Comments for Web Design For Idiots http://www.webdesignforidiots.net Tips Tricks and How-Tos for the beginning web designer Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Moving WordPress to you Root by Lee http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/02/moving-wordpress-to-you-root/comment-page-1/#comment-14013 Lee Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:23:43 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=265#comment-14013 Awesome...so easy and worked great! Awesome…so easy and worked great!

]]> Comment on Moving WordPress to you Root by thexyz http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/02/moving-wordpress-to-you-root/comment-page-1/#comment-13947 thexyz Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:31:08 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=265#comment-13947 Easy as pie !! Easy as pie !!

]]> Comment on Why you should dunk your splash page by Lindsayanng http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/02/why-you-should-dunk-your-splash-page/comment-page-1/#comment-13939 Lindsayanng Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=239#comment-13939 The splash pages I speak about in this article relate to a single first page of your website.. Also, MOST splash pages I have come across for "products" are for spammy or scammy products.. People selling how to get rich online books and that stuff.. True marketing is not done with splash pages. The splash pages I speak about in this article relate to a single first page of your website.. Also, MOST splash pages I have come across for “products” are for spammy or scammy products.. People selling how to get rich online books and that stuff.. True marketing is not done with splash pages.

]]> Comment on Why you should dunk your splash page by headphones http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/02/why-you-should-dunk-your-splash-page/comment-page-1/#comment-13927 headphones Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:02:58 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=239#comment-13927 i think you have taken this new feature in a wrong way , it has its plus points too , for example from a marketer point of view you will get much better results from paid advertising as in google adwords you will be able to focus to individual who are really looking for your products hence each click through will deliver more results because then the user demographics can be leveraged. i think you have taken this new feature in a wrong way , it has its plus points too , for example from a marketer

point of view you will get much better results from paid advertising as in google adwords you will be able to focus

to individual who are really looking for your products hence each click through will deliver more results because

then the user demographics can be leveraged.

]]> Comment on Need a good book to help you with OSCommerce? by Lindsayanng http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/07/need-a-good-book-to-help-you-with-oscommerce/comment-page-1/#comment-13823 Lindsayanng Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:39:04 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=644#comment-13823 The reason for this is because these template builders hack the heck out of the code base and make it really hard for anyone to just KNOW what is happening. You can't expect people to support someone elses' code. The reason for this is because these template builders hack the heck out of the code base and make it really hard for anyone to just KNOW what is happening. You can’t expect people to support someone elses’ code.

]]> Comment on Need a good book to help you with OSCommerce? by Jason Hawk http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/07/need-a-good-book-to-help-you-with-oscommerce/comment-page-1/#comment-13813 Jason Hawk Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:02:29 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=644#comment-13813 When I started tooling around with OS Commerce I found the forums to be really helpful, but as soon as you start trying to fool around with the templates or do anything remotely advanced it felt like you were on your own. Thanks for the book recommendations When I started tooling around with OS Commerce I found the forums to be really helpful, but as soon as you start trying to fool around with the templates or do anything remotely advanced it felt like you were on your own.

Thanks for the book recommendations

]]> Comment on Moving WordPress to you Root by James http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/02/moving-wordpress-to-you-root/comment-page-1/#comment-13785 James Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:31:39 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=265#comment-13785 Took me a while to figure out the root directory for Laughing Squid. It is the web/content folder. Got it working great with your help :) Took me a while to figure out the root directory for Laughing Squid. It is the web/content folder. Got it working great with your help :)

