Articles Archive

Blog Posts, Tutorials, & Opinion Pieces

I have been lucky enough to contribute to a wide variety of online and print publications covering topics relating to the web industry, ecommerce, Shopify, side projects & more. I also served as editor of Smashing Magazine’s original code focused sub site from 2011–2012.

Please feel free to get in touch if you would like me to write for your publication.

2020

• How to Effortlessly Manage Your Tito x Stripe Transactions February 2020 / Tito Blog

2017

• What's New for Shopify Theme Developers in 2017 July 2017 / Tuts+
• [Video] Building and Growing an Engaged Community May 2017 / Shopify Unite 2017

2016

• The Essential List of Resources for Shopify Theme Development August 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• The img_url Filter Just Got 10x Better July 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• 15 Chrome Extensions That Will Make You a More Productive Web Designer June 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• An Overview of Liquid Shopify's Templating Language June 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• Celebrating Exceptional Ecommerce Design May 2016 / InVision Blog
• Ways to Customise the img element in Shopify Themes March 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• The Power of Link Lists March 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• How to Work With Images in Shopify March 2016 / Tuts+
• Shopify Tutorial The product.liquid template March 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• 17 Ecommerce Tools You can't Live Without February 2016 / Creative Bloq
• How to Use Liquid's "case/when" Control Tags in Shopify Themes February 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• How URLs Map to Shopify Templates February 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• Creating Useful CSS Hooks in Liquid February 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• How to Use Alternate Templates in Shopify Theme Development January 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• 7 Reasons Web Designers & Developers should Capitalize Ecommerce Growth January 2016 / Freelancers Union
• What is Markdown Syntax? January 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• The Power of Alternate Layout Files in Shopify Theme Development January 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• 20 Tools that make Freelancing Easy January 2016 / Creative Bloq
• Tips for Using Snippets in Your Shopify Theme January 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog
• How to Use all_products in a Shopify Theme January 2016 / Shopify Partner Blog

2015

• The Profitable Ecommerce Designer September 2015 / Shopify Partner Blog
• 10 Bookmark Worthy Websites for Free Stock Photography August 2015 / Shopify Partner Blog
• Shopify Checklist Things to Do Before the Site Goes Live July 2015 / Tuts+
• How Freelancers make a profit with Shopify July 2015 / nuSchool
• 5 Essential Ecommerce Upsells for Web Designers April 2015 / Creative Bloq

2014

• Landing Pages for Shopify Experts November 2014 / Tuts+
• A Web Designers Guide to Shopify Customisation Services October 2014 / Web Designer Depot
• The Shopify Economy Ways in which designers can make $£€ with Shopify September 2014 / Inspired Mag
• Why Web Designers Should Embrace Ecommerce August 2014 / Creative Market
• The Shopify Economy August 2014 / C4DI
• 11 Inspiring Ecommerce Website Designs August 2014 / Creative Bloq
• Nested navigation in Shopify themes June 2014 / Web Designer Depot
• Mastering Images in Shopify May 2014 / Unmatched Style
• My Shopify Toolkit April 2014 / Tuts+
• Inspiring Store Designs April 2014 / Inspired Mag
• Designer Stores April 2014 / Design Reviver
• Taking Shopify Theme Development Further March 2014 / Tuts+
• Second Wednesday Interview March 2014 / Second Wednesday
• Lessons learned Running an Online Side Business (Part 2) March 2014 / Media Temple
• Lessons learned Running an Online Side Business (Part 1) March 2014 / Media Temple
• Getting Started With Liquid February 2014 / Tuts+
• A Web Designer’s Introduction to Shopify February 2014 / Tuts+
• Workspiration Interview January 2014 / Wokspiration
• Turn your Side Project into a Business January 2014 / Creative Bloq

2013

• Thoughts on Workshops December 2013 / 12 Devs
• 2014 — The Year of Ecommerce Design? December 2013 / Freelance Folder
• Top Tips for Growing your Business with Shopify October 2013 / DesignM.ag
• Freelancers Shopify Needs You! October 2013 / Freelance Folder
• Customising Abandoned Cart Emails October 2013 / Smashing Magazine
• Building Your Ecommerce and Design Business with Shopify September 2013 / Treehouse
• Kickstart your Business with Shopify September 2013 / DZine
• How to Grow your Freelance Business with Shopify September 2013 / Freelance Folder
• Celebrating Ecommerce Design September 2013 / Tuts+
• How They Did It Rebuilding 8 Faces August 2013 / Tuts+

2012

• Lessons Learned from Building Shopify Themes October 2012 / Tuts+
• Build a Shopify theme with the Liquid engine July 2012 / Creative Bloq
• An Introduction to Building Shopify Themes June 2012 / SitePoint