Customer Service Will Make Or Break Your Store
Setting up an online store isn’t as simple as adding products to a website and simply processing orders. Just like a retail store, the customer experience is very important. Although the forms of communication are different, the customer still needs to feel like they were treated well in the end. If you want to compete and succeed in the e-commerce market, customer service will make or break you.
Integrating WordPress and Magento: A Fix for Google Analytics
In a previous post we discussed integrating your WordPress installation with your Magento header and footer. One problem we ran into with this approach was that Google Analytics was logging all page views on our blog as "empty.html". Obviously, this isn't ideal for tracking what content our readers are finding useful. It turns out the solution is an easy 4-step process.
Adding Page Titles to Your WordPress/Magento Integration Using CURL
Branko's solution for integrating WordPress with Magento has proven to be easy and popular. However, we have encountered hosting providers that disallow file_get_contents and needed to find a workaround. So we turned to the CURL library, and in the process we were able to pass WordPress page titles into Magento. Read on for step-by-step instructions.
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Showcase: Unique Teak Furniture
A Magento shop we designed, built and launched last week. We used the Google Font API extensively to create a custom look and feel to all the typography across the site. Check it out and let us know what you think!
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Customize Magento’s Image Resize Functionality
Need to remove the white border around your images? Don't want everything to be square? Here is how to customize the ->resize functionality in Magento.
Showcase: Red Velvet Art
A very creative use of Magento. Without seeing the shopping cart or checkout process, you would never know this was built on Magento. Their photography does a great job showcasing the products. Check it out!
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Retrieve Magento Core Configuration variables on the Magento frontend
Magento has a vast configuration table (core_config_data in your database) that is managed in the Magento admin under System > Configuration. Occasionally you might need to find the value of a core configuration variable to do something on the fronted of your Magento store. To do this you can use the Magento Mage::getStoreConfig() method.
Allow Guests To Check Order Status
If a customer checks out as a guest, they will not be able to login to your store and check their order status. Instead of having them call or email you every time they want a status update, you can easily create a page on their website for them to view their order status. This is done through the Magento API.
Example. Difficulty level: Easy. Installation time: 10-15 minutes. Tested on: Magento 1.3 & 1.4
