Amasty Product Option Templates for Magento 2

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

The availability of multiple product options for the goods sold on an online store is an essential factor for attracting customers’ attention and motivating them to make a purchase. Unfortunately, default Magento 2 misses the functionality that would allow store managers to add all relevant options to the catalog products quickly. If you run your website on the out-of-the-box platform, you need to create all necessary attribute values manually and then add them to appropriate items one by one.

For merchants who want to simplify the tedious process of creating custom product variants, Amasty offers a solution – Product Option Templates Magento 2 extension. The module will help Magento 2 admins save hours on doing manual work. With the provided tools, you will be able to create multiple templates with custom product options and assign them to any number of items. This way, you will provide your customers with a better selection of goods and improve your sales.

Below, we provide an overview of the Magento 2 advanced product options module’s features. 

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Magenest Instagram Integration for Magento 2

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Cross-channel marketing is a winning solution for ecommerce businesses, that leads to increased profit and brand recognition. Lately, social media marketing is gaining popularity as one of the most efficient ways to promote goods and attract new customers. If you are looking into the ways to sell your products or services on other marketplaces beyond your Magento 2 store, Instagram is one of the best choices. To easily integrate your online shop with Instagram and streamline content management across a few sales channels, we advise installing the Magenest extension – Instagram Integration for Magento 2.

The Magento 2 module enables online merchants to pull images from their Instagram account and showcase them as a slider on any webpage. The extension offers extensive customization options and management tools for making your Instagram gallery fit into your website layout in the best way. Below, we describe the functionality of the Magento 2 Instagram shop module in more detail and show how to configure it in the admin panel.

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Magento 2 Backend Exploration: CMS Blocks

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 CMS blocks

In this article, you will discover how Magento 2 backend is arranged. We continue exploring its Content section, and today our attention is drawn to CMS blocks and a corresponding screen that stores all of them. Below, we describe how the appropriate grid looks and how to manage it. We also shed light on such aspects as the creation of new CMS blocks. Their import and export to/from Magento 2 are described in separate chapters as well. Continue Reading

Magento 2 Backend Exploration: CMS Pages

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

magento 2 cms pages add edit import export

Below, we dive deep under the hood of Magento 2 backend, exploring its Content section. In this article, we describe Pages – a screen where all CMS pages are stored. Below, you can discover how the appropriate grid looks. Besides, we explain how to manage its content. The article also touches upon such aspects as the creation of new CMS pages. If you are wondering how to transfer them to your e-commerce store, you can also find the answer below. Continue Reading

Magento 2 Backend Exploration: User Content & Reviews

- Fire development, Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 product reviews

The following article continues our series dedicated to the Magento 2 backend. It described two sections of user-generated content: Reviews and Pending Reviews. As you might have guessed from their names, both are tightly connected and let you manage product reviews your store visitors write on your website. Below, we explore how to manage this type of content as well as shed light on how to import/export product reviews. Continue Reading

Amasty Advanced Product Reviews for Magento 2

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

When selling products online, providing store visitors with product reviews is vital for making one’s business profitable. This way, you help online shoppers to decide on what to buy while they can’t examine a product physically. Reviews left by other customers act almost as personal recommendations and build trust in your brand and quality of goods. Besides, product reviews are an excellent source of user-generated content, which helps you to rank higher in Google.

Today, we are describing a solution that enables merchants to organize the convenient process of collecting product reviews on their ecommerce sites – Amasty Advanced Product Reviews for Magento 2. The extension provides website visitors with a user-friendly interface allowing them to share their opinion on your products in the most comfortable way. By installing the Magento 2 module, you also save the time of your store administrators on managing submitted reviews.

Below, we explore deeper the features of the Magento 2 product reviews module by Amasty and show how it works in the backend and frontend.

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FireBear Improved Import & Export for Magento 2 – Extension Change Log

- Magento 2, Our extensions
improved import and export - Magento 2 extension
Improved Import & Export for Magento 2
Extension Manual | FAQ | Demo | Sample Files

Improved Import Export Magento 2 Roadmap – vote for the most exciting features and we will implement them first. Leave your suggestions in the comments and we will add them to the poll.