]]> Comment on Importance of Design in e-commerce by Lindsayanng http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/07/importance-of-design-in-e-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-13633 Lindsayanng Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:07:25 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=666#comment-13633 I wasn't exactly saying that electronics stores don't need innovative design, but I was pointing out that the market is geared towards the "lowest price" shopper and not necessarily the emotive shopper. basically what I am saying is that design won't really break your store, a template isn't the end of the world in that industry like it might be in more emotion related industries like pet supplies and clothing. I had a look at your store.. Very interesting. The design aspects are a little bit all over the place though.. The concept i think is very unique and could really take off, but the design seems to need a little tightening. You should redesign your buttons because they do not seem to go with the theme. Green is no where in your identity but its in your button.. Also, your concept is bringing the idea of a tactile buying experience of buying items off of a shelf to the net.. The problem is that the site looks still very much digital. Maybe think about bring a texture into your design.. Your shelves can have an actual texture instead of just a gradient and the background can also have a light texture. You can also give the buy now buttons a look like the grocery store labels on the shelves... Just a thought. I do like the idea.. I think it needs a designer touch. <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/07/textures-in-modern-web-design/" rel="nofollow">Here is a link to some websites with texture - maybe get some inspiration</a> I wasn’t exactly saying that electronics stores don’t need innovative design, but I was pointing out that the market is geared towards the “lowest price” shopper and not necessarily the emotive shopper. basically what I am saying is that design won’t really break your store, a template isn’t the end of the world in that industry like it might be in more emotion related industries like pet supplies and clothing.

I had a look at your store.. Very interesting.

The design aspects are a little bit all over the place though.. The concept i think is very unique and could really take off, but the design seems to need a little tightening. You should redesign your buttons because they do not seem to go with the theme. Green is no where in your identity but its in your button..

Also, your concept is bringing the idea of a tactile buying experience of buying items off of a shelf to the net.. The problem is that the site looks still very much digital. Maybe think about bring a texture into your design.. Your shelves can have an actual texture instead of just a gradient and the background can also have a light texture. You can also give the buy now buttons a look like the grocery store labels on the shelves… Just a thought.

I do like the idea.. I think it needs a designer touch.
Here is a link to some websites with texture – maybe get some inspiration

]]> Comment on Importance of Design in e-commerce by Mark http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/07/importance-of-design-in-e-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-13623 Mark Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:52:28 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=666#comment-13623 Typical e-commerce do seem to lack design. I disagree that innovative design is not applicable for "standard" products like electronics. It might be even more important to design a better user experience in such a competitive space. We tried to introduce some radical ideas on our website. Club service Customized order service 2.5D product display Virtual shelving Horizontal scrolling Read even the fine print of products with the detailed product zoom Animated "add to cart" effect It would be great to have your feedback on this ! Typical e-commerce do seem to lack design. I disagree that innovative design is not applicable for “standard” products like electronics. It might be even more important to design a better user experience in such a competitive space. We tried to introduce some radical ideas on our website.

Club service
Customized order service
2.5D product display
Virtual shelving
Horizontal scrolling
Read even the fine print of products with the detailed product zoom
Animated “add to cart” effect

It would be great to have your feedback on this !

]]> Comment on Moving WordPress to you Root by Lindsayanng http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/02/moving-wordpress-to-you-root/comment-page-1/#comment-13397 Lindsayanng Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:01:39 +0000 http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/?p=265#comment-13397 You have made a very common newbie mistake. Wordpress.com accounts (when you go to wordpress.com and create an account on their site for free) does NOT give you the ability to use a lot of the multitudes of templates out there and edit them and FTP to them. It seems you have two things going on. You signed up for Godaddy, but you did not set it up to host your blog because then you signed up for wordpress. Wordpress.com accounts host your blog for you, and godaddy hosts a custom install of wordpress. You will want to install wordpress on your godaddy account and ignore your wordpress.com account. Once you have wordpress installed, you will pick and theme you like and install that. If you do not already own a domain name, you can purchase one through goDaddy. then you link your domain to your godaddy HOSTING which has wordpress on it. If this doesn't make sense, you can skype me. I will walk you through it if you want. Linzardb on skype You have made a very common newbie mistake. WordPress.com accounts (when you go to wordpress.com and create an account on their site for free) does NOT give you the ability to use a lot of the multitudes of templates out there and edit them and FTP to them. It seems you have two things going on. You signed up for Godaddy, but you did not set it up to host your blog because then you signed up for wordpress. WordPress.com accounts host your blog for you, and godaddy hosts a custom install of wordpress.

You will want to install wordpress on your godaddy account and ignore your wordpress.com account. Once you have wordpress installed, you will pick and theme you like and install that. If you do not already own a domain name, you can purchase one through goDaddy. then you link your domain to your godaddy HOSTING which has wordpress on it.

If this doesn’t make sense, you can skype me. I will walk you through it if you want. Linzardb on skype

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