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Why You Shouldn’t Edit the Default Theme Using the Theme Editor
October 30, 2025
While using the OpenCart Theme Editor seems like a quick and easy way to modify the looks of your site, It’s generally not a good idea to use the…
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Why the Journal Theme Might Not Be the Best Choice for Your OpenCart Store
October 21, 2025
Journal is one of the most popular OpenCart themes - but as we all know, popular doesn't always mean better....
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Introducing SnazzyCart – A Stylish, CSS-Only OpenCart Theme for Sunglasses Stores
October 17, 2025
If your OpenCart store sells sunglasses, eyewear, or accessories, there’s a new way to make your products stand out — introducing SnazzyCart, a…
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Dark Mode in eCommerce: When to Use It and Why It Works
October 10, 2025
In recent years, dark mode has become more than just a design trend—it’s a powerful UX strategy. Brands across fashion, tech, luxury, and gaming…
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The Importance of Caching for Your OpenCart Store
October 2, 2025
Learn why caching is essential for OpenCart stores. Improve speed, SEO, and conversions with the right caching strategy....
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Why Should You Upgrade to OpenCart 3?
September 18, 2025
If your online store is currently running on an older version of OpenCart 1 or 2, now is time to upgrade to OpenCart 3. The platform introduced…
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PayPal Standard - OpenCart 3 - Rounding Decimals - Wrong Amount in Total
September 10, 2025
We came across an issue in OpenCart 3 with PayPal Standard where the rounding of prices causes a total mismatch....
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Why We Still Recommend OpenCart 3 in 2025
September 9, 2025
Whether it's a brand new website for your online business or an upgrade to your existing OpenCart website, you want to be on the latest and…
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PrimeCart – The Ultimate Theme for Modern Electronics Stores
September 2, 2025
In the ever-evolving world of online shopping, customers expect more than just products — they expect a smooth, fast, and visually engaging…
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Why You Should Not Modify Core OpenCart Files
August 28, 2025
An explanation as to why it is not a good idea to modify core OpenCart files....
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Where to Find the PayPal Friends & Family Option
August 28, 2025
In this blog, we'll go over the step-by-step process on how to change the payment type of your transaction to ensure the money you send, is the…
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AI Progress in 2025 and What It Means for Ecommerce
August 28, 2025
Like many who grew up in the '80s with the ZX Spectrum, I've always been aware of a background narrative of the amazing progress of technology.…
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Too Many Connections Error in OpenCart
August 5, 2025
If your OpenCart store suddenly shows an error like “Too many connections” or "Max user connections", this means your site has hit its server…
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How to reduce your disk space usage in OpenCart
July 31, 2025
Running out of disk space on your OpenCart website can lead to serious problems - from failed checkouts and broken backups to complete site…
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VeloCart – A Fast, Clean, CSS-Only OpenCart Theme for Cycling Stores
July 31, 2025
VeloCart is a modern, CSS-only OpenCart theme designed for cycling stores that want speed, style, and simplicity. With a lightweight build and…
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An Introduction to The OpenCart 3 Language Editor
July 29, 2025
The language editor exists to edit much of the text that can be found on an OpenCart site. It natively continues the multilingual support of…
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Fix Gmail SMTP in OpenCart (2025 Update)
July 18, 2025
Running into issues sending emails from your OpenCart store using Gmail? You're not alone. Google has sunset support for app passwords, breaking…
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Introducing TimeCart: A Modern CSS-Only OpenCart Theme for Watch Retailers
June 30, 2025
TimeCart is a refined, fully responsive CSS-only OpenCart theme designed specifically for modern watch retailers and luxury timepiece brands....
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How to Properly Restrict Bingbot from Crawling Unnecessary Links
June 12, 2025
In this blog we will cover the basics on how to restrict Bingbot (or any other search engine crawler - excluding Googlebot). We'll dive into how…
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Antropy Hourly Rate From 2025-07-01
June 11, 2025
As described in a recent blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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Unleash the Power of Your Store with FitCart - A High-Impact OpenCart Theme for Fitness Brands
June 10, 2025
Your fitness brand needs a storefront that works as hard as your products do. Introducing FitCart, a bold, performance-driven CSS-only OpenCart…
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Introducing PlantCart: A Lightweight OpenCart Theme for Plant & Garden Stores
June 9, 2025
If you're running an online store for plants, garden tools, or eco-lifestyle products, your website should reflect the calm, natural aesthetic of…
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How to add a Manufacturer in OpenCart
May 30, 2025
This article will outline how to add, edit and remove manufacturers from your OpenCart store....
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At What Point Do You Need a Redesign?
May 27, 2025
Considering a website rebuild then lets dive a little deeper into why you would need to consider a rebuild, main reasons focusing around slow…
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The Benefits of Offering Free Shipping
May 16, 2025
Having a free shipping option allows you to meet customer needs quickly and efficiently, keeping them satisfied throughout the buying experience.…
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Why You Should Have More Than One Payment Method
May 9, 2025
Offer more than one way of payment can bring great benefits to you as a business, increase revenue, profit and customer satisfaction. ...
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Midnight Rainbow Theme: A Bold Harmony of Monochrome and Color
April 23, 2025
If you're running an online store for musical instruments and want a look that’s both bold and elegant, meet the Midnight Rainbow Theme — a…
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Pulse eCommerce Summit 25
April 11, 2025
An independent eCommerce event focused on innovation, technology, product management, growth strategy, internationalisation, data and more...
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Audiophile Theme: The Ultimate OpenCart Theme for Audio & Tech Stores
March 26, 2025
If you're looking for a sleek, modern, and high-performance OpenCart theme, the Audiophile Theme is the perfect choice....
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How To Find Your Site's FTP Details
March 25, 2025
Everything you need to know about finding the FTP login details for your website....
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OpenCart 4.1.0.3 Released: Key Fixes and Improvements
March 25, 2025
OpenCart has rolled out version 4.1.0.3, bringing several refinements, bug fixes, and documentation enhancements. This maintenance release…
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Here's What You Should Check After a Completed OpenCart Upgrade or Rebuild
February 28, 2025
So we’ve just completed updating or fully rebuilding your OpenCart store. But before we wrap things up, there's one important step left: testing.…
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Introducing the NEW Nightshade Theme for OpenCart!
February 21, 2025
Following the recent launch of our vibrant Citrine theme, we're excited to introduce NightShade - the perfect choice for those looking for a…
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Why We Don't Recommend Staying With the Default Opencart Theme
February 14, 2025
When setting up your OpenCart store, you might be tempted to stick with the default theme. After all, it comes pre-installed, it’s free, and it…
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Why Customers Abandon Cart in OpenCart (and How to Fix It)
February 7, 2025
Cart abandonment is a frustrating challenge for any ecommerce store owner. You’ve done the hard work of attracting customers, getting them to…
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Introducing the NEW Cinnamon Theme for OpenCart!
January 24, 2025
Following the success of our vibrant Citrine theme, we’re thrilled to introduce Cinnamon – a modern, warm, and elegant design that blends…
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B2C Keyword Research for Your OpenCart Store
January 17, 2025
Every successful OpenCart store thrives on visibility. Ranking high in search results isn't about using any keyword, it’s about using the right…
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Why You Should Have an OpenCart Site Audit Every 6 Months
January 10, 2025
Think of a code audit for your OpenCart store like a car MOT. Just as a car needs regular checkups to make sure it’s running smoothly and meeting…
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Introducing the NEW Citrine Theme for OpenCart!
January 2, 2025
Following the recent launch of our sleek Obsidian theme, we're excited to present Citrine - the perfect choice for those looking for a bright,…
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Introducing the NEW Obsidian Theme for OpenCart
December 17, 2024
We're excited to introduce our newest OpenCart theme: the Obsidian Theme. With its clean, modern design and built to OpenCart's standards,…
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Most Viewed Blogs of 2024
December 13, 2024
Here is the roundup of our most popular blog posts this year! We have written a range of blogs from "how-tos" to "top tips", but here are our…
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How to Grow Your OpenCart Store for Free
December 6, 2024
Did you know you don’t have to spend thousands on marketing to drive traffic to your website? Many ecommerce businesses believe that success…
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Which Version of OpenCart Should I Use for a New Site?
November 29, 2024
If you're setting up a new OpenCart store, one of the first questions you’ll face is: Which version of OpenCart should I use? It might seem…
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Essential OpenCart Extensions for Your Online Store!
November 22, 2024
To unlock the full potential of your OpenCart store, you'll need the right extensions tailored to your store's unique needs. Below are some of…
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Top OpenCart Sites in the UK!
November 14, 2024
Discover the top UK OpenCart sites showcasing powerful, custom-built ecommerce solutions. From fine art pottery to vape shops, explore the best…
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Antropy Hourly Rate from 2025-01-01
November 8, 2024
As described in a recent blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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Why You Shouldn’t Use Big Hosting Providers for OpenCart Hosting (GoDaddy, SiteGround, 123 Reg etc.)
November 1, 2024
When choosing a hosting provider for your OpenCart website, there are countless options available, from well-known brands like GoDaddy,…
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Tips for Finding the Perfect OpenCart Extension
October 25, 2024
Finding the perfect extension can be a game-changer in terms of functionality, customer experience, and store success. OpenCart’s marketplace has…
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Is OpenCart Good for SEO?
October 18, 2024
OpenCart offers various built-in features and extensions to help you optimise your website for search engines. If you'd like to get more…
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Blank Pages in OpenCart and How to Fix them
October 11, 2024
If you’re seeing a blank or white screen in OpenCart, it usually means a PHP error has occurred. However, instead of showing an error message,…
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A Guide to OpenCart Order Statuses
October 4, 2024
Managing an ecommerce store effectively requires a deep understanding of how the system handles orders. In OpenCart, various order statuses help…
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OpenCart vs. Shopify: Cost Calculator
September 27, 2024
When choosing an ecommerce platform, it's important to consider not just the upfront costs but also the hidden fees that can impact your…
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Adexa Direct - Complete OpenCart Rebuild
September 13, 2024
Adexa Direct is one of the UK's top suppliers of commercial catering equipment, and with over 1 million page views a day, their website plays a…
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Why You Should Connect Your OpenCart Store to eBay
September 6, 2024
While you may have built a well-functioning OpenCart store with a loyal customer base, relying solely on one platform can limit your growth…
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How to Get Thousands of Followers on Your Ecommerce Store’s Instagram
August 30, 2024
Everyone wants thousands of followers, right? In today's digital age, it's no secret that social media views and followers can directly translate…
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Common OpenCart Issues and How to Fix Them
August 23, 2024
OpenCart is a powerful eCommerce platform, but like any software, it comes with its fair share of challenges. To help you navigate these, we’ve…
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ConcreteCMS vs WordPress: Which One Should You Choose?
