Magento v1.6

This post is archived and is no longer being maintained. Information within the post may be out of date. Magento 1.6 comes with a default poll asking your visitors _What is your Favorite color?” and it’s likely you’ll want to remove it from your Magento website. Removing or deleting the default poll in Magento 1.6 Read More >

At times you may want to temporarily disable your terms and conditions page without actually deleting it. You can disable the terms and conditions at any time using the Magento 1.6 Admin Backend. Log into your Mageneto Admin Panel Go to Sales ->> Terms and Conditions Click the Terms and Conditions you want to disable Read More >

When hosting Magento websites, you may want your web store’s customers to acknowledge certain terms and special conditions before purchasing products. You can easily enable Terms and Conditions so customers must check that they have read throguh them prior to completing an order. A sale in your Magento store cannot be finalized until the customer Read More >

By default your Magento 1.6 store will have various links such as “About Us” and “Customer Service” in the footer of your new Magento shopping cart. You can remove these links from the bottom of your Magento 1.6 site using the Magento Admin Backend. Log into your Magento Admin Backend Go to CMS ->> Static Read More >

Magento 1.6 by default has a compilation tool built into it. When you first configure your Magento hosting server, the compiler is disabled and your files have not been compiled. The compilation tool allows you to compile all the files in the Magento 1.6 installation to create a single include path. This can increase performance Read More >

Magento 1.6 indexes all of your content in order to speed up how fast it accesses it. If you make changes to your store such as editing products, you’ll want to re-index the content so the changes will display on your front end. By default, if you have never indexed your data you’ll need to Read More >

One of the most important pages on your Magento 1.6 webstore can be your Terms & conditions. The terms and conditions page should include the legal rights of your customers, what they can expect, and your roles and responsibilities as the seller. By default, your customers are not required to acknowledge your terms and conditions. Read More >

Magento Community Edition has released its next version, Magento Preview Version CE 1.7.0.0-RC-1. This new version has recently been moved from Beta and is on a fast track to a full release at a later date. Magento recommends not using this version on a production or “live” site since it’s unlikely to be stable at Read More >

Magento 1.6 gives you the ability to merge the CSS files of your Magento shopping cart. This can be beneficial in speeding up how fast your pages load in a web browser. Merging the CSS files can make debugging issues with the look and feel of your website however. Once your website is no longer Read More >

By default, Magento 1.6 will not merge the Javascript files of your web store. Merging the files, can help speed up your website by reducing the number of HTTP requests made. However, merging the javascript files can make it more difficult to troubleshoot while your shopping cart is in development. Merging the Javascript files is Read More >

As a Magento hosting provider with Magento 1.6, InMotion Hosting offers a convenient built-in feature to assist you in troubleshooting memory-related problems. By activating the Debug Profiler, a small link displaying relevant information about the current memory usage will be added at the bottom of every page. Enabling the Debug Profiler is a simple process that Read More >

Magento 1.6 has a powerful logging system that can be extremely helpful when debugging any issues you may have. If there’s an error there is almost always an entry in the system or exceptions log. By default though, logging is not enabled. Enabling the logs in Magento 1.6 is relatively easy and is accomplished through Read More >

Magento 1.6 will automatically decrease your stock inventories when an order is placed. This can be a great feautre if you sell physical products. However, if you sell digital products you do not need to keep a physical inventory. This you do not need to subtract items from your inventory that are sold, you could Read More >

Magento 1.6 will not allow backorders of products. Before you can allow products to be displayed that has no stock inventory you should set your shopping cart to display out of stock products. After this has been done, you can then configure Magento 1.6 to allow backorders. This is done in the Magento Admin Panel. Read More >

By default, your hosted Magento website will not display products that you do not have inventory for. If a product has no inventory your website’s visitors will not see it. This can be problematic since you may want to pre-sell products before their release date or have the ability to back-order stock on your website. Read More >

By default, Magento 1.6 allows your website’s visitors or guests to write reviews for your products. there may be times when you want to disable their ability to write reviews. Disallowing guest to write reviews in Magento 1.6 is done through the Magento Admin Backend. Log into your Magento Admin Panel. Go to System ->> Read More >

When you first log into the Magento 1.6 Admin backend you are presented with the Dashboard. This dashboard gives you statistics or reports. If you are running the store on a fiscal year instead or a calendar year, you may want to change how the reports display. You can change the date in which your Read More >

As you start to customize your newly installed Magento web store, you’ll probably want to change the logo that displays in the top right section of the header on each page. This can be easily accomplished in the Magento Admin Panel at any time. Uploading Your Logo to Magento In Magento, to change the logo you Read More >

Now, that you have installed your Magento 1.6 store, and you’re selling products on the Internet, you’ve become a global business. Anyone with an Internet connection could access your website. Magento server hosting gives the admin the ability to block access to specific countries. Also, “Postal Code is Optional” gives you the ability to select the Read More >

Locale options in Magento 1.6 define the local time and date settings as well as the weekend days of your Magento shopping cart. Weekend days are defined as the non-working days of the week in your area. Defining these days can help customers determine shipping methods and other aspects of shopping on your website. Setting Read More >