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The Imagine Challenge opened on January 17, 2013 and was met with a wave of outstanding submissions from Magento merchants and developers. 172 entries later we concluded the submission period and allowed our community to vote for the winners.

The entries truly showcase the art of commerce and the passion our community has for the Magento brand. Each unique innovation posted to the three categories (Site Design, Site Promotions and Customizations) was a real testament that the possibilities of the Magento platform are endless. These sites prove once again that our community is second to none!

The competition was so tight that voting came down to the final day and there was even a tie for best site promotion!

We are proud to announce the winners for the 2013 Imagine eCommerce Challenge.

The Imagine Challenge 2013 Grand Prize Winner: Jonas from SmartOSC

Taking home a free ticket to Imagine, two nights at the M Resort and Hotel, and a $500 Visa gift card was Jonas, an employee at SmartOSC, with his customization of Canadian wine store Alambika.

Alambika

When Alambika, a brick-and-mortar, Canadian wine-store, wanted to put their products online, they picked Magento for it's rich feature-set and reliable inventory capabilities. They selected our extension X-POS for transforming Magento into a point-of-sale solution.

The POS solution is created on top of Magento to avoid having to sync products to an external system, ensuring that stock and products are always 100% up-to-date.

The solution gives Alambika the ability to complete sales on a single page interface, which also supports searching by barcodes, credit card swiping, and even off-line sale fulfillment.

This setup saves www.alambika.ca time in areas of their every-day work, such as maintaining an inventory and sales reporting. It also improved their brick-and-mortar POS activities without forcing them to invest in new hardware.

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Runners Up: Site Design & Site Promotion

The runners up, and winners of Imagine 2013 tickets, were:

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Thank you to the winners and everyone who participated in the Challenge. We look forward to seeing all of you at Imagine 2013!

The Magento community is looking forward to this weekend’s Magento Bugathon, where they will join fellow community members and Magento core team to stomp out issues that have been a bug in their daily work life. During the event there will be lots of great opportunities to network, code, listen and participate to presentations, and share Magento experiences with the Magento community.

Here are few updates to familiarize the attendees with the agenda and workflow processes.

Bugathon GitHub Repo

A list of functional issues provided by our Magento core team was uploaded to a newly minted GitHub Bugathon Repo account. Our engineering team members will review fixes contributed by the attendees at both events (Los Angeles and Zurich) to make sure they adhere to Magento development best practices. Once approved, commit and test the fixes to make sure we include them in the next release version of Magento Community Edition.

Orientation and Important Information

• Welcome & Introduction
• Development Process
• QA Process
• Simple QA testing example

Location

If you are available to join us in Los Angeles, come and enjoy a social gathering, included meals, and brainstorming with the best – it will be a fun weekend!

Only 33 more days until Imagine!

One of the many surprises in store for you this year is another chance to win a vacation in paradise!  More details will be revealed at the Conference, so register today to ensure your chance to win!

In 2012, Krister Lenman, from Viamo, won a week-long stay at the Four Seasons Resort in Bora Bora.  This year, you can win a stay at the Four Seasons Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu. Located on the Big Island of Hawaii, you will experience the essence of Hawaiian culture and tradition, with views of the crystal-clear Pacific Ocean, white-sand beach, and 5-star dining options, the resort is the epitome of luxury!

Last year’s game show was a riot and this year will be no exception.

Stop by registration throughout Imagine to enter for your chance to win! 

We look forward to seeing you at Imagine!

Magento is coming to Internet World in Munich on March 19-20 for the first time with a Magento Partner Pavilion!

Internet World, is one of the largest eCommerce trade fairs, exclusively for the B2B industry with over 8,000 attendees each year. Since 1997, Internet World has been THE event for eCommerce and online marketing professionals and a hub for decision-makers on both the provider and user sides.

Magento’s team members and eight partners will be waiting to meet with you at our Partner Pavilion. Stop by and let us show you why Magento leads the way in eCommerce. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to meet our Solution, Industry and Hosting partners who can help you grow your online business. Come see why Magento is the eCommerce platform trusted by the world’s leading brands!

We will also be raffling off a free ticket to our upcoming Imagine eCommerce Conference ($1,195 value) and a seat in our Managing your Magento Store ($1,850 value) Training course!

Magento Partner Pavilion at Booth G 169

Partners Exhibiting at Internet World

Check out Magento’s Partner Pavilion and be sure to visit all of our Magento Partners around the show.

The Magento Community is continuing the tradition of spreading the Magento spirit throughout Vegas before Imagine even begins. They are organizing a group to run together in the Rockin Rabbit 5k/half marathon taking place in Boulder City, NV on Sunday, April 7th! This race is geared toward runners and walkers of all levels, and provides Imagine attendees the the chance to get out and enjoy the open air and local scenery from the Six Tunnels Recreation Area to Lake Mead, while benefiting Hope 4 Lives, a locally based nonprofit that helps combat breast cancer, AIDS and other diseases.

If you would like to join the Magento Community team, get the team t-shirt, and ensure your spot on the race shuttle from the M Resort, please sign up at http://www.active.com/running/boulder-city-nv/rockin-rabbit-1-2-marathon-and-5k-run-2013, and be sure to say you're part of the Wagento Creative Team! For more information on the race details, including the course map and location information, please visit the race website.