August 16, 2024
When choosing a platform for building websites, Concrete CMS and WordPress are two leading options. Concrete CMS excels with its intuitive…
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How to Get More Product Reviews in OpenCart
August 2, 2024
Customer reviews are crucial for building trust and driving sales, and OpenCart offers various ways to collect and showcase these customer…
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OpenCart Error Log Locations
July 30, 2024
As an OpenCart store owner or developer, understanding error logs is crucial for maintaining a smooth-running e-commerce platform. This…
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The Best OpenCart Extensions for Optimising Your Store's Marketing Efforts
July 19, 2024
Running a successful online store means constantly finding ways to attract more visitors and convert them into loyal customers. If you're using…
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Why Custom OpenCart Extensions Cost Thousands While Generic Ones Start at $20
July 12, 2024
When you browse the OpenCart marketplace, you might notice that many extensions are available for as little as $20. Yet if you enquire about…
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The Best 5 OpenCart Clothing Stores Online
July 5, 2024
In a recent blog, we showcased the top 5 OpenCart tech stores, highlighting the best in technology and innovation. Today, we're shifting gears to…
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How to Set Up OpenCart Google Merchant Feed - Part 2
June 28, 2024
In Part 1 of our guide, we discussed setting up your OpenCart Google Merchant feed, an important step to ensure your products appear in Google…
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How to Set Up OpenCart Google Merchant Feed - Part 1
June 21, 2024
Setting up an OpenCart Google Merchant feed is a crucial step for any OpenCart store looking to expand its reach through Google Shopping ads.…
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The Top 5 Biggest Tech Stores Using OpenCart
June 14, 2024
We recently wrote an article on the top 10 OpenCart websites globally, and now we're excited to dive deeper into the tech industry. The world of…
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10 of the Best OpenCart Sites
June 7, 2024
OpenCart is known for its flexibility and robust features, and powers an impressive range of online stores across various industries. From…
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Emails Going to Spam in 2024: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Explained
May 31, 2024
In 2024, ensuring that your emails land in the inbox and not the spam folder requires a solid understanding of email authentication protocols;…
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How to Display Tax in OpenCart
May 24, 2024
Ensuring that your customers can see the tax applied to their purchases is crucial for transparency and compliance. Customers appreciate knowing…
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Antropy Hourly Rate From 2024-07-01
May 17, 2024
As described in a recent blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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Knowing Your OpenCart Store Competitors
May 10, 2024
Looking to gain the most competitive edge for your OpenCart store? If so, you're likely aware that understanding your competition is crucial for…
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How To Optimise Your Product Pages in OpenCart
April 26, 2024
Ensuring your product pages are optimised for search engines is crucial for visibility and success. OpenCart offers various tools and…
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Why Should You Implement Autoresponders in Your OpenCart Store?
April 19, 2024
Every interaction with a customer matters. From the first click on your website to the delivery of their order and beyond, every touchpoint is an…
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Why a Full Rebuild Is Often Necessary for OpenCart Updates
April 12, 2024
We often get a lot of questions asking why we typically recommend rebuilding a site when it comes to updating the version of OpenCart.…
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How to Use OpenCart's Built-in Email Marketing
March 28, 2024
Email marketing is one of the (if not the most) powerful tool for businesses to engage with customers, promote products, and drive sales.…
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Outsourcing vs Insourcing eCommerce Fulfilment
March 21, 2024
Many businesses are successful because their founders are willing to ‘get their hands dirty’, and involved with every facet of business…
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How to Start a Successful OpenCart Ecommerce Business
March 15, 2024
Are you considering launching your own online store using OpenCart? Follow the key essentials for a successful launch in our guide below!...
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OpenCart vs WooCommerce: Which One Should You Choose
March 8, 2024
Are you grappling with the decision between OpenCart and WooCommerce for your online store? In our recent article, we delved into a comparison…
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How to Install an OpenCart Extension in OpenCart 3
March 1, 2024
OpenCart extensions can add functionality and enhance the features of your e-commerce website. Installing these extensions is relatively…
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How to Set Up Facebook & Instagram Ads for Your OpenCart Ecommerce Store
February 23, 2024
You want to make more online sales. Great! A good step in the right direction is to leverage social media advertising. With Facebook and…
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Best OpenCart Themes to Use
February 16, 2024
When it comes to setting up your online store, choosing the right theme can make a world of difference. OpenCart offers a plethora of themes to…
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How to enable SEO Friendly URLs in OpenCart
February 9, 2024
Want to enhance your OpenCart store's visibility and drive more sales? It's time to start enabling SEO URLs – a simple yet effective strategy…
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Antropy's Recent Interview with Starter Story
February 2, 2024
In a recent discussion with Starter Story, Paul provided valuable insights into the secrets underpinning Antropy’s growth, the origin story, and…
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The Impact of Marketing Audits on Ecommerce Growth
January 26, 2024
Reviewing and addressing the marketing efforts of your e-commerce store is an effective strategy to ensure your online presence is at its peak…
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Best Extensions for Your OpenCart Store
January 19, 2024
OpenCart thrives on its extensive range of extensions that enhance functionality and streamline operations. We have put together some of the best…
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Why Choose Antropy for Your OpenCart Hosting?
January 12, 2024
Website hosting, who do you choose? As devoted OpenCart developers with more than a decade of hands-on experience in leveraging the capabilities…
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3 Actionable Strategies to Increase Conversion Rates For Your OpenCart Store
January 5, 2024
As an online shop owner, you’re probably always on the lookout for new ways to increase sales, conversions, and reduce cart abandonment.…
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Most Viewed Blogs of 2023
December 20, 2023
Here is the roundup of our most popular blog posts this year! We have written a range of blogs from "how-tos" to "top tips", but here are our top…
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Why do you need a robots.txt file?
December 15, 2023
SEO can be complex at times, and the robots.txt file is an aspect that's very often overlooked, but extremely important for website…
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OpenCart vs Shopify: Which One Should You Choose?
November 24, 2023
OpenCart? Shopify? Do you find yourself stuck deciding between which platform to choose? Deciding on the right platform is crucial for the…
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Antropy Hourly Rate from 2024-01-01
November 17, 2023
As described in a recent blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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10 Proven Strategies to Supercharge Your Website's Visibility
November 10, 2023
Having a website is essential for businesses and individuals alike. However, merely having a website is not enough; you need to ensure that it…
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How to Set the Robots Meta Tag in OpenCart
November 3, 2023
In the digital age, having a strong online presence is crucial for the success of any e-commerce business. When it comes to SEO, one of the…
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The Importance of Mobile Optimisation for OpenCart Ecommerce Websites
October 27, 2023
The rise of mobile devices as the preferred choice for accessing the internet is no surprise. Mobile phones are portable, convenient, and readily…
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How to Take Exceptional Product Photos for Your Online Store
October 20, 2023
In the fast-paced world of ecommerce, product photography plays a large role in captivating potential customers and securing the sale. In the…
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Antropy Attends the Ecommerce Expo in London
October 2, 2023
On the 27th September Alex, Project Manager, and Jack, Digital Marketer, embarked on an exciting journey to the ExCel in London. With Antropy…
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Protecting Your OpenCart Store: Insights from Antropy's Senior Developer
September 26, 2023
Recently, our senior web developer, Tyler, had the opportunity to talk with SafetyDetectives for an in-depth interview on how we approach…
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How to Remove the Category Product Count Within OpenCart
September 15, 2023
Having the amount of products within your category pages in your dropdown list can be very useful for customers to see. However there are…
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7 Tips To Boost Sales In OpenCart Using Social Media
September 12, 2023
In the ever-evolving world of e-commerce, finding effective strategies to boost your online sales is crucial for the success of your OpenCart…
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How to See Monthly Sales Trends in OpenCart
August 15, 2023
Analysing trends in your sales can be a valuable asset when it comes to forecasting and making data-driven decisions for your business. Alongside…
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How to Enable Estimate Shipping in OpenCart
August 8, 2023
Enabling the Shipping Estimator feature on your OpenCart site can greatly enhance the user experience for your customers. This tool empowers them…
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How to Apply a Limited Time Offer on a Product Within Your OpenCart Site
August 2, 2023
Limited Time Offers (LTOs) can be a game-changer for e-commerce websites. By creating urgency, they drive action, increase conversion rates,…
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How to Copy in the Store Admin on all Customer Emails
July 21, 2023
In default OpenCart, when a customers makes a purchase, a minimum of two emails are sent. One email is sent to the store owner and another is…
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Handy AI Websites
July 7, 2023
There's been an explosion in AI that really took off in late 2022. A lot of these services like ChatGPT have free versions, and a lot of them…
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How to Alter Your Dashboard Layout Within the OpenCart Admin?
July 6, 2023
Your OpenCart Dashboard is a useful first port of call to quickly see some key statistics. It is automatically configured to include the…
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Website Planet Interviewed Antropy Founder and MD Paul Feakins
June 20, 2023
Antropy's Managing Director, Paul Feakins, recently had a delightful conversation with Roberto Popolizio, a distinguished interviewer from…
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Unleashing the Power of VPS Hosting for OpenCart
June 9, 2023
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, e-commerce has emerged as a driving force for businesses worldwide. To succeed in the competitive…
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What Payment Gateway Can I Use for My OpenCart Vape Store?
June 1, 2023
The vaping industry has faced significant challenges when it comes to finding payment providers that are willing to support their businesses.…
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When Should You Get Custom Work Done on OpenCart?
May 24, 2023
OpenCart offers a wide range of features and extensions to help businesses create their online stores. However, there may be instances where the…
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How to Send Abandoned Cart Emails from OpenCart
May 11, 2023
The best way to send emails to customers who may have exited your website is through the OpenCart MailChimp Integration Pro extension by Clear…
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Antropy Hourly Rate from 2023-07-01
May 11, 2023
As described in another blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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What's the best One Page Checkout for OpenCart?
April 18, 2023
As an online retailer, you know that a smooth and seamless checkout process is crucial for converting visitors into customers....
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How Do I Find What Version of OpenCart I’m Using?
April 13, 2023
This bit of information is very important to know about your OpenCart store; as well as being for your own personal knowledge, it is crucial to…
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OpenCart Builds From Enquiry to Go-Live
April 3, 2023
Whether it's modernising your out of date OpenCart site or looking to move from another platform to OpenCart, you will go through our process of…
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OpenCart PayPal Checkout Integration Upgrade
March 22, 2023
Recently, PayPal has released an upgraded extension for the OpenCart e-commerce platform. The upgrade provides many new features and enhancements…
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What Happens if You Let Your Error Logs Fill Up Within OpenCart
March 6, 2023
If you let your error logs fill up within OpenCart, it can have several negative consequences. ...
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How to Add and Edit Return Actions in OpenCart
February 24, 2023
When a product is returned either due to a fault or not being quite right for the customer, it can be frustrating for any business. That is why…
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What Are the Drawbacks of Moving Away From OpenCart to a New Platform?
