Magento 1.3 Theme Design


Год выпуска: 2009
Автор: Richard Carter
Язык: Английский
Издательство: Packt Publishing
ISBN: 978-1847196644
Формат: PDF
Качество: eBook (изначально компьютерное)
Количество страниц: 188
Описание: Magento is the hottest and most powerful e-commerce software around and it has gained massive popularity in a short period. By using Magento's powerful theming engine, you can control the look, content, and functionality, and easily launch a flexible e-commerce web site. However, because of its powerful features, developing Magento themes is easier said than done.

Magento 1.3 Theme Design covers everything you need to build effective, attractive themes for your Magento store. You will learn how the theming system works, how to build your own look on top of the Magento Blank Theme, how to give different looks to different parts of your store, and much more.
We start off by introducing you to Magento and its basic themes and then take you through the benefits of changing your store's theme. We then move on to the actual Magento theme design, where you will learn the basics, such as changing the logo, color scheme, and so on. Next, we take a look at more advance tasks where you will learn theme layouts. You will then prepare a Magento theme from scratch and also take a look at Magento templates and layouts. You will also learn how to promote and improve your Magento store with the use of social media such as Twitter, social bookmarks, and so on and how to define a good print style. Finally, you will learn Magento Theme Deployment in detail.

What you will learn from this book?
Create a custom theme that gives a unique branded look and feel to your Magento stores
Edit an existing Magento theme to satisfy your business needs
Give different looks to different parts of your store
Tricks and tips for making your Magento theme design easier
Style your store ready for printing by defining a good print layout
Share your Magento theme with others in the community through Magento Connect extensions
Embed social media tools to promote and improve your Magento store
Deploy your new Magento theme to your store
Create and use non-default Magento Themes
Discover the basis of Magento themes: templates, skins, and layout