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As the Magento ecosystem is still on cloud nine from all the fun at Imagine 2012 in Las Vegas, the community in Europe is gearing up for some major Magento excitement with three upcoming events! Our excellent EMEA team will be attending each event, so be sure to meet them and ask any of your pressing Magento questions.
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Meet Magento Germany2012 will mark the 6th Meet Magento Germany and every year this two day conference gets better. The event is sold out to over 500 Magento developers, enthusiasts, partners and professionals but you can still get a ticket to the legendary After Party at Moritzbaste. Be sure to watch all the Magento passion LIVE from Germany at http://live.meet-magento.de |
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Bargento FranceNow on its 7th event, Bargento is the event to attend in France for anyone in the Magento community and will draw over 1,000 attendees. New this year, Bargento will feature free reviews from “Website Doctors,” the meeting of CUMEF, the Magento Enterprise France Users Group, and an After Party! http://www.bargento.fr |
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Meet Magento NetherlandsThe Netherlands will mark the conclusion of the European Magento Tour. The fourth Meet Magento conference in The Netherlands is taking place on May 29-30, 2012, organized by the Dutch Magento community and has become the most important event for all Dutch users of the Magento platform. http://www.meet-magento.nl |
Be sure to follow them on Twitter for all the updates and photos!
Meet Magento Germany: @meetmagento and #mm12de
Bargento France: @bargento and #bargento
Meet Magento Netherlands: @mm12nl and #mm12nl
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Merchants have been asking for a fast and secure way to integrate more business applications within Magento. We’ve met this request by introducing the Magento REST API as part of the Magento Enterprise 1.12 and Community 1.7 releases.
Noteworthy benefits of the REST API include simplicity, ease of testing and troubleshooting, and better performance. It allows you to manage customers, customer addresses, sales orders, inventories and products using HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, PUT and DELETE. Data requests and responses can be in XML or JSON format.
REST Resources
REST resources are simply the entities or identities that are exposed to the developer. REST defines the identity of the resource via the URI (uniform resource identifier). Each resource has a unique URL address and any interaction with a resource takes place at its URI. The following resources are supported in CE 1.7.0.0.
- Products: Allows you to retrieve the list of products, create a simple product, and update or delete a product.
- Product Categories: Allows you to retrieve the list of categories assigned to a product and assign or unassign a category to a product.
- Product Websites: Allows you to retrieve the list of websites assigned to a product and assign or unassign a website to a product
- Customers: Allows you to retrieve the list of customers and create, update, or delete a customer.
- Customer Addresses: Allows you to retrieve the list of customer addresses, and create, update, or delete an address.
- Inventory: Allows you to retrieve the list of stock items and update a stock item.
- Sales Orders: Allows you to retrieve the list of sales orders and specific order information.
- Sales Order Items: Allows you to retrieve the items for a specific order.
- Sales Order Addresses: Allows you to retrieve billing and shipping addresses for an order.
- Sales Order Comments: Allows you to retrieve comments for a specific order.
Preparing to Use REST API with Magento
From the Magento store admin panel:
- Set up permissions to operate with resources for the three different user types: admin, customer, and guest. The admin is the backend logged-in user, the customer is the frontend logged-in user, and the guest is a non-logged-in frontend user.
- Configure which attributes will be allowed to retrieve or update for the different user types
- Register the third-party application (setting up consumer) and provide the information to the third-party application.
For a more detailed explanation with sample data, check out our wiki page. As always, we welcome your feedback and are eager to help with any issues you may encounter. Please use our bug tracker and choose the Webservices API from the Category selection.
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This year Magento will pay another visit to The Netherlands for the conclusion of the European Magento Tour. The fourth Meet Magento conference in The Netherlands is taking place on May 29-30, 2012 and is organized by the Dutch Magento community. The event has become the most important yearly event for all Dutch users of the Magento platform, developers and partners.
On May 29th attendees will receive the “Magento Introduction” session aimed at organizations that have recently decided to create their online store with Magento. This session will help new Magento users kick start their project and serves as an excellent preparation for day two of the event.
