After working your way through this book, you've now reached a level of familiarity and understanding that enables you to call yourself a Magento master. Of course, given the complexity and features of Magento, there's always more that you can learn. You should now have enough comfort with Magento that you can freely experiment. After all, one of the great features of open source software is that you have the access and freedom to augment the original system to meet your needs.

In this chapter on advanced techniques, we have learned a nifty way of integrating WordPress into a Magento installation, discussed a simple method of building and using a staging installation, provided a complete tutorial on scheduling Magento cron tasks, and covered strategies and techniques for backing up your Magento database.

With this book in hand, you most likely are close to completing a new Magento store. Launch date is just around the corner. If you've never launched a Magento store before, you're...