E-commerce Website Design Inspirations

E-commerce websites continue to evolve. Design versus function is paramount in e-commerce design. The ultimate goal is sales, so it is much like an actual “real” store. Can the shopper find the item they are after easily? Are the products shown in the best light (attractive photography)? Are the website visitors shown an array of […]

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Magento: Add a custom State / Province / Region to a Country

If you need to add a custom State / Province / Region to a Country in Magento, you’ll need to modify the database manually as there currently isn’t a means to do this from within the Magento admin. Fortunately it’s pretty simple.

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Black & White Website Design Inspirations

Far from being boring, the contrast between black and white and the use of monochromatic color schemes can have a dramatic effect on the design of a website. Black and white designs have long been favoured with photographers portfolio websites. A limited or stark colour palette can make other featured images, such as photographs, pop […]

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Magento Database Models, Helpers and Raw SQL Queries

The best way to access and manipulate data in Magento is by using the provided objects and their associated functionality. If you really need to deal with raw queries you can do that too.

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Retro Website Design Inspirations

What is considered “cool” is constantly changing in website design. Hot design elements of the moment can soon be considered to be “played out”. The love of retro has been around for decades but there has been a really strong surge recently, from tattoos, to old cars and furniture, to things on a large scale […]

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