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AOM Is Discontinued

February 3, 2018 mcarp555

As of yesterday, February 2nd 2018, Associate-O-Matic has been officially discontinued. The program and official site has been sold to Carey Baird and Fresh Store Builder. It’s recommended that all AOM users transition to FSB. More information is available on the AOM home page. You can also get information on the AOM Talk site. This means of course, that there... Read More

Site Update

March 18, 2016March 19, 2016 mcarp555

A quick note for any interested parties; This site has finally had a long-overdue overhaul, using a more modern looking template. I believe this will make it easier to explore the site, and not overlook any important information. I’ve mostly retained the colors from the previous look, but it’s my feeling that things look more energized now. I liked the... Read More

Working With Responsive Themes

April 24, 2015March 19, 2016 mcarp555

With the release of the Default Responsive theme, this site now features two mobile-friendly templates for use in your Associate-O-Matic stores (the other template is Varius). As mentioned in the text for the DR theme, it has passed the mobile-friendly test available at Google’s Webmaster Tools (https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/). But does this mean your site will automatically be mobile/tablet ready if you... Read More

Adding Mobile Functions to an Existing Site

September 10, 2014March 19, 2016 mcarp555

When the Varius responsive theme was introduced a few months ago, it was envisaged mainly as a template for newer AOM sites. Besides having a mobile functionality for a variety of handheld devices, it was also hoped that it would look different enough in the normal desktop view to make it an exciting change from the standard default layout. Since... Read More

Building A Responsive Theme

June 16, 2014March 19, 2016 mcarp555

This is being written as the first AOM Skins responsive template, Varius, is being readied for release. I thought it would be a good idea to discuss some aspects of why and how it was built. For some time now, I had been contemplating a theme that would have a fluid layout for display on desktops, tablets and mobiles. I... Read More

Still here!

July 29, 2013March 19, 2016 mcarp555

While the main thrust of this site is to offer affordably-priced templates for Associate-O-Matic users, it’s also a blog, after all. So I should probably put up a post to inform everyone about what I’ve been doing. Since finishing Unique back in March or so, things have been very quiet. I’d like to assure anyone who’s interested that it’s not... Read More

Imposing Limits

January 16, 2013March 19, 2016 mcarp555

I was going to start off by saying that PayPal is not my preferred method of dealing with transactions. If I could, I’d be much happier dealing with cash. However, the problems inherent with Internet purchases are common to all payment gateways, not just PayPal. So I suppose it would be unfair to single them out. That said, I’m fed... Read More

Skin Deep

July 14, 2012March 19, 2016 mcarp555

As this is being written, we are just past the one year mark since Associate-O-Matic introduced templating. This site was knocking out themes in advance of the template rollout, with four completed in the first month alone. Now the finishing touches are being applied to template #16, and it’s probably going to take a minimum of three weeks from start... Read More

Live Previews?

December 14, 2011March 19, 2016 mcarp555

When this site first went live in Spring 2011, it was decided to offer live previews of all the themes so that interested users could get a feel for how the templates actually work. It’s been pretty successful up to now. However, lately there has been an influx of (primarily) Indonesian pirates who have been happy to attempt to steal... Read More

Progress report

November 3, 2011March 19, 2016 mcarp555

Associate-O-Matic version 5.1 has been out for a few weeks as of the time of writing, and many AOM users are coming to this site after upgrading. Some are returning again and again, no doubt to see what’s new. When templating was first introduced a few months ago, there was a mad dash to get as many templates out as... Read More