Marketplaces in our pockets Online marketplaces are the virtual counterparts of physical retail marketplaces, wholesale markets, or shopping malls. They are platforms of the digital age where sellers can meet buyers and a range of products are sold to a variety of customers from a variety of suppliers. Amazon, eBay, Alibaba – the biggest webshops […]
Let’s see what are the main areas that need special care in terms of SEO for PWAs, and the latest versions of Magento PWA Studio specifically Crawlability Accessibility by Social Media sites Internal links and proper use of history API Unique titles, meta tags, snippets HTTP status codes Lazy loading of images XML sitemaps and […]
CACHING AND INDEXING STRATEGIES FOR PWAS – HOW TO BOOST THE PERFORMANCE OF MAGENTO’S VENIA THEME Progressive Web Applications – PWAs – are meant to be fast by design. One of their greatest promises is that they are faster after the initial loading has finished, as the page elements do not have to be re-downloaded each […]
With tools such as Require.js, Bootstrap, Less CSS in general, as well as Knockout.js, jQuery plugins, and browser session caching especially in the checkout experience, supported on the backend side by the Rest API, Varnish, Redis and Elasticsearch it is a huge step forwards a more dynamic and modular architecture but it has some natural […]
2020 has been a year unlike any in recent memory. If we have learned anything, it is that eCommerce has never been a more critical element in the lives of folks from all around the world. Below, please find 5 predictions about where eCommerce is headed in 2021. Sustainability – not just a buzzword but here […]
Which is better – a native mobile app or a progressive web app? That’s a great question and it is one that we are asked frequently about here at ITG. After taking a deep look at the matter, we can reasonably say that as not everything you read these days is up to date, or […]
Choosing the right theme for your eCommerce business is one of the hardest decisions you’ll face. We’ve worked with most varieties, from simple templates to complex storefronts – experienced web devs can stumble, and ‘foolproof’ themes can falter. Don’t be dismayed. At ITG, dealing with Magento themes every hour of every day, a certain consistency […]
For 8 years Magento has been the principal e-commerce platform for our clients and development team, and the one we most often recommend… Why Magento? That’s a question best answered by each of these areas- development, clients and us as a consulting firm. DEVELOPERS VIEW Our technical team loves Magento – why Magento? Most importantly […]
Ezetera.com is part of the GEA group and the largest online school supply company in Mexico. Ezetera.com sells school textbooks, uniforms and all types of stationery, backpacks and school items to families throughout Mexico. After several years of partnership with ITG, Ezetera decided to upgrade their system to Magento 2 and take the opportunity to […]
One of the great improvements of Magento 2 is its new API, which can be easily leveraged by users and is easy to extend for Magento programmers. The automatically generated Swagger documentation makes the REST interface even more practical. The Magento 2 API covers all main import/export flows of a web shop: creation and update […]