Magento Store Manager Blog

Use easy to follow Magento Customer Export Wizard to simplify your everyday work with customers and to streamline your information processing!

2012-02-23T05:48:00.000-08:00

Customer Export Wizard in Store Manager for Magento will easily export your customer information to comma separated value file (.csv) which can be effortlessly opened in MS Excel or other application for detailed analysis.First of all, select customer information you need to export before starting the Wizard.

You can run the Wizard by pressing Import/Export button in Store tab and choosing Export Customers Wizard from drop-down menu or by clicking on Import/Export Wizard button in Manage Customers section.

Now all you have to do is just follow wizard step-by-step and press Next.

1. In the Wizard first window select “Export” action to proceed.

2. The next step is either to enter the file you’re going to export or download one.

3. Select the customers you’d like to export. There are three options for you provided: All customers, Only filtered customers and Only selected customers.

4. Make sure you choose the proper Delimiter and Quote Character in the fourth window provided. Otherwise, there might be difficulties with the import of this file in the future. Most popular delimiters are comma (,), semicolon (;) and tab character ( ), though other symbols can be used as well.

5. The next step is to select the fields you want to export. Use this “>” button to move only certain fields from the left column to the export list in the right column or use this “>>” button to move all the fields at once.

6. Finally, preview your export in the last window and choose the action you’d like to perform after export process’s complete. “None” option will close the Wizard automatically. And by checking the proper option you’ll either open the directory containing result file or open the result file in Excel.

You’ll activate your Magento Customers Export process by simply pressing the Finish button. You can save all your export settings after the export’s done.

Save time and resources and make your customer information management more effective with Store Manager for Magento Export Customers Wizard!

Use also our easy to follow Magento Import Customers Wizard to import customers!

Should you require any further information on Magento Export Customers feel free to contact our Support Team.

Happy St. Valentine's Day!

2012-02-14T01:17:00.001-08:00

At last! The warmest day of winter has come! Today the snow melts and flowers blossom thanks to our hot passionate devoted hearts.

Happy St. Valentine's Day!

There can be no better time to spill the beans and tell you, our dearest clients how much WE LOVE YOU!!!

It's you, who inspire, motivate and encourage us for our greatest achievements. It’s you who are the true reason for all our innovations! We want your lives to be easier and your business more successful with our help!

However, the most important thing today and always is LOVE. So, the whole MagneticOne Team wishes you to fill every day of your life with this beautiful feeling. May your beloved ones stay close to you, may the warmth of your hearts save you from any frosts, blizzards and winds of life.

Save the time for those you love, use our products to do all the rest! Stay with us, grow with us, love with us!

How to Perform Automated Product Import with Magento Automated Product Import Addon

2012-01-30T06:54:00.000-08:00

Import your products with Magento Automated Product Import Addon much faster and easier than you have ever done it before. Pay attention to the step-by-step instruction below in order to avoid any errors and woes.

Here is what you should do to import your products to your Magento store.
1. To start your work with Automated Product Import Addon go to Store Manager for Magento and choose Addons section - Automated Product Import.

The demo version is included in Store Manager for Magento by default. It allows you to import only 10 products, but to transfer more of them you need to purchase the registration key. Check the status of your Automated Product Import Addon in Settings - Preferences. You’ll see the window, where all the statuses of your addons are listed.

If Automated Product Import Addon is marked as unregistered, all you need to do is obtain the License Key. After you have received it in an e-mail, enter it in the corresponding field.

Now you can go back to the addon window and use all the functionality of this tool.
2. The Automated Product Import Addon window consists of 2 main parts: Before Import and After Import. Before actually starting the import procedure you’ll be able to see the products from your store as they are at the moment.

3. Before you start importing the data you need to specify certain configurations. Click on Create or Modify Import Configuration button. The window will appear where you can specify the import source: local .csv file, .csv via http URL or FTP URL. Depending on the way you choose you’ll need to either select the local file, enter its URL address or fill in all the required fields for establishing FTP connection.

