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by dgoranov
Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:33 am
Forum: AbleCommerce GOLD
Topic: Server error - url without www prefix
Replies: 6
Views: 7531

Re: Server error - url without www prefix

Hello, This is clearly an AbleCommerce Http module issue. The exception is being thrown on an application level. If this is an IIS or DNS issue the site will not respond at all and the browser will get http 404 or 500 errors. IIS and DNS is working fine. The request is hitting the application and th...
by dgoranov
Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:50 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Strange issue with IE 10 and admin lately
Replies: 9
Views: 14723

Re: Strange issue with IE 10 and admin lately

In AbleCommerce Gold there are three separate master layout files : Layouts\Base.Master Layouts\Fixed\Base.Master Admin\Admin.master While the first two Layouts\Base.Master and Layouts\Fixed\Base.Master have the correct meta tag <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9" /> site admin master ...
by dgoranov
Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:05 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Cart Performance Issues
Replies: 5
Views: 5629

Re: Cart Performance Issues

As Joe pointed out, it is important to have a database maintenance plan set up on the DB server. If your site database is small then most probably the issue is hosting provider related. Most hosting providers offering VPS Servers use iSCSI attached storage which may cause sporadic performance issues...
by dgoranov
Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:14 am
Forum: AbleCommerce GOLD
Topic: Cloud Ready?
Replies: 10
Views: 13216

Re: Cloud Ready?

Hello, We installed AbleCommerce 7.0.7 site with Demo license on Azure few weeks ago. Site is running with Azure MSSQL Database and Azure Virtual Server running Windows Server 2008R2. http://ablecommerce.demo.drundo.com/ I have been experimenting with different Virtual Server Sizes (1 Core, 2 Cores ...
by dgoranov
Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:18 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: PayPal Payments Advanced
Replies: 2
Views: 4605

Re: PayPal Payments Advanced

Hi David, We implemented PayPal advanced for one of our clients a couple of months ago. In order to implement PayPal advanced you would need implement a custom payment page in AbleCommerce which will display the PayPal advanced payment form in iframe and another page that should handle PayPal advanc...
by dgoranov
Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:37 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: FRAUD ALERT
Replies: 7
Views: 8980

Re: FRAUD ALERT

The IP firewall is good for blocking site attacks and other fraudulent activity on application level and the IPs have to entered manually. With online services like MaxMind you can implement automated credit card fraud detection and be able to check for IP proxies, detect IPs already recognized as f...
by dgoranov
Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:21 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: FRAUD ALERT
Replies: 7
Views: 8980

Re: FRAUD ALERT

We have implemented MaxMind GeoIp service for one of our clients. MaxMind allow us to block fraudulent orders during checkout based on client's IP. More information on AbleCommerce
MaxMind integration is available at:

http://wiki.ablecommerce.com/index.php/ ... ntegration
by dgoranov
Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:53 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7
Replies: 24
Views: 19050

Re: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7

The mssql server has default user/password :

User: sa
Password: sa

You can also login using Windows Authentication. From the Authentication Dropdown list select Windows Authentication and then click Connect.
by dgoranov
Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:28 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7
Replies: 24
Views: 19050

Re: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7

Hi Scott, Please find step by step screenshots with instructions on how to create MSSQL database and set all required permissions. 1. Login to SQL Server using SQL management Studio http://blog.drundo.com/images/ac1.jpg 2. Create new SQL Server Login name. Since this is a local windows environment u...
by dgoranov
Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:08 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7
Replies: 24
Views: 19050

Re: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7

Hi Scott,

If you are running AbleCommerce 7.0.7 the .NET Framework version must be set to 4.0 in WebMatrix configuration settings.
by dgoranov
Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:49 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7
Replies: 24
Views: 19050

Re: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7

Hi Scott, If you are using Web Matrix to run Ablecommerce make sure the Net Framework version is being set to .NET 4.0 (Integrated) under Web matrix site settings. I have not tried AbleCommerce with IIS Express from Web Matrix, but I do not see any reasons why it should not work. If you are able to ...
by dgoranov
Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:19 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7
Replies: 24
Views: 19050

Re: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7

If you just need to test AC7 locally and have not purchased a license yet, you can use the 30 day demo key option in Step 2 :

http://help.ablecommerce.com/installati ... sp.net.htm
by dgoranov
Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:49 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7
Replies: 24
Views: 19050

Re: Running AC 7 Locally on Windows 7

it is quite easy: 1. Download and install Microsoft Web matrix : http://www.microsoft.com/web/ 2. From Web matrix install : IIS7.5, MSSQL 2008 Express, ASP.NET 4.0 - Web Matrix will automatically include and install any additional components that might be required. 3. Place a copy of AbleCommerce ro...
by dgoranov
Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:17 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Can't Encrypt database.config connection string
Replies: 4
Views: 5235

