Joel Holtzman  / 
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Magento Connect Tutorial – DIY Magento Extension Installation

One of the most valuable features of Magento is the ability to install both free and paid modules / extensions without having to use FTP and without having to have any experience working with modules. The feature that makes this possible is called Magento Connect. Please note, in order to use this, you will have […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
9 min read

Magento: How To Apply Shopping Cart / Checkout Discounts

One great incentive for people to visit your site is the opportunity to receive a discount through a special promotion or via coupons. Magento comes with the ability to create a wide range of special discounts through the use of coupons but not every store owner is sure how to use it. Today you will […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
8 min read

How to Add Content to a Magento Category Landing Page

One of the nice features of Magento is the ability to easily add content to a category landing page without having to edit any theme template files. This comes in handy when you have a special promotion or any urgent message you want to communicate to your customers who view certain product categories. I am […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
4 min read

ShopSite – A Third Party eCommerce Alternative

As an eCommerce web developing company, we often find ourself working with a lot of 3rd party eCommerce software, whether it is a plugin for WordPress or something as large scale as Magento. Each of our clients has a particular need and sometimes, despite preferring to work with those two solutions, we adapt to other […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
7 min read

Magento Trick: How To Quickly Update All Product Meta Information

One of the most important things you can do in terms of SEO practices is ensure you have accurate Meta tag information for each product in your catalog. Unfortunately, if you have already set up a lot of products this would be a time consuming process as you would have to go through each one […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
11 min read

Magento Tutorial – Creating Multi-Language Stores in Magento

In the previous article, we went over how to create new Magento store views and work with them. Today I am going to show you how to take this ability a step further by allowing you to create a multi-language website that will translate automatically as well as allow you to create custom content, and […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
7 min read

Magento Tutorial- Creating Multiple Store Views In Magento

One of the most important and powerful features of Magento is the ability to create multiple store views. This means you can offer visitors different ways to browse your Magento website based on their location, while allowing for management of multiple websites and stores within one Magento installation. For instance, you can have a store […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
6 min read

Magento Go – The Pros And Cons of Self Hosted Magento

Magento Go is a hosted Magento solution that allows business owners to run a store quickly without having to invest in a web hosting company, web designer and web developer. With the endless options available to create a plug ‘N play Magento store it can be very tempting for a first time web store owner […]

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