4. The next thing you need to do is specify delimiter characters that will separate fields data. This step is very important so make sure you do everything right. Here you can also choose what to do with the images. It’s possible to substitute those already existing with the new ones.

What you need to do now is to assign columns from the .csv file to the corresponding fields. Choose the field from the list, select the corresponding column and move the data from there to the selected field. Database fields can be displayed with their frontend labels or attribute codes. Choose whichever of these options depending on what is more comfortable for you.
You can also create additional fields (e.g. Colour, Texture) by clicking on the corresponding button and entering the name of the field.

It's possible to use Auto set option if your columns in the file are given the names of the fields. In this case the columns will be assigned to the corresponding database fields automatically.

You can undo everything by clicking on Clear All Relations button.

5. Having accomplished all the previous steps will lead you to Import Preview. Check the info about your products as it will be imported to your database. If everything is right, click Next.

6. The next section is Import Options. Here you are to make sure that the option Reindex product data is selected. It is most advisable to perform reindexing during the import process. This will guarantee that all the products in your store are displayed correctly. Moreover, it takes much less time to reindex product data during the import procedure than reindexing the whole catalogue afterwards. This section also allows to clear relations among products. Having modified all the necessary Import settings, click Save to preserve them.

7. Create the schedule of your import by adding scheduled tasks in Show Sheduled Tasks - Add Task. Choose the start time and the period for repeating the Automated Product Import. From now on Import procedure will start automatically due to the schedule you’ve arranged.

If you want to start Automated Import immediately or at any other time, press the button Run Import in Automated Product Import Addon window.

8. When the process of Automated Product Import is over, you will see all the changes and updates in After Import section.

This is it. As you see, import of products is much easier when you use Automated Product Import Addon. Set up all the settings once and don’t bother about product import anymore.
If you have any suggestions on Magento Automated Product Import Addon, you’re welcome to contact our support team.

Use Magento Store Manager to Work Effectively with All Kinds of Products in Your Magento Online Store!

2012-01-11T04:47:00.000-08:00

Such tasks as managing orders, invoices, products and product descriptions, become annoying for those who are not used to work with Magento.

Despite the fact that Magento actually provides a great flexibility and potential, this functionality can be limited in its service and you need to spend hours to get the hang of how it works.

Store Manager for Magento is a software perfectly designed for organizing your Magento store easier and faster. It was developed by MagneticOne and aims to change the way different goods are created in all Magento online stores. It simplifies fulfillment of various tasks and makes them only a matter of routine. Thus you not only automate your shop maintenance easily, but you are also saving lots of time and resources. One of the most important aspects of online store management is Product section. It’s not just about making online products, the way they are presented and additional product information availability are also a matter of concern.

Using Store Manager for Magento enables you to organize your product categories in a completely different manner! It will make it easier for buyers to visit your online store and to make purchases more conveniently. This useful software will be your step towards expanding your business opportunities and getting more benefits from your online stores. No doubt, you’ll have fun applying Store Manager to your e-store. Considering the style in which Store Manager for Magento is designed, it is easy for anyone to use this software. At this level, it is important to state that the following product types are available:

- Magento simple products;

- Magento configurable products;

- Magento grouped products.

Using this software it is easy to group products in simple categories. This is also one of the best designs used for selling products. Along with this, it is important to note that Magento grouped products are easy to find in the categories. This peculiarity allows shopkeepers to emphasize the best attributes of the product set. It is simple even to make stress on some system attributes. Let’s take a look at this kind of grouping using an example of a dress. When it comes to design you’ll describe in details on your e-store website the color of the dress, its style and even whether it has a zipper at the back . When buyers get online, they will be tempted by these options and will be more eager to decide to make a purchase.

Using Store Manager for Magento toolbar allows you easily and fully implement basic operations: add, delete and create merchandise, make mass changes to your products using Mass Product Changer Addon, export/import product and categories to Excel file with an easy to follow Export/Import Wizard and much more. The main advantages Magento Store Manager has are vivid! Using these useful toolbar options, wizard tips and filters will make your e-store maintenance convenient and easy.

