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Magento 2 Beginners Guide

You're reading from   Magento 2 Beginners Guide Discover what you need to know to build your own profitable online stores using the power of Magento 2!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785880766
Length 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gabriel Guarino Gabriel Guarino
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Magento 2 FREE CHAPTER 2. Installation 3. Migration 4. Creating Your First Product, Images, Inventory, and Prices 5. Attribute Sets and Custom Attributes 6. Product Types 7. Categories 8. CMS Pages, Blocks, and Widgets 9. Managing Scope and Locale Settings 10. System Configuration 11. Working with Customers 12. Admin Users and Roles 13. Taxes 14. Catalog and Shopping Cart Price Rules 15. Processing Payments 16. Configuring Shipping 17. Fulfilling Orders 18. Transactional E-mails and Newsletter 19. Reports 20. Customizing Your Magento Store 21. Store Maintenance

Cache and Index Management

Two aspects to consider when managing a Magento store are cache and index. 

Every time you make a change to the storefront, such as adding a new banner or changing a title, if the cache is enabled, you have to clear it to allow your customers to see updates on the storefront.

Similarly, every time you make a change to the catalog, you have to reindex it to display the updated information for your customers.

If you open the SYSTEM tab in the Magento admin panel, you will see that both sections are available under the Tools sub-menu:

Cache and Index Management

That said, let's open the Cache Management page. When the page is loaded, you will see the following grid on the screen:

Cache and Index Management

From this grid, you can enable, disable, and refresh each cache type. It's recommended to turn on all cache types in production to improve the performance of your Magento store. From here, you will be able to refresh the cache types if necessary. If a change is made from the admin panel and refreshing...

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