February 17, 2023
Moving away from OpenCart does have some significant downsides, depending on your specific situation. Here are some potential drawbacks to…
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Should I Work on My Opencart Store Myself or Pay Professional Developers?
January 27, 2023
Whether you should work on your OpenCart store yourself or pay professional developers depends on your own skills, resources, and goals for your…
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How to Set Up Weight Based Shipping in OpenCart
January 16, 2023
Setting up weight based shipping for your OpenCart store is a very useful exercise to undertake if your store requires it....
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Aquafayre OpenCart Rebuild
January 6, 2023
We have worked with Aquafayre for many years and undertaken numerous smaller projects over this time....
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Quick Checkout Extension
December 16, 2022
We get asked quite frequently about how you can improve the OpenCart checkout and potentially reduce the risk of customers abandoning their…
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Facebook Extension for OpenCart
December 2, 2022
OpenCart is working directly with Facebook and has a free of charge extension that is available to all OpenCart users. They have been working…
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Antropy Hourly Rate from 2023-01-01
November 28, 2022
As described in a recent blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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Our Meeting With OpenCart
November 25, 2022
On Thursday 24th November, we enjoyed a splendid lunch with OpenCart's Marketing & Partnership Director Ben Ajenoui. We had a lovely meal…
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How to Refresh Your Statistics Within OpenCart and Why This Is Important
November 16, 2022
Making sure your store statistics are up to date within OpenCart is a very useful process to undertake. This blog will highlight where you can…
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Why Replying to Emails After Making an Enquiry Is So Important
November 9, 2022
It may seem like a very odd blog to write but it is a very important point to get across....
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How to Contact OpenCart Extension Support
November 1, 2022
We always ask clients to buy extensions for various different reasons and our blog Why do we ask Clients to Buy Extensions highlights this....
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How Product Returns Work Within OpenCart
October 14, 2022
There are two ways product returns are added within OpenCart, either by the customer or manually by yourself. So, let's start with the…
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4 Reasons to Upgrade to the Latest Version of PHP
October 5, 2022
If you're like most people, you probably don't think much about the programming language your website is running on, but your web host should…
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Our New Antropy Electron Theme
September 23, 2022
We have now released our third OpenCart theme named Electron and is available to purchase on the OpenCart Store right now....
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Where to Locate the Sales Statistics List Within Opencart 3.0.3.8
August 17, 2022
You can get a good overview of your sales within the OpenCart Dashboard but in order to get more in depth analytics on your sales then the…
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Why Email New Requests to Our Info Email?
August 10, 2022
Whenever you have a new requirement it is always best to email info@antropy.co.uk as opposed to just one of the team. The main reason for this is…
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Mercers Furniture OpenCart Rebuild
August 1, 2022
We always enjoy undertaking rebuilds for current clients and this one was no different....
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Why and When to Make Use of Our Priority Fee
July 20, 2022
We have the Priority Fee available for projects that need to be completed urgently to hit a specific deadline. This means that for a small…
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What Is Gogs and Why We Use It
July 8, 2022
When you either have a retainer, work hourly (only possible if you host with us) or have a long prepaid block of time and have a lot of tasks to…
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Why Use Wise for International Bank Transfers
June 29, 2022
Bank transfers for international payments can be expensive with the conversion rates but equally PayPal fees have also become extortionate. So…
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How to Add a New Image Banner on your Homepage Within OpenCart
June 17, 2022
Rolling banners on your homepage are a very important visual representation of the products or brands that you sell on your site. Being able to…
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Antropy Hourly Rate from 2022-07-01
June 7, 2022
As described in a recent blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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Derails OpenCart Rebuild
June 6, 2022
We have worked with Derails for many years and undertaken numerous smaller projects over the years....
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Team Antropy Attends the Three Bridges Networking Event
May 26, 2022
On the 25th May, Alex, Paul, Joe and Adem went to a local networking event held at Three Bridges Football Club....
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Sparks Electrical OpenCart Rebuild
May 18, 2022
Near the end of 2020 we were tasked with updating a very tricky custom built OpenCart store for a company called Sparks Electrical....
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Blocks of Hours vs Support Retainers vs Fixed Price
May 6, 2022
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…
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Antropy’s Most Downloaded Free OpenCart Extensions?
April 29, 2022
‘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…
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Hawkins OpenCart Rebuild
April 21, 2022
We have worked with Hawkins Hobbies since the middle of 2019 and we were very happy to rebuild their OpenCart site....
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6 Strategies to Promote Your eCommerce Brand to Millennials and Gen Z
April 13, 2022
Digital marketing for eCommerce brands isn’t the same as it was years ago....
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How to Send an Opencart Extension to Us?
April 4, 2022
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…
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What do UK Ecommerce Sellers Need to Know about EU VAT?
March 30, 2022
VAT can be a tricky subject for ecommerce sellers in the UK. What’s more, since Brexit there have been a number of changes which have changed how…
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Importance of User-Generated Content in eCommerce
March 28, 2022
Running an eCommerce platform can be exhausting, no matter how well you manage your stock or shipments....
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Celena Website Rebuild
March 25, 2022
It is always pleasing to see a client returning to get their website upgraded after we built their first site....
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Antropy Subcategory Images Extension
March 16, 2022
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…
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5 Instagram Stories Tips and Tricks to Optimize Your Social Media Marketing Efforts
March 7, 2022
If you think Instagram Stories are only for sharing funny, entertaining, and momentary content, then you’re in for a surprise....
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How to Clear Your Browser Cache
March 4, 2022
There are many different caches within OpenCart and we have a useful blog on this aptly titled ‘How to clear all caches in OpenCart 3.0.2.0’....
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Antropy OpenCart Blog Extension
February 22, 2022
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....
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Top 5 Payment Gateway Extensions for OpenCart
February 11, 2022
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:...
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Opayo Update Deadline for your OpenCart Store is Looming
February 4, 2022
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…
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Is your OpenCart admin panel being DDoS attacked?
January 25, 2022
If your online shop has suddenly been hit with major speed issues, you could be being targeted by one of a recent surge of brute-force attacks.…
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Antropy's 2-Step Strategy for Handling Complex OpenCart Rebuilds
January 17, 2022
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…
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PayPal Search Transaction History within OpenCart
January 12, 2022
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…
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How to Update Your Information Pages Within OpenCart
December 22, 2021
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…
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Vape Liquid UK OpenCart Build
December 16, 2021
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…
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Most Viewed Blogs of 2021
December 8, 2021
Just like in last year's blog, we go through the most viewed blogs written this year according to Google Analytics....
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British Land Rover Parts Website OpenCart Rebuild
November 19, 2021
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…
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Antropy Hourly Rate from 2022-01-01
November 15, 2021
As described in a recent blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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How Easy Is It to Switch to OpenCart?
November 12, 2021
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…
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Master Plastics OpenCart Upgrade
November 2, 2021
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.…
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Handy Git Commands
October 21, 2021
Just a little page for some handy git commands, including adding files, committing changes, and workflows for pushing and pulling....
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How Can Social Media Impact Your Mental Health?
October 19, 2021
Social media has become a part of our daily life, a business and a job for some, or a way of communication for others....
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Organic Textile Company OpenCart Rebuild
October 13, 2021
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…
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Total E Liquid OpenCart Rebuild
October 6, 2021
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....
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Plantex OpenCart Rebuild
September 29, 2021
We were asked to rebuild the Plantex website as they were running off an older version of OpenCart and in need of an update....
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Quay Traders OpenCart Rebuild
September 17, 2021
We were approached to update and rebuild the Quay Traders website as they were looking for a fresh, yet simple new site....
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Cold Spring Website Merge
September 7, 2021
This was a website merge and update that we are very proud about....
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OpenCart v WooCommerce: How Do They Line Up When It Comes To Customer Safety?
August 26, 2021
If you’re looking for a self-hosted ecommerce solution, you’ll undoubtedly encounter both OpenCart and WooCommerce during your research....
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Onion Reporting OpenCart Website Rebuild
August 20, 2021
Onion Reporting Software are a Belfast based company who specialise in putting your Sage accounts in Excel format. They were running on the old…
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Toucan Property Services Website Build
August 12, 2021
I would roughly guess that 98% of the work we undertake is on OpenCart but we do have a couple of clients that run on Concrete5....
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How to Find the Perfect Name for Your Company
August 12, 2021
The right brand name is critical to a company's success since it can optimize and transform it from a mediocre business into a market leader....
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Crawley Sheds & Cabins Website Rebuild
August 6, 2021
We always enjoy helping local companies with their ecommerce websites and the Crawley Sheds & Cabins rebuild was no different....
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Is PHP 8 Going the Way of ActionScript 3 (OOP Soup)?
July 23, 2021
Many years ago, Macromedia Flash was all the rage in web development with talented developers able to produce some truly amazing things with…
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Why use Concrete5 over WordPress?
July 21, 2021
When it comes to eCommerce stores, OpenCart is of course our go-to but when the site does not need to sell online, then we always go for…
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Antropy Hourly Rate from 2021-07-01
July 14, 2021
As described in a recent blog article, we started reviewing our rates twice a year starting from the 1st of January 2021 to allow us to hire the…
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New VAT System from 1st July 2021
July 8, 2021
As Chris Smith of leading Sage Business Partners, Smith Cooper System Partners, explains: as of July 1st 2021, new VAT schemes will be made…
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How To Make Risky Decisions for Small Businesses
June 25, 2021
Big decisions can carry numerous risks for small businesses in every industry. Here’s how to take those risks in a way that benefits your…
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Dolphin Single Click on Xfce
June 16, 2021
Even if you're a developer who uses Linux, you may not have heard of Dolphin or XFCE but Dolphin is my favourite File Manager (and has been for a…
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Instagram Marketing - A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses
May 17, 2021
With over 1 billion users, Instagram has become one of the most popular advertising and sales channels....
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How To View Your Subscriptions in PayPal
April 27, 2021
Ah PayPal. Love it or hate it, it's going to be around for a while. Even one of the original PayPal founders, Elon Musk himself, has said PayPal…
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Missing Orders Mysteries
April 1, 2021
A comprehensive guide on OpenCart's 'Missing Orders' - what they are, their causes, and how to solve....
