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SiteSphere Platform Blog 2011

Excel Manager update

We are pleased to announce the release version 126 of SiteSphere's Excel Manager.
 
This new version supports the following new features:
  1. Transaction Types:  Sale, rental or service
  2. Pricing: Price Breaks and Quantity Price Break Groups
To download your copy of the Excel Manager spreadsheet log into SiteSphere and go to Settings and then Excel Manager.
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com. 
 
 

Posted on December 22, 2011|
Categories: excel manager, news, sitesphere, sitesphere supplier    Tags: , , 

SiteSphere Buyer - Requisitions and sourcing made easy

SiteSphere Supplier is fast establishing itself in the PunchOut catalog market as a ready-to-go solution for connecting suppliers to eProcurement networks and services.  SiteSphere provide integrated PunchOut catalogues in the UK and across Europe using the Ariba, cXML, Oracle iProcurement and SAP OCI methods.  
 
Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of SiteSphere Buyer.  This enables your buying staff to easily create requisitions (and then purchase orders) with products from multiple suppliers powered by Ariba and cXML.  Hundreds of thousands of suppliers will be available to SiteSphere Buyer with many pre-loaded ready to use.  
 
There are so many reasons to choose SiteSphere Buyer. A single view of your supplier's catalogues in one easy-to-use Buyer portal. Unlimited suppliers. Ready-to-go support for punchout-enabled vendors using Ariba, Oracle iProcurement, SAP and eProcurement networks. No software. Cloud-based. UK Support Team. 

Posted on October 3, 2011|
Categories: ariba supplier network, punchout solutions, sitesphere buyer    Tags: , , , , , , , , , , 

Nominet Domain Names

Nominet is officially recognised as the .uk domain name registry by the internet industry, users and the UK Government.

SiteSphere is a registered member of Nominet and sells domain names in the .uk space.

Domain names from Nominet are subject to their Terms and Conditions which can be viewed by clicking here.
 
Charges

We charge £25 per domain for 2 years registration.
 
Related services
 
We only offer domain name registration, renewal and maintenances services.
 
Customer Support 
 
Click here to contact SiteSphere Customer Support or email support@sitesphere.com 
 
Code of Practice

We abide by the same code of practice, complaint handling and dispute resolution process as Nominet 
 
Checking if a .uk domain is available
 
You can check the availability by clicking here...

Transferring .uk domains to us 

You can transfer .uk domains to us by asking your current Tag Holder (the company which registered the domain) to change the Tag to SITESPHERE  we are notified automatically as soon as this is actioned.If you have a question about domain names, please contact us at support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on July 1, 2011|
Categories: domain names    Tags:

Further Updates to the SiteSphere API

We are pleased to announce the release of the next version of our SiteSphere API.
 
The SiteSphere API provides any third party system (e.g. Microsoft, SAP or Oracle) secured access to your SiteSphere account data.
 
We have recently launched v1.007 of the API featuring new Web Services and REST-based interfaces which enable your SiteSphere content to be accessed seamlessly from other applications.
 
Contact us for your updated SiteSphere API key and the documentation
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on June 20, 2011|
Categories: news, sitesphere, sitesphere api    Tags: , , 

Excel Manager Spreadsheet Update

We have recently updated our popular macro-enabled Excel Manager spreadsheet which allows you to bulk update your product data.
 
The Items & Variants spreadsheets now include columns for Minimum & Maximum Order Quantities, Unit Size and Normal Lead Time (days).
 
The Settings spreadsheet now also has an option to enable the use of SSL certificates should they be required.
 
To download your copy of the Excel Manager spreadsheet log into Sitesphere and go to Settings and then Excel Manager to grab your copy now!
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on June 17, 2011|
Categories: excel manager, new features, news, sitesphere    Tags: , , , 

Sending an email broadcast

SiteSphere has so many good features that sometimes we forget what it can do.
 
By highlighting an existing feature every now and then we hope it helps you to make the most of your SiteSphere subscription.
 
So to kick things off we're going to talk about Email Broadcasts.
 
SiteSphere allows you to send a broadcast email to Contacts who have a registered email address.

 

In this way you can market your company and website to a wide range of customers who have visited your website before and either purchased something or signed up to receive promotional information from your company.
 
We've written a How To which explains how you can use this SiteSphere feature to reach out to your customers regularly, keeping them informed of new products just in, special offers and other useful information about your company.
 
To read our How To click here.
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on April 13, 2011|
Categories: features, sitesphere    Tags: , 

SiteSphere and OpenID

Would YOU like your website to support OpenID?
 
