Category Archives: Magento

Magento: Mass Exclude/Unexclude Images

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Josh Pratt

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!

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Josh Pratt

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

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Josh Pratt

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

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Josh Pratt

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

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Josh Pratt

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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Magento: New Extension Idea – Product Image Removal

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Josh Pratt

As you most likely know, when you remove an image from a product, or delete a product, the image file actually stays in it’s place on the server. It is not removed. Rare is the case when I want the … Continue reading →

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Magento: Import/Export URL Rewrites Module

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Josh Pratt

I am currently working on a module that allows you to import/export URL Rewrites in Magento. This project spawned off me having to setup about 70 301 redirects when moving an older site onto Magento. I like that Magento has … Continue reading →

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Magento: Allow Other File Types in Wysiwyg Editor

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Josh Pratt

While the Wysiwyg editor built-in to Magento is great, especially not having to install a wysiwyg module for every Magento installation, it lacks in any way to configure it. I am kind of shocked by this, but, that’s just the … Continue reading →

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Magento: $_product->getData() VS. $_product->getAttributeName()

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Josh Pratt

There are two main ways of displaying product attributes on the product list, and the product view. Let’s say for this example that our attribute code is ‘awesome_dude’. The two ways you’d expect to see this attribute displayed are: <?php … Continue reading →

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Magento: Firefox 4 Beta 8 Issue – JS Prototype Interpolate Function

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Josh Pratt

Today I noticed that all of my local Magento installations kept throwing errors when ajax was happening. In the console, it was outputting: uncaught exception: Error port: location.port ? ‘:’ + location.port : ” prototype.js (line 1336) I couldn’t figure … Continue reading →

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