Magento Preview Version CE 1.6.0.0-rc2
Magento has announced the release of the RC2 of the new version 1.6.0.0. Many developers have judged this version
as a “new beginning” of the Magento Community, as well as others developers have judged it as “more of the same”. So… what’s true?,
you tell me! When we tested 1.6 RC2 we were more than happy for just one thing….We didn’t have ANY installation problems, finally!
Magento Commerce site say:
Some of the key new features in this release include:
Minimum Advertised Price (MAP Pricing)
Persistent Shopping Across Devices and Browsers
Enhanced Order Payment Action for PayPal Express Checkout
And much more…
Talking about improvements, we can now find the dynamic SKU for Configurable Products, changes in Moneybookers and an update of the Prototype library to 1.7. Another relevant feature is the removal of Google Base, also there is no more presence of The Find options in the Admin-panel although the module is still in the code.
We’ll be testing and testing this version before upgrading, stay tuned for updates!
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How To Set Up Different Languages in Magento
In order to configure a different language for your store, you have to download the language package from the Magento Web Site: http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/filter/all/localization
There you will see a list of all the languages that magento have available.
Step 1
Choose the language you want, then click in “Get extension key” and copy the root line.
Step 2
In your admin, go to System → Magento Connect → Magento Connect Manager, paste the extension key and click “Install“.
Step 3
Click on “Return to Admin“. Now you have to create a “Store view” for the language you downloaded. So, go to System > Manage Stores, and you will see the options to do that.
In “Create Store View” menu, select the main store view (from the “Store” dropdown menu) where you want to add the second view with the language option, then write the name of the new store view in “Name” option, now in “Code” option (this is important) you have to enter the name of the theme you are using in lowercase with a “_” followed by the language you are going to use, for example: i´m using HelloCanvas, in the “Code” of “Create Store View”, i´m going to enter “hellocanvas_french”.
Step 4
Then go to System, Configuration, in “Current Configuration Scope” choose the new store view you created and in the right side under “Locale options” choose the language you downloaded.
Also go to System>Configuration>Design, (select the new store view in “Current Configuration Scope”) under “Themes”, uncheck all the options and write the identifier of the theme you are using. Example: for HelloCanvas would be: hellocanvas
Remember to click on “Save Config” every time you change the information.
Important: Also, you will have to assign the “Homepage” and the “Statics Blocks” of the Theme to the new “Store View” you created.
Be sure to clear the cache before trying to use your new language.
You will have to do this same procedure with every language you want to set up for your store.
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Facebook and Magento, like?
Facebook announced a few weeks ago that they were making some changes and also added a bunch of new functionality that is changing the way users interact not only on Facebook, but with websites in general.
One of the changes they made were getting rid of “Become a Fan” for pages on Facebook. Instead of “Becoming a Fan”, you now simply choose to “Like” a page or not. The interesting thing about pages is that if you ever stumbled across a page that a friend of yours was a “Fan” or “Liked”, and you were not, it would say “So and So likes this” or “So and So is a fan”.
It is a very slick feature because if a friend of yours likes it or is a fan, you are far more likely to check it out for yourself and possibly like it or become a fan. This kind of dynamic just adds to the social media experience all around.
One of the very innovative additions that Facebook recently made was adding the ability of “Like” to webpages and websites. This is great for many reasons because if you are reading a news website and come across an article and it says “So and So likes this” you are probably going to read the article and check it out. (more…)
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