owners don't know they should be doing it!

— Jan 18, 2013

One Quick OpenCart SEO Tip to Avoid a Duplicate Home Page

One Quick OpenCart SEO Tip to Avoid a Duplicate Home Page

So here's a quick code change that you can do to your OpenCart shop to improve its Search Engine Optimisation.

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Testimonials

Antropy not only gave freely of their time to talk with me, they had the patience to teach me as we went along. They came up with various ideas that allowed me to choose what I liked best and with their guidance we got exactly the website we dreamed about.
David, RC Geeks
Wow, I am speechless. Thank you so much, this is perfect !!!! Thank you, thank you !!!
Marios Pantelli, Sewing Machine Company
We found Antropy to be very responsive and approachable to work with. They gladly took our own designs and transformed them into an easy-to-manage website. Communication was easy and any requests for change were promptly done. Many thanks for the work!
John Caiger, Matraxis
Thanks for your hard work, it's very much appreciated.
Colin Farndale, CJF Motorcycles
The deliveries are now incredibly clear and there is no more admin work on this side which is excellent. It’s amazing really and I think our customers enjoy knowing exactly when they are getting it unlike nearly every other furniture company out there! Thanks for this.
Jonathan Haskins, Get Laid Beds
Always helpful and extremely responsive to any request and once the project has been rolled out they continue to assist you with great help and advice to make the most of your website
Jamie Chandler, Newvotek
Good to work with, very straight forward
Grant Berry, Home World
We worked with Antropy on our new webshop at kikgoes.nl in the past months. We have enjoyed working with them because of their extensive knowledge of Opencart and the rapid pace of development. We regularly added requirements to the projects and we've never had anything that couldn't be done. We look forward to working with Antropy again for new projects or adjustments to our webshop!
Joël van Daalen, Kik Cycleparts
Just wanted to say a big thank you for all your help and support thus far. You've been absolutely brilliant. You've given me absolute confidence that when there is a problem it is sorted which really gives me peace of mind.
Tracy, FLUX
Merged two previously HUGE separate sites (website and webstore) into one streamlined website with integrated store, with improved social media and mailing list results. Joe helped communicate complicated jargon into simpler terms, solved issues/queries quickly, and the follow up support has been invaluable.
Jo, Cold Spring Records
Excellent work, delivered in a friendly and consultative way throughout the whole process. For a small company such as my own it was great to be guided through the process, and all my requests were responded to and I felt involved from start to finish.
Phil Saville, Rook Systems
Firstly, thanks ever so much to you and your team for getting these two sites up and running. It’s a pleasure to work with people who are so helpful and responsive to our requirements. We’re very happy with both sites and all seems to be working fine.
Aidan, Nauticalia
Thanks again for all your hard work on the 3D renders … the results have been fantastic and I look forward to working together again in the future.
Kim, Kimberley-Jane: Design
We recently started using Antropy for our OpenCart website as internal IT is swamped and we needed back up and they have been great. Work is quick and efficient, we never need to ask for something twice and communication is good. Gives us confidence that when we need something to be done, it will be and to a high standard.
Dominic Old, The Wasabi Company
We are really delighted with the finished product, it has far exceeded our expectations... Many thanks again for your support and setting up what I feel is the best Alzheimer's website in the country.
Lynne, MK Alzheimer's
After many years of trying to update my website, dealing with problematic code, delays, etc, I found Antropy about 10 years ago. I can not say enough great things about the quality of their coding and stability of my website along with the professionalism of their staff. I now have a well functioning website that has stood the test of time. Our site is an e-commerce site so that having it up and running is crucial to our business. On the rare occasion that there is a problem with the site, Antropy's team is quick and responsive to finding the problem and fixing it quickly.
Lynn Reznick, Off The Mark
Excellent company with outstanding knowledge of opencart and how to get the best from it. If you are looking for a reliable and professional company to work with I wouldn't hesitate to recommend these guys.
Ashley Morrison, Lockertek
Very impressed with the quick service! There is nothing more we need help with right now but we would certainly use you in the future for other issues or alterations we may have. Thank you very much!
Jemma, Aquafayre
Taken on both smaller and large projects to a very high standard. Delivered on time, with a professional level of service. Always better than we envisioned. Staff are always ready to help with any issues we have. Really pleased with the results of Antropy, and hopefully we can do more business together in the future!
Josh, Toyland Toyshop

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