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Batch Find and Replace for the Neptune Web Edit CMS

Neptune Web's content management system, Neptune Web Edit (TM), has both free-form static content and dynamic content built into the design. However, static content can leave redundant copies of content if it was not structured properly to begin with, or if requirements of the site change. This is where Batch Find and Replace comes in...

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SEO Module Launched

SEO Module Launched

One of the challenges we face at Neptune Web when optimizing a site is collecting and keeping track of the myriad of reports and integrity checks we perform. Our process involves more than just keyword positioning and page optimization. We also validate a number of on-site and off-site metrics and even review the user interface to insure a complete optimization, not just tweaking what search engines see.

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Add Extensive Video Capabilities to Your Site - for Free!

Add Extensive Video Capabilities to Your Site - for Free!

YouTube is an excellent, free tool for giving your site video capabilities. Its administrative interface is a snap to use and standard features making uploading, hosting and presenting videos a very simple process.

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Problems with Order Reporting in Magento

Problems with Order Reporting in Magento

We've identified a possible bug in Magento Enterprise 1.8 which is causing the order report to become inaccurate under certain conditions after performing the last day refresh. The issue is causing orders not to be included in the report.

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Generating EDI 850 Purchase Order Documents in Magento

Generating EDI 850 Purchase Order Documents in Magento

Quite often we need to generate EDI purchase order files (850) and accept EDI ASN files (856) to exchange data between a web store and an external system when processing orders. Working with EDI files may be quite involving especially if support for all possible scenarios and data elements is required.

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Improving Magento Checkout Performance with Large Number of Cart Rules

Improving Magento Checkout Performance with Large Number of Cart Rules

This is the fourth of a series on the Open Source e-commerce software, Magento. In this post, we show how to solve a problem we experienced with a client of ours - the cart and checkout process would get extremely slow if there are a large number of cart rules.

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Identifying Magento Performance Problems with the Magento Profiler

Identifying Magento Performance Problems with the Magento Profiler

This is the third of a series on the Open Source e-commerce software, Magento. Neptune recently launched 2 major web sites using highly customized versions of Magento. The Magento Profiler is used to identify performance problems on the server side. The Profiler can help you find PHP functions which use up too much CPU or functions with slow database queries.

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Using CSS3 to Embed Fonts on Web Pages

Using CSS3 to Embed Fonts on Web Pages

We explain a cross-browser-supported method for embedding fonts into web pages to add flair to designs without the use of any graphic/CSS tricks.

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Solving Magento Unirgy Drop Ship USPS Flat Rate Shipping Problem

Solving Magento Unirgy Drop Ship USPS Flat Rate Shipping Problem

This is the second of a series on the Open Source e-commerce software, Magento. Neptune recently launched 2 major web sites using highly customized versions of Magento. This article explains how to fix a specific problem with the Drop Ship module and USPS Priority Mail Flat Rates.

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Enabling Magento Enterprise Full Page Cache on your Store Home Page

Enabling Magento Enterprise Full Page Cache on your Store Home Page

This is the first of a series on the Open Source e-commerce software, Magento. Neptune has launched two major web sites using highly customized versions of Magento. This article explains how to get the Magento Full Page Cache (from Enterprise version) for the home page of your store/site.

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Google Font API Gives Web Developers More Typography Options

Google Font API Gives Web Developers More Typography Options

One of newest APIs out of Google Labs, the Google Font API, allows designers and developers to use more than just the standard 'web safe' fonts as part of a page's look and feel. This tool helps promote SEO without limiting a site's look and feel.

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How PCI Compliance and MA Data Standards are Affecting Web Developers in Massachusetts

How PCI Compliance and MA Data Standards are Affecting Web Developers in Massachusetts

There are two important standards which web developers and their clients in Massachusetts need to know about: Massachusetts 201 CMR 17.00 and PCI Compliance.

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