There is a catastrophic bug in Chrome’s password manager, where it confuses and overwrites passwords belonging to websites whose URLs use different sub-domains of the same domain name. For example, when you use two entirely different login pages, such as https://www.example.com/wp-login.php and https://cameo.example.com/login, you can lose the password for the former. It is possible to persuade Chrome to get this right, but it takes a little effort. Read More…
Card fraud prevention measures: new website requirements
One advantage of using a third-party payment provider, such as Stripe, is that they fulfil the standards required by the Payment Card Industry to take payments online. However, a new version of these standards makes some significant requirements of web pages that host card payment forms. You will need to abide by to continue to take card payments. Neither Cameo nor Stripe can do this for you! It is a requirement of your website. Read More…
Taking deposits for events
You can now take partial payments for events – a deposit – and manage the balance due. There are several changes to support this spread throughout Cameo and described here. Read More…
Show custom fields box in the WordPress page editor
Some Cameo plugins for WordPress websites use custom fields to tell the plugin about some aspect of the page. A box to control custom fields should be visible below the main editing area on WordPress’ page editor. If you don’t see this, you need to turn it on. This article shows the steps to do that in WordPress 5. Read More…
Installing Cameo’s WordPress plugins into your website
Cameo offers a number of plugins for WordPress plugins that let your WordPress website connect to Cameo. This article shows you how to install them into your website. Read More…
Cameo 10: proposed changes to lists
For Cameo 10, I am thinking about making some changes to how lists and templates work to address some problems, particularly with opting out. I envisage: • Separating opt-outs from lists, so that people opt-out from a small number of purposes for which templates are sent. •Allowing all lists to be subscribed to manually, in addition to anyone they automatically select. Read More…
Cameo version 10: what to expect
version 10 will introduce completely new features in the next few months: bookkeeping, merchandise sales, improvements to lists, PDF attachments, and internally, modernised JavaScript. Read More…
Using News Builder
News Builder is a major addition to Cameo’s template editor. With it you can compose structured mailshots from a set of ready-made, customisable blocks. Edit the text and replace place-holder images with your own in the usual way in the template editor. Text can include substitutions, of course. You can save individual blocks as amended, and these carry your own text for re-use as well as colour etc. Read More…
About query parameters in Cameo forms
Query parameters allow you to pass values to the form via the URL of the page it is embedded in, changing its behaviour. Cameo forms let you customise the names of query parameters they can use, and in many cases the default when the URL does not provide one. Read More…
About tables of items
Cameo displays lots of things in a summary table with more detail and controls to make changes if you expand the summary. These share a common look and feel. Many have filters and/or sorting controls in the table header. This article explains how to use these tables and filters. Read More…