Here’s a quick way to set up tracking off site clicks in Google Analytics. While it’s not the only solution, it’s a quick, simple, and efficient one. This is useful for things like social media buttons and in a recent case of mine, offsite reservations (obvious benefits). My example: before: <a href=”https://secure.rezovation.com/Reservations/CheckAvailability.aspx?_0N7TPESA4ATXGS” target=”blank”>Make a Reservation!</a>… Read more »
Creativity is about working within your given boundaries. If you are always able to do what you want, then yes you can be pretty creative but when you are given restrictions you must find a way to work with, for some reason you’re able to get even more creative. I guess I understand from some… Read more »
I know I’ve used a few patterns/textures from here in the past as an alternative to subtlepatterns.com. There are browser support issues (make sure to read about them), so I wouldn’t say it’s an ideal alternative, nor would I use them on every site you develop, but if you absolutely must use a texture on… Read more »
Hey everyone, recently a few people and myself have found some of our devs missing?! I went over this with Jacob in IT and he says that someone or something is stopping them in IIS. It’s an easy fix and you can just go in and restart them. I just wanted to make this known,… Read more »
I usually browse through one or more of these sites when I’m working on custom stuff just to see what everyone else is doing out there in internet-land. Anyone else have any others? http://cartfrenzy.com/ – searchable by industry http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/main/category/C23/ – searchable by style of design/colors http://onepagelove.com/ – we don’t really do 1 page sites here but these… Read more »
Since we are learning new eCommerce software here is a link that I think would help us out with Shopify http://cheat.markdunkley.com
Hey all, I found a nifty jQuery Knob to display all sorts of wonderful data. You can check out a demo here: http://dev427.mainstreethost.com/ Also, here is a demo of various types of customization: http://anthonyterrien.com/knob/ If anyone is interested in trying to implement this, please come see me and I will gladly help you! … Read more »
This article explains some common mistakes made while setting up the navigation of a website, as well as the proper way to go about structuring your links. Check it out: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/common-website-navigation-mistakes/
http://www.newfangled.com/the_way_you_design_web_content_is_about_to_change The way you design web content is about to change. by Christopher Butler | January, 2014 inShare30 We’re Done With Dumb Content For the entire history of the web so far, we’ve generally handled content in two ways. Basic, one-size-fits-all pages, or Complex, custom pages We thought this made website planning easier. As it turns… Read more »
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/63034-For-Redesigns-Protect-SEO-with-301-Redirect-Strategy- For Redesigns, Protect SEO with 301 Redirect Strategy Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series on creating a 301 redirect strategy as part of the website redesign process. In most website redesigns, search engine optimization relies on an accurate, complete, and flawlessly executed 301 redirect strategy. An ironclad 301 redirect strategy… Read more »
