Archive for February, 2010

Sometimes there is a requirement to have custom attributes for a category, but it isn’t that straightforward to add, at least not through the GUI. The method, for a text input, is: 1 Create the new attribute via admin, or via SQL using the following: INSERT INTO `eav_attribute` (`entity_type_id`, `attribute_code`, `attribute_model`, `backend_model`, `backend_type`, `backend_table`, `frontend_model`, `frontend_input`, `frontend_input_renderer`, [...]

Tags: category attribute add, custom atrribute category, magento category attributes
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The new WYSIWYG feature is brilliant … for non-developers, but for the rest of us, Magento popping P tags left right and centre is no fun. It can be easily disabled by going to Admin > System > Configuration > Content Management > WYSIWYG Options

Tags: disable wysiwyg magento, magento cms disable, magento wysiwyg disable
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We imagine there is going to be a few, but here are the ones we have come across so far: 1 Unsupported operand types … Hostname.php Solution: Comment out line +471 in ./lib/Zend/Validate/Hostname.php #$regexChars += include($this->_validIdns[strtoupper($this->_tld)]); 2 Invalid mode for clean Solution: Remove ./app/code/core/Zend/Cache/ 3 Invalid argument supplied for foreach … toolbar.phtml This is due [...]

Tags: blank page after database, Invalid argument supplied for foreach, Invalid mode for clean, magento 1.4 install errors, There has been an error processing your request, toolbar.phtml, Unsupported operand types
Posted in Knowledge Base, Magento | 18 Comments »

A few clients have asked for some modifications to the existing Magento and Wordpress extension to support additional features, so we are passing them on to you! New updates include: META tag support No more 301 redirects for downloadable content Improved performance META tag support Magento 1.4 Support Minor bug fixes Integrate Wordpress and Magento now! http://www.sonassi.com/knowledge-base/magento-knowledge-base/simple-and-effective-wordpress-and-magento-integration/

Tags: integrate magento and wordpress, integrate wordpress and magento, Magento 1.4 blog, Magento 1.4 Support, magento wordpress, magento wordpress extension, magento wordpress integration, wordpress magento integration
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It has taken Varien a few months to produce the new edition of Magento, version 1.4, but it is now available for download. http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/noregister

Tags: magento 1.4, magento 1.4 released
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Just another easy one if you are looking to enable categories by ID – we usually incorporate this script into our product insertion API, so that it enables a category automatically for a product upon insertion. But it can also be used standalone. This script would be ideal alongside our export Magento category ID script [...]

Tags: bulk category enable magento, enable categories magento, magento mass category enable, mass category magento
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A new look for 2010 for MCL engineering was pieced together by Sonassi. A simple gallery site to display the company’s past achievements and service portfolio. They looked for a modern clean look built on exceptional Wordpress functionality.

Tags: engineering uk, mcl engineering
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