Magento 2 Beginners Guide

Key Features

• Set up and manage your very first online store with a friendly and engaging approach
• Create your own shipping rates matrix and connect to shippers such as UPS, FedEx, and USPS
• Create reports to track store sales, customer activity, and statistics

Book Description

Do you have a good product to sell but need a way for your start-up to sell it to your potential customers the right way? Were you unhappy with what Magento 1 had to offer and are looking forward to trying out what Magento 2 provides? If any of these questions ring a bell, then this book is for you! You’ll start by getting a general understanding of what Magento is, why and how you should use it, and whether it is possible and feasible to migrate from an old web store to Magento 2. As you work your way through each chapter, your store will grow in scope and sophistication. By the time you finish this book, you should have a complete, working online store.

What you will learn

• Build your first web store in Magento 2
• Migrate your development environment to a live store
• Configure your Magento 2 web store the right way, so that your taxes are handled properly
• Create pages with arbitrary content
• Create and manage customer contacts and accounts
• Protect Magento instance admin from unexpected intrusions
• Set up newsletter and transactional emails so that communication from your website corresponds to the website’s look and feel
• Make the store look good in terms of PCI compliance

About the Author

Gabriel Guarino has been working with Magento since 2009.

As a Magento specialist he has achieved all the Magento certifications. He is an active member of the community and has been recognized as a Magento Master for 2017.

He is the Chief Operating Officer of Wagento, a full-service Magento Solution Partner with offices in USA, Mexico, Bolivia, India, and Argentina.

He is also a moderator in Magento forums, and he is a frequent speaker at Magento events.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Magento 2
Chapter 2. Installation
Chapter 3. Migration
Chapter 4. Creating Your First Product, Images, Inventory, and Prices
Chapter 5. Attribute Sets and Custom Attributes
Chapter 6. Product Types
Chapter 7. Categories
Chapter 8. CMS Pages, Blocks, and Widgets
Chapter 9. Managing Scope and Locale Settings
Chapter 10. System Configuration
Chapter 11. Working with Customers
Chapter 12. Admin Users and Roles
Chapter 13. Taxes
Chapter 14. Catalog and Shopping Cart Price Rules
Chapter 15. Processing Payments
Chapter 16. Configuring Shipping
Chapter 17. Fulfilling Orders
Chapter 18. Transactional E-mails and Newsletter
Chapter 19. Reports
Chapter 20. Customizing Your Magento Store
Chapter 21. Store Maintenance