Magento

Hiding Product Prices in Magento
Hiding Product Prices in Magento
Joel Holtzman

One of the more common requests that online merchants have is for hiding the price of a product, or certain products, in Magento. While this might seem like a straightforward topic, it reality it can involve quite a few modifications depending on the exact request and the exact needs of the client. First and foremost, the […]

What Reporting Does Magento Offer?
What Reporting Does Magento Offer?
Alyssa Schaad

Magento offers all sorts of functionality for selling, customer management, product creation, and so much more. One out-of-the-box feature includes sales reporting, a tool that can provide you with a lot of information about store activity. Magento’s reporting shows statistics for sales, shopping carts, products, customers, and things like SEO statistics and product reviews. To […]

What is Zurb Foundation & How It Can Improve Your Responsive Website?
What is Zurb Foundation & How It Can Improve Your Responsive Website?
Alyssa Schaad

What is Zurb Foundation? Zurb Foundation is a responsive front-end framework. The framework is mobile-friendly and ready to be customized any way you want to use it. It is compatible with almost all browsers and devices. Foundation is built with HTML, CSS and Javascript, the core components of the Web. Foundation recently decided to build […]

How To Set Up & Configure Solr Search in Magento Enterprise
How To Set Up & Configure Solr Search in Magento Enterprise
Joel Holtzman

Solr is a search engine that supports: stemming, plurals, replacements, layered navigation, etc. While it does not come included with Magento Enterprise, and must be installed separately, it has marked improvements to the standard Magento search features. Solr’s search engine has improved search performance, search results relevancy, layered navigation performance, and support for any spelling/synonyms/stop […]

What’s Trending: 2015 eCommerce Website Design
What’s Trending: 2015 eCommerce Website Design
Luis Amador

Every year web design trends change fairly quickly. Some stick around longer than others, and some can can get pretty overused. Sticking to what’s always trendy isn’t always the way to go, but a designer can always take those trends, build upon them to create your own unique style. Listed below are some great examples […]

Make the Most of the Magento Order Success Page
Make the Most of the Magento Order Success Page
Caitlin Mekita

The order success page on Magento websites is one of those often forgotten pages that is rarely customized. Most merchants don’t realize that the success page is a great opportunity to renew your customers trust and loyalty, while encouraging them to return for more purchases. The goal of most shoppers is to get through the […]

7 Ways to Improve Magento Page Load Speed
7 Ways to Improve Magento Page Load Speed
Alyssa Schaad

A 1 second delay in page response can result in a 7% reduction in conversions. The speed of your business website matters. Fast-loading websites perform better on every front: higher search ranking, excellent user experience, and better user engagement. Most importantly, quick-loading websites deliver higher conversions and higher revenue. What is an acceptable page load time? […]

6 Rules for a Better eCommerce User Experience
6 Rules for a Better eCommerce User Experience
Caitlin Mekita

A well designed website can attract visitors, establish your brand personality, and keep customers excited and interested. The visual experience that users get while visiting your online store is important, but improving the overall user experience is the best way to be sure your customers feel comfortable, happy, and safe. There are many types of […]