Archive for January, 2009

Zen Cart: E-commerce Application Development

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Zen Cart: E-commerce Application Development

This easy-to-follow book will teach you how to install, configure, and customize a Zen Cart shop and use its promotion and public-relations tools to attract customers to the shop. It will also teach you to customize the look and feel of the Zen Cart shop by localizing and customizing templates.
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Moving attributes in ZenCart

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Moving attributes in ZenCart

By default, ZenCart displays product attributes after the add to cart box. See example below:

This can be confusing for customers as they might add a product to the cart before entering product options. I almost always change this for my clients using this simple step.



How to design your website

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
How to design your website

The reason I recommend beginners choose a web host before designing their website pages is this: many web hosts now offer website builders and templates that are perfect for beginners with limited design and HTML skills. If you have access to them, go ahead and use them! Doing so will save you money up front. You can always pay for a more professional design after you get your website going.

When designing your website, you have many options:



Find a web host to “display” your website

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Most of my clients know they need to register a domain, but are often confused as to why they also need a web host. A web hosting company provides web space to upload your website files (or pages) to. They also provide email addresses for your domain name. Without a host, visitors cannot access your [...]



Register your domain name

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Choosing your domain name is the first step in creating an online presence. I remember a few years back when new webmasters opted out of this step, going for the free web spaces and names (you might remember those geocities.com/websitename type URL’s). This is no longer an option for serious bloggers and affiliate marketers. You [...]