Magento 2 Explained: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Magento 2

by Stephen Burge

Completely up-to-date for 2019, Magento 2 Explained is a high quality and fun introduction for beginning Magento users. In Magento 2 Explained, readers will follow step-by-step instructions from top trainer and author Stephen Burge to build a complete Magento site.Key Features Constantly updated, the material in Magento 2 Explained is always current.Clear You will follow plain English, clear visuals and enjoyable step-by-step instructions.Hands-on Following along with the instructions, you will build a complete Magento 2 site. What You’ll LearnYou'll master Magento 2 hands-on, through a complete case study, crystal-clear visuals, simple explanations, and on-target analogies, all extensively tested with real Magento beginners.Burge walks you through installing Magento 2, planning sites that are easy to use and manage, adding content, and incorporating powerful site features without programming. Finally, Burge shows you how to run your site securely and efficiently, no matter how big or popular it becomes!Table of ContentsMagento ExplainedGetting Set Up For This BookYour First 12 Magento TasksSimple Products ExplainedProduct Attributes ExplainedConfigurable Products ExplainedGrouped and Bundled Products ExplainedVirtual and Downloadable Products ExplainedVirtual and Downloadable Products ExplainedMagento Payments ExplainedMagento Taxes ExplainedMagento Shipping ExplainedMagento Extensions ExplainedMagento Themes ExplainedMagento Pages ExplainedMagento Blocks and Widgets ExplainedMagento Marketing ExplainedMagento SEO ExplainedMagento Site Management ExplainedWhat's Next?Why Magento 2 Explained?Magento 2 is amazingly powerful ecommerce software. But many newcomers find it confusing, and most Magento 2 books are just too complicated to help. If you want to spend less time struggling with complex instructions, and more time building sites that make you proud, this is the book for you!Stephen Burge has taught thousands of beginners - and thousands more who've experimented with Content Management Systems and Magento but haven't mastered the software yet. Nobody knows more about guiding Magento users up the learning curve - from confusion to results!Burge and the OSTraining team make learning fun. Like their online training, you learn by following enjoyable, step-by-step instructions. OSTraining books are written in plain English and are supported by plenty of online documentation and videos.Magento 2 Explained requires absolutely no experience with Magento, content management, website construction, programming, scripting, or even HTML. Please This book is 100% aimed at Magento beginners. About the AuthorStephen Burge has split his career between teaching and web development. He now runs OSTraining.com, which specializes in teaching website development.Burge's books are some of the world’s best-selling guides to the software they cover.

337 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 27, 2018

About the author

Steve Burge is from Portsmouth in southern England and now lives in Atlanta in the US.

Between leaving England and arriving in the US, there were a few stops in between, including Wales, Mexico, Japan and Australia. Steve paid for his travels by working as a teacher and a web designer.

Steve now combines teaching and web design by running OSTraining.com which teaches people how to build websites. OSTraining clients include Apple, Pfizer and the U.S. Departments of Energy, Education and Commerce.

Steve has published two books: Joomla Explained and Drupal 7 Explained. More are coming including Joomla 3 Explained, Drupal 8 Explained and WordPress Explained.