I have always made the assumption that shopping carts are tabular data and that its ok to use a table tag for that reason, but thinking semantically they are a list of the items your buying and their parameters. So why not use a list. It validates with W3C’s XHTML validator and the coding is alot cleaner than most ecommerce websites.
Just in case you some how missed the very talented UK artist Julian Beever heres a vid:
I just wanted to voice my concern that even though Internet Explorer is working on version 8 and Firefox into its terrible 2′s already, the browser designers are still missing a massive usability issue. One of the most common tasks when browsing the internet is adjusting text size and I believe this isn’t given enough emphasis.
A growing list off all the template tags you can use to design and customize wp ecommerce, The plugin is still in its infancy and documentation is a little sparse but its a great ecommerce plugin for adding a shop to WordPress.
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Internet Explorer 8 will be shipped with a optional Meta tag that will evoke a “Super Standards” Mode, If “we” (web developers) simply add this tag to our head sections then IE8 will transform into the new mode. IE8 now has 4 different modes but they have re-written the rules and decided to not fully document switch IE8. Get your IE8 answers from ALA by Aaron Gustafson.
It’s not really a shock to find out that Microsoft is interested in Buying Yahoo (YahSoft?). Microsoft has bidded a massive 50 Billion for the internet giant, probably to form an possible acquisition or partnership that could potentially topple Google as the search king. What will this mean for web designers and the internet?
A unique look into the world of Microsoft software development which focuses on their MS Paint application, from developing the application to actually using its unique features and tools including the eraser tool and the new “save” function.
Cubism is an art movement that i find very inspiring as a designer, the movement took place in the 20th century (1908) and the results of this abstraction or fragmentation of the viewers perspective of the art piece created some amazing works of art. Check out this vid about it’s humble beginnings.
This is also a great vid of Picasso’s work including the cubism movement:
I find it very easy to take in information via audio and have found podcast’s an especially useful resource of great web design and business information and the medium is coming of age nicely. Following is my list of my favourite web design podcasts.
I love these type of things, it worked on me and is quite strange, watch the video all the way through and look away as when it says and look around at something else, I recommend your hands!.