Silverthemes.com, a Premium Magento Themes company, yesterday released their latest Magento ClearBlue theme. ClearBlue is focused on a clear blue line going through the whole theme. The design is made for easy customization of both colors and the overall style. The ClearBlue theme is bundled with: - Vertical Category menu (Walmart style) - MagicZoom Plus product-image magnifier - SimpleBoard magento widget These popular Magento addons are sold at almost $200 when purchased separately. The theme supports both 3-, 4- and 5-column category-pages – as well as the standard 1-column-, 2-column, (left+right)- and 3-column layout of the store. The … Full Story
On the morning of June 6th, Magento Inc announced that it had had reached an agreement to be acquired by eBay Inc. The pending acquisition – scheduled to close in the 3rd quarter of 2011 – will enable Magento to accelerate our growth and extend our reach as part of eBay Inc.’s X.commerce platform. eBay is evolving to become a strategic commerce partner focused on delivering new ways for merchants of all sizes to drive innovation. As a centerpiece of this strategy, they are building a global, open commerce platform that leverages the worldwide … Full Story
Practical eCommerce – the leader in Ecommerce news – asks industry insiders each month to share a great, innovative idea that could help an ecommerce company succeed. Here’s what ten of them had to say for the July 2009 installment. 1. Focus on Upsell Products, Roy Andre Tollefsen, Lead Designer, Silverthemes.com 2. Automation is Not a Subsitute for Outstanding Support 3. Tap Location Online to Drive Offline Sales 4. A/B Split Testing 5. Find Related Forums and Blogs 6. Don’t Be Afraid to Experiment 7. Maximize Your Profit on Every Item Sold 8. More Trust Equals More Revenue 9. Add a … Full Story
To add a Facebook Like button on each product page in Magento you simply need to add the following code anywhere in your app/design/frontend/theme/theme/template/catalog/product/view.phtml template: <a name=”fb_share” type=”button”></a> <script src=”http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share” type=”text/javascript”> </script> <?php elseif($_share == ‘facebook_like’): ?> <script src=”http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″></script><fb:like show_faces=”true” width=”450″></fb:like> <?php endif; ?> Full Story
