Friday 27 March 2020

Important Product Updates for Shopify Partners

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Important Product Updates for Shopify Partners

Since we last published on the partner blog, the world has undeniably changed. COVID-19 is impacting how we all live our lives, conduct business, and communicate with each other. It is, and will continue to be, a difficult time as we all learn how to navigate this new reality.

We want to let you know that the editorial team behind Shopify’s Web Design and Development Blog is working hard to reimagine what kind of content would be most helpful to the partner and developer community, right now. We’re aiming to bring you relevant information and education to help you make the right decisions for your business.

For example, today’s post is a roundup of the most important product updates you need to know to continue your work with clients and users during this time.

Things are tough right now, but we are a resilient bunch. We’re here to support you, and together, we’ll get through this. Stay safe, and take care of each other.

Thursday 12 March 2020

5 Simple Google Analytics Reports for Your Clients [Templates]

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5 Simple Google Analytics Reports for Your Clients [Templates]

Integrating Google Analytics with your clients' websites is something you should aim to implement on every build you complete. However, some of your clients will be completely unfamiliar with analytics, and opening their dashboard without direction could leave them feeling intimidated. In this article, you'll learn about five Google Analytics reports that can help give your clients extra insight into their online businesses. You'll also get the downloadable templates for the reports, so you can install them into your clients' dashboards right away.

Wednesday 11 March 2020

Feature Creep: What Causes It and How to Avoid It

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Feature Creep: What Causes It and How to Avoid It

Feature creep (or scope creep) refers to when you add excessive features to a product that make it too complicated or difficult to use. It can cause a project to go over budget and extend beyond its deadlines. In today's article, you'll learn how to recognize feature creep, and how to prevent it from taking over your own projects.

Tuesday 10 March 2020

User Research Methods: 13 Expert Tips to Master the Process

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User Research Methods: 13 Expert Tips to Master the Process

Understanding the needs of your clients' customers is crucial for running and building a successful business. User research, therefore, should be an essential part of the design process, but it needs to be planned carefully: you need to choose the right methods, questions, and more. In today's article, we interviewed leading experts and gathered their top 13 tips to help you get the most out of your UX research.

Thursday 5 March 2020

A CSS Grid Framework for Shopify Collection Pages

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A CSS Grid Framework for Shopify Collection Pages

CSS Grid has become an increasingly popular technique for applying a layout to pages, and developers can take advantage of this system to reduce complexity and define clear style rules. All of the pages of a Shopify store can adopt CSS Grid, but one obvious touchpoint that can benefit the most from a robust and clean grid layout is the collection page. In today's article, we go over how to use CSS grid on Shopify collection pages.

Wednesday 4 March 2020

API Deprecations and Versions at Shopify: What You Need to Know

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API Deprecations and Versions at Shopify: What You Need to Know

As we near the one-year mark of shipping API versioning at Shopify, we're also approaching the first time we'll make a version of our API unsupported. Learn what this means, and how to prepare for this upcoming change.

Tuesday 3 March 2020

How to Combat Image Cropping on Shopify Slideshow Sections

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How to Combat Image Cropping on Shopify Slideshow Sections

Recently, the themes team at Shopify has made some changes to the popular slideshow feature in Shopify themes, hoping to combat the issue of image cropping. In doing so, they came up with some interesting takeaways. In this article, learn what they discovered, and how you can use those insights to build themes with a more usable slideshow feature.