Zen and the art of Miva Merchant MaintenanceTIMOTHY BOLTON

Zen and the art of Miva Merchant Maintenance

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Keeping your store tidy• Tidy Templates

– Readability– Software Entropy

• Orthogonal Design– Layer Separation– Rise of the Machines

• Proper tools– Template Environment– Modules– Dynamic Bookmarks

Tidy Templates

• Readability– Natural code– Appropriate comments

Original Product Attribute Template

Original Product Attribute Template

Modified Product Attribute Template

Modified Product Attribute Template

Condensed Product Attribute Template

Condensed Product Attribute Template

Appropriate Comments

Tidy Templates

• Software Entropy– Keeping Code Clean– Make sure to KEEP CODE CLEAN

Keeping Code Clean

Keep your indentations ordered when editing portions of code.

Keeping Code Clean

Keep your indentations ordered when editing portions of code.

Keeping Code Clean

Make sure your variable names make sense

Keeping Code Clean

Keeping Code Clean

Keeping Code Clean

Keeping Code Clean

Making Sure to KEEP CODE CLEAN

• Take the time to do things right• Make the time to do things right• Recognize the cost of doing something “wrong”

Orthogonal Design

• Layer Separation– What are layers– Why keep them separate– How to keep them separate

Orthogonal Design

• What are the layers?– Presentation Layer (CSS)– Content Layer (HTML and Page Contents)– Interaction Layer (JavaScript and Server-side

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Orthogonal Design

• Why Keep them Separate?– Maintainability– Scalability– Sanity

Orthogonal Design

• How to Keep them Separate– Don’t be lazy!!– Have a clear goal– Use the right tools

Orthogonal Design

• Rise of the Machines– What is a machine– Why create it– What if it becomes sentient? 0_0

Proper tools

• Template Environment– Miva Merchant Admin– Text Editors (Notepad++)

Proper tools

• Modules– PCI Net Tool Belt– Tool Kit– PCI Net Actions– PCI Net Global Content Item– PCI Net Tokens– PCI Net Item Loader– Edit This!

Proper tools

• Upcoming Tools to look for:– Dynamic Bookmarks– Notepad++ Miva Merchant Admin Integration– Miva Merchant Admin Bookmarklets

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