Section 7: Customizing the Catalog (12%)

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Section 7: Customizing the Catalog (12%)

7.1 Demonstrate ability to use products and product types

Identify/describe standard product types (simple, configurable, bundled, etc.). How would you obtain a product of a specific type? What tools (in general) does a product type model provide? What additional functionality is available for each of the different product types?

7.2 Describe price functionality

Identify the basic concepts of price generation in Magento. How would you identify what is composing the final price of the product? How can you customize the price calculation process?

Describe how price is rendered in Magento. How would you render price in a given place on the page, and how would you modify how the price is rendered?

7.3 Demonstrate ability to use and customize categories

Describe category properties and features. How do you create and manage categories?

Describe the category hierarchy tree structure implementation (the internal structure inside the database). What is the meaning of parent_id 0? How are paths constructed? Which attribute values are required to display a new category in the store? What kind of strategies can you suggest for organizing products into categories?

7.4 Determine and manage catalog rules

Identify how to implement catalog price rules. When would you use catalog price rules? How do they impact performance? How would you debug problems with catalog price rules?