Magik http://blog.magikcommerce.com Magik is a Magento product development company with a focus on enabling online retailers to unleash the power of Magento E-commerce Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:55:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Does Your Magento Extension Meet the New Quality Control Requirements? http://blog.magikcommerce.com/does-your-magento-extension-meet-the-new-quality-control-requirements/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/does-your-magento-extension-meet-the-new-quality-control-requirements/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:31:40 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1455 Magento has introduced new quality control requirements for all Magento extensions which are or will be pushed in their marketplace “Magento Connect”. Lately, a large numbers of Magento extensions have been pushed to Magento Connect which were not very valuable for the Magento community. We welcome their move to put some sort of quality control [...]

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]]> http://blog.magikcommerce.com/magento-responsive-testing-tool/feed/ 0 How To Install Magento On Lighttpd 1.4.X With FastCGI http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-install-magento-on-lighttpd-1-4-x-with-fastcgi/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-install-magento-on-lighttpd-1-4-x-with-fastcgi/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:20:12 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1424 When speed is one of the primary criteria for web applications & stores, you can’t simply rely on non-configured server setup. Apache is heavy unless you use the real power of it. Why not use some lightweight web servers like Ngnix or Lighttpd version 1.4.x. Although, these web servers are pretty light weight still they [...]

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]]> http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-install-magento-on-lighttpd-1-4-x-with-fastcgi/feed/ 0 How To Append Additional Fields In Magento’s Default Contact Form? http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-append-fields-in-magento-contact-form/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-append-fields-in-magento-contact-form/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:31:38 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1410 Magento itself provides a lean Contact Us form which can be used by customers to contact the store owners. But, what if you want to take additional inputs from your user? Customizing Magento Contact Us form is one of the most common request any Magento developer recives. So, here is an easy way of appending/inserting [...]

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]]> http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-append-fields-in-magento-contact-form/feed/ 1 Is Your Magento Store Already Responsive and Device Ready? http://blog.magikcommerce.com/magento-store-already-responsive-device-ready/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/magento-store-already-responsive-device-ready/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:54:36 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1393 Not too long ago, a majority of sites were spending thousands of dollars to have mobile friendly, mobile ready interfaces for their primary websites. These mobile sites (typically m.sitename.com) were specifically build to support as many mobile devices (based on resolutions) as possible. Eventually, big stores due to different screen sizes ended up creating different [...]

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]]> http://blog.magikcommerce.com/magento-store-already-responsive-device-ready/feed/ 2 5 Quick Magento Tips You Wish You Knew Earlier http://blog.magikcommerce.com/5-quick-magento-tips-you-wish-you-knew-earlier/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/5-quick-magento-tips-you-wish-you-knew-earlier/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:13:20 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1383 If you are looking to customize your Magento store or theme, a majority of times you ought to do very specific tasks. I am listing few of them below. I hope you will love this series and will find out most common solutions to most common Magento tasks. How to display category title only on [...]

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]]> http://blog.magikcommerce.com/5-quick-magento-tips-you-wish-you-knew-earlier/feed/ 0 How To Remove Category Title From Category Listing Page in Magento Template http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-remove-category-title-from-category-listing-page-in-magento-template/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-remove-category-title-from-category-listing-page-in-magento-template/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:05:19 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1377 By default Magento displays category title on category listing page which has it’s own advantages. But if you are looking to remove the category title which appears on category listing page in Magento template due to some customization requirements you do can that easily. Just go to app/design/frontend/default/Your_Theme/template/catalog/category/view.phtml file and find the following lines of [...]

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]]> http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-remove-category-title-from-category-listing-page-in-magento-template/feed/ 0 How to Remove Estimate Shipping Box From Cart Page In A Magento template http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-remove-estimate-shipping-box-from-cart-page-in-a-magento-template/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-remove-estimate-shipping-box-from-cart-page-in-a-magento-template/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:57:11 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1373 Sometimes, while designing your template following a business logic requires you to get rid of the core functionalities in Magento. Should you need to remove the estimate shipping box from cart page in your Magento template? Simply follow the instructions given below Just go to app/design/frontend/default/Your_Theme/template/checkout/cart.phtml and and find the following line of code 1 [...]

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]]> http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-remove-estimate-shipping-box-from-cart-page-in-a-magento-template/feed/ 0 Magento Themes: 10 Free Magento Themes & Templates http://blog.magikcommerce.com/10-free-magento-themes-templates/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/10-free-magento-themes-templates/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:04:01 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1342 This Festive season, MagikCommerce is offering it’s premium themes for FREE. We are showcasing 10 premium quality FREE Magento themes & Templates below. These high quality Free Magento themes can be customized to any store’s requirements. 10 FREE Magento Themes, Templates for 2012 – 2013 1. Magik Fard Magento Theme Magik Fard Magento theme is [...]

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]]> http://blog.magikcommerce.com/10-free-magento-themes-templates/feed/ 0 How To Increase Your Order Value with Extra Fee Magento Extension http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-increase-your-order-value-with-extra-fee-magento-extension/ http://blog.magikcommerce.com/how-to-increase-your-order-value-with-extra-fee-magento-extension/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:01:22 +0000 Ashish http://blog.magikcommerce.com/?p=1332 Did you know that one of the best kept secret for increasing your average order value is offering buyers additional options or premium services? With the right set of options, you can easily tempt your buyers to avail of the premium services and add-ons and increase your revenue per order. Its what Apple does when [...]

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