Magento Kick

Starter

Deryck Harlick and Brent PetersonMagento Trainer Magento Evangelist

Magento store in 90 minutesHow you can quickly and

easily get online with Magento

Presentation Overview

• Hosting needs

• Why good are Magento Partners?

• Where to start

• Admin Panel

• Applying a theme

• Configure your homepage

• Configure your category landing pages

• Add some products and images

• Configure payments using Paypal

• Configure shipping

• Apply an SSL certificate

• Buy something!

• Q/A time

SetupNo programming required

Siteworx Control Panel

What my Magento site looks like

• Magento Rewrites

• Actual file path a not there

• Best Practice

• Just getting it uploaded

• Version Control

It all starts in AdminMagento Admin panel quick

overview

Magento Admin Section

• Defining where you will be trading

• Basic store information

• Transactional email addresses

• What types of products are we selling? Attribute sets

• Setting up a store category structure

Look and FeelMagento Themes

Move theme to site

Magento is already now what?

• Gotta Make it look better

• Homepage

• Layouts

• Basic Text

• CMS

• Static Blocks

ProductsGetting your catalog online

Add your products

• Most common product types

– Simple

– Configurable

– Grouped

– Bundle

– (also Virtual, Downloadable and in EE Gift card)

• Creating a simple product by hand

• Import products

Get ready to sell!Configure Paypal and Shipping

PayPal and Shipping

• Link the store to a PayPal account

• Implement flat rate shipping

Let’s Buy Something

• Placing an order

• Viewing and processing the order in admin

Other Considerations not Covered

• Customisation of Transactional Emails

• Currency Convertor/ Internationalisation (Store Views)

Questions