Monthly Archives: March 2021

If you decided to remove Magento 2 Admin Email Notifications by Magefan, please follow the steps below, also you can contact our team for a free consultation in case you have any issues with Magefan's extension.

Remove Extension Files

Removing files instruction depends on a way Admin Email Notifications extension has been installed.

1. If you can find the extension files in the folder

app/code/Magefan/AdminNotifications

then remove this folder.

2. If the extension was installed via the composer and its files located in the folder

vendor/magefan/module-admin-notifications

then run composer CLI command to remove it

composer remove magefan/module-admin-notifications

If you need to update Magento 2 Admin Email Notifications by Magefan, please follow the steps below. Note that the update instructions depend on the method Admin Email Notifications extension was installed with.

Update using composer (Method 1)

If the Admin Email Notifications module was installed via the composer (check if vendor/magefan/module-admin-notifications folder exists), then you need to run these simple CLI commands in Magento 2 directory:

composer remove magefan/module-admin-notifications
composer require magefan/module-admin-notifications ^x.x.x
# replace x.x.x with the version you want to use
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

To install Magento 2 Admin Email Notifications by Magefan, please use one of these installation methods.

Installation Method 1 - Installing via Composer (recommended)

Please navigate to your Magefan Account > My Downloads > Install via Composer to get the composer installation instructions.

Hello there, Magento fans!

First Spring News and Updates are here!

Perhaps, you have heard of inbound marketing many times, or have been using it for a long time as an expert in this field. Still, we would like to tell you a few facts about this type of marketing to help you make your Magento 2 store skyrocket in the ecommerce market.

Want to build trustful relationships with your customers?

Here is when inbound marketing strategy comes into play. To convert your prospects into customers you need to offer them helpful information and focus on those things that add value and solve their problems.

So, keep in mind just a few steps and follow them carefully in your marketing strategy:

Attract > Engage > Delight

All these are the stages of inbound marketing strategy to make a successful customer journey. Let’s take a closer look at each of them.

How you can easily scan your Magento 2 order grid and find the orders you need? Definitely not with the information default Magento 2 Order Grid provides you.

What you can do instead is use the Magento 2 Better Order Grid extension and add some colors to your order grid. As you might have guessed, in this article you will learn how to add order status colors and where to change them.

So, let's get to it.

To add order status colors to the sales order grid in Magento 2:

1. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Better Order Grid.
2. Enable Order Status Color and don't forget to Save the configuration.

Order management in Magento 2 can be a daunting task, especially with all the limited information the default order grid offers.

To have a full picture and manage orders more effectively, you need to customize the grid and add some relevant information, like product image.

It is really convenient to add product images in the sales order grid, since you're able to see what exactly was ordered.

So, in this article, you will learn how to add product images and some other info to the sales order grid in Magento 2. Check out this short video of the process or follow the instructions below:

Sales are a great period for your customers to save some money purchasing your products. However, none of them actually knows how much it takes to organize, arrange and manage sales and orders.

Coupon code sometimes doesn't apply or is used multiple times, or becomes invalid. So, to organize your order grid during sales, you can add coupon codes to the order grid in Magento 2 and easily find orders with discounts.

You just need Magento 2 Better Order Grid Extension for this. And in this article, you will learn how to add coupon code column in the order grid.

Take these steps to add coupon code to the order grid in Magento 2:

1. Navigate to Sales > Orders and unfold the Columns menu.

2. Find the Coupon Code in the order attributes and check it.

Magento 2 is a platform that allows you to manage multiple products and process multiple orders in the admin panel. However, unlike with products, there is no option that allows you to delete orders in Magento 2.

• Doing tests to ensure the ordering process is flawless you create a lot of test orders you don't actually need.
• If there are a lot of canceled orders you might want to remove them from the grid to keep it "neat and clean".

These are just a few cases "Delete Order" option in Magento 2 might come in handy.

So, in this article, you will learn how to delete orders in Magento 2 with no technical skills or code editing involved. 

In this case Magento 2 Better Order Grid Extension comes into play. But don't think "Delete Order" option is the only thing this extension offers you. Follow the steps below or jump to the end of the article to watch a video.

Managing orders in Magento 2 can be really time-consuming since it takes quite some time to filter, find and process them. That is why to provide a better customer experience, you need to optimize order management. And that is exactly what Magento 2 Better Order Grid extension can help you with. 

