Magento “German Store” Version 1.7.0.2 Andreas von Studnitz, Christian Philipp, integer_net GmbH

After we had an article about the MUSS Extensions written at a Magento installation and had Andreas von Studnitz kindly comment with a reference to the recently published German Store Version the integer_net GmbH posted, Could I then did not expect to see, what the experts had so devised. Thus, a new system was immediately mounted and installed.

Here this the first impressions Magento Systems, which specifically to the reasons relating to the German e-commerce law was adapted, so many changes after installation account.

1. At the first opening of the installation process, the icon is above the reference “Magento” on.
2. Of course we accept the conditions (hopefully there is nothing wrong in it 🙂 )
3. Nice, that direct the correct locales are selected, so the search can be annoying for the correct time zone, etc..
4. Now quickly select the correct database and more…
   
5. After entering the Admin data, comes something new: A friendly message, that it was now. It is striking to now, that the whole process is in German.
6. The first step is to Frontend:
   
7. It is noticeable, e.g. the. Annoying we Blocks “Back to school” no longer there. The customer survey is missing. Furthermore, in the header section is all in German and partly in the footer. About us etc. still needs to be translated, since this is a standard footer (footer_links_backup) These, be adjusted in the range Static blocks must.
8. Otherwise fall on when registering for an account, that there is now a “Remember Me” Check mark indicates, which in the standard is not present 1.7er. Here you can also access their basket, if you do not explicitly logs.
9. And now it's off to Backend and since we can expect something completely new:
11. All information relevant to store data, wie Shop Name, Firm, Address, Bank, VAT number etc. be here once recorded centrally. There is a decent chunk, which are then detected but not later must. The bottom half has the possibility to contribute to the improvement of the U.S. version of Magento and continue to bonus actions and developments of NR App Factory participate (since we are using here is just a local test environment, we have not done, if the system was to go live but, make sure that we, because this version is created only and exclusively by the demands and suggestions from the Magento community and yet only those can be further improved.)

After entering the data you get into the more or less familiar backend environment. New is the rider “Magento” with some sub-items. There are on the one hand information on Magento Extension themselves, their partners, Recommendations and News. It is important here, all included “Not standard” Extensions and from here you can configure (or. A link is available in the configuration). Thus, we see then FireGento German Setup, einzudeutschen the shop, FireGento PDF, at “better” To generate invoices, Autoshipping, Base Price (an extension, which is mandatory for all dealers, specify the cost per unit e.g.. 2,49€ pro 100 Gram). Further, the Cash on delivery and Debit Module and something very fine: The possibility of comfortably Menu items from the account as Recurring Profiles, Payment approvals / Order conditions etc.. hide by clicking. That was before a lot more effort.

As far as first impressions. If notice more things, I'll post it here.

For now, in conclusion it can be said, that the work of NR with all related apps developers makes a solid first impression.

Addendum dated 18.07.2013

Now that we have the Magento Some have run-time version, We want to provide a brief résumé or rather an interim report:

Actually there is nothing new to say, what is good in this case. We are no problems with the first version of the German version of Magento noticed. If everything goes smooth and round.

What is new is, that we have just set up two new stores and for this the brand new version of the Magento OF Shops “Magento store for Germany” have used, to see if there is any news and changes.

Again, the installation was very easy: Create DB, Magento files on server, Installation start, DB store data and (more or less) finished. As already described above, there is deviation from the normal Magento installation routine on first login a form in which one writes all data to the shop relvanten, so dass dann Impressum etc.. are as good as finished. So still all very comfortable.

New is an official cooperation / Partnership with Trusted Shops, which is also very clearly displayed directly in the Dashboard.

I personally can or me with Trusted Shops. not befriend their customers Politics. Trusted partner was already Market Ready Germany and I was pleased, it with Magento German Shop Extension gave the opportunity to those files from Trusted to waive, if you did not want to use. This I feel, therefore, as a step backwards. All other Extensions (o.g.) all have their raison d'être for a standard B2C shop in Germany, at Trusted however, each store owner should decide for, whether these, another or no “Seal supplier” want to use. I wonder definitely, whether and how this will clear box in the dashboard go.

Another partner of Magento stores DE is the payment provider “ogone“. Unlike a Trusted Extension is here but fortunately not the same installed. Here is well informed about the possibilities and let each shop owner, if this is something for him or not. Clear advantage!

Something, what is noticed, that the (former) The way in the back-visible new- “DE” Points of hide-like Andreas Studnitz has mentioned it in the comments on this post- does not. The point, the now “IntegerNet_GermanStoreConfig” seems to be called, displays the complete navigation bar in the back and not just the Magento DE tab. Is this a single problem?

The big news there is still: There is now also country-specific versions for Magento Austria and Switzerland. These are adapted to the legal situation in these countries and enable the local shop owners like comfort as the German.

Finally So I would like to state, that the Magento Version DE of Netresearch and integer_net Despite the criticism point “Trusted Shops” is highly recommended. There is a lot of competent work in this specially adapted Magento version for the German market, which makes it very easy to shop operators, Magento Store a standard set.