DEV Community: Oleg Khorev

SPA-Cart.com - design is live

Oleg Khorev — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:03:39 +0000

Dear world,

Can I know your opinion about my design?
https://spa-cart.com/

Best regards,
Oleg

Some misconception in termins: Web 2.0 or Web 3.0 design. And why we see Web 1.0 everywhere(even if people saying it's Web 3.0)

Oleg Khorev — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:34:43 +0000

Hello,

I recently talked with Google AI - he told that Web 2.0 is up to present days.

Web 3.0 - it's not design, it's technologies. Like crypto payments.

So based on that - we are looking on Web 1.0 designs, when all is clear and main focus is on real photos.

So Web 2.0 slowly disappearing.

Hope Web 2.0 will grow again.

To remind what Web 2.0 means, visit one of my recent posts here:
https://dev.to/olegkhorev/my-photoshop-skills-d-1kg1

The best software to create Web 2.0 designs - Adobe Photoshop.

Best regards,
Oleg

How Google AI told about my design idea standard :)

Oleg Khorev — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:00:02 +0000

Hello,

I recently asked Google AI:

I scattered icons and elements across the top section of my site, greatly.pro—and people are signing up and posting blogs. It’s not a huge number yet, but the frequency has increased significantly since I started marketing it, which means the design concept is working.

The idea is that a sense of focus on the site's design—and an affection for the site itself—emerges from that fluid, organic kind of disorder. What do you think?

Here is what he told:

The core idea is rooted in the IKEA Effect in UI/UX design. When users interact with a playful, flexible interface, they change it to fit their needs. This act of co-creation transforms a chaotic layout into a focused, personalized experience. By investing their own effort into arranging the elements, users develop a sense of ownership and true affection for the platform.

The phrase is "The IKEA Effect in Web Design". It can be logged in science history ;) I hope for that :)

Google AI told that:

The term "IKEA Effect" itself was originally coined and studied in a 2011/2012 behavioral economics paper by researchers Michael I. Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely, rather than a single individual originating it specifically for web design.

Best regards,
Oleg

Wanting to get opinion from at least one :)

Oleg Khorev — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:33:59 +0000

Hello,

I recently made design for SPA-Cart.com (PHP SPA CMS) - idea is to see chaos and try to focus on main thing - nice site

You can visit it here
https://spa-cart.com/?mode=test

Hope at least someone could tell me his opinion, even if it's bad^^

It's too specific design. Idea is to focus on things from chaos and get involved finally into site and focus on a product. That theory can work.

Regards,
Oleg

My photoshop skills :D

Oleg Khorev — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:15:35 +0000

If image is too small - I uploaded it here :)
https://github.com/olegkhorev/php-spa-cart/blob/main/images/photo_2026-09-30_20-13-02.jpg

SPA-Cart: modules & themes

Oleg Khorev — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:58:26 +0000

Hello,

I have added modules & themes support to SPA-Cart.

Custom module:
https://demo.spa-cart.com/module/sample_page/sample_page

Default theme:
https://demo.spa-cart.com/

Custom theme:
https://demo.spa-cart.com/module/force_theme/sample_theme

Back:
https://demo.spa-cart.com/module/force_theme/default

Admin area:
https://demoadmin.spa-cart.com/admin/modules

Admin area module management(so admin can manage every module)
https://demoadmin.spa-cart.com/admin/module_manage/sample_page

Modules are automatic installation, don't touch the core.

Just add a link to module in your design.

Best regards,
Oleg

SPA-Cart is headless coding for old-school developers.

Oleg Khorev — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:08:04 +0000

I suggested to 8 universities to learn my SPA-Cart :)

Oleg Khorev — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:28:36 +0000

Hello,

I wrote this letter to 8 world's most known universities

Hope someone will catch it :)

It's a great chance for new students to create world-wide e-commerce sites. Train the code and just play with good coded technologies.

Once again - I created even Social Network with SPA-Cart! :D
https://greatly.pro/

Best regards,
Oleg

SPA-Cart - modules & admin area & themes

Oleg Khorev — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:28:12 +0000

Hello,

Recently I finished modules and themes for customer area.

Today I made the installation form, modules management and manage module form to the admin area:

-Oleg

SPA-Cart - modules + design themes

Oleg Khorev — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:42:46 +0000

Hello,

I made modules and design themes for future marketplace for my SPA-Cart. Developers will be able to upload their modules in the admin area and it will add additional modules with own CSS styles, own JavaScript scripts and own templates.

Design themes is just 5 lines of code over my SPA-Cart templates function "my own templates engine"

Hope you like it ;)

To compare with original design
https://demo.spa-cart.com/

As for modules - they will have own "scripts.js", "styles.css" and templates.

Best regards,
Oleg

woke up.. slowly breathing... inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale and so on

Oleg Khorev — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:58:23 +0000

Embed-cart - free store on any HTML page

Oleg Khorev — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:07:28 +0000

Hello,

I developed a free embedded e-commerce CMS
https://embed-cart.com/

You can check it right now:
https://embed-cart.com/demo.html

You can be any small business - just create HTML page and insert that code there - you finally will get a free online e-commerce store with unlimited products etc.

Pay just for hosting - any cheapest hosting.

For example
https://host25cent.com/
https://host25cent.com/index.php?p=host&hid=1

Talk with support and setup it.

You are just one day away from selling online.

Whether you are catching a fish from a river, cooking or you are a small restaurant startup and need a quick MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

Any physical product can be sold online in your city or even village.

You can even sell your digital products on trust. Start from $5/product for example, and if your store will grow - you will be professional by that time and will increase your pricing.

Best regards,
Oleg