Serious Eats
by Blog Design Heroes on November 30, 2009
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Site Search Trends for Ecommerce Websites
by Vandelay Website Design on November 30, 2009
Site search functionality is extremely important for ecommerce websites, especially larger ones. In order for the site to make sales, visitors must be able to find what they are looking for as effectively as possible. While many shoppers will prefer to use the standard navigation on the site, searches are very common from visitors who aren’t able to quickly find what they want.
In this article we’ll take an in-depth look at the trends in site searches of ecommerce websites, and plenty of examples will be included for each point. Of course, not all of these points are going to be relevant to every ecommerce site, but it should help to serve as a guide to those who are designing and developing ecommerce sites.
1. Located at the Top of the Page
The most common location for a site search on ecommerce sites is at the top of the page, and generally on the right side. Many ecommerce sites have a site search, user login, and shopping cart info all located in the same general area. Keeping the site search in a location that is pretty common will help it to be easier to find for some of your visitors who are accustomed to this trend.
10 Tutorials to Take Your WordPress Development Skills to the Next Level
by Steven Snell on November 30, 2009
As the community of WordPress designers and developers continues to grow, and as new versions of WordPress are released, there are more opportunities to learn different techniques and tricks that you can apply in your own work. In these 10 tutorials you will find strategies that should prove to be very useful in your own theme development.
1. Using Custom Taxonomies to Create a Movie Database
Custom taxonomies in WordPress are similar to tags and categories, but they provide almost endless possibilities. In this tutorial Justin Tadlock shows a practical use for custom taxonomies while working on a movie database website. He shows how to set up custom taxonomies for actor, director, genre, producer, studio, and writer. This will make it easier for visitors to navigate the site as they can click on the actors name and see all of his/her movies. Justin also wrote an introductory post to Custom Taxonomies in WordPress 2.8.
You can also find more about custom taxonomies in Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr’s new book, Digging into WordPress, which I highly recommend.
WordPress tip : Fetch and display RSS feeds
by Jean-Baptiste Jung on November 30, 2009
Do you know that WordPress have a built-in RSS reader? Some time ago, I published a recipe to let you know how to use it. Today, I’m glad to show you an updated version of this very popular hack.
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Street Fighter Characters: Beautiful Illustrations and Wallpapers
by vitaly on November 29, 2009
Street Fighter was unleashed 22 years ago by legendary video-game developer CAPCOM, becoming a worldwide phenomenon and the most popular game in its genre. It set trends in the video game industry, producing dozens of unforgettable characters that have entered pop culture.
Over time, characters such as Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Vega and Bison have become [...]
Sebastian Laube
by Blog Design Heroes on November 29, 2009
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