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Magento Behind the Scenes - Design Documentation


In this video, Minu discusses the design documentation process and gives a short introduction to Magento’s design blocks. Minu is responsible for Magento’s UI design including the demo store (AKA Magento’s first design package), Community Site, and Admin Interface.

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  1. MagentoJoe

    1MagentoJoe |posted October 6 2007

    Cool. Really looking forward to study this document (if it’s gonna be published to the community though).

  2. wobster

    2wobster |posted October 6 2007

    Thank you Minu! you are doing a great Job, your style is great!

  3. Travis

    3Travis |posted October 6 2007

    That’ll come in very handy.  Look forward to it’s release.

  4. Narno

    4Narno from Paris, France|posted October 6 2007

    We want a podcast commented by Minu !  grin

  5. diarmo

    5diarmo from Cork, Ireland|posted October 6 2007

    Defo Minu, great design style, thanks for all your hard work!  grin

  6. john_wilson

    6john_wilson |posted October 7 2007

    This will be great

    The thing that takes me the most time at the moment is whenever I want to change something, I have to figure out what file is responsible for doing what, and where I can find that file.

  7. lopsta.com

    7lopsta.com |posted October 7 2007

    very talented designer. great work.

  8. NickL

    8NickL |posted October 8 2007

    Minu! Great work!  Thanks so much for being involved and being committed to making magento magic. I’m am EXTREMELY grateful

    And Roy:  One of the reasons why I’ve stayed as a Freelance designer/developer for this long is first because I loved working my own hours… especially with halo 3 out now… but even MORE serious is because I never had the advantage of having a FUN, Creative, TEAM around me like the team You’ve put together for Magento! Again dude… my hats off to you. Not only do you all kick butt but it really seems like it’s a Fun place to work. I hope someday I can find a place similar, for now.. i’ll finish school, hack away at magento, and keep my eyes on the screen! Thanks for keeping me inspired!

    Go Go Magento!!

  9. RoyRubin

    9RoyRubin from Los Angeles, CA|posted October 8 2007

    @NickL - Thanks very much! Our team is absolutely amazing and I am fortunate to work with such high quality individuals. You’ll get to meet the team in the next few weeks as these videos will become a regular (hopefully weekly) feature on the blog. We’ll try to show more of the office including the ping pong table where most of the decisions take place smile

  10. NickL

    10NickL |posted October 8 2007

    Looking forward to it! Haha.  These video blogs are awesome. They add personality to the whole project, ya know?  Every other software solution seems so faceless… it’s great to meet the people behind-the-scenes.  Definitely a GREAT idea!

    I just got done reading Dr. Covey’s “8th Habit of Effective People” (yeah I know im late… but if anyone hasn’t read this book READ IT, along with 7 habits first...) But my point is that he talks about how in this new “information age” we live in, how the PEOPLE within organizations matter so much more now… as oppose to the the hierarchal organizations of the past. Varien/Magento is a shining example of this. Keep it up!

    So who’s the current champ at ping pong anyway?

  11. i960

    11i960 from Bakersfield, CA|posted October 8 2007

    Any chance that you would allow people to tour your office and meet you guys in person?  I happen to live about 2 hours from Los Angeles and find myself going there or passing through at lease once a month.  In fact, I drove through on my way home from San Diego today.  I have a server colocated at a datacenter in downtown LA, and it would be awesome to see the team in person next time I’m down there.

  12. Joe

    12Joe |posted October 8 2007

    Hello,

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but did Minu said during the video that the doc will be ready “in a few days”? smile

    Thanks, Joe.

  13. RoyRubin

    13RoyRubin from Los Angeles, CA|posted October 8 2007

    @NickL - Steven is by far ruling the court. No chance of ever winning him.

    @i960 - We’ll organize a meetup soon in our office. Hopefully we can get a nice size audience to discuss Magento is person. Anyone else interested?

    @Joe - Minu did mention a few days, but it may take a bit to publish. We want to make sure everything is accurate and the template structure is final.

  14. 3sixtygroup

    143sixtygroup from Auburn Hills, MI|posted November 1 2007

    Any idea when this will be available? Would be very handy.

  15. RoyRubin

    15RoyRubin from Los Angeles, CA|posted November 1 2007

    We are actually waiting for the template structure/architecture to finalize. This is expected very soon. We’ll post detailed documentation and screencasts right after.

  16. 3sixtygroup

    163sixtygroup from Auburn Hills, MI|posted November 1 2007

    Fantastic! I’m thoroughly diggin Magento, I just don’t know where all the files I need to alter live. Thanks Roy.

  17. RoyRubin

    17RoyRubin from Los Angeles, CA|posted November 1 2007

    If you have any questions, post on the forum. We do our best to get back as quickly as possible.

  18. 3sixtygroup

    183sixtygroup from Auburn Hills, MI|posted November 1 2007

    Right on I noticed that. It just sounds like this file will answer a lot of questions as far as what to alter to get what outcome. I’ve figured out what I need to for the most part so far. Just a lot of trial and error. Thanks again Roy.

  19. tijuan

    19tijuan from Toulouse (France)|posted November 22 2007

    Even a beta documentation would be great to start.
    I’m looking forward to reading it and get prepared for D day..

    Greetings to the team

  20. Joe

    20Joe |posted November 22 2007

    Yes, I agree. Give us some docs, please smile

    Joe.


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