Monthly Archives February 2010

Custom attributes for categories in Magento

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Benjamin

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 … Continue reading →

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How to disable WYSIWYG on Magento 1.4

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Benjamin

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 > … Continue reading →

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Magento 1.4 Install Errors

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Benjamin

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 … Continue reading →

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Even better WordPress and Magento integration

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Benjamin

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 … Continue reading →

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Magento 1.4 finally released

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Benjamin

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

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