Store Manager for Magento is really a robust tool for Magento e-store successful control. To experience all its functionality yourself download trial version here.

Discover the Latest Updates of Store Manager for Magento Version 2.5.5.564

2011-12-30T05:03:00.000-08:00

Great news! MagneticOne Team has implemented some major improvements to Store Manager for Magento.

The latest version of the Store Manager for Magento has been updated with the new cutting-edge features.
Here’s what you can get a hand of:
HTTP tunnel:
- New type of database connection has been added - HTTP tunnel. This is an alternative way of connecting to your database and it possesses the features both of Magento direct and bridge connection.
Advantages:

this type of connection is useful if you don't have direct access to MySQL database;
you don't need to do POST \ GET operations each time to refresh data on store and in Store Manager for Magento.

Disadvantages:

.php file is used by HTTP -tunnel, that's why the speed of work depends on your channel speed capacity;
If you have unstable connection, it is better for you to use bridge connection as it works with database cash;

We don’t recommend importing products if HTTP tunnel is set up. We are working on the improvement of connection and planning to implement caching in the next release.
New automatic connection wizard
- New automatic connection wizard has been released. Now you can use Simple or Advanced mode for configuration of settings. All you need for simple mode is just to fill in FTP settings. All the rest will be done by our Connection Wizard. If you are familiar with communication protocols you can use Advanced mode.

See more: Store Manager for Magento Release Notes List

Christmas Holiday Work Hours!

2011-12-27T05:57:00.001-08:00

In observance of the holidays, please note that MagneticOne Support will not be available during regular work hours.

The actual work hours will be as follows:

- December 29th 2011 we will have limited live Chat support till 19:00 GMT+2
- January 2nd through 6th, as well as January 9th, 2012 there will be limited live chat support, due to staff member limitations.

We will return to regular business hours on January 10th, 2012. Happy Holidays!

Sincerely Yours,
MagneticOne Team

Christmas Presents from MagneticOne!

2011-12-20T04:05:00.000-08:00

Christmas is on the threshold! It’s high time to enjoy the sound of snow squeaking under your feet, fir tree and tangerine scent swirling in the air and wrapping paper rustling in the shops.

MagneticOne Team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May this magical time endow you with lots of happy moments with your family and friends! We sincerely hope that in year 2012 all your plans will be accomplished and you will be avoided by problems but chased by success!

Christmas is always about presents. So, on this happy occasion MagneticOne has also prepared a pile of gifts for you!

First of all we have a special Christmas offer for our best and most devoted clients:

MAGN-GIAG-GIFT

C2C-NY2012

The offer is valid from December 20th to January 2nd. So hurry up! Don’t lose this chance to have a great present for you under the Christmas tree!

But that’s not all! MagneticOne has prepared one more Christmas gift for you:

2012 Calendar featuring the most beautiful, charming and gentle part of our team

There is never too much beauty in our lives, so we tried to share a part of MagneticOne beauty with you. We hope this calendar will amuse you and inspire for work and new ideas on a daily basis during the whole year 2012.

Have a prosperous and successful year together with MagneticOne!

Make Your Product Management Easier With Magento Grouped Products

2011-12-16T07:59:00.000-08:00

Store Manager for Magento has a great variety of options which help you to deal with products, customers and their orders without any efforts. Magento Grouped Products is one of the most useful options. With its help you can group the products you want according to their common features. Then you will be able to view these goods on one page. Moreover, by using already existing products, you may create new ones. So what can you do with Magento Grouped Product option?

Firstly, you can create, edit or delete the Attribute Sets. They must embrace all Magento’s System Attributes (for instance, Name, SKU and Price). Though, you are free to modify them according to different combinations of Simple Attributes (the attributes shared by all products of one kind ‑ colors, size, weight, brand, etc.). In other words, all products should have a Name, Price and a SKU, but not all of them should have common Simple Attributes. For example, ribbons can include different colors, but you probably would not include colors in an Attribute Set for Books. So after making your own Simple Attributes you can set different values.

Secondly, if you want to create a Magento Simple Product, you can do it in a few steps. You just have to select a certain attribute set among already existing ones or create a new one. Then you are to fill up the product view. What is interesting, you can change the prices for different target groups. That is, if your store is designed with one view per language, you can use different prices for different languages. Then you have to create unique products with unique SKUs for each view. But if you are not interested in this, you can just use the same basic information about the products for all languages. Then the text is just translated into the languages you need.

Finally, after creating Simple Products, you can assign them to Magento Grouped Products. It is very easy. You just have to click on the Associated Products tab and then ‑ on the “Add” button. After that you should mark and the item you want to add to the grouped product.

In addition, this Magento Grouped Products option will give your customers the opportunity to see clearly a wide choice of your goods, select an appropriate product and make a purchase successfully.

See another useful article about Magento Grouped Products here.

Find out about New Updates of Store Manager for Magento Professional Edition Version: 2.5.3.550

2011-12-07T08:19:00.000-08:00

Great news! MagneticOne Team has implemented some major improvements to Store Manager for Magento.
The latest version of the Store Manager has been updated with the new cutting-edge features.
Here’s what you can get a hand of:

Now Store Manager is compatible with Magento Community Edition 1.6.1.0
New system of User Access was developed. Now you can grant specific permissions to Store Manager users allowing them to perform certain operations, whereas other areas may be disabled for them. This feature is especially useful for store owners, who want to restrict access to store data for certain users depending on the position they occupy in the business: e.g. Product Manager, Order Manager etc. This feature is available in Store Manager for Mangento Professional Edition only!

The option “Shutdown computer after import is complete” has been added and it may be seen at the last step of import.

HTML Settings tab has been added to Preferences Window

The option “Rebuild Category Index” has been added to contextual menu.

Now the Products form includes the ability to filter products using the option “Show products without images”.

The option of editing Tracking Information in orders form has been added.

The ability to select default view while export of custom options has been implemented.

Bugfixes

The issue with batch data in Mass Adwords Product Ads Addon has been fixed. Now it works fine.
Now while working with eBay Integration Addon, the exception "cdsExportProductsData: Cannot perform this operation on a closed dataset" is not showing up.
The issue with import of product images has been fixed. Now in the process of automatic import all the entities are transferred correctly.
Special characters were not supported in the Custom Options Select Types form.
Previously some products had been exported with blank fields. This issue has been fixed and now products export works properly.

Magento Configurable Products

2011-12-01T07:19:00.000-08:00

Enjoy the latest video about how to create and manage Configurable Products in Store Manager for Magento easily

By the way, you can read the article about Magento Configurable Products here
We hope it would be useful for you.

MagneticOne History: Secrets Revealed

2011-11-10T07:36:00.001-08:00

10 years have passed since MagneticOne started making its own way in the bushes of internet business. Now it's time to reveal all the secrets! Find out how everything began! A life of one company, a story of work, inspiration and success!

Prepared with love by MagneticOne Team :)

MagneticOne Turns 10 Today!

2011-11-08T03:02:00.000-08:00

Finally the day has come! Today we’ve reached our first grand milestone. We are 10! The aroma of birthday cake spreads through all the rooms, the candles are burning, the celebration has come!

Today is the ultimate chance to tell you, our dearest customers, how happy we are to work for you! But for your loyalty, we wouldn’t have reached anything. Thanks to you we grow, set goals, achieve them and strive for the best!
Your achievements are our pride and joy, your work is our inspiration!

We have prepared a special birthday giveaway for you! Check it out now and celebrate with us, cause it’s your day too!

We’ve done a lot and still are full of grand plans, ideas and the sky is our limit!

Let’s raise the glasses to our long mutual cooperation, to our new ideas, to your flourishing business!

Cheers to MagneticOne! Cheers to our clients! Cheers to your success!

MagneticOne Turns 10 in 5 Days!

2011-11-03T05:57:00.001-07:00

Hoorraayy! November, 8th 2011 MagneticOne celebrates 10 year anniversary!

Making it to the 10th anniversary is an important accomplishment for us. We took time to grow and flourish, and this first major milestone shouldn't be a passing day on the calendar.

All of the things we've done within these 10 years were all for and because of you, our customers! So, just like any other birthday boy and girl, MagneticOne is preparing a little birthday giveaway. In the next 5 days we're going to continue the preparations, so stay tuned!

Counting the days… 5… 4… 3…! The holiday is coming! Yaaayyy!

Up and Running!

2011-10-21T06:43:00.000-07:00

Thank you for your patience while Store Manager for Magento website was temporarily down.

During that time all the data was kept safe and sound, and our server survived :)

Thanks for being there with us. We appreciate our customers, who wrote in to let us know they were affected, helping us troubleshoot the issue and address it promptly.

Stay tuned!

Urgent Notice!

2011-10-21T02:12:00.000-07:00

Due to the technical issues on the part of our hosting provider, one of the MagneticOne servers is currently down.

Thereby, at this point Store Manager for Magento website www.mag-manager.com is down.

The issues are now being taken care of. We will inform you as soon as the websites are available again.

We apologize for any type of inconvenience!

Automated Product Import Addon Launched!

2011-09-28T10:16:00.000-07:00

MagneticOne launched yet another major extension for Store Manager for Magento - Automated Product Import. The addon is designed to assist the store owner in coordinating all the products with the wholesaler. It will automatically import the store inventory from internal and external sources into the store in no time. All you need to do is lay back and let the addon do the job for you.

Automated Product Import is originally made to turn the routine task of product import into a pushover. Being completely automatic, this Store Manager for Magento extension will ensure accurate product import no matter what. That said, you will avoid duplicate data entry and all the other accompanying issues arising from entering the data manually. In other words, you will save your time, energy and nerves.

This outstanding Store Manager extension features the most long awaited functionality for Magento store owners. It allows to easily setup import settings once and for all, so you won’t have to do the job over again. Then you can import the product items using the .csv file provided by your supplier on a monthly, weekly or daily basis. You can access the product update from your local PC, HTTP URL (live feed from your supplier) or FTP. From that point on bulk updates are all taken care of by the Automated Product Import.

Apart from managing the product data import itself, this extension automatically downloads product images from the supplier’s database. It simply uploads images to your FTP using the http image URL in the .csv file. Beyond that, you can use expressions in the process of import. Simply specify the calculations for the numeric fields rather than directly import data from .csv. It’s as simple as that.

Automated Product Import extension for Store Manager for Magento is the perfect solution for importing your inventory data the right way. It is designed to bring basic store operations to the next level, allowing store owners to automate and improve typical tasks within a Magento based online store.

For information on the benefits of the Automatic Product Import extension for Store Manager for Magento, visit www.mag-manager.com.

MagneticOne Announces New Edition Release of Store Manager for Magento!

2011-09-16T01:53:00.000-07:00

Ternopil, Ukraine - September 16th, 2011 - MagneticOne, one of the most promising innovative software development companies on the market, announces the release of new editions of Store Manager for Magento. The outstanding improvement of the plans and pricing boosts the basic store management strategies. The new editions feature the enhancements and store management campaigns focusing on the streamline of Magento based stores of all types.

Striving to extend the functionality of the software, as well as targeting the latest trends in the field of eCommerce, MagneticOne introduces the three major editions of Store Manager for Magento.

