Creating Shopify sections in other pages
Creating sections in sub pages in Shopify is possible, although there are some restrictions. Each page needs it’s own template and you can’t have sections
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Adding arrows to the Shopify Debut theme slider
For some reason the arrows are disabled, when enabled, they’re broken. Here’s how to fix them. Find theme.js Look for instances of arrows: false, change
Shopify SEO Expert
I get many emails asking for SEO advice and while I integrate it with projects that involve design and development, I don’t necessarily provide SEO only
How to send mail with Mamp WordPress on a Mac
First off a big thank you to Matt Messmer for the fix. Open your mail log open /var/log/mail.log Open the file /etc/postfix/main.cf in any text editor.
Bekant sit / stand desk in Canada
The Canadian website makes it hard and rather impossible to order this desk online or make it clear that it exists for Canadian purchase. Well
tamarmogendorff.com is live!
Be sure to visit the fantastic animal world of fabric and thread by Tamar Mogendorff.
Wee You-Things App Launched
The folks at Wee Society have launched a brand new iPad app named Wee You Things.
Adding unique header images to Shopify pages
Ever want to have different header images for different pages in Shopify? Problem is you only get one field to input data for your pages,
Using multiple jQuery versions with Shopify
Sometimes you install plugins, addons and tweaks to Shopify which use specific versions of jQuery. Sometimes this breaks every other script written in a theme.
TTL Launched!
Turntable Lab has shops in NYC and LA providing the latest and greatest DJ gear available. My latest Shopify project featuring tons of Shopify customizations.
Shopify Stoked theme additions
Stoked is now properly configured to display compare at price, in other words ON SALE. There is a new theme settings tab that will allow
Customer Accounts now enabled for the Shopify Elegant Theme
I’ve updated the Shopify Elegant theme to now support Shopify’s customer account feature. I’ve updated a few other things bringing this version to 2.0. Head
WordPress importer for Shopify launched!
If you have a WordPress Blog and want to make the move to Shopify you can now easily import all the important stuff with a
Customer Accounts with Shopify
Shopify now has customer accounts for shops. You need to make some changes to your shop to enable them. In the next few weeks I
Magento importer for Shopify launched!
If you have a Magento online shop and want to make the move to Shopify you can now easily import all the important stuff with
Shopify Stoked Theme updated to version 1.05
Some fixes and additions have been made to the Stoked theme on Shopify.
Elegant Shopify Theme Help
Since the launch of my theme over at the app store, I’ve been getting some frequently asked questions so I thought I’d compile them along
Shopify launches theme store (2 of my themes included)
Shopify has just opened a theme store where you can purchase affordable themes for your online Shop! They’ve done a great job as the site
Shopify, the fastest cart option
An Independent test from Dave Beck over at shoppingcartstrategies.com was done to show which of the top e-commerce platforms had the best page load times.
Tips for E-commerce sites
Smashing mag put together quite the article of helpful information for those of you with online shops. Very helpful indeed!
How to view your Shopify customers on a map
Want to see all your clients on a map? Of course you do, best of all, it’s free! Check out //mapify.heroku.com/
Reconfigure turns 3!
3 years ago I was given the bad, but great news that I was being laid off. Starting my own business and going solo was
WordPress theme for Iphone and Blackberryand Blackberry
WPtouch iPhone Theme is a magnificent plugin for wordpress that will let people using mobile devices see your wordpress website like it was an iphone
Douglas Fisher 1919-2009
It is always my pleasure to work with and for great people. A sad but hopeful recent site I worked on was for the Fisher
Recent Projects
Being booked year round leaves little time to update the projects sections of the site. Here’s a quick post to demonstrate what been worked on
Small fix to the reconfigured Shopify theme for the top nav bar
There’s a small glitch in the theme where the top navigation bar elements are not sperated by a line.
How to make pretty archives in WordPress
If you have a wordpress blog, you will notice that the default archives for a large amount of posts is not very pretty. As with
How to change the reconfigure Shopify theme company logo
I’m being asked this question allot so figured I would make a tutorial on how to change the company name from text to an image
Ottawa geek BBQ photos
Ottawa geek bbq was a gathering of area freelancers and entrepreneurs graciously hosted by Chris Schmitt of TeamCamp.ca. His place was quite amazing and many
Shopify just got multiple variant options for products!
I’ve been asked how to do this a countless number of times and finally it is here!
Visible Measures featured on techcrunch
One of my good friends and former co-workers is a key code monkey for Visible Measures and certain he is glad to see their company
President Obama visits Ottawa
President Obama will visit Ottawa on February 19th. My old colleague Scott Lake helped the Rideau institute setup //www.welcomeobama.ca/ which is a website for Canadians
Wishing everyone a happy new year.
I’d like to thank everyone who’s made this year another very busy, successful one over at Reconfigure. Wishing everyone a pleasent and safe holiday season.
Comments on Shopify blogs – New feature!
Looks like the Shopify folk are pumping out many great features lately! Another marvelous feature and often requested is having the ability to let guests
Shopify now supports spaces in tags!
