Magento October 2011 Events Update
In the world of eCommerce every hour of every day means the possibility of revenue.
Learn how Magento can help your online business succeed.
Attend an eCommerce Forum sponsored by Magento and Magento Solution Partners to learn how Magento Enterprise can help you turn more browsers to buyers.
At these forums, eCommerce decision-makers will acquire a general understanding of who Magento is, what we do to empower the eCommerce ecosystem and how we can help you build a profitable online business.
Event Highlights
- Overview and demonstration of the Magento Enterprise eCommerce solution
- Examples of eCommerce success using Magento Enterprise
- Networking – talk to Magento personnel, a Magento Solution Partner and other companies with the same questions and ambitions as you
These events are free of charge but for planning purposes, registration is required.
Calendar of Events
| Date | Location | Check-in | Event | Partner | |
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| Oct 06 | SEATTLE Seattle Marriott Waterfront 2100 Alaskan Way |
11:30AM | 12:00PM – 3:00PM SIT DOWN LUNCH |
BINARY ANVIL | Register |
| Oct 10 | PARIS Hôtel Novotel Vaugirard 257 rue de Vaugirard 75015 PARIS |
9:00AM | 10:00AM – 2:00PM COFFEE & LUNCH |
Register | |
| Oct 17 | NANTES Hotel Mercure Nantes Central 4 Rue du Couedic 44000 – NANTES, FRANCE |
9:00AM | 10:00AM – 2:00PM COFFEE & LUNCH |
Register | |
| Oct 18 | CHICAGO Market Bar Chicago 1113 West Randolph Chicago, IL 60607 |
6:00PM | 6:30PM – 9:00PM Drinks and food |
GORILLA | Register |
| Oct 24 | BORDEAUX Hotel Mercure Bordeaux Centre 5 rue Robert Lateulade 33000 BORDEAUX, FRANCE |
9:00AM | 10:00AM – 2:00PM COFFEE & LUNCH |
Register | |
| Oct 26 | BLOOMINGTON, MN 2626 East 82nd Street Suite 320 |
8:00AM | 8:30AM – 11:30AM Continental Breakfast |
AUGUST ASH | Register |
| Oct 27 | CINCINNATI, OH Dave and Busters, 11775 Commons Drive Springdale, OH |
5:00PM | 5:30PM – 7:30PM Drinks and Appetizers |
CROWN PARTNERS | Register |
| Nov 3 | SAN FRANCISCO 499 Carolina Street Potrero Hill neighborhood |
12:00PM | 12:30PM – 3:00PM Lunch (Vegetarian option available) |
INFIELD DESIGN | Register |
Past Events
| Date | Location | Check-in | Event | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | BOSTON 177 Huntington Avenue 13th Floor |
6:00PM | 6:30PM – 8:00PM APPETIZERS/DRINKS |
ONE PICA |
| Sep 15 | TORONTO, ONTARIO THE BALLROOM 145 JOHN ST |
6:00PM | 6:30PM – 9:00PM APPETIZERS/DRINKS |
DEMAC MEDIA |
| Sep 29 | CHANDLER, AZ 55 North Arizona |
9:00AM | 9:30AM – 11:00AM BREAKFAST |
LEVEMENTUM |
| Oct 04 | SALT LAKE CITY Thanksgiving Point 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Utah Room Lehi, UT 84043 |
8:30AM | 9:00AM – 12:00PM BREAKFAST |
5DK |
| Oct 04 | MIAMI Axis Building 79 SW 12 St Miami FL, 33130 |
1:30PM | 2:00PM – 5:00PM APPETIZERS/DRINKS |
DIGITAL EVOLUTION GROUP |
- Don’t see a city near you?
Let us know where you want us to come next.
