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Loading large collections
· Chris Norton
Working with large Magento collections in PHP can often cause problems with memory usage and, to a lesser extent, computational overhead. The common method of …
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Magento Connect 2.0 developer survey
· Lloyd Hazlett
The Magento Connect system is a vital part of the Magento ecosystem and has had a lot of success since it launched a bit more than a year ago. As always, there …
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Custom Magento error page
· Chris Norton
Sometimes, the unthinkable happens and an error occurs in your Magento system, causing everything to come grinding to a halt. Magento handles this by displaying …
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Preventing PO Box shipping addresses
· Denis Margetic
Recently, I wrote a blog post about preventing PO box customer addresses being registered at checkout. Following on from that post, I was asked a rather …
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Online Retailer Expo & Conference 2009
· Chris Norton
Online retailing is a rapidly growing market and it is becoming an increasing necessity for anyone in retail in the 21st century to establish an online …
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Internet Explorer 6 Browser Sniffing
· Tom Greenaway
Sometimes to make advances in software one must break backwards compatibility. Nowadays, Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) is a dinosaur of a browser. It's slow, …
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Magento CMS static blocks
· Peter Spiller
Static blocks in Magento are a useful way of making elements of your site easily configurable by administrators. If you have sidebar blocks, headers or other …
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Magento on the Mac
· Denis Margetic
Magento is a web-based application, and therefore Magento development is thankfully not limited to any particular platform or operating system. As a Mac user I …
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Debugging Magento with Xdebug
· Peter Spiller
Diagnostic print_r statements and logging might be quick and easy tools for investigating what Magento is doing, but a full debugger offers a lot more power and …
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Customised Magento review summary
· Denis Margetic
There is little doubt that product reviews are popular with online shoppers, and are playing an increasingly important role in purchasers' buying decisions. …
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