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How to Add Reward Points to Customers Within OpenCart
March 16, 2021
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…
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How to Enable or Disable Payment Methods in OpenCart
March 8, 2021
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…
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How to Redirect to WWW and HTTPS
March 4, 2021
I've mentioned before that you should always use WWW, and I've also blogged that it's time to switch to HTTPS. Here's how to set up the redirects…
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How to Enable or Disable Reviews on Your Site
March 3, 2021
This may sound like something you should know how to do but I had to squirrel around the admin to find where you enable or disable reviews on…
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We Have Updated Our EU VAT Extension
February 19, 2021
VAT and especially VAT not being applied in Europe from the UK is a hot topic at the moment. We have already written a blog on this as we have…
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How to Add a New Voucher Theme in Opencart
February 8, 2021
Themes/ pictures on vouchers are important when sending a voucher or when a client purchases a gift voucher. The default themes are Birthday,…
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Antropy Hourly Rate from 2021-01
February 3, 2021
Setting one's rate has always been tricky. Too high and you'll price yourself out of the market, too low and you'll find yourself unable to…
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Our New Technical Audit Service Now Available
February 1, 2021
We have been undertaking our SEO audit for quite some time now and it really helps clients understand what the website is like from a customers…
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How to Add a New Weight and Length Class in OpenCart
January 18, 2021
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…
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Dropbox Sync Takes Ages and Seems to be Stuck on Ubuntu
January 11, 2021
I had to reinstall the OS on one of my main computers recently, I was switching from Linux Neon KDE to Linux Mint XFCE for various reasons…
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New VAT Rules Now We Have Left the EU
January 11, 2021
Now that we have left the EU as part of Brexit, you will need to alter your VAT statuses to comply with this....
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KDE Neon Boots to Black Screen with Mouse Cursor
December 16, 2020
If you love open source like we do at Antropy, you may be using Linux and if you love KDE like I do, you may use its official distribution, KDE…
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How to add an IP for an extension that uses the OpenCart API
December 15, 2020
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…
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How To Speed Up OpenCart (and/or Fix Speed Issues)
December 15, 2020
Speed is one of the most important things when it comes to how enjoyable a website is to use for a customer and these days Google considers it a…
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4 Sensible Risks To Take With Your Ecommerce Store In 2021
December 10, 2020
Calculated risk lies at the heart of business growth. If you play things too safe, you'll never reap any significant rewards....
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Our Most Viewed Blogs of 2020
December 4, 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…
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How to Change an Order if the Customer Has Made a Mistake
November 23, 2020
If a customer places an order but makes a mistake in the checkout, such as putting in the wrong delivery address, then it is important to know…
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How to Add a Custom Stock Status
November 16, 2020
If you want to add more stock statuses on top of the default OpenCart offerings then this is a simple guide as to how you do this:...
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How to Add a New Currency
November 11, 2020
If you get asked by a customer or whether you feel it would be beneficial to add a new currency to your store, this is how you do it....
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How to put your OpenCart 3 site in Maintenance Mode?
November 2, 2020
If your site is undergoing development work or having a major update and needs to be temporarily put into maintenance mode, this is a useful…
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How to Manually Make an Order Through OpenCart
October 30, 2020
Sometimes customers prefer to order over the phone or are having issues purchasing good on the site....
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Why Do We Ask Clients to Buy Extensions?
October 26, 2020
One questions always crops up when putting together a proposal or talking to clients about projects… ‘Why do we have to buy the extension’?...
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Products Reports within OpenCart
October 14, 2020
It is imperative that you know which products are being regularly viewed and thus being converted into sales....
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How to Add a New Admin User
September 29, 2020
Knowing what people can and cannot see on your admin can be very important and there is information that is very personal to you and your…
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How to Add a New Return Reason in OpenCart
September 21, 2020
If you notice a product is being return for a specific reason on multiple occasions then there is a quick way to add or modify a new or existing…
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How to Send Out a Marketing Message or Update to Your Customers Through Opencart
September 11, 2020
Sending out marketing content such as blogs or offers is always important to keep your customers up to date with what is going on within your…
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How to Send a Gift Voucher to a Customer through OpenCart?
September 4, 2020
Loyal clients are what makes companies tick and keeps them going....
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Updated Error Log Trimmer Extension
August 26, 2020
Three years ago we built an extension that trims your error log so that it doesn’t build up over time and potentially crash your site. This was…
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How to Change the Images on a Rolling Banner Within OpenCart?
August 14, 2020
If you have a rolling banner on your OpenCart store then it is important to know how to either change the pictures on the banners or delete it…
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Our New Theme Build Package
July 31, 2020
If you are looking for an upgrade with a simple CCS only theme then look no further than our iStore and Multipurpose themes....
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Astra Free Trial for Antropy Customers
July 17, 2020
Our long terms security partners Astra are offering a free trial to our customers. We have worked alongside Astra for a number of years now and…
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3 Key Reasons to Upgrade from OpenCart Version 1.5
July 13, 2020
We get this a lot - 'Why should I upgrade to the latest version of OpenCart?’ Many clients have the age-old attitude of ‘if it ain’t broke, then…
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Watch out for scam attacking OpenCart sites!
July 1, 2020
We have had a spate of OpenCart customers contact us about a scam whereby they have received an email purporting to be from a customer that akes…
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Our recent website build for the Scottish Association of Marine Science
June 22, 2020
Our journey with the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS) starts back in December 2018 when we were asked to put together a document for…
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5 E-commerce Trends to Follow in 2020
June 9, 2020
With the general change in online shopping behavior, staying competitive is key....
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How Better Inventory Management Brings in Higher Sales
June 5, 2020
Selling products doesn’t just require a clever marketing plan. Every element of a business can be optimized to increase profits. This includes…
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Setting up Different Shipping Rates
June 2, 2020
If you start to ship to other countries, territories or specific states then you will need to add these on your OpenCart store with the correct…
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How to Change Your Address and Other Contact Details on Your Opencart Contact Form
May 20, 2020
Some things you know you should know and appear to be very simple but if you don’t know where to look, then that simply isn’t the case....
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Breakdown of OpenCart Versions by Downloads
May 15, 2020
When building extensions we often get asked which versions of OpenCart are most popular and which versions are in use....
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Kate Hadfield Gallery
May 4, 2020
So first of all a bit of background about what Kate Hadfield and her team does....
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OpenCart Spam Types and Their Protection Methods
April 8, 2020
The e-commerce industry is battling a number of cyber-threats including spam. Spam issues are quite common to e-commerce websites and OpenCart is…
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5 Key Reasons Why Your Site Should Be Mobile Friendly?
March 13, 2020
Over 50% of sales come from mobile or tablet device, so from this alone why would you not make the site mobile friendly?...
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How to Set Up Google Analytics Tracking in OpenCart
February 24, 2020
Google Analytics is a key component to any business as it gives you helpful data regarding the comings and goings of your website. Being able to…
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How to Find Good Quality OpenCart Extensions
February 21, 2020
We love OpenCart, it's a great platform and has a thriving and active community who support users on the forums and develop great extensions…
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Why It's OK to Split Projects into Phases
February 16, 2020
It is a common myth that if you have a lot of work to complete that this will mean that it has to be done all together in one large project. If…
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Linnworks Partner Event: Amazon Shipping Meetup, London
February 4, 2020
On Wednesday 29th January, I made my way to London for the Linnworks Partner Event at the Amazon Fashion Studio....
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Error Messages not showing up and how you can check these in OpenCart
January 26, 2020
Blank white pages or 500 Internal Server Errors are a PHP error. For some reason the error messages do not appear due to the server not being…
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How to Check your OpenCart Site for Hacks
January 16, 2020
Sometimes you can experience unusual behaviour on your website such as it not sending emails to customers properly and even the whole site being…
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How to Switch Hosting Providers
January 14, 2020
Most of our clients have the hosting and web development under the same banner (attach blog) with us....
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How To Lock Down Your OpenCart Site in Case of a Hack
December 20, 2019
It is hard to find viable answers to pressing questions like, what steps to take to minimize the damage to your OpenCart site on the web....
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Our Most Viewed Blogs of 2019
December 2, 2019
Having a rundown of our most viewed blog of this year through Google Analytics made for some intriguing reading. So below we run down what blogs…
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Our New Antropy Multipurpose Theme
November 15, 2019
So as promised a couple of months ago, this is our second theme that is now available exclusively on the OpenCart Theme Store. In the same way we…
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How To Scale Your Ecom Business Via Multi-Channel Inventory Management
November 6, 2019
Though the startup costs are low, ecommerce businesses are capable of incredible growth. The retail world is littered with examples of…
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How to add a new tax rate within OpenCart
October 28, 2019
Changing tax rates or tax names on products is always a useful exercise to know as it is a little hidden away within the OpenCart admin. Some…
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Remotely Debugging PHP with Xdebug
October 27, 2019
PHP is one of the most popular programming languages in use today and is the language that powers the majority of websites. Although it's free…
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OpenCart Demo site
October 14, 2019
We have had a number of inquiries over the last few months asking us what OpenCart is like as a platform and whether it would be best for the…
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The downfall of Thomas Cook highlights the shift from high street to online retail
September 26, 2019
In a similar vein to when Monarch went out of business in 2017, there is sadness and a tinge of anger around the Thomas Cook collapse....
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Changing URL Structure - is it a good idea yes or no?
September 9, 2019
It is a common question we get asked as to whether it is ok to change URL’s and whether this will affect SEO rating’s in anyway. The answer in…
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Welcome Cameron
August 30, 2019
We are pleased to welcome Cameron McDermid to our team this month....
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One simple way to speed up your OpenCart Store
August 20, 2019
The speed of your site is one of the key components to the successful running of your site....
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Hobby Mounts Quick Checkout
August 9, 2019
One of our key clients gave us the briefing of replicating the quick checkout process that you can have in Shopify onto OpenCart....
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How to utilise coupons on OpenCart 2 & 3
July 15, 2019
Using coupons on your website is a good way to promote and push projects....
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Why Have Your Hosting and Development Work Under the Same Roof?
June 21, 2019
We are in the lucky position of having the majority of our key clients hosting with us, as well as doing their development work....
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How To Build A Profitable Multi-Channel Retailing Strategy For Your Online Store
June 10, 2019
Outperforming your ecommerce competition is about ensuring that your brand (and your items) appear in the right places at the right times....
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How To Get Good Support on the OpenCart Forum
June 6, 2019
The OpenCart 3.0 General Support Forum is a great place to get free help and support with your OpenCart issues....
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5 Ways Enterprise Resource Planning Will Streamline Your Ecommerce Business
June 4, 2019
Enterprise resource planning, or ERP, is a vital part of running a competitive enterprise-level business — particularly in the digital world....
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Nauticalia Website Rebuild
May 17, 2019
In September 2018 we were approached by our long-term clients Nauticalia to rebuild and update their OpenCart website....
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Online Shopping Secrets: How to Get the Most Out of Amazon
May 17, 2019
Multi-channel selling is one of the best ways to boost sales, but knowing which platforms to utilise can often be a bit of a minefield....
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7 Podcasts Every Ecommerce Entrepreneur Should Subscribe To (And Why)
May 17, 2019
Self-education is crucial for any ecommerce entrepreneur hoping to achieve success. As an ecommerce entrepreneur, it’s important to keep your…
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Our Newly Created Custom Themes Are Now Available to Purchase
April 29, 2019
This has been a project which has been quietly running in the background for a number of months now....
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Handy PHP Snippets
April 28, 2019
Just a little page for some regularly used useful PHP snippets:...
