Magento

eCommerce Software for Online Growth

Table of Contents

  • About This Guide8
  • Support and Contact Information10
  • Conventions Used in this Guide10
  • Introducing Magento11
  • What is Magento?11
  • Magento License11
  • Magento Frontend and Backend12
  • Frontend (The Web Store Front)12
  • Backend (The Back Office)13
  • Advanced Magento Customization Options14
  • Introducing the Frontend15
  • Overview15
  • Finding the Right Products16
  • Categories17
  • Filtering the Display of Products18
  • Popular Tags20
  • Searching20
  • Comparing Products21
  • Sorting Products23
  • Grid/List View24
  • Recently Viewed24
  • Promotional Information25
  • Product List Banners25
  • Promotional Pages26
  • Up-sell Products27
  • Related Products28
  • Cross-sell Products28
  • Product Pages29
  • Web Store Page Header and Footer31
  • The Header31
  • The Footer32
  • Purchasing Functionality33
  • Managing Customer Relations38
  • Customer Emails38
  • Ratings and Reviews38
  • Community Polls39
  • Introducing the Backend41
  • Accessing the Backend42
  • Supervising Web Store Activities44
  • Managing Orders45
  • Viewing the Orders in Your Web Store45
  • Viewing an Order’s Details47
  • Creating New Orders49
  • Managing Ratings and Reviews49
  • Generating Reports49
  • Getting Started with Magento51
  • System Requirements51
  • Installing Magento52
  • Step 1: Downloading Magento53
  • Step 2: Downloading Sample Data54
  • Step 3: Uploading to Your Server55
  • Step 4: Granting File Access Permissions56
  • Step 5: Setting Up the Web Store Database57
  • Step 6: Installing Magento58
  • Basic Configuration62
  • Setting Up Your Catalog71
  • Overview72
  • Setting Up Catalog Defaults73
  • Frontend73
  • Product Reviews74
  • Product Alerts74
  • Product Image Placeholders75
  • Recently Viewed/Compared Products75
  • Search Engine Optimizations76
  • Downloadable Products Options77
  • Managing Categories78
  • Displaying Categories78
  • Creating Categories79
  • Editing Categories81
  • Layered Navigation81
  • Defining Layered Navigation Filters82
  • Managing Product Attributes83
  • What is an Attribute in Magento?83
  • Creating Attributes85
  • Creating Attribute Sets88
  • Creating a New Attribute Group91
  • Managing Products92
  • Product Types92
  • Creating a New Product93
  • Mass-Changing Products118
  • Creating Variations of a Product119
  • Preparing to Sell123
  • Taxes123
  • General Taxation Settings124
  • Product Tax Class126
  • Customer Tax Class126
  • Tax Zones and Rates127
  • Tax Management Rules128
  • Shipping129
  • General Shipping Settings129
  • Flat Shipping Rates130
  • Online Rates132
  • Offering Free Shipping133
  • Acquiring Additional Shipping Modules134
  • Payment134
  • Checks and Money Orders139
  • Acquiring Additional Payment Modules140
  • Design and Content141
  • Overview141
  • Changing the Web Store’s Default Theme142
  • Managing CMS Pages146
  • Customizing Transactional Emails149
  • Promotions151
  • Overview151
  • Up-selling, Related Products and Cross-selling152
  • Up-sells153
  • Related Products156
  • Cross-sells157
  • Catalog and Shopping Cart Price Rules158
  • Catalog Price Rules158
  • Shopping Cart Price Rules163
  • Example: Defining a Buy 2 Get 1 Free Promotion168
  • Special Prices169
  • Tier Pricing171
  • Newsletters173
  • Newsletter Templates174
  • Newsletter Queues175
  • Newsletter Reports176
  • Managing Orders and Customers177
  • Managing Customers177
  • Viewing and Editing Customers177
  • Adding a Customer178
  • Checking Online Customers179
  • Customer Reports179
  • Managing Orders180
  • Orders Terminology180
  • Creating New Orders181
  • Refunding184
  • Managing Customer Generated Content187
  • Managing Ratings and Reviews187
  • Customizing a Rating188
  • Customers Adding Reviews190
  • Approving Reviews for Public Viewing191
  • Managing Tags192
  • Adding Tags192
  • Approving Tags193
  • Managing Polls194
  • Editing a Poll197
  • Monitoring and Improving the Web Store199
  • Reports199
  • Generating Reports199
  • Sales Report200
  • Abandoned Carts Report201
  • Best Selling Products201
  • Most Viewed Products202
  • Search Terms202
  • Search Synonyms and Redirects204
  • Google Analytics205
  • Keeping Your Store Healthy207
  • General207
  • Staging Environment207
  • Updating Magento208
  • Extending Magento210
  • Getting Help213
  • Knowledge Base214
  • Webinar Archive214
  • Screen casts214
  • Magento Blog214
  • Technical Documents and Magento Core API215
  • Index217

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