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Magento 1.4 Themes Design Book Review
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
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
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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Currently Reviewing: Magento 1.4 Themes Design
I am currently reviewing another book by Packt Publishing called Magento 1.4 Themes Design. Unlike the last book I reviewed, I am quite impressed so far with this book. Much of the work that I do with Magento requires no … Continue reading
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Magento: Mass Exclude/Unexclude Images
By default, Magento will check the ‘Exclude’ box for you on all imported images, making them not show up as a thumbnail under the main product image on the product view. Should you ever want to mass unexclude them (or … Continue reading
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Prattski Magento Extension Store Now Live!
It has been a long time coming, but I am excited to announce that the Prattski Magento Extension Store is now live. At this time, we only have 2 extensions listed, but we hope to add more in the near … Continue reading
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Magento 1.4 Development Cookbook Book Review
I was asked by Packt Publishing to review a new book entitled Magento 1.4 Development Cookbook. I was excited for the opportunity to review a recent development book, hoping I might get some new fresh perspectives. Before I get into … Continue reading
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Magento: Bug Found – “Invalid option ID specified …” on Export
Version Tested: 1.4.1.1 Not sure if this bug exists yet in any other versions. I was doing a product export today with Magento’s built-in export profile “Export All Products”. I noticed that there were hundreds of errors like this: “Invalid … Continue reading
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Very Frustrated With Magento Today
I am trying to get my Magento extension store up and running, and yesterday I thought I was ready to launch it. I was using 1.4.2.0, Downloadable Products, and Paypal Express Checkout. I had a friend of mine run an … Continue reading
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Javascript: Don’t Use ‘length’ and ‘width’ as Variables
I have been working on a Magento customization that calculates rug pricing by square foot. I’ve had to write a good amount of javascript to help with this, and I had everything working just fine in Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. … Continue reading
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