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Why do we ask for login details?
April 11, 2019
We get asked this around 3-4 times a day so I thought I would clarify why we require a websites login details when we need to look into an…
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Open Office Cannot Remove Page Break Before Table
April 5, 2019
If you use the excellent OpenOffice (now called LibreOffice) word processor instead of Microsoft Word, you may come across the issue where you…
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How to create Product Specials within your OpenCart Store
March 22, 2019
Setting up a special price for a product is very important for your ecommerce business in order to push product sales....
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Updates on our Advanced Captcha & Next Day Delivery Countdown timer extensions
March 8, 2019
Due to popular demand we have now made our Advanced Captcha code into an extension that can now be purchased on the OpenCart extension store....
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Ecommerce Inspiration: Examples Of Successful Businesses Using OpenCart
February 20, 2019
In any industry you care to mention, learning from those who’ve already achieved what you’re trying to do is one of the best ways to improve....
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WooCommerce vs Shopify vs OpenCart — Which One Suits Your Business?
February 20, 2019
If you’re looking for a great ecommerce CMS, you’re not lacking for options, because the standard has gone up enormously since the early days of…
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How to Create an OpenCart 3 Theme
February 15, 2019
Creating a new theme for OpenCart 1.5 used to be pretty easyOpenCart 3 brings new features, but creating a theme is a little more difficult....
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Using Windows File Explorer to Manage Images in OpenCart
February 11, 2019
Unbeknown to a lot of OpenCart users you can use File Explorer to put images from your computer in to the OpenCart image manager. This is very…
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How to prevent spamming on your OpenCart store
January 25, 2019
This section is split into three sections whereby I will go into more details with regards to why you should enable CAPTCHA & Google reCAPTCHA,…
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How to view and create a new product review within OpenCart
January 12, 2019
Reviews are crucial to the stability and growth of a product range for a company. Being able to view the reviews that you are receiving and being…
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Our Christmas do and why they are important for a company's growth
January 4, 2019
On the 22nd December we embarked on our annual curry to the lovely Taj Mahal restaurant in Crawley....
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How the admin can place an order as a customer
December 22, 2018
This is a very useful exercise that enables you to see the store from a customers perspective when they are logged into their account. I have…
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Antropy MD Paul Feakins Gets Certified in Machine Learning
December 21, 2018
I've just completed Andrew Ng's excellent Machine Learning course from Stanford University. Machine Learning (ML) is not a new field in computer…
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Xmas 2018 Antropy Opening Hours
December 14, 2018
Thanks everyone for your support this year, it's been a very exciting year for us! Here are some Xmas dates ......
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Here's a Proven Way to Make More Online Sales
December 13, 2018
All eCommerce and “bricks & mortar” shops would like to increase sales and revenues. eCommerce in the UK continues to grow between 13% and 15%…
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5 step process to make sure your Ecommerce Store ready for Christmas!
November 30, 2018
Ho Ho Ho Merry Ecommercemas (I have been waiting months to release this pun)!...
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Abandoned Orders Extension
November 26, 2018
We recently helped to install an extension for a client that has helped them show missing or abandoned orders....
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How to Add Relative Links in OpenCart with Sub Stores
November 14, 2018
If you use the excellent sub-store functionality in OpenCart, you may have come across the issue of internal links in the product and category…
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[SOLVED] OpenCart 1.5 Site Search Very Slow
November 13, 2018
We came across a problem recently where an OpenCart 1.5 site with no extensions and the default theme was often running very slowly for no…
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[Case Study] Hobby Mounts Monthly Competition
November 8, 2018
Hobby Mounts are the UK's largest DJI, Yuneex and Action Camera Specialist and one-stop shop for your Drones and accessories. They are based in…
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The big question- Amazon vs eBay
October 27, 2018
Now I am big into my sport so I will use this analogy for the Amazon vs eBay showdown!...
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Move to PHP 7 before Jan 2019 or Risk Getting Hacked!
October 19, 2018
We were all quite excited here at Antropy back in 2015 when PHP 7 was released because it included improvements all round as well as a massive…
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OpenCart 3.1: What Does the Recent Alpha Tell Us About the Next Full Update?
October 12, 2018
OpenCart first hit public release way back in 1999, and it’s come an incredibly long way since then, keeping pace with newer, better-funded and…
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Top 5 free OpenCart Extensions
October 11, 2018
There are many different OpenCart extensions that range from $20 to $120 that cover a wide range of scenarios that can help your business....
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OpenCart Checkout Hack Authorize.net
October 4, 2018
We have recently been contacted by several different companies who have noticed extra payment gateways or errors on the checkout....
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Antropy Pricing Structure
September 27, 2018
Unlike most web companies we have decided to buck the trend and put our pricing scheme on our website....
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What Impact Could A No Deal Brexit Have On The UK Ecommerce Industry?
September 26, 2018
Brexit has been the UK’s defining topic since 24 June 2016. Whatever your Brexit stance, the conversation around the deal the UK will get from…
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10 Years Since the Financial Crash
September 14, 2018
There seem to be a lot of articles in the news this week about the Financial Crash that began in 2008....
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Always on hand when you need us
August 30, 2018
Having recently joined Antropy I have had to not only move into a completely different industry but also a different sector entirely. That being…
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How to clear all caches in OpenCart 3.0.2.0
August 20, 2018
Caches can be the absolute bane of a developer's life, but what exactly are they, why can they be annoying, and how can we make them less…
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Why You Would Benefit from a Collection Account Abroad
August 7, 2018
If you are selling overseas via the internet, you are likely to deal with foreign currency exchange with your buyers....
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PHP Script Keeps Timing Out Despite ini_set
April 9, 2018
Occasionally when programming you may need a script to run for quite a long time and unfortunately without changing some settings, the script may…
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Antropy's Best Email Productivity Hacks
April 6, 2018
Love it or hate it, email as a method of business communication is here to stay....
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Please Use "Reply All" in Group Emails
April 6, 2018
Why you should always use "Reply All" in group emails to keep everyone in the discussion....
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Will e-commerce continue to help the finance sector grow?
March 28, 2018
The e-commerce explosion has been huge and far-reaching and shows no signs of slowing down....
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GDPR TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read)
March 16, 2018
There's a lot of talk lately of the new EU GDPR rules that come in to force in May 2018, and we've been asked by several clients for advice....
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Automatic OpenCart Website Backups
January 25, 2018
Everyone knows that backups are very important, but how many online sellers could quickly and easily get you a recent backup of their ecommerce…
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6 Ways To Mix Up & Manage Your Product Inventory For 2018
January 4, 2018
Product inventory. The mere mention is enough to send shivers down your spine. It conjures images of clipboards and long hours jotting down…
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Efficient Learning for New OpenCart Developers
November 19, 2017
A programming language like PHP has a fairly large number of built-in functions and a lot of developers get by knowing just a small subset of…
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How to Write a Really Good Web Project Brief
November 2, 2017
Why should you go to the effort of writing a good web project brief? Surely that's the job of your web agency....
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Freetrade: Trade Stocks & Shares for Free
October 20, 2017
One of your goals should certainly be to accumulate as much capital as possible. Why? Because money generates more money. It's the reason the…
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Opencart Emails Not Arriving When Using SMTP
October 12, 2017
We have mentioned previously about issues which can cause your OpenCart emails to fail when sent using SMTP. Unfortunately this is a fairly…
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Computing in 1995 vs 2017
September 22, 2017
I was recently tagged in an old school photo from one of our IT lessons which I think was taken around 1995, so it's a good chance to have a look…
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We've Moved to Three Bridges in Crawley, West Sussex
September 19, 2017
We've settled in nicely to our new offices at Crawley Business Centre, Three Bridges....
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Are Passwords with Numbers Instead of Letters Secure?
July 21, 2017
The amount and sophistication of hacking activity has been increasing and is likely to increase still further....
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[Case Study] The Good Care Group Speed Improvements
July 7, 2017
The Good Care Group is a UK national company specialising in live-in care for the elderly and disabled. Their website was built using the…
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What's New in OpenCart 3?
June 30, 2017
After a fairly quiet period of intense activity behind the scenes, OpenCart 3.0.0.0 was released just over a week ago....
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Marketing Automation Emails Are Now Free in MailChimp
May 19, 2017
I've blogged a fair amount about automation in the past because it's one of the keys to a succesful, profitable and scaleable business....
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Contact Form Not Sending Email
May 18, 2017
Most websites will have a contact form of some sort designed to take sales enquiries in a simple way and send them on to the business by…
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[Video] How easy is it to edit products in OpenCart?
May 13, 2017
A quick test of a head mounted camera, and a very quick example of how easy it is to edit products in OpenCart....
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OpenCart PHP Session /tmp Files Filling Up
May 8, 2017
When users come to a website, especially an ecommerce website, it's useful for the server to be able to keep track of who they are so it can do…
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How to Acquire Awesome Customer Reviews & Testimonials
April 27, 2017
The way we shop forever changed when ecommerce exploded via the internet and delivery services streamlined....
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Antropy Introduce Hourly Task Reports
April 24, 2017
Antropy have just released a fantastic new feature for our "hourly" clients that will help keep you on top of your tasks and your budget when…
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OpenCart PayPal Standard Error after March 31st 2017 Update
April 11, 2017
PayPal did an update on 31/03/2017 that has broken a lot of checkouts with customers seeing a message like: "Things don't appear to be working at…
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How to Stop OpenCart Emails Going to Spam by Using SMTP
March 13, 2017
Spam email is a massive problem these days and the best defense we have against it is spam filters....
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The Singularity is Near: How Kurzweil's Predictions Are Faring
January 29, 2017
Back in 2007 I was very excited to start reading The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil which had been published 2 years earlier in 2005....
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Finding and Fixing Bugs in Software
December 2, 2016
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, computer software is incredibly brittle (as opposed to being flexible). That means that a small change…
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Antropy Ecommerce Website Audits
October 21, 2016
I'm pleased to announce that Antropy are now offering full ecommerce website audits that help identify areas where online shop owners are missing…
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How do OpenCart Layouts Work?
October 14, 2016
Once you know how it's actually very easy to adjust the layout of various OpenCart pages to move things around and remove or add items. Here's a…
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AI in Ecommerce
October 7, 2016
There's a lot in the news lately about AI (Artificial Intelligence) with names like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking warning about its dangers and…
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What's the Quickest Way to Install OpenCart?
July 15, 2016
One of the fastest ways to get a functional ecommerce website up and running very quickly is to get some web hosting that provides cPanel (such…
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What does the Brexit mean for ecommerce?
July 1, 2016
Whether you wanted the UK to Leave or Remain in the EU, the decision has now been made by the UK public and we will leave the European Union in…
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What is the difference between modules and extensions in OpenCart?
