Monthly Archives: June 2010

New Website, New Look, Same Content

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Josh Pratt

I decided just to bite the bullet and get it done. As you can see, I’ve got a new domain and a new look. This will be a process and definitely not an amazing re-launch or anything. New Look I … Continue reading →

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Magento: SQL to Find Missing Images

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Josh Pratt

I just imported a ton of products for new website that I’m working on, and it turns out that the client misnamed a bunch of images, causing Magento to ignore the image import for those ones. I don’t want to … Continue reading →

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Magento: Overriding Core Files (Blocks, Models, Resources, Controllers)

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Josh Pratt

When building custom modules for Magento, one of the most common needs is to override Magento’s core files, most commonly Blocks, Models, Resources, and Controllers. And, by the way, when I say “override”, that is also synonymous with “rewrite” or … Continue reading →

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Magento: Need a Custom Module?

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Josh Pratt

I am open and looking for a few freelance projects, developing Magento modules. If you are in need for a module to be custom-built, or for an existing module to be modified, hire me! I have had direct experience in … Continue reading →

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Magento: Best Way to Learn the Best Way to Build a Module

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Josh Pratt

One of the most valuable tools that I have found in Magento module development is to actually just look at Magento’s code. It seems obvious, but at least for me (for a while), it wasn’t. Every directory that you see … Continue reading →

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Mysql: USING BTREE – Error when dumping from 5.1 and importing to 5.0

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Josh Pratt

I was dumping a database today to put onto a different server. I am currently running 5.1.45 locally, and the server I am moving to has 5.0.58. When trying to import the database to the new server, I was getting … Continue reading →

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