Basic Edition
Professional Edition
Enterprise Edition

Basic Edition

Aiming at the most basic store management strategies, this edition includes all the most ground options for proper administration of Magento based store. It shares most of the vital features of Store Manager for Magento, albeit with limitations. It is perfect for online shops with a simple streamline of operations requiring quick and clear store handling. With the basic version, you get the following options:

Add the limited number of only 1 store connection to the database
The limited number of up to 3000 products available for import and export
Basic category management, product management, attribute management and order management
Fundamental administration of general and custom reports, as well as database restore and backup
Sound direct and bridge connections
Addons included for testing purposes only. For full functionality, they can be purchased separately

Professional Edition
Professional Edition bears the title constituting its sole purpose. Apart from all the basic features of Store Manager for Magento, this version is designed for the advanced administration of Magento based stores to the greater extent. Therefore, it extends the functionality of the basic edition by losing all the limitations and adding up with additional features. With Store Manager for Magento Professional Edition you enjoy handful of the following functions:

Unlimited number of store connections that can added to the database
Unlimited number of products available for import and export
Advanced category management, product management, attribute management and order management
Fully functional general and custom reports
Encrypted passwords for increased security
SSH support provided for secure connections
Hastened management of database restore and backup options
Advanced direct and bridge connections
Addons included for testing purposes. For full functionality, they can be purchased separately

Additionally, Professional Edition contains advanced options for:

Store Diagnostics, allowing to analyze and track missing product images
Raw Table Editor for direct operations with store database tables and fields
Multi Editor designed for easy product pricing management
Advanced operations with custom SQL queries
Mass operations with expressions for an easy definition of valid values and conditions using macroses

Following all the advanced enhancements, all the current owners of Store Manager for Magento will be automatically transferred to the Professional Edition of the program!

Enterprise Edition

Targeting the most advanced and complex Magento based stores, Store Manager for Magento Enterprise Edition not only includes the unlimited access to all the basic and advanced features of the program, but also supports Magento Enterprise Edition. So now, Store Manager is geared towards larger companies choosing the greater features provided by Magento platform.

Moreover, the Enterprise Edition provides full, unlimited, unconditional access to all the Store Manager addons already included in the package:

QuickBooks Integration addon designed for automatic product, order, customer export to QuickBooks
USPS Shipping Integration addon for easy and fast shipping management
Automated Product Import addon to automate the product import process from external resources
ICEcat Product Catalogue Integration, designed to synchronize product descriptions and images with ICEcat product catalogue
Peachtree Integration addon, helping to synchonize products, customers and orders with Peachtree by Sage
Mass AdWords Product Ads for easy creation of separate ads in Google AdWords

With all the implemented changes, Store Manager for Magento is aimed at facilitating and improving the administration of multiple operations for all types of Magento based stores. All three editions are developed to extend the functionality of a default admin web interface and help online merchants manage their stores much more effectively.

Check out the new Store Manager for Magento Editions and see how they all work for your benefit!

Urgent Announcement for All Magento Store Owners!

2011-09-01T11:37:00.000-07:00

Only now you can get your Store Manager for Magento before the price goes up!

In the next 7 days you can buy the software for only $199. Sept 8th, 2011 the price increases to $249. Yeap, you can get it cheap just like that!

Come on now! Shake a leg to save $50!

Discover the Latest Updates of Store Manager for Magento Version 2.5.0.492

2011-08-12T08:19:00.000-07:00

Great news! MagneticOne Team has implemented some major improvements to Store Manager for Magento.

The latest version of the Store Manager has been updated with the new cutting-edge features.

Here’s what you can get a hand of:

Preferences section now contains the Restore dialog form state option. It restores the position of the windows from a previously saved state. If the option is not chosen, all the windows will open in middle of the monitor.

The updated Store Manager for Magento allows adding watermarks to images. In the Preferences section choose Image Watermark to impress watermarks with various levels of transparency on the product images displayed in the store. They are meant to protect your product data from being published elsewhere without any reference to your store.

Store Manager for Magento allows integration with Crowdin.net. In the Preferences section go to Advanced settings and choose Localization option. Now you can download the translated version of the program directly from the Store Manager.

Improvements

Now you can create attributes during the product import process. In the Assign .csv Columns to Database Fields section choose the corresponding option to create an Attribute. The added option allows creating attributes for the selected column.

