Magento continues to amaze me every day and our stores are doing phenomenally well since migrating to the platform. This week I’ve begun building a Magento powered online store for a client. Most of the setup is straightforward but Magento fails in one simple and mundane task. The Contact Form.
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My recommended Magento Extensions
In this last part of my little Magento series, I’m going to list extensions that I currently use along with their costs Minerva Shipping Extension http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/pickup-at-event-multiple-flatrates.html – FREE – This extension offers your customers the option to collect their order at your store (or other collection points) Web Forms http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/webforms-community-edition.html – FREE – A nifty [...]
Getting Started with Magento: Store Front Design
Firstly, default Magento skin should only be used as your first time test store, rest assured it’ll look bland downright embarassing using that as your official store front. I would suggest browsing the Magento Connect repository for hundreds of free and premium themes that you can download or purchase, I decided to go with www.HelloThemes.com [...]
Magento and Hosting
In my last post I explained why i chose Magento Community Edition (see here), in this post I’ll share how i got started. First things first. Find a Webhost! There are hundreds of bloggers ranting about how unstable Magento is and how resource heavy it is. Yes Magento is a resource hog, but if your [...]
Adventures with Magento
Over the last few months my recent twitter timeline has been littered with Magento related tweets and after chatting and advising a few I decided to punch out a few Magento blog posts. Over the next few posts I’ll share my adventures with Magento and ecommerce in South Africa. As it stands right now, 2 [...]
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