Magento

Summer of 2010 for Magento is hotter then ever. Magento is growing at unprecedented speed. And thanks to you there are now over 270,000 registered community members. You read that correctly! Over quarter of a Million.

In order to facilitate the growing community, I’m happy to announce that Rhonda and I have joined Magento in community leadership roles. I’m an avid user of Magento for my own ecommerce site and some of you may have crossed paths with me in the forums. I go by monocat. (long story ) Joining me to this new quest is Rhonda Rondeau, our new community manager whose primary responsibilities will be interacting with you in the forums and responding developers’ needs within the Magento Community. Rhonda joins us from MySpace where she managed the MySpace Developer Community. She is an enthusiastic individual and eager to assist you all.

We are enthused to be part of enhancing the community and adding our voices. We will be actively monitoring the forums and participate in discussions. Of course a community can’t be ran by itself. We welcome more ambassadors (moderators) to take initiatives by assisting fellow Magentites. Looking forward building great relationships with you all.

We are reviewing current community policies as well as considering new processes to better facilitate the community interaction and contribution. Look forward to new updates as they become available.

Rhonda and I are here to assist you fully. I can be reached at mosses@magento.com. Rhonda at rhonda@magento.com. Please feel free to contact us at any time. We’re looking forward to your thoughts, comments and suggestions.

Go Go Magento!!

- Mosses + Rhonda

MyFab.com selling in France, Germany, UK and the US on Magento

Join us for an introduction to developing for Magento. Tomorrow’s webinar in our Summer Webinar Series will be a whirlwind tour of Magento’s programming framework and best practices for creating your own modules and correctly overwriting modules without editing core files.

This webinar is intended for developers familiar with PHP or object-oriented programming who are looking to get started with Magento. Also the perfect refresher for developers who have taught themselves Magento, but would like a fill in some knowledge gaps. Webinar is Thursday August 26th, at 9AM Pacific time (GMT-7). Register to join for the Developing for Magento Webinar. Space is limited, so register now!

SoCal Magento users coordinated yet another successful Meetup event on August 17th and were joined by nearly 30 guests at the Los Angeles meeting space, Blank Spaces. The versatile meeting and conference rental space located in the heart of the West side, allowed for networking, discussions and post-discussion snacking at LA’s famous Korean BBQ truck, Kogi BBQ.

Attendees ranged from native Angelenos, commuters from Santa Barbara and visitors from New York- all to hear about news and updates on Magento products. Speakers covered topics like: extension structure, security patches and Magento support. Sevan Baghdasarian, Clafin Equipment employee and Magento Enterprise Edition user presented to the group about his involvement with Magento and how he became such an evangelist.

The event had a great turn- out and offered much opportunity for great connections! Be sure to join the Socal Magento users Meetup group for notices on future events in the Southern California area.

If you’re not in SoCal, check out some of the events we’re having in Boston and Culver City.

And if you want to be a Meet-Up Leader in your U.S. city or university, apply today at : http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-meetups/

Here are some photos of the venue and event!

Scrubs123.com a on Magento

The Magento Team is excited to announce that Stamps.com, a leading provider of online postage services, has launched a new USPS shipping integration for Magento merchants.  With this new extension, merchants can print pre-paid USPS shipping labels for any USPS mail class.  In addition, Stamps.com will automatically post ship date, tracking info, and mail class information back to the Magneto merchant’s database.  Here are some of the other great highlights of this new extension from Stamps.com:

• Rapid Order Fulfillment: Batch print up to 1,000 USPS shipping labels at a time – Thermal printers supported for faster printing
• Hidden Postage: Eliminate all S&H questions by hiding the postage amount from the shipping label.
• Print all USPS Mail Classes: Print shipping labels for all USPS mail classes, including Parcel Post, Media Mail and First Class Mail International
• Discounted Insurance: Save up to 40% on Stamps.com postage insurance compared to USPS rates
• Eliminate Trips to the Post Office: Schedule carrier pickups and have the Post Office come to you

Foodzie on Magento