Dream Whisper Fabric!
December 30, 2008
Yes, DWD’s custom fabric will be offered at our NEW Etsy Shop! The fabric is perfect for crafting, quilting, home decor, or just plain fun.
Have a fabric design idea but don’t know where to start? Just drop us a note. We can help prepare your art and files for fabric printing.
Cool WordPress Magazine Themes and Plugins
December 17, 2008
WordPress as a CMS is a wonderful thing. Perhaps we’re biased, but we’ve never found an easier or more fun system to work with. Themes make WordPress even easier to use and make website development a breeze.
Revolution
Revolution is a widely popular set of WordPress Themes. At this point in time, the original Revolution themes are no longer available. However, Revolution2 has emerged. These themes are our favorites. If you need help customizing the themes or solving problems, a membership to their Pro and Pro Plus support plan packages is available to help you get your blog or website up and running. Of course, we are always available to customize your site too!Click here to visit Revolution Theme website!
Of course, you can always contact us for custom design or theme customization.
iThemes
iThemes has an extensive selection of WordPress themes, including magazine themes. Their FLEXX theme is a powerful, easy to use, supercharged theme that includes image management, 1,056 possible layout combinations, SEO, menu management and more! Click here to visit iThemes Premium WordPress Themes website!
Viva7
Promoted as a smart, dashboard powered theme, Viva allows 100s of looks with no code edits – all from one theme. Viva7 offers hundreds of different layouts through combinations of 7 color schemes, 2 widths, and 2 header heights.
Plus, Viva is packed with all sorts of cool plugins! It is fully integrated with their VivaZoom, Viva Posts and Gallery Carousels as well as Viva Events, Viva Menu Bar and Viva Videos Plugins.
Of Course, the plugins are available as stand alone products for single site, multiple site, or theme development use. Definitely worth a look if you’re tired of wrestling with image editing. These plugins do it for you.
Increase sales with these new Quick Shopping Cart® store features.
December 15, 2008
Our software designers have been hard at work improving Quick Shopping Cart. Check out these great new additions:
- More designs to choose from. We’ve included 60 additional design templates that coordinate with WebSite Tonight® (for a total of 105). Now you can make your shopping cart and Web site look like one site. Why not try out a new look – your entire site will be instantly updated.
- Media Gallery. In response to customer requests, we’ve made it possible for you to display up to 5 images for each product, giving shoppers a variety of product views. (Deluxe and Premium plans only.)
- PayPal Express Checkout. This service makes paying with PayPal a seamless experience. Shoppers don’t even know they’ve left your site to pay for their purchase. To add this to your site, simply pull down the “Processing” menu in Quick Shopping Cart and click “Payments.”
Wordpress e-commerce options
December 15, 2008
The ease of use and customization capabilities associated with WordPress make the software highly attractive for website owners, especially with one-click install solutions like that offered on our linux hosting accounts (Don’t be fooled by those charging an arm and a leg + your unborn child to install it for you – choose to pay for tweaks and customizations, not installs).
With the widespread usage of WordPress as both a blogging platform and a CMS, you would think there would be a wide variety of e-commerce shopping cart plugins available. Unfortunately, there are few e-commerce solutions that meet the needs of internet shopkeepers, with the exception of Wp-ecommerce and The Market Theme. A few others exist, including Shopp, but we have not tested their Beta.
Wp-ecommerce is one of the most widely known solutions, and though known as “buggy,” the latest releases appear to function better than previous versions. WP eCommerce is easily installed and integrates with Google Checkout, Paypal, Authorize.net, Payment Express and many other trusted payment processors.
Plus: Free Version, Multiple Features.
Minus: We’ve found that running other scripts within your theme may break the functionality of the cart or theme. However, the latest release seems to have alleviated that particular issue.
Big Plus: Wp-ecommerce themes are available to make building your site easier! iThemes has developed one such theme.
Ecommerce Theme for Wordpress
Wordpress ecommerce shopping cart theme.
Price: $79.95
Website: iThemes Premium WordPress Themes
Crafty Cart
A free WordPress Shopping Cart Theme
Crafty Cart by Billion Studio is a free WordPress theme using Instinct’s plugin.
Price: FREE
The Market Theme
The Market Theme
Another solution is The Market Theme. Market Theme is an e-commerce WordPress THEME – not just a cart. The Market Theme is a fully featured WordPress theme which transforms a standard installation of WordPress into an customizable e-commerce storefront using an AJAX shopping cart.
Plus: Economical, Customizable, Easy, a WordPress Theme in itself
Minus: If you already have a theme you don’t want to give up, you will have to do some coding or pay a programmer. Learn More about The Market Theme
Price: $55.00
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