It is a well established performance best practice for a web page to minimize the number of HTTP requests it makes for assets like images, javascript files and stylesheets. In fact, its Rule #1 on Steve Souders High Performance Web Sites. In the latest version of Rails, these practices are […]
Daily Archives: July 14, 2011
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By Mark Cipolla 13th Jul 2011 General Tutorial 6 The designer’s toolset seems to be always expanding. Long gone are the days when a web designer could rely solely on an HTML editor and Photoshop. Now, especially when working in a team with developers, you need to work smarter and more collaboratively. […]
Cloud Conversion has unveiled a service for merchants that will help them to streamline their entire Amazon customer service and support operations with Salesforce.com’s (News – Alert) customer relationship management (CRM) tools. The new service is called eCommazon and costs $70 per user per month. According to an article by EcommerceBytes.com, […]
eBay is investing in a fulfillment service just two weeks after it revealed it would run a pilot program of its own. eBay joined Newell Rubbermaid and Meakem Becker Venture Capital in investing in Shipwire – the amount of the investment and the terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]
Magento is the leading ecommerce platform available to a wide range of online businesses around the globe. To provide effective Magento services, Magento Solutions Partners now play a critical role in the continued growth and adoption of this versatile and robust platform. They are experienced and successful providers of a […]
MONTREAL, July 13, 2011 — Mac OS X Lion-ready, LightSpeed version 3.5 to drive creative POS customization while supporting new online retail options MONTREAL, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – A new open API that will drive the development of creative custom Point of Sale applications and a powerful eCommerce connector […]
Whenever you read about Android development, you’ll see the word Activity pop up all the time. In this article, we’ll explain what Activities are, and how they relate to Tasks, Processes and the Back Stack running on the phone. Activities An activity is a visual component that you see on […]
By Jennifer Farley 11th Jul 2011 Logo Design Inspiration 8 Although a bit behind the times (admittedly this whole debacle unfolded back in January), following much controversy and some verbal fisticuffs, US chat show host Jay Leno is returning to his late night show slot which has been vacated by […]
I’ve been on Twitter a number of years now, and every six months or so, I get fed up with some of the people I follow, and go through a purge, where I crop back a number of people I follow, so my stream becomes more relevant and spam-free for […]