Online shopping is big business, as evidenced by companies such as Amazon and Ebay and the shrinking retail high street. Thus the underlying technology driving these websites has had to become more sophisticated and user-friendly to meet the demands of what the customer expects from their online experience. There are many shopping content management systems,… Continue reading e-Commerce solutions for WordPress: An Overview
Author: Colin Jaggard
I have a logo/image with text on it and no access to the original files. How can I work out what the font is?
Often in web design we are given various media to use across a website by our clients, which can be very useful in determining what direction to take the design in and nailing down the various elements of the website the client wants. This can often include which fonts they want to use. However, there… Continue reading I have a logo/image with text on it and no access to the original files. How can I work out what the font is?
Google Chrome Extensions: What are they, why should you use them and which ones are recommended?
Google Chrome is one of a few browsers that allows users to install extensions from its integrated app store. Extensions provide the user extra functionality beyond what Chrome can offer as standard, from Adblockers to Screen Capture apps. The benefit of using extensions range from showing you whether a site is trusted or not, to… Continue reading Google Chrome Extensions: What are they, why should you use them and which ones are recommended?
Photoshop CC: Actions (Part 2) – Creating your own Action
In our last article we discussed what Actions in Photoshop were and we had a look at the Actions that come with Photoshop as standard. Now we’re going to have a look at creating our own batch image resizing Action. For this article I’m using images taken from http://unsplash.com but you are free to use… Continue reading Photoshop CC: Actions (Part 2) – Creating your own Action
Photoshop CC: Actions (Part 1) – What are actions and how do you use them?
I use Photoshop quite a lot and for the longest time I didn’t know anything about Actions, but once I discovered their power, I found myself using them more and more. So what are they? Actions are the automated process of tasks so that you can apply the same settings across a batch of files… Continue reading Photoshop CC: Actions (Part 1) – What are actions and how do you use them?