CubeCart Hints & Tips
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Managing CubeCart Extensions: Marketplace, Visibility and Maintenance
You can now see which extensions are installed, which are disabled, which hooks they own and which scheduled tasks they run. Plus a twice-yearly routine worth adopting.
CubeCart Hooks: The Editor, Extension Ownership and Template Security
Hooks are why you can customise CubeCart and still upgrade. The hook editor, extension ownership in the registry, and a Smarty security policy that changed four times.
The CubeCart REST API: What It Does and How to Use It Safely
CubeCart’s REST API covers nine resources with Bearer token authentication and per-key rate limiting. What you can build with it, how authentication works, and the one version you must not run it on.
CubeCart Scheduled Tasks and the CLI Cron Runner
If a CubeCart feature seems to fire erratically or not at all, this is almost certainly why. Setting up a real cron entry is the single most useful thing most stores are missing.
CubeCart Customer Groups: Running Trade and Retail from One Store
Categories and products can now be restricted to specific customer groups, with bulk group pricing tools. Trade and retail from one store, without a plugin.
Two-Factor Authentication in CubeCart: Why You Should Turn It On Today
Nearly every CubeCart vulnerability fixed this year requires an existing admin session. Two-factor authentication is the control that breaks that chain, and it takes five minutes per account.
Google Tag Manager for CubeCart: One Container Instead of Ten Snippets
Stop pasting tracking snippets into skin templates where upgrades destroy them. One container, managed from a web interface, with purchase tracking and Consent Mode v2 built in.
CubeCart Box Packing: Accurate Shipping Rates from Real Parcel Sizes
CubeCart now includes a genuine 3D bin packer that works out which boxes an order actually needs, rather than quoting shipping on total weight alone.
CubeCart Tax and Rounding: What Changed and What to Check
Tax rounding, coupon tax and gift certificate handling were rewritten across four releases. Some of your figures have legitimately changed, and you need to know which.
CubeCart All In One Shipping: Rates That Match What Delivery Actually Costs
Flat rates subsidise heavy orders and overcharge light ones. All In One Shipping calculates from weight, subtotal and item count, with postcode zones capable enough to handle the Scottish Highlands properly.