Ecommerce - Where do I start?
By now, you should know which ecommerce platform you will use for your online store, and now the hard work begins. But where do you start?
26 October 2018 ecommerce project web design shopify
Journal
Currency app UI design & illustration
I designed the user interface for a currency monitoring app for Android which also involved creating a set of illustrations for each screen. The UI was designed within Sketch, and the illustrations were all created using Affinity Designer.
12 October 2018 ui design illustration mobile app design
My project process for designing websites and apps
This is my typical process for designing and building a new website. It briefly describes each step of the project, what’s required and what it entails.
7 October 2018 project web design wireframing
How working from Australia benefits my UK clients
I have quite a few UK based clients, so when I moved to Melbourne, Australia with my family in 2016, I wasn’t sure how my working week would go. Working during the night while the UK are awake was not something I could do with having a young family, but things have worked out surprisingly well.
3 October 2018 business freelancing remote working
Blood app UI design for Android
I designed the branding and user interface for a blood pressure logging app for Android. All the artwork was created in Sketch.
27 September 2018 ui design mobile app design icon design
RIP Shopit - My farewell to a great, undiscovered ecommerce platform
I still remember that day in 2009, where I was sat in my tiny two desk office in the Bolton Enterprise Centre, realising I had to build an ecommerce platform from scratch. It was raining outside and a client I’d known for a long time was starting a new online business and required a feature that no off-the-shelf shopping cart supported. And, I had a month to build it.
An example of poor UX design in ecommerce
Not too long ago I was invited to meet with a clothing company to discuss some fundamental improvements to their Shopify website. Disappointingly, after two hours of driving and an unproductive 10-minute meeting (where their only in-house developer didn’t show), I came away with a wasted journey.
Buckingham Cookware brochure design
Buckingham specialises in manufacturing professional cookware. Their range includes cast iron and stainless steel cookware, cutlery, storage and pet ware.
19 September 2018 project graphic design
42caps branding & website design
Recently I designed the branding and UI concept for a small baseball cap ecommerce store. I wanted to create something that was different, straightforward, clean and minimalistic.
18 September 2018 project web design logo design
Learn2 Core Task handbook design
I designed the National Curriculum PE Core Task Handbook for The Learn2 Group which features over 200 resources aimed at improving children’s teamwork, fitness and general skills.
18 September 2018 project graphic design
Increasing the font size of messages in Gmail with a little CSS
I love the new desktop design of Gmail but I find the font size of the message composition window to be too small. Amazingly Google hasn’t added any options to change the font size other than providing the default “small”, “normal” and “large” (which is too large) choices.
30 June 2018 css
Freelancing: Reducing those subscriptions!
Nowadays there’s a subscription for everything and it’s so easy to get carried away and sign up for everything you need to get your work done. But, the costs can quickly add up and before you know it most of the money you’re making is being consumed by subscription services.
28 June 2018 freelancing business
Using Shopify alternate templates to add modals to your store
Sometimes you need to display accompanying information for a product and rather than trying to fit it all on to one web page, displaying it as a modal is often the best option.
26 June 2018 web design shopify
Invoice and order confirmation email designs
When it comes to building ecommerce websites, the order confirmation emails and invoices are often neglected or forgotten and we make do with the default design or template. But these are all important features and if designed well can add that extra bit of professionalism, customer reassurance and also strengthen your brand image.
26 June 2018 project graphic design
Displaying VAT prices in Shopify stores
Recently, I’ve been working on a Shopify site that needed to display both VAT exclusive and inclusive prices to customers who are disabled or have specific health conditions.
21 June 2018 shopify web development
Experimenting with CSS grid
If you’re into front-end design and development then you would have no doubt heard about CSS grid which enables much more flexible layouts for web pages.
18 May 2018 web design
My Story: A timeline of the last 20 years
This year (2018) marks a big milestone in my career. It officially marks my 20 year anniversary in the web design and development industry.
1 May 2018 personal
GDPR Cookie Consent jQuery Plugin
UPDATE JULY 2018 - I’ve updated the plugin to enable the cookie message to be reopened after it is set the first time.
GDPR - Some useful links
If you’re reading this then you will already be aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will be coming in to effect on 25 May 2018.
13 April 2018 business
5 Shopify features I like the most
I’ve designed and built a lot of ecommerce sites during my career and have even built my own ecommerce platform. But, recently I started using Shopify as my chosen system and have been very impressed with how it all works.
25 February 2018 shopify