Author Archives: Josh Pratt

Magento: Bug With Editing Date & Time, Time Custom Options

Using Magento 1.5.0.1, I noticed an interesting bug this afternoon. If you have setup any Date & Time or Time custom attributes, and have made them NOT required, here’s something you may notice: When initially adding the product to the … Continue reading

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Disappointed with Magento Module Sales/Distribution

Magento, from the beginning, has offered a system of packaging extensions, and installing those packages. It was a smart move, and one that I really appreciated. There are a lot of developers out there who properly package their extensions (everything … Continue reading

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Magento: Revised Multiple Image Import Module (1.5 +)

Back in 2009, I made this post about my first multiple image import module. It was quite popular, and worked all the way up through Magento 1.4.x. With the release of 1.5, it no longer worked due to core changes … Continue reading

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Magento API: V2 API Does Not Return Custom Order Attributes

I am working with a 3rd party integrator to make an integration between Magento and Sage AccPac. We planned from the beginning to pass them custom order attributes and custom order-item attributes, which I verified come through the API, seeing … Continue reading

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Magento API: v2_soap Does Not Use Call()

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

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

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…

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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Netbeans: Display .gitignore File in Projects/Files

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

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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