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Magento 2 - Build World-Class online stores

By : Fernando J Miguel, Ray Bogman, Vladimir Kerkhoff, Bret Williams, Jonathan Bownds
Book Image

Magento 2 - Build World-Class online stores

By: Fernando J Miguel, Ray Bogman, Vladimir Kerkhoff, Bret Williams, Jonathan Bownds

Overview of this book

Magento is the leading e-commerce software trusted by world`s leading organizations. Used by thousands of merchants for their transactions worth billions, it provides the flexibility to customize the content and functionality of your website. Our Magento Course will help you gain knowledge and skills that are required to design & develop world class online stores. Magento 2 Development Essentials - This book begins by setting up Magento 2 before gradually moving onto setting the basic options of the Sell System. You will learn Search Engine Optimization aspects, create design and customize theme layout, and adjust the Magento System to achieve great performance. Magento 2 Cookbook – This book is divided into several recipes, which show you which steps to take to complete a specific action. It will cover configuring your categories and products, performance tuning, creating a theme, developing a module etc. At the end of this book, you will gain the knowledge to start building a success website. Mastering Magento 2 - This is a comprehensive guide to using the all new features and interface of Magento 2 to build, extend, and design online stores. This book is your roadmap to managing your Magento store which teaches advanced and successful techniques. Focusing on Magento's Community version, this book offers you advanced guidance on managing, optimizing, and extending your store while taking advantage of the new features of Magento 2. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products • Magento 2 Development Essentials by Fernando J. Miguel • Magento 2 Cookbook by Ray Bogman and Vladimir Kerkhoff • Mastering Magento 2 by Bret Williams and Jonathan Bownds
Table of Contents (6 chapters)

Chapter 4. Configuring to Sell

If you've been following along, chapter by chapter, you've created a working, accessible online store front by now. Are you ready to take orders now?

Not just yet. There's still more to do before you can swing open the virtual doors to your new Magento store. Specifically, we need to:

  • Understand the Magento sales process
  • Configure the payment gateways to allow you to take online credit card payments
  • Set up how your products will be shipped
  • Configure sales tax rules
  • Create customized outgoing e-mails

If you're the developer or designer of a Magento powered site, this is usually the time when you consult with your client – the store owner – to learn how they want to take payments, charge for shipping, and offer promotional discounts. Once you understand the concepts in this chapter, you'll be well prepared to ask the right questions.

For store owners and administrators, this chapter will give you insights into what can...