Send an email to: events@magento.com with “eCommerce Forum” in the subject line
Introducing Magento Developer Certification Program
| For years, the best Magento developers have asked for a way to establish their credentials and market their skills to the growing universe of Magento merchants and Solution Partners. At the same time, merchants and Solution Partners have wanted a more reliable means of identifying Magento developers with the expertise and experience needed to execute their projects. |
| To the entire Magento community, we would like to say 1) thank you for your patience, and 2) Magento Developer Certification is finally here! |
| If you’d like be one of the first Magento developers to receive the certification, here is what you need to know: |
What is Magento Developer Certification? |
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Why is this great news for all?Magento Developer Certification benefits all members of the global Magento ecosystem: |
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Developers can take the exam at Innovate!During the Innovate Developers Conference at San Francisco’s Moscone Center on October 12th – 13th, developers will have the first-ever opportunity to earn Magento Developer Certification by taking a beta version of the exam. Magento Developer Certification is the gold standard for credibility among Magento developers, partners and merchants. |
How much does it cost?Participants in the initial beta test will pay a reduced rate of $150, a $110 savings (regular price $260) for the exam. However, space is limited so register for your exam in advance to guarantee your spot! Space will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. |
How do I sign up?Step 1: Register for the Innovate Conference. |
When do I find out about the results?Participating developers will be notified by email 4-6 weeks after the conference. Developers who pass the exam based on the Beta exam analysis will achieve the Magento Certified Developer or Magento Certified Developer Plus credential. |
What if I can’t make it to Innovate?Starting in December, developers will be able to take the Magento Developer Certification exam at one of 10,000+ testing sites worldwide. Please check for updates here. Magento encourages all developers to take advantage of this rewarding opportunity. If you have additional questions, please send an email to training@magento.com with ‘certification’ in the subject line. Hope to see you at Innovate! |
After a long wait Magento CE Version 1.6.0.0 Stable – Now Available
We are excited to announce the availability of Magento CE Version 1.6.0.0 Stable for download and upgrade.
The latest release is packed with new features as well as valuable code contributions from various community members around the world.
Some of the key new features in this release include:
- Persistent shopping – retain shopping cart content for customers across user sessions, browsers and devices.
- Minimum Advertised Price (MAP)
- Refactoring multiple database
To see the full list of features and fixed issues please visit our release notes page. Diff files are available here.
Please Note: We do NOT recommend upgrading a production installation of Magento directly. Please backup database and all files before upgrading. Please make sure to check file permission before trying to upgrade through your Magento Connect Manager.
Please report all issues with this release in the bug tracker.
Magento Solutions for Google Base using Google Shopping APIs
Greetings Magento Community Developers and Users,
As many of you are aware, as of June 1st 2011, Google Base Data API has been fully retired and merchants who are using Google Base APIs to upload products to Google should migrate to new extension Google Content API Extension.
Google Shopping API consists of two parts: Content and Search; Content API allows insert, update, delete and retrieve product’s info from Google; Search API allows search by uploaded items and it is not part of Magento’s integration.
This new extension covers the new Content API logic and it is designed for managing merchant item being uploaded to Google Base. For Magento, this simply replaces the current Google Base API logic.
Magento users can reference the following user guide documentation for additional information and instructions on how to utilize Google Shopping APIs for items with your Magento store.
Magento developers can reference the following technical overview documentation on Magento integration with Google Shopping APIs.
As always feel free to contact Rhonda or Baruch directly if you have any questions.
Magento Acquire by eBay
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Magento Go: Their Progress and Mission
Posted by RoyRubin on Magento Blog
Magento Go is really going places
At Magento, we’re always looking towards the future of eCommerce. We’re constantly moving forward so quickly that we need to periodically pause and reflect on where we are today and remind ourselves just how much we owe our success to our customers, partners, community and the entire Magento ecosystem. With a few months under our belt since the launch of Magento Go, we thought this was the perfect time to look back on the unbelievable achievements you have realized thus far.
While Magento Go is still very young, the results thus far have been astounding. Tens of thousands of you have visited the site to explore, set up trials and sign-on to Go to build stores of your own. We’re seeing some very cool and innovative stores, and we’re planning to begin showcasing them in the near future.
We are committed to doing everything we can to satisfy our customers, and have been listening closely to your comments. Through your much appreciated feedback, the product itself is getting better every day and we intend to do everything we can to ensure your ongoing success. We’re continuously investing in Magento Go and quickly rolling out updates and new features. Here are just a few of our latest updates and additions to Magento Go:
Latest updates on Magento Go:
Store Design – Themes and Design Services
Many merchants have asked for help with Magento Go store design. We took your comments into consideration and have developed two new solutions to make it even easier to customize your Magento Go store. First, we are actively adding many new store themes into Magento Go so you will have a variety of options to choose from when setting up your stores. In addition, we’ve signed up some incredibly talented design partners who can help you create a custom look and feel for your Magento Go store. A preliminary list of partners is now featured on the site.
