Magento Community Insights, Announcements, & More! | Hyv? ???? Edition 9

8th July - 21st July 2024

Welcome back to Hyv? Hot Cakes! We've got a special Two Week Bumper Edition for you since I was off celebrating my birthday and starting to move house. It took a bit longer to put together, but it was worth it!

This edition jam-packed with all the latest updates, community highlights, and some exciting announcements. So grab a cuppa, settle in, and enjoy catching up on everything that's been happening in the Hyv? world! ??

Tip of the Week:?“Effortless”… is a myth.

"Most of the time, it’s not about having a gift. It’s about having grit." ~ Roger Federer, Commencement Address at Dartmouth

Were you watching Wimbledon over the last few weeks? ??

Eight-time champion, Roger Federer, often heard his play looked effortless, but it took years of hard work to make it appear that way. Early in his career, being called out for lack of discipline made him realise how much effort he needed to put in. He trained harder and learned that true success requires grit, discipline, and patience. When you excel at something you've worked hard on, people might think it comes easy. Let them believe that - just make sure you know the truth and keep pushing yourself.

Community Highlights

• Hyv?: A Modern Approach for Magento - Youwe
• Customisation Capabilities of Hyva Theme: Tailoring Magento Stores to Perfection! - Bhavi T. at Wagento Commerce
• Magento Open Source + Hyv? = eCommerce Success - Brijesh Panchal (PSPO-1, CSM) at Krish TechnoLabs
• 10 reasons why you should choose Magento Hyva theme - Mageplaza
• Magento Open Source, alive and kicking - Steven Vandeputte at Studio Emma
• Meet Magento UK 2024 - Benedict Brückner at basecom
• Everything you need to know about Hyv?! - Daniel Gross at 121eCommerce
• Are you fully utilizing the potential of Hyv? products? - Sigma Infosolutions Ltd.
• What Is Hyv? Theme & How Will It Benefit My Ecommerce Business? - Niko Moustoukas at Limely
• Hyva + Magento: The Winning Combination for Ecommerce Growth - Rock Technolabs
• Advantages of Hyva Theme Over Traditional Magento Themes - Palak Salot at Stealth Startup
• Empowering Our Magento Open Source Community: Call for Social Media Volunteers - Magento Association
• Mage-OS Events for H2 2024 - Mage-OS

Case Studies / Showcases

• Foundation Commerce enhanced eManuals.com, an online destination for thousands of manuals, with a new Magento store using Hyv? and a bespoke Stripe Subscriptions integration. They also integrated Klaviyo to manage customer engagement and reduce churn.

• Vishal Nyati shared Magento360.com 's latest project, LivingZone. Key custom developments include advanced image display logic, enhanced landing and product detail pages, flexible payment options, and optimised checkout processes: Launching LivingZone: A New Era with Hyv? Theme and Magento Upgrades

• Joep van Hedel shared MaxServ ’s recent project optimising Woonexpress ’s shop with Hyv? Checkout, enhancing speed, flexibility, and user experience. This upgrade is expected to boost conversions and turnover: Optimization of the Woonexpress webshop with Hyv? Checkout

Announcements

• Develo shared a light-hearted post celebrating their friendly football rivalry with us, emphasising their strong off-field partnership. How's your team looking? ?? Create your own dream team with Phantom !

• Ecomwise proudly shared their Hyv? Bronze partner status! ??

• Join the premier e-commerce event of the year, Meet Magento New York 2025 ! ?? As a sponsor, you can re-establish industry leadership, gain unparalleled visibility, and enjoy networking opportunities with top-tier merchants and e-commerce professionals

• Armah eCommerce Agency has announced that they are a Hyv? Silver partner! ??

• Hatimeria has been conducting A/B tests on three popular Magento/Adobe Commerce checkouts to find the fastest and most efficient solution for their client, Bedre N?tter . The contenders are React Checkout, Magewire Checkout, and Luma Checkout. Stay tuned for detailed results.

• Inchoo shared their new Hyv? service page, highlighting how our lightweight frontend theme can significantly improve Magento store performance and user experience. ??

• Karlijn L?wik and Erwin Hofman are set to give their first joint talk at MageTitans Groningen on September 13th. This is a special homecoming event, right around the corner from their RUMvision - Core Web Vitals monitoring office.

