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Magento: Keeping it clean (Magento Buckaroo)

December 30, 2015April 3, 2014 by Layer 5

Magento: Keeping it clean (or Magento Buckaroo!) One big positive about Magento is the burgeoning and comprehensive development community. Magento connect (magentoconnect.com) has thousands of plug-ins and additional modules that enhance, improve and provide new features. Some of these are free and some are paid, some are excellent, and (very rarely), some not-so-good. The message … Read more

Optimised Server Hosting Packages for Magento Hosting

December 30, 2015March 20, 2014 by Layer 5

Having worked with Magento for some time now, we have tried a good … Read more

Magento 1.8.1 – What does the short time since the last release tell us?

June 1, 2014December 11, 2013 by Layer 5

Not so long ago I reported on the release of Magento 1.8. This was a long time coming, and whilst it seemed that on the surface it was no great shakes in functional terms, a lot had changed under the bonnet – particularly around VAT calculations.

Magento 1.8 – Solving Brightpearl “Pesky Penny” Rounding Issues?

June 19, 2014September 27, 2013 by Layer 5

As you might be aware from our other post hailing the release of Magento 1.8, we’re both excited and nervous about it, after a long period of stability on the previous 1.7.02 release.

Open Source 4 – In Conclusion

September 9, 2019September 2, 2013 by Layer 5

I have spent the previous three posts looking at what Open Source software is, what it can do in comparison to its traditionally licensed peers, and what the traditional software houses have been doing about it.

Open Source 2 – Versus Traditional

September 27, 2013September 2, 2013 by Layer 5

In the first post we covered a very brief definition of Open Source, in corporate language and in straightforward terms.

In this post, however, we will look at what Open Source means to the purchaser of software, be that a corporate entity, or an SME or retailer looking to make decision on how to enter the online selling world.

Testimonial – Brew2bottle

September 27, 2013August 1, 2012 by Layer 5

Layer 5 Solutions undertook a comprehensive launch of Brew2bottle’s eCommerce presence, and after a successful period of trading on the Magento platform, drove the business even further with Brightpearl as the ERP system.