Magento

You have heard about the unbelievable open-source features Magento offers right out the box.You spare no time seeing it in action, have oo-ed and aah-ed over it all - over and over again.

...And now you want to make it all your own. You've got your PSDs ready and the zeal to build and integrate. So what's next—Where do you begin?

Designer's Guide to Magento has been prepared for you to learn and expand your knowledge of the structural, conceptual workings and methods of designing for Magento—It will basically teach you what you need to know to begin creating a theme of your own with Magento. This said, due to the sheer extent of flexibility that Magento's features offer, it is not possible to document all the different ways in which it can be customized for use. For help with this, you can consult Magento's community forums and wiki where real-life people with real-life experiences will be able to point you in the right direction. Also, remember that Magento is an application constantly in development, therefore despite our greatest efforts this documentation may not faithfully reflect the release version you are currently working with.

This documentation is largely sectioned into four chapters and can be skipped through back and forth in order to quickly access only the information you need most. However, because each chapter acts as a prelude to the next, we advise you to follow along with the documentation in the order it was written.

Documentation Chapters

1. Magento Design Terminologies
2. Working with Magento Themes
3. Building Your Theme
4. Intro to Layouts