We would like to thank Brent Peterson, from Wagento Creative, for organizing the Magento Community run, as well as for his continued support and enthusiasm.

For up-to-date race information and to see who else will be joining the team, be sure to follow #MageRun on Twitter.

Since the first-ever blog post welcoming you all to the wonderful world of Magento posted by Roy Rubin, one thing has been clear; the ever growing embodiment of the community’s strength. From revolution to innovation, the Magento community’s passion and desire to improve the Magento open source platform has been tremendous and uplifting. As the platform matured, so did the requests for new features, functions and removal of pesky bugs.

We have heard. We have listened. And now we want you to contribute. In keeping with the spirit of open source, we invite you to join your fellow community Magento developers and key Magento developer core team members to a Magento Bugathon stomping out issues that had been a bug in your daily work life.

This will be a great opportunity to meet and mingle with fellow developer community members and have face time with Magento key developer core team members. With your eCommerce knowledge and Magento skills, we’ll create projects and stomp issues together.

Got the urge to stomp some bugs now? If you’re a Magento developer and have the yearning to close issues and reduce the Magento bug count, then we want to hear from you.

The Process?

A list of functional issues provided by our Magento core team or a bug burning inside of you to fix will be worked on in groups. Our engineering team members will review your fixes at the event to make sure they adhere to Magento development best practices. Once approved, commit and test the fixes to make sure we include them in the next release version of Magento Community Edition.

The When?

Weekend of March 8 through March 10.

The Agenda?

• Friday – Social gathering at night
• Saturday – Presentations, coding and stomping starts at 9am until wee hours of the night (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks provided)
• Sunday – Final touches and presentations (breakfast and lunch provided)

The Prep Work?

• Your laptop with a clean install of latest Magento Community Edition version at GitHub (information to be shared soon); your favorite IDE; and its PHP debugger
• A GitHub account so you can access the Bugathon GitHub repository
• Yearning to stomp some bugs

The Where?

Join us at one of the following Bugathon locations.

The Bugathon will be hosted by Magento at the Magento Headquarters.

Four Points by Sheraton
Los Angeles Westside
5990 Green Valley Circle, Culver City, CA 90230, United States
fourpointslawestside.com

Call hotel reservations and request eBay rate at (310) 641-7740
Discount only applies to over the phone reservations.

Magento key developer core team members will join Tim Bezhashvyly and Sylvain Rayé, the organizers of the Mage Hackathon, in beautiful Zürich, Switzerland. The event will be held at the offices of Unic AG.

More details will be sent by email to all attendees. Let’s get stomping.

Registrations are filling up fast so don’t delay and secure your spot at Magento’s premier eCommerce conference. We have had an overwhelming response since registration opened on Tuesday at 12:00pm PT and expect to sell out of the discounted early bird tickets by the end of the weekend! Register now before the first $100 price increase goes into effect. Still trying to decide if you should attend the 2013 Imagine eCommerce Conference?

Here's a quick reminder of some of the many reasons to join us:

• Hear firsthand from the Magento leadership team and world-renowned guest speakers on technology, retail, entrepreneurial spirit and building success
• Meet and hear about our new family members and leadership from eBay
• Attend sessions on Magento and eCommerce technologies, merchant case studies, building your business and many other topics
• See the latest apps and extensions to drive conversation, traffic and lifetime customer value
• Learn best practices from professionals with vast experience in leading brands, retailers and eCommerce sites
• Network with more than 1,500 eCommerce professionals from around the world

If You Miss Out on Early Bird Pricing, There is Always the Imagine Challenge!

Every year we offer an opportunity for Magento community members to win a trip to Imagine! Magento enthusiasts can enter the contest by showing off how they are leveraging Magento to create a unique site design, promotion or customization. To view the official rules and enter for your chance to win the grand prize, visit the Imagine Challenge site.

We hope to see you there!

At the Magento's Imagine eCommerce Conference we love to celebrate eCommerce innovation! Now we want to give inventive Magento users a chance to win a free trip to Imagine 2013 in Las Vegas!

The third annual Magento Imagine Challenge is back and revamped for this year's conference! We loved the passion that our community showed for Magento in the previous challenges, but we wanted to try something new. So, this time around were giving you the opportunity to not just show off your passion for Magento, but to show off your passion for the work you do on Magento!

How to Enter:

After completing the entry form on the website, submit a screen shot of a Magento store showcasing valuable functionality. Post it to one of the following categories along with a short description of what makes this site successful or innovative.

*We recommend including results that help illustrate why your site should be voted one of the best. Examples include increases in conversion rates, average order value and page views.*

Site Design
Look & feel
User experience

Promotion
Sales promotions
Marketing campaigns

Customization
Custom functions
Innovative ways of extending the Magento Platform

The Community will choose their favorites in each category and crown the grand prize winner with the "People's Choice Award."

All voters will also be entered into a drawing to win Magento hoodies, so support your peers by voting.

Must be 18 years of age and a fan of the Magento Ecosystem fan page on Facebook to enter. Entries must be Magneto stores and contestants must be the merchant or have approval from the merchant to qualify. Submissions of mature content, nudity or illegal products will not be approved.