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Apr
29

After a very successful launch party, The Relay Rips album design is now live on my website. The band are very happy with the look and feel of the album cover and photography and they have already sold half of the original pressing.

The track from the album 'Sell My Soul' was featured on the BBC iPlayer with Sam Bonham, BBC Bristol introducing "fantastic tunes... incredibly catchy". Buy the album on iTunes, it is awesome!

Apr
26

YouTube Video and Website Media Players

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 21:58

Although still struggling to find its place within the commercial world YouTube is by far the most popular video sharing site on the web. Many people have asked me how to embed YouTube videos into their website and with innovations such as the YouTube API there are a wealth of options to help the website owner integrate YouTube videos.

Apr
26

After a busy weekend putting the final touches to the The Relay Rips album cover artwork and attending the album launch party, I am back in work producing two new Magento Ecommerce websites that will be pure digital download stores. These sites are top secret at the moment but will be live in the next couple of weeks! Subscribe to my RSS feed to get the latest info on the projects I am working on and the businesses I am helping.

Apr
21

The Handling Multiple Base Currencies with Magento PDF has arrived. You can purchase it from designerbydesign.com for just $10.99. The tutorial will provide you with everything you need to know about configuring Magento Commerce to use multiple base currencies for your clients who trade internationally using fixed pricing fort different locales i.e. North American base prices that are different from European base prices.

Feb
16

Magento Design

Tue, 02/16/2010 - 15:11

Due to growing interest in my Magento work, this is a quick blog post outlining some my key Magento skills and live Magento websites:

Languages-Direct.com

Languages Direct is a mail order business set up with a niche list of customers. The main goal of the web site was to support the physical printed catalogue and provide an alternative payment option to customers. There are many customizations to underlying Modern theme such as enhancements to the shopping cart, product view and product listing pages.