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Making purchasing decisions is not that easy, especially if customers are buying apparel. The hesitation usually starts when they need to choose a size. Thus, you must ensure customers can choose the correct size to avoid returns and frustration that follow with the wrong size.
That's when the Shopify Size Chart App by Magefan comes in handy.
Note: define how your size charts will be displayed on the frontend before you create them. Use the size chart display settings.
To add a size chart to Shopify:
1. Navigate to Apps > Magefan Size Chart and hit the Add New Size Chart button.
Hi, the Magefan customers and welcome to the newbies of our Magefan blog.
The first News digest of spring 2024 is here!
This month was as usual full of new features and ideas that we gladly added to our Magento 2 extensions and Shopify Apps.
So now it's your turn to check and decide what feature is your favourite!
As you run your online store, you might frequently tweak the strategies or tactics to see which one receives better feedback. For that, you track the eCommerce events in your store. From viewing product pages to adding items to a cart, you get insights into crucial aspects.
When asked what tracking tool you use, the majority would probably say Google Analytics. It is indeed an efficient solution, but the numbers speak louder than words sometimes. So today we'll look through the 25+ Google Analytics statistics and see what all the fuss is about.
Ready to get started?
What is Google Analytics 4 and Why is it Important?
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is a profound analytics service that creates reports on website traffic, customer behaviour and overall website activities. This
If you decided to remove Magento 2 Base Price, 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 the Base Price extension has been installed in.
1. If you can find the extension files in the folder
app/code/Magefan/BasePrice
then remove this folder.
2. If the extension was installed via the composer and its files located in the folder
vendor/magefan/module-base-price
then run composer CLI command to remove it
composer remove magefan/module-base-price
Once extension files have been removed, run these Magento CLI commands:
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
If you need to update Magento 2 Base Price Extension by Magefan, please follow the steps below.
Note: the updating instructions depend on the method the Base Price extension was installed with.
Update using composer
If the Base Price module was installed via the composer (check if vendor/magefan/module-base-price folder exists), then you need to run these simple CLI commands in the Magento 2 directory:
composer remove magefan/module-base-price
composer require magefan/module-base-price ^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
Note:
You can install Magento 2 Base Price by Magefan, using composer or archive installation methods.
Do you want us to install and configure the Base Price extension for you? Let our technical engineers do it – check out our installation service.
Installation via composer (recommended)
Please navigate to your Magefan Account > My Downloads > Install via Composer to get the composer installation instructions.
Installation using archive and FTP
- Download Base Price ZIP-Archive from magefan.com website (not GitHub
Magento 2 catalog price rules allow you to create encouraging offers and prompt your customers to finalize the purchase. Unlike cart price rules, catalog rules are applied to the entire catalog, not just the shopping cart.
Traditionally, you create catalog price rules via the admin panel. That's where you specify the rule information and conditions for the discounts to be applied. But you can perform all these steps using coding, too.
So, today you'll learn how to create a catalog price rule in Magento 2 programmatically.
Create Magento 2 Catalog Price Rule Using Dependency Injection
One of the safest methods to go for is dependency injection. To apply this method, use the code below:
Magento 2 categories help make your store organized and easy to browse through. They enhance navigation greatly since customers can jump from one category to another without looking for some item in the entire catalogue.
As you know, you can easily create and manage Magento 2 categories in the admin panel. That's the most common way. But there is also a different approach.
You can also create a category in Magento 2 programmatically. In this guide, you'll find two methods to do so.
Create Magento 2 Category Using Dependency Injection
One of the methods to create a category programmatically is to use dependency injection. Here is the code you have to run:
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace Vendor\Module;
use Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface;
If you decided to remove Magento 2 Admin Action Log, 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 the Admin Action Log extension has been installed in.
1. If you can find the extension files in the folder
app/code/Magefan/AdminActivityLog
then remove this folder.
2. If the extension was installed via the composer and its files located in the folder
vendor/magefan/module-admin-activity-log
then run composer CLI command to remove it
composer remove magefan/module-admin-activity-log
Once extension files have been removed, run these Magento CLI
If you need to update Magento 2 Admin Action Log Extension by Magefan, please follow the steps below.
