Magento for Designers: Optimization

Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, getting to know the terminologies, setting up a store and all related aspects of it and finally learn how to customize it…


Magento for Designers: Multi-Store Functionality

Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, get to know the terminologies, set up a store and all related aspects of it and finally learn how to customize it to make it …


Magento for Designers: Part 6

Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, get to know the terminologies, set up a store and all related aspects of it and finally learn how to customize it to make it our very own. In this sixth part, we’ll be building one …


Magento for Designers: Part 5

Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, getting to know the terminologies, setting up a store and all related aspects of it and finally learn how to customize it to make it our very own.
In this fifth part, we’ll be building one of …


Magento for Designers: Part 4

Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, getting to know the terminologies, setting up a store and all related aspects of it and finally learn how to customize it to make it our very own.
In this fourth part, we’ll lay the groundwork for …


How jQuery Beginners can Test and Improve their Code

jQuery’s arrival has made the process writing JavaScript laughably easy. But, you’ll notice that making small changes to your code improves the readability and/or performance significantly. Here are some tips to get you on your way to optimizing your code.

Setting up the Platform
We’ll need a solid platform to conduct our tests. Here is the …


Magento for Designers: Part 3

Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, getting to know the terminologies, setting up a store and all related aspects of it and finally learn how to customize it to make it our very own.

In this third part, we’ll focus on the process …


Magento for Designers: Part 2

Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, getting to know the terminologies, setting up a store and all related aspects of it, and finally how to customize it to make it our very own.

In this second part, we’ll focus on short, simple steps …


Magento for Designers: Part I

Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, getting to know the terminologies, setting up a store and all related aspects of it and finally learn how to customize it to make it our very own.

In this first part, we’ll get to know what …


Fun with Canvas: Create a Bar Graphing Plugin, Part 2

In this two-part series, we’ll combine the versatile canvas element with the robust jQuery library to create a bar graphing plugin. In this second part, we are going to convert it in to a jQuery plugin, and then add some eye candy and additional features.

Concluding the Fun with canvas two-part series, today we are going …


Fun With Canvas: Create a Bar Graphing Plugin, Part 1

In this two-part series, we’ll combine the versatile canvas element with the robust jQuery library to create a bar graphing plugin. In this first part, we are going to code the core logic of the plugin as a standalone version.

Today, we are going to create a bar graphing plugin. Not an ordinary plugin, mind …


Diving into the Twitter API

Twitter’s astonishing growth is rivaled only by its intuitive, developer friendly API. In this second part of the series, we are going to learn more about Twitter’s API and how to work with it.

Too much abstraction is never a good thing.

In this Web 2.0 era, web applications which have an easy to use, intuitive API …


How to Create a Simple iTunes-like Slider

When space is at a premium, making use of sliders is the optimal way to present information. Today, we’ll take a look at how to create a slider similar to the one used in the iTunes store.

Developers often seek the functionality provided by sliders in order to fit lots of information in …