WordPress.com Forums » User Favorites: hbs1991 http://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/ WordPress.com Forums » User Favorites: hbs1991 en Fri, 24 May 2013 10:13:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408922 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:35:24 +0000 raincoaster 408922@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome. I don't know about your postal system, but the Canadian postal system makes it easy to calculate postal rates on the fly via their website.

]]> gorah on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408879 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:07:08 +0000 gorah 408879@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Raincoaster, forget the above – I cunningly managed to sort it by changing the example code from donate to buy now in the wordpress tutorial.

All I have to do now is work out how to calculate different postage rates on paypal.

I have to say, though, that this little foray into the underbelly of the internet has inspired me to educate myself and I will be starting a web design course as soon as I'm back in Bangalore

thanks for your help

]]> gorah on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408869 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:08:44 +0000 gorah 408869@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Raincoaster

I think I'm getting to the crux of it now.

It seems the thing I am lacking is an appropriate image file. ie a Buy Now one. Can you give me any pointers as to where I can get one, as I'm lost?

Cheers

]]> raincoaster on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408720 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:46:31 +0000 raincoaster 408720@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The information you got above is incorrect: the Buy Now button code does not work. The workaround you've done should function adequately, but if it bugs you just get a different image file and put the image in where the Donate button is. You can see that on my blog, where I've got the Operation Global Media Domination button instead of the Paypal one.

]]> gorah on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408666 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:43:08 +0000 gorah 408666@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay, Mark and Raincoaster, maybe I'm Blog illiterate, but I'm really struggling here.

I go through all the WordPress Paypal help about creating a Buy Now button, then I create a Buy Now button ready to paste into the blog. The only problem I have is the actual clickable link ie the actual visual button. In the WordPress tutorial, the example code says Donate and I can't find any information anywhere to help me make this a Buy Now button. So, to cut a long story short, I end up with a Donate button leading to a Buy Now Paypal scenario.

I'm sure you're very busy people but I'd be very very grateful if you can help me with this, as the book is due out any day and I can't help think people are going to be put off by a Donate button when it should be Buy.

Can you help at all?

Cheers in advance.

]]> mark on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-403451 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:50:51 +0000 mark 403451@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Once you've made billions, bought Amazon and have it in stock? No problem :)

]]> thesacredpath on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-403366 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:47:54 +0000 thesacredpath 403366@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Does that mean I can't sell my e-book which explains how to use belly-button lint to determine hot stocks on the NYSE?

]]> mark on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-403363 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:39:42 +0000 mark 403363@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ And just to clarify (it does not apply here) because sploggers, spammers and the "OMG YOU WILL GET RICH" brigade will read this thread:

e-books cannot be sold, donated for, given away with promises of wealth, health and unbelievably large appendages or anything else.

We mean proper books made of actual paper and actual ink that you would buy in an actual shop.

(and someone will still contact us and say "I know you wrote that but my book isn't a con....)

]]> andrew on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-403336 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:08:13 +0000 andrew 403336@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It doesn't have to be the Donate button. That's just the one used as an example by raincoaster, and on the support page to which she linked. Other buttons will work fine.

The key is that, when you have the code generated, you specify Email rather than Website. Website will generate code that WordPress.com won't tolerate.

]]> essenceofnone on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-403334 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:44:54 +0000 essenceofnone 403334@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Why does it have to be a Donate Button? Why can't we use the Buy Now button?
to buy our book? very confusing

]]> gorah on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-391320 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:08:35 +0000 gorah 391320@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Brilliant, thanks to both of you for that. I'll follow this up.

cheers

]]> tellyworth on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-391204 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:35:15 +0000 tellyworth 391204@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Just to confirm the above: yes you can use your WordPress.com blog to promote your book. We don't provide any e-commerce or sales features, but linking to a sales page elsewhere, Paypal form or similar is fine.

]]> raincoaster on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-391203 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:30:34 +0000 raincoaster 391203@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Really simple. Go to Paypal and get the basic button code. Here we generally use the Donation button, but if it's your book I suppose you can try other basic buttons. Don't get ANY ones with the code that includes the word "script" or "javascript" or is encrypted. They clearly say whether they are or not.