Payment Gateways
One of the most frequent requests we receive from merchants is to expand our portfolio of supported payment methods and gateways. This week we will announce the availability of SagePay for Magento Go. SAGE PAY is the UK’s largest independent payment service provider, processing millions of secure payments every month for over 33,000 businesses, from start-ups through to major online, consumer, and business brands.
Magento Go Platform
Soon we will be launching the Magento Go Platform which will allow developers to build, host and deploy custom applications for Magento Go. With the launch of this platform, you’ll be able to easily integrate a variety of apps including feature enhancements, marketing, analytic and accounting apps (among many others) from our partners and developers into your stores directly. Last week the Magento Go Platform entered beta and it has received amazing feedback from our beta testers.
We’ve come a long way since the initial launch just a few weeks ago, but we can’t wait to see just how far you can take Magento Go. We want to extend a very special thank you for your continued support and ask you to stay tuned for more to come! We couldn’t be more excited!
Magento Webinar: Optimizing SEO for Improved ROI
A Webinar Presented by Zeon Solutions and Magento
Optimizing SEO for Improved ROI
Traffic acquisition and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies are a major consideration when evaluating an eCommerce website. The truth of SEO is that it’s best addressed before implementation. However, even sites that are already deployed can attract more customers and recognize revenue benefits by implementing a well-structured SEO plan.
Join your peers as the SEO experts from Zeon Solutions detail the importance of building your website with search engine optimization in mind. The webinar will walk you through best practices for new site development, existing site redesign and post-launch SEO activities.
Presented by Zeon Solutions and Magento
Date: Wednesday, April 27 @ 11am PDT
Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/546881272
Developers: New Packaging Extensions in Magento 1.5 Explained
Packaging Extensions on 1.5
Packaging extensions using 1.5 has some minor syntactical changes from previous versions. Please see our new documentation on packaging an extension using Magento 1.5.
The significant changes are:
§ When packaging extensions, the channel field now uses the single word community. Extensions packaged prior to 1.5 use the words magento-community in the channel field.
§ When packaging an extension, you now have the option to package your extension for Magento shops that are 1.5.0.0 & later version (2.0) or for shops pre 1.5.0.0. (1.0)
§ When you click on the Save data and Create Package button to generate the tar.gz package file, the 2.0 extension file is now created in the var/connect directory. The 1.0 extension file is generated in the var/pear directory. This means there are two individual files – one for 1.0 and one for 2.0.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For broader extension support for free (unpaid) community extensions, it is best to package using pre-1.5.0.0 option. When uploading the 1.0 version from var/pear — Magento Connect will make the 2.0 version for you. If you wish to only support 1.5 and higher versions of Magento only then only upload the 2.0 file from the var/connect directory to Magento. If you are trying to create separate packages (such as to upload both a 1.0 and 2.0 version to your site for a PAID extension, or if you want different version numbers for different releases) then you must select both options when packaging which generates both 1.0 and 2.0 file types.
Make sure that you add this information to your extension description so that merchants are aware of the supported versions of your extensions.
Additionally, if you have previously uploaded a 1.5+ (2.0 only) extension and would like it to have support for Pre 1.5 (1.0) as well, repackage the existing extension with a new version number but be sure to upload the file from the var/pear directory when adding to Magento Connect. This will update both versions but also give you a 1.0 version for Pre 1.5.
Incomplete Extension Information
If you have previously attempted to upload an extension and that extension is listed as pending/incomplete, you can still recover this extension by properly packaging the extension using a new version number and uploading the update under the existing extension.You cannot use the same version number.
What’s the difference between 1.0 and 2.0 Extensions?
You may have noticed that Magento Connect Marketplace now has both 1.0 and 2.0 extensions. If you are on a Magento shop prior to 1.5, use extensions labeled as 1.0. Systems 1.5 and later use the 2.0 extensions. It is important to be aware of the differences.