When adding an associated product, SKU is generated on the basis of the selected attributes
New fields Enable Qty Increments and Qty Increments are now supported
Now you can filter your products according to the option Show products not assigned to any category

Now you can edit clean HTML code with the improved HTML Editor. The added option Cut HTML allows incising the code. In the Preferences section find Disable WYSIWYG HTML Editor option to operate the editor.

In the Expression form there is an added list of valid macro values for import – [CSV_COL(x)], and Multi-Editor – [ATTRIBUTE(code)].

With the updated Store Manager for Magento you can backup and restore files. In the Database Backup/Restore section choose Backup files option. Files containing store information are now saved together with Database tables. NOTE: this operation is completed over a long period of time

Bugfixes

The issue concerning the pop up “Column ‘disabled’ cannot be null” during Label editing in the Image Gallery is now fixed
The issue concerning the color change delay in the process of assigning .csv columns to database fields is now fixed. When choosing the Auto Set or Clear option, the color of the .csv fields changes
The option Unlimited now remains checked in the Edit downloadable links section
Now you can easily connect to local database if it contains the mark “-”
You can now record the Grouped Configurable data in the catalog_product_relation table

If you have any suggestions on Store Manager for Magento, you're welcome to contact our Support Team.

101 Was to Speed Up your Magento E-commerce Website

2011-08-09T02:37:00.000-07:00

As you probably know by now, Google is Using site speed in web search ranking.

And I couldn’t agree more: speed is important for your site, and not only for Google but mainly for the User Experience (UX) on your site. Research from Google and Microsoft shows that slower websites convert less and that the effect of a slow website is lasting.

Sidenote: As a psychologist this might be a form of Deformation professionnelle, but I kinda hate it when people always talk about optimizing for search engines/ Google. Don’t optimize for Google, keep in mind that you optimize for your users!

Ok, so nothing new so far (I hope), but what about the speed of your Magento platform? If you’re serious about e-commerce, 9 out of 10 times Magento will be your best choice overall when looking at features, flexibility and TOC. But there are some complaints about Magento being a very slow system and as I just explained: that isn’t good for your UX.

And although most of these complaints aren’t always fair (off course you’re Magento site is slow when you put it on a cheap shared hosting with 200 other websites!), we all know that of the box Magento isn’t the fastest boy in the class. So that’s where this list comes in…

Below is the list with 101 ways to speed up your Magento site… Well ok, at the moment I have only 30 45 54 ways, but if you help me out we can make it to 101! When new suggestions come in, I’ll update this post with additional ways to speed up your website. When more tips come in I’ll probably start categorizing them to maintain an overview.

The Tips:
A) Hosting environment/General tips
B) Template
C) Magento configuration
D) Speed testing, analysing, monitoring

Get more details here

Watch Our New Video Tutorial about Store Manager for Magento

2011-07-11T07:00:00.001-07:00

Learn more effective methods of import categories via Store Manager for Magento

Take a look at our new video about Store Manager for Magento. In this video you will get acquainted with different methods of importing categories in Magento store more effective.

We are constantly working on creating new videos to get started with Store Manager more quickly and help our customers to manage their stores even more productively. To keep up with our latest videos go to our YouTube channel.

MagneticOne Took Part at “Meet Magento Belarus - 2011”

2011-06-22T06:54:00.000-07:00

Ruslan Savchyshyn - Director of MagneticOne took part in “Meet Magento Belarus 2011” that took place at Minsk International Educational Center.

The conference was organized by aheadWorks - e-commerce development company and Varien - Magento founder.

Ruslan Savchyshyn had a speech about implementing Agile technologies in developing solutions for Magento platform. Also he talked about Store Manager for Magento - as a great software for quick and easy management of Magento store. This presentation arouse hot discussion between developers. Some guys had got small gifts - cups with MagneticOne logo for their activity and most interesting questions during Ruslan’s presentation.

Other speakers told much about Magento development environment, integration e-store Magento with social media, new information about Magento 2, etc.

At the conference, director of MagneticOne took a practical experiences in developing, found new partners.

