Shopify have released version 4.0 of Vision, their Shopify theme application, I love Vision and shopify and I am excited to see some great new features including support for jQuery ( my javascript library of choice), different aspect ratios for products and updated the product options amongst others.
“At Google, we believe in openness, so we are using two open standards to allow you to annotate structured data on your site: microformats and RDFa. Both standards allow markup of information on your pages. To ensure that Google understands your markup, we encourage you to follow the format of our examples. You don’t need any prior knowledge of microformats or RDFa to use these standards, just a basic knowledge of XHTML.”
A cool technique for creating CSS speech bubbles: Speech bubble icons have become synonymous with comments. When creating yet another one for a standard comment link, it occurred to me that there might be a way to make the icon without ever opening up an image editor. It could all be done with CSS.
Read the CSS speech bubble post
Shopify has announced new Multiple options for products feature; You can now have products with multiple options, making it easier for you to organize your products and for your customers to browse and select what they want to buy. For example, if you sell jeans you’ll easily be able to create a different drop-down menu for the colour/style, another one for the waist size, and another for the length.
WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 has just been released and theres a host of new features that will be added over previous incarnations; WordPress Theme Installer, Widget interface, Multiple Galleries , check out the full list on the WordPress codex, or download WordPress 2.8 Beta to play with it your self.
Neat preview of WordPress 2.8 showing the new WordPress Theme Loader feature, no need to upload via FTP just search for a WordPress theme and install:
“Choosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly defined set of requirements, you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then should you look for in a CMS” – Paul Boag.
Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through Automatic Update about IE8. This rollout will start with a narrow audience and expand over time to the entire user base. On Windows XP and Server 2003, the update will be High-Priority. On Windows Vista and Server 2008 it will be Important. IE8 will not automatically install on machines. Users must opt-in to install IE8