E-commerce

Case Study: Misty Acres Alpaca Website Redesign

Introduction: A Fresh Start for a Growing Farm Misty Acres Alpaca had a website that was showing its age. It didn’t feel like them anymore. Not warm, not easy to use, and not keeping up with their growing farm. They didn’t need fancy. They needed something that worked, looked good, and was easy to update […]

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DIY Shopify

DIY Shopify Customization: Display Product Sizes in Stylish Boxes in the Dawn Theme

Shopify Dawn Theme v15.2.0 – Tested on 2/18/2025 In this tutorial, I’ll share how I displayed available product sizes on the product grid of a new Dawn theme for Shopify using custom Liquid and CSS code. It looks like this… … and it will look like this everywhere on your site displaying products. If you

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Case Study: The Whole Almond, Pre-order Pickup with Multiple Locations in Square

First, let’s congratulate The Whole Almond on their future success. They are about to launch this new online store, and they have new products in the works that will change their business. It’s an exciting time! Here’s a rundown of a project I recently completed with a client I’ve known for years, and I’m happy

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E-commerce Coach Tip & Poetry: Settings & Wendell Berry’s “The Farmer, Speaking of Monuments”

Tip: Review your e-commerce software settings in detail. It’s how you communicate everything from store hours, to pickup times, to receipts, return and privacy policies and more. There’s dozens of opportunities to run operations smoothly, and market yourself within the sales process by thinking creatively, like adding links to your gift certificates in your receipts.

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Project Review: the Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative

Client: Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative (MFSC) Site: MaineFarmAndSea.coop Projects: NationBuilder.com Discovery, Website Setup & Development; E-commerce Setup & Integration; Content Development & Implementation; Video Direction & Implementation; Media Production; Campaign Strategy & Development; Website Architecture Welcome to the nation’s first cooperative institutional dining service.   Which, is the first time ever to challenge the

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A Demonstration of Zen Cart Shopping Cart for Farmers

The following is a basic demonstration of a local-food-oriented shopping system for online ordering followed by in-person pickup.  An add-on module is available if you manage multiple pickup locations. The design may be different on your shopping cart, but these functions are basically the same. First we setup your products and categories and producers through

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