You’ve heard the term ‘open source’. You know it’s a good thing, but what exactly does it mean? And, how exactly can it benefit your eCommerce site?
WHAT DOES OPEN-SOURCE MEAN?
Open source means that code is accessible and open to the public. Anyone can modify and adapt it for use (without altering the source code that is). What that means is more freedom for creative development. So, instead of great ideas only being enabled by those who have the tools; more people can innovate, and take on
Coca-Cola, Samsung, Burger King, Barbour, IKEA – you’re so au fait with their marketing that it’s part of your every day. But have you ever stopped to consider what software they’re using? It’s not reserved for the big lights and stars; it’s the same as me or you. For companies like these, it’s Magento 2.
Magento 2 allows them to build content-rich sites, that respond to global demands fast, and on mobile.
So, here are five ways an upgrade to Magento 2 can help you to design a better site, d
Recently the team at Orange Collar Media have been working on a custom Magento 2 module for a client that involves modifying the item list in the mini cart. To do this correctly is a bit more involved in Magento 2 than it used to be.
This is due to the mini cart being rendered by the knockout templates. The list of product attributes is built by a function called doGetItemData() located in the file vendor/magento/module-checkout/CustomerData/DefaultItem.php
Quickly looking at this function and
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