How to remove the Create Order button from customer admin form in Magento 2
In Magento 2, there is an app/code/Magento/Customer/view/base/ui_component/customer_form.xml file with array of buttons. Create Order Button is also there: Continue Reading
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How to modify CSS files in Magento 2
In Magento 2, do not modify CSS files within pub/* or vendor/* directories, because pub is for deployment and vendor is for default structure. Instead: Continue Reading
system.xml saved config validation in Magento 2
system.xml saved config validation in Magento 2 is possible via attaching a backend model to the field and validating the value server side. Continue Reading
How to create customer groups programmatically in Magento 2
To create customer groups programmatically in Magento 2, use $group->save() on the model returned by the GroupFactory: Continue Reading
Magento 2 Component Manager
We’ve recently covered such important topic as Magento 2 components, so it’s time to shed light on the Magento 2 Component Manager. Below, you will find a brief description of this solution, which is available in Magento 2 after you install the Magento application. The purpose of the component manager is simple – it helps to keep all modules, themes, language packages (Magento 2 components) up to date. Continue Reading
Magento 2 Components (module, theme, language packages)
Below, you will find a post about the definition, installation, and structure of Magento 2 components. If you are new to the platform, the following information will help you get a deeper insight into Magento 2. If you do not understand the difference between modules and components or have no ideas about the Magento 2 component structure, then you’ve come to the right place.
Magento 2 FAQ
Below, you will find the Magento 2 FAQ with the most important questions and answers from the Magento 2.0 Developer Webinar. Core aspects of the platform, innovative features, dramatic improvements and changes are described below. Continue Reading
The Official Magento 2 User Guide
In this post we will show you where to find the official Magento 2 User Guide as well as provide links to our own articles, which are helpful if you are trying to master the new version of the platform. Let’s start with the Magento 2 Community Edition documentation. Continue Reading
Magento 2 UI Components
Flexible UI rendering in Magento 2 is possible due to the usage of UI components. By utilizing them, you configure every page of your ecommerce website. Besides, Magento 2 UI components are responsible for supporting interactions of JavaScript components with a server. Acting as modules, they are situated under the Magento\UI namespace. Below, you will find a brief description of basic Magento 2 UI components as well as useful links for a further acquaintance with the subject. Continue Reading
Magento 2 Seminar in The Netherlands (January 22nd 2016)
Now that Magento 2 is here, the community is slowly getting adjusted to the existence of this great new platform. However, one question that is raised often is “When should I migrate?”. The blunt answer to this is “When you are ready!”, which of course leads to new questions like “How do I know when I am ready?”. The point is that Magento 2 is entirely new – it requires a different approach from hosting providers with new Virtual Host settings and an up-to-date PHP stack, it requires a complete rewrite of code of Magento 1 extensions, it requires different building procedures for themes (LESS, SASS, Grunt), it requires a lot. However, the technology is cool and there are many good reasons to migrate to Magento 2 – performance, less conflicts, more stability, testing built-in, etcetera. So for you as Magento professional, the question is not “if” you are going to migrate to Magento 2, but “when”. Continue Reading