• NitroPack 's recent spotlight on Hyv? underscores our shared mission to optimise Core Web Vitals and enhance site speed for Magento store owners.

• Piotr Zaj?c announced Network Interactive Magento 2 is a Hyv? Bronze Partner! ??

• MageTitans Groningen welcomes Hyv? as their gold sponsor for the upcoming conference!

• Vendic transitioned PostNL from Shopware 6 to Magento + Hyv? in just 12 weeks. How? Niek Verkoelen shared the story of this rapid re-platforming, addressing key issues like lacking B2B features and poor scalability.

Ryan Copeland , Director at Foundation Commerce , often gets asked about his unwavering support for Magento over other platforms. He emphasised Magento's unmatched flexibility, advanced features, and scalability, especially when enhanced by Hyv? themes for better page speed and UX.

• I'm calling out for selfies! ?? We feature a fun section below called Showcase Selfies, and I need your help collecting them! Do you have a selfie with a Hyv? merchant out in the wild?

• Thomas von Gostomski , Managing Director at Wamoco GmbH , told us why Magento is his top pick for e-commerce, highlighting its flexibility, scalability, and robust features. With over 15 years of experience, he's seen it all and remains a big fan, especially with the addition of Hyv?. What are your experiences with choosing the "right" platform?

• Mone Wildenberg recapped the amazing eCommerce BBQ event organised by ScaleCommerce GmbH & others in Karlsruhe, highlighting the great weather, fantastic food, and vibrant crowd.

• Alexandre Coquentin from Payplug discussed the importance of Google’s Core Web Vitals in measuring user experience on websites and gave thanks to Thien-Lan Weber for the insights in her presentation!

• Mark Shust , Magento Teacher at M.academy , shared his Magento University for aspiring devs. He’s working on a custom exam portal and an Adobe Commerce Cert Prep course, with a Hyv? course on the horizon. He also gave a shoutout to Tu Van for his support.

• The Magento Association Open Source Community is seeking volunteers for social media support. If you have skills in content creation, engagement, campaign planning, trend monitoring, and analytics, this is your chance to contribute!

Extensions

• Klevu - A division of Athos Commerce shared exclusive savings with their Search & Discovery Extension for Hyv?.

• Fetchify teamed up with Hyv? to make Magento checkouts faster and smoother with quick data validation. They shared a quote from Mark Firman at Citizen Watch United Kingdom about their improved checkout experience! ????

• qoliber is set to unveil their pioneering SEO solution for Magento, compatible with Gally + ElasticSuite and Hyv?! ?? Join the exclusive online demo at the end of July 2024 to explore features like SEO-friendly URLs, real-time SEO advice, dynamic enhancements, multilingual support, and advanced site management. Comment with "qoliber" on their post to join the demo:

• Emils Malovka shared that Magebit - experts in eCommerce have released multiple compatibility extensions for payment methods in Hyv? Checkout with more extensions to come soon! Below are the released modules:

1. xMoney.com (Utrust_Payment) - https://github.com/magebitcom/magento2-hyva-checkout-utrust-payment - https://www.xmoney.com/
2. Cardstream (Cardstream_PaymentGateway)- https://github.com/magebitcom/magento2-hyva-checkout-cardstream-payment - https://cardstream.com/
3. Quickpay (Quickpay_Gateway) - https://github.com/magebitcom/magento2-hyva-checkout-quickpay-gateway - https://quickpay.net/
4. Viva.com (Ced_VivaPayments) - https://github.com/magebitcom/magento2-hyva-checkout-viva-payments - https://www.viva.com/en-eu

• Alexander Haivaronski shared that the Amasty Store Locator extension is compatible with Hyv? Checkout

Job Listings

• Magento Frontend Tech Lead (Hyv? Themes & React) - Interactiv4 , Remote, Spain
• UI - Magento Hyva Dev - Perficient , Maharashtra, India
• Frontend developer - Cream | Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Senior Full-Stack Developer - Swarming | Remote, USA
• Project Manager - Swarming | Remote, USA
• Junior Magento Developer - MoSeven e.K. | Remote, Germany
• Magento Frontend Developer - Bliss Web Solution Pvt. Ltd. | Ahmedabad, India

