Style Guides are Important but Often Ignored
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“We began to refer to this living document as “a toolkit built in style guide form.” This achieved our goal to communicate our work…” – Mark Otto, creator of Bootstrap Framework Style Guides are Important but Often Ignored Recently at work, one of our websites was redesigned to be mobile responsive. It was developed by… Read more »
Code Comments Hierarchy
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/* #################################################### L E V E L – O N E #################################################### */ /* :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Level – Two */ /* Level three */ <!– #################################################### L E V E L – O N E #################################################### –> <!– :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Level – Two –> <!– Level three –> /* #################################################### L E V E L – O… Read more »
Get URL parameter string – jQuery
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var getUrlParameter = function getUrlParameter(sParam) { var sPageURL = decodeURIComponent(window.location.search.substring(1)), sURLVariables = sPageURL.split(‘&’), sParameterName, i; for (i = 0; i < sURLVariables.length; i++) { sParameterName = sURLVariables[i].split(‘=’); if (sParameterName[0] === sParam) { return sParameterName[1] === undefined ? true : sParameterName[1]; } } }; And this is how you can use this function assuming the URL… Read more »
Add class to body based on the URL – jQuery
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// find the pathname var urlPath = window.location.pathname; //convert to lowercase urlPath.match(/\/(.*?)(\+|$)/)[1].toLowerCase(); // remove the first character urlPath = urlPath.replace(/\//g, ‘-‘).slice(1); //remove file extension urlPath = urlPath.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, “”); // add class to body $(document.body).addClass(urlPath); // If body has no class its propably the homepage $(‘body:not([class])’).addClass(‘home’);
What are the Most Common Problems in Website Design & Development?
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When I began learning web design, I built websites using Adobe Dreamweaver because I could see a visual output of what I was building. This was familiar to me because I was used to designing in Illustrator and Photoshop. However, when the site wasn’t working I had no choice but to use the source code tab and… Read more »
Yoast Breadcrumbs CSS Styles for WordPress Templates
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The Yoast SEO plugin is great and offers a nice breadcrumbs snippet. Unfortunately, there is not an easy way to add a wrapper ID or class to the breadcrumbs for styling. Follow the steps below to change that.
7 Steps to Build a Website for Your Business
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1. Dream This is the most challenging and the most fun step in the process. Here you can picture what your website looks like, how it works, what pages will be included, etc. Visit multiple websites and look at their navigation, pictures, colors, and overall presentation. What things did you like and dislike? 2. Plan… Read more »
How to Increase Sales on Etsy with No Views – How to Get More Traffic
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Have you noticed a drop in your listing views on Etsy? Competition on these marketplaces have made it extremely difficult to receive listing views and exposure of your products. Your listings might be perfectly optimized for SEO with the proper use of keywords and tags but it still receives little to no views. You might… Read more »
Solopreneur Releases New Bigcommerce Store Theme to Help Etsy Sellers Increase Sales
Category: Press Releases
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Bootstrap Creative, an ecommerce marketing services company, has released a Bigcommerce theme titled Crafted for existing Etsy sellers to grow sales outside of the Etsy marketplace. Etsy, an ecommerce website selling handmade and vintage items, has 30 million users, 1 million sellers, and over US$1 billion in… Read more »
