Personal Blog
January 23, 2008
The Grunge Gallery
I have a theme for sale over on the Sitepoint Marketplace:
“View the coded preview”:http://www.rmspangler.com/grungegallery/
December 20, 2007
Christmas Gift Idea
Children of the Nations has a very cool way to give to those in need this Christmas. They have an online gift catalog where you can purchase things such as a Christmas Outfit for an orphan ($22) or even a years salary for a teacher ($113).
“Browse Gift Catalog”:http://www.cotni.org/gift_catalog
Just a thought!
On a random note I will be taking a bit of a break, I’m getting married this Saturday and will be going on my honeymoon after Christmas, I’ll be back on the 7th day of the new year! I’ll post some pictures sometime later.
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Rob
December 7, 2007
New Blog Posted: Creating a Checkout Progress Bar
I just posted a new blog over on the “eCommerce Blog”:http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/ at Groove. So if you’re interested in “creating an accessible progress bar”:http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/featured/creating-an-accessible-checkout-progress-bar/ for your checkout process this is for you!
November 22, 2007
How To Eat Healthy This Thanksgiving
Just kidding, who gives a crap? You can eat better tomorrow.
November 7, 2007
Hot and Fresh Out The Oven!
Our latest redesign over at “Groove”:http://www.groovecommerce launched today!
The site is for Mr. McGroovy’s Box Rivets, a very unique products with plenty of potential. Mr. McGroovy was originally running on a PayPal shopping cart but quickly outgrew it, we came up with a custom solution that will really take his store to the next level.
My role in the project was designer and front-end developer. So I did all of the design and front-end coding (xHTML/CSS/JavaScript).
More to follow on the Groove eCommerce Blog.
November 6, 2007
How to Waste Your Money on AdWords 101
I recently purchased a microsuede/microfiber couch for my new apartment. (similar but darker than the couch below)
!http://www.rmspangler.com/images/8.jpg (My New Sectional)!
I love it, and the price didn’t break my bank; however, when the sales person asked if I wanted to pay an extra $100+ for a stain guard treatment…I just really couldn’t justify it, I was pretty sure I could find a way to do that myself (for a lot cheaper).
So of course I started at Google, I ran a search for ‘stain protection for microsuede’ the first sponsored link was at Target.com…
October 29, 2007
I Forgot To Share…
My favorite part of my daily work is when I get to slice and code a great design using some great markup (xHTML) with smart styling (CSS).
At work I’ve recently been given the opportunity to solely act as the front end developer for a few different projects we launched over at “Groove”:http://www.groovecommerce.com/
* “La Prima Catering”:http://www.laprimacatering.com/
* “Corporate Baskets”:http://www.corporate-baskets.com/
* “Don’t Know Tavern”:http://www.dontknowtavern.com/
_Note: Not my designs, just my code_
October 17, 2007
New Redesign – Epic Dental
The fresh new look for Epic Dental has officially launched! Epic Dental sells Xylitol Gum which I can briefly describe as a sugar alternative that is also a cavity fighting agent. The new site was built off of our optimized version of the AspDotNetStoreFront and features a sleek and feature filled 1-page checkout. My role [...]
October 7, 2007
Pastor Sorie Morrah
I just found out tonight that an amazing man has passed away. During my small time in Sierra Leone I was blessed enough to live in the village with Pastor Sorie. He always had a smile on his face and a joke to put that smile back on your face. More importantly he was so passionate about the gospel and so much the person that Christ was.
!http://www.rmspangler.com/images/5.jpg (Pastor Sorie giving a sermon on the mount)!
He really cared, and I really don’t understand why he’s gone. “Kristen”:http://nsfr.blogspot.com/ (who spent much more time with him in Sierra Leone) has written his amazing story, if you can just take some time to read about “Pastor Sorie”:http://nsfr.blogspot.com/2007/10/lose-of-dear-friend.html. He really has an amazing testimony.
September 27, 2007
Amazon Launches WebStore
I’ve been an Amazon fan for quite some time now, it was the first place I’ve ordered something online, and recently, the last place I’ve order something online.
Today I received an email today from Amazon about their new service called “WebStore.” Which is basically a build-it-yourself eCommerce Storefront, I’d imagine that it’s very similar to “Yahoo! Merchant Solutions”:http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ecommerce/.
