January, 2011

Posts Tagged ‘e-commerce web design’

Magento for Beginners: Why Deleting Code is Bad

Posted on: 25th Jan 2011 By: Luci Smethurst 1 Comment
Magento for Beginners: Why Deleting Code is Bad

One of the great things about doing Magento ecommerce sites quite often is that, soon enough, you learn that you’re doing things wrong, going about things the wrong way, or just plain making things hard for yourself. Today’s post is more about the latter, and is aimed particularly at beginners who are just getting to [...]

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Magento 1.3: PHP Developer’s Guide – Review

Posted on: 2nd Mar 2010 By: Robert Kent 2 Comments
Magento 1.3: PHP Developer’s Guide – Review

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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E-commerce Usability – Add to Cart Buttons

Posted on: 20th Jul 2008 By: Adam Moss 5 Comments
E-commerce Usability – Add to Cart Buttons

In order to achieve a greater rate of conversions, a bold and clear ‘add to cart button’ should be added to each product page and it should be made to stand out from the rest of the content so that it is easy to locate for any shopper. Use reds, blues and images to display [...]

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E-commerce Usability – The Shopping Basket

Posted on: 22nd Jun 2008 By: Adam Moss 1 Comment
E-commerce Usability – The Shopping Basket

It is important to have a virtual shopping basket or ‘cart’ viewable at all times so users feel like they have it ‘with them’ whilst they are browsing your site, and it also keeps them aware of what’s in there and that they can add or remove items at will, just as in real life. [...]

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E-commerce Usability – Refined Searches

Posted on: 8th Jun 2008 By: Adam Moss 1 Comment
E-commerce Usability – Refined Searches

As previously explained, as site search function is a must for any e-commerce website as it allows users to find what they’re looking for. However it is not unusual to be flooded by a huge number of search results in such an instance, so an option to narrow the criteria of a search is a [...]

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