Magento will be releasing new Magento Professional Edition
We have now got informasjon from trusted sources on that Varien is planning to release a Magento Professional Edition. The Professional Edition will include most of the features from Magento Enterprise, including Customer Credits and Gift Cards. We know this has been heavily asked-for by many clients and this will guaranteed boost Magento even more. We will be following this more next week and bring you more up to date news on it as we get it. Full Story
Google Analytics issue in Magento 1.4
If you have upgraded to Magento 1.4.0.0 and 1.4.0.1 your Google Analytics tracking will not work any more. This is due to two bugs in these releases which misses a essential line in the Google Analytics code in Magento Core. Full Story
Magento Enterprise 1.8 released
Magento Enterprise 1.8 was released earlier today, with many new exciting features. New Features in Enterprise Edition Version 1.8 Magento Enterprise Edition Version 1.8 features a new module enabling merchants to increase customer retention through sending configurable, automated email reminders for abandoned shopping carts and wishlists. This enables merchants to target promotions and discounts to customers based on browsing activity. Magento Enterprise Edition Version 1.8 also includes the addition of Solr as an alternative search engine to the standard Magento search, providing options to merchants for on-site search, and bringing enhancements to the speed, … Full Story
Free Magento theme
Today Silverthemes.com released a 100% free Magento theme over at SmashingMagazine.com. The theme, a grungy really SM-styled theme, got a lot of positive feedback from the community right after release. Be sure to check out the free Magento theme. Full Story
Best Magento theme so far?
Silverthemes has released the Magento Brage theme a few weeks ago, with a huge success. Already almost 100 stores have purchased the theme and either used it as-is or customized it to fit a particular design. The Brage theme also come in six different color schemes, which can be selected directly from the Magento Admin without having to touch any code whatsoever. Below are some screenshots of the theme. Full Story
Magento Version 1.3.2.3 released
Magento Community 1.3.2.3 was released yesterday. We have gone through the update and although this is a minor update it solves several critical issues, like PayPal payment handling which has had a few issues around capture. The 1.3.2.3-release also solves several issues related to Category management, plus add a speed improvement to the general maintenance of the categories, which is very welcome. To see a full list of the issues solved go here: http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/release_notes#Release%20Notes%20-%20Magento%201.3.2.3%20%28July%2022,%202009%29 Download the diff-file for this update here: http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.3.2.3/1.3.2.2-1.3.2.3.diff Full Story
Silverthemes releases new Magento theme
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
Official Magento User Guide Book released
The Magento User Guide provides the site administrator with detailed instructions addressing the platform’s innumerable functions. From setting up your store to managing your products, pages and promotions to generating detailed reports, the User Guide empowers our ever-widening customer to utilize the platform for all of its vast capacity. Serving as a handy problem solving solution as well as a practical step by step guide, the User Guide is sure to become a cost-effective partner in your Magento store implementation. The e-book version cost $24,95 while the printed version cost $32,95. For more details … Full Story
Magento reaches 1 million downloads (and counting)
A major milestone has been reached as Magento surpasses the 1,000,000 million download count. Varien’s CEO Roy Rubin says he is extremely grateful to the community, the partners and the eCommerce world that embraced Magento so warmly over the past 16 months the stable release has been out. Full Story
Top 3 Great Magento Themes
We’ve seen lots of magento themes coming up since the very first official release of Magento in early 2008. Some of these themes are really great, while most of them really lacks the premium content needed for a professional store. Now and then we pick the best Magento themes around. In this first post we’ve picked three great themes from Silverthemes.com, one of the “seniors” in this market. 1. Magento Tubetheme The TubeTheme by Silverthemes is really a great theme. The design is very clean, inspired by YouTube. The functionality includes both 3-, 4- … Full Story