With every Magento e-commerce website I create for my clients, I create a carbon copy for use as a test environment that is accessible on the web.
There are a number of benefits associated with doing this before making changes on a live environment:
- The ability to upgrade on the test server as updates become available.
- Test extensions from Magento Connect.
- Developing, testing and implementing new features.
- Get sign off from the client while still in a test environment.
I can then quite easily and efficiently role out these enhancements without fear of complication.
Applies to 1.3.2.3
I have recently been importing a customers products into Magento with varying success. Hopefully this post will point you in the right direction to avoid many of the pitfalls I have discovered.
I have found that the best way to import your products into Magento is to manually create a single product in each category, export the csv file of products, edit the CSV for the new products and then import again.
Export
- From the Admin Panel. ‘System’ -> ‘Import / Export’ -> ‘Profiles’.
- Select ‘Export All Products’
- Click ‘Run Profile’ from the left hand navigation
According to Twitter, its available for download now but I am just getting ‘System Offline’. Its worse than Christmas Eve!
Seriously though I have been playing around with the various Magento beta’s over the last few months and I am seriously impressed. This really is e-commerce evolved!
Update – Its arrived!
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