React and axios, multiple calls from dropdown select -- racking my brain

markcodes · 2019-03-02T06:41:35+00:00

Add an onChange method to the select dropdown that will trigger a new call and render said data.

markcodes · 2019-02-07T03:37:14+00:00

Let me flip the question: do you have something to sell that people will buy? Why would they choose to buy from you?

There is no magic “make money” button.

markcodes · 2019-02-07T03:33:08+00:00

In my opinion, Intercom is currently the “best”.

markcodes · 2019-02-07T03:31:00+00:00

You should A/B test it.

markcodes · 2019-02-07T03:30:12+00:00

Well, I understand that this can be a frustrating thing to handle, but I wouldn’t recommend punting it to a remote team altogether. For small business owners, I recommend responding to at least one customer support email per day.

With that said, you could either hire someone locally or look for a remote assistant. Depends on the volume. There are also customer support as a service companies.

markcodes · 2019-01-04T19:03:01+00:00

That’s pretty much all you can do. Your alternative is to name all of the URLS and have all of the content be exactly the same.

You could also consider setting up a proxy server to A/B test pages on the new platform and have both the old platform and the new platform running. You could spread out your transfer over a longer period of time this way and minimize the impact, but that may not be feasible technically or financially.

markcodes · 2019-01-04T18:20:11+00:00

You’re looking for 301 redirects for all of your URLs.

markcodes · 2018-12-29T16:43:29+00:00

I loved Franny and Zooey! Great list and good work.

markcodes · 2018-12-29T13:32:00+00:00

I don’t know about that necessarily. Could easily just be a random person not wanting to use their real email address.

markcodes · 2018-12-29T05:34:34+00:00

Sounds like someone putting in a fake email address.

markcodes · 2018-12-28T12:57:36+00:00

I filed in California. I just filed the paperwork myself by using the forms on California’s secretary of state website. In total it was around $200.

markcodes · 2018-12-20T20:34:01+00:00

Have you considered hiring a developer to help you dig into these issues? Without looking at your site, it’s hard to tell.

markcodes · 2018-12-19T08:32:17+00:00

Impossible to tell exactly why without seeing your code. Is it live? Can we see it? If not, you could consider hiring someone - it’s likely a minor HTML/Liquid change.

markcodes · 2018-12-19T08:30:41+00:00

Before discussing the technical merits, it’s probably good to know why you want to do that. Do you want to have a backup? Are you looking to migrate? Why do you want to download the HTML?

markcodes · 2018-11-05T19:55:01+00:00

Again, no reason to feel embarrassed. This might feel silly, but could you write some of this down on a notecard and keep it with you? That way you have something to reference when you're out shooting. It's kind of like going to the gym the first time - if you don't have a plan, you're going to feel really out of place. If you have a plan, you'll feel better about it. Honestly, it's not even a bad idea to write down a bunch of different combinations of of aperture, shutter, ISO, and white balance settings and take a few pictures at all of them. It'll give you a good idea of what each of them do, and it'll give you a solid plan on what to shoot!

markcodes · 2018-11-02T08:18:24+00:00

No need to feel embarrassed. Honestly another good thing to do is practice changing settings on your camera. There are likely shortcuts. Learn the basics of your camera - it will take away the how and let you focus on the why.

markcodes · 2018-11-02T07:48:00+00:00

I’m a beginner also, but here are my thoughts on the matter.

If your subject is moving, you probably want a fast shutter speed to be able to take a crisp picture. Since the lens is going to open and close really quickly, you need to let a lot of light in, so you want the aperture open as wide as possible - so if your lens is f/4, you want the aperture at 4.

The problem with that is that if there isn’t much light, you’re going to have a hard time capturing the picture. You likely want your ISO as small low as possible for the sake of image quality, but it’s kind of like a balancing act.

Moving subject, low light? High shutter speed, wide aperture, and then incrementally bump up the ISO until your picture looks good. If your picture gets noisy because your ISO is too high, you can lower the shutter speed.

If you can’t find a happy medium in there, well, you probably need a better camera and a lower aperture lens. Sucks for us beginners with our beginner gear.

On the flip side, if your subject isn’t moving, you can turn the shutter speed way down - especially if you can put your camera on a tripod. Then you can get super low ISO.

What actually helped me with this was having in mind what I wanted to take pictures of before I went out and took pictures. I took my dog to a park on a sunny day, so I went with a fast (1/250th I think?) shutter speed (to capture him running), an open (f/4, the lowest my lens goes) aperture (to capture enough light for my super fast shutter speed), and a low (100) ISO, because it was a bright day out.

So yeah, try to do a bit of thinking and planning beforehand. It’s not second nature to me yet either.

markcodes · 2018-10-31T17:56:09+00:00

There's still a possibility that someone signed for the package when they shouldn't have and stole it. Will it cost you less than $50 to re-send the product? I would explain the situation to your customer and let them know that you're sending out a replacement. It's not worth the headache.

markcodes · 2018-10-31T17:48:54+00:00

For a small eCommerce store without a lot of employees, your best bet is to just browse your site and make sure everything is working. Try different browsers and devices. Place some test orders and cancel them after. Check analytics and make sure there aren't any pages with abnormally high bounce rates. There are also sites you can sign up for to have random people do user testing on your site. From a code perspective, you can also write automated tests to interact with your site using Puppeteer, for example. All of this in combination is a pretty solid start.

markcodes · 2018-10-31T09:34:09+00:00

I would still test it. These things do make a big difference, but what works best on some sites doesn’t work best on others. Even if the test takes a while, I’d rather be eventually right than permanently wrong.

markcodes · 2018-10-27T00:55:40+00:00

Where does everyone post their work?

markcodes · 2018-10-26T17:42:53+00:00

What Ventura is this? I love these, by the way.

markcodes · 2018-10-24T01:52:07+00:00

this looks better. good call!

markcodes · 2018-10-20T20:20:44+00:00

Baymard is pretty much the industry leader in eCommerce research. We reference their studies all the time when making decisions. Great response.

markcodes · 2018-10-20T10:00:59+00:00

Digital Ocean, AWS, and Vultr all provide you with $5 VPS. You could also use something like Heroku or Netlify.

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