Introduction to the Facebook Open Graph API
"Introduction to the Facebook Open Graph API" is a free, 30-minute informational webinar. The presenter is Armando Roggio, cont...
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May 2011 Top Ten: This Month's Most Popular Posts
In May 2011, Ecommerce Developer readers were interested in graphic design, Adobe Photoshop tutorials, and HTML5. Here are the most popular articles that we published in May. They are presented countdown style from ten to one. No. 10: Create a ...
How to Mitigate Cloud-Hosting Downtime
The recent hosting outage from Amazon Web Services affected hundreds of websites and millions of consumers. The April 2011 crash — explained here in Bloomberg BusinessWeek — prompted many companies to reexamine their reliance on cloud computing a...
WordPress Theme Development Part 2: HTML Markup
Transferring a graphic design to HTML5 is simply a matter of trying to write — as semantic markup — what one sees. This article is the second in a series devoted to demonstrating how to create a WordPress theme. WordPress is one of the single mos...
Create a Custom Magento Theme Part 18: The Footer
In theme creation, the majority of design time is often spent building the home page since it frequently serves as the template or guide for the rest of the site. For the past several weeks, I have been demonstrating how to build a custom Magento...
31 Twitter Tools for Designers and Developers
With a simple "Follow Me" button or through a display of tweets on a web page, businesses are using Twitter to engage customers. Twitter provides the ability to offer proactive customer service, to promote goods and services, and to interact with ...
Adaptive CSS Grid System Works on Laptops, Tablets, Smartphones
Developing a site that displays beautifully on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones is, perhaps, one of the key challenges for frontend web developers in the iPad-Android era. A relatively new CSS framework has an elegant solution that make...
5 Great Examples of HTML5 Canvas
HTML5 canvas promises to change the way that many online charts, graphics, and user interactions are created, potentially transforming the web. In this article we collected several excellent examples of how HTML5 canvas — and its associated Java...
WordPress Theme Development Part 1: Installation and Graphic Design
WordPress is a leading content management system capable of serving as the backbone for just about any sort of site project, including retail sites. What's more, WordPress has its roots in blogging, and can be an excellent choice for a business b...
Create a Custom Magento Theme Part 17: Finish the Content Slider
When a user clicks on site navigation, the expectation is that something is going to happen. For example, interacting with an icon on a content slider or carousel typically repositions the slides. That is precisely the behavior that I am going t...
28 HTML5 Tutorials and Cheat Sheets
HTML5’s popularity is growing. With Adobe’s new Creative Suite 5.5, the owner of Flash has embraced HTML5, which lets developers create the same apps more or less simultaneously for the full range of mobile devices. According to an article in Barr...
Use Content Delivery Networks for Better Performance
Content delivery networks (CDNs) can significantly improve web page load times, providing users with a better and more reliable online experience. In an Internet CDN, web content is replicated across many servers strategically positioned around a...
Shopify Exec on App Store, Developer Opportunities
Innovative, niche apps that plug into cloud platforms represent potential revenue for developers. This could include consumer platforms like iPhone, iPad, Android, Chrome, and Firefox. It can also include ecommerce platforms, like Shopify. That h...
Capturing Site Content with PHP File Functions
PHP offers a number of excellent file manipulation functions that allow developers to access read files, and write to text, CSV, XML, and HTML files, among other file types. Accessing information stored in files or updating files based on new dat...
Create a Custom Magento Theme Part 16: Synchronizing Slides and Icons
Developers must create user interfaces that are intuitive — behaving as users expect. In terms of content sliders or faders, it is normal to have a set of icons — often represented by a number inside of a colored square — that indicate which slid...
30 Web Design Tutorials
If you’re new to web design, you will find a great number of free online tutorials, thanks to the many generous experts willing to share their tricks. Here is a collection of web design tutorials that can be used to design an ecommerce site. All t...
30 Great JavaScript Libraries to Speed Up Development
JavaScript is a powerful scripting language that can be used to enhance user experience. To help speed up JavaScript development, a number of function libraries have been created. These libraries offer ready-to-use functions and methods that are...
Create a Custom Magento Theme Part 15: Content Slider Icons
Numbered slide icons that allow users to move from one image or section of content to another are a common feature of content sliders and faders. In this article, I will demonstrate how to add slide icons — in the form of list items — to the page...
20 Tools for Logo Creation
A successful logo is iconic, ensuring a brand stands apart. However, when creating a logo, it can be just as important to look at all those other logos that have already been created. By examining the inspired work of others, a logo’s designer may...
All Shaken Up Over jRumble
A fun, new jQuery plugin shakes and rotates page elements, instantly drawing a site visitor's attention. jRumble is the work of 23-year-old web designer Jack Rugile, who is based in Denver, Colorado. The plugin has a narrow focus — it makes pag...