June 17, 2016
In computer software, the terms "module", "extension", "plug-in", "add-on", "app", and even "vQmod" (in OpenCart only) are often used…
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How to Use Product Tags in OpenCart 2
June 10, 2016
If you're adding products to your OpenCart 2 store, you're going to want to make sure that everything is done in the best way possible for SEO…
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How to Speed Up OpenCart in 2 Minutes
May 6, 2016
If you're OpenCart store has a lot of products and categories (especially sub-categories), there's a very quick and very easy way to speed it up…
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OpenCart 2.2 Fulfilment By Amazon
April 21, 2016
OpenCart 2.2 was released recently and hiding amongst the other standard updates such as "cleaner code" is something we think is really quite…
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How Cognitive Biases Affect Our Everyday Decisions
April 11, 2016
I don't always share infographics, but when I do it's because I found them pretty interesting ......
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How to Transfer a Busy Ecommerce Website with Next to No Down-Time
April 1, 2016
As your ecommerce business grows, so do demands on your web server - as you add more products, more categories, more customers, more sales, more…
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OpenCart Automatic Error Log Trimmer
March 4, 2016
I blogged some time ago about a very elusive but dangerous beast of a problem that can happen to unsuspecting OpenCart sites....
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It's time to switch to HTTPS
February 19, 2016
Very simply, if you want your site to be more secure and your customers to see the lovely green padlock in their browser, then you'll need an SSL…
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Don't Forget to Make a Profit!
January 14, 2016
If you're just starting out in ecommerce, knowing how to price your products is going to be one of the most difficult things to get right. With…
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PHP 7 Released
December 23, 2015
The release of PHP 7 is very good news for everyone who uses the Internet because it will speed up the majority of websites out there in one fell…
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OpenCart Maintenance Checklist
December 14, 2015
With Christmas 2015 approaching, it's definitely a good time to make sure your OpenCart installation is as stable as possible. So here are a few…
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Ecommerce Marketing Strategies Overview
November 27, 2015
If you're running an online shop, then the most important thing will be getting people to actually go through the checkout process....
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The Antropy Software Development Project Management Process
November 10, 2015
Estimating and quoting can be one of the hardest things in software development, even for the most experienced developers....
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How To Speed Up OpenCart
October 16, 2015
Your customers are willing to pay significantly more to their Internet Service Provider per month for faster Internet speeds....
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Retail Week Supply Chain Awards
September 30, 2015
Last Thursday Antropy were invited to join the Lengow table at The Hermes Retail Week Supply Chain Awards which took place at the Hilton Park…
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Always Use WWW
September 11, 2015
You may have wondered whether it's best to include the www....
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Business Automation with OpenCart
August 14, 2015
Business Automation in its broadest sense could be said to have happened when the first person delegated a task to someone else....
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OpenCart Themes
August 7, 2015
One of the best ways to get an online shop set up quickly is to start with a theme for your eCommerce platform....
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OpenCart Not Sending Order Emails
July 31, 2015
If you're running an online ecommerce business, you won't need us to tell you how important it is that your customers receive their order…
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Seldom Used Hacks That Will Amplify Your Marketing Productivity
July 23, 2015
At times, things don’t go well and we may end up having a messed up day at work. Yes, it simply means that we failed to have a productive day. So…
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Secure Trading Payment Gateway
July 17, 2015
There are lots of payment gateways to choose from, but it's definitely worth having a look at Secure Trading. Secure Trading is an integrated…
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Allow your Customers to Finance their Purchase in OpenCart
July 13, 2015
If you sell high-value items through your website, you may find that customers would rather break the purchase in to on-going monthly…
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PayPal Standard Hack Causes Wrong Order Total in OpenCart 1.5.x
July 3, 2015
If you're using PayPal Standard, your shop is potentially vulnerable to an attack that will allow customers to pay what they want for your…
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php.ini Settings Not Working
June 26, 2015
Sometimes you need to apply a configuration change to a PHP server and it just doesn't seem to be taking effect whatever you do. Usually it will…
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Speed-Up Ecommerce Websites with a CDN
June 24, 2015
You may have heard people talking about CDNs. You may not have. But essentially what you need to know is that they can very quickly, easily and…
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Handy Linux Commands
June 10, 2015
Just a little page for some regularly used useful Linux commands....
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Perception of Value
June 5, 2015
Well this is quite a fascinating infographic on the perception of value. Especially useful if you're selling on eBay, Amazon and especially your…
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A Fantastic Ecommerce Experience
May 29, 2015
As an ecommerce professional, I'm always paying extra attention when buying online. I look closely at the websites I'm using, their marketing and…
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Mobilegeddon
May 19, 2015
On 21st April 2014, Google made a change to their search algorithm that meant websites that aren't very well optimized for small touch screens…
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How do OpenCart Multi-Stores work?
May 18, 2015
If you have more than one ecommerce website as part of the same business, it may make sense to put them all together in to one OpenCart install…
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Top Reasons Why People Migrate to OpenCart
April 27, 2015
Due to the rapid expansion of e-Commerce around the world, the digital marketplace is becoming flooded with modern, cheap and advanced shopping…
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Importance of Being Close to Early Customers
April 14, 2015
There are a number of common mistakes made by startups, but arguably the most important one is forgetting to stay close to your early…
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The Lure of Magento
April 10, 2015
Magento. The name conjures up the image of a big, successful ecommerce operation, full of features and doing a lot of business - or at least it…
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Personalization – Getting Closer to Your Customers
April 2, 2015
Personalization has become one of the leading trends in e-Commerce. But what is it exactly and how it can be implemented?...
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Why You Need to Aim for a "Frictionless" Checkout
March 19, 2015
If humans were purely logical creatures, buying decisions would be cold and calculated....
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Why Hourly Charging can be a Win-Win for Client and Agency
March 11, 2015
Along with writing documentation, quoting and estimating on complex programming work are some of the most difficult tasks a developer has to…
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Kiva Robots for an Automated Warehouse
March 10, 2015
With the revolution in e-commerce, vouchers sites are a hot topic....
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How to build personal relations with the visitors of your website
February 16, 2015
Relationships are the basis for business. This is true for all industries and sectors, including eCommerce. They are the vital asset for the…
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ASOS is 15 Years Old
January 21, 2015
ASOS.com is a British online fashion and beauty store. Primarily aimed at young adults, ASOS sells over 850 brands as well as its own range....
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Shopping Cart Trends
January 15, 2015
It's always good to be aware of industry trends and "Google Trends" is a great tool for this. Assuming that the number of searches on a given…
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eBook: How to Take Your Retail Business Online
December 24, 2014
If you're part of a successful retail business and sales are okay but not really growing like they used to be and you've got that nagging feeling…
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Amazon's Retail Revolution Business Boomers BBC Full Documentary
December 15, 2014
The ultimate online retail success story - a business that was born in a garage twenty years ago and grew into a 100 billion pound global…
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New EU VAT Rules 2015
December 11, 2014
You may be aware that some rather onerous new tax rules will come in to force from January 1st 2015 to do with the way that VAT is charged in the…
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Showrooming: How it Feels to get Amazon'd
December 11, 2014
How big of a problem is showrooming to high street retailers?...
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OpenCart CAPTCHA not working JFIF gd-jpeg v1.0 [SOLVED]
November 26, 2014
I came across an issue with OpenCart CAPTCHAs recently for the about the third time, which was difficult to fix each time....
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Shipping Software – How to Know When Your Business Needs It
November 20, 2014
Coming in a variety of forms, shipping software is a computer program that is specifically designed to process labels (with your customer…
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Cyber Monday 2014 Infographic
November 19, 2014
This year, Monday 1 December is Cyber Monday! Hundreds of retailers will be slashing prices for 24 hours as consumers scramble to find a…
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What emails does your store send?
November 11, 2014
During the buying process, your customers will receive various email updates about the status of their order. Are you making the best use of…
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A Quick Look at OpenCart 2.0
October 31, 2014
Finally the long-awaited OpenCart 2.0 has been released to the public for use. The new version of our favourite ecommerce platform has a whole…
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10 Years in the Web Industry
October 17, 2014
It occurred to me this month that I've been working in the web industry for just over 10 years. How time flies! And what better occasion to look…
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How do nameservers and DNS Records work?
October 2, 2014
You'll probably be thinking DNS is pretty complicated. Luckily it's not actually that tricky and here's a simplified description of all you need…
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The State of Beacons in Retail 2014 [Infographic]
September 30, 2014
iBeacon is the trademark for an indoor proximity system that Apple Inc. calls "a new class of low-powered, low-cost transmitters that can notify…
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OpenCart Orders to Tradebox to Sage 50
September 23, 2014
After many long evenings and far too much caffeine to be considered safe, we have released our OpenCart to Tradebox extension in to the wild to…
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A Century of U.S. Consumer Purchase Decisions
September 19, 2014
An interesting look at how consumers purchased products over the last 100 years....
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How Retailers are Converting on Mobile
September 8, 2014
What are online retailers doing in terms of mobile marketing and website optimization?...
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How Do Colours Affect Purchases?
September 2, 2014
There are many factors that affect website sales and, as ecommerce experts, all of them are of great interest to us. ...
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What Are People Really Buying Online?
August 29, 2014
There are some pretty surprising findings below that may have an effect on the product ranges that you choose to stock and sell online....
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The Growth of Online Shopping
August 20, 2014
It's interesting to see such strong growth in ecommerce, but also that while bricks and mortar stores worry about "showrooming", such a thing…
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10 Ways to Convert More Customers
August 15, 2014
10 interesting and counter-intuitive ways of increasing sales. 1, 3 and 6 are particularly interesting!...
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Flubit the Online Marketplace with a Difference
August 14, 2014
There's a new marketplace in town that's free to join, has 5 million UK shoppers, is easy to connect to your online shop and has a massive…
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Portrait of a Mobile Consumer
August 12, 2014
In 2018 90% of mobile traffic will come from cloud applications, compared to 82% at the end of 2013. It is expected to grow at an annual compound…
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Tablet Growth: What to Expect
July 28, 2014
The trends are clear, desktop is diminishing and tablets are becoming ubiquitous. Essentially, tablet and mobile can no longer be ignored. They…
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Tracking the Path to Purchase
July 18, 2014
The path to purchase has dozens of points where retailers can collect valuable data, enhance the shopping experience, and convert browsers into…
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Benefits of Live Chat for e-Commerce
July 10, 2014
Imagine going to your local grocery store only to be surprised by an empty counter....
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Google's 200 Ranking Factors
June 17, 2014
Although the ranking algorithm is one of Google's most closely guarded secrets, this very extensive infographic must cover almost all of the most…
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How to Report a Bug the Right Way
June 13, 2014
In order to get the best out of any web agency when you have a problem with your website, you'll need to give them a very clear description of…
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Calls to Action Without Transaction: Squeezing Value Out of Every Click
June 2, 2014
In an ideal world, every single visitor to your eCommerce store would like what they see enough to make an order....
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OpenCart Currencies
May 19, 2014
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....
