Get Static Block in Magento
Magento has made it really easy to get Static Content from within a CMS page with the use of widgets, but say you're developing a custom theme, you may want to call a static block programmatically in a Magento theme in which case there are a few methods of doing so...
Magento Imagine 2011
As we approach the time for the next Magento Conference, I decided to take the Magento Challenge and submit a few entries to try and get a sponsored trip to the conference. There’s only a few days left in the challenge, but I will be trying my best to come up with some original and [...]
Semantic Markup and Accessibility Standards
Web Standards Guideline With growing technology and standards, I take pride in meeting new standards according to W3C, in order to achieve a highly functional site and good user experience for everyone. These standards include but aren’t limited to W3C standards, semantic markup, meeting WCAG usability standards, and Section 508 Compliance. This guide provides a [...]
jQuery Lightbox / Modal Plugin
There are SO MANY different types of lightbox scripts in the wild, and while most of them are absolutely fantastic (shadowbox being one of my favorites) most of them are very limited in the control that they give you over the style, function and code. To make things worse, most of these lightbox scripts are also 5k or bigger, which is 5k more than you need sometimes. If you're like me, and you do a lot of customization or want to tweak your code to be as fast as possible, then you'll want this simple little jquery lightbox plugin. Style your lightbox exactly how you'd like and then simple invoke the modal() function and you'll be able to trigger the lightbox.
