Create Custom Logs in Magento 2

In Magento 1, there were many log files to separate different logs (for payment methods, etc.) and it was easy to change the target log file just by changing the $file parameter of Mage::log. But Magento 2 has changed to build their logs with Monolog library. 

In this article we will discover how the logging system in Magento 2 is different compared to Magento 1, how it works and how could we reclaim it and make custom log files.

ACM contest

To celebrate his second birthday, Blackbird offers a free ACM license for Magento 1 or 2 to one of the customers of May.

A random draw will be done at Blackbird agency on June 16th, 2017 among all the people who have purchased the extension between 01/05/2017 and 31/05/2017.

You can find the detailed rules of the contest here below:

What a Winter at Blackbird!

Last January we were wishing you 4 new seasons of happiness with Blackbird.

Well, one season is already gone and it was pretty intense on our side... This is what happened last winter at Blackbird Agency:

#RealMagento interview : Rebecca Troth

We are pretty excited to welcome our third guest for our Monthly Magento interview as she, (yes she, it’s a girl!) is a key figure of the Magento community.

Rebecca L Troth defines herself as a Magento extrovert, as she works as a Magento project manager at iWeb agency, she also provides a lot of interesting contents to the community through her blog and her youtube video channel.

Web designer, developer, channel manager, blogger and more, we wanted to know her better and to try to understand her unconditional love for Magento.

This is definitely a #realmagento interview!

Create a mega menu on Magento 2

Advanced Mega Menu Manager, is an extension for Magento 2, developed by Blackbird to create multiple customized menus.

What can it bring exactly to add a mega menu on your store? Improving the user experience, facilitating the navigation, making promotion : there are lots of good reasons for eMerchants to implement it.