Getting Started: Part 1 Getting Your Go Store Going"

Getting Started:


Part 1—Getting Your Go Store Going"

Presenters:

Kara Heinrichs, Brillig House (twitter: @kkarahh) Mosses Akizian, Magento (twitter: @monocat)

Agenda for today’s webinar

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INTRODUCTION

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– About Magento and Magento Go

PRESENTATION

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– Overview of Getting Started webinar series

– Part 1—Getting Your Go Store Going

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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Yes, this webinar is being recorded."

The recording and the slides will be available online later."

Introducing Magento Go

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Inline and importable 
 translations"

Drag-and-drop layout editing" Out-of-the-box payment gateway integrations"

Expand your store with Trusted Extensions"

Professional web design services from partners"

The Getting Started Webinar Series

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Part 1—Getting your Go store going

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Part 2—Setting up your catalog

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Part 3—Configuring your payment and shipping

options

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Today’s Topics

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Getting Started with Magento Go

Part 1—Getting your Go store going

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•  Understanding your accounts

•  Resources to help you get started

•  Logging in and changing your passwords – Basic Magento Go store configuration

•  Setting your store’s language and locale

•  Setting your store’s contact info

•  Selecting a starting theme/design – Selecting a Magento Go plan

•  Which plan is right for you?

•  Getting a custom domain name and a SSL certificate

Signing Up for Your Magento Go Store

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•  Understanding your accounts

•  Resources to help you get started

Welcome to Magento Go!

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A visit to the frontend (with sample data)

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Recap: Your Accounts

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Your Magento account is at:

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– http://go.magento.com/ click on the “My Account”

– Change password in “Account Settings”

– Submit support ticket in “Support”

– Access other resources in “Knowledge Base” and “Resources”

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Your Magento Go store is at:

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– http://username.gostorego.com (Store)

– http://username.gostorego.com/admin (Admin Panel)

– Change admin password in

•  ADMIN: SystemMy Account"

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Use links in each environment to get to the other

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First Steps:

Basic Store Configuration

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•  Setting your store’s language and locale

•  Setting your store’s contact info

Recap: Basic Location Configuration

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•  Set location-specific info in:"

– ADMIN: SystemConfigurationGeneral tab

•  Countries Options, Locale Options, & Store Information panels

•  Set your store’s return email addresses in:"

– ADMIN: SystemConfigurationStore Email

Addresses tab

•  Other common configuration"

– Other languages/translations can be uploaded in: •  ADMIN: SystemTranslations"

– Your base currency can be set in:

•  ADMIN: SystemConfigurationCurrency Setup tab"

Recap: Basic Design Configuration

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•  Set starting theme in:"

–  ADMIN: DesignThemes Editor"

–  Select theme and Apply

•  Change your store’s logo in:"

–  ADMIN: DesignThemes EditorDesign Settings Editor tabHeader

Setting panel

•  Change your store’s favicon in:"

–  ADMIN: SystemConfigurationDesign tabHTML Head panel

•  Change your store’s logo in outbound email in:"

–  ADMIN: SystemConfigurationDesign tabTransactional Emails

panel

•  Other theme customizations resources"

–  See Magento Go’s Resources section

•  2-part theming webinar series

•  Video tutorials

•  Design Guide

Selecting a Magento Go Plan"

•  Which plan is right for you?

•  Using a custom domain name (URL)

•  Using a custom SSL certificate

Recap: Custom URLs

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•  Use a registrar to obtain domain name/URL"

–  Go to a registrar website like godaddy.com, hover.com, register.com or many others

–  Find and purchase your domain name and service there

•  In your Magento Go account settings" –  Add a “Custom URL” to your store

•  Back at the registrar, point your domain name to Magento Go’s servers"

–  Create an A Record in your DNS configuration that points to

173.203.30.100

–  In 24-48 hours, you should be able to use that domain to get to your Magento Go store

•  In your Magento Go Admin panel" –  Wait until the step above is successful

–  In ADMIN: SystemConfigurationWeb tabActive Domain

panel, select your custom domain name

Using the Shared SSL Certificate

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•  Your store is secure and data is encrypted" •  Secure URL changes back to gostorego.com domain" •  Certificate validated to gostorego.com"

Using a Custom SSL Certificate

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Your store is

secure and

data is

encrypted

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Secure URL

remains your

domain

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Certificate

validated to

your domain

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Be sure to visit go.magento.com/support for tutorials, articles and videos to help you get going with Magento Go!"