Yes, but what is OpenID we hear you ask? We're glad you asked as an OpenID-enabled website means:
 
One login, many sites
An OpenID is a single username and password that allows you login to any OpenID-enabled site. OpenID makes remembering different usernames and passwords for different sites a thing of the past. There are literally thousands of OpenID-enabled websites and more are being added every day.

Getting an OpenID account is fast & easy
In fact, you may already have one. For example, every Google Mail user has an OpenID address (example: myaddress@googlemail.com). Or you can quickly obtain one from an OpenID provider like myOpenID - and what's more, it's free!
 
So you too could have OpenID integrated with your website!
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on March 7, 2011|
Categories: news, sitesphere    Tags: , , 

SiteSphere Cloud Publishing

Serve your web pages from cloud-based servers

•    Use static snapshots of your website to improve performance using SiteSphere’s RapidServe technology
•    Publish live and test sites to cloud-based servers via our secure FTP services
•    RapidServe even supports static and partially dynamic websites (ecommerce stores)
•    Take advantage of limitless scaling and load-balancing using the latest CDN's (Content Distribution Networks)
 
SiteSphere is now able to publish your website to servers based in ‘the cloud’. This means you can now take advantage of cloud-based infrastructure at multiple locations enhancing access to your website around the world. SiteSphere publishes an entire website to cloud-hosted servers minimizing or, in many instances, completely eliminating the need for a database. This greatly reduces website page loading time - even for data-intensive ecommerce stores.
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on February 11, 2011|
Categories: new feature, sitesphere    Tags: , , , , , 

SiteSphere LDAP Integration

Log users into SiteSphere using your LDAP-compatible enterprise directory

•    Allow the users from your website partners to be registered on your internal LDAP-compatible directory, such as Active Directory
•    Provides enterprise-level authentication behind your firewall
 
SiteSphere now enables users to login using your company's address book held in any LDAP-compatible directory. Many organisations use a shared address book based on Microsoft’s Active Directory. This enables contact details to be stored and updated in one location for the entire company, using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Now you no longer need to set up a separate login for each employee using SiteSphere instead you just need to enable logging in using the company’s existing address book. This means that areas of the website can be configured as part of your Intranet, which only employees and associates of the organisation can access.
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on February 10, 2011|
Categories: new feature, sitesphere    Tags: , , , 

SiteSphere on-the-fly PDF datasheet creation

Produce PDF documents of your website product pages
 
•    Turn your product pages into high quality printable PDF documents
•    Produce a professional looking PDF from any web content at the click of a button
 
Visitors to your website can now produce high quality PDFs of your product pages without having any special software installed. At the click of a button product pages on your SiteSphere website can now be easily turned into printable datasheets using Adobe’s popular Portable Document (PDF) format. Product pages with detailed specifications can now be downloaded as PDF documents for reading offline using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or even Google Chrome. PDF documents are also the ideal format for producing professional-looking printouts. One template can be used to make PDFs of all your product pages.
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on February 9, 2011|
Categories: new feature, sitesphere    Tags: , , 

Default Disk Quota updated

After a thorough review of our datacentre infrastructure we are pleased to announce an update to the default disk quota for each edition of SiteSphere.
 
From now on all clients who use our SiteSphere Standard edition will have a default disk quota of 1 Gigabyte. All clients using our SiteSphere Professional edition will have a default disk quota of 2.5 Gigabytes and everyone who has an Enterprise edition of SiteSphere will have a default disk quota of 5 Gigabytes.
 
To see your disk quota and how much you have used log into SiteSphere and view the statistics below the yellow System News box on SiteSphere's home screen.

If you require more disk space you can go to SiteSphere's Disk Quota page and send us a request.
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on January 21, 2011|
Categories: infrastructure    Tags:

Update to your SiteSphere Data Retention Policy

We are pleased to announce that we have updated SiteSphere's data retention policy to reflect the three editions of SiteSphere currently in use.
 
There has been no change to the standard data retention policy but those who use the Professional and Enterprise editions of SiteSphere will notice differences in the length of time SiteSphere now retains historic data.
 
To view your SiteSphere Data Retention Policy click here.
 
For more information or to speak to us please contact SiteSphere Support on UK 08707 661 799 or email support@sitesphere.com.

Posted on January 20, 2011|
Categories: sitesphere    Tags: , 

UK VAT Rate adjustments

The standard VAT rate in the UK has risen from 17.5% to 20% today, Jan 4, 2011.  Your SiteSphere tax rate settings were automatically adjusted if you were using the old VAT rate for UK sales.
 
Happy New Year to all our users. 

Posted on January 4, 2011|
  
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