• Paypal - Website Payments Pro
  Website Payments Pro allows you to accept payment directly on your website or by phone, fax and mail. Customers can pay you with all major debit and credit cards as well as PayPal balance and bank transfers.

  With this solution you get all the benefits of a merchant account and gateway in one solution. This package also includes PayPal Express Checkout which enables buyers to checkout in as little as three clicks.

  (tags: api ecommerce payment paypal merchant)
• Paypal API - Go Live Checklist
  Go Live Checklist

  After your application works with the PayPal Sandbox, and you are ready to move it into live production, review this checklist to make sure you aren't forgetting any steps.

  (tags: api paypal magento ecommerce)

• MacMost - Replacing a MacBook Pro Fan
  (tags: mac fan macbook repair apple macbookpro diy)

• Primary Resources - Free teaching resources, lesson plans, teaching ideas & worksheets for primary and elementary teachers
  (tags: resources teaching primary education worksheets literacy maths free school parenting ks1)

• children reading tips parents can use
  (tags: reading teaching parenting ks1 literacy phonics)
• Teach a Child to Read
  Dedicated to the thousands of children who need to improve their reading skills, and to their parents who want to help them succeed.
  (tags: reading education literacy phonics teaching kids learning parenting ks1)

I am currently building and ecommerce site for my wife’s business using the open source ecommerce software Magento. Magento has got  a lot of good press since its launch and has won many awards and is very well thought of. There is no doubt that Magento is very funtional and flexible, Google and Paypal integration is particulary good. Essentially Magento is a Content Magento System but as user friendly as Wordpress it is not. Like most great open source projects there is normally an answer to most issues on the web (via google) and below are a few links that have helped me a long the way. As I have still not completed my site no doubt there will be more links to come.

• Magento - How to add Products to your home page
  (tags: magento ecommerce tutorial products)
• Magento Connect - Blank Theme - Overview - eCommerce Software for Growth
  this is a sample skeleton theme for Magento designers.
  (tags: magento theme blank templates opensource)
• Magento Connect - Linen Stretch Theme - Overview - eCommerce Software for Growth
  Simple and clean (and free) Magento theme.
  (tags: magento themes opesource ecommerce)
• How to Import Products into Magento | ChaseSagum.com
  There’s a little confusion among some on how to import products into a Magento ecommerce store. I spent some time today researching and trying to find the best method on doing this. The reason for my research is because there was no simple documentation anywhere that I could find on how to import products. Magento actually has built a pretty robust import/export mechanism into the ecommerce cms that has a ton of flexibility to do many things. I’m not going to cover all of those. This is just for those of you who simply just want to import products into their Magento cart.
  (tags: magento import ecommerce howto cms products opensource)
• Magento - Home - eCommerce Software for Growth
  Open Source e-commerse software. Magento has excellent functionality and lots of potential especially with its Magento Connect extension system allowing additional functionality to be added through plugins.
  (tags: ecommerce opensource php cms e-commerce shopping business software)
• Magento Connect - Royal Mail Domestic and International Shipping - Reviews
  Plugin to add a Royal Mail shipping options to Magento the opensource ecommerce solution.
  (tags: magento royalmail extension opensource)
• Magento - Screencasts - Working with Paypal -
  Video of setting up Magento with PayPal
  (tags: magento paypal ecommerce opensource)
• Magento - Wiki - Moving Magento To Another Server
  The following article will outline the steps and commands involved to successfully transfer Magento from one server to another. This article assumes you have a basic understanding of SSH, and that you have SSH access on both servers.
  (tags: magento migration server tutorial howto backup moving)

Finally got round to haveing a look at the difference between Facebook Groups and Facebook Pages. I had aleady setup a Facebook Group for my wifes business (here) but after looking at the links below I have now set up a Business Page here which I think for a business is a better idea.

In my opnion the faceook ‘Page’ suits is better suited to businesses highlighting events and allows you to show your favourite pages (and of course be shown in other ‘pages’ favourite pages). There is lots more information  adn comparison on the links below:

• 34 Links on How to Promote Your Small Business on Facebook « Web 2.0 For Small Biz
  Should your business have a presence of Facebook? What does it take to create a Facebook page or group for your biz? What do you do next to promote it?
  (tags: marketing facebook)
• Facebook groups vs. Facebook pages : Tim’s Blog
  (tags: socialmedia socialnetworking facebook groups pages)
• Facebook Groups vs. Pages - the goggles do nothing
  Facebook recently released a new feature designed for companies and charities to set up an online presence called a “Page.”
  (tags: web2.0 socialmedia socialnetworking facebook groups pages)

• Whitepaper: Linux: The Operating System of the Cloud · March 2009
  After struggling to reach mainstream status in the technology world for years, utility computing may yet arrive in the coming quarters. This time around, however, it will be known as cloud computing. And when cloud computing does cross the chasm into mainstream adoption, it will be powered by Linux.
  (tags: linux opensource cloud)

• Two Screens Are Better Than One - Microsoft Research
  Research from Microsoft that two screens are better than one.
  (tags: research productivity monitor microsoft)
• OpenOffice.org 3.1 New Features
  New features in the new release of OpenOffice.org
  (tags: opensource openoffice office ooo)

• Facebook Statistics, Demographics, Reports, and News – CheckFacebook
  CheckFacebook.com is not affiliated with Facebook. Each day, CheckFacebook.com tracks data reported from Facebook's advertising tool to help marketers and researchers understand how Facebook is spreading across the globe.
  (tags: facebook statistics socialmedia demographics socialnetworking)

• Description of 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)
  Details of changes with Service Pack for MS Office 2007 including OPenDocument format
  (tags: office sp2)