Du Vien Trang is a Freelance Web Designer / Developer based in Scotland. This is his portfolio, blog and his digital playground.

We are happy to announce the availability for download of Magento Preview version 0.8.17240. This is one of our biggest releases to date and includes many new features and ehnacements.

Magento's production feature set is mostly complete with a few minor adjustments expected later this month. A full list of Magento's features can be viewed here.

* Please note (important): PEAR packages and sample data are currently not available for this release. We will make them available in the next few days.

Magento

It's getting close to a production release, yay!

If you have been following closely with Magento, you will be amazed at all the features it provides to run an ecommerce site. Upgrading the system is a piece of cake once you have install the system because it has a built-in upgrade system (uses PEAR) and with a click of a button, boom! your site is full up-to-date. Here's a screenshot:

Download Magento