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Mastering Magento 2

You're reading from   Mastering Magento 2 Maximize the power of Magento 2 to create productive online stores

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785882364
Length 340 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Bret Williams Bret Williams
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Jonathan Bownds Jonathan Bownds
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Andre Gugliotti Andre Gugliotti
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Preface 1. Planning for Magento FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing Magento 2 3. Managing Products 4. Designs and Themes 5. Configuring to Sell 6. Managing Non-Product Content 7. Marketing Tools 8. Extending Magento 9. Optimizing Magento 10. Advanced Techniques 11. Pre-Launch Checklist Index

Magento Connect


Third-party extensions that are offered to the Magento community are, for the most part, listed in a special section of the Magento website called Magento Connect (http://www.Magentocommerce.com/Magento-connect/):

Let's now review some of the features of Magento Connect, as they relate to researching possible add-ons for your Magento installation.

Searching Magento Connect

At the center-right of the Magento Connect home page is a search field. As with any intuitive search, simply enter in one or more keywords. You can also select the specific version – which Magento calls a platform—in the drop-down menu to the right of the keyword entry field. As shown in the following screenshot, we are searching for any extensions relating to sales:

Search field in Magento Connect

Furthermore, we can narrow our search to the specific Magento platform, such as the one on which this book is focused: Community.

The results of our search can be further refined by identifying extensions that are...

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