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Magento News Weekly Roundup 016: Magento 2: Javascript Init Scripts, SMS Notification & SMS Marketing In Magento, Configure Downloadable Products ...

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Hey, how is it going fellow Magenticians? How are your ecommerce store sales as we near the end of the 2nd quarter of 2016? Hopefully you’ve been using all the articles we’ve been sending your way in the round ups, to improve your Magento store.

So, here’s this week’s recommended reading.

First up, Viacheslav Kravchuk discusses the news that PayPal is releasing a new security update. Many Magento stores could face compatibility issues with this update. Specifically, Paypal is ditching SHA-1 in favor of SHA-256 SSL certificates. Furthermore, Verisign G2 Root Certificate is also being replaced by the newer G5 version of the certificate. Read Magento and June 17th Paypal Security Update for links to detailed instructions on the course of action to take, if your Magento store is not compatible with the new PayPal update.

At the Developer’s Paradise event, there was an opportunity for awesome community engagement. And that’s what Vitaly Gonkov got up to when he interviewed Magento trainer Ben Marks at Magento 2 — How the Community is Shaping the New Generation of the eCommerce Platform. The interview is about how Magento 2 has been received so far by the community, development improvements in the new version, a comparison of Magento Connect and Magento Marketplace, Magento 2 learning resources, and finally, the future of Magento 2. Enjoy the interview!

Alan Storm has started a new series that covers advanced JavaScript systems in Magento 2. In the first article of this series, Magento 2: Javascript Init Scripts, Alan explores the various ways that help the JavaScript execution without embedding it into the Magento 2. Many Magento Front-end and Back-end features rely on these systems and understanding how these systems work is an important part of being a Magento 2 Developer. With this tutorial you can learn how init method in Magento 2 solves different problems of embedding Javascript in Magento 2 and RequireJS mechanism.

In his piece, SMS Notification & SMS Marketing In Magento, Fayyaz Khattak is right when he says that SMS (text message) notification and marketing is a common strategy for Magento store owners. But, when everyone is doing the same thing, how do you stand out? By customizing the experience of receiving such notification and marketing emails, of course! Learn how to use the Mage SMS module to do just that. Module installation and activation, both are covered.

Max Pronko explains the recent changes to how the information is added in the Payment object in Magento 2.0.6 and upcoming Magento 2.1. In Setting Payment Additional Data in Magento 2, Max explains the move from the Magento\Payment module to the custom payment module. Don’t miss out on reading this article if you want to seamlessly integrate a payment service provider on your Magento 2 store.

Some Magento stores offer downloadable products along with physical products. Wajid Hussain explains How To Configure Downloadable Products In Magento. Apart from the above mentioned SMS customization, another good practice is to customize emails. Wajid explains How to Customize Email Templates in Magento 2. This article shows you how to match the email template, to the look and feel of your Magento 2 store.

That’s it for this week. Stay tuned for more useful articles from the Magento community.

Take care of yourself. Peace out!

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