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Hi, the Magefan customers and welcome to the newbies of our Magefan blog.
April 2024 News & Updates digest is here!
Our whole team has been working all month on new product releases and updates to our Magento 2 extensions and Shopify Apps.
Here is what we have for the end of this quite productive month. Happy reading!
Shopify is quite a straightforward platform with an intuitive interface and easy-to-manage tools. But before you get to setting up your store there is one more step to take. You need to log in to the Shopify admin panel, of course.
Sounds like an easy job, but it may be a bit tricky for those new to Shopify. Why? Because the login process depends on your role. Thus, the procedures are different for logging as developers and partners. And then you might also need to log into your customers' accounts.
But don't worry, we've got you covered. In this guide, you'll learn all the necessary details about Shopify login.
Developer Login
To manage your orders, customers, products, and store in general you need to log into Shopify as a developer or
Product labels are one of the best ways to drive customer's attention to certain items, not only when the sales season rolls out. You can use them consistently to notify customers about new arrivals, hot deals, quickly-sold products or best offers. Opportunities are limitless.
The only question is how to add product labels in Magento without much trouble. We have the answer — Magento 2 Product Labels Extension. So, today you'll learn how to add different types of product labels in Magento using this tool.
General
Once you install the Product Labels Extension, you need to go to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Product Labels and fill out the basic settings.
CAPTCHA is an effective tool that helps you prevent spam or any malicious actions in your store. Besides, having an additional security layer is always a smart idea.
However, when working with CAPTCHA, you may get the "Incorrect CAPTCHA" error. Although not critical, this error still interrupts the usual workflow, which influences customers' experience.
Thus, today you'll explore what the "Incorrect CAPTCHA" error message is about, and how to fix and avoid it in the future. Those of you using Magento will find the tips on how to avoid the "Incorrect CAPTCHA" error but still maintain high Magento security.
So, let's get to the point!
"Incorrect CAPTCHA" Error: Reasons and Solutions
The "Incorrect CAPTCHA" error is quite common. So there could be numerous causes. From IP restrictions to invasive extensions, there
Magento operates huge loads of information related to categories, products, prices, search results, etc. As you know, all this info is organized in separate tables so the needed details can be fetched promptly.
That's when Magento 2 reindex comes into play. It's a crucial process that keeps all the data relevant and helps to manage your store effectively both on the frontend and backend. Thus, the more you know about reindex in Magento the better.
In this guide, you'll learn what Magento reindex is, how to run it, how to fix reindex-related errors if any, and more. So, let's get to the point.
What is Magento 2 Reindex?
Magento 2 utilizes indexers to organize all the data it works with. Each data type has its indexer which in turn is responsible for the corresponding index table.
Therefore,
Managing a multi-language Shopify store requires a lot of translating. Size charts are not an exception, especially if you sell apparel. To provide the best experience across all languages, you need to translate size charts in Shopify too.
The Shopify Size Chart App from Magefan offers you that opportunity. So in this guide, you'll learn how to localize size charts in your store.
To translate size charts in Shopify:
1. Navigate to App > Magefan Size Chart > Size Charts and go to the size chart you'd like to translate.
Note: if you create
If you want to provide straightforward measurement instructions in your store, Shopify Size Chart App is the best option. It helps you create size charts easily with no fuss.
But then there's a question of how to apply size charts to Shopify products. So, that's what we'll cover in this guide. The process comes down to a few clicks, literally.
Before we dive into the Shopify size chart rules, let's review Shopify product attributes. Each product has a Type and Vendor, belongs to a certain Collection and is marked with some specific Tags.
That's what makes one product different from the other. And that's what we'll work with.
Apply Size Charts to All Shopify Products
Website speed is not something one can optimize once, and benefit from ever after. You continuously have to improve the loading speed, especially when working with Magento 2 and eCommerce in general.
Magento full-page cache is one of the reasons why your website loads faster. However, your store data always gets cleared for numerous reasons. And that's when you need a tool to automate the cache warming, so your customers and Google get relevant content faster.
You're going to find multiple Full Page Cache Warmer Extensions for Magento 2 on the web. Unfortunately, only a few provide really useful features. So, in this article, we provide an overview of the best Magento 2 Full Page Cache Warmer extensions you can choose for your store.
Let's start!
Top Magento 2 Full Page Cache Warmer
Different admin users are responsible for different sections of your store. Some fulfil orders, some manage products while others create content. Thus, it's hard to keep track of all changes made in the admin panel. This usually leads to mistakes you can't undo or threatens your store security.
fixes that. It helps you log admin panel activity and monitor every change made to products, categories, blogs, orders or any other part of your admin.
So today you'll learn how to do that.
To track admin user actions in Magento 2:
1. Install the Magento 2 Admin Action Log extension and enable it under Stores
Although Adobe does its best to improve Magento security with each release, it's hard to avoid brute force attacks and other malicious actions entirely. However, there's something you can still do.
Since a majority of attacks are focused on the admin panel, you need to track the login activity very thoroughly. So, you can identify where and whom the login attempt comes from. That's what the
helps with.To track login attempts in Magento 2:
1. Install the Magento 2 Admin Action Log extension and navigate to the Admin
Once you install the
extension in your store, you can keep track of all admin activities: changes and login attempts. All these details help you to maintain a safer environment and always be aware of what is being changed in your store.In this guide though, you'll learn how to configure and manage the extension.
To configure the Magento 2 Admin Action Log, navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions and find a corresponding extension. Then enable it.
Admin Action Log Archive
Once you enable the Activity and Login Logs you can define the Lifetime (in days) for them. It specifies for low long to store the log. The default value is 90 days, but you can change
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
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
Icon | App name | Developer | Price | Free plan | Free trial |
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Hi, the Magefan customers and welcome to the newbies of our Magefan blog,
Today we're happy to share our latest developments we've been working on all February 2024.
So, here is what we'd like to share with you!
February 24, 2022 marks 2 years or 731 days of full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine…
However, the russian hybrid war began 10 years ago on February 20, 2014. It all started with the Crimea occupation by russia in 2014. Then the russian army invaded other parts of Ukraine - Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Today, we’d like to remind ourselves and the world: why our lives have split into “before” and “after” since February 24, 2022.
We understand that the world news has slightly switched from the russian full-scale war in Ukraine to other important topics. However, the war in Ukraine is still not over...
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