On May 30th attendees will benefit from the Meet Magento conference day and expo from 9 am to 6 pm. The day will feature over 25 presentations on various Magento topics including marketing, business, performance and development. There will also be several English sessions for non-Dutch visitors.
If you’re in The Netherlands or doing business with Dutch Magento companies, you can’t afford to miss out on this event! More info can be found on www.meet-magento.nl .
Event Details
- What: Meet Magento, The Netherlands
- When: May 29 - 30, 2012
- Where: Ede, The Netherlands (check for Hotel Reservations)
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May 24, 2012 I 10:00AM PDT
Webinar: Sell More, Sell Better - Introducing Your Ultimate Back Office
You've picked the world’s leading eCommerce platform, now choose the leading small business management system to help you sell more and sell better. As a retailer you’ll have orders, inventory, customers and accounts to manage. It’s complicated, but with the right tools in place, you’ll be able to handle it all with ease. In our next webinar with partner, Brightpearl, you'll learn how to create efficiencies within your business. Here are the details of this presentation:
Date: May 24, 2012 10:00AM PDT
Presenters: Chris Tanner, Co-Founder and Head of Product, Brightpearl, Ciaran Cushley, Sales Engineer, North America, Brightpearl and Alyssa Gothelf, Online Marketing Manager, Magento
In this webinar, attendees will learn:
- Compelling reasons for adopting a fully integrated approach to software
- The benefits of a 360 degree view on inventory, customers, orders and shipments
- How to avoid selling more than you can handle
- How to identify the products where you make the most money
- How to manage multiple online and offline sales channels to maximize revenue & profit
- Tour of Brightpearl’s business management software
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Warby Parker, a company that sells prescription eyewear for $95 and donates a pair of glasses to someone in need for each pair sold, is one of the hottest start-ups around.
What began as a side project for a couple of full-time students quickly exploded after the company was featured in GQ and Vogue within a week of their launch.
In this newly-released 3-minute video, Warby Parker’s leaders describe their eCommerce journey and how Magento Enterprise is enabling and accelerating their success.
Thousands of companies – including many of the world’s biggest brands – are using Magento Enterprise to grow their online businesses. Wondering how Magento Enterprise can help your business?
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The Magento ecosystem is still buzzing after the success of Imagine 2012 last week in Las Vegas and to keep the momentum going, join the Magento French community at Bargento!
Now on its 7th event, Bargento is the premier French eCommerce conference, taking place May 29th at CNIT in Paris and will draw over 1,000 attendees. Bargento has become an important event for those wishing to meet customers, partners, and some of the best and brightest minds in European eCommerce.
Bargento Will Feature:
• Magento Inc. keynote announcing new features for the coming year.
• Ten workshops where you can learn about the latest products and best practices for eCommerce success.
• An exhibit area that focuses on the interaction and relationships between merchants and developers.
• Free website reviews from “Website Doctors” François Ziserman, Olivier Sauvage, Oliver Levy and Vincent Gross.
• The first meeting of the Magento Enterprise France Users Group, known as CUMEF.
• After show party for attendees to relax and network while playing arcade games, billiards and bowling!
Bargento is the event to attend in France for anyone in the Magento community and you won’t want to miss it! Also be sure to check out the Bargento 2012 video below.
Event Details
- What: Bargento France
- When: May 29, 2012
- Where: CNIT, Paris
Bargento 2012 is brought to you by NBS System.
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A Webinar Presented by Entrepids and Magento
Extensión para Asignación Automática de Imágenes a los productos del catálogo de Magento
Sabemos lo importante que es para una tienda en línea tener un catalogo de productos actualizado. Las tareas de asignación de imágenes de manera manual ocupan un tiempo considerable. La extensión para asignación automática de imágenes ayuda a: Optimizar la administración de grandes cantidades de imágenes relacionadas con el alto volumen de productos, en el catálogo de Magento. Reducir en un 90% el tiempo en esta administración. Mantener actualizado el catálogo de productos - imágenes
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
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For those of you who joined us in Las Vegas for the Imagine 2012 conference, we hope all 1300 of you made it back to your 35 respective countries, safe and sound. For those of you who weren’t able to join us this year, we’re sorry we missed you and hope that this wrap-up makes you dream about joining us next year. While there are too many highlights to recount each and every one, we still wanted to provide a summary of some of the more defining moments of the conference. We’ll also be posting video content and keynote/breakout presentations throughout the next few weeks on the Imagine site, so stay tuned for more to come. Here are the highlights from the event:
DAY 1:
* The conference started off with our much anticipated developer BarCamp – a series of rapid-fire presentations on Magento and X.commerce, with all content drive by attendees.
