If you change your site’s URL structure, you’ll probably need to redirect entire directories of your website to ensure that no links are lost.
This is very important for SEO and to not loose any incoming links to your site. So here’s how it’s done: (more…)
I regularly give business consulting services to a wide variety of people – from veteran business owners to startupists or companies looking to ride the Ecommerce wave. When I meet with a client for a professional consultation, I make sure to sign a consultation agreement before I even schedule the meeting.
I know it sucks to sign a legal type of documents, especially when you’re just getting to know someone. But I’d recommend it in this particular case. It will protect you from late payments or arguments on the price of the consultation, or even not getting paid at all… It seems crazy but a lot of people are just plain dishonest.
The agreement also clearly states the terms and frame of the service you are going to provide. You’re not taking on any project just yet and you haven’t agreed on any specific price. Right now it’s just a consultation – and it’s important to have that in writing.
The agreement also includes a Credit Card Authorization Form. (more…)
“Never delete anything” is one of the most basic rules of web development that also applies to many other fields. You can archive if you’d like, or organize, backup, etc… But don’t delete or overwrite anything. Never.
For the price you pay today for hard drives and digital storage equipment, you’re much better off purchasing additional drives than worrying about running out of space.
We recently posted solutions to the most common problems people are having with Magento 1.4 (whether you are upgrading your Magento installation or starting with a fresh Magento 1.4 installation).
Another very common problem is when JavaScript files aren’t referenced properly – which creates a bunch of errors and functionality problems. (more…)
With the recent release of Magento version 1.4, many people are having trouble upgrading their current Magento installation, or installing their template on a fresh Magento 1.4 installation. A quick search online and you’ll find countless entries and posts stating that Magento 1.4 is buggy, not working, horrible, etc. Particularly when you browse through the Magento forums.
In fact Magento 1.4 is different than the last previous stable version (1.3.2.4) but you should definitely be able to upgrade your installation, or install your custom template on a Magento 1.4 installation! Here are the most common issues and how to fix them! (more…)
Finding a good web host is no easy task! There are so many options out there that you could spend days, if not weeks, researching the industry, comparing web hosting companies, reading reviews, and trying out different hosting services.
Luckily for you we’ve worked with dozens of hosting companies over the years, and we have some good suggestions! (more…)
Setting up Google Adwords Conversion Tracking on your Magento store is relatively easy – but it’s not a built-in Magento feature, so you’ll have to edit a template file. Here are the 4 simple steps that need to be done: (more…)
We are currently sending out emails to promote Magentist’s affiliate program and we expect great results! Here are the key guidelines we followed when writing the email: (more…)
Since I posted the code to add new products on your Magento home page, we got a bunch of requests on how to display new products per category, instead of globally.
If you only want to display new products from a specific category – it’s easy. All you have to do is make sure that in your catalog, you’ve set products “as new” only to products that belong to that category.
If you want to display new products on the home page, but want them organized by category – we have a very easy way to achieve this very quickly! Simply add this code in your CMS page: (more…)
Start your designs with the content that goes on the page – not the other way around.
Don’t design “boxes”, “areas”, or “structure” and then fill them out with the content you think will go there.
Instead, start by designing the main elements based on the content that you want to communicate on the page. That way you’ll be sure to include the content right away into your design strategy. Content is what matters most.
Start with the content and how you want to display it. That title, that image, this slogan and that short text. Here goes the navigation, there the main call to action. Here some additional content/options. How do I want to display these elements in order to make sure I will achieve my goals? The rest should follow.