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How do you approach your ecommerce marketing?
April 25, 2014
Let's be blunt - the way in which you approach the marketing of your online business will be one of the most important factors in your success or…
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What is The Heartbleed Bug?
April 11, 2014
The Internet has been panicking this week at the discovery of a serious vulnerability that may have compromised passwords and data on many of the…
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Facebook buys Antropy for £12 million
April 1, 2014
Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to expand the ecommerce on facebook (f-commerce) after announcing the purchase of Antropy for £12 million....
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Add to Cart Popup Confirmations in OpenCart
March 28, 2014
Maximising sales in ecommerce is all about delivering the simplest and best user experience possible....
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Using a CRM with your Ecommerce Website
March 21, 2014
We really love open source software at Antropy, not just for the cost savings but for the flexibility of being able to change the software to fit…
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RC Geeks Website Re-Design Case Study
March 14, 2014
Lots of companies invest heavily in the design/branding of their websites....
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The Importance of Website/Server Monitoring
February 28, 2014
What is server/website monitoring? And why is it so important for ecommerce websites?...
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Canonical URLs in OpenCart
February 21, 2014
If you've looked in to SEO on any level you'll probably have heard of canonical URLs. So we'll try and answer a few questions about them....
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Ecommerce Guest Blogger Needed
February 14, 2014
We're looking for ecommerce guest bloggers, to help with guest posts and articles. We're keen to feature thoughtful and creative articles about…
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Comparison of Multi-Channel Selling Platforms
February 11, 2014
If you're serious about selling online, you need to be selling across multiple channels and if you have any number of products at all, you need…
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Do you have backups of your ecommerce site?
January 31, 2014
It never fails to surprise me how many companies have their ecommerce website at the centre of their business but fail to have a proper backup…
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9 Reasons Your Bricks and Mortar Shop Must Master Online Selling or Die
January 28, 2014
Some of the most compelling reasons why the time is now to take your business online. If you're wondering why sales are lagging off-line and…
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Benchmarking Your Google Adwords and Product Listing Ad Metrics
January 23, 2014
If you are going to be pumping your hard earned cash back into promoting, you will want to know whether that cash is doing its best for your…
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Consumer Psychology at the Ecommerce Checkout
January 14, 2014
This detailed and informative image looks at the motivations underlying customers' behaviour during the checkout process on e-commerce sites....
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Why have Debenhams not done as well as John Lewis?
January 3, 2014
Many retailers and online shops saw the Christmas surge come later this year, with more customers leaving their shopping to the last minute....
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Ecommerce and the Christmas Holidays 2013
December 20, 2013
This year many online retailers have seen the Christmas rush come later than ever with more and more people leaving their online shopping to the…
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Why the Telephone Will Still be Vital to E-commerce in 2014
December 11, 2013
You might think that telephone sales have been kicked to the sideline after the explosion of eCommerce, but you would only be half right....
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Amazon Prime Air
December 6, 2013
This week Amazon.com announced that it's working on technology that will make deliveries by drone aircraft (hexacopters) straight to the…
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Advertising on Amazon: How it Can Help Your Business
November 28, 2013
Amazon.com, Inc. is undeniably one of the giants of e-commerce....
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Email Customers Who Bought Certain Products in OpenCart
November 22, 2013
Usually we'd recommend sending your marketing email to previous customers via MailChimp or other similar web-based service....
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How To Get more Facebook Followers
November 15, 2013
If you're looking to sell more (and who isn't?) then it won't have escaped your attention that having a facebook page for your business with a…
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Selling on Google Shopping with OpenCart
November 8, 2013
Google have been trying to list products for quite some time....
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Delivering an Exceptional Ecommerce Experience
November 5, 2013
Well I was so impressed recently when placing an order on overclockers.co.uk that I thought it would be worth highlighting some of the things…
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Securing OpenCart
October 25, 2013
No computer system can ever be 100% secure, as proven recently by security breaches at Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Microsoft. But there are some…
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Ecommerce Website Breakdown of Costs
October 18, 2013
Before starting a new online business, it's important to have a clear idea of the numbers involved in terms of initial investment, fixed…
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TrustPilot and OpenCart
October 11, 2013
If you're not aware of TrustPilot already, it's an independent platform that allows customers to review the service they receive from your…
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eCommerce Expo 2013
October 4, 2013
We went to London yesterday to check out the eCommerce Expo and had a great time meeting some of the key players in the ecommerce industry. The…
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Hosted vs Self-Hosted Shopping Carts
September 20, 2013
Whether you sell online via eBay and Amazon already or whether you're looking to start selling online for the first time, at some point you're…
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eBay is No Longer Bargain Basement
September 13, 2013
Ebay was once seen as the place to go for those seeking rare or specific second hand items at bargain basement prices....
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OpenCart Customer Review Email
September 6, 2013
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…
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How to Add Video to Products in OpenCart
August 30, 2013
If a picture is worth a thousand words then a video must be worth a thousand pictures. And pictures are very useful when selling online. So how…
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Why Your Web Host Should Know OpenCart
August 27, 2013
When choosing a web host there are a lot of things to consider, especially if you're an online only ecommerce business....
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New Antropy Offices!
August 16, 2013
The Antropy team are settling in nicely to our new offices in Crawley, West Sussex, in the same building as successful ecommerce company, RC…
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Setting Up Recurring Payments in OpenCart
August 13, 2013
One of the most exciting new features in OpenCart 1.5.6 is the ability to allow customers to set up recurring payments or subscriptions....
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Improving Title Tags for SEO in OpenCart
August 5, 2013
OpenCart is very well optimized for search engines by default, but there are certain things that can be done to improve the on-site SEO still…
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Latest OpenCart 1.5.6 Connects to Ebay, Amazon and Play
July 29, 2013
The latest OpenCart has been released, version 1.5.6 and it has several really great new features!...
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OpenCart PayPal Orders Not Showing IPN
July 19, 2013
Various OpenCart websites that use PayPal Standard have been seeing a problem recently where orders are being placed and appearing in PayPal but…
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Showing Sale Prices in OpenCart
July 12, 2013
You may have seen on some ecommerce websites a price of a product that's crossed out and discounted for a sale. It's a very good visual way to…
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How to Get More Traffic with a Press Release
July 8, 2013
So we're not talking about the old fashioned kind of press release that goes in a printed newspaper....
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OpenCart Abandoned Cart Reminder
June 28, 2013
Abandoned shopping carts are where someone has added a load of items to their shopping basket on your website and then for whatever reason they…
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PayPal Standard and Credit/Debit Cards
June 21, 2013
You can use PayPal Standard to take payments by credit card, but do your customers know this?...
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How to do Refunds in OpenCart
June 14, 2013
A frequent question that comes up amongst OpenCart users is how are refunds and returns are processed. Even long term users of OpenCart often…
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How to Fully Backup OpenCart
June 7, 2013
If you've used OpenCart for any length of time, you've probably seen the Backup/Restore buttons in the admin area of your website. You may, like…
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freshindulgence.com Goes Social
May 31, 2013
Our latest website to go live combines social media and ecommerce in a new and innovative way that provides a better, more immersive shopping…
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PayPal Pro as an OpenCart Payment Gateway
May 29, 2013
There are lots of payment gateways available for OpenCart and it's important to choose one that will suit your needs. Some of the most popular…
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Managing Online Orders in One Place
May 17, 2013
If you're selling online via multiple channels, you'll know that it can get quite time consuming monitoring each channel to process the incoming…
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Uploading Multiple Images in OpenCart
May 10, 2013
If you've used OpenCart for any period of time with a reasonable number of products you'll probably know that you can't upload multiple product…
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7 Ways to Boost Your OpenCart Sales
May 8, 2013
Here are 7 things you can do relatively quickly to boost sales on your OpenCart website....
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The Problem with Outsourcing
April 26, 2013
When considering a new web project, it can be tempting to look for the lowest price, which often means outsourcing to a developing country....
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Printing Shipping Labels from OpenCart
April 19, 2013
As you start to sell more and more from your OpenCart store, you may find yourself printing a lot of invoices and shipping labels. Wouldn't it be…
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12 Essential Ecommerce Website Features
April 12, 2013
Whether you're looking to build a new ecommerce website or review your existing one, here are some of the features to look for that will get you…
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Coupon and Voucher Codes in OpenCart
April 5, 2013
We've been asked a couple of times recently about how the coupon codes work in OpenCart. Well here's a brief overview....
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Amazon vs eBay
March 22, 2013
Amazon and eBay are the biggest online sales channels by far....
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Linnworks and OpenCart
March 15, 2013
If you're selling any volume of products online, you're probably selling on multiple channels already. The three most popular channels are eBay,…
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OpenCart 1.5 Virtual Memory Usage and CPU
March 8, 2013
We were seeing an issue on one of our sites recently where occasionally and without warning it would throw an Internal Server error. The site did…
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OpenCart vs Prestashop
March 1, 2013
OpenCart and PrestaShop are both great systems, both come with pretty much all of the features you'd need to get your ecommerce business off the…
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Setting Up Your OpenCart Product Feed with Google Shopping
February 22, 2013
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…
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Google Webmaster Tools Connectivity Errors
February 15, 2013
We're pleased to be able to say that since moving to us, our client has reduced the errors they were seeing in Google Webmaster Tools down to…
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Custom Code or Existing Platform?
February 8, 2013
It should go without saying that before starting any new software development project, it's essential to think carefully about the requirements…
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Retail is Dead. Long Live Etail!
February 1, 2013
The economy is changing fast. The global credit crisis has been hard on any inefficiencies and some of the old retail business models are dead.…
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Web Design Trends: Flat Colour
January 28, 2013
I've noticed a new trend (aesthetic, style, paradigm) in web design which I think is rather nice....
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One Quick OpenCart SEO Tip to Avoid a Duplicate Home Page
January 18, 2013
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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OpenCart 1.5.x Internal Server Error 500
January 11, 2013
We've seen a problem recently which will cause an OpenCart website to suddenly start causing an internal server error....
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The Future of Programming Interview
January 3, 2013
Sean Morris, Implementation Executive at TradeDoubler Interviews Paul Feakins, Managing Director at Antropy....
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OpenCart Cost Price Has Disappeared
December 21, 2012
In business, the bottom line is everything. So it was nice that versions of OpenCart prior to 1.5 could calculate gross profit and produce…
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Is the Face of Business Changing Forever?
December 14, 2012
I read a very interesting article recently, here's a summary....
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Integrating OpenCart with other Software
December 7, 2012
OpenCart is an absolutely fantastic ecommerce platform. It is not, however, a blog, CMS or forum - that's not what it's designed for as those are…
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osCommerce vs OpenCart
November 16, 2012
Not so long ago, osCommerce was the platform to be on when it came to open source ecommerce solutions. How does it compare to OpenCart, our…
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How to Find a Web Host
November 9, 2012
If you're planning on setting up a new website of any kind, it will need to be hosted somewhere....