It allows you to customize Magento 2 order grid as per your needs to find orders you're interested in easier and filter them faster. So, let's find out how to configure Magento 2 Better Order Grid.

Take the following steps to configure the Custom Order Grid extension:

1. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Better Order Grid and Enable Extension.

2. Choose to Hide Orders With Statuses and display only orders with certain statuses

If you decided to remove Magento 2 Better Order Grid Extension by Magefan, please follow the steps below, also you can contact our team for a free consultation in case you have any issues with Magefan's extension.

Remove Extension Files

Removing files instruction depends on a way Better Order Grid extension has been installed.

1. If you can find the extension files in the folder

app/code/Magefan/BetterOrderGrid

then remove this folder.

2. If the extension was installed via the composer and its files located in the folder

vendor/magefan/module-better-order-grid

then run composer CLI command to remove it

composer remove magefan/module-better-order-grid

If you need to update Magento 2 Better Order Grid by Magefan, please follow the steps below. Note that the update instructions depend on the method Better Order Grid extension was installed with.

Update using composer (Method 1)

If the Better Order Grid module was installed via the composer (check if vendor/magefan/module-better-order-grid folder exists), then you need to run these simple CLI commands in Magento 2 directory:

composer remove magefan/module-better-order-grid
composer require magefan/module-better-order-grid ^x.x.x
# replace x.x.x with the version you want to use
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

To install Magento 2 Better Order Grid Extension by Magefan, please use one of these installation methods.

Installation Method 1 - Installing via Composer (recommended)

Please navigate to your Magefan Account > My Downloads > Install via Composer to get the composer installation instructions.

Magento 2 Guest to Customer is the extension that allows you to convert guests to customers in your Magento 2 store. It has a lot of features such convert all old guest orders to customers or assign an order address to a customer and other.

However, the feature we want to discuss in this article is "Change Order Customer'. As the name of the feature implies, it allows you to change the customer assigned to the order.

e.g. you bought something as a gift and want this order to be assigned to that person because of the bonuses or account special offer, etc.

Recently Viewed and Compared Products are the features of Magento 2 according to which products that customer has recently viewed or compared to other products are displayed via Magento 2 widgets.

Your customers don't have to spend time going through the endless Magento 2 catalogs looking for the product they liked or got interested in the last visit. Once they come back to your Magento 2 website, customers can see the product they postponed the purchase of for some reason and proceed to checkout.

Before adding the recently viewed and compared products to any of your Magento 2 store pages you need to go through the list of general options.

The newsletter is a great opportunity for you to notify your customers about some special offers or sales running as well as provide them with updates and news on your Magento store.

Email marketing remains a powerful type of marketing, and it is one of the best ways to establish strong relationships with your customers and bring companies higher sales if they developed well-planned strategies. 

Magento allows you to manage newsletters directly from the admin and in this article you're going to learn how to configure them.

Magento 2 Product Alerts is a system of notifications customers subscribe to on the product page in order to receive email notifications about any change of the product price or product stock status. Correspondingly, there are 2 types of product alerts in Magento 2:  Product Price Alert and Product In-Stock Alert.

Customers can get the product they are interested in for a more suitable price when they want to, as well as get the product they have the intention of buying right after it is back in stock.

Usually, when a customer decides to subscribe to the product alert, he is directed to his account to finish the subscription and be able to receive the product alert notifications.

So, the Magento 2 product alerts can really improve your customer engagement and loyalty.

In this article, you're going to learn how to configure product alerts in Magento 2 and manage product alerts run settings. 

At a time online shopping is at the peak of popularity, a free shipping offer is one of the best ways to reduce shopping cart abandonment, encourage customers to buy more, and increase sales.

A lot of Magento 2 stores actively use this marketing technique as one of the greatest ways to attract customers. Free shipping may be applied to a certain kind of product, total items, or a particular group of items.

In this article, you are going to learn how to set up and configure free shipping method in Magento 2.

Follow these steps to configure free shipping in Magento 2:

1. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Sales > Shipping Methods and find the Free shipping section.

Magento 2 being a multifunctional e-commerce platform allows you to create products from the admin panel. There are plenty of options to fill out to create a simple product in Magento 2, which obviously takes some time.

And what if you have to create a huge amount of products, especially during the development or testing? 

The easiest, in this case, would be to create products programmatically. And that is exactly what you're going to learn in this article.

Use the following method to create a simple product in Magento 2 programmatically:

getObjectManager();
$state = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Framework\App\State');
$state->setAreaCode('frontend');