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July 2021
While Magento isn’t the go-to platform for blogs it can be useful for store owners to have a quick and easy way to post updated...
April 2021
Magento 1 A brief reminder of the Magento 1 folder structure: app/code followed by either /core for core files /community for third party extensions /local...
March 2021
The latest version of Magento has been released - Magento version 2.4.2 is the usual mix of security updates, performance and some improvements to the...
November 2020
Previously known as Magento Community Edition, Magento Open Source is the ecommerce platform. Adobe which acquired Magento in 2018 has confirmed the open source edition...
September 2020
While many companies have already upgraded to Magento 2 or moved on to alternative ecommerce platforms like Shopify, many smaller companies or larger companies with...
April 2020
Online sellers need to keep on top of the impact COVID—19 is and will continue to have on retailers. The links below are some thoughts...
March 2020
The UK has now entered lockdown with everyone being told to stay at home. The spread of coronavirus (COVID—19) continues to increase day by day...
March 2020
This post shows you how to add the customer address fields to the customer registration page. It uses the existing setShowAddressFields method for displaying the...
February 2020
If you are a business in Belfast or Northern Ireland who is looking to expand your presence online, Magento is a great platform to take...
October 2019
The latest version of Magento has been released - Magento version 2.3.3 is all about security and performance. Security Support has been added to Magento...
May 2019
Magento 1’s expected end of life is fast approaching. Many, many merchants are still up and running on the system need to think about what...
April 2019
Magento 2 allows configurable products to be imported through the CMS. Unlike Magento 1 where Magmi generally did all the hard work when it came...
April 2019
This is a stand alone script which can be called to refresh the cache in Magento 2 The script hooks into Bootstrap to generate a...
April 2019
This is a stand alone script which can be called to reindex a Magento 2 Site The script will create a unique instance of the...
March 2019
While the Magento 1 platform is still active and supported there’s less urgency to switch-up to Magento 2. There are bennefits to upgrading to Magento...
March 2019
Some thoughts on the expected demise of Magento 1. Magento 1 - Official End Date The official end date of the Magento 1 project was...
December 2018
Magento eCommerce was released on March 31, 2008, by Varien and developed on Zend Framework, it's a feature-rich ecommerce platform that provides merchants with unprecedented...
June 2018
Magento Admin Panel > Catalog > Categories Click into the category you want to update and then expand the “Design”. To remove a layered navigation...
June 2018
The Magento2 Command Line Interface (CLI) needs to use the same version of PHP as your local web environment. You can check this by setting...
May 2018
For both development, ongoing management and scheduled tasks Magento’s Command Line Interface is able to do it all. To enable CLI for Magento to you’ll...
February 2018
Magento veresion 1.9.2.2 and patch SUPEE-6788 both introduce a new security featuer to Magento. Blocks on the front-end have to be enabled or whitelisted before...
February 2018
A lot of sites have a seasonal sale which needs turned on and promoted at different times during the year . This code takes the...
October 2017
Magento version 1.9.3.4 include patch SUPEE-9767 V2 which includes security patching for the checkout process. For your current front-end templates to work with this patch...
October 2017
If you don’t fancy upgrading Magento 1 through command line, you can upgrade Magneto core using Magento’s in-built Magento Connect Downloader. Load yoursite.com/downloader. Login with...
October 2017
Alternative: Upgrade Magneto using the Magento Connect Downloader Upgrading Magento is a must to keep your store in top-top condition, protect your customers and your...
August 2017
Moving an entire Magento site from one server to another or between hosts can be a daunting task for non-server administrators. I’m going to try...
August 2017
This one will come in useful until Magento 2 sorts itself out. For some reason, Magento 2 has no way to order assets out of...
June 2017
Magento Code: Innoexts Currency Pricing Modul Price and Special Price Imports vis SSH Standard Price Import Use the following command: `php /home/var/public/html/magento/shell/Innoexts/CurrencyPricing/Catalog/Product/Price/Compound/Import.php --file-path /var/import/ --file-filename standard_price.csv`...