Beta vs. Stable Extensions
If you package and uploaded a Beta or Alpha extension – please add this information into the extension description. It’s important for the community to be aware that they’ll need to change their stability settings on the back-end of Magento Connect Manager. Magento Connect Manager’s Preferred State defaults to “Stable” extensions and attempting to install a beta extension with this setting results in a “Not Detected” error message as the system is not detecting the Stable extension.
To change this setting:
1.Select System->Configuration-> from your store’s admin panel.
2.Log into Magento Connect
3.Click the Settings tab
4.Use the pull-down menu to select your perferred state (stable, alpha, beta)
5.Click Save
If you have any questions about Magento Connect or looking for updated information, please check into our Connect Community Forum. This forum has all the latest information on extensions, guidelines, as well as any issues that you as a developer, may need to be aware of.
As always, feel free to if you have any questions.
Rhonda
Become a Magento Contributor
Greetings Magento Community,
Do you develop on Magento? Do you want to contribute to Magento’s core? Do you like collaborating with others on new features and enhancements? Then you should sign up to be a Magento Contributor.
Since our Imagine Conference, I’ve been getting many requests for information on how we can make this happen. We get requests in every day. Today alone, I am working on requests for over 10 developers who are interested in contributing, and you can too!
What does this mean to you?
When you become a Magento Contributor, we’ll provide you with access to our SVN repository where you can commit changes, and access to our ticketing system if you’d like to provide a patch. Our core team looks at these changes, prioritizes the contributions, and and makes implementations based on those suggestions.
How Do I Get Started?
Just send an email to Magento Contributors. As I receive these requests, I’ll respond with our basic guidelines. Click the link to fill out and sign the Magento Contributor Agreement and send it back to us. I’ll request access, and notify you with your access credentials. That’s all there is to it.
We’re very excited to kick-start this program and are looking forward to seeing what great contributions are going to be made to our fabulous products. We love the idea of collaborating with you, to make Magento a better and stronger product. Our community is what makes Magento so great!
As always, if you have any questions, feel free to email me directly.
Magento Announces Apple iPad and Android Support for Magento Mobile
Branded Native Storefront Applications on iPhone, iPad and Android
Last May Magento announced Magento Mobile for iPhone, a powerful application that enables merchants to create unique, branded experiences for their customers on their iPhones. In that time companies such as The North Face and Easton Bell Sports have built custom-designed mobile experiences that extend the power of their Magento stores to the iPhone.
Now Magento is expanding Magento Mobile to the iPad and Android platforms. Like the iPhone version, Magento Mobile for iPad and Android enable merchants to create branded, native storefront applications that are deeply integrated with Magento’s market-leading eCommerce platform. Now merchants can provide the best shopping experience possible to customers based on the device they are using. And of course, Magento provides an industry-leading mobile web shopping experience for any customer that does not have your native application installed.
Product Features & Benefits
- Seamless Storefront Integration
With the new Magento-mobile admin, you’ll bring the functional powerhouse of Magento eCommerce to your mobile commerce channel, including full integration with your store’s catalog, checkout, inventory, reporting, and much more! - Manage Multiple Devices
Easily manage multiple devices with a single installation. Coming later this year, easily extend your mobile presence to the iPad and Android devices. - Hassle Free Submissions
Supporting a native app can be time consuming and tedious, so we manage the submission & support lifecycle for one low monthly fee. We manage the complexity of mobile apps so you can focus on running your business! - Fully Customizable
Deploy new device-specific features and branded themes with just a few clicks. Quickly update the colors and appearance of your app with the new Magento mobile admin, even after customers have downloaded your app. - Engage Your Customers
If you want to build deeper relationships with your most profitable customers, smartphones are the way to do it. From geo-targeted push notifications to immersive native experiences, mobile apps unlock new opportunities that will take your business to the next level! - Low Cost of Ownership
Magento’s cost-efficient approach allows you to bring best-in-class mobile experience to your customers without the high price tag. Pay only for the features and devices you want while Magento handles the ongoing maintenance of your app in the iTunes marketplace.
Pricing
Magento Mobile is available immediately for a one-time fee of $799 and a monthly fee $69 per platform. Learn more at www.magento.com/product/mobile.
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