1. How are cookies used in Magento?

Cookies are stored on the user’s browser and are used to store information about a user’s session. With Magento, cookies will hold persistent cart information, customer information, and some customer preference information.

2. What customer’s data is saved in cookies, and how is it used in the storefront using Magento native functionality?

• CART — The association with your shopping cart.
• CATEGORY_INFO — Stores the category info […]
  

This content area deals with how orders are processed in the backend. Covered will be some payment methods how to set them up and what some of their unique features are. We’ll also take a look at what we can do with an order once it has been submitted, and what the states are for the orders. We’ll also scratch the surface on how Magento handles partial payments and […]

The next content area deals with the checkout process in general. We’ll see how different products are handled, what are some required attributes, and how gift cards and coupons are handled.

1. What product types do not require any shipping cost?

Virtual products and Downloadable products do not require a shipping cost.

2. Can a customer apply a coupon on the order review page?

No, by default the customer can only […]

The next content area deals with shipping. Here we’re looking at everything from different shippers available, how costs are calculated, attributes used, invoicing, and some customer info.

1. Can a storefront customer select a delivery date when placing an order with the table rates shipping option?

No, it’s not possible to select the delivery date.

2. What shipping methods are available natively in Magento Enterprise Edition?

The next content area deals with payments. Here we’re looking at various payment gateways that are implemented out of the box, how payment data is stored, different channels on how to get to the payment methods, recurring payments, and some payment concepts.

1. What are the different payment types available in Magento EE v 1.13?

I didn’t have a copy of 1.13 easily […]

Moving right along with Content Area 3: Elements of a Magento eCommerce Site, we’re talking about all things Shopping Cart in this post. We’ll mainly be concerned about how discounts are handled in the shopping cart, how account creation related, multiple shipping options, and guest checkout. We’ll also see a few slight differences in Enterprise Edition vs Community.

1. How can you create a product discount to have it automatically […]