June 2017
This script will first scan the var/import directory for all CSV files starting “import-” using the glob() function in PHP. It will return an array...
June 2017
This is a regular issue when using Sage Pay with Magento that needs a bit of explaining. Sage Pay transactions started by the customer are stored...
May 2017
You can use a custom rewrite to redirect CMS pages, or any other type of page. For example, if you change the URL key of the privacy...
May 2017
It is easy to set-up multi-currencies in Magento. This code allows you to quickly include a currency drop down or link to the header or...
May 2017
Magento makes it really easy to expand the usual product attributes through the Admin Panel. While these can be added to the product page in...
March 2017
Some useful shippets for including customer accound and a basic basket/cart product count in the header of Magento. This should be added to header.html in...
January 2017
Having encountered this issue a couple of times I though it was time to make a note. This is a fix for an issue in...
December 2016
Magento comes preconfigured with a number of different product types. These range from simple bog-standard products to digital downloads and configurable products with a myriad...
November 2016
This is a simple list of SQL commands which can be used to clear out various parts of the Magento database. It’ll be useful when...
November 2016
Cookie and session management is an important aspect of any ecommerce store. Everything from a customer’s cart, checkout process and recently viewed products is made...
November 2016
Simple single script to add Google’s conversion tracking to your Magento ecommerce website. The code should be added into the footer.phtml file within your current template....
November 2016
Simple single script to add Facebook’s Pixel Code tracking to your Magento ecommerce website. The code should be added into the head.phtml file within your...
November 2016
There are many ecommerce platforms around, many offer a similar experience but time and time again Magento comes to the top of the list. Magento...
October 2016
Product imports are an inevitable part of any ecommerce project. At some point the information you have on your products wherever it may be stored...
September 2016
Update: Instead of this, try the All-in-one Facebook Pixel Code method. It’s easier to maintain. Facebook Pixel Code is a new and even more complicated...
July 2016
Sometimes it’s necessary to quickly add a template for a page into the Magento content management system. This can be done via a custom extension...
July 2016
This little script is an excellent time saver for adding a new attribute to all of the attribute sets configured in your Magento store. There are a few...
April 2016
Full list of counties for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Run this SQL against your Magento database to replace the existing region text box...
February 2016
This is a recurring issue with Magento’s standard One Page Checkout. It most often occurs when the template has been updated to include lots of...
February 2016
This one has popped up a few times in the past. When PayPal has been set-up and configured to with Magento the store owner receives...
December 2015
At long last Magento 2.0 has finally be released into the wild. These are a few of the reasons merchants and developers should consider moving...
November 2015
These are a few simple Magento 1 store configuration options that can help your store cope with increased traffic during Black Friday or any sort...
November 2015
When making certain changes to Magento, such as modifying source files, installing extensions, reverting changes, it is necessary to clear the cache in order for...
July 2015
This code is for Magento 1, it won’t work in Magento 2. Sometime when you need to deal with import of lots of values for...
July 2015
This is a Magento 1 script, it won’t work for Magento 2. The script will loop through a CSV file and update the SKU on...
May 2015
The new Google Universal Analytics provides the opportunity for own measurement values and dimensions and allow you to track usage across platforms. Universal Analytics introduces a...
May 2015
A quick and way way to record transactions to Google Universal Analytics. First add this piece of PHP to your success page at the end...
May 2015
Static Blocks are an easy way to include snippets of code or text on many pages throughout your Magento store. They can be used to...
May 2015
Magento image import can be pretty flaky with case and spaces in the filename of images being uploaded. =CONCATENATE("/",SUBSTITUTE(LOWER(F2)," ","")) The above code will add...
February 2015
Have recently encountered an issue with prices in Magento Checkout appearing doubled. There are a number of solutions online which seem to (in various combinations)...
December 2014
Magento Developer I’ve been building Magento sites since 2009, from standard catalogue sites to bespoke custom built product generators. I’ve worked on a range of...
