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How To Make Rounded Corners With CSS – Simply!

Rounded cornersLooking 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 »

Warning! Don’t Use Magento If…

  • shopping cart system warningAre you a small retailer?
  • Are you thinking of starting an E-commerce website but don’t have experience with E-commerce deployment?
  • Are you not sure what your budget is for your E-commerce project?
  • Are you a little girl?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the questions above, then Magento is not for you. You should look for a good alternative. More »

Quote: It’s By Traveling That We Find Pieces Of…

“It’s by traveling that we find pieces of ourselves around the world.” Pythagoras. More »

A Good Magento Alternative?

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 »

Steve Jobs: How To Live Before You Die

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement SpeechDrawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, gave a great speech at Stanford’s 114th Commencement five years ago.

What he said then about pursuing your dream, persisting in your belief, and seeing the opportunities in life’s setbacks is ageless.

Read on for what I found to be a particularly inspiring extract from the talk  and to watch the video of the speech: More »

Secrets Of Success In 8 Words, 3 Minutes

Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. From Ted’s most favorited talks, Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success. Here’s the video: More »

Introducing The Ultimate Magento Theme: Ultimento

UltimentoWe’re exited to introduce our latest product: Ultimento!

Ultimento is the best eCommerce template on the planet: based on the powerful Magento platform, Ultimento is a top-of-the-line, feature-rich eCommerce theme that’s easy to use and customize.

You can get it now and install it in less than 60 seconds!

Ultimento includes our award-winning premium Magento theme as well as over 10 cutting-edge Magento extensions and must-have plugins known to dramatically increase conversions and visitor retention.

Ultimento has been heavily optimized to the latest Search Engine standards, is fully cross browser compatible, is made to be easily customized, and the list goes on!

Oh and yes – did I mention that it’s the fastest loading Magento template on the planet? Take the tour and let me know your thoughts! Keep reading for a way to get your copy of Ultimento for half the price! More »

Seth Godin: Quieting The Lizard Brain

Seth Godin says you must quiet your lizard brain to avoid sabotaging your projects: More »

3 Tips To Improve Your Ecommerce Site’s Security

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 »

When Technology Defeats The Purpose – My Sunday To-Do List Showcase

For those of you who are following us and keeping up with our company history, you know that we’ve setup a remote work environment and that we don’t have a physical office space any more. We mostly work virtually.

We’re using technology to communicate, collaborate, and achieve a lot! In particular, we use a bunch of web applications to do what we need to do and share what we want to share – some of them we’ve developed ourselves, some we’ve bought, and some are free. Project management, task management, time tracking, file sharing, chat, are just a few examples of what we handle through web apps.

But sometimes all these tools and technology just defeat the purpose. It kinda gets in the way. When you have a bunch of things you need done, but you don’t necessarily need to cooperate on these things, or track the time you spend on them, or be particularly organized, then there’s nothing better than a good old quick text document you use temporarily and discard when you’re done. As an example, here’s my to-do list from last Sunday (08/07): More »