Monthly Archives: November 2008

Magento: Category Importer 1.0 (Beta) Launched

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Josh Pratt

After finally figuring out the Magento API, I figured I’d start first with creating a simple category importer. So, if you have a Magento site out on the web and you want to try it out, please have at it! … Continue reading →

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PHP: Enable SOAP with PHP5 on Media Temple's DV 3.5

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Josh Pratt

I started trying to learn Magento’s API today, which requires the use of SOAP. I know that SOAP is a part of PHP5, however, I guess it doesn’t often come enabled on a lot of servers. I have a DV … Continue reading →

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Basecamp API: PHP Class – Version 1.0 Launched

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Josh Pratt

The time has come to launch version 1.0 of my Basecamp PHP Class. It’s by no means complete, but it does a majority of the main core features. So, instead of sitting on it for a while, I figured that … Continue reading →

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Magento: Moving the Toolbar to category/view.phtml

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Josh Pratt

I was given a design to implement into Magento yesterday, and I began on the product pages today. I quickly realized that the standard toolbar placement wasn’t going to work due to the design. The only way to make it … Continue reading →

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Basecamp: PHP Class In Progress – Feedback Needed

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Josh Pratt

I have begun working on a Basecamp PHP class (using cURL). I can certainly add in many of the basics, but I would love some feedback as to what YOU would like it to do. So, please write comments with … Continue reading →

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Magento: Moving Your Magento Site To A New Server

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Josh Pratt

If you have ever tried to move your entire magento directory and database to a new different server, you may have run into problems when trying to use the Magento Connect Manager to update any of the components of the … Continue reading →

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Magento: Product Import Script Beta Testing

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Josh Pratt

The product import script has reached a point where it would be very, very useful if people were willing to test it out a bit. It’s not fully ready by any means – but it IS importing products. I’m reaching … Continue reading →

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Magento: Custom Page Templates in CMS Layout Dropdown

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Josh Pratt

Creating new page templates is as easy as duplicating and editing the files in /template/page/. However, you can add as many new ones as you want, but no new ones will show up in the Layout dropdown when selecting a … Continue reading →

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MySQL & PHP: Convert Strings From All Uppercase to Uppercase Only First Letter of Each Word

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Josh Pratt

I’m not sure if it is possible to make that title much shorter than that… Anyway, I had some old data that I imported to an installation of Magento. All of the product titles were all uppercase, which was quite … Continue reading →

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Magento: Category Import Script?

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Josh Pratt

Currently, there is no way to import categories unless you write your own script or sql. I may have a project coming up soon that will require importing a lot of categories, so I may have to build a better … Continue reading →

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