The Shopify folk recently announced a new this feature will help organize online Shopify stores in a much cleaner fashion. I avoided tags in Shopify
There’s a new web browser on the market, Google Chrome
Google, maker of many great things has just released a new web browser. It’s light and blazing fast, it may just be a firefox replacement.
Shopify now has bulk product import!
Adding hundreds of products will be much more convenient now that Shopify has introduced CSV import. Some news about it here.
Best browser in the world relased (firefox 3)
The world’s greatest browser has recently released it’s 3rd release. What’s great about it is there’s a few new features, including the smart location bar,
Tomoye gets a brand new site
Reconfigure has recently finished a total redesign of Tomoye’s website which can be viewed at //www.tomoye.com/. Congratulations to them and my old colleagues on the
Reconfigure’s latest projects
Wheels are rolling for our clients, which means the reconfigure.ca site does not get much love. While I work on updating the projects section of
Change the font on your website
Ever want to quickly test font type, size, color, background in a browser to see what it will look like before you apply it to
Visible Measures demo on demo.com
The public finally gets to see this fantastic app in progress after last night’s demo on demo.com. I think they did fantastic job demonstrating the
Visible Measures launches new site and Internet Video Industry’s First Audience Behavior Measurement Suite
What that means is layman’s terms is video statistics. They’ve made this app that captures what people do when watching a video, such as pause,
Various Updates 2k8
As always, I’ve been hard at work on a wide variety of projects over the past few months which has kept me quite busy.
Email campaign tips
I have done my fair share of email campaigning for various clients and this knowledge mixed with some tips from the pros can surely help
The Lake, Annan and Fitzpatrick association
Seems like my former manager, client, former manager have started up a blog over at //www.startupottawa.com/. Needless to say it’s a blog about for the
My top 5 best looking, usable, inspiring applications
Usability and Design being what Reconfigure strives to achieve, I thought I’d share my opinions as to what applications out there inspire and lead my
shop.uppercasegallery.ca launched!
I’ve finalized the uppercasegallery Shopify store. Learn more about this project here.
Spacekarma.com launching soon
We’re looking for a rails expert to help with the finishing touches and launch of Spacekarma, a workspace sharing community, If you’re experienced and have
Vangool Design Shopify store in the works
Janine is the mastermind behind Uppercase, a Calgary art gallery and purveyor of fine books and paper goods. Her design practice, Vangool Design & Typography,
Hug a developer today
Funny yet sad video demonstrating the hardships of developers and their out of whack project management. My old boss Craig from Devshop put this together
Peridot Lovers Shopify Site
Been receiving allot of praise for the theme created for Adam over at //www.peridotlovers.com/. Always nice to hear! I will hopefully be working with Adam
Vanillasoft.com launched
David and the crew over at //www.vanillasoft.com/ have finalized their content and officially launched the brand spanking new website we’ve been working on over the
New reconfigure site launched.
In the wee hours of the morning I’ve managed to find some time here and there to put together a slightly more appealing site then
Free shopify theme update
I’ve updated the Shopify theme named rare1. This theme fixes a number of issues with IE6 and I’ve also added a little more styling to
Shopify marketplace launched!
The Shopify marketplace has recently launched and I must say is quite kick ass. The functionality allows you to search the thousands of Shopify stores
Reconfigure design in the works
A newly designed reconfigure.ca has been in the works which will be built on a content management system and have tools to help facilitate and
Shopify 1 year aniversary
The magnificent folks over at Jaded Pixel recently celebrated their 1 year anniversary of the Shopify launch. Working with the many Shopify shop owners on
Vanillasoft website revamp in the works
I’ve been working closely with the kind folks over at Vanillasoft who specialize in sales force automation software. We’re working on a smokin’ hot new
Tom Bannen Chevrolet mini site up
If you’re in the area of Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky and looking for a new car, be sure to checkout Tom Bannen Chevrolet who
Shopify and Devshop featured in the citizen
Two individuals from Ottawa’s up and coming software company leaders are featured on the Ottawa Citizen today.
New hosting
Just finished swapping hosting providers, I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, please feel free to contact me with any questions you may
Mercury Grove launch Collab
Mercury Grove has recently launched their new application Collab
Mercury Grove
Been spending some time with the good folks @ mercurygrove.com. Helped with the new website design as well as some creative help with their apps.
Leaving people behind?
Something shocking, yet inspiring. I’ve been doing web work for many years now and I’m still surprised at the amount of people I will speak
Diva Today Launched!
I recently had the pleasure of building a Shopify store for Kelleigh @ //www.divatoday.com/. She was a pleasure to work with and wish her store
Alex Munter
I recently received an invitation from Alex Munter to a thank you party for helping with the campaign. I think he is a truly unique
Happy Holidays
I’ve been very lucky the past few months as I’ve been working with some great people on some great projects. I’d like to wish everyone
ThinkVitamin.com, good reading…
I Read an interesting article today on ThinkVitamin.com. It has magnificent advise for those who are involved in a software company. I am constantly intrigued