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Introduction to Magento (BathSpark Sept 2012)

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September 27, 2012

Introduction to Magento (BathSpark Sept 2012)

Introduction to the open-source platform to the BathSpark community. Covers a little history, features of the platform and advantages and disadvantages.

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  1. Who uses it? -  Sierra Nevada -  Paul Smith - 

    Toms -  Lenovo -  The North Face -  Olympus -  The Queen
  2. Leaf Ecommerce Infrastructure -  Magento -  Brightpearl / Linnworks - 

    Mailchimp / Emailvision -  Wordpress / Custom CMS
  3. Hate -  Files, files everywhere. -  Learning curve -  Hosting

    requirements -  Admin interface isn’t sexy
  4. History 2007 - Magento 1.0 2009 - Magento Enterprise 2011

    - eBay buy-out - Magento Go 2013 - Magento 2.0 due
  5. Oh, okay, features -  Various Product Types -  Manage Stores,

    Catalogue, Orders and Customers from Admin.
  6. Oh, okay, features Product Browsing - Layered Navigation - Comparison

    - Wishlist - Reviews - Crosssells, Upsells & Related Products
  7. Oh, okay, features Customer Accounts - Repeat Orders - Recently

    Ordered - Order Tracking - Address Book
  8. Oh, okay, features Payment Providers - PayPal - Authorize.net -

    Google Wallet - Moneybookers - SagePay (extension)
  9. Enterprise -  Indemnification & Warranty -  Support -  Features - 

    Stage Content -  Improved CMS -  SOLR Search -  RMA -  Full Page Caching -  Advanced Account Permissions -  Customer Attributes
  10. Tips -  Factor in developer costs -  Finding the right

    dev. -  Extension count -  Open-source != cheap/ easy -  Needs suitable hosting
  11. Tips Already using Magento? -  Cache enabled -  JS/CSS minified

    & merged -  Compilation enabled -  Profile the site -  .htaccess setup -  Google Analytics Data
  12. Devs -  PHP with ZF -  Themes -  XML configuration

    -  PHTML -  Customisations -  Modular -  MVC