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Magento – add an expanding accordion style vertical side menu

By default, Magento uses a horizontal drop-down menu. In this post we will ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ and use some jQuery to create an accordion style sidebar (vertical) menu.

Magento – how to add a cart summary to the header using local.xml

This post will demonstrate how to add a shopping cart summary to the header of your Magento store using the local.xml file

Couple of Magento development books that are worth a look…

If you have anything to do with e-commerce, chances are you have heard of Magento, the open-source e-commerce solution. Whilst it’s a very powerful solution, it’s also difficult to find conclusive documentation on it.

Magento: how to add a jQuery image and content carousel

Want to add a content carousel to your Magento based store? In this post I’ll explain how to set your Magento store to work with jQuery 1.4.3 and install a jQuery Carousel script for rotating content on any Magento page.

WEB: New www.buyit247.com 2009 site design

It’s been a year since I did the last buyit247.com website design. This year saw the site get a complete rebuild from the ground up. It previously ran on a heavily modified Actinic platform. However, as the company expands and moves into ever differing product lines the website needed a more capable platform. The 2009 [...]