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Is anyone else using Magento ?

I want to make a list of website using the magento CMS

using a javascript which display the website screenshot in a box 400 pixels

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A practical workflow for building a searchable list of Magento sites with 400px JavaScript thumbnails:

Start by identifying which sites actually run Magento. Automated detectors (BuiltWith/Wappalyzer) use reliable fingerprints — common checks are a Set‑Cookie named frontend, paths like /js/mage or /skin/frontend, or the Mage/VarienForm globals — and these patterns are easy to test programmatically. (gist.github.com)

Quick detection (Node.js example — fetch HTML and headers, look for common fingerprints):

const fetch = require('node-fetch');
async function looksLikeMagento(url){
  const res = await fetch(url, {redirect:'follow'});
  const html = await res.text();
  const cookie = (res.headers.get('set-cookie')||'');
  return /js\/mage|skin\/frontend|frontend=/.test(html) || /frontend=/.test(cookie);
}

For thumbnails there are two robust options: a hosted screenshot API (fast to implement, scales, offloads browsers) or self‑hosted headless browsers (full control). Using a screenshot service such as Urlbox makes it easy to embed a render link inside a 400px container and lazy‑load images for performance. (urlbox.com)

HTML thumbnail pattern (render link supplied by server-side SDK):

<div style="width:400px;overflow:hidden;">
  <img src="RENDER_LINK" loading="lazy" alt="site thumbnail" style="width:100%;height:auto;display:block;">
</div>

For full control, capture screenshots with Puppeteer (or Playwright), resize with Sharp, store the thumbnail and serve it from a CDN — never generate on every page view. Example: capture then resize to 400px. (npmjs.com)

A few practical notes tied to the thread: the slow/awkward admin experience mentioned was common in older Magento 1 installs; Magento 2 (Adobe Commerce) addressed many admin/performance issues, so check platform/version when profiling stores. Also watch Magento 1 sites carefully — support for M1 ended June 30, 2020, and lingering M1 shops carry security risk. (firebearstudio.com)

Troubleshooting common template issues (like ): clear Magento caches, redeploy static content, verify file permissions and theme fallback, then recompile. Pre-generate and cache thumbnails, avoid hotlinking live renders, and respect robots/legal constraints when scraping screenshots.

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Member Avatar for kickoff3pm

Are the any real shops setup using this ? I tested out and although it has some nice features the admin section was just to slow and ackward to use as a professional option.

Member Avatar for nimitz1061

Are the any real shops setup using this ? I tested out and although it has some nice features the admin section was just to slow and ackward to use as a professional option.

I am sure there are. Given the number of sites which use osCommerce, it is unlikely that there would not be SOMEONE out there who will use Magento live. Consider also that the project is under a year old and only generated its first release in September of 2007. Magento is new, and complex, but appears to offer great promise ....

Member Avatar for x3mario

It's my first time I heard that tool...not tried yet and even know how it works.

Member Avatar for nimitz1061

Should be very interesting. While documentation is still a bit thin on the ground, its basis in Zend Framework should offer the opportunity for more consistent coding styles and techniques to be implemented. Core, Community and Local code spaces just might result in code that is easier to maintain cleanly than osCommerce.

David

Member Avatar for ecmcircle

hi,
there are lot of features available in magento some of points i denoted below
Magento’s flexibility allows us to modify existing features or add in new ones. Drupal now has an extension for Magento which helps integration of Magento into a Drupal based website. If you are converting from another platform, there are tools which allows you to import products, customers and order information from other carts such as OSCommerce and X-Cart.

thanks

Member Avatar for sarah newton

Yah, Magneto can easily allow you such introduction of products.

Member Avatar for pgmco

Yes many people do use them for ecommerce.

Member Avatar for johnst

I've used them to build a store but I ended up paying a php speciaclist to have it realy function and look good..way too complicated

Member Avatar for nanvymaben

This is something new for me and i haven't used it but here i got some idea about it and would like to try to learn it.

Member Avatar for jgand

Magento takes some time to get use to. You have have to build up experience with the application before it becomes natural to use. Its not like a turn key solution like yahoo, or other web based applications. But it does have many useful options and features.

Member Avatar for ronjer

Ok..I finally gave up on Magento. so frustrating, paid $45 for an Ecommerce template that looks ok and it looks terrible after appling it..does anyone has an idea what to do?

Member Avatar for mindlesswizard

Magento is growing very popular now a days as a solution for e-commerce. It is easy to install and use and you will find a lot of tutorials for this.

And it is completely free. You do have a large varieties of choices for your store themes. You can find some amazing themes for FREE as well.

Member Avatar for Ydeveloper

Yes, we have designed and development few sites in Magento. We have choosen Magento because it offers large numbers of products to be managed efficiently.

Member Avatar for crishlay

magento is good for integrating CMS

Member Avatar for allyson_gss

Of course there are a lot of magento platform users. It is the leading ecommerce solution platform today and we have a lot of clients and partners using magento. It offers great experience to your magento store.

Member Avatar for stevenmaico

Magento is the great CMS platform for eCommerce websites and I prefer it for that. Its also an open source platform and easy to use and install. I like the feature of it.

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