Learning Magento
Some good starting points for getting started with Magento.
Magento Features
- Magento Products Comparison
- Features lists, videos and comparison chart from Magento.
- Easy E-Commerce With Magento
- Video overview of Magento feature set.
Magento Installation
If you’re just checking out Magento, or are in the early days of assessing the platform, remember you can get relatively cheap hosting with 1-click or simple Magento installation included in your hosting package. When you’re ready to install it yourself, here’re a few good sets of directions. There are many more online as well.
- System Requirements
- Before you start, be sure your server meets the system requirements for Magento.
- Magento Installation Cheat Sheet
- Installing the Sample Data for Magento
- Installing Magento Using SSH
- How to Install Magento 1.4 Using the Full Release Bundle
- Video tutorial if you’re more of a visual learner.
Getting Started & Tutorials
- Wiki version of Magento User Guide
- Source material for the printed User Guide. The wiki version suffers from everything wikis always suffer from–uneven editing and coverage, newest features not included, etc. But it’s a good starting point for understanding the Magento feature set.
- How to set up a Magento website
- by SiteGround, breakdown of major steps to set up a Magento store from installation to operations.
- Magento for Designers Series/Session
- Good series of how-to tutorials from NetTuts.
Magento’s Resources
- Magento User Guide
- Webinar Archive
- Screencasts
- Designers Guide
- Knowledge Base
- Magento Forums
- Magento Wiki
Books
Courses
- None really 🙁
- Contact us, we’ll get you hooked up.