Designer’s Guide to Magento expands your knowledge of the structural workings of Magento and the methods of designing for Magento. It teaches how to create a theme of your own with Magento.
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Contents
OVERVIEW OF THEMING IN MAGENTO
MAGENTO DESIGN CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY
WEBSITES AND STORES
DESIGN PACKAGES AND THEMES
BLOCKS AND LAYOUTS
WIDGETS
PACKAGES AND THEMES IN MAGENTO’S DIRECTORY STRUCTURE
The Base package
The Default, Pro and Enterprise Packages
Custom Design Packages
Themes
APPLYING THEMES IN MAGENTO
WALK THROUGH1: CREATING AND APPLYING A THEME
Assigning packages and themes to the store
WALK THROUGH2: APPLYING MULTIPLE THEMES
HIERARCHY OF THEMES
Important Hierarchy Rules to Remember
Design Exceptions
CUSTOMIZING MAGENTO THEMES
CREATING THE DIRECTORY SKELETON FOR YOUR PACKAGE/THEME
Creating a new Package and theme(s
APPLYING YOUR NEW PACKAGE AND THEME TO YOUR WEB SITE
CUSTOMIZING USING THE SKIN FILE
CUSTOMIZING USING LAYOUT FILES
Introduction to LayoutsHow Magento Layout WorksAnatomy of A Magento Layout FileHandles Rules of XMLHow to find which layout file to modifyCustomizing Using a Local Layout file (local.xml)