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.
1. Plan out your product types (shoes, shirts, watches)
2. Create your product attributes
3. Create your attribute groups (combinations of attributes)
4. Apply the appropriate attribute group to your product types. While not a impossible to fix, it’s time consuming if you have already setup your configurable or grouped products.
Planning out your attributes can be time consuming; dont rush. You will be rewarded with some sweet layered navigation and sorting options once only available to higher end commerce tools.
Rock on.
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 Pizza Hut, 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.’
