The PeC Evaluate: Magento Person Information eBook
Magento Commerce is turning into one of the well-liked and, maybe, most fun ecommerce platforms accessible. However with all of its on-line retailing prowess comes some stage of complexity that no less than just a few retailers discover daunting. A brand new e book seeks to make utilizing this highly effective ecommerce platform simpler to grasp.
With superior, built-in options like product critiques, product picture zooming and panning, want lists, worth and stock alerts, buyer and gross sales administration, gross sales tax guidelines, dynamic transport choices, and extra, Magento Commerce has attracted in extra of 750,000 downloads, garnered a superb popularity, and, one imagines, has heard no less than some complaints that the platform might be exhausting to implement or perceive.
To assist these would-be-Magento customers who discover utilizing the platform daunting, Varien, Magneto Commerce’s developer, has launched a 222-page person information e book, explaining most of the platform’s arrange and upkeep steps in some element.
Our Function in Reviewing this eBook
Every week, “The PeC Evaluate” appears to be like at merchandise (together with ebooks) or companies that might assist a web based service provider enhance his or her enterprise. Our purpose is to each establish after which fee these services or products, offering you with some good decision-making info. This week, I bought and downloaded Varien’s The Official Magento Person Information, flipped via the digital pages, and located an incredible useful resource for novice customers, incomes this e book 4 out of a potential 5 stars on this “The PeC Evaluate.”
Step-By-Step Directions
Geared toward a non-technical viewers The Official Magento Person Information presents storeowners—even these utterly new to Magento Commerce—an summary of the platform and gives considerably detailed step-by-step directions.
For example, the information invests 50 pages in an in depth rationalization of how one can arrange a catalog, seeming to cowl each potential element with textual content, pointers, and graphics. In truth, having already labored with Magento, I discovered a few of the element tedious, however for a primary time person the content material gives a stage and exactness that I’ve not seen in comparable paperwork.
The information additionally walks a Magento person via each step of putting in the platform (a stumbling block for some) in sufficient element that I’m fairly certain my 88-year-old dad—who can barely examine e-mail—may handle to get an occasion of Magento up and working on a server.
A Clear Function and Description
The information additionally does an excellent job—and this was no shock—of promoting Magento’s worth proposition. The primary 50 or so digital pages are dedicated to explaining what Magento is and what options its back and front ends provide. This overview was useful, and even jogged my memory of a few options that I had ignored.
Subsequent Time Make Movies
Pretty much as good because the information is, I wish to see a companion video tutorial collection. Magento may promote it for $99.00, and provide the information free.
Backside Line
The Official Magento Person Information is a terrific useful resource for anybody eager to get aware of this glorious ecommerce platform, incomes it 4 out of 5 stars in my evaluate.
