When you log into the Magento 1.6 admin panel, you will see the Magento Dashboard. While the dashboard may contain valuable information, it may not be the information you want to see when you first log into the backend. You can change the Admin Startup Page in the Magento 1.6 Admin Backend relatively easy. Please Read More >
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Changing the Magento 1.6 Login to Case Sensitive
When you log into the Magento 1.6 admin panel, by default it is not case sensitive. Forcing the login to be case sensitive will improve the security of your Magento shopping cart and backend. It becomes increasingly harder to hack passwords if they are case sensitive. Changing the default setting to force logins to be Read More >
Disable the Admin Dashboard Charts in Magento 1.6
In your hosted Magento 1.6 Admin Panel the main screen when you log in is referred to as your Dashboard. The Dashboard contains statistics about your Magento Shopping cart. The dashboard in Magento by default displays charts with your cart sales statistics. You can turn these charts off. Disabling the charts in Magento 1.6 can Read More >
How to Add the Store Information to Magento 1.6
Magento 1.6 allows you to enter contact information so your website visitors can contact you. This information will be displayed on the website for your webstore’s visitors to see. You can add the “Store Name”, “Store Contact Telephone”, and “Store Contact Address” in the Magento 1.6 Admin Panel. Please feel free to visit our other Read More >
How to Clear the Cache in Magento
Magento by default includes a caching system to help improve the performance. When you make changes to your Magento website, you may not see the changes immediately. In cases where you want to see the changes you have made to your live Magento website, you’ll need to clear the cache files. Clearing the Magento cache Read More >
How to Change the Default Title in Magento 1.6
Magento 1.6 has a default title used as the meta-title on all non-content pages that do not have a custom title. You can change this default title to whatever you’d like. You’ll want to use a more descriptive title and it is easily changed in the Magento 1.6 Admin Panel. Please feel free to visit Read More >
How to Add a Custom Favicon in Magento 1.6
Magento 1.6 allows you to further customize your shopping cart by adding a custom favicon. By default, the favicon is set to the Magento 1.6 logo. You can add a favicon of your logo or change it to any other custom image you wish. Customizing the favicon in Magento 1.6 is done through your Magento Read More >
How to Edit the Footer in Magento 1.6
At the bottom of your newly installed Magento 1.6 shopping cart, there’s a footer that contains the copyright information. Magento 1.6 allows you to completely customize what shows up in the footer of every page in your shopping cart. Editing the footer and changing the copyright information is easily accomplished through the Magento Admin Panel. Read More >
Changing the Default Welcome Message in Magento 1.6
One of the first things you see when you visit your new Magento 1.6 shopping cart is the default welcome message in the upper right corner of the page, which reads: Default welcome msg! This is a simple customization and a good place to start on customizing Magento 1.6. In the last tutorial, we covered Read More >
How to Log into Magento Admin Panel
The Magento Admin Panel is your gateway to managing and controlling your e-commerce store. Whether you’re setting up your online shop for the first time or you’re a seasoned Magento user, logging into the Admin Panel is the first step towards managing your store’s products, orders, and customers. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll walk you Read More >
