Jun29
Filed under: Tutorials
Emails are a big part of the online world, so it follows that a professional ecommerce site should have professional email templates. A full-featured ecommerce solution is what you’ll find with Magento, an open source solution for selling products online. Magento provides a system to keep the more basic contact times with your visitors smooth and carefree. With open source comes great customization (and complexity).
This tutorial will guide you through the steps to create a new email template in Magento. Specifically, you’ll create the email that your visitors will receive when they sign up for your newsletter.
Mar25
Filed under: Tutorials
You may have noticed the spiffy new calendar icon here at Mesmer Lab. Well I created the graphic purely in Photoshop and have made it available at Graphic River. A future article will explain how I made it, but this article is about how to implement it into your WordPress blog.
The goal is to get rid of the generic-looking display of each article’s date. The visitor to most sites would want to know when the article is written to see how relevant the ideas, data or techniques are. A bold display of the date lets the user quickly scan and find the publish date.
Feb05
Filed under: Tutorials
In this article I’ll show you how to get rid of the stock disc that is on the typical unordered list <UL>. This solution will work no matter how many characters are in your list item <LI>.
You’ll create two images, throw a little CSS code in the mix, and end up with a very flexible system that will grow with almost anything you throw at it. You can use the already present colors to help your lists tie in with the design. I’ve used this on a project and the client really liked how it turned out. So continue reading and I’ll guide you step by step on how to add this customization to your toolbelt. Your clients will love you for it.