Tips on How to Change Attribute Set via Store Manager for Magento

2011-06-09T02:34:00.000-07:00

In this article you will learn how to manage Magento Attribute Set easily using Store Manager for Magento

Magento Attribute Set is a collection of attributes, customized to fit certain types of products. All Attribute Sets must contain all of Magento’s System Attributes, but you can customize them to include different combinations of Simple Magento Attributes.

For example, if you sell several different kinds of T-shirts in your site, you would want to create a “T-shirts” Attribute Set, which includes the Simple Attributes commonly shared by all of your T-shirts. This may include color, size, gender, and brand.

Once you have created each of these Simple Attributes (refer back to the previous section for more details), you can associate them to an Attribute Set. A product is then associated to an Attribute Set during product creation, and the Attribute Set’s Simple Attributes will appear in the New Product page so that you can set the various values.

With Store Manager for Magento you can change attribute set for the products that were created earlier. For example you have products that were created using default attribute set.

Store Manager allows to Magento change attribute set for the existing product. It’s very simple. You need only to select the product and press “Change product attribute set” button on a toolbar. Then choose appropriate attribute set from the list and press OK.

But that’s not all features. The very unique thing you can do - it’s to change attribute sets even for multiple products at one. Just select the products, right click to call context menu and choose Change product attribute set option. Then select appropriate attribute set from the list and click OK. Wait for several seconds and the task is done.

After that you can make necessary changes to the attributes in the edit product window.

Using this feature you will be able to quickly create and organise the product list of your Magento store.

Here Is a Simple Way to Add or Edit Magento Manufacturers Using Store Manager for Magento

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Do you wish to add or edit Magento manufacturer attribute in your store with minimum complications? Store Manager for Magento is the ultimate application that tackles every such component of your store with utmost efficacy and in few simple steps.

Magento manufacturer is one of the important attributes that you may wish to add to the existing set of attributes. Many of you must have gone through the tedious task of handling and managing all such attributes of the product at a time. No one can deny the amount of time one needs to spare for such work. Although time consuming, if you own an online Magento store you really understand the importance of managing all this data time to time. Store Manager for Magento ensures the completion of all these tasks in a jiffy, without you having to spare long hours on the same!

If you feel that addition of the Magento manufacturer attribute is an essential factor that influences the procuring decision of the customers then you really do not have to do anything extraordinary! Yes, the application helps you in managing every such feature of the product as per your requisites and preferences. So, you have decided to add or edit the attribute but are wondering how to go about it? Well, this is the uniqueness of the Magento software. The simplicity and easy to comprehend instructions of the process leaves you with the need of devoting bare minimum efforts.

Using the software, you can very conveniently edit the list of Magento manufacturers. Adding a new name to the list is also a simple process involving drag and drops and few clicks. Once you have already created the manufacturer attribute, you can open it and edit for any future changes. It is unbelievably simple to add Magento manufacturer attribute or edit the list with this application. Not to forget the amount of time it saves for you. It is an undeniable fact that time is money in business. If you invest your time appropriately you are bound to get great profits in return. After all, what is business without profits!

As your business grows and as the products go through the phase of changes, a constant update has to be maintained for the same. It is true that the market and the demands of the customers never remain constant. Adaptation in the process of change is the only way to grow your business and survive the challenges.

Apart from Magento manufacturer, Store Manager for Magento is very efficient in maintaining various other aspects of the product and its attributes. You can effectively manage every facet of the store and its settings. Now, you can see your Magento store and the business growing as the windows based simple application helps you in every manner to manage the store.

Watch Our New Video about Magento Multi Editor

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See how easily and quickly you can update your store database using Store Manager for Magento

In this video you will find out how to keep your store database fresh and organized with minimum efforts. Using Magento Multi Editor you can make bulk updates with products prices, wholesale prices, products quantities and statuses within several seconds. So take time to watch our video and discover benefits of Magento Multi Editor at http://www.mag-manager.com/useful-articles/magento-multi-editor.

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