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Infographic Magento 1 vs Magento 2 Database

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Starting from the early 2015 when our development team was working on the first instance of UB Data Migration tool, we had chance to dive in and explore Magento 2, especially the differences between Magento 1 and Magento 2 database. And we see there are a significant number of changes in the database structure that are worth highlighting.

It took us pretty much of time to update the changes in accordance with Magento 2 development process. However it’s beneficial to our internal product development indeed. And we think this would also be good to anyone new to Magento 2 who wants to become familiar with the key changes in Magento 2. So we end up with the idea to create an infographic that puts those findings together.

The infographic is formatted to give a quick overview of key changes in Magento 2 database structures, compared to Magento 1. Please note the comparison is for quick reference rather than detailing every aspect of the database. Continue reading →

UB QuickView for Magento 2

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We’re excited to launch our new Magento 2 Quick View extension today -- UB Quick View.

The Magento 2 Quick View extension is extremely valuable for Magento stores, it brings a convenient experience to the shoppers: for any item they pay attention to, only one click is needed to reach the item info. There will be no more page reloading, shoppers can preview product detail directly from the category page via a pop-up window with Ajax Add-to-Cart button appears in no time.

UB Quick View is powered by Ajax technology and built in extensive options for configuration. The popup window displays brief product details, a lot like the product page with typical key elements:

  • Product Image
  • The product title
  • Product Description
  • Price and Ajax-add-to-cart button
  • Customer reviews
  • Link to navigate to Product page

See the following screenshots to get an idea of what UB Quick View offers: Continue reading →

AB Testing Thumbnail

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Getting this far in the online market means you must have mastered at least the basics of online marketing strategies to boost your conversions. You have heard about, and most probably tried, most of these strategies yourself. So now, let’s talk about one of the famous tools for conversion optimization – A/B testing.

A/B testing, as the name implies, is a mechanism used to create more than one version on a page with the purpose of knowing which approach appeals more to your Magento visitor and ultimately yields higher sales. Now allow us to take these strategies further than knowing how to use them by learning when and what we should be using them for. In this article, let us begin with this widely used A/B testing method. Continue reading →

Crafts Premium Magento 2 Theme

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Today, we’re excited to unveil the Crafts -- our first premium theme for Magento 2. Crafts has been one of the most wanted Responsive Magento 1 theme in our portfolio. It comes with the beauty of simplicity, from typography, grid-based layout and structure.

If you keep an eye on our product development, you might notice our first Crafts theme for Magento 2 was initiated since Dec 2014. As can be seen on our Github, this Crafts version based on Magento alpha 1.0.7, yet we hardly find chance to keep ongoing updates to this free version because there have been huge changes in Magento 2 since then and our internal plan as well.

After gearing up initial built-in extensions for Magento 2 (UB Mega menu, UB Content Slider and UB Quick View), it’s possible for us to kick off the development of Crafts theme again. Continue reading →

UB Data Migration Pro

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Aug 6, 2020 Update
UB Data Migration Pro v3.2.4 here. Fully compatible with Magento 2.4.0.

Sept 20, 2018 Update: UB Data Migration Pro version 3.1.6 has just been released -- here, with an absolutely brand new Dashboard UI. Fully compatible with Magento 2.2.6. It supports delta migration, PHP Memcached and fully ready for large-scale data migration.

Moving your store to Magento 2 to take full advantage of it’s new design is now possible for many shop owners. It’s clear to see a lot of improvements in the whole new Magento 2 structure, but there is one big disadvantage. The difference between Magento 1 and 2 architecture is huge, which means that data isn’t easily transferable; how will you do it if you want to upgrade your Magento 1 shop to a Magento 2 shop?

Since early 2015, we at Ubertheme have worked on, and continually improved, a free UB Data Migration tool that migrates the data from Magento 1’s database to the Magento 2’s; using the right structure for Magento 2’s new database architecture.

Long story short, we transfer the data for you without the errors that are typical when there are such sweeping changes in software architecture.

This free tool has helped to ease the migration process for thousands of people across the world already. However, to provide a better, stable and more feature-rich solution for Magento 2 migration, our team decided to upgrade to a premium migration tool — UB Data Migration Pro that gives us the chance to maintain an active update, patches and bug fixes.

