PHP & MAGENTO FRAMEWORK
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Introduction about PHP
Magento Framework
How to install
Site Demos
Conclusion
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Introduction about PHP
• PHP is a general-purpose scripting language
originally designed for web development to
produce dynamic web pages(from wikipedia)
• Created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor(HTML-embedded scripting
language)
• Latest version: 5.3.5(realse on 2011-01-06)
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Magento Framework
• Magento is the eCommerce software platform
for growth that promises to revolutionize the
industry
• Latest version: 1.5.0.1 - Added February 9, 2011
• Compare with Joomla!
• For end-user to use and for developer to extend by
writing extensions
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Magento Framework(cont)
• Magento Features
– Analytics and Reporting
– Content Management System(CMS)
– Shopping cart
– Product Browsing
– Customer Accounts
– Payment
– So on…
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How to install Magento
• Requirements and Installation:
– Xampp(version 1.7.1 or newer) or Wamp(verion 2.0)
– Need for cURL extension:
• Erase semicolon(;) before extension=php_curl.dll
– Place source into htdocs folder
– Type: 127.0.0.1/magento on web browser(not
localhost/magento)
– Do whatever following instruction display on
screen
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Screenshots-Frontend site
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Screenshots-Backend site
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Screenshots-Backend site
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Website online
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Conclusion
• Magento is powerful framework for developer
to use and extend
• Strong on CMS and Shopping Cart
• Very nice templates
• Build small website as quickly as possible
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Thanks for listening!
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