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Magento

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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API product IDs vs SKUs

· Peter Spiller

The Magento web services API is quite flexible - a lot of the time, it can either take an ID (like a product ID) or a more human-readable identifier (like a …

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Web services API filter operators

· Peter Spiller

Many of the Magento web services API methods facilitate listing certain types of data - customers, products, orders, etc. However, when using these methods we …

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Preventing PO box customer addresses

· Denis Margetic

It's often undesirable to mail items to customers who provide post office boxes or locked bags for their delivery address when placing an order on a Magento …

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Custom controllers

· Peter Spiller

Here are a few notes on creating your own controllers and actions in Magento modules. This example shows how to create a controller called 'subscriber' for a …

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