Posted on: 3rd Aug 2010
By: Robert Kent
We bang on a lot here at e-commerce website design about Magento being the king of e-commerce. Granted it is very very good as an e-commerce platform, but how is it at being a CMS for content? Adam posted a little while ago about this very fact: Magento as a CMS The conclusion was – [...]
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Posted on: 9th Apr 2010
By: Robert Kent
Back in the day…we had a wide selection of buildings, some big, others slightly smaller. We called these strange places “shops”. In these “shops” lived a few humble “staff”, whose job it was to patrol the “shop” and keep a wary eye out for miscreants and vagabonds. They were also required to “face-up” the aisles [...]
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Posted on: 2nd Mar 2010
By: Robert Kent
Magento 1.3: PHP Developer’s Guide by Jamie Huskisson – Review by Robert Kent As you can see from this angelic image, we found the Magento 1.3: PHP Developers guide beside the pearly gates of heaven. Heaven-sent has never had a truer meaning than this, the length of time that we have waited for a decent [...]
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Posted on: 18th Sep 2009
By: Robert Kent
When it comes to designing a content management system from scratch it is important to think ahead and try to anticipate the needs and changes of your client. If you build a system that is rigid yet inflexible you will suffer for it when your client demands changes. The trick is to create a system [...]
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Posted on: 16th Sep 2009
By: Robert Kent
Hello all, and welcome to my guide on creating a bespoke content-management system (CMS). My name is Rob and I form part of the e-commerce development team here at e-commercewebdesign.co.uk – part of the CreareGroup. What I wanted to do for my first post was basically jump straight in at the deep end. I am [...]
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