Magento / Adobe Commerce Release Schedule

Latest Release:

June 11, 2024:

• Features: Extensibility, Infrastructure, Services
• Security Patches: 2.4.7-p1, 2.4.6-p6, 2.4.5-p8, 2.4.4-p9

The security patch notes are available at Adobe Security Bulletin APSB24-40 - Adobe

Upcoming Releases:

August 13, 2024:

• Features: Extensibility, Infrastructure, Services
• Security Patches: 2.4.7-p2, 2.4.6-p7, 2.4.5-p9, 2.4.4-p10

October 8, 2024:

• Features: Extensibility, Infrastructure, Services
• Beta Patch: 2.4.8-beta1
• Security Patches: 2.4.7-p3, 2.4.6-p8, 2.4.5-p10, 2.4.4-p11

For detailed information and planning, check out the full release schedule here.

Upcoming Events

• Women in eCommerce Texel - July 25 | Den Helder to Texel

Organised by Jacqueline Gerritsen - Kapiteijn and sponsored by Control Alt Delete BV , the day includes a tour of the island's highlights, followed by an early dinner at Floris Restaurant in Oosterend.

• WineGento - 27-29 July 2024 | Georgia

Advancing and empowering the global Magento community and commerce ecosystem through open collaboration, good wine and beautiful nature - organised by Developers Alliance. Certified Ecommerce Developers.

• MageTitans Groningen - 13 September 2024 | Groningen, Netherlands

MageTitans Groningen is a Magento event purely focussed on developers. So expect talks about Magento performance, Hyv?, PHP, soft skills, dev-ops, etc.

?? Imagine giving a talk about your favourite topic within the Magento eCommerce space in the beautiful Dome at Dot Groningen, a breathtaking film and theatre room! Fill out the call for speakers here >

• Meet Magento Poland - 30 September 2024 | Poznan, Poland

?? Registration is now open: https://meetmagento.pl/registration

• Meet Magento NYC - 10 October 2024 | New York City, US

?? Apply now to speak on stage at Meet Magento New York 2025 : https://meetmagentonyc.com/speak

• Meet Magento Netherlands - 31 October 2024 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Meet Magento Netherlands is back on October 31st! Organised by Mage-OS Nederland , this year's event promises to be bigger, better, and even more orange! ??

??? Last year's edition was a sell-out, so grab your tickets now.

?? Want to speak? Submit your proposal via the call for speakers.

• Mage Unconference Germany ?? - 1–3 November 2024 | Cologne, Germany
• Meet Commerce Spain - 12 November 2024 | Barcelona, Spain
• Hyv? Developers Paradise ?? - February 2025 | Gran Canaria

Online Events

• Mage-OS weekly tech meetings for contribution ideas or distribution on public on Discord at 3 PM CET / 2 PM UTC / 9 AM EST every Tuesday.
• Mage-OS weekly marketing meeting to help promote Magento and Mage-OS, public on Discord at 4 PM CET / 3 PM UTC / 10 AM EST every Monday.

Hyv? Highlights

Hyv? Edge, included free with the Hyv? Enterprise license, integrates Adobe 's Edge Delivery Services (EDS) and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) with Adobe Commerce . This solution leverages Hyv? Theme for customised commerce experiences, enhancing site speed, performance, and user experience. Compatible with all Adobe Commerce features, Hyv? Edge supports B2B capabilities, live search, and product recommendations. Customers benefit from reduced build time and cost-effective customization, achieving unmatched speed and scalability. Explore the Hyv? Edge demo for a preview of its capabilities. For more details, visit Hyv? Edge.

Hyv? Enterprise Theme Updates Gift Card support has been added to the Hyv? Checkout, and a fix for the cart page in the Hyv? Theme has been implemented. The Adobe Commerce metapackage remains at 0.3.4, with the Hyva_MagentoGiftCard version 0.1.4 now released. This includes fixing the advanced form validation layout handle on the cart page.