Re: Can't Encrypt database.config connection string

Make sure you have a valid machineKey entry in the web.config file. I have not seen this issue, but this could be one of the reasons. Machinekey can be
generated using this link: http://aspnetresources.com/tools/machineKey
by dgoranov
Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:32 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Server Error after session timeout - 7.0.7
Replies: 1
Views: 3355

Re: Server Error after session timeout - 7.0.7

If the page redirects to /error/generalerror.aspx there may not be errors in the server Application log, but there should be some errors in \App_Data\Logs\app.log
Try to simulate the issue and check the \App_Data\Logs\app.log
by dgoranov
Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:28 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Over 1000 of these errors in 2 days.
Replies: 2
Views: 4101

Re: Over 1000 of these errors in 2 days.

This looks like an error generated by AbleCommerce automated cleanup procedure that removes all 'Anonymous' users. If an user has places an order and is still being recognized as "Guest - Anonymous" user the cleanup script will not be able to delete the user because there are related order records i...
by dgoranov
Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:40 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Using alternate Authorize.net checkout system
Replies: 1
Views: 2283

Re: Using alternate Authorize.net checkout system

Hello, We use Authorize.Net CIM (Customer Information Manager) for our billing system. http://www.authorize.net/solutions/merchantsolutions/merchantservices/cim/ CIM allows us to process recurrent CC transactions without storing CC information in our system. Only a CIM ticket string is being stored ...
by dgoranov
Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:20 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Server Reboot - Have to manually restart application pool
Replies: 45
Views: 45792

Re: Server Reboot - Have to manually restart application pool

Hi Judy, We have been running AbleCommerce 7.x on SQL Server 2008R2 x64 for years and have not had any issues. According to the error log the application pool crashes because of database connection issues. If the mssql server instance is up and running and you can connect to the database server usin...
by dgoranov
Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:07 pm
Forum: PCI Certification and Implementation Questions
Topic: PCI-DSS Security Vulnerability in .NET <all versions>
Replies: 4
Views: 16943

Re: PCI-DSS Security Vulnerability in .NET <all versions>

From our experience with different PCI scanning vendors we found that each vendor has its own definition of which vulnerability is critical and which can be treated as a non-critical warning. Almost all scanning vendors use the same Nessus scanning templates for scanning and then based on the output...
by dgoranov
Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:09 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: How to connect my blog under separate folder?
Replies: 3
Views: 3876

Re: How to connect my blog under separate folder?

Yes, If the blog application is php based (Wordpress) you can set the blog as a web application folder under yoursite.com/blog. The application should have its own application pool set to "unmanaged code". If the blog application however is asp.net based app. like http://www.dotnetblogengine.net/ th...
by dgoranov
Wed May 23, 2012 6:14 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Editor Zone: Migrating Page Template Settings
Replies: 5
Views: 3929

Re: Editor Zone: Migrating Page Template Settings

This is an old post, but I'm posting an update in case someone needs to transfer template updates from development to production environment: 1. All custom template changes are located under : [Site Root Folder]\App_Themes\[Theme Name]\Scriptlets\Custom . Copy all files under this folder 2. Template...
by dgoranov
Fri May 18, 2012 9:15 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: AbleCommerce running in SQL Server 2012
Replies: 3
Views: 3431

Re: AbleCommerce running in SQL Server 2012

We are in a process of evaluating mssql 2012 for our clients as well. Since AbleCommerce does not use any specific TSQL features and most new features in 2012 are mostly related to BI (Business Intelligence) I do not see why AV7 should not work with direct DB restore. It seems that 2012 is heavier t...
by dgoranov
Wed May 02, 2012 7:40 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Able 7.0.7 Upgrade SEO issue
Replies: 7
Views: 5708

Re: Able 7.0.7 Upgrade SEO issue

It is also possible that your site got affected by the new Google algorithm update.

http://bit.ly/Kmhonr
by dgoranov
Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:26 pm
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: CommerceBuilder Project on ASP.NET 4.0
Replies: 10
Views: 6600

Re: CommerceBuilder Project on ASP.NET 4.0

If you are not planning to add any asp.net 4.0 specific functionality not available asp.net 2.0, a good development practice is to keep the existing API code unchanged and use partial classes for extending existing Commercebuilder classes. Keeping all custom code separate from the existing CommerceB...
by dgoranov
Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:40 am
Forum: AbleCommerce 7.0 Asp.Net Shopping Cart
Topic: Sql Server SP2
Replies: 2
Views: 2573

Re: Sql Server SP2

We recently updated few servers that are still running on MSSQL 2008 to SP2 and have not experienced any issues during the SP2 install. To make
the SP install faster you can close all open database connections by shutting down IIS before starting the install.