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What’s so amazing about creating an online shopping cart for marketing ducting pieces on the web? Anybody that works with ducting parts will certainly let you know, it’s actually quite tough to execute, because there is an amazing selection of duct component sizes, not to mention each and every one has its own specific cost.

Standard dimension variables include particular angles, diameters and also lengths and all these variables signifies that regular on-line shopping carts aren’t able to deal with the total number of variables, without resorting to listing the exact same product repeatedly, with the only variation being the size, which makes working with the cart into something which is particularly bewildering and tiresome for anybody surveying the product range.

Here’s an example in practice:

Let’s just say you wanted to get some straight, standard galvanized duct. This is a reasonably straight forward unit, yet the variety of length and also diameter permutations is quite considerable. To start with there is the duct length. Conventional galvanized ducting is available in three preferred sizes:

  • 0.5 of a meter
  • 1 meter
  • 2 meters

Next we need to think about the large variety of diameters the product can be found in, in this instance we’ll show diameters which are the most frequently used, which are as follows:

  • 80mm
  • 100mm
  • 125mm
  • 140mm
  • 150mm
  • 160mm
  • 180mm
  • 200mm
  • 225mm
  • 250mm
  • 275mm
  • 300mm
  • 350 mm
  • 400mm

That means we have 3 various sizes and 14 various diameters, so to build a shopping cart just for straight galvanised ducting, it’d necessitate 42 individual catalogue items. And that’s just for straight galvanised ductwork. There’s a myriad of other pieces people using galvanized ducting might need, like lobsterback bends, branch parts, telescopic duct, duct with a door opening, rings, gaskets, gates, valves, sweeps … the list goes on, and moreover every single one of these also has a variety of diameters, lengths and sometimes even more variables!

You may find yourself thinking, that surely there are existing online stores out there that already accommodate product lines with variations in each specific item like clothing for example, which can have a variable of both sizes and colors and while this is true, when the colour or size of a pair of shoes is changed the price doesn’t get changed with it, and that’s what’s different about ducting product lines, every different size corresponds to a different sales price and that’s the piece of the puzzle that normal shopping carts don’t handle in any satisfactory way.

Could you picture being a customer making an attempt to browse an online shopping cart to select and purchase the ducting parts that you require to put together a full ductwork install? How unfriendly and complex would it be to attempt to get through a myriad of different duct components, all with varying diameters and lengths?

This complex lineup of variables has actually made on-line transactions for ducting items mind-numbing and time consuming! Though not from now on, due to the fact that Advanced Duct Systems have recently resolved this quandary by producing an unique on-line store where a customer need just visit one solitary component page to select any kind of variable for that component from a drop down menu, and also have the costs for any kind of composite of variables up-date real-time in the web page on the online store.

This makes on-line browsing and also shopping a snap, as you are now able to get a number of diameters and also lengths from the one web page! You can additionally get full specifications from the e-commerce shopping cart in a pdf format from the same webpage.

So if you work in a firm where you need to buy duct components, take into consideration the benefits of choosing Advanced Duct Systems to buy your provisions online. Orders are delivered right to their pick & pack facilities and you get an order verification sent to you by e-mail. Gone are the days of faxing or dialling through orders as well as the possibility of “you verbalized one thing they heard another” blunders in orders is also overcome.

Advanced Duct Systems (ADS) distributes standard galvanised ductwork, pneumatically-driven tubing, powder-coated ducting, pneumatic conveying ducting systems, stainless steel duct and also flexible ducting online, from the world’s easiest to utilize online shopping cart for buying ducting. Why don’t you check it out next time you require to buy ducting items. And remember, trade and wholesale purchasers are given discount prices by being given an unique code which delivers them with wholesale buyer prices.

Find out more here.

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Blifaloo’s Computer Tips – Help For Beginners and Seniors

by Holly Holloway on

When I talked my grandma into getting online in the late 90s, I had to learn how to teach a different generation how to use computers. Since then, I have been the “family geek”, and carry the burden of being an unpaid computer technician & tutor.
Those are my credentials. I’m no expert, but have plenty of computer and internet experience, and try to share some of the common issues and solutions in the following articles and features. Note: all tips and articles on these pages are geared towards Windows users (sorry no Mac help here).
The computer help articles feature a range of topics from speeding up windows to removing viruses and even shopping online safety advice.
I have also included list of recommended books and links on computer and internet that are geared towards seniors and new computer users: they are at the end of this article.
While holding down the Ctrl button on your keyboard — rotate the scroll wheel in the middle of your mouse. (see image on right)

Go ahead and give it a try, right now.

On most computers this will magnify / shrink the size of websites.

Rolling the mouse wheel up will make everything bigger, while rolling the mouse wheel down will have the opposite effect.
So, next time you are having trouble reading small text on a website, simply hold down control and use the scroll wheel. Very handy — pass this on to your friends.

It’s the best thing since… Ctrl+c.

Alternative method: hold down CTRL and tap on the + and – buttons on the keyboard for the same effect.
Search text within any Web page

Ever end up on a site from a search engine, but can’t find the exact words you are looking for? The answer is:

Ctrl + f

Go ahead and hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press “f” — you should see a search box pop-up somewhere on your screen. (Usually near the bottom of the window). Now you can type any word into that search box and your internet browser with find and highlight each instance of that word as it appears on the page. You can also click the “next” button to allow the page to auto-scroll to the next instance of the word.

Neat, eh? I use this feature all the time.
Dealing With Error Messages

If you receive an error message you don’t understand:

Type the error message into Google Search. You’ll find other’s who have had the same issue, and hopefully someone who has found the solution, as well. Don’t just read one discussion or solution — take the time to read a few different websites opinions before jumping to a conclusion.
This is an important lesson — you can type any question into Google in plain english. It’s so easy, but I am always amazed at how many people have problems “searching”. Just search for what other people would search for… you are bound to stumble upon at least one person who has had the same problem as you and asked it to one of the many online discussion forums or Q&A sites like Yahoo Answers.

Also see: No Bootable Devices Error – for a quick fix to try before replacing or formating your HDD.

— I’ll be updating this section regularly with new computer tips, bookmark and check back often.

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