Paypal instructions are here:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

]]> gorah on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-391186 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:54:29 +0000 gorah 391186@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you, both, for those replies.

Raincoaster, in that case do you have any knowledge of what might work for me.

(I'm not familiar with HTML)

Here's the scenario.

Someone visits my site, pays securely. I then pack the book and send it to them.

Okay, that's pretty basic and obvious, but any thoughts.

If not I guess I'll have to get my hands dirty with HTML

Cheers

]]> raincoaster on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-390920 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:36:36 +0000 raincoaster 390920@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Support has repeatedly said that authors may sell their own books, and artists may sell their own creations. Paypal is allowed, but it's tricky to work with WP.com, as you can't use the encrypted forms or Javascript buttons and widgets. You have to make sure you use plain HTML.

]]> wpadvanced on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-390849 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:30:10 +0000 wpadvanced 390849@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm not so sure on this, and you could try contacting support (they would know!).

I was reading this thread and found it interesting, but I don't know if the rules have changed since then:
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-on-wordpress?replies=19

]]> gorah on "Selling my book on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-390779 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:18 +0000 gorah 390779@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi

I'm very new to blogging. I have set up a website for my book of short stories, coming out end of November. I am using the site to publicise my book, and add additional material and information about the stories.

Question: The book will be in bookshops, but can I also sell it from my site? My site is hosted by wordpress.

Also, I was thinking of using Email Payments by Paypal. Is this feasible and allowed?

Thanks for any help

Martin

]]> thesacredpath on "Black Listing one person from commenting?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/black-listing-one-person-from-commenting#post-369311 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:00:18 +0000 thesacredpath 369311@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Look about half-way down in this support document for the procedure: http://support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/ .

]]> nusantaranews on "Black Listing one person from commenting?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/black-listing-one-person-from-commenting#post-369306 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:49:41 +0000 nusantaranews 369306@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Did you ever configure discussion setting?
For block spammer:
Setting >> Discussion >>
And in Discussion page, please enter that spammer id (email or ip address) at comment moderation or comment blacklist .

]]> hbs1991 on "Black Listing one person from commenting?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/black-listing-one-person-from-commenting#post-369300 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:40:55 +0000 hbs1991 369300@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Well it did not take 12 hours for the person described above to do exactly what I told you he did to the others. He is getting bulligerant and nasty, so now I will come back to my original question.
How do I block this person period from posting comments to my blog, If I hit spam, will that do it for all future visits to my blog or just the one time?? Believe me he has been known to just keep on pumping out the ugly comments and hatred. So I want to nip it in the bud from this point on.

The book WordPress for Dummies, described Blacklisting, but did not say how that was to be accomplished.

So I have not touched his comment awaiting further word from you. or someone here.

Mitchell

]]> raincoaster on "Black Listing one person from commenting?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/black-listing-one-person-from-commenting#post-368992 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:40:13 +0000 raincoaster 368992@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So, this person hasn't done anything wrong on your site, although you know he or someone using his name has done things that are wrong in the past.

If I were you, I would take no action as long as the comments are not offensive.

]]> hbs1991 on "Black Listing one person from commenting?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/black-listing-one-person-from-commenting#post-368984 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:30:59 +0000 hbs1991 368984@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have the book WordPress for Dummies, and in it, it talks about "Black Listing" a person from commenting, In my case, there is a comment that has shown up, albeit nice, the person that has made the comment has shown up on a website forum for a year now, been banned from that site, had numerous lawsuits tried to filed against him, and he has posted defamatory comments and remarks against the owner of this forum (www.wickerwoman.com) on his sites and other places, another chair caner in Ohio had to get a court order for harrassment against this person. Now he shows up commenting on my blog.

I would like to know the best way to totally exclude this person from making comments to my blog, or doing anything. I don't need the headaches this person has caused these other people over the past two years.

Please let me know the best way to deal with a situation like this one.

Mitchell

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