Private Sales in Magento Enterprise give two very useful features: The first, creating Invitations to create an account. These can be sent out in an emails and can be further configured to allow only those who receive an invitation to create an account. The second is Events which is a sales based restriction period from […]

Creating a staging environment in Magento Enterprise simply means creating an environment that is not visible to customers, and where one can test out different features and make modifications without worrying about their store breaking or the visitors seeing any errors on the frontend. If you have a Magento Enterprise website this tutorial will go […]

Update: If you are looking for Configurable Swatches on Magento 2, please visit our Magento 2 article here. Creating color swatches on your Magento eCommerce website can be time-consuming, but it pays off with higher sales. You are more likely to make an online sale when options are right there on the product page. You […]

One of the most exciting features of Magento is the ability to run multiple websites with one installation. This is possible with the use of the Magento Multi Site (multi store) feature. Setting up a multi site environment in Magento is quite complex and tricky. We have gone through this process a few times now […]

One topic of discussion that always leaves room for debate among the Magento community is how to upgrade your Magento store. Due to the unique nature of each store, it’s easy to run into errors or complications. If you are trying to upgrade your Magento store from Magento 1.7.0 to Magento 1.9.1, the following tips […]

Update: 6-13-14 As stated in the comments section of this blogpost there is a rendering problem with the default Magento 1.9 theme. There are potential conflicts where this responsive theme sometimes does not work on Chrome and Windows 8 operating systems and browsers. I will be updating this post accordingly as soon as we gather […]

For any e-commerce website to survive, they need to have a steady stream of visitors who can turn into customers. One of the major hurdles for small e-commerce websites is finding ways to consistently bring in traffic without spending a lot of money on advertising. They do not realize that while advertising can be effective, […]

When it comes to integrating WordPress with Magento, one of our favorite modules to work with is Fishpig’s excellent and free “Magento WordPress Integration” module. You can learn more about it and, if you choose to, install it yourself by clicking here. For the sake of this tutorial, and for your own benefit, I strongly […]

There comes a point, as a store owner, where you want to be able to export your orders and keep track of them separately from the Magento admin interface. Unfortunately, Magento only offers the option to export all orders at once which means you are not able to select random orders for export. Thankfully there […]