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Improved CMS for Magento 2

November 14, 2015 - Magento 2

If you think that Magento 2 does not require any improvements related to CMS pages, you are mistaken. Although the default Magento 2 CMS is better that a similar solution available in 1.x, it still can be enhanced. You Magento 2 website needs not only effectively organized content, but also good looking blocks of information. Thus, you can revamp your ecommerce store with the aid of Magento 2 CMS extensions. Such Magento 2 modules are designed to gain maximum productivity from your routine related to organizing blocks of news, users’ comments, pictures of goods you sell, or all possible videos you are going to post on your Magento website. Continue Reading

Shipping Methods Implementation in Magento 2

November 3, 2015 - Magento 2

Magento 2 Shipping Methods Implementation

Below, we discuss such an important topic as the Magento 2 shipping methods implementation. The article includes useful Magento 2 tutorials and the description of sample third party extensions as well as core Magento 2 modules. If you are going to master the implementation of shipping methods in Magento 2, the following post can help you achieve your goal. Continue Reading

How to include the name of a module in Magento 2

October 12, 2015 - Magento 2

To include the module name in Magento 2, you should use the following code: Continue Reading

How to Uninstall Magento 2 Modules and Restore Magento 2 Backups (Rollbacks)

September 8, 2015 - Magento 2

Uninstall Magento 2 Extensions; Restore Magento 2 Rollbacks

In this Magento 2 tutorial, I explain how to uninstall Magento 2 modules. You have several uninstallation options, such as removing the modules’ code, database data, and database schema. I highly recommend you to create backups before doing any changes, because you will leave a chance to recover the data if something goes wrong.

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How to get the сollection of custom Magento 2 modules

September 7, 2015 - Magento 2

Take your constructor and inject the model collection factory into it:

protected $mymodulemodelFactory; public function __construct( .... \[Namespace]\[Module]\Model\Resource\[Entity]\CollectionFactory $mymodulemodelFactory, ... ) { ... $this->mymodulemodelFactory = $mymodulemodelFactory; ... }

1	protected $mymodulemodelFactory; public function __construct( .... \[Namespace]\[Module]\Model\Resource\[Entity]\CollectionFactory $mymodulemodelFactory, ... ) { ... $this->mymodulemodelFactory = $mymodulemodelFactory; ... }

It is possible to use it in any class method:

$collection = $this->mymodulemodelFactory->create(); Continue Reading

How to check if a Magento 2 module has been successfully installed

September 7, 2015 - Magento 2

To check if your Magento 2 module has been successfully installed, use the following code:

$this->_moduleManager->isEnabled('Vendor_Module')

1	$this->_moduleManager->isEnabled('Vendor_Module')

This is the most convenient method among available now. Continue Reading

Adding custom CSS/JS to your Magento 2 modules

September 7, 2015 - Magento 2

There are several options for adding custom CSS/JS to your Magento 2 modules, and the following one is the easiest. Continue Reading

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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A/B Testing for Magento 2

January 6, 2015 - Magento 2

Magento 2 A/B Testing

A/B testing provides a lot of opportunities when it comes to improving your current ecommerce experience. A/B test various user-oriented features your Magento 2 website offers to find out what can be changed and how it should be changed. By testing two different variations of the same feature, you will find out which one works better. Hence, Magento 2 A/B testing is a mandatory procedure when you are trying to improve the user experience of your online store. Continue Reading

Magento 2 Full Page Cache Extensions

January 6, 2015 - Magento 2

Magento 2 FPC (Full Page Cache)

Full page cache extensions offers the best possible way to increase the speed of your Magento 2 website. Such modules automatically generate and deliver a page to a visitor who is on that page for the first time. The copy of this page is saved to cache. As a result, all pages of your Magento 2 website get cached copies which the system uses instead of generating new pages from scratch. Thus, full page caching reduces database and server loads and decreases page load time, so don’t hesitate to use Magento 2 full page cache extensions. Continue Reading