Monthly Archives: March 2021

If you decided to remove Magento 2 Admin Email Notifications, please follow the steps below. 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 the way Admin Email Notifications extension has been installed in.

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

Once extension files have been removed, run these Magento CLI commands:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Remove Extension Data (optional)

If you need to update Magento 2 Admin Email Notifications by Magefan, please follow the steps below.

Update using composer

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

Update using archive and FTP

If the Admin Email Notifications module was installed via FTP (check if app/code/Magefan/AdminNotifications folder exists),

You can install Magento 2 Admin Email Notifications by Magefan, using composer or archive installation methods.

Installation 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.

First, to attract the right customers to your Magento 2 store you need to create relevant and valuable content. By improving well-thought content marketing you increase your SEO ranking which is another important

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.

Once you add order status color in the order grid, it will be easier to scan:

You can change the colors for each order status in case you don't like the colors set by default.

To change order status color in Magento 2:

1. Go to Stores > Order Status and choose the order status you want to change the color for.
2. Set the order status Color and press the Save Status button.

When you go

Order processing in Magento 2 can be quite daunting, due to the limited information in the default order grid. Although Magento order gird is missing a lot of things, product image and product information are the most important. 

So, to see what was ordered directly from the grid, you need to add products to the sales order grid in Magento. Today you'll learn how. 

You can check out this short video of the process or follow the instructions below.

Add Product Images to Order Grid in Magento

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

2. Choose the Image on Hover option in the Product Column Template field.

Once you save the Image on Hover option, you'll see the product image in the order grid. All bought product details will be displayed on hover. 

Add Product Attributes to Order Grid in Magento

If you want to display product attributes directly in the order grid, go back to the extension configuration. Choose Grid as the Product Column Template

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.

3. Once you add the coupon code, it will appear in the order grid.

And that's it. You don't need to have any technical skills to add a discount to the sales order grid since Magento 2 Better Order Grid module does it for you.

You won't only be

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 in the grid.

3. Select the Product Column Template. You can choose to display Image on Hover or Grid.

Note: when you choose the grid product column template, you need to choose Product Column Display Info: Thumbnail, Name, SKU,

If you decided to remove Magento 2 Better Order Grid Extension, please follow the steps below. 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 the way Better Order Grid extension has been installed in.

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

Once extension files have been removed, run these Magento CLI commands:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Remove Extension Data (optional)

Attention!

If you need to update Magento 2 Better Order Grid by Magefan, please follow the steps below.

Update using composer

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

Update using archive and FTP

If the Better Order Grid module was installed via FTP (check if app/code/Magefan/BetterOrderGrid folder exists), then follow these commands:

1. Download

You can install Magento 2 Better Order Grid Extension by Magefan, using composer or archive installation methods.

Installation via composer (recommended)

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

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.

Follow these steps to configure newsletters in Magento 2:

Step 1: Configure Newsletter Subscription Options

When managing newsletters on your Magento store the very first step you should take is to check the newsletter general configuration. There are some options that define newsletter generation

The out-of-stock situations are not the most welcomed ones. However, you still can turn them to your advantage. Question is, how?

Backorders may be one of the options to go for. Yet, Magento 2 product alerts can do the trick much better. By using them, you interact with your customers more, improving their engagement and loyalty at the same time. 

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

Ready to start?

What are Magento 2 Product Alerts?

Magento 2 product alerts is a system of notifications customers subscribe to on the product page to receive email notifications about any change in 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.

Thus, customers can get the product they are interested in for a more suitable price when they want to. Or get a product they want to buy right after it

At a time when online shopping is at its peak, a Magento 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, along with other shipping methods, as one of the greatest ways to attract customers. Free shipping may be applied to a certain kind of product, items total, or a particular group of items.

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

How to Configure Magento Free Shipping Method?

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

2. Enable the free shipping method.

3. Set the Title and Name.

4. Choose the Minimum Order Amount to set the threshold for the free shipping method to be applied.

5. Enter the Displayed Error Message that will be displayed to customers if they try to use the free shipping method under the inapplicable conditions.

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');

$product = $objectManager->create('Magento\Catalog\Model\Product');

try {
    $product->setName('Test Product');
    $product->setTypeId('simple');
    $product->setAttributeSetId(4);
    $product->setSku('test-SKU');
    $product->setWebsiteIds(array(1));
    $product->setVisibility(4);
    $product->setPrice(array(1));