Author Archives: Josh Pratt

Magento API: v2_soap Does Not Use Call()

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Josh Pratt

If you are utilizing Magento’s API and have checked out the documentation, you’ll see that they have included a V2 of their soap API saying: As of v1.3 you may also use http://yourmagentohost/api/v2_soap?wsdl=1 which has been added to improve compatbility … Continue reading →

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URL Rewrite Import/Export Module – Now on Github

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Josh Pratt

I’m making another Magento extension available for free via Github. This module provides an easy interface to import/export Custom URL rewrites. As of the current version, please note that it does not import/export System rewrites. https://github.com/Prattski/import-rewrites If you are using … Continue reading →

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Dependent Filters Module – Now on Github

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Josh Pratt

Since I’m not going to bother with regular updates and support, why not make it free and accessible, right? I just put my Dependent Filters module up on Github for all of you to use. This module adds on option … Continue reading →

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It’s Been a While…

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Josh Pratt

It is nearing 2 months since I last posted an article. I’m very overdue for a post. Why has it been so long? I’ll explain: I have a full-time job, a family with 3 children, and I have been doing … Continue reading →

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Full-Time PHP Programmer Needed

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Josh Pratt

If you live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and you are looking for a programming job, August Ash is looking for a full-time PHP programmer. Any Magento module development experience is a huge bonus! Plus, I currently work there doing … Continue reading →

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Netbeans: Display .gitignore File in Projects/Files

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Josh Pratt

By default, Netbeans will ignore files such as CVS files, SVN files, dot files, etc. If you would like to have your .gitignore file displayed in your Projects or Files views, open up your Netbeans preferences, go to the the … Continue reading →

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ActiveCollab: Development/Module Drawbacks

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Josh Pratt

The company I currently work with recently made the transition from Basecamp to ActiveCollab. Reasons? We wanted more flexibility, the source code, and ActiveCollab offers more features that were of interest to us. There are some important tweaks that we … Continue reading →

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Magento 1.4 Themes Design Book Review

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Josh Pratt

Magento 1.4 Themes Design was written by Richard Carter and published by Packt Publishing. It was published in January of this year (2011). I read the eBook copy, so I have not yet been able to look at the paper … Continue reading →

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Magento: Module Development Tip – External Files

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Josh Pratt

When creating a module (extension) in Magento, if you are doing anything at all with design or skin files, you know that there’s no way to put those files within your main module directory. If you are like me, you … Continue reading →

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Magento: Potential Date Field Product Import Bug

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Josh Pratt

Note: Only tested so far with 1.4.1.1. A client that I am working on has a custom product attribute, which is a date field. They recently ran an import to update that field and noticed something strange. It seems that … Continue reading →

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