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MOA – Magento on Angular

March 5, 2015 - E-Commerce, Fire development, Magento tips & tricks

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In this post, we’ve gathered all necessary information about MOA – Magento on Angular. Standard Magento can disappoint you because of its crufty Javascript, tangled interface, and heavy SOAP APIs. Magento on Angular or MOA tries to solve these problems. AngularJS, Angular in short, is an open-source web app framework. It is maintained by Google and a wide community. MOA was designed to simplify development and testing by providing a framework for client-side MVC (model–view–controller) architecture along with other components.

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The Complete Guide To Magento Debugging

February 4, 2015 - Fire development, Magento tips & tricks

Integration of new solutions into different systems can become a headache without the knowledge of correct debugging. In case of Magento, such simple constructions as print_r() or var_dump() , var_export() don’t work. Because of heavyweight constructions, you need to investigate the new effective ways to find intermediate values or broken places. Fortunately, there are a lot of tools and methods designed to turn the debugging into a developer friendly process. Continue Reading

Improved Configurable Product – innovative way to work with configurable products in Magento!

February 4, 2015 - Our extensions

We are happy to announce a massive update for our Improved Configurable Product Magento 1.x extension – the first extension which changes the way how configurable products work in Magento. Every new feature of the module has been requested by our customers and is based on a deep analysis of a modern E-Commerce market including SEO and various advertising strategies.

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E-Commerce Trends in 2015: What should you expect?

February 3, 2015 - E-Commerce

In this topic we’re going to cover such relevant issues that can come in handy to e-commerce businessmen or just people who are interested in the further e-commerce development. Consequently, let’s figure out what we should expect down the road.

The Best PHP Frameworks 2015

January 20, 2015 - E-Commerce, Fire development

PHP programming language is extremely popular among web developers. The majority of websites are based on it, and frameworks play one of key roles in the popularisation of PHP. They include collections of software and programs, that initiate easier coding. In this post, we gathered the best PHP framework for this year.

A proper framework is necessary for more efficient work. It enables to spend less time on more functional and safer applications. If you are going to develop a robust and successful product, then choosing a right PHP framework is crucial.

Generally framework includes two major elements: the first one is a Toolbox; the second one is a Methodology. A Toolbox is a set of software components designed for writing less code. As a result you also get a less risk of errors. Under Methodology we mean an assembly diagram for applications, which allows developers to work more effectively.

Nowadays, you can find a plethora of solid PHP frameworks, which have their own advantages and disadvantages. You can always test few solutions before choosing the most suitable one. Please, let us know what PHP framework is the best by leaving your comment in the dedicated section below.

Magento 2 Modular System

January 8, 2015 - Magento 2

Magento 2 consists of several types of components: themes, modules, libraries, language packages. The Framework of Magento provides a set of core logic; libraries, PHP code, and base concepts inherited by all the components of the system.

Modules and themes of Magento 2 are used as customization units: modules provide business features, and themes provides look-and-feel features. Both modules and features have their own lifecycle, so they can be installed, disabled or deleted.

Modules can both depend on and relate to each other in different ways. At the same time, they should be independent enough to maximum flexibility for the site customization. In addition to the definition new business features, modules also define the user interface for those features. As a result modules interact with themes.

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Модульная система Magento 2

January 8, 2015 - Magento 2

Magento состоит из нескольких различных компонентов: тем, модулей, библиотек, пакетов языков. Фреймворк Magento включает в себя библиотеки, PHP код и различные базовые концепции, которые наследуются компонентами системы.

Модули и темы в Magento используются в качестве элементов кастомизации: модули наделяют сайт разными особенностями и свойствами, темы влияют на внешний вид. Как у модулей, так и у тем есть свой жизненный цикл, который позволяет устанавливать, отключать и удалять эти элементы.

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SMS integration extensions for Magento

December 18, 2014 - Magento tips & tricks

You can use SMS text messages to send automated follow-up messages, abandoned-cart notifications and other similar notices to your customers. The integration of such functions can be performed in a double-quick time. When it comes to running e-commerce SMS promotions there are a lot of different Magento extensions and tools.

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Magento Community Edition 1.9.1 and Magento Enterprise Edition 1.14.1 released!

November 25, 2014 - E-Commerce, Magento tips & tricks

A new version of Magento Enterprise Edition arrives today. Get ready for the new features, tools and responsive design capabilities. In addition, you will get faster technical issue resolution, better performance, and deeper insights.

Magento Enterprise Edition 1.14.1 includes a new drag-and-drop tool, designed to make your work with product categories much easier. There are also new abilities to assign products to categories automatically by setting up different rules. Another new feature of 1.14.1 is swatches with more detailed product information. The new version of Magento Enterprise Edition is also much more responsive: the enhanced responsive design reference theme now includes responsive emails. Better performance and security are also represented in new Magento thanks to PHP 5.5 and MySQL 5.6 support. With Enterprise Edition 1.14.1, you will get the new support tool designed to generate detailed reports, the ability to make product updates by significantly larger team of administrators simultaneously, and Google Universal Analytics support. In general, more than 70 items have been improved in 1.14.1.
You can download Magento Enterprise Edition 1.14 at My Account. And download Magento Community Edition 1.9.1 at the download page.

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Why choose Magento over WordPress for your Ecommerce Site

November 18, 2014 - E-Commerce

The war between Magento and WordPress has been in existence ever since these CMS platforms made their way into ecommerce. While WordPress supports MySQL and PHP language, Magento utilizes MySQL, PHP as well as Zend Framework. Magento also uses, model-view-controller and entity-attributes-value model to store in database.

While WordPress is a favorite for blogging platforms, Magento has carved out a name for itself as the better CMS platform for ecommerce sites. It is an open source cross-platform. Both the platforms are highly SEO friendly and has huge user base.

Magento provides powerful features as well as control of marketers to manage their respective online stores. Magento provides its users with a huge range of shopping cart plugins and payment options. The Magento Admin panel is flooded with various forms of ecommerce plugins like shipping option, price management, inventory, payment integration and the likes. It is also a trusted site for secure payment integration. The easy customization and simple management makes Magento a preferred site for people who want to build ecommerce sites.

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