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Useful Magento Links

MagentoMagento has become one of the most widely used e-commerce frameworks in the world.   It’s wide array of features and robust user community makes it a very popular and effective choice.  After a few projects with Magento, I’ve collected a few links that I’ve found to be useful.  Check them out after the fold.

-How the store view affects categories and products – http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/how_the_store_view_affects_categories_and_products
-Show products on homepage – http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/4454/P0/
-Show random products on home page – http://nubie-posts.blogspot.com/2009/05/displaying-products-in-magento-home.html
-How to change Hardcoded store name/emails – http://snipt.net/alamgir314/how-to-change-the-magento-email-templates/
-Using SSL certs in Magento – http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/magento/magento_ssl.htm
-About DB Tables - http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/9750/
-Category info – http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/tutorial-creating-and-managing-categories
-Ordering Change – http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/5301/
-Image import issues – http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/5120/P15/
-Import Guide – http://chasesagum.com/how-to-import-products-into-magento
-Import issues – http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/5120/
-Move Magneto installation to another directory – http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/groups/227/move_magento_to_another_directory
-Templating – http://vincirufus.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/magento-templating-jumpstart/
Change Admin Url -http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/37543/ and http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/34357/
-Formatting of descriptions – http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/7562/
-Configurable products  – http://devzone.pratthost.com/2008/10/20/magento-configurable-products-vs-grouped-products/
-Run Magento Code outside of Magento – http://www.exploremagento.com/magento/run-magento-code-outside-of-magento.php
-Configurable Products – http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/tutorial-creating-a-configurable-product
-374 free Magneto extensions – http://visionwidget.com/inspiration/web/374-free-magento-extensions.html
-Design Guide – http://www.magentocommerce.com/design_guide
-Remove Compare Product / Recently Viewed – http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/8365/
-remove ‘add to compare’ – http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/31976/P15/

A Youtube channel with several ‘how to’ Magento videos  – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j1vPyKnDts