Note: the updating instructions depend on the method the Admin Action Log extension was installed with.
Update using composer
If the Admin Action Log module was installed via the composer (check if vendor/magefan/module-admin-activity-log folder exists), then you need to run these simple CLI commands in the Magento 2 directory:
composer remove magefan/module-admin-activity-log
composer require magefan/module-admin-activity-log ^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
You can install Magento 2 Admin Action Log by Magefan, using composer or archive installation methods.
Do you want us to install and configure the Admin Action Log extension for you? Let our technical engineers do it – check out our installation service.
Installation via composer (recommended)
Please navigate to your Magefan Account > My Downloads > Install via Composer to get the composer installation instructions.
Installation using archive and FTP
- Download Admin Action Log ZIP-Archive from
Customer segmentation helps merchants and marketers discover behaviour patterns, improve shopping experience and cater to customers' unique needs. However, once you create customer groups in Magento, you might discover that restricting certain content from different customer groups benefits as well.
Thus, in this guide, you'll learn about Magento 2 customer restrictions and how to impose them on different sections of your store. This allows you to take customer experience to an entirely new level and improve sales correspondingly.
Should we start?
Restrictions for CMS Pages and Blocks
Different customers have different needs. To cover all of them, you need to provide personalized content, which is realised through CMS blocks and pages in Magento.
Readers pay attention to your blog's design before they even read the content. Thus, you need to focus on making it straightforward and easy to browse through.
Even though the
extension inherits your theme's styles, you may need to change some things, e.g. link colours, font size, font styles, etc. In most cases, this requires deep code editing. But there is an easier way.You can add custom CSS in the Magento 2 blog right in the admin panel. No tedious code digging is required.
Let's, for example, see how we can change the colour of the blog post title.
To add custom CSS in Magento 2 Blog:
1. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions
To start selling on Google, you need to set up a Google Merchant Account, create a product feed and submit it to Google. Sounds too simple? Well, that's if we put it shortly. There are a lot of requirements you need to comply with so Google accepts your products.
However today we'll focus on the final step — submitting a product feed to Google Merchant Center. There are two most popular ways to do that, and we'll cover each in more detail.
If you use Magento jump to the bottom of the article to find a ready-made solution for creating and updating a product feed.
Submit Product Feed to Google Merchant Center via a File URL
This method is best if you have hundreds or thousands of products which you update often.
To upload your products to Google Merchant Center
If you compare the XML sitemap and Google Indexing API, you'll definitely see the perks of the latter. The API helps to bypass the crawling queue by sending the page content directly to Google. So, the pages are indexed faster.
However, there's still a downside — a daily limit of 200 requests which includes both updated and deleted pages.
Thus, larger websites that update and publish loads of content daily might need to increase Google Indexing API requests or quota per day. And that's what you'll learn today.
Keeping your blog active and relevant is quite a task. Thus, you may often need to disable some posts or update URLs. But here is the twist: your customers will get 404 error pages if you don't redirect customers from the old URLs. Needless to say, it harms both the user experience and your SEO efforts.
Thus, you must create 301 redirects to ensure a smooth ride. Today, you'll find out how to create automatic blog URL redirects in the
extension.Auto Redirects for Deleted/Disabled Entities
In the Magento 2 Blog, the 301 redirects for deleted or disabled blog entities are created automatically. You get this functionality out of the box and don't have to take any extra steps to set it up manually.
The readers are redirected in the
One of the most important aspects of any business is customer service. High-quality products matter a lot, and so does the ability to communicate with your customers effectively. If you can cater to your clients' needs and solve their requests promptly, you establish yourself as a brand people can trust.
You can assist your customers in different ways depending on your business type. Now, it's easier than ever given the number of available Shopify apps. But there are two sides of the same coin. What option exactly will be the one?
We know how overwhelming such choices can be. Thus, to give you a hand, we prepared a list of the best Shopify customer support apps that cover diverse aspects of customer service.
Let's get right to them!
Top Customer Support Apps for Shopify
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