In the previous chapter, we added all the frontend functionality for the gift registry. Now, customers are able to create registries and add products to the customer registries, and in general, have full control over their own registries.

In this chapter, we are going build all the functionality that store owners need to manage and control the registries through the Magento backend.

The Magento backend can be considered, in many senses, as a separate application from the Magento frontend. It uses a completely separate theme, style, and a different base controller.

For our gift registry, we want to allow store owners to see all customer registries, modify the information, and add/remove items. In this chapter, we will cover the following points: