Twitter Bootstrap

320 and up

Foundation

MQ Framework

Fluid Baseline Grid

IE CSS Hacks

Using the following hacks in your CSS can help solve those minor IE problems.

img {
border-color: #000000; /* standard CSS for all browser */
border-color : #ffffff\9; /* IE8 and below */
*border-color : #cc0000; /* IE7 and below */
_border-color : #666666; /* IE6 */
}

Conditional Formatting

Use conditional formatting in your HTML to add IE specific code.

<!--[if IE 8]>
Do what you need to fix IE8.
<![endif]--> 

The principles work the same for other versions of IE, for example.

<!--[if IE 7]>
Do what you need to fix IE7.
<![endif]--> 

<!--[if IE 6]>
Do what you need to fix IE6.
<![endif]--> 

You can use conditional formatting to target an IE specific stylesheet, for ezample:

<!--[if IE 7]>
	<link href="ie7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<![endif]-->

If you want a specific stylesheet for all IE browsers then use:

<!--[if IE]>
	<link href="ie.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<![endif]-->

Project Overview

Over the last few years The Edinburgh Wedding Company has grown in size and as their web presence grew it became clear to the company that their Zen Cart powered e-commerce solution was in need of an overhaul. Having worked with The Edinburgh Wedding Company for several years they asked my advice and I instantly recommend a site redesign using LemonStand.

The new Edinburgh Wedding Company web site has launched today. Built using LemonStand the new web site offers an array of features that although not impossible would have taken weeks to develop using Zen Cart. Not only has LemonStand allowed me to create a slicker design and feature rich web site but the backend system means the Edinburgh Wedding Company can now concentrate on generating more sales rather than navigating a clunky admin panel.

For more info on Sopa check out some of todays news from around the world:

BBC News – Sopa: Sites go dark as part of anti-piracy law protests
Los Angeles Times – SOPA blackout: Bills lose three co-sponsors amid protests
New York Times – Web Protests Piracy Bills, and Senators Change Course
The Hindu – Wikipedia shutdown to protest piracy bills

These are a few of the web sites that have been involved in todays black out.

Strike Against SOPA

Wikipedia

WordPress.org

Boing Boing

Chicknfoot

Having been a web designer for some time now I’m always on the look out for tools that can save me time and increase productivity. Having used many e-commerce solutions over the years including Zen Cart, OS Commerce and various e-commerce plugins for WordPress I have often found myself banging my head against my Mac thinking, “surely there’s an easier way”. Well, now there is and it comes in the form of LemonStand, for anyone who’s used WordPress, LemonStand is the e-commerce equivalent, easy to use, flexible and scalable.

For more information on LemonStand please visit www.lemonstandapp.com.

LemonStand Introduction

Yes it comes with a price tag

Ok, so many of you may consider the $300 (around £200) price tag a bit high when there are free alternatives out there. If you are using the price tag as an excuse not to get LemonStand… don’t. The time you will save in the long run on development costs (it will take a web designer half the time to update a LemonStand site than a Zen Cart one) and keeping the site updated (it will make your life easier too) it really isn’t worth thinking of it as a cost… it’s really more of an investment. The term here to remember is scalability, if you are serous about your e-commerce project invest the money in it now and it will save you time, money and heart ache in the future.

The skys the limit

Unlike some of the free e-commerce solutions there are no limitations to what you can achieve with your sites design. Check up some of the below examples and you’ll soon see the only limit is your imagination. For more examples visit the LemonStand Customer Gallery.

Project Overview

I have been working on and off with Never Paint Again since 2008, with the site having gone through many changes over the years I am excited to be a part of it’s latest manifestation.

Back in early 2008 www.neverpaintagain.co.uk looked quite different. Purely HTML and CSS based the site was over 400 pages of static content and needless to say a bit of a nightmare to update. A change to the header needed 400+ pages to be edited… individually. So, in 2008 I redesigned the site into a more manageable PHP solution, looking back it wasn’t the best solution at the time but it made a very large site much easier to manage.

After a year or so and with the emergence of WordPress as more than just a blogging tool, it was clear NPA would be better served on a CMS. Unfortunately largely down to my workload at the time I was unable to undertake the project and work was passed onto another designer. Without going into any details that didn’t turn out too well and in early 2010 I was asked to undertake some more work for NPA. Along with several other projects tidying up the existing WordPress installation became a priority and a much needed new look was born.

With lots of work still to do on the site you can rest assured there will be many more exciting developments to come and I look forward to working with NPA for many years to come.