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	<title>Victor Castro</title>
	
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		<title>5 Simple steps to improving checkout flow and conversion rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[here is a list of simple steps that can be taken to improve conversion rates and the user experience in an eCommerce site. These steps are not a silver bullet, but they are steps that can be easily implemented in almost any eCommerce store running on any platform. These are what I would consider low hanging fruit and should at the very least provide a quick metric on what works for your eCommerce site and how your specific target audience responds to these changes.]]></description>
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		<title>jQuery 1.5 converting JSON to JSONP for local requests. What the ???</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2011/02/26/jquery-1-5-converting-json-to-jsonp-for-local-requests-what-the-219/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.victorocastro.com/?p=219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The request is made properly, the server receives the right parameter, creates the object and sends it properly formatted to the client. However jQuery throws the exception "invalid label" with the statusText as "parsererror", indicating that the response did not include the callback expected. Notice jQuery adding the callback parameter. This is the standard <a href="http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2005/12/05/remote-json-jsonp/" target="_blank">JSONP</a> notation, used for cross-domain requests due to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy" target="_blank">same origin policy</a> rules. This would normally not be a problem if i was doing a cross-domain request, but this is just a local request. I considered modifying the server side to just comply, but this is not normal behavior and the built in WebMethod does not have the functionality to do this easily. Instead of rolling my own solution I decided to figure out what the hell was happening and why jQuery was considering my request to be a cross-domain request.]]></description>
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		<title>jQuery UI – How to implement ‘mustMatch’, ‘selectFirst’, and ‘autoFill’ options in new Autocomplete plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2011/02/14/jquery-ui-how-to-implement-mustmatch-selectfirst-and-autofill-options-in-new-autocomplete-plugin-211/</link>
		<comments>http://www.victorocastro.com/2011/02/14/jquery-ui-how-to-implement-mustmatch-selectfirst-and-autofill-options-in-new-autocomplete-plugin-211/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.victorocastro.com/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roughly a year ago I implemented the <a title="Autocomplete" href="http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/" target="_blank">Autocomplete</a> plugin developed by Jörn Zaefferer for one of our systems. Since then, this plugin has now been integrated into <a title="jQuery UI Autocomplete" href="http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete" target="_blank">jQuery UI</a> and the original version has been discontinued, with no new development or support. The author made available a simple guide for migration, yet a few of the features were discontinued with no migration path clear. Per his own post...]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Explorer ignores jQuery Get Request – jQuery and caching in IE, how to avoid it</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2011/01/05/internet-explorer-ignores-jquery-get-request-jquery-and-caching-in-ie-how-to-avoid-it-194/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Explorer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.victorocastro.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a simple script that use jquery GET request to add a product to a cart in an ecommerce store. The script just makes a get request to the server with simple info such as the productId and the quantity. We had been receiving reports that some users were unable to add multiple items to their cart.  We narrowed it down to an Internet Explorer quirk.

Basically if a get request is identical to a previous request in the same session, Internet Explorer tries to outsmart itself, it executes the script but it ignores the new GET request, instead it uses the...]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft MVP – Commerce Server</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2011/01/01/microsoft-mvp-commerce-server-237/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commerce Server]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Victor Castro,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Commerce Server technical communities during the past year.]]></description>
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		<title>Commerce Server – How to set up products as backorderable – Allow products to be backordered (or preorderable)</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2010/10/21/commerce-server-how-to-set-up-products-as-backorderable-allow-products-to-be-backordered-or-preorderable-168/</link>
		<comments>http://www.victorocastro.com/2010/10/21/commerce-server-how-to-set-up-products-as-backorderable-allow-products-to-be-backordered-or-preorderable-168/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.victorocastro.com/?p=168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have been helping a large internet retailer with complex and unique business rules that affect their management of their inventory, and an important requirement is the ability to leverage Commerce Server's ability to provide product backordering.

Since it is a feature that we will be developing I figured I would post a simple guide to implementing this feature. Please note that the following guide is focused on a mostly out of the box implementation and it does not account for any proprietary business rules, and it assumes standard usage of the core API.

To start, there are important settings that must be modified in the Inventory Resource in the Commerce Server Manager. Unfortunately these are the most commonly overlooked setting when trying to implement backordering.]]></description>
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		<title>jQuery – How to use jQuery to click an ASP.net LinkButton</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2010/09/11/jquery-how-to-use-jquery-to-click-an-asp-net-linkbutton-170/</link>
		<comments>http://www.victorocastro.com/2010/09/11/jquery-how-to-use-jquery-to-click-an-asp-net-linkbutton-170/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.victorocastro.com/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are developing web applications in .net and you are trying to leverage jQuery to improve the usability of your interface you have probably run into this problem. From looking around on the web, it is a fairly common situation and there seems to be a lack of information on how to solve it. The solution is surprisingly simple.

Lets take a look at the problem:

Perhaps in your interface you would like to simulate or click a link/button based on a user action, you would have something simple like:
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		<title>Can Burlington support a large venue, stadium, convention center? If so, where?</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2010/08/01/can-burlington-support-a-large-venue-stadium-convention-center-if-so-where-139/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another lively conversation found on twitter in the #btv hashtag was had last week sparked from Shay Totten's article: Can Burlington Save Centennial Field and the Lake Monsters? in regards to the possibility that the Vermont LakeMonsters are dropped by the MiLB (Minor League Baseball) if the field conditions at Centennial field don't improve.

A few folks, myself included, are fond of having a team in town, and came up with some ideas. One thing to note, is that personally I am of the idea that the city and its officials should be looking at a longer term solution and possibility for growth.]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Studio – How to Generate Web Service Proxy class from a WSDL file instead of ‘Add Web Reference’</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2010/07/29/visual-studio-how-to-generate-web-service-proxy-class-from-a-wsdl-file-instead-of-add-web-reference-141/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Figure I would post this and hope it helps some of you out there. I had run into this situation a couple of years ago, and recently ran into it again.

Normally when integrating a project to a web service, third party or your own, you would simply use the 'Add Web Reference' option in Visual Studio. This option will look for a discovery (.disco) file in the location given and it will automatically generate a proxy class. You can then use this proxy class to access the web service methods, etc.

Now, what happens when a 3rd party web service does not provide a .disco file, and instead they only provide a WSDL file (Web Service Description Language)?]]></description>
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		<title>Roundup of firms used by candidates for Vermont Governor</title>
		<link>http://www.victorocastro.com/2010/07/26/roundup-of-firms-used-by-candidates-for-vermont-governor-132/</link>
		<comments>http://www.victorocastro.com/2010/07/26/roundup-of-firms-used-by-candidates-for-vermont-governor-132/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor O. Castro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lively discussion was raging on twitter today in regards to candidates using out of state firms for their online presence.  The question is why? What do firms outside of VT have to offer that local firms cannot?

A valid point was brought on the need for strategist that eat,sleep,breath,etc politics; but that does not mean the execution could not be done locally. Furthermore there are questions of what it means for a candidate to use an out of state firm? Does it say something about the candidate and what we could expect from them in the future? Does it mean that they will do as their advisers say regardless of whats best for the state? Should local firms make donations to ensure consideration for future projects? ]]></description>
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