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Dependant layered navigation filters in Magento
Mar
11th
Although not the best method, we wrote a quick and easy means to remove layered navigation filters that are dependant on other filters being enabled. This code should really be in the block and popped into an extension – with the attributes administrable via the backend, but for the purposes of this tutorial – we...
Custom attributes for categories in Magento
Feb
25th
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:
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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`,...
How to disable WYSIWYG on Magento 1.4
Feb
24th
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...
Magento 1.4 Install Errors
Feb
19th
We imagine there is going to be a few, but here are the ones we have come across so far:
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Unsupported operand types … Hostname.php
Solution: Comment out line +471 in ./lib/Zend/Validate/Hostname.php
#$regexChars += include($this->_validIdns[strtoupper($this->_tld)]);
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Invalid mode for clean
Solution: Remove ./app/code/core/Zend/Cache/
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Invalid argument supplied for foreach … toolbar.phtml
This is due...
Even better Wordpress and Magento integration
Feb
19th
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...