Hyv? Enterprise Checkout Updates The Adobe Commerce metapackage remains at 0.1.0, now including Hyva_EnterpriseCheckout version 0.1.3, which introduces Gift Cards feature support. Gift cards can now be applied, removed, and their balances checked during checkout. Applied gift cards are displayed in the order totals, with an additional section for managing applied gift cards and showing their total available balance.

Hyv? Enterprise Reminders: For a full overview of all feature and module compatibility, see our feature matrix and tracker. Check Hyv? Docs for installation, upgrading, changelogs, and more details on general availability vs. early access and versioning.

Hyv? Checkout Release 1.1.19 brings in the new validateGroup method for selective field validation, alongside multiple fixes such as reapplying body checkout name classes, correcting unescaped Terms and Conditions text, fixing translation problems, and addressing back button navigation issues. Special thanks to contributors Cian Castillo ( Dev Team ), Stepans M. ( Arcmedia AG ), Louis de Looze ( eWings - e-commerce specialisten ), Simon Sprankel ( CustomGento GmbH ), Thijs de Witt ( Trinos ), and everyone else for their feedback and enthusiasm. For detailed information, refer to the 1.1.19 upgrade notes and changelog.

Hyv? Checkout Release 1.1.20 addresses a critical bug in the checkout model class affecting only versions 1.1.18 and 1.1.19. There are no backward incompatible changes or deprecations in this release. For detailed information, refer to the 1.1.20 upgrade notes and changelog.

Hyv? Checkout Release 1.1.21 focuses on enhancing accessibility (A11Y) and usability. This release introduces methods to simplify form modifications, adds labels and descriptive texts to various form elements, improves ARIA state attributes, adjusts text contrast, and ensures proper semantic HTML usage. Additionally, tooltips are now toggleable by click, and autocomplete values in the checkout form are corrected. Special thanks to Adrian Wyganowski ( Snowdog ), Christoph Hendreich ( in-session DESIGN ), and everyone else for their feedback and enthusiasm. For detailed information, refer to the 1.1.21 upgrade notes and changelog.

A New Hyv?n: We are thrilled to welcome Simone Zuurveld ? to the team! ??

Hyv? Birthdays: Our fantastic VP of Strategy & Marketing, Thien-Lan Weber , celebrated her birthday last week! ?? We hope you had a joyeux anniversaire Thien-Lan!

It was also my birthday, so I have to give a shoutout to myself too! ?? Here's a selfie I took with the Adobe cupcakes at iWeb Live event last week!

Showcase Selfies

This section is dedicated to selfies with Hyv? merchants out in the wild! Do you have a selfie with a Hyv? merchant? Send it to me!

Here's Ryan Copeland with the Citizen Watch United Kingdom Showcase at Meet Magento UK !

Foundation Commerce 's collaboration with Citizen Watch resulted in remarkable improvements that have been constantly improving since launch: a 141% increase in revenue, a 43% boost in conversion rate, and a 67% decrease in page speed.

Read the case study: How Citizen Watch UK improved their online revenue with Hyv?

Gif Of The Week

PIVOT! As we are moving house, this is my life outside of Hyv? right now ??

Rebecca’s Reflections

Dear Di?ry,

The past two weeks have flown by! It's amazing to catch up on everything that's been happening. One of my highlights was getting back to my old stomping ground in Stafford for the iWeb & Proof3 Live event at Sandon Hall Stately Home with John Hughes !

What I've been watching: Roger Federer’s Commencement Address at Dartmouth was so inspiring, and funny too! I really recommend taking the time to watch the full speech.

What I've been listening to: I'm seriously behind on all my podcast listening at the minute, but during one of the school-runs, I did catch the short and sweet Future Commerce VISIONS Live: Let's Get Personal: Creating Connection in the Age of AI Episode with Alicia Esposito and Sebastian R. They dive into how AI is transforming the creation and consumption of art, discussing ethical considerations, creative opportunities, and practical applications. It's a really engaging and interesting listen - I highly recommend it!

That's my week in a nutshell - what have you been up to? Any podcast recommendations that I should prioritise?

I always try my best not to, but have I missed something? If you have anything to share with the Hyv? & Magento community, please send it me in a message and I will get it added ??

Have something great coming this week? Be sure to tag Hyv? when you share it!

Thank you for being here ????

- Rebecca Brocton ? , Community Manager, Hyv?

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