Magento 2 | Practical advice about customization of a store

Step-by-step guide for website setup on Magento 2. Make your store unique!

Created by: Anatoly Zavadsky
Professional blogger. Magento developer.

What Will I Learn?

• You will see what is Magento 2 and what websites can be created on it.
• You will find out how to download and how to set and customize Magento 2 on the local XAMPP Web server correctly. The main installation errors and the way you can deal with them will also be considered.
• You will learn how to work with Magento 2 console (OS Windows).
• You will find out how to create, set and activate the user theme on the basis of the Luma theme. You will see a practical example of your own theme setup based on the Luma theme built in Magento.
• You will learn how to work with Blocks, Widgets and Pages. You will be able to change the homepage of shop completely to make it your own.
• You will learn how to add your own CSS-styles. This will help you to change any ready theme almost completely if you want to.
• You will learn how to add your own JavaScript files correctly. We will consider a practical example of adding the Popover (in BootstrapJS) on the page. We will connect an external script to practice.
• You will find out how internationalization in Magento 2 works. You will learn to do translation of a theme in practice. You will see how it is possible to add several stores in different languages.

Requirements

• In order to work with Magento 2, you should have a basic knowledge of XML, HTML, CSS and some PHP.

Target audience

• Programmers
• Magento 2 Developers
• Magento 2 Store Owners