Category: Magento
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What Is Magento BI Essentials?
When it comes to building a better Magento store, Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics are your best friend. In years past, Magento store operators had to rely on third-party BI and analytics tools. But not anymore. Magento Commerce comes off-the-shelf support with its very own BI suite, known as Magento Business Intelligence Essentials, Magento BI…
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6 Best Practices Before Installing a Magento Extension
One of the reasons that Magento is so popular is because it has a great extension marketplace. Using extensions can easily add more functionality to your website without creating your own custom code. From adding payment gateways to supporting customer reviews and more, extensions are highly versatile. But having too many extensions can cause your…
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What does Magento and Honeycomb cereal have in common?
Magento’s big…yeah yeah yeah! It’s not small…no no no! Magento’s got…a big big base! Big big bunch for a big big bite! If the above sounds familiar, it’s from Honeycomb’s jingle from the 1980’s: Honeycomb’s big…yeah yeah yeah! It’s not small…no no no! Honeycomb’s got…a big big taste! Big big crunch for a big big…
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Ready-Made or Custom-Made Theme For Your Magento Store?
You need a suit. You could go for a custom-made Armani for $4,000. Or, a Marshall’s special Van Heusen for $99.99. Both will do the job. So how do you decide? It depends on your needs. If you’re closing a big deal on a private jet, you may need that Armani. If you just need…
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5 Reasons to Migrate to Magento 2 (Yesterday!)
Yes. Magento will be sunsetting in June 2020. Here’s Magento’s official statement. For those of you without a calendar handy, that means you’ve got less than a year to migrate to Magento 2. But why wait? Magento 2 is – in every regard – is a huge improvement on its predecessor. Yes, migrating to the…
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6 Quick Tips for Magento On-Page Product Optimization
Have you ever shopped at one of those deep-discount stores? The aisles can be a wreck. Products are sprawled out in the aisle, on the floor, in random piles — anywhere but where they should be. Finding what you’re looking for is a nightmare. Think of your on-page product descriptions as aisles of a store. …
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7 Warning Signs It’s Time To Upgrade To Magento Commerce
What are the sweetest words you can hear when renting a car? “We’ve upgraded you for free.” Yes! Instead of the Chevy Spark you reserved, you’re now sitting pretty in your Lincoln MKS. Oh yeah. And you can do a lot more with your Lincoln: Voice-activated dual-zone front automatic air conditioning. Heated and cooled leather…
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14 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Magento Agency
Imagine you woke up to an Apache assault helicopter parked in your driveway. The card says, “Have fun. Love, Dad.” Disregard for a moment why your father would give you the top attack helicopter in the world. The bigger question is: What to do with this beast of a chopper attracting the attention of your neighbors?!…
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Magento 2.3.2 Update
Before we dive into all the goodies in Magento 2.3.2, here are some important links: Magento 2.3.2 download Magento 2.3.2 system requirements What’s new for Magento 2.3.2? 130+ product quality improvements 75+ security improvements 356 closed issues Braintree payment method integration with checkout Bluefoot data migration tool (only for Magento Commerce) Storefront accessibility improvements Google…
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The Biggest, Baddest Magento Myths. Debunked.
Loch Ness. Bigfoot. The lost city of Atlantis. Myths fascinate and captivate us. Partly because they’re so far-fetched. Which brings us to myths surrounding Magento. As Magento developers, we come across many eCommerce entrepreneurs who are misled by common Magento myths. So in this article, we’re going to debunk 5 of the biggest, baddest Magento…