Author Archives: Adam Moss

Adam is Ecommerce Web Design's lead Magento developer and researcher who enjoys writing PHP and JavaScript functions with Magento in order to create bespoke solutions. Follow Adam on Twitter: http://twitter.com/adampmoss. Visit Adam Moss's Google+ Profile.

Moving Magento Database to a New Server

Posted on: 22nd Dec 2011 5 Comments
Moving Magento Database to a New Server

I’ve been moving databases quite a lot recently, and the Magento database is a heavy one to lift. Based on recent experiences there’s two things you don’t want to miss. These tips are relevant for Magento 1.5, but should work on later versions. 1. Disable foreign key checks Though Magento is built using the EAV [...]

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Move Toplinks in Your Magento Theme

Posted on: 16th Dec 2011 No Comments
Move Toplinks in Your Magento Theme

A quick and simple post today – it’s something that might catch out new Magento developers (I’ve had some colleagues ask about it recently). I’ve outlined what’s required when moving toplinks in Magento. In most theme’s they’re present in the header but it’s likely that you may want to move them. Unfortunately, it’s not as [...]

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Magento & Google Merchant Center

Posted on: 9th Dec 2011 1 Comment
Magento & Google Merchant Center

The sooner we can accept that Google is taking over the world, the sooner we can all move on with our lives. Pretty soon every e-commerce website will want their products to appear in Google Shopping Results. Your Magento shop should be no different… For those new to it, here’s the basic instructions for adding [...]

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Going Universal with Amazon Wishlist

Posted on: 8th Dec 2011 2 Comments
Going Universal with Amazon Wishlist

Dear Santa, attached to this email is my Christmas wishlist sponsored by Amazon. Who says Christmas is becoming too commercial? Back to reality, wishlists are a great tool on any ecommerce website – the fact that Magento includes a sound wishlist module as part of its standard package is a huge plus for merchants. The [...]

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Magento 1.5 Street Address Bug

Posted on: 1st Dec 2011 No Comments
Magento 1.5 Street Address Bug

A quick one today for merchants and developers using Magento 1.5 – there’s a bug in the checkout which seems to effect registered customers. During Billing Information stage, an error message pops up saying: “Street Address” length must be equal to or greater than 1 characters. The biggest problem with this was that our street [...]

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