How Magento modules can improve your ecommerce website

Posted by megan on November, 24th 2011

Magento is described by many web design experts as the best piece of ecommerce software available to shops and stores looking to take their business online. It allows you to build an SEO friendly ecommerce website that is compatible with tools like Google Analytics and Google Adwords. As well as having functionalities that allow customers to filter their products and see your best selling products first, Magento also provides sales data, and other customer and product based reports, allowing you to evaluate your businesses performance, and have full control over your website. Like WordPress, which is known for having thousands of add-ons and plugins, there are a variety of different plugins, known as ‘modules’ available to integrate with your Magento website. These modules are designed to enhance your website, adapting it so it looks or functions in a different [...]

Social Shopping

Posted by Dave Wiltshire on March, 14th 2011

Here at Juno Media we believe that ecommerce sites shouldn’t have separate work on brand design, web development, marketing and SEO. From the initial concept to the final design, all these aspects of ecommerce need to be considered at the same time and work together in harmony for maximum results.

Social media is now playing a bigger and bigger role in online promotion, there are literally millions of people using social sites such as Twitter and Facebook everyday in the UK alone for example.  With social media apps running smoothly on smart-phones and tablets, people can now interact with each other on the move and at any time during the day; social media is definitely here to stay and continue growing for many years.

Usually social media was an after-thought for ecommerce websites, something you would ‘bolt-on’ to the side [...]

Diecast Cars – Advanced Magento Ecommerce

Posted by Dave Wiltshire on February, 24th 2011

Here at Juno we believe that the right technology can overcome even the biggest competition and save time, effort and money.

Our developers have been researching and testing Magento ecommerce sites and have now produced the perfect framework for our latest ecommerce clients.  The advanced Magento framework is ideal for site visitors, search engine optimisation (SEO) and back-end management.

The first website to take advantage of our new Magento technology is DiecastStars.com, seller of Diecast Models.  Diecast models are scale miniatures of real cars, planes and motorbikes, the most detailed models have tiny engines inside, opening doors and steering wheels that work.

We encourage anyone to have a look around the site and notice these key technical features:

Filterable Navigation – Specific model cars can be quickly narrowed down with dynamic, filterable navigation.  For example you can filter down results with a path [...]

Getting stuck-in to Magento

Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 6th 2010

After really getting stuck into the nuts and bolts of Magento today, it is becoming more clear how useful and and structured Magento is. As time goes on I think the system will make more sense and will become a more efficient way of developing e-commerce websites.

One of the major challenges that I have faced so far is the templating system of Magento. It is different to systems I have used in the past but makes a lot more sense in the fact that everything fits together the way it should.

You can really see that Magento has been clearly thought out and developed in a way that helps the system fit together nicely.

I will be making regular posts about my progress with Magento and how I am using it at Juno Web Design to create cutting edge websites.

Hello Magento and WordPress

Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 6th 2010

Magento eCommerce

I have just started here at Juno Web Design and already I can see a great deal of WordPress and Magento development going on. Something which I too hope to pick up whilst i’m here. It has become clear that Content Management Systems seem to be very popular for website development at the moment and the fact they can be customised to their needs is important.

I hope to be very involved with new Magento and WordPress sites over the next few months and hope that my development here at Juno Web Design in Nottingham will really help my career and Juno develop into something great.

I will be posting more about my development here at Juno Web Design in Nottingham soon and hope you will come back to read it.

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Learning Magento

Posted by Aaron Keenan on January, 4th 2010

To a junior developer, the labyrinth that is the Magento architecture can seem like a daunting maze that should be avoided at all costs. To make matters worse, the lack of documentation and dwindling community support is enough to leave even the keenest student shaking at the knee’s. Fortunately, with a little understanding of how Magento works, conquering this daemon can be reduced from an impossible task to a fun and rewarding experience.

Over the next few weeks, we will be divulging our hard earned Magento secrets in an attempt to resuscitate the Magento online community and provide a training ground for any one looking to venture in to the Mangetoverse!

Visit the PHP coding section of our forum to ask any Magento related questions now and we will help you as soon as possible.

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Website Design Improvements – Sunglasses Save

Posted by Dave Wiltshire on July, 17th 2009

We have added the majority of the monster product Range to Sunglasses Save and are making good sales. Now we are turning our attention back to the overall web design to increase the quality of the aesthetic with a view to improving brand strength and sale conversion. Alongside this we are implementing useful techniques to direct customers directly to the brand sections and to improve the quality and quantity of relevant content on the homepage.

Here is the latest design which has been agreed and will be implemented on the site swiftly.

Magento Web Design | Sunglasses Save

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