Designers Guide to Magento

Designer’s Guide to Magento expands your knowledge of the structural workings of Magento and the methods of designing for Magento. It teaches how to create a theme of your own with Magento. Download Designer’s Guide to Magento    

 Contents

1. OVERVIEW OF THEMING IN MAGENTO
2. MAGENTO DESIGN CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY
   • WEBSITES AND STORES
   • DESIGN PACKAGES AND THEMES
   • BLOCKS AND LAYOUTS
   • WIDGETS
3. PACKAGES AND THEMES IN MAGENTO’S DIRECTORY STRUCTURE
   • The Base package
   • The Default, Pro and Enterprise Packages
   • Custom Design Packages
   • Themes
4. APPLYING THEMES IN MAGENTO
   • WALK THROUGH1: CREATING AND APPLYING A THEME
   • Assigning packages and themes to the store
   • WALK THROUGH2: APPLYING MULTIPLE THEMES
   • HIERARCHY OF THEMES
   • Important Hierarchy Rules to Remember
   • Design Exceptions
5. CUSTOMIZING MAGENTO THEMES
   • CREATING THE DIRECTORY SKELETON FOR YOUR PACKAGE/THEME
   • Creating a new Package and theme(s
   • APPLYING YOUR NEW PACKAGE AND THEME TO YOUR WEB SITE
   • CUSTOMIZING USING THE SKIN FILE
   • CUSTOMIZING USING LAYOUT FILES
     Introduction to LayoutsHow Magento Layout WorksAnatomy of A Magento Layout FileHandles Rules of XMLHow to find which layout file to modifyCustomizing Using a Local Layout file (local.xml)
   CUSTOMIZING USING TEMPLATES

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