Introduction If you are developing a brand new project on your VirtualBox instance, it is very useful to use the developer tools and the device toolbar on Chrome (or the Responsive Design Mode on Safari). But is of course much more useful to perform real tests on real devices. The Remote Debugging Android Devices is a great opportunity for … Continue Reading
Setting a different receiver (payee) for PayPal payments using the PayPal PHP SDK with Express Checkout
Migrate a large website to a new hostingwith FTP and CPanel (or similar) only
Recently I had to move a Magento 1.7 (if you are in a similar situation, please suggest to upgrade at least to Magento 1.9.X) website from a Linux server with SSH access to an hosting solution that has only FTP and a CPanel access. The first two parts are generic, the third is specific for … Continue Reading
Stripe Shared Customers
Introduction & Scenario In a Stripe Connect scenario, a customer who makes a purchase from one of your connected sellers shouldn’t need to re-enter their credit card or bank account details to purchase from another seller. Without Shared Customers, you will have to re-enter all the customer details, creating a Customer Object, on each connected account. With Shared … Continue Reading
Stripe Connect Custom with Direct Charges
Introduction & Scenario The scenario covers a reader (you!) that wants to: create a marketplace; take some fee on every transaction between users of its website/app and a connected vendor; guarantee a user-friendly experience for its vendors, in order to not let them front the procedures on the Stripe platform, but directly through its website/app … Continue Reading
PCI Compliance made simple
Are you trying to understand if your server has to be PCI compliant? Are you reading some docs around and the more you read, the more you are confused? Here’s some very simple and short tips for PCI compliance, according to Braintree and SecurityMetrics sources (you should check with your payment gateway / Qualified Security … Continue Reading