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Taking a Little Break

56 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under:

Well friends, I’ll be away from the computer for about a week (jealous?). Me and the wife are heading out to Daytona Beach for Student Life & The Beach 2008 with the students at our church.

Bye!

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Thinking About Using Video on Your eCommerce Website?

116 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under: eCommerce

I just posted a blog over on Groove Commerce’s eCommerce Blog about using product videos on your eCommerce websites. Check it out, and let me know what you think, or if you have any questions.

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eCommerce Gallery Has Launched!

148 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under: eCommerce

I’m pleased to announce that eCommerce Gallery has finally launched. This has been a side-project I’ve been working on for quite some time.

I frequently check a lot of CSS/website galleries, but I’ve always struggled because most of them simply feature websites for edgy design firms. What about eCommerce and lead generation? Not all clients are going to want that hot glossy header with that 300k grunge background (though some do, and that’s fun too!).

Please check it out and let me know what you think. Feel free to submit your eCommerce sites!

I have some fun features in there such as ratings and comments, but mainly it’s about the sites and hopefully that comes across clearly.

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Random Tidbits of News

151 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under: Web-Design

1. WordPress 2.5 is out, and looks great. Admin was redesigned by Happy Cog (Jefferey Zeldman’s Crew)

2. Magento (PHP eCommerce Platform) just launched it’s first production build (v1.0)

3. Nathan Smith released 960.gs a web design grid system for 960px wide designs.

4. This guy raps about SEO & Conversions (thanks Luke)

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Is Gmail's Spam Protection Too Good?

157 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under: Web-Design

I’m a huge Google fan but I laughed a bit when I checked my spam folder today…

In case you didn’t notice, Google put it’s own “Google Alert” in the spam folder.

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Safari for Windows Released

163 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under:

This is a little bit dated now, but just in case you haven’t heard. Safari 3.1 is out for Windows! This is great news for web developers using a PC, as you no longer have to boot up your Mac to check out your site (though, you probably should as i doubt that they’re completely identical).

Download Safari

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Usability / Accessibility Issues With Dropdowns

180 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under: Web-Design

There’s still a lot of debate as to whether or not it’s OK to use dropdowns in usable, accessible web design. I’ll definitely say that there are some dropdowns that are really well put together and are both accessible and usable, for example the “Suckerfish”: dropdown seems to do pretty well (while not perfect).

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I've Never Been a Big Moby Fan

183 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under: Jesus

I was quickly glancing through a magazine this morning and saw this little mini-article on Moby. I haven’t honestly listened to too much of his music but apparently we see eye to eye on other things! (specifically ‘on the church’ i don’t really do politics and I’m not a celebrity)

On the Church:
“Individual Christians are quietly doing amazing things. The quiet, humble ally trying to walk in the footsteps of Christ. It’s the loud, arrogant, judgemental, obnoxious Christians who seem to give the rest of Christianity a really bad name.”

On celebrities and consumerism:
“Nowhere is it written that musicians are supposed to be worth a hundred million dollars, traveling around the world in private jets.”

On George Bush:
“A lot of what I want to talk to him about is faith. Because I try not to judge, but I really don’t understand the notion of a pro-capitalist, pro-death penalty, pro-war Christian. To me, that just seems like a vegetarian who eats a burger.”

I debated whether or not to quote the George Bush one because I’m really just not interested in politics…but I don’t know, maybe I like the drama.

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New Domain Name, New Hosting!

189 days ago By: Robert Spangler, Filed Under: Website-Resources

Today I made two big changes to my site. First of all (as you may have noticed) my domain name is now robspangler.com. That’s right my friends! no more confusion brought on by the dreadful m in rmspangler.com.

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The Importance of 301 Redirects

200 days ago By: rmspangler, Filed Under: Web-Design

I was lucky enough to go to the IR Web Design ’08 conference in Miami early this month and do several website consultations for a wide variety of eCommerce websites (both large and small).

A lot of people were looking to do a complete redesign and/or change their eCommerce platform. Meaning most (if not all) of their URLs may be changing. I was blown away by the amount of companies that almost made that switch without being told about redirecting their pages using 301 redirects.

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