* Our popular WALL was launched – a collection of real-time attendee photos that were posted to Twitter with the hashtag #magentoimagine.
* Magento overtook the M Resort with a poolside opening night networking event. Watch this video to see where we got the tagline for this conference recap.
DAY 2:
* The theme for this year’s event was ‘What’s Your Story?’ Magento Go merchant, David Bandrowski of The Deering Banjo Company, walked us through his story and then gave a live banjo performance with George Grove of the famous Kingston trio.
* Magento Community 1.7 and Enterprise 1.12 were announced! Both new releases include REST API, developer productivity, different base pricing for customer groups and more. In addition, Enterprise 1.12 also now includes multiple wish lists, segmentation including personalized coupons based on a visitor’s interaction with the site and Mobile! (HTML 5 capabilities)
* Magento 2’s anticipated launch date was revealed; everyone can expect to see it in the first half of 2013.
* Angrybirds invaded the stage at the culmination of the morning’s keynote presentations. Why Angrybirds? They’re now a Magento Enterprise customer!
* The breakout sessions throughout the day were very successful, some of which were standing room only. To read about specific takeaways, see our final Day 2 recap.
* The afternoon keynotes started off with Stephen Messer, co-founder of LinkShare and serial entrepreneur with his take on Big Data. He argued it isn’t about big data; it’s all about big answers. Then Tim Kring closed out the keynotes with a look at storytelling using new social and mobile technologies.
* Day 2 finished up with another legendary party which included (among other things) cigars, fire juggling, dancers, blowing bubbles, and more! Be sure to watch the final recap video at the end of Day 3 below for some sneak peeks of the event.
DAY 3:
* Cindy Hallberlin, President & CEO of Good360 awakened the crowd during the morning keynotes with her inspiring story of how the company has donated more than $7 billion to 27,000 charitable organizations since its inception. The presentation continued with a personal message from Carly Fiorina, a member of the Good360 Board of Directors about how important eCommerce is not only for business but how it can be used to ‘do good’ as well. At the end of the presentation, Roy Rubin made the announcement that our very own, Bob Schwartz is joining the Good360 Board of Directors. Congrats Bob!
* Next up was Jim FitzGibbon, the former president of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts who shared some inspirational messages about how to live by a service-oriented culture. After taking us on a virtual trip around the globe with his presentation, 5 lucky contestants were brought up to the stage to compete for the chance to win a FREE 7 night stay at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bora Bora! After being quizzed in front of 1,300 people about information presented during the conference, Krister Lenman from Sweden emerged as the winner! We want to thank all of our contestants for participating and know that it wasn’t easy up there under those lights.
* More exciting content came out of Day 3’s breakout sessions. For access to the full presentation decks, visit the breakouts page and be sure to check back often as we’ll be updating this page over the next few weeks.
* During the course of the conference we held another contest for most innovative site of the year. Finalists included Warner Bros. France, created by Internim, Reed and Barton by Blue Acorn and Ten Thousand Villages by CorraTech. Each Imagine attendee was provided with a poker chip which they could use to vote for the site they liked best. Just before the closing keynotes, it was announced that Reed and Barton was the crowd favorite!
* Finally Alison Levine closed out Imagine with her captivating story about climbing Mount Everest not once, but twice!! She shared her incredible insights about challenges, journeys and teamwork that can be used on the mountain and off.
Overall we couldn’t be happier with the result of the conference and it sounded like attendees were just as thrilled. (Over 95% of you said that you would recommend the Imagine eCommerce Conference to a colleague.) We’re so happy to hear that!