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Using Facebook to Sell More Products is Easy
October 31, 2012
If you're already selling on eBay, Amazon or through your own website, increasing your sales through Facebook is actually pretty straight…
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EU Cookie Law
October 9, 2012
So what’s all this fuss about the Internet cookies? And what are they anyway?...
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How to set up affiliates in OpenCart
September 28, 2012
Setting up affiliates is a great way to increase traffic and sales on your OpenCart store....
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Monitor Makes High Pitched Noise When Off
September 23, 2012
I've just found the solution to an irritating problem with one of my computer monitors that makes a high-pitched sound when the computer is in…
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Is this the future of input devices?
September 19, 2012
It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen. For the first time, you can control a computer…
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10 Fantastic Web Design Principles from the UK Government (No less!)
September 19, 2012
Government websites aren't usually known for excellent design in terms of both graphic design and software design but I came across this the…
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Quick Overview of Online Marketing Methods
September 17, 2012
How can I get more traffic? How can we make more online sales? Here's an overview of some steps you can take today....
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A Great Piece of Online Marketing
September 14, 2012
I saw a really great piece of online marketing the other day that instantly made me want to click it....
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Shopify vs OpenCart
September 13, 2012
Shopify is a hosted shopping cart solution that can be set up by almost anyone with basic IT skills and an internet connection. It’s easy to set…
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Matraxis Goes Live!
September 3, 2012
Matraxis identified the need for a new website that not only looked highly professional and befitting of a digital company but was easy to…
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OpenCart vs Magento
August 24, 2012
Which shopping cart should I use? OpenCart or Magento? It's a great question that's asked a lot on business and ecommerce forums alike....
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A Closer Look at the Raspberry Pi
August 13, 2012
The Raspberry Pi is a very small and very cheap (£22) computer, designed to get more people in to programming, which can't be a bad thing!...
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Google Apps Free/Standard
August 8, 2012
Google make it hard to find the Free/Standard version - they'd rather you went for the paid version which does have some further benefits, but if…
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deadmau5 Lights Up London with 3D Projection Mapping
August 7, 2012
On Monday 28th November Nokia brought deadmau5 and the world's most advanced 3D technology together and created an amazing free light show at…
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Manage Your Products Quickly and Easily in OpenCart with Product Manager
July 20, 2012
There's an extension called Product Manager which dramatically speeds the process of administering your OpenCart store....
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Hanah UK Ecommerce Website Goes Live
July 17, 2012
Our latest website went live this week, a trade-only wholesale ecommerce website built with OpenCart....
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How to Sell Products Across Multiple Online Channels
July 10, 2012
Having your own ecommerce website is great, but you'll generate significantly more sales if you're also selling on ebay and amazon....
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SEO Toaster
June 29, 2012
SEO Toaster is a relatively new ecommerce platform that includes a B2B quote engine. It's built from the ground up with SEO in mind at every…
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Developing iPhone and Android Apps with Flash
June 8, 2012
A lot of developers are put off creating iPhone and Android apps because of the time an difficulty of learning a new programming language,…
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Why You Should Also Be Selling On Ebay
May 18, 2012
If you're already selling online with OpenCart or another shopping cart platform, it may be worth also selling through ebay to increase your…
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UK Enters Double-Dip Recession
April 25, 2012
As the UK enters the double-dip recession I'm glad we operate in the services sector....
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How To Use the Meta Description Tag
April 17, 2012
Here are a few quick, simple ways to make the best use of the meta description tag on your website....
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Monitor Your Web Traffic
April 11, 2012
I'm often surprised when I ask people how many visitors they get to their website and they're not sure. They could be getting between 1 or 1,000…
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One Simple OpenCart Tip to Increase Sales
March 30, 2012
Here's something you can do right now in about 10-20 minutes that will increase traffic and sales on your OpenCart store....
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OpenCart Support Service
March 27, 2012
Antropy has been designing and developing OpenCart websites for quite some time now so it makes sense that we're now offering help and support to…
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No Photoshop No Problem
March 16, 2012
A trend in IT is towards hosted software applications where software exists in the cloud and is access and used through web browsers....
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Concrete5 vs Joomla
March 8, 2012
Concrete5 or Jooma. Which is better? Both have different properties. Joomla has been around for years and according to www.opensourcecms.com is…
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Mozilla App Store - Mozilla Marketplace
February 24, 2012
Mozilla, the non-profit behind the legendary Firefox browser have announced plans to build their own app store called Mozilla Marketplace in…
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Why You Should Be Sending Email Newsletters
February 21, 2012
For a few reasons - first and foremost, they bring in work, which is of course their aim. If your recipients are previous clients or potential…
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The Future of Flash
February 10, 2012
So... the Adobe Flash player seems to have a bit of an uncertain future at the moment, what's going to happen?...
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BMW Drives Itself
February 3, 2012
Cars that drive themselves are getting closer! BMW developers have designed a car that can drive itself down Germany’s autobahn....
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3D Processors
January 27, 2012
EPFL scientists have developed a new generation of 3D computer chips, stacked vertically rather than placed side by side....
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3D Printing Makes New Shapes Possible
December 23, 2011
Besides making it more efficient to produce existing parts, 3D printing techniques make it possible to produce things that weren’t even…
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HTML5 Geolocation
December 15, 2011
One of the exciting new features in HTML5 is Geolocation. This allows any website you visit to ask you to share your location, much like an…
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The 4 Variables of a Project
December 9, 2011
In most projects, including web projects, there are just 4 variables:...
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Microsoft Office Word vs. OpenOffice Writer
October 21, 2011
Open source software can prove to be better than its closed source counterpart. Firefox vs. Internet Explorer being just one very clear…
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You built your own website? I'm out!
October 14, 2011
As a start-up you have to keep your costs to an absolute minimum. You also need a website to refer people to. So it's tempting to have a go…
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Why Picking Up a Software Project Half Way Through Can be Tricky
October 7, 2011
Most software developers prefer to start a project from scratch rather than pick up an existing project. Here are a few reasons why:...
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Faster Than Light
September 23, 2011
Interesting news today that scientists believe some particles may travel faster than the speed of light!...
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Which credit card payment gateway should I use?
September 16, 2011
There are a few things to consider when choosing a credit card gateway... how easy is it to set up, what are the transaction fees like, and…
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Tesco Trial Augmented Reality for Online Shopping
September 9, 2011
Tesco have begun trials with augmented reality... which means allowing you to see and interact with 3D products in your own home using just a PC…
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3D Computer Games in Your Living Room
September 2, 2011
3D TV without glasses could be available in Europe in the next four months according to this article on The Register....
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Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple
August 26, 2011
Steve Jobs stepped down on Wednesday (24th August 2011) as CEO of Apple....
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The Pros and Cons of PayPal
August 19, 2011
Using PayPal has its advantages and disadvantages. This article weighs up the pros and cons of using PayPal....
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3D Products for eCommerce
August 12, 2011
With the proliferation of 3D displays and increasingly advanced software available, it's perhaps surprising that big online retailers haven't…
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Drive a BMW Z4 with a Webcam and Adobe Flash
August 5, 2011
Using augmented reality, BMW allow you to drive a model version of their Z4 around any flat surface....
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How to Start Selling Online
July 29, 2011
An online shop can often enhance the existing business, giving customers the choice of where to shop and the convenience of shopping online....
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What to look for in an eCommerce Platform?
July 22, 2011
If you want to sell on the Internet through your own website, one of your first and most important decisions will need to be which eCommerce…
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eCommerce vs. mCommerce
July 15, 2011
eCommerce refers to websites that sell products online....
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When Saving Money Can Cost You Money
July 8, 2011
Imagine you run a courier company. You invest in your fleet of vehicles and you have running costs such as fuel and maintenance....
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How to Restore Accidentally Deleted Files in cPanel
July 1, 2011
However careful you are, mistakes happen. Sometimes surgeons remove the wrong kidney. Sometimes pilots fall asleep while flying a plane.…
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Does social media work?
June 24, 2011
More specifically, "will spending time and money on social media be a good investment for our business?"...
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What is "Open Source" and Why Do We Love It?
June 20, 2011
There's a lot of interest in open source these days, and not just from the software developer community. Many average PC users would be able to…
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RC Geeks Goes Live!
June 1, 2011
We're excited to announce the launch of RC Geeks, an eCommerce shop built on OpenCart....
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Kent 2020
April 11, 2011
Last Thursday I attended Kent2020. It was a beautiful sunny day which made it pretty hot inside....
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New Ecommerce Website Goes Live!
March 25, 2011
Our latest website has just gone live - an Ecommerce shop selling unisex baby products, clothes and gifts....
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Agile Project Management with Backlogged
March 15, 2011
If you're looking for an Agile Project management solution which was built from the ground up with Agile in mind, look no further than…
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What Website Layout Should I Use?
March 9, 2011
Something interesting we came across recently was that websites in certain industries seem to often follow a similar layout to each other....
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Using Animoto to Create YouTube Videos
February 23, 2011
We used Animoto to create this 30 second portfolio showreel....
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How To Make a Digital Microscope for £15
February 21, 2011
This video tutorial shows you how to turn your PC in to a digital microscope for less than £15 using readily available items....
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concrete5 CMS
February 17, 2011
When it comes to features, ease of use, speed, in fact pretty much all the criteria we'd use to assess a CMS, concrete5 is way above the…
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3D Projection Mapping Creates Stunning Visual Effects on Buildings
February 17, 2011
With 3D projection mapping it's possible to project light on to a 3D surface in such a way that it appears as one flat screen....
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IBM Computer Beats Humans at "Jeopardy"
February 16, 2011
A computer built by IBM can understand the questions and word-play in this popular US quiz show! Perhaps a small step forward for Artificial…
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CMS Review
January 11, 2011
One of the first decisions that needs to be made when building a content managed website is "which content management system to use"?...
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Shopping Cart Review
December 30, 2010
There are plenty of open source shopping carts written in PHP and a very common question is "which one should I use?" Well here's our review of…
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CameraMouse
November 27, 2010
It's not often that you find a piece of software that is of such obvious benefit to so many people but today I came across CameraMouse....
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Website Features vs. Business Benefits
November 4, 2010
A table to show what the business benefits are of each technical feature....
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HubSpot Website Grader
September 21, 2010
The HubSpot Website grader has been around a while and it's such a useful tool for SEO that we thought it deserved a mention....
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CSS Basics
August 18, 2010
I remember my early "adventures" while learning CSS and with the benefit of a few year's hindsight it's now easy to see which of the rules in the…
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Software Design Patterns in Adobe Flex
August 18, 2010
It's been well over 10 years since "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Software" was first published by the so called "Gang of Four" an…
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GoboLinux
March 21, 2010
If you've ever wondered why when you install a program on Windows, it scatters files all over your computer, GoboLinux is worth a look....
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