Godaddy’s P3 plugin performance profiler gives really great metrics on how your plugins are actually affecting your load times, which in turn is affecting SEO. When developing a site it’s easy to keep piling on the plugins when you need more features. This data helps you picture the extra weight you’re actually adding to… Read more »
So I have been in Magento hell the last few weeks, and have been compiling tuts and articles that have helped me along, and wanted to share! ENJOY! *********************************************** *********************************************** Magento Free Resources *********************************************** *********************************************** Turning On and Off Magento’s Default Blocks ———————————————– http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/turning-on-off-magentos-content-blocks *********************************************** Adding Page Links to… Read more »
Here are two links that myself and chris ferrari have found. The first is for a color picker and comparison tool called Spectral v2 and it can be found here. There are alot of little items you can play with to find that perfect color. The other is a nifty little tool for different animations… Read more »
I found the tutorials below and they may come in handy for us, but more so for the customer post launch training Magento Beginner Tutorials 1 – Frontend Controller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAYUGwQimBA Magento admin panel video tutorial part – 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR4lOUKnPgk Magento admin panel video tutorial part – 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386EQ4saV18 Magento admin panel video tutorial part –… Read more »
Four brilliant ways to handle client changes you don’t want to make inShare35 Let’s say you’ve spent hours on designing a website mockup for a new client, only to have a huge list of changes sent back that will for sure ruin your work. Have you ever dealt with a client situation like this? It… Read more »
http://winless.org/online-less-compiler I know we’ve talked a bit about LESS and SASS, and this site has a couple really good tutorials and examples to show you the huge advantages of LESS (mainly mixins [they’re kinda like functions], variables, and calculations) – it also has a built-in real-time compiler – doesn’t get much better than that. Plus… Read more »
Hey guys, I haven’t posted here in awhile but John Buesink and I found a fix to show the proper color within multiple browsers when using the Gform Placeholder Plugin. One of my clients reported the input text color rendering incorrectly on her Mac using Safari. Add the css below to your style sheet to… Read more »
I think I sent this out to everyone, but reposted here for reference. It’s a really good article and gives a taste as to why web dev is so complex: http://dentedreality.com.au/2014/06/07/why-web-development-is-complex/
If you’ve ever paid attention to a speed test on a website with a youtube embed you’ve probably seen something like this: A single youtube embed can load up to 400kb of data before you even hit the play button. They also force visitor’s browsers to make extra http requests. On a site with… Read more »
Hey Ladies and Gents I am attempting to educate you all on why we stress so much on our hosting spreadsheets. I know you guys think that we are just being strict to be a pain in your butts. As much as I enjoy being a pain in the butt, this is not the case… Read more »
