Hello, my name is Shelly Cole, and I’m a web designer.

Hello, my name is Shelly Cole, and I’m a web designer.

I run a small web design and development company in the Hartford suburb of Simsbury, CT.
My goal is to create beautiful and usable websites that connect with people.
My passion is finding solutions to challenges that are presented to me.
My inspiration is from life, the world, and from you.

PCI Compliance (and Magento)

So, an interesting discussion came up yesterday on the WDG List in regards to shopping carts. I’m not going to delve into the whole thing (and the list of recommended carts the ladies on the list really went for), but one of the experts on the list responded to my interest in Magento. Now, if you follow me at all, you’ll know that I’m moving away from ZenCart as the eCommerce system I know (I...

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Where to begin?

Here I am, it’s a Thursday morning, and I feel like I’m walking back into my office after a looooong painful holiday. That statement is partially true because I actually was away for the holidays, but the painful part is because upon my return, I came down with the flu. I did manage to make it into my office a few times, but I couldn’t do much that was worth anything (as you can...

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Putting things into perspective

So, in these first two weeks of the New Year, I’ve uncovered a few things about myself – my limitations and expectations, and how reality is meshing with them all. Especially over this weekend, since I’ve literally been forced to sit in bed with nothing more to entertain me than my own thoughts (well, when I wasn’t spiking a fever. Dang flu.) Number one is, this first couple of months of this sabbatical have...

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Changing the mindset for the New Year

Yes, I’m terrible. Here it is, January 4th, and I’m just now wishing everyone a “Happy New Year”. I had a reason, though… I wen to West Virginia to visit with my family and we were down there for almost 2 weeks. My mom doesn’t have a great internet connection and… well, we tend to not spend our time with electronic devices anyway. So, that being said, I get “Inglorious Basterds” as a...

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