Learning Magento Theme Development
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00MWZC5VS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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He graduated from the University of Durham in Software Engineering, and currently lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. He blogs at earlgreyandbattenburg and tweets as @RichardCarter and @PeacockCarter. His experience includes many open source e-commerce and content management systems, including Magento, MediaWiki, WordPress, and Drupal. He is the Creative Director at Peacock Carter Ltd (peacockcarter), a web design and development agency based in the north east of England. This is the author's seventh book. He was also a technical reviewer for MediaWiki 1.1 Beginners Guide and Inkscape 0.48 Illustrator's Cookbook by Packt Publishing and The Definitive Guide To Drupal 7 by Apress.. He has previ
Magento offers many built-in capabilities, such as promotion pricing and coupon codes, detailed statistics, and SEO options. Starting with simple changes you can make to customize your store, from changing the logo and favicon to other simple configurable items, the book moves on to cover more in-depth theming techniques to help you build a fully custom Magento theme you can be proud of.By the end of this book, you will be able to create a new, custom, responsive, and advanced Magento theme of your own.. By using Magento's powerful theming engine, you can control the look, content, and functionality, and easily launch a flexible e-commerce website.This book will help you build your own store and help you broaden your customer reach. Create visually stunning and responsive themes to customize the appearance of your Magento storeAbout This BookCreate a custom theme from scratch for your Magento storeChange the basics of your Magento theme from the logo of your store to the color scheme of your themeEasy-to-follow step-by-step guide on how to get up and running with Magento themesWho This Book Is ForThis book is for web designers and developers with existing knowledge of CSS, HTML, and XML, who wish to learn more about Magento-specific theming techniques. It comes with a variety of tools necessary for building a successful online shop. The book is a step-by-step guide to theming Magento 1.8, aimed at readers with little technical expertise. Some knowl
R. Campbell said Excellent job of teaching theme development and customization. If you are new to Magento and need help setting up a storefront, this is not the book for you. Learning Magento Theme Development presumes that you have a functional installation and want or need to customize the look and features of your site, and does an excellent job of teaching those skills.For all practical purposes your entire storefront is customizable, and you will learn how to do so here. Need a video to illustrate a product? Covered. Custom email template? Covered. You will also find best-practices information and suggestions, and learn the underlying directory structure and files that a theme requires (including the defa. Excellent Book For Turning Complete Novices into Professionals Jason William Alls I have the ebook, and it is in full colour, and this makes a big difference. The author does a very good job of explaining to a complete novice what Magento themes are, and provides a very detailed but simple to follow procedure with examples on how to customise your own themes. If you have never had any experience of creating your own Magento theme, I guarantee that by the time you have worked through this book, you will be fully armed with all the knowledge you need to create and customise your own commercial quality themes.. "One Star" according to Amazon Customer. not very useful
He has worked with clients such as the University of Edinburgh, University College Dublin, Directgov, NHS Choices, and BusinessLink. He graduated from the University of Durham in Software Engineering, and currently lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. Richard CarterRichard Carter is a web designer and frontend web developer based in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north east of England. He has previously written MediaWiki Skins Design, Magento 1.3 Theme Design, Magento 1.4 Theme Design