We are gearing up to release a new uploader for Magento. We took all the customer feedback from our first upload module – Ajax Flash Upload Pro – and created an entirely new module. The new uploader supports multiple browser runtime formats and is far superior to our previous extension. In fact, the entire front-end Magento Uploader experience has been enhanced.

All customers who purchased our first uploader module can request an upgrade code which will provide a significant discount. Notifications will be sent via email. If you do not receive the upgrade email and would like to upgrade to the newer module, please send us an email. Be sure to include your original order number and email address of the original purchase.

HTML5 Uploader for magento

That’s right folks. The new uploader has built-in support for HTML5 upload along with Flash and other upload runtimes. Our focus was on keeping it simple so we scaled down the admin config area and scaled up the thumb creation and post file-handling features.

The new uploader for Magento will come in 3 different packages – Basic, Pro, and Ultimate. Basic is just what it sounds like – basic file upload support for Magento enhanced with the Mico Upload functionality. Pro and Ultimate have more features that are useful for Magento stores that deal with printing and who require special handling of the image files that are uploaded by customers. Pro and Ultimate come packaged with a new thumbnail controller (mico engine) that uses ImageMagick to support thumb generation for various types of image related files and image editing source files (e.g. PSD, AI, PDF, TIFF).

More details and full specifications released soon. Please email us if you have any questions. We also have 4 new Magento extensions to release, all of which were designed for the Digital Printing and Large Format Printing industry. These modules will also be released soon and full documentation will be release shortly.

Stay tuned.

-MS

Modules that you can expect to see released soon are:

Ajax Flash Upload Pro (Bronze, Silver, Gold versions)
CSV table-based pricing *
XLS table-based pricing
Banner pricing **
T-Shirt printing price module **

That’s all for now.

MS

How it works:

The Ajax Flash Upload Pro extension is the base extension, it must be purchased first in order to use the add-ons. Each add-on can be purchased separately to increase functionality, each independent of one another. The result is a custom mix-match of add-ons based on the needs of the store.

Here is a the list of add-ons available for the uploader extension:

• Auto thumb creation using Magento re-size class or ImageMagick
• Custom file handling for completed order images
• Quality detection/feedback based on resolution
• User session image handling, uploaded images can be used at more than one product
• Multiple file upload support per single option
• PDF image preview
• Admin order editor, change and replace images

Stay tuned for details.

We had the awesome pleasure of working with the folks at Richer Poorer last week, one of the hottest up-and-coming clothing companies from Capistrano Beach, California. If you haven’t heard of them yet or seen any of their products, you will soon. This brand is about to skyrocket this year in 2011.

For most people, one look at the brand and they’re sold. Richer Poorer socks scream style and resonate impressions of high-fashion and subtle street, something everyone with good taste can identify with. Quality shines in every stitch and with product names like the Bandit, Luchador, Sleepwalker, and Visionary it’s easy to see why this brand is going places fast.

About this project

For this project we provided all the opening setup and configuration of the Magento CE framework on their server. We were able to successfully translate all of their Photoshop designs to CSS and customize their existing Magento theme to look exactly the way they wanted according to their designer’s specs.

For the custom image gallery we tied it directly to the WordPress integration for their blog. All they have to do is post some images to their blog in the “gallery” category and their site automatically creates the gallery page. Pretty awesome! The end result was a super minimal, stylish store for some super cool socks.

Thanks Richer Poorer, the pleasure was all ours.

In short, the extension allows the store owner to upload a CSV price sheet to enable table-based and matrix pricing for Magento. Custom options/attributes are automatically generated based on CSV headers/column titles. Price offsets are field based (column -> row).

It will also be possible to use the CSV file for “range-based” pricing. For example, user inputs two values on the front-end of your store, x and y, and the price will be determined by their intersection point or range of intersection on the price sheet.

If you are interested in participating in the beta testing for this extension, please post a comment on this post. We will email you at the address you provide when ready. Our goal is to see all the different price sheet variations out there so we can come up with an extremely diverse extension with amazing options.

-Mico Solutions

The great thing about Ajax Flash Upload Pro is that it is super easy to use, extremely simple to customize, and it has a very lightweight footprint on the server – no Perl or cgi necessary. The most unique feature about Ajax Flash Upload Pro is that it has two modes of operation: Ajax only mode and Flash only mode (with fallback to Ajax if Flash not detected in the browser). Why Flash you ask? Answer. Flash is faster and more accurate and very lightweight on the server. It is completely optional and can be turned off in the admin area.

Ajax Flash Upload Pro also has a built-in preview system for both the product page and cart page (including order email and admin order review area). This preview can be customized directly in the admin area with a few lines of short-code. This allows the preview to use any lightbox methods that are installed and available in your store (if any). You can also choose to just show the uploaded filename with or without a link, or choose to show both image preview and filename with link. The customization is up to you and limited to your imagination.

Lastly, and perhaps the best feature of Ajax Flash Upload Pro is that it does not modify any core Magento files at all and can be enabled or disabled with the click of a button. This makes it easy to bpth upgrade the extension and upgrade Magento when necessary.

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The day has finally arrived. Mico Solutions is officially live and ready to develop the custom Magento extensions/modules for anyone interested. We would like to thank all of our existing clients that helped push us in the right direction, enabling us to become the company we our today. Squarefoot Magento was a great start, we learned a whole heck of a lot and we are thankful for every opportunity that came out of it.

That being said: Welcome to Mico Solutions. We are developing some of the most anticipated Magento extensions on the market and are open to take new development projects. This blog will be our outlet for company news, ideas, and updates related to the extensions we release. We are also going to create a category for Magento tips and tricks, and some of the most common questions we encounter when dealing with users who are new to the Magento eCommerce platform. Be sure to bookmark us, subscribe to our RSS feed, and follow us on twitter.

And were off…

Mico