Now, let’s see how UB Data Migration can help and will be a good fit for your migration project’s needs. Continue reading →

Magento 2 UB Mega menu

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Nov 4, 2019 Update: New update to our Magento 2 Mega Menu v1.1.6 -- allows to restrict access to specific menu groups to selected customer group(s). Fully compatible with the latest Magento 2.3.3.

It’s great to announce that our growing Magento 2 extension store sees a brand new Magento 2 mega menu extension today -- UB Mega menu (1.0 beta)! For the past couple of years, mega menu has become a trend in web design, in particular of e-commerce website. That’s why we add this extension into our Magento 2 store, following our first UB Content Slider extension.

UB Mega Menu makes it simple to get started but powerful enough to create highly customised and creative Magento 2 mega menu configurations. It fits all the requirements of modern menu like responsive, mega drop down, support multi elements… I will walk you through key highlights of our initial release (for sure, you can expect new enhancements to be added in the upcoming updates).

Magento 2 Mega Menu Complete Set
UB Mega menu for Magento 2 allows you to create beautiful horizontal and vertical menu layouts splitted into columns, and embed rich media elements (images, videos, banner etc.,) into menu items.

For any Magento store, it’s a common practice to add category, CMS page link, CMS Static block content, custom link or other Magento default links like My Account, My Wishlist, Login etc., into mega menus. Our Magento 2 UB Megamenu facilitates to display all these options in one visual panel with smooth effects, no scrolling needed.

From our experience with Magento 1 themes, mega menu is one of the most effective way to organise navigation options to capture user attention with featured typography, icons, featured images etc., Continue reading →

Interview with Simon Sprankel

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Knowing inspirational story, insights and helpful advice from experienced Magento developers always excites us. Today, Simon Sprankel who acquired the Magento extension shop Modulwerft.com and built his career around Magento platform since early days, will share his thoughts about Magento development experience, in particular from Magento 2 perspectives.

Thanks Simon for taking out the time and making this worthwhile for our friends here at UberTheme and anyone who has passion in Magento.

Magento 2 from Simon's viewpoint
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UB Content Slider 1.0.6

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Jun 29, 2018 Update: New Version 1.1.2 Release -- Fully compatible with the latest Magento 2.2.5. Check out the latest UB Content Slider.

In the version 1.0.5 and older, [Magento 2] UB Content Slider extension makes use of shortcodes embedded in blocks, pages or calls sliders via XML file. To make things a bit more user-friendly, we’ve added a new feature to the version 1.0.6 that allows you to add sliders anywhere using widget module manager.

Before we go into details about the new widget enhancement in our UB Content Slider, I will walk you through a bit on Magento 2 Widget.

Introduction to Magento 2 Widget

The Magento widgets system is a graphic interface where you can configure blocks in the front-end, with predefined set of configuration options.

As we have covered the topic introducing Magento 2 widgets part I, Magento 2 has a set of predefined widgets that you can configure and show on different pages. You no longer have to deal with the block short codes to insert the blocks.

While the “content blocks” show a powerful way and flexibility in allowing you to structure the Magento front-end layout using XML files, widgets on the other hand add a more friendly shortcut for administrators to deal with the front-end content. Continue reading →

Easter Special Offer

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Easter Special Offer

Happy Easter 2016! May you and your loved ones have a happy holiday filled with joy, sweets, cakes, chocolate and lots of yummy Easter eggs!

In keeping with Easter tradition, many of us have already started hunting around for freebies and amazing products for a fraction of the cost. We’re celebrating this festive holiday on our site this year, and it’s perfect time for you to save big on our best Magento themes and extensions. Simply select one of the following packages:

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Ubertheme upgraded to Magento 1.9.3.4

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As you might know Magento Community Edition 1.9.2.4 has just been released one day ago, that includes patch bundle for PHP 5.3 Compatibility, SOAP API Patch, Upload file permissions etc., You can find more details on this bundle of patches for Magento 1.x here. We highly recommend that you have your site updated with the SUPEE-7405 v1.1 patch bundle or upgrade to Magento Enterprise Edition 1.14.24 or Magento Community Edition 1.9.2.4.

For our themes and extensions, we’re testing and implementing updates to keep our products work well with this release. For now, here are our first batch of responsive Magento theme available for Magento 1.9.2.4:

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