Blog Archive

Archived Magento, WordPress and general web development blog posts

2018

Magento Development in Northern Ireland December 2018 · Magento
Magento Belfast December 2018 · Magento
Don't use images to display text August 2018 · Notes
Magento2 – Show/hide layered navigation on category pages June 2018 · Magento
Start/Stop XAMPP on Ubuntu using Terminal June 2018 · Notes
Magento2 CLI: Set Ubuntu PHP Version to match LAMPP/XAMPP June 2018 · Magento
Enable Magento2 Command-Line Interface (CLI) on Linux May 2018 · Magento
Cookie pop-up notification for legacy websites. April 2018 · Notes
The latest update to PHP7 is here… 7.2.0 March 2018 · PHP
Shopify: Setting up a multipurpose CMSed liquid homepage section February 2018 · Shopify
Shopify: List product variations on collection pages February 2018 · Shopify
CMS blocks disappear after version 1.9.2.2 upgrade or SUPEE-6788 patch February 2018 · Magento
Magento Code: Seasonal sales link February 2018 · Magento
Running Ubuntu on Windows January 2018 · Notes
Why is WordPress so popular? January 2018 · WordPress
GDPR: What is the EU General Data Protection Regulation? January 2018 · Security

2017

Checkout problems upgrading to Magento 1.9.3.4+ October 2017 · Magento
Upgrading Magento 1 through the Magento Connect Downloader October 2017 · Magento
Upgrading Magento 1 through command line October 2017 · Magento
How to update your hosts file. August 2017 · Notes
Magento Server Transfer – Tried and Tested Method August 2017 · Magento
Ordering assets in Magento 2 August 2017 · Magento
Magento Code: Innoexts Currency Pricing Module Price and Special Price Import via SSH June 2017 · Magento
PHP: glob June 2017 · PHP
Magento Code: Check an import directory for new product CSVs and process using a Magmi profile June 2017 · Magento
Magento: What are Sage Pay Orphan Transactions? June 2017 · Magento
PHP: header May 2017 · PHP
PHP: str_replace May 2017 · PHP
Create a custom URL rewrite/redirect in Magento May 2017 · Magento
Magento Code: Include currency switcher in the header or footer with Foundation mark-up May 2017 · Magento
Magento Code: Add a drop down attribute and display it on the product page in custom HTML May 2017 · Magento
Create a plain text file on Windows April 2017 · Notes
Create a plain text file on MacOS April 2017 · Notes
Create a plain text file on Linux April 2017 · Notes
Magento header.phtml basic user account and basket code March 2017 · Magento
Magento Issue: Unable to sort configurable product attribute drop down options January 2017 · Magento

2016

Testing YouTube embedded video responsiveness in WordPress December 2016 · WordPress · Frontend
Magento product types and what to use them for December 2016 · Magento
Anonymous Browsing December 2016 · Security
WordPress Code: Completely disable comments using functions.php November 2016 · WordPress
MySQL TRUNCATE command: Quickly and easily clear out the Magento database November 2016 · Magento
Session Management and Validation Settings in Magento Configuration November 2016 · Magento
All-in-one Google Analytics tracking in Magento November 2016 · Magento · SEO
All-in-one Facebook Pixel Code for Magento ecommerce November 2016 · Magento · SEO
Why you should be using Magento for your ecommerce website November 2016 · Magento · SEO
How to use PHP to submit a cURL request with HTTP Post data October 2016 · PHP
Getting your product information ready for importing to your website October 2016 · Magento
You win Google: I’m Moving from keith.kg to keithgreer.dev October 2016 · SEO
Add Facebook Pixel Code to Magento Success Page September 2016 · Magento · SEO
Quickfix: Quickly add a new Magento CMS page template July 2016 · Magento
Magento Code: Bulk add a new product attribute to all store attribute sets July 2016 · Magento
Magento Code: UK and Ireland counties for region drop-down in addresses April 2016 · Magento
Cloudflare: My next step for website optomisation March 2016 · Notes
Why use an SSL?.. Number 3: Search Engine Optimisation March 2016 · Security
Why use an SSL?.. Number 2: User Confidence March 2016 · Security
I can get access to better internet in rural Mid Ulster than in North Belfast March 2016 · Notes
Why use an SSL?.. Number 1: Security March 2016 · Security
Magento Issue: One Page Checkout appearing to jump to the bottom of the page after address is entered February 2016 · Magento
Useful .htaccess Rules: Setting the expires header for browser caching February 2016 · Notes
MySQL Database Backup and Restore via Command Line (Copy-and-pasteable) February 2016 · Notes
PayPal IPN notification errors with Magento February 2016 · Magento
PHP: Use WordPress blog tags to find related posts February 2016 · WordPress
Google Chrome getting a new Security Panel for developers January 2016 · Security
PC Gaming Wins January 2016

2015

Iceland 2015 December 2015
Magento 2.0: An introduction to what has changed December 2015 · Magento
M1 Get your Magento store ready for Black Friday November 2015 · Magento
PHP Storm and making FTP connections with SSL (FTPS) November 2015 · Notes
Web Application Security Testing November 2015 · Security
Magento: How to clear all caches through command line November 2015 · Magento
Steven says Slack messenger is awesome September 2015 · Notes
How to link to a PDF in WordPress August 2015 · WordPress
M1 Import Values to Dropdown/Multiple Select Attributes July 2015 · Magento
M1 Batch updater for Magento Product SKUs July 2015 · Magento
Block access based on Client IP using PHP June 2015 · PHP
Useful .gitattributes defaults for Beanstalk Git May 2015 · Notes
Upgrading to Google’s Universal Analytics in Magento May 2015 · Magento · SEO
Add Google Analytics ecommerce:addTransaction to your Magento Store May 2015 · Magento
Add Static Blocks to CMS Pages in Admin May 2015 · Magento
Useful Excel Commands for Magento Image Import May 2015 · Magento
Magento Issue: Subtotal and Grand Total prices double at Cart/Checkout stages February 2015 · Magento