slideGallery is a MooTools plugin for creating customizable image carousels easily & quickly.
It converts any given unordered list into a slider & can be styled with CSS.
The plugin can display any defined number of images horizontally or vertically, auto-play them, have prev-next buttons and these functions can be configured more with:
- setting the class of prev-next elements
- speed and duration of slides
- transition to be used
- direction of the transitions
- & more..
slideGallery works in all major browsers including IE6.
This week was a surprise Magento week at WebResourcesDepot for getting you closer to this awesome open source e-commerce application.
2 posts are published to guide you on installing & customizing your e-store:
And here is the 3rd (last) one which will help you a lot in beautifying your shop with 20+ free Magento themes:
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phpSysInfo is a free PHP script that displays detailed information about the host it is placed.
It can show data like the CPU, Ram, OS, "since when it is up", installed devices, etc.
Also, phpSysInfo can collect the information required to analyze the server load which can effect website performances like the available Ram or network usage.
The script works on every PHP-enabled website & can display static information, generate XML outputs (which is nice for automated checks) or dynamically update itself.
It is multilingual & includes various ready-to-use themes for customization.
In the first part of the Ultimate Magento Guide, we covered the back-end features of this open source e-commerce software. We also created a simple product and displayed it in our e-store.
Today we will focus on "customizing the basic layout of our e-store", "what Magento Connect is” and "how we can install themes + extensions".
Let's Turn Off The Cache
Before heading to the customization, we will turn off the cache mode of Magento so that we can see our changes. Otherwise, Magento will keep showing the cached pages.
We can turn off the cache from our back-end. Go to System>Cache Management. Choose "disable" from the drop down menu which is an option in "All Cache". Follow the screenshot below if you are having some problem.
After disabling the cache, we will now change the name of our e-store which appears on many places (like after a new user registration). We can change it by going to System> Manage Stores, click the "Default Store View" and put the actual name of the store there just like “WRD E-Store”.
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Microsoft has announced the "Preview Release" of Internet Explorer 9 which seems to be a milestone for the IE family considering it gets closer to the standards.
The IE9 has a new JavaScript engine which performs much better than IE8 & some other browsers.
Another good news is, it supports HTML5, CSS3 & SVG almost completely.
The website includes speed, HTML5 & graphics demos besides the comparisons of the features with other browsers.
This new release requires Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 which hopefully changes with the stable release (otherwise, IE may continue to be a barrier on new standards as XP will probably live long).
In the process of launching an e-store, when it comes to choosing the right solution, you will get puzzled by the hundreds of solutions available.
The options range from simple and free shopping cart systems to complex and paid e-commerce softwares which can charge you for both getting and “keeping” your shop online.
However, there are some applications which offer great features but still free.
One of the best and open source e-commerce solutions available for free is Magento.
In the following comprehensive tutorial, we will see what are the benefits and drawbacks of using Magento as your e-commerce application. We will make a demo store and take a look on some basic and intermediate features of Magento. So what are we waiting for? Let’s get started.
Why use Magento?
Pros:
- free (absolutely free, no charges at all for community version)
- open source (you can even make it better by writing your own code)
- easy upgrades (automatic upgrades without loosing your customizations)
- extensions, plugins (enhance your Magento installation with plugins just like WordPress)
- very comprehensive theming system (custom themes for your store similar to WordPress)
- downloadable goodies support
Cons:
- resource intensive (yes, Magento needs a lot of memory in order to work efficiently but don’t worry, we will also learn how to fix it up to run Magento in low cost hosting solutions.)
- latest version of PHP not supported (Magento only works with PHP 5.2)
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AnalyzePal is a free Adobe-AIR application that provides an easy way to measure your PayPal sales, performance & customer tracking.
It doesn't require any PayPal username-pass or API information as AnalyzePal works in an offline way with the transaction logs that can be downloaded from PayPal.
The application displays a snapshot of your last 3 months activities with charts or you can view the revenue for any given period.
AnalyzePal is also great for browsing past transactions quickly as it works offline.
Besides the free version, it has paid & more-featured versions that can filter data by customers, countries, etc.
365psd is a website which publishes one quality PSD file every day that can be used in our designs for free.
PSDs are created by different designers & they can be browsed simply with prev-next buttons.
Also, they are tagged (including the colors) which will make finding similar items easy once the number of files get bigger.
With the rise of the CSS3, we're seeing more & more tutorials + websites everyday that help us to use it.
After the CSS3, Please!, which was shared at WRD few days ago, Randy Jensen has created a very easy to use website for creating CSS3 rules named CSS3 Generator.
It simply lets you to choose the rule from a list that includes:
- border radius
- box shadow
- text shadow
- RGBA
- @font-face
- multiple columns
- box resize
- box sizing
- outline
and customize them while previewing the outputs instantly.
PC.DE, a website focused on new generation internet technologies, is sharing 4 different sets of free icons.
Every set contains the same items which are drawn differently and consists of 60 icons.
They come in 2 sizes: 16*16px & 32*32px, both in transparent .PNG.
