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WordPress 2.9 E-Commerce

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WordPress 2.9 E-Commerce

Overview of this book

WordPress is easily one of the hottest platforms for building blogs and general web sites. With the addition of the WP e-Commerce plug-in, it's also a competent platform for easily creating and running an online store, capable of selling physical items as well as services and digital downloads. WordPress with e-Commerce offers every feature that a seller and a customer may need. You can build an online store that makes it easier for the customers to find and buy products.WordPress 2.9 e-Commerce focuses on the integration of WordPress with the WordPress e-Commerce plug-in, covering all aspects of building and developing an online store from scratch.This book provides a simple, step-by-step approach to developing an effective online store. It guides you through your initial planning and first steps, plug-in installation and configuration, building your catalog of products to sell, accepting payments for your orders, and dealing with taxes and shipping. You will also learn how to promote and market your new store, handle customer accounts and staff roles, and deal with essential store security.As you work through each chapter, your online store will grow in scope and functionality. By the time you finish this book, you will have a complete and working store, ready to release your products to the world.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
WordPress 2.9 -Commerce
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with WordPress and e-Commerce
2
Getting Ready to Sell
3
Configure Your e-Commerce Settings
4
Managing Your Product Catalog
5
User Accounts: Customers and Staff
6
Checkout and Payment Setup
7
Shipping, Taxes, and Processing Orders
Setting Up a WAMP Testing Platform
Index

Man the hatches—essential site security


Releasing your site to the public is a cause for celebration, but it is also a cause for concern. Because your site is now visible to the public, you have an added level of responsibility for the security of your site. Security is a focus because we must protect more than just our website. We must also protect our customers and our entire business.

User passwords

One of the simplest and most effective methods for strengthening the security of your WordPress installation is to increase the complexity of your passwords. This is especially important for users with administrative privileges. Imagine a worst-case scenario in which an unscrupulous person somehow intercepts your admin password. This person could destroy your site in seconds, and could also potentially walk away with sensitive customer data.

Weak passwords are easily guessed or accessed via a "brute force" dictionary attack. This attack happens when an automated computer program rapidly guesses...