Magento Theme Development Training, Magento Theme Design Course in London

Course Outline

Magento Theme Design course overview

This 2 days advanced Magento Theme design course will take you from beginner theme developer to master level. On completion of this advanced Magento course you will be able to:

Create themes for Magento sites

Apply your bespoke themes

Customise existing themes

Create & manage templates

The complete course is hands-on based. A practical Magento project at the end of the course will ensure that you can practically create Magento themes for your own projects. This short Magento theme development course is hands-on, instructor-led and classroom based. This training can be taken as a part-time evening course or even on the weekends.

Who is Magento Theme Design training for?

This training is for you if you are interested in mastering Magento theme edition or creation. You may (or may not) have already used Magento themes before. If you are interested in programming Magento modules, consider our Magento programming course.

Prerequisites for Magento Theme Design course

You should have a good understanding of Magento back office. You can learn how to use Magento in our Magento course

You should have practical experience of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, PHP and Advanced PHP. For these prerequisites please have a look Training Dragon's web design course, PHP training, JavaScript course and advanced PHP course.

It is not necessary to have knowledge of any HTML5 and responsive web design before you start this Magento theme development course however if you plan to create mobile friendly and responsive Magento themes then you should first consider our HTML5 training and Mobile web design course.

What will I get?

Training from professional Magento developers:
Training Dragon consultants have been implementing professional Magento solutions across a range of websites for many years. Those consultants write and teach our Magento training courses, so their experience directly informs course content.

Real-time Practice and Projects:
Our Magento theme design courses are designed to get you started in Magento theme designing. We work on industry related projects in this Magento theming course.

Course Material:
Magento theme design electronic notes are included in this course.

Course Completion Certificate:
After completing this training your will receive a Magento themes design course completion certificate.

Support and Careers Advice:
After the course if you have any problems or questions regarding Magento theme design do not hesitate to contact us. Training Dragon’s trainers are expert in their fields and if you need any help with you career choice, please speak to one of our trainers.

Magento Theme Design Course Contents

Introduction to Magento: features, key concepts and ecosystem

Background and Features

Magento and Technology

Magento in figures

About Magento Inc.., Editor Magento

The Magento ecosystem and its relevance to developers

Magento installation

Tips for installation and demo database

Installing an instance Magento
- Installation on development machine
- Installation on preproduction infrastructure and prod
- Industrialize the Magento installation

Migrate an instance Magento

Update an instance Magento

Magento installation and migration

Magento Connect, the marketplace for Magento

Although use Magento Connect

Magento Connect, V1.5 and V2

The Downloader and Enterprise versions & Professional

Establishment of the French translation

Tools to help with developments in Magento

Magento and Zend Studio

Magento and Zend Application Server

Other development tools and debugging

Tools built into Magento

Using Zend Studio

Using Zend Application Server

Magento Layout and Theming

Theme installation

Use of HTML, CSS and PHP

Modify existing theme

Change the look of sections

Create a custom Magento theme

Best practices for theming.

Theming Engines

Default theme functions

Overriding theme function in a theme

PHP Template

Tpl Files

Variables

theme Function

Template system and relations with the views module

Magento folder structure

Terminology
- Websites, Stores and Shops Views
- Interfaces
- Themes (layouts, templates, skins)
- (Blocks of structure, content blocks)

Organizing templates
- Directories interfaces, themes and settings
- Hierarchy of themes and interfaces
- Composition layouts
- Relationship Management and layouts

Tips for proper operation of the fallback

Relations with the modules and the MVC architecture

Operation of the template

Interaction analysis and design modules

Project: Create a Magento Responsive Theme from Scratch

Using the skills obtained from our Magento course, we will build a complete responsive Magento theme and apply it on a Magento website. This theme will work on computers, laptops, phones and tablets. This project involves many stages from planning, team work, installation, module management, testing and launching your Magento theme online.

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