Welcome to TheMagicM.com, home of
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Kent
Multer Consultant,
author, musician
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I have been
consulting since 1981 to a wide variety of clients, ranging from
fortune-500 companies to Mom-and-Pop operations. I have
expertise in a broad array of topics related to the Internet,
software engineering, programming, and documentation. In
recent years, I have focused primarily on Internet-related
projects. A detailed resumé and references are
available on request.
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Problem: Solved!
If you're reading this Web page, most likely
you're a businessperson who wants to sell products or
services on the Internet. You're not a programmer or a Web
designer, and you don't want to have to become one. My
specialty is keeping it human; I bring the software into your
world, not the other way around. We will tailor the site to
your needs, and add 3rd-party or custom software as needed, so
that everything becomes simple, convenient, and even fun to use.
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Miva Script and Miva Merchant
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Miva Script is a language developed by the
Miva Corporation for use in writing server-side programs and
"active documents." Miva Merchant is an e-commerce
or "shopping cart" software package, which has become
extremely popular for small and medium-sized business that sell
their products or services on the Web. It allows a basic
on-line store to be set up quickly, and it is easy to enhance and
customize for special needs: more features, improved
store layout & design, etc. As a Miva Technology
Partner, I provide all kinds of services for Miva software, from
basic setup to custom programming.
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Attention Miva
Merchant users:
If you are considering adding
some enhancements to your site, there are a number of options.
I discuss them, and offer some advice, in The
World's Shortest FAQ.
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Products
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The Official Miva Web Scripting Book
is an introduction to Miva Script programming. Published in
2000, it is now slightly out of date. However, it still
offers a good introduction to the language and plenty of useful
reference information. It is available from Amazon.com;
their "look inside" feature allows you to read some
sections.
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Currency Magic is a Miva
Merchant module that allows your Miva store to display prices in
international currencies. Visitors to your site simply pick
the desired currency from a menu, and your entire Miva store will
instantly start displaying all prices in that form!
Exchange rates can be entered manually, or
retrieved automatically from an on-line server. You can configure
the module to retrieve exchange rates from many different
servers. Upon installation, the module is preset to use
Yahoo.com. The documentation includes settings for several other
public currency-converter sites, and explains how to create your
own settings for other servers.
Flexible formatting includes international
punctuation selectable for each currency, and customized display
of negative numbers. Advanced HTML and CSS formatting can be used,
with plain text provided for emails and other unformatted
displays.
This module is available from Viking
Coders.
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Special Order Instructions
is a Miva Merchant module that allows a Miva site to display up to
five additional text boxes or checkboxes on the checkout screens,
which can be used to collect information from the customer, such
as delivery instructions, greeting card messages, etc.
The customer's information is saved in a
database, and is also included in the notification email to the
merchant, and in the confirmation email to the customer.
This module is available from Viking
Coders.
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Checkout This displays
information to your customers during checkout. You define one or
more messages that can be triggered by various conditions:
shipping, payment, specific products in basket, customized
conditions using OpenUI tokens, or combinations of all the above.
The messages are displayed on a separate page, and the user must
click the Continue button to proceed with checkout. You can
optionally remove the Continue button to create "dead end"
pages that prevent the customer from completing their purchase.
By combining thus module with Special Order
Instructions (described above), you can collect additional
information from your customers, by displaying a text box,
checkbox, or drop-down menu with any message.
This module is available from Viking
Coders.
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Upsale Magic provides a
discount function that allows you to set up many different
variations on the idea of, "buy X, get a special price on Y."
It overcomes a major limitation of Miva's built-in upsale feature,
since you can inform customers of the discount while they are
shopping, instead of waiting till they check out. You can set up
different types of discounts for various products or categories,
and you can customize the text and HTML formatting of the discount
messages.
This module is available from Viking
Coders.
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Other services:
Web design and development
Programming in a variety of languages
Documentation of all types, long or short, user-friendly or intensely technical
Please contact me to discuss your needs in any
of these areas.
Miva is a registered trademark of Miva Corporation. Miva Engine, Miva Empresa, Miva Mia, Miva Merchant, Miva Vender, Miva-connect, Miva Galleria, "The Document IS The Application," "High Velocity E-Commerce," htmlscript, and the Miva Corp. blade logo are trademarks of Miva Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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What clients say:
We have made our mark on the industry and I expect more accounts to get on the bandwagon. Thanks for your professional services. (Feb. 2010)
Thanks for your help and great fast work!!!! You are awesome! (Dec. 2009)
I have been using the Import Product sort utility you set up for us. I have had no problems, and it has been incredibly helpful. Thank you! (Sep. 2009)
I am very pleased with the upload module and wanted to thank you for the extra effort to customize it for my needs. Your extra effort is greatly appreciated. (June 2009)
I have appreciated your attention to detail in every aspect ... You really seemed to WANT to do a great job, and even made suggestions to make the project better. (January 2009)
You really did a great job with this module and delivered exactly what we were looking for. Thank you for your quality work and fast service; we really appreciate it. (October 2008)
Kent, once again you've surpassed your customer's expectations ... It looks great! (July 2008)
I have to let you know that I'm so happy. I have been using the module all morning and it's such a breeze and saving me so much time.
Thanks again. (May 2008)
... you do amazing work with the cart, I have to say. I’m happy you're in my corner. (May 2008)
... It's been extremely nice having your support through all the unforeseen bumps! (Feb. 2008)
... In my 8+ years of experience with Miva, you are the best. (Oct. 2007)
I have been using the sales module for awhile today and I don’t just like it. I LOVE it! Absolutely amazing. (Oct. 2007)
Kent has been a dream to work with. He easily sorted out a problem which has been frustrating me for THREE YEARS and which other developers either could not do, or else wanted to charge a sky-high ridiculous price for. (Oct. 2007)
I’ll never go to another developer again. You are very fair and provide a great schedule, whereas other developers aren’t as disciplined in their pricing and schedule. (Sep. 2007)
I have contacted MANY Miva programmers in the last few years and you have been the best by far! (Sep. 2007)
You have been such a pleasure dealing with. Thank you thank you thank you. You have no idea how this is going to make my life easier. (June 2007)
Thanks for looking out for my best interests....you're a nice guy and a pleasure to work with. (Sep. 2006)
So far you have been the most reliable developer we've had ... (Apr. 2004)
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