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Magento to Shopify Migration – The Ultimate Guide

- Magento 2, Shopify

Magento 2 Shopify Migration

Out with the old, in with the new? This Magento to Shopify migration guide will help you decide on the right path and guide you through the transition process. But before diving in, let’s take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

Ah, Magento. It’s the “classic car” of the e-commerce world — customizable, flexible, and, for many businesses, a tried-and-true platform. But just like that classic car, it requires regular maintenance and a bit of TLC to keep it running. Shopify, on the other hand, is like that sleek, modern electric vehicle you’ve been eyeing — fast, smooth, and built for the future.

So why make the switch? Shopify is designed to eliminate the technical hassles that often come with Magento. It’s fully hosted, meaning Shopify takes care of the backend (hosting, security, server maintenance), so you don’t have to. This lets you focus on what you love — growing your store and connecting with customers. Shopify’s clean interface, powerful app ecosystem, and dedicated support team have made it a favorite among e-commerce business owners who want to scale without sweating the small stuff.

Migrating your store from Magento to Shopify can feel overwhelming, but you can make it happen smoothly and efficiently with the right tools and approach. That’s where Firebear’s Import & Export tool steps in to simplify the process, ensuring your data transfers without a hitch. Ready to make the leap? Let’s dive in. Continue Reading

Exploring Shopware: How to Create Categories in Shopware 6

- E-Commerce, Shopware

Categories on your Shopify e-commerce store let you define the menu structure of the website, putting products in a user-friendly and intuitive order. In the following article, we shed light on how to create categories in Shopware 6. The platform offers an intuitive way to organize all possible items in a catalog. You will discover how to find categories in the Shopware 6 administration and how to manage them. After that, we explain how to add new categories in Shopware 6, covering such aspects as layout assignment, menu settings, product assignment, SEO, custom fields, and customizable links. In addition to creating Shopware 6 categories, we also discuss how to import and export them. More materials about the platform are available here: Shopware 6 Guides.
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The best must have Magento extensions 2016

Best Magento Modules

The best must have Magento extensions of 2015 can change a lot in your e-commerce store. In this post we put all the extensions into 6 major groups: “Performance”, “SEO”, “Frontend, UI, usability”, “Loyalty, referral campaigns”, “System, backend”, and “Marketing, sales”. All of them are tested and accepted by Magento developers, so you will only deal with the most reliable tools. Two other important things about “The best must have Magento extensions of 2014” are novelty and relevance of further described products.

The post is divided into the following categories:

The Best Improved Import/Export Extensions for Magento

- Magento tips & tricks

Import Export Magento Modules

Make your life easier with improved import & export Magento extensions. This category of modules enhances the default abilities of your e-commerce Magento store by adding some new useful import/export features. The default Magento provides a lot of possibilities in this area, but they are not enough to avoid headaches while migrating to/from other e-commerce systems. In this post, we gathered the best examples of reliable improved import & export Magento extensions. By using one of them, you will significantly optimize the default operations typical for  out of the box Magento.

Also, don’t miss  –  Magento product import from scratch (detailed guide, tips, tricks, errors & solutions, tools) 

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Catalog price rules core bug in Magento CE 1.9.1 and EE 1.14.1.0 (Array to string conversion error and incorrect price rules behaviour)

magento-catalog-price-rules-bugShort summary of the problem – if you have Magento catalog price rules with multiple select attributes in conditions or ONE OF price rules conditions with comma separated values – on latest Magento versions – you can have Array to string conversion error during you apply rules or incorrect rules behavior.

In this post we provide explanation and information about how to fix this Magento core bug what exists on latest Magento Community Edition 1.9.1 and Enterprise Edition 1.14.1.0 (confirmed on this versions by a lot of manualtests described below, we also know that on Magento CE 1.7 everything works fine and according to StackExchange issue can exist on all versions CE 1.8.x – 1.9.x). Issues are already reported on Magento bug tracker, but no any official patches are confirmed. Fixes provided below have been created in urgent matter for the significant Magento upgraded from 1.7 to 1.9.1. The update includes about 100 different price rules and 20000 products, fixes were tested and used on production but we can not guarantee that our core patches resolve issue complete. Keep in mind, that all code is provided without any guarantees and you can use it on your own responsibility. In a case when something went wrong, we can’t be blamed.  We hope to get official patches for Community and Enterprise editions from Magento team as soon as possible!

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The Best Alternative MySQL Database Engines For Magento – Percona, Mariadb

- Magento tips & tricks

You can always move out of MySQL. At least, there are 2 alternatives: MariaDB and Percona. MariaDB is a fork of the MySQL developed by the community under the GNU GPL from the original creators of MySQL. The intents of MariaDB include maintaining high compatibility with MySQL, ensuring a “drop-in” replacement capability with library binary equivalency and matching with MySQL commands and APIs. Percona Server is another MySQL alternative which if free and open source. It offers high scalability, improved performance, useful features, and all the necessary instrumentations. In addition, Percona relies on self-tuning algorithms and supports high-performance hardware. In this post, we gathered all the information necessary to understand whether you should stay with  MySQL or move to alternative solutions, such as MariaDB and Percona.

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Magento Community Edition 1.9.1 and Magento Enterprise Edition 1.14.1 released!

- 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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