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.
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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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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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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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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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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