3.2.2 (released 19.11.2019)

Features

  • Added new entity Catalog Price Rules import and export
  • Excel files can now fetch sheets through other sources

Bugfixes

  • Fixed issue with php 7.3.11 breaking on using continue in switch statements
  • Widget entity import and export format updated
  • Fixed issue with saving attribute_set_id for eav_attribute_group table
  • Fixed issue with category name not exporting store view level
  • Fixed issue with file path field missing in import jobs
  • URL key now properly cleared with ‘Only Update’ behavior
  • Fixed issue with configurable product with values like 0 or 00

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FireBear Improved Configurable Product for Magento 2 – Extension Change Log

- Magento 2, Our extensions
Improved Configurable Product for Magento 2
Extension Manual | Guide to configurable products

Improved Configurable Product for Magento 2 – the complete enhancement for configurable product, allowing for dynamic content updates, custom options for configurable products and many more.

1.5.0

Features

  • QTY of products in stock is now displayed at the product page
  • Matrix grid can now be enabled per product
  • Added mass actions for configurable product attributes used in matrix grid
  • URL rewrites extension command can now be applied to products with all visibility settings, not only ‘not visible individually’
  • Added an option to enable/disable breadcrumb updates
  • Added an option to display a drop-down (attribute type) on the product pages with matrix grid enabled
  • Full Magento 2.3 compatibility

Fixed bugs

  • Fixed issue with the recalculation of the price of the bundle product in which there is a configurable product in decimal
  • Fixed issue with escaping characters in canonical URL
  • Fixed issue with setting up area code in the command line
  • Fixed issue with di:compile for Magento 2.2.*
  • Fixed issue with di:compile for Magento 2.2.8
  • Fixed issue with recalculating the tier prices when the qty the product option uses decimals
  • Fixed issue with displaying tier prices in the matrix of a configurable product
  • Fixed the “detail tab” improperly displaying for Magento 2.3.x
  • Fixed issue when the variation of the configurable product has only one custom option with the type ‘file’
  • Fixed issue when the variation of the configurable product has custom options with the type ‘text’
  • Fixed issue when the variation of the configurable product has custom options with the type ‘select’
  • Fixed issue with default Magento 2 placeholder images displayed for out of stock simple products
  • Fixed issue with price range applied to the wrong products at the product details page
  • Fixed issue when customers aren’t allowed to change a previous selection in some cases
  • Fixed issue with editing products in the shopping cart
  • Fixed issue with tier price display for the variations of configurable products in a bundle
  • Fixed issue with displaying regular price at the bundle product page. Regular price will now be displayed only for the ‘fixed’ price type
  • Matrix grid can now be enabled per store view
  • Fixed issue with ‘Maximum function nesting level’
  • Fixed a broken bundle product page on Magento 2.3.2
  • Fixed issue with display the default price when loading a page of a configurable product
  • Fixed issue with duplicating custom options in the cart
  • Fixed issue with ‘As low as’ label not being properly removed
  • Added mass update of matrix axis attributes
  • Added possibility to hide prices for ‘Not Logged In’ customers
  • Fixed issue with displaying image swatches
  • Removed custom image sorting in the product gallery
  • Fixed issue with price recalculation when using custom options of ‘checkbox’ type
  • Fixed issue at the wish list page
  • Fixed issue with adding a bundle product with options that have configurable product in the wish list
  • Added a condition to display only ‘From’ price if the min price is equal to the max price
  • Added automatic updates of the product name in the summary block at bundle product pages
  • Added automatic updates of the images of the bundle product options
  • Fixed issue with the wrong size of the main image at configurable product pages
  • Fixed issue with video playback at configurable product pages
  • Price “From” of the product bundle option now properly considers child configurable product prices
  • Fixed issue with automatically updating description block at the product pages
  • Fixed issue at the checkout page when choosing shipping method for a bundle product with a configurable products attached
  • Fixed issue with removing the variations of a custom products, when the variation has a required custom option
  • Fixed issue where the breadcrumbs and URLs were not properly updated when removing selection on the child products

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Why Magento Stores Should Run on Cloudways

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Magento tips & tricks

Magento Cloudways

The idea of making money with ecommerce business sounds enticing. When you sell your products online, you always get an opportunity to keep an eye on your business’ progress at all times. Before starting your ecommerce journey, it’s better to plan and structure your online store’s marketing strategy smartly to create a valuable impact on the visitors.

When it comes to sustaining online presence, while aspiring to increase sales, reliable hosting is one of the most ignored elements, which if given due consideration, forms the bedrock of your online store operations.    Continue Reading