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Magento 2 Development Essentials

You're reading from   Magento 2 Development Essentials Get up and running with Magento 2 to create custom solutions, themes, and extensions effectively

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785289897
Length 178 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fernando J Miguel Fernando J Miguel
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Preface 1. Magento Fundamentals 2. Magento 2.0 Features FREE CHAPTER 3. Working with Search Engine Optimization 4. Magento 2.0 Theme Development – the Developers' Holy Grail 5. Creating a Responsive Magento 2.0 Theme 6. Write Magento 2.0 Extensions – a Great Place to Go 7. Go Mobile with Magento 2.0! 8. Speeding up Your Magento 2.0 9. Improving Your Magento Skills Index

Creating CompStore content


Once the new theme is activated, it's time to handle the content by creating some options and configuring the products and categories.

To create new categories, you will need access the Admin area (http://localhost/packt/admin_packt) and follow this recipe:

  1. Navigate to the Products | Categories menu.

  2. Delete all the subcategories of Default Category by clicking on them and pressing the Delete Category button.

  3. Create three new subcategories of Default Category named Notebook, Desktops, and Peripherals. Be sure to set to Yes the Include in Navigation Menu option for each category.

In the Add Category option, you have option to fill the Description, Page Title, and Meta Information areas for SEO purposes, as shown in the following screenshot:

To create new products, you will need access to the Admin area (http://localhost/packt/admin_packt) and follow this recipe:

  1. Access the Admin area (http://localhost/packt/admin_packt) and navigate to Products | Catalog.

  2. Click on the Add...

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