
We’ve just launched a brand new extension for Magento that will make every designer and developer’s life considerably easier. Custom CMS Fields allows for you to add as many custom fields as you’d like to any CMS page for easy inclusion in a Phtml page template. Custom CMS Fields includes options for text inputs, text […]
If you are considering launching a Magento website to facilitate all of your e-commerce, there are quite a few things you should know before starting the project to ensure you get the best possible finished result. Choosing A Designer So you’ve decided you want to build your e-commerce store on the Magento platform, now it’s […]
Spending money advertising with Google AdWords can make or break your e-commerce website, so it’s very important that you have accurate and up to date conversion tracking in place. Many e-commerce website platforms and e-commerce content management systems make this easy to do, however with Magento, it requires a bit more work on the template […]
One request that many Magento website store owners have is the ability to introduce multiple filtering options on to their catalog pages so that people can sort by price, category, manufacturer or any other attribute being used on the store. There are a few extensions out there that help to achieve this, but they are […]
Since we at Bricks & Mortar Creative are such big fans of Magento for our e-commerce projects, we wanted to start a weekly Blog series called “Magento Mondays” where we will cover various Magento topics as well as give away free Magento extensions that we’ve built. For today’s inaugural post, I wanted to focus on […]
When new developers first attempt to tackle the beast that is Magento the overall size of the application and it’s syntax can become a bit overwhelming. We’ve put together 5 really useful snippets that can be used in any Magento theme that should save new Magento developers quite a bit of time and headache when […]
As most Magento store owners know, Magento extensions can be a huge help in quickly delivering some advanced or custom functionality to your Magento website. Typically, these extensions are installed in one of two ways, either through the Magento Connect Manager, or by uploading the extension files directly to your site via an FTP client. […]
We have just received word that we have placed our first extension on the Magento Connect store. Our very useful and very diverse extension, Add Custom Steps To Magento Checkout, can now be found on the Magento Connect store. This extension is ideal for gathering data, upselling services, customizing products and much more. This extension […]
We recently upgraded a Magento website for a client from version 1.4 to the most recent version (at the time), version 1.9.0.1. Once we were able to resolve the major issues from the upgrade, there were still quite a few minor issues that took some time to recognize. One of these issues was that the […]
Savvy research for optimizing your Magento extension purchase You find yourself in need of either picking up a fresh Magento extension package, or perhaps are looking at updating your current application. Either way, searching for a product to fill your needs can be a hassle. But, it doesn’t have to be. Simply knowing what to […]