If you couldn’t join us this year, we look forward to seeing you at next year’s event. For those of you that did make it to Vegas, thank you again for making this year’s conference a wild success. Be sure to check out our final 2012 Wrap Up Video to experience it all again.
Until 2013,
- The Magento Imagine Team
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eCommerce Forums are coming to a city near you!
eCommerce is no longer an alternate sales channel - it's a vital element in any retail sales strategy. We are holding forums in cities around the world to meet with merchants and discuss what is possible for their business on Magento. Each event is sponsored by a Magento Solution Partner with distinct Magento experience and expertise.
During this event you will learn about Magento Enterprise and how to attract more customers, improve customer loyalty, increase your average order value, maximize online revenue and much, much more.
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Mexico City, MexicoAsista al Magento Forum de Comercio Electrónico que se realizará en la Ciudad de México, este evento está dirigido a empresas que quieren implementar una Tienda On line. Aprenda las mejores técnicas para aumentar los ingresos al vender en Internet e interactué uno a uno con Magento y Entrepids y obtenga respuesta a todas sus preguntas. |
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Philadelphia, PARegardless of Magento's growth over the years, its founding principles around open source and connectivity have not been lost. In this eCommerce Forum, learn how Gold Solutions Partner, Groove Commerce, and Industry Partner, Listrak, have teamed together to leverage Magento and some great extensions to help merchants maximize the performance of their site and grow revenue. |
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Las Vegas, NVMagento is teaming up with CIGNEX Datamatics in Las Vegas to show Nevada retailers how an innovative site built on Magento Enterprise can revolutionize their business. Attendees will learn how other businesses have achieved success with a Magento online store and how they too can start turning online browsers to buyers! Key technical and business people will be on hand from CIGNEX Datamatics and Magento to answer your questions. |
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New York City, NYAt this eCommerce Forum you will learn firsthand how two of sponsor Pod1’s clients – Echo Design and Erno Lazslo – have achieved success with Magento Enterprise. In addition, you will also learn how analytics tools from Jirafe are helping Magento merchants analyze traffic to improve conversion rates and revenue. There will be plenty of time for open Q&A and networking so that you can get your most pressing eCommerce questions answered. |
Space at these events is reserved for merchants and their eCommerce decision makers. There is no charge, but you must register to attend.
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At the conclusion of the 2012 Imagine eCommerce Conference, Magento and its Solution Partners gathered for the 2nd Annual Solution Partner Leadership Summit. Over 100 Solution Partners from over 25 countries came together to review the past year, discuss forward-looking goals and plans, and recognize the valuable contribution of our solution partner companies.
During this meeting, Magento acknowledged the outstanding performance in 2011 achieved by the Solution Partner channel. Magento is honored to have so many partners committed to delivering Magento Enterprise solutions; companies who are dedicated to developing the technical competency necessary to ensure customer success.
Special awards were presented to 10 partners for their outstanding performance based on Magento Enterprise revenue, quality of implementations and customer satisfaction. An additional 10 awards were presented to companies who showed remarkable year to year growth in 2011—results of their dedication to the development of their Magento Enterprise practice and their potential as rising stars of the partner network.
“Magento’s Solution Partner channel plays a critical role in the growth and development of Magento. These creative, innovative and technically astute companies are at the heart of our success. It is our honor to acknowledge their special contribution, and express our appreciation for their dedication and hard work,” said Scott Dahlgren, Department Head, Channel Sales.
Congratulations to the following Solution Partners who were awarded special honors for their performance in 2011:
2011 Magento Partner Excellence Award
- Gorilla
- Grand River
- Guidance
- CorraTech
- Demac Media
- Smile
- Lyons Consulting Group
- SQLI Group
- Exceed Online
- Balance Internet
2011 Magento Fast & Emerging Partner Award
- Alpine Consulting
- Levementum
- Brandlive
- Digital Evolution Group
- Trollweb Solutions
- Vaimo
- Mediawave
- Indaba
- Classy Llama
- Blue Acorn
We believe that the Magento Solution Partners represent the best system integrators / web site developers in the industry. Find out more about our Solution Partners by visiting http://www.magentocommerce.com/partners/solution
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