Whether you’re a web designer, eCommerce manager, or simply someone who runs his own website, having the right tools at hand will have a huge impact on your efficiency; from maintenance and website management, to customization and design.
Here’s is a very selective list of free tools anyone who runs a website should have: (more…)
Many SEOs believe in implementing the attribute “rel=nofollow” on the menu links of Ecommerce sites.
That’s actually a pretty common SEO misconception even amongst the more experienced Search Engine Optimizers.
Here’s why, how, and everything in between: (more…)
It’s fascinating how little people know about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), in particular “expert” Search Engine Optimizers.
The thing with SEO is that it’s often better to know nothing about it than to know a little and think you can use all the tricks you’ve picked up on the web to fool Search Engines!
This article is dedicated to demystifying one particular aspect of SEO: the “rel=noffow” property and its effect on Page Rank. (more…)
Looking for a simple way to make rounded corners using CSS? Here it is! With this very simple method, you don’t need to use any images or complicated code with divs etc. Nothing really is necessary. Just 2 lines in your CSS file.
All you need is the following CSS property (in this example I create a “rounded-corners” CSS class which you can then apply to your HTML element): (more…)
Magento (community edition) is definitely one of the best Ecommerce platforms out there. But Magento has significant drawbacks and as it grows more and more popular, more and more people are also looking for simpler, better suited alternatives for their Ecommerce website.
Keep reading and watch a screencast video on how to get an Ecommerce website in under 5 minutes using a great alternative to Magento. (more…)
Running an eCommerce website comes with its toll of responsibilities. One of the most important ones is website security.
Not taking all the necessary steps to keep your eCommerce website as secure as possible can have very serious consequences on your business.
As a general rule, there are 3 main elements to eCommerce website security. You should make sure you’re on top of them: (more…)
Many people don’t know there is an official Magento user guide that is accessible online for free!
The thing is that the link to it is hidden very deep inside the Magento official website and it’s almost impossible to find it! If you search for it on Google you’ll only get links to the (paid) Magento User Guide ebook or some other pdf, or to some random wiki pages that belong to the online user guide but from which you will not be able to navigate to the other pages of the online user guide.
I don’t know if this was made on purpose to push people to buy the ebook, or if this is just some sort of navigation and SEO mess, but here is the link to the official (and free) online Magento user guide for you to enjoy:
This is another popular question. Often you want to show items on a CMS page rather than a regular category page. But you still want to have the layered navigation to filter results like it appears by default with Magento at the category level (when listing products).
To add Magento’s layered navigation to a CMS page where you’re showing items simply edit your CMS page in the admin – under the “Design” tab put this code:
<reference name="left">
<block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" before="-" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>
</reference>
That will show the layered navigation at the very top of the left column on your CMS page. Of course make sure your CMS page layout is “2column with left bar” (under “layout” in the “Design” tab). (more…)
We recently saw how to avoid issues with Magento editor to edit content on CMS pages (such as the home page for example) but I wanted to take the time to post a much better way to handle content in CMS pages with Magento. (more…)
If you’re running Magento 1.4 (or 1.4.0.1) and your “email to a friend” form doesn’t send emails, that’s because your Magento template (Magento theme) is not fully compatible with 1.4.
Note that the “email to a friend” form won’t return any error – it just won’t send the email and won’t redirect to the product page like it’s supposed to.
So here’s what you’ll need to do to update your Magento template in order to quickly fix this error: (more…)