Speed, we all love it and want more of it! Fast computers, faster internet connections and faster internet browsers are all well and good, but what can we do to make a faster web page? Every day, web sites and online stores are getting flashier.  CSS and JavaScript can do a lot of cool stuff, and images can help a site grab your attention.  Recently, Google has begun using page load times to adjust search rankings, so make that one more reason to speed things up a bit. What I am going to talk about today will Smush your images, compress your JavaScript and minif your CSS, even use Sprites to help bring that slow site up to speed!

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So I wanted to have my first post this week, in case you missed the post a few days ago my name is Brad Crombs, and I wanted to help Chris by blogging for E Comm Solution. I come from a back ground of basic web design and advanced CSS. I will be sharing my CSS tips and tricks in the Yahoo store, but this information can also be applied to the Web in general.  Today I will be going over in-cart CSS for the Yahoo! store and setting a custom background color, one thing you can’t change without downloading, and customizing the default stylesheet. Continue reading “Easy Custom Cart CSS” »

Just want to introduce Brad Crumbs to the Team at E-commsolution, he will be blogging about CSS code and is the foremost expert when it come to CSS 2 and 3, so look for him when it comes to easy CSS fix in the store

Back to Basics will cover the main items that any store owner should know. I will not cover any RTML in this post; just the basics like images, image links, links, small CSS changes, and other tips on HTML for everyone that does not like to learn the major items but just the little ones to make managing a store easier. Enjoy.

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When you start a Yahoo Merchant Solutions online store the cart will not match the store, unlike most other shopping cart systems the template will not pass through. this is not a flaw with the yahoo cart but a way to make it more secure and safe for you and your customer but at the same time you will not have the same look and feel of your real store. I would like to provide you some fast easy ways to change the look and feel of the yahoo store shopping cart and help reduce bounce rates from your customer. Continue reading “Your cart on Your store” »

so most pages in the yahoo store or Merchant Solutions store are a nice width of 760px, now that is small but not by much. i would like to share with you an easy to use and easy to change page width formula for the yahoo store. it is here all you have to do is enter the width that you would like your page to be and that will spit out the CSS code needed to change it.