TypoGento introduces a possibility to integrate Magento systems into TYPO3 websites. The system was presented on TYPO3 convention 2008 in Berlin and is to be published as an open source product within the coming weeks.

The best paper awards were given to the following collegues:
1.    Hoffmann: „Usability concepts for (Backend)-Interfaces“
2.    Michael Otto: „Going global with TYPO3“
3.    Karsten Dambelkans: „Transparent Object Persistence with FLOW3“

Additionally the TYPO3 Association announced that the next TYPO3 convention will not take place in Europe but in Dallas, USA, although it is understood as an additional conference which does not replace the yearly conference. The next European conference might be hosted in Berlin again in the coming year – Flagbit will of course take place again.

We're looking forward to different interesting discussions about TYPO3 and web development.

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The website was developed by Flagbit in cooperation with cogitum from Hahnstätten. Most important was a cost-effective realisation that causes low maintenance costs in the future. That's why the content management system TYPO3 was used and optimized for high usability. This enables the workers to update their website themselves regardless of not being well grounded in the world wide web.

Another target was to achieve a high accessibility to address the website users' needs.

A reason for this is the huge functionality the system offers out of the box. Besides the standard shop features Magento offers for example:

• Overview of orders, taxes, most-viewed and most-sold products
• report of products on low stock
• report of abandoned transactions
• comparing and rating of products
• cross selling, up selling and related products
• user-, location- and productspecific price and tax models
• generation of bills and notices for call center agents
• real time integration with logistic services of UPS, FedEx or DHL
• integration of various payment systems
• search engine optimization and readable URLs
• internationalization and multilanguage support

Almost all parts of the system are optimized on flexibility. Products can be enhanced by any desired attributes, while the application is divided in modules to add or improve functionality in a goal-oriented way.

All of these functions help shop owners to make their shop even more attractive to users by giving them extended possibilities and increasing the ease of use. The frontend can be customized to different designs that can also be optimized for mobile agents like the iPhone. This multiplies the number of potential costumers and thereby the revenues of the shop.

Nevertheless Magento always stays straightforward. Products and other data can be handled in the top modern backend via AJAX technology. Additionally back office costs for administration and data entry can be saved because Magento can be integrated with ERP and stock-keeping systems very easily.

In the end Magento is characterized by a specific quality feature: It works intuitivly and directly as one might anticipate. We were not used to that by existing systems.

These arguments and the solid architecture have convinced us to let Varien Inc., the creator of the system, certify us as a Gold Partner. By doing so we can ensure the best support available to our customers. We really like to counsell you concerning your ambitious e-commerce projects - contact us for a free counselling session without obligation.

During the project Flagbit implemented the design from Designmaniac in valid XHTML/CSS and integrated the website into TYPO3. In the backend everybody paid a lot of attention to easy and sophisticated user interfaces. Even employees that were already familiar with TYPO3 noticed that, because of improvements compared to the old version of the company's website which had already used the successful open source cms. After handing the system over, Tina Schwab, the project leader, was happy about it:

The usability rocks. I didn't know TYPO3 could be so easy.

The self-help group for burnout syndrome from Chemnitz is a local contact point for victims. There people are informed about symptoms and offered help to overcome them.

Flagbit provides a new website as a speaking tube to publicity to the responsible people of that self-help group on a pro bono basis. Thanks to the open source content management system TYPO3 they can use their web site in an easy and flexible manner.

Furthermore we certainly will try to actively support the system by publishing new extensions, so that we can contribute a little part for the success of TYPO3 and its future developments.

After developing the current shop system with xt:commerce in 2004, Rescue-Party decided to modernise the system and use Magento. The modular and modern technologies of the shop as well as the grown requirements of the client made this step inavoidable. Before this system was chosen Flagbit evaluated a variety of commercial and free shop systems.

Besides the pure realisation Flagbit also develops a connection to the accounting software and realises a search engine concept. To migrate the current data there will be a self-made export / import mechanism for a seamless change without losing orders or products.