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How Do I Make My Custom Theme Appear in the New Theme Window?

It's really easy: Just go to File > Save as Theme and enter a name for your theme. That's it! Your theme will now appear in the New Theme window .

How Do I Locate Full Order Details When Using Authorize.Net?

The API Shopping Cart Creator Pro uses with Authorize.Net only allows a small number of characters to be sent over e-mail with the order details. However, this information can be found online in...

How to Change the Version of Internet Explorer in the Preview Tab.

As of HTML Editor 2010 SE and higher, the Preview tab uses Internet Explorer 8 (as long as it's installed on your system). Not only is this more modern, it also allows you to work with...

Customizing Web Calendar Images with Web Image Studio

Web Image Studio can be used to customize the graphics in any CoffeeCup theme or graphics pack, which means that you can tweak any aspect of your Web Calendar themes! It's actually really easy...

Progressive enhancement in email design

Email design is not the same as web design It is important to realize that designing an HTML email is nothing like building for the modern web. Indeed, it’s very much like the days of...

Chapter 4: Understanding and Using Library Items

A library item is a file that contains blocks of code that you can place anywhere within your markup. With library items, you write snippets of HTML, CSS, JavaSript, etc., that may be common to...

Convert a static email to a responsive design

From an unreadable newsletter, to a responsive version in just a few hours I got this email from Zappos™ with the intriguing subject “Update regarding Zappos emails…”...

customer appreciation gift

A Special Thanksgiving Treat... There’s no denying that CoffeeCup customers truly are the best around. That’s why we’re showing our gratitude with a gift that keeps on giving...

Learn About HTML - Other Media

Other Media How do I let people download a file from my page? Why did my link to a ... file download a bunch of characters instead? How do I force the browser to show/play a file...

How Do I Clear the Public Chat History?

We've written up a little chunk of code that clears your chat history for you. Here's how to use it: First, copy and paste the following code into a Notepad file:...

Using the Product Grid Tab

The Product Grid tab lays out all the data about your products in one convenient place. It comes in handy when you want to make quick edits to a lot of products at once. To open  Product...

Practical responsive site design with RSD

Practical responsive site design Creating a static reference design There are many, many good existing fixed-width websites. Instead of redoing the entire design and approach, they can be...

working with custom web fonts

Using Custom Web Fonts in Site Designer. Font type is one of the most important aspects on your website. Your style choices provide visitors with vital information about who...

How Do I Back Up My Databases in Website Access Manager?

Backing up your files frequently is always a good call — you never know when a backup might come in handy. If you wish to back up your files for security purposes or to use your saved...

How Do I Install Theme Packs?

Shopping Cart Creator themes are now grouped by dimensions. We currently offer themes in either 800px width or 1024px width. The following step-by-step instructions will show you how to install...

What is a Merchant Account?

Plastic, Not Paper If you own or run a business — especially an online business — you know that it's imperative that you be able to accept credit cards. To do this,...

How Do I Block Certain Users From My Site?

So there's a certain user who keeps spamming your website, or a range of IP addresses that causes nothing but trouble, and you want to make sure they can't access your website. No...

What Are Error Pages, and What Do the Error Codes Mean?

When a user makes a bad request on a website — trying to visit a page that doesn't exist, for instance — they get taken to a special page called an error page . By default,...

Transferring Your Work to Shopping Cart Creator Pro.

Follow these steps to transfer the files you created in the basic version of Shopping Cart Creator to Shopping Cart Creator Pro.  Option #1 If you haven't customized a...

How to Set up Weight-Based Shipping.

Shopping Cart Creator Pro gives you the option to set shipping prices based on weight. Here’s how you go about setting this up: Click the Shipping toolbar button . This opens...

Editing CoffeeCup Theme Graphics

Did you know that every CoffeeCup theme and graphic comes with its very own blueprint? Yep, when you buy and download themes and graphics, you get what you paid for, but you also get all the...

Disposal Methods in Animation Studio

When working in Animation Studio's Frames tab, there are two panes on the right side that are used to configure settings that apply to the entire animation or just to the selected frame(s)....

Website Insight Quick Start Guide

Website Insight is a hot new tool for analyzing and improving your website’s search engine visibility and visitor’s friendliness. Some might call it SEO software, but in reality it is...

Chapter 3: Creating a New Webpage

There are three ways to create a new page in the HTML Editor: using the Quick Start Wizard , starting from scratch, using a layout, or using a theme. Quick Links: New HTML Page...

What HTML Tags Can I Use in the Long Description?

Most HTML tags can be used in the long description. Just be careful when adding scripts, as they could conflict with the cart itself. If you run into a problem, simply remove the scripts and/or...

Using the Font Wizard

Among the many incredible tools found within our HTML Editor, the Font Wizard is a great tool to enhance your page design.  You can find the Font Wizard under the Format tab. When...

MailChimp Compatibility Errors

Web Form Builder has a lot of mailing list options, and most of them must be entirely compatible with those required by MailChimp in order for your form to properly interface with your mailing...

Chapter 6: Editing Confirm and Notification Emails

With the ever changing world of web design and ever growing mobile market, your form notifications need to be crisp and responsive. By making this change, you are allowing customers to access the...

S-Drive Academy: Sync with the HTML Editor

Yep, it’s another fun day of class at S-Drive Academy. Today we’re going to show you how a website made with The HTML Editor can be synced to S-Drive. Yes, this is the same...

Placement of your sitemap file

Where does the sitemap go? There are two kinds of sitemaps that you could have as part of your website structure. The first one that is actually part of your website design. This is what...