Posted on: 26th Feb 2010
By: Adam
For e-commerce web designers who want to set up their own Magento website, it is worth noting that the choice of domain name should be considered very carefully. We all know that for SEO purposes a keyword-rich domain name is beneficial, but Varien makes it very clear in their [...]
Read More…
Posted on: 24th Feb 2010
By: Rob
When it comes to developing websites a lot of people find books (yes proper paper-based, hold-in-your-hands books) the easiest resource to follow. There’s something about the methodical process of turning pages that aids us when it comes to piecing together complex lines of code.
Over the coming weeks myself (Rob) [...]
Read More…
Posted on: 23rd Feb 2010
By: Adam
If you’re wondering if your current web server supports a Magento Site, there’s a PHP script you can run which tells you exactly what requirements your server meets and doesn’t meet. Thanks to folks from the official Magento forum, you can find out within seconds, and without looking at [...]
Read More…
Posted on: 19th Feb 2010
By: Rob
Here at E-Commerce Website Design we always come up against certain flaws in the way in which Magento is coded. Most of these flaws we can solve, but some are just so deeply hard-coded into the framework that all we can do is hack away at it to produce [...]
Read More…
Posted on: 18th Feb 2010
By: Adam
A problem that has appeared for several people with update of Magento has been that the ‘Browse’ and ‘Upload’ buttons have been missing from Images section of a product creation. The most common cause of this problem is not having the latest flash player installed, or having other vital [...]
Read More…