http://designbit.co.uk Web Design Blog and Studio Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:53:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://designbit.co.uk/2008/07/08/shopping-carts-should-be-lists/ 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 problems especially with the advent of high res screens and laptop ... http://designbit.co.uk/2008/05/30/web-browser-usability-issue/ 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. Display Shopping Cart Description The template tag nzshpcrt_shopping_basket displays the shopping ... http://designbit.co.uk/2008/05/22/wp-ecommerce-template-tags/ I thought it would be interesting to show the process of creating a brand identity and thought it would be fun to record the process step by step on the blog, I have given myself 4 steps to complete; come up with an logo concept, mock up the design, add ... http://designbit.co.uk/2008/05/07/designbit-logo-concept/ 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. http://designbit.co.uk/2008/01/30/microsoft-paint/ 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 ... http://designbit.co.uk/2007/12/19/what-is-cubism/ 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. Boagworld Podcast This podcast aims to provide news ... http://designbit.co.uk/2007/12/09/web-design-podcasts/ In the early stages of a web design project most designers I know offer 3 different designs for the client to pick from, the client picks which is their favorite of the three mock ups and this design is used for the project. I think this design process is unproductive ... http://designbit.co.uk/2007/11/29/design-mockups-dont-work/ As I am celebrating Designbit's birthday and looking back over the journey I have been on over the last year. I realised just how much I have learnt about the technologies and design industry itself, for anybody new to web design I want to save you some time and offer ... http://designbit.co.uk/2007/11/23/tips-for-new-designers/ If you are searching around for web design coding techniques or want to find a blog on a certain topic Google sometimes seems to miss your search terms completely. Using special characters you can target your terms to return more relevant search results. Google Basics If you run a normal search through ... http://designbit.co.uk/2007/06/26/better-google-results/