Month: December 2009
Quick script to batch create Magento categories
A site we administer with a reasonable amount of SKUs (far in excess of 100,000), needed some quick category manipulation for a series of new data to be dropped in. The new information had a desired category tree that had … Continue reading
Export Excel CSVs with double quotes
This is a necessary evil for anyone who is working with CSV files manipulating them for data import to Magento (when XML is not suitable). Add the following function (sub routine) to Excel and hit the Macro button to run … Continue reading
Quick script to export Magento categories with IDs
If you are after a quick method to get all the category ID's for your categories for some Excel lookups (for new data imports), then this quick PHP script should help you out: <?php define('MAGENTO', realpath(dirname(__FILE__))); require_once MAGENTO . '/app/Mage.php'; … Continue reading
Speeding up the Magento admin
I've noticed a few people discussing this issue on the Magento Commerce forum, so it might be worthwhile for us to offer a level of assistance (other than the fast Magento hosting we provide already from sonassi hosting). Downloading the … Continue reading
Resolved: Routing complications at LINX
Following from our post on the routing complications at the London Internet Exchange. Whilst we haven't had official word from LINX, our tests have shown correct routing to our data centre with no issues. Once the issue is confirmed, we … Continue reading
Routing complications at LINX
This issue should be resolved and updates are being tracked on our LINX routing post. It seems that the London Internet Exchange (LINX) are currently experiencing problems. Our connections to LINX are no longer carrying traffic and this is having … Continue reading
Random redirect to homepage with Magento
This issue has bobbed its head a few times in various different ways. The example is that a user reaches checkout, my account or an equally session critical area, but instead of reaching the selected page, they are redirected to … Continue reading