Recently I could not edit the address bar in the default file explorer on Windows XP. I searched all over the Internet but didn’t find anything that fit my exact issue.

The problem ended up being that the “address bar” toolbar was hidden to the right of the window. I could just barely see the A in address and once I dragged the separator over to the left the entire address bar finally showed at the top of the screen.

I wanted to be able to type something like “C:\downloads” into the address bar and go there without having to clock through folders to do this. Anyhow it was funny finally figuring out that what I thought was the address bar was actually just a title at the top of the window that also displayed the directory path. I thought that this was a non editable address bar when in fact my address bar was hidden!

When attempting to process an order using ClientExec you may get error messages like the following:

An error has occurred with the given operation

Type: Warning (2)
Description: mysql_real_escape_string() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given
Request: POST /signup.php
Script: <clientexec-root>/newedge/classes/NE_Mysql.php
Line Number: 198
Stack:
var/www/web2/web/client/newedge/classes/NE_Mysql.php(138) : regexp code (1) : ne_mysql::escape_string
<clientexec-root>/newedge/classes/NE_Mysql.php (138) : preg_replace
<clientexec-root>/classes/domain.php (1463) : ne_mysql::query
<clientexec-root>/modules/admin/views/Signup_4_CreateAccounts.php (424) : domain::updaterecord
<clientexec-root>/modules/admin/views/Signup_3_Validation.php (316) : Signup_4_CreateAccounts::dispatch
<clientexec-root>/newedge/classes/NE_Controller.php (167) : Signup_3_Validation::dispatch
<clientexec-root>/newedge/front.php (76) : ne_controller::processview
<clientexec-root>/signup.php (70) : require

In this situation I was using ClientExec with Authorize.net as the payment gateway. The basic error revolved around the Authorize.net processing needing mcrypt and not being able to find it on the server. To resolve this issue install php-mcrypt on the server using the below commands.

shell# yum install php-mcrypt

Make sure to restart apache!

shell#/etc/init.d/httpd restart

That should resolve your issue if you are in fact using ClientExec with the  Authorize.net payment module.

When using CSS to format HTML pages its easy to miss the fact that the bottom line of your div or span tag cuts off some of your text. Typically this will be the bottom of a y, g, etc. All that needs to be done to fix this is to adjust the line-height of the div or span.

For Example: <div style=”line-height: 16px”>your text here</div>

Or: <span style=”line-height: 18px”>your text here</span>

Make sure to verify each page once they are complete that the text is not chopped off at the bottom. This can be extremely annoying to people visiting your sites.

There are some great ZenCart addons to be able to track your stock by attributes and enhance the checkout process for customers while doing so. My suggestions below are based on personal experience and require very little effort to get up and going.

I suggest installing the following three add-ons: Stock by Attributes, Dynamic Drop Downs for Stock by Attributes, and Bulk Attribute Creator.

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The easiest way I know of to tilt, skew, etc. an image is to hold down control and click T. This will being up a box around the image that has numerous points that allow you to tilt the image in any direction as shown below in the image.

Thats it. Ctrl-T brings up the tilt modification.