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Infographic Magento 1 vs Magento 2 Database

Magento 2, News, Tutorials 0

Starting from the early 2015 when our development team was working on the first instance of UB Data Migration tool, we had chance to dive in and explore Magento 2, especially the differences between Magento 1 and Magento 2 database. And we see there are a significant number of changes in the database structure that are worth highlighting.

It took us pretty much of time to update the changes in accordance with Magento 2 development process. However it’s beneficial to our internal product development indeed. And we think this would also be good to anyone new to Magento 2 who wants to become familiar with the key changes in Magento 2. So we end up with the idea to create an infographic that puts those findings together.

The infographic is formatted to give a quick overview of key changes in Magento 2 database structures, compared to Magento 1. Please note the comparison is for quick reference rather than detailing every aspect of the database. Continue reading →

UB QuickView for Magento 2

Magento 2, News 0

We’re excited to launch our new Magento 2 Quick View extension today -- UB Quick View.

The Magento 2 Quick View extension is extremely valuable for Magento stores, it brings a convenient experience to the shoppers: for any item they pay attention to, only one click is needed to reach the item info. There will be no more page reloading, shoppers can preview product detail directly from the category page via a pop-up window with Ajax Add-to-Cart button appears in no time.

UB Quick View is powered by Ajax technology and built in extensive options for configuration. The popup window displays brief product details, a lot like the product page with typical key elements:

  • Product Image
  • The product title
  • Product Description
  • Price and Ajax-add-to-cart button
  • Customer reviews
  • Link to navigate to Product page

See the following screenshots to get an idea of what UB Quick View offers: Continue reading →

Crafts Premium Magento 2 Theme

Magento 2, News 1

Today, we’re excited to unveil the Crafts -- our first premium theme for Magento 2. Crafts has been one of the most wanted Responsive Magento 1 theme in our portfolio. It comes with the beauty of simplicity, from typography, grid-based layout and structure.

If you keep an eye on our product development, you might notice our first Crafts theme for Magento 2 was initiated since Dec 2014. As can be seen on our Github, this Crafts version based on Magento alpha 1.0.7, yet we hardly find chance to keep ongoing updates to this free version because there have been huge changes in Magento 2 since then and our internal plan as well.

After gearing up initial built-in extensions for Magento 2 (UB Mega menu, UB Content Slider and UB Quick View), it’s possible for us to kick off the development of Crafts theme again. Continue reading →

Magento 2 UB Mega menu

Magento 2, News 11

Nov 4, 2019 Update: New update to our Magento 2 Mega Menu v1.1.6 -- allows to restrict access to specific menu groups to selected customer group(s). Fully compatible with the latest Magento 2.3.3.

It’s great to announce that our growing Magento 2 extension store sees a brand new Magento 2 mega menu extension today -- UB Mega menu (1.0 beta)! For the past couple of years, mega menu has become a trend in web design, in particular of e-commerce website. That’s why we add this extension into our Magento 2 store, following our first UB Content Slider extension.

UB Mega Menu makes it simple to get started but powerful enough to create highly customised and creative Magento 2 mega menu configurations. It fits all the requirements of modern menu like responsive, mega drop down, support multi elements… I will walk you through key highlights of our initial release (for sure, you can expect new enhancements to be added in the upcoming updates).

Magento 2 Mega Menu Complete Set
UB Mega menu for Magento 2 allows you to create beautiful horizontal and vertical menu layouts splitted into columns, and embed rich media elements (images, videos, banner etc.,) into menu items.

For any Magento store, it’s a common practice to add category, CMS page link, CMS Static block content, custom link or other Magento default links like My Account, My Wishlist, Login etc., into mega menus. Our Magento 2 UB Megamenu facilitates to display all these options in one visual panel with smooth effects, no scrolling needed.

From our experience with Magento 1 themes, mega menu is one of the most effective way to organise navigation options to capture user attention with featured typography, icons, featured images etc., Continue reading →

Interview with Simon Sprankel

Magento 2, News 0

Knowing inspirational story, insights and helpful advice from experienced Magento developers always excites us. Today, Simon Sprankel who acquired the Magento extension shop Modulwerft.com and built his career around Magento platform since early days, will share his thoughts about Magento development experience, in particular from Magento 2 perspectives.

Thanks Simon for taking out the time and making this worthwhile for our friends here at UberTheme and anyone who has passion in Magento.

Magento 2 from Simon's viewpoint
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UB Content Slider 1.0.6

Magento 2, News, Updates 0
Jun 29, 2018 Update: New Version 1.1.2 Release -- Fully compatible with the latest Magento 2.2.5. Check out the latest UB Content Slider.

In the version 1.0.5 and older, [Magento 2] UB Content Slider extension makes use of shortcodes embedded in blocks, pages or calls sliders via XML file. To make things a bit more user-friendly, we’ve added a new feature to the version 1.0.6 that allows you to add sliders anywhere using widget module manager.

Before we go into details about the new widget enhancement in our UB Content Slider, I will walk you through a bit on Magento 2 Widget.

Introduction to Magento 2 Widget

The Magento widgets system is a graphic interface where you can configure blocks in the front-end, with predefined set of configuration options.

As we have covered the topic introducing Magento 2 widgets part I, Magento 2 has a set of predefined widgets that you can configure and show on different pages. You no longer have to deal with the block short codes to insert the blocks.

While the “content blocks” show a powerful way and flexibility in allowing you to structure the Magento front-end layout using XML files, widgets on the other hand add a more friendly shortcut for administrators to deal with the front-end content. Continue reading →

Magento 2 Megamenu extension

Magento 2, News 0
Jun 28, 2018 Update: UB Mega Menu ver 1.1.0 has been released. Fully compatible with the latest Magento CE 2.2.5
Mar 18, 2016 Update: Our Megamenu for Magento 2 is taking shape now. We’re still working behind screen to add features and optimise code base. While there’re un-completed parts or bugs here and there, you might want to take a look at our work-in-progress desktop demo.

Megamenu for a long time has become a must-have for a dynamic and professional content showing-off in any eCommerce site. Not just menu items but also embed rich media (video, link, image, banner etc.,) in multiple-columns presentation are added just with a few clicks away. And you can customise any to them upon your favour…. at your choice.

Since Magento 1.x, Ubertheme did have a robust Mega Menu extension in place that allows you to display your categories and sub-categories in a multi-column drop down menu. You can promote items, banners and clips right in the Mega Menu. If you are new to Ubertheme, Techzone theme can give you a close reference on how it works in real use case. Continue reading →

UB Content Slider for Magento 2

Magento 2, News 3
Jun 29, 2018 Update: New Version 1.1.2 Release -- Changelog.
Mar 25, 2016 Update: New Version 1.0.6 Release -- This update allows to add slide anywhere using Magento 2 widget, a handy way to edit/add content inside CMS blocks or page. See how Magento 2 widget helps enhance UB Content Slider.

Keep updating always on Magento 2. Today we are very happy to announce the newest Ub Content Slider Extension for Magento 2 was released on Ubertheme which our team dedicatedly worked to give a newest Slider Extension to work on both image slider, product and video uploaded. It does not only support to rotate different banners, eye-catching and attractive images display but also show up video uploaded and product(hot and new product uploaded).

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Magento 2, News 103
Aug 6, 2020 Update
UB Data Migration Pro v3.2.4 here. Fully compatible with Magento 2.4.0.
Sept 20, 2018 Update:
Check out the latest UB Data Migration Pro v3.1.6, with an absolutely revamped dashboard UI. Fully compatible with Magento 2.2.6. It supports delta migration, Command-line Interface, PHP Memcached and fully ready for large-scale data migration.
May 17, 2016 Update:
We decided to upgrade our free migration tool to a premium version — UB Data Migration Pro to provide a better, stable and more feature-rich solution for Magento 2 migration. Check out this 9-minute video to learn more about how this new migration tool can help with Magento 2 migration.

Magento 2 migration from Magento 1.x would soon be requirred as the current Magento 2 beta version eventually leads to a stable version. We have developed a free tool to help you take care of the migration and we have covered the whole process with easy to follow steps with screenshots and codes. The tool will be updated and improved as we get more feedback. Moving to the latest version will obviously be beneficial for most Magento users. The data migration may be troublesome for new users, but no worries I am sure this blog post would be of help for you and you can also follow our earlier blog post series on Magento 2 structure and benefits. Here is what we’ve learnt about Magento 2 beta’s new structure so far. Continue reading →

Editorial, Magento 2, News 17
NOTE: UB Trex -- our free Magento 2 theme is available for download.

Following our last blog on how to install Magento 2 developer version, today we would like to show you how to install Magento 2 demo with sample data and admin access.

Our demo site for Magento 2 is ready for testing. You can access with the following details and please note that the site will be reset after every 12 hour.

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