Latest Magento Patch SUPEE-6788, addresses several serious security issues and it is highly recommended to apply it right away. However, patch will make changes that may possibly break backward compatibility with extensions or customization's that are made on store. In view of recent events, we would like to announce that your modules are fully compatible with the latest version of Magento 1.9.2.2. Applying patch will not cause any issues with already installed Extensionsmall modules, they will continue to work without need...

Until recently, Magento was considered one of the most secure platforms. Security patches between versions were rare and dealing with specific issues. In the last few months, things have changed and we have already got several patches that were resolving serious security issues. Applying the patch was necessary to prevent Magento from being infected. Once the files are corrupted, it is just a matter of time when malware code can be executed and who knows what kind of damage could...

Easy integration of 'Color Swatch' module is one of main reasons why customers still prefer our plugin among other swatch plugins. While integration into theme in most cases is quite straight forward process (our module is fully compatible with most popular themes for Magento), we went one step further and integrated module into Shopper theme that use 'Excellence Ajax Module for Magento'. Site owner idea was to allow customers simple way to add various products right from catalog page, without...

Offering customers possibility to customize products became standard functionality from Magento based online store. Choosing 'color' or 'size' of product is quite often, however Magento with addition of few plugins can do much more. Shops that offer custom print or embroidery options require additional options, where customers can populate custom options and preview in real time those changes. One of our clients have apparel store that offer customization for one line of products and we helped him to add those...

Magmi is product importing tool that will allow you to import/update large number of products at a reasonable pace. One of very useful features is ability to create product "customizable options", through custom options plugin. Adding those options manually through Magento back-end is time consuming operation even for one product. Magmi 'Mass importer' support Magento default custom option types, however it is possible to use it for importing custom option swatches too. This is Step by Step guide how to...

Latest version of Magento (versions CE 1.9 and EE 1.14) among many new features brings a new theme. RWD theme (short from Responsive Web Design) is responsive theme, turning your store into tablet and smart phone friendly responsive site. One of new things is use of jQuery framework on front end and use of more organized, reusable CSS. Our focus was on Media section that now features integrated zoom and image switcher. Color Swatch allow customers to update and preview...

One of the very first things that you should do when setting up your Magento webstore – SEO wise – is to check and configure your robots.txt file correctly. Robots.txt file on your webstore gives you the options to prevent duplicate content of your website being indexed by search engines and gives you the options to hide content that you do not want indexed or shown on Search Result pages. Robots.txt or Robbots exclusion standard is a protocol used to...

Magento has a lot of built in features designed to help the developers like you debug / profile and optimize the whole website that’s running on top of the latest Magento installation, as well as to profile and debug, then optimize the Magento Extensions and Addons that you have running. It’s always worth going over the code and making sure it’s performing at it’s best. And even if that’s not the case, you should consider profiling your pages if you...

You can always get your copy of the latest stabile version of Magento on the official website: http://www.magentocommerce.com/download You can select the latest stable version of the eCommerce system and there are also few very useful tools available too. For example the Magento Sample Data is also available for downloading. For more instructions on how to install and set up the Sample data – please check this Magneto Tutorial (http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/installing-sample-data-archive-for-magento-ce) If you’re having problems with the download link, try typing...

Following trends and adding new features is one of our main goals in terms of planning and developing extensions for Magento. Since our Color Swatch extension is built to be a visual enhancement to any Magento store, it is crucial for it to be fully compatible with the most popular themes for Magento. As the number of visitors that use 'Retina ready' devices grows, it became very important that the Magento store offers them a proper browsing experience. Most noticeable...