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Ben Lorenz

Managing Partner

Ben Lorenz showed potential for leadership even in his first job: slinging pizzas at Pizza Hut. Although it wasn’t a lofty start, upper management took notice of Ben’s tenacity and work ethic and asked him to enter the company’s corporate training program... to which Mr. Lorenz replied, “Um, I’m in a band? And we’re like, going on the road soon.” After pounding the Midwest with his drumsticks for several years, Ben chose to return to a life of civility, and summarily cut his mullet when he enrolled in Siena Heights University where he eventually completed a B.A. in business administration.

Ben now lives the life of a model businessman, and has managed the technology and web development of some damn impressive clients, including: Mercury and Lincoln Vehicles, Volkswagen and Audi, 1800FLOWERS.com, Discover Card, Siena Heights University, and Domino's Pizza (to the dismay of Little Ceasar’s, of course). Although he’s no longer sporting a McGyver-style coiffure, Ben continues to enjoy music by performing at employee birthday parties, and entering break dancing competitions under his industry pseudonym, ‘Zip.’

Magento Attributes - How to do some amazingly cool stuff

Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011
By Ben Lorenz

A few weeks ago Human Element had the opportunity to present some tips and tricks on utilizing Magento product attributes.  Magento was kind enough to post our presentation on their site for your viewing pleasure.  

MAGENTO PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES - HOW TO DO SOME AMAZINGLY COOL STUFF

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Downtown Shop Redesign on Magento

Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
By Ben Lorenz

Downtown Shop Redesign on Magento

Downtown offers unique women's and unisex clothing.

Human<>Element worked with Downtown to redesign their online store on the Magento platform.  Downtown not only sells online but utilizes Magento as their in-store POS system.  www.downtownshop.com
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Ebay Buys Magento

Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011
By Ben Lorenz

Ebay Buys Magento

I wonder if there was a Buy it Now price?

eBay acquires Magento... What does that mean for us? We're still trying to figure it all out. ...read more

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Magento Checkout with Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) - Cant Select Credit Card

Posted on Friday, May 06, 2011
By Ben Lorenz

Magento Checkout with Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) - Cant Select Credit Card

Trying to check-out in Magento using Internet Explorer 9? Microsoft says NO!

Grrrr! IE is at it again. For some unexplained reason IE9 will not allow users to checkout in Magento Community or Enterprise if there is only one payment option selected... like a credit card for example.  ...read more

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Blog to Facebook - Testing the technical prowess of our team

Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011
By Ben Lorenz

Blog to Facebook - Testing the technical prowess of our team

Well, Maybe prowess is the wrong word but you get the idea

Spent a few minutes (hours), linking our blog to our Facebook wall.  
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Magento Attributes

Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011
By Ben Lorenz

Magento Attributes

Make your list of attributes first

I'll cut to the chase my Magento peeps..  

Before you upload all of your products into Magento, follow a few simple steps and you can save mucho tiempo.   ...read more

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