Will you be switching to Magento 2.0?

Contributed by Blaisy R on Nov 21 2013

  Magento2 beta has been out for a while now and we’ve been busy snooping around with it as well. Here’s what we’ve found so far. Now we already know that Magento 2.0 runs on PHP 5.3 and Zend Framework. While on the database front, it will support MySQL,  MSSQL, Oracle and...

Magento Extensions we use for customization of email, product display and content

Contributed by Govind Dalwani on Sep 20 2013

The Magento extension we use for the purpose of Content is:

AW_Blog

Company:

Aheadworks

Project used in:

Giftease.com

Rock.in

Miraistore

Extension URL:

www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/blog-community-edition.html

Description:

The Blog extension for Magento allows you to add blog content using this extension. It not only provides customers with regular up-to-date information but brings additional visitors to your site, builds relevant SEO-friendly...

Magento Extensions We Use – Checkout

Contributed by Govind Dalwani on Sep 13 2013

The Magento extensions we use for the purpose of checkout are:

1.) EcommerceTeam_Ddc

Company:

Ecommerce Team

Project used in:

Giftease.com

Extension URL:

www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/delivery-date-and-comment.html

Description:

The Magento delivery date and customer comment extension provides the customer an option to set an appropriate date of shipping and to leave comments to the store owner.

Why...

Magento Performance Comparison Between AWS and Digital Ocean - A Few Findings

Contributed by Anoop on Aug 22 2013

We did a performance comparison between Amazon AWS and Digital Ocean and here is our preliminary findings. We set up base Magento on AWS as well as on DigitalOcean (DO) (SSD based cloud) and did some tests using sample data. In all cases, AWS version was faster loading by 20 to...

Magento Extensions We Use – Product Configuration – Part – 2

Contributed by Govind Dalwani on Aug 21 2013

The Magento extensions we use for the purpose of 'Product Configuration' are:

1.)Manage popular products

Company: Neev Technologies Extension URL: http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/neev-popular-product-7185.html Description: The Manage Popular products extension that Magento provides is the best solution to manage your site’s product popularity count. The extension adds a "Sort by popularity" option to your product listing page...

Magento Extensions We Use – Navigation – Part – 4

Contributed by Govind Dalwani on Aug 6 2013

The Magento extensions we use for navigation are:

1.) Infinite Scroll Extension

Company:

Comvos

Project Name:

Rock.in

Extension URL:

http://www.comvos.de/magento-shop/en/infinite-scroll-endless-scroll-magento-extension.html

Description:

The Infinite Scroll Extension improves the conversion rates of shops that list many articles. This extension works with filters, list and grid views of web stores. This extension helps to increase your conversion rate with Infinite...

Magento Extensions We Use – Products Configuration – Part – 1

Contributed by Govind Dalwani on Aug 5 2013

1.) Hwg_Attributemanager

Company:

Officience

Project Name:

Giftease.com

Extension URL:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/customer-attributes-manager-5092.html

Description:

The Customer Attributes Manager extension helps developers to manage attributes easily. There is no limit on the number of customer attributes that can be added. They are: List all attributes in grid of admin Ability to edit, drop attributes Text field, text area, drop down, multiple select and date field...

Magento Extensions We Use – Navigation – Part – 2

Contributed by Govind Dalwani on Jul 25 2013

The Magento extensions we use for navigation are:

1.) AJAX Scroll for listing & details page

Company:

RapidCommerce

Project Name:

Giftease.com

Extension URL:

Click Here

Description:

This extension allows you to scroll through listings and details of the pages without pagination numbers.

Why we chose this extension:

The client's requirement was to scroll through the...

Magento Extensions We Use - Navigation - Part - 1

Contributed by Govind Dalwani on Jul 6 2013

The Magento extensions we use for navigation are:

1.) Custom Menu: Company: WebAndPeople

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Project Name:

Giftease.com •

Extension URL:

Click Here

Description:

The extension allows customization of top menu drop downs and displays all sub categories at once. You can also set the width of each static block. The extensions...

IRCE 2013 Round Up

Contributed by admin on Jun 12 2013

The Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE)-2013 was held at the McCormick Place- Chicago from the 4th to the 7th of June 2013. Considered as one of the biggest eCommerce exhibitions in the world, it had over 5000 attendees participating.  

Day1:

Day-1